Cen Yu lay in bed, cursing and swearing wildly!
He remembered the legend that when you experience sleep paralysis, the dirtier you curse, the more effective it is!
It's unclear whether his frantic cursing had an effect, or whether the "ghost" became wary after waking Pei Hengyun from his sleep. Cen Yu saw that as Pei Hengyun groggily woke up, the unruly hand immediately disappeared from under the covers.
“…Xiao Yu?” Pei Hengyun rubbed his eyes and groggily propped himself up.
He casually turned on the light switch on his side, then squinted at Cen Yu, "What's wrong? Were you just talking?"
Cen Yu was still half-lying on the bed. He moved his feet under the covers and found that the ghostly hand was indeed gone.
Of course, he couldn't tell Pei Hengyun that he had been touched by a ghost in the middle of the night, so he could only vaguely say, "It's nothing, I just saw some annoying news and couldn't help but curse a few times."
"What did you see?" Seemingly awakened, Pei Hengyun was no longer sleepy and suddenly wanted to have a long talk with Cen Yu. He propped himself up and turned his head to look at Cen Yu curiously.
"It's nothing," Cen Yu said. "I saw someone breaking the rules and groping others, so they got their arms and legs broken and were put into a blender."
He smiled at Pei Hengyun and said, "People who sneak around like this should have their arms and legs broken, don't you think?"
Pei Hengyun was a little confused, but seeing that Cen Yu seemed really angry, he nodded in agreement, "Indeed."
He said to Cen Yu, "...stealing from others."
"That's so vulgar."
Heh, Cen Yu thought to himself, "Don't let me find out who you are."
He was now absolutely certain that the hand that had touched him in the bathroom and just now under the covers might be the "ghost" that had been present throughout the entire story.
To be honest, as a horror novel, the "ghost" never actually appears directly. It's only after people keep dying and various strange things happen that people realize that a "ghost" has already infiltrated the story.
Furthermore, Cen Yu discovered something while carefully reading the novel.
These ghosts, it's unclear whether they have their own rules or something else restricting them.
He didn't wipe them all out at the beginning, but instead took them down one by one, slowly eroding their will to live.
Pei Hengyun talked with Cen Yu for a while, then, clearly exhausted, he slowly leaned against the pillow and fell asleep.
Cen Yu glanced at Pei Hengyun, perhaps worried that the thing might come again, because this time he didn't turn off the lights...
Fortunately, the thing didn't bother Cen Yu again until he fell asleep.
...
The next morning, when Cen Yu woke up, she found that Pei Hengyun was no longer in the bedroom.
After a quick wash, he went downstairs in his slippers and saw Jiang Tuan returning with breakfast.
Jiang Tuan looked a little uncomfortable when he saw him, but when Cen Yu yawned and was about to leave, Jiang Tuan called him back.
“…Hey, you.” Jiang Tuan looked at Cen Yu hesitantly.
“?” Cen Yu