Chapter 76 The Second Person in the Family
"Oh, I'm really fine now, look." Chang Xile shook his arms and legs, looking back aggrieved, "If I don't leave the hospital soon, I'll suffocate to death."
Ren Qing looked around the ward to make sure nothing was left behind, then came out carrying Chang Xile's schoolbag.
Fang Xinai, biting a lollipop, reported to everyone in real time the campus forum's condemnation of "Chen Moxin." "There's even an organization on campus to protect stray cats. I'm planning to join!"
Yamashiro University is home to many small animals, and the faculty and students have long been accustomed to living harmoniously with the kittens. While some had noticed the decline in cats on campus, they initially assumed the cats had simply moved to a new location, unaware that the once-lovable little creatures had been killed.
Yang Guisi took Chang Xile's hand and looked at her, still worriedly saying, "Does your stomach still hurt? Is your head still dizzy? I think you look very bad. Can you come to the hospital for observation?"
Before Chang Xile could say anything, Fang Xinai said in surprise, "Xile, it feels like you've become fairer in just a few days. Do you have any sun protection tips you can share?"
Fang Xinai covered her head in pain as she finished speaking. Ren Qing hit her on the head from behind: "She's pale because she's sick. Can you be more careful?"
After Ren Qing finished speaking, he turned to Chang Xile and said, "I've written down all my notes on my tablet. I'll send them to you when I get back."
Chang Xile's eyes curved, and she took Ren Qing's hand, saying in a long tone: "Thank you, Sister Ren!"
"Hehe, it's rare that everyone in our dormitory is free. Do you want to go out for dinner together?" Fang Xinai rubbed his head and smiled foolishly again.
The four of them went to the commercial city near Blue Mountain Hospital together.
Fang Xinai picked up a piece of cumin pork ribs, took a few bites, and suddenly seemed to remember something and said, "I remembered...something..." Halfway through her words, she covered her mouth and started coughing.
Ren Qing quickly poured her a glass of water and handed it to her. He patted Fang Xinai on the back and said unhappily, "I told you not to talk while chewing. Did you choke?"
Fang Xinai took a sip of water from Ren Qing's hand, swallowed the rice in his throat with difficulty, and then continued, "My birthday is in about half a month! I'll treat you all to a meal then, and I'm going to order a huge ice cream cake, hehe."
Chang Xile said in surprise, "My birthday is in about twenty days."
"What a coincidence?" Fang Xinai was a little surprised.
"My birthday is probably in a month." Ren Qing also said.
At this point, the three of them all looked at Yang Guisi who was concentrating on eating.
Yang Guisi looked up and asked knowingly, "What?"
"When is your birthday?" the three asked in unison.
Yang Guisi didn't want to say it at first, but the three girls' gazes were too intense, so she had to put down her chopsticks and thought hard for a while: "I don't quite remember... I haven't celebrated my birthday in a long time."
"Why not celebrate your birthday? You can have a big cake! I even celebrate both my lunar and solar birthdays in one year, so I can have cake twice!" Fang Xinai blinked. "Think about your birthday now. I want to get you a gift!"
"Let me calculate it." Yang Guisi stretched out her left hand, as if to tell fortunes. She whispered, "Because I used to live with my sister, it's okay if she remembers it."
"Your birthday is the same as your sister's? Or are we just celebrating together?" Chang Xile was a little surprised.
Yang Guisi glanced at her and said softly, "They are twins."
After a while, she calculated the date: "About a week later."
"As expected of you, Master Yang. You can even calculate birth dates." Fang Xinai clapped her hands and said, "I didn't expect you to be the oldest among the four of us, Sister Guisi..." She was teasing and deliberately pronounced the word "sister" very long, but Yang Guisi did not give her the "love punch" as usual, but remained silent.
Chang Xile said thoughtfully, "Our birthdays are around the same time..."
"It seems our school originally arranged the dormitories according to birthdays. If we used the usual alphabetical order, we wouldn't be able to get together." Ren Qing, the know-it-all, pointed at Chang Xile and Yang Guisi. "You two start with C and Y, so you're at the end of the list."
"Really? Then our school is pretty special," Fang Xinai suggested excitedly. "Why don't we celebrate our birthdays together someday? I've never celebrated my birthday with a friend before!"
Chang Xile didn't care about any of this, and Ren Qing always followed Fang Xinai's lead. Yang Guisi, however, said directly, "I can celebrate your birthdays, but I don't want to celebrate mine."
"Hey, why?" Fang Xinai blinked, not quite understanding.
"It's my birthday, there's nothing to celebrate." Yang Guisi didn't think she said anything strange. She shrugged her shoulders and started eating again.
There was silence at the table for a moment.
Chang Xile thought of Yang Guisi's recent financial predicament, and thoughtfully took a piece of food with chopsticks.
Unexpectedly, Yang Guisi looked at her suddenly, raised the corner of his mouth, and asked her teasingly: "What are you eating?"
"Huh?" Chang Xile didn't react at first and was stunned.
Fang Xinai clapped his hands and laughed, "Xile...hahahahahaha...you just took a mouthful of air and ate it...hahahahaha."
Chang Xile scratched his head a little embarrassedly, and the silence just now disappeared like a passing cloud.
That evening, Chang Xile and Yang Guisi were catching up on their notes in the library. At Chang Xile's constant urging, the accounts of "Ghost Si" and "Blue Eyes" both posted a preview:
[Saturday night live broadcast at 8pm, we will see you there. #Mycatisweird]
After Yang Guisi finished sending it, he concentrated on reading the book that Chang Xile had previously taken from Tang You. The book recorded in detail the drawing and usage of various talismans.
She said, "I have neglected the art of talismans for too long. I need to improve my skills before I can teach you." Although Chang Xile's talent in drawing talismans was much higher than hers.
On the way back to the dormitory, Chang Xile kept staring at her phone. Seeing that she was about to walk diagonally into the lake beside the road, Yang Guisi pulled her arm back and asked, "What are you looking at so seriously?"
Chang Xile stared at the software page, scrolling down to refresh it from time to time. She asked, "Why are there no comments after such a long time since the announcement? Have we lost interest because we haven't updated it in a long time?"
"You've never updated before, have you?" Yang Guisi said with a smile, "Why are you already worried about the data before the live broadcast even started?"
"It's human nature." Chang Xile faced her unstable state of mind quite calmly. She was a little confused, "But it's not like there won't be even a single comment, right?"
"No way?" Yang Guisi also came over to look at Chang Xile's screen. After a while, she took out her own mobile phone, and there was indeed not a single comment.
She was also a bit flustered. Guisi's account was a breath of fresh air on the internet, and she was lucky enough to have never felt the effects of being "out of touch" since her account was created. Yang Guisi couldn't help but wonder if she had been abandoned by the public.
After a while, Chang Xile suddenly said as if he had an epiphany: "Oh, oh, oh, I was connected to the campus network in the library before, and I forgot to turn on the data."
"Then why am I doing this?" Yang Guisi was still fiddling with her cell phone, but soon she found an unread message in the mail column.
[Dear customer, hello! As of xx/xx/xx, the phone credit for your number 136xxxxxx73 is less than 0.03 yuan. To ensure your subsequent normal use, please recharge your phone credit in a timely manner...]
Yang Guisi calmly opened a blue and white app and said, "Well, I'm out of phone credit."
Chang Xile laughed so hard that he couldn't straighten his back. He held Yang Guisi's shoulders and said, "We are friends, how could we have such bad luck by chance... Hahaha."
Yang Guisi's somewhat embarrassed mood was shattered by Chang Xile's laughter. She approached Chang Xile and instructed, "Refresh the page quickly to see if there are any comments?"
Chang Xile nodded. As the circle above the software kept spinning, her phone suddenly began to emit countless message alert sounds.
Before their eyes, nearly a thousand comments suddenly appeared, almost too many to keep up. Chang Xile blinked and exclaimed, "Wow!"—she had never seen such a scene before.
Yang Guisi regained her usual calm demeanor, pacing forward with her hands behind her back, and said, "I told you, there's no way I'll be cold."
Chang Xile laughed alone for a while because of Yang Guisi's rare cocky behavior, and then he concentrated on reading the comments.
"Grandma! The anchor you follow has updated——"
"Ahhh, eight o'clock at night! Perfect time for ghost stories!"
"Host, how's the situation with someone staking out my doorstep going? Did you report anything?"
"What's the theme? Is it about the tag that comes with it? My cat is a little weird."
"Wow, my submission wasn't selected, I can't meet Oni in person TAT"
Chang Xile was amused again by the audience in the comment section. She turned off the screen and trotted to catch up with Yang Guisi. After a while, she bumped into Yang Guisi's shoulder and called her name, "Guisi."
"Um?"
"I'm a little nervous," said Chang Xile.
"Why are you nervous?" Yang Guisi bumped into her shoulder again and said, "I've got you covered."
Chang Xile glanced at her and exposed her: "Then why is your voice shaking?"
Yang Guisi curled his lips and admitted, "Okay, actually, I'm a little nervous too."
She has always been doing things for others across the Internet. This is her first time in front of the audience, and also her first time doing a formal live broadcast after losing her ability. It is impossible for her to say that she is not nervous.
"It's okay. Tell me the information about the audience who have been selected to submit their works this time. We can think about how to deal with it in advance." Chang Xile was also surprised. When he saw others were nervous, he was not nervous anymore.
The audience members Yang Guisi selected this time had submitted their stories just yesterday. Paranormal stories are sometimes very time-sensitive, and stories submitted a week ago were either discovered to be blunders within a few days or simply dropped.
This audience member's submission was very special and left a deep impression on Yang Guisi.
[Hello, Ghost, something's been strange in my house lately. I live alone in an old house with only one cat. His name is Bubu, and he's always been very kind and affectionate. But lately, I've noticed Bubu growling at the wall of my study. Sometimes, when I'm working in the study at night, I hear a man coughing. I've searched for a long time but haven't found any sign of anyone else in the house. Bubu is also very uneasy, and I'm very scared. Can you come and help me?]
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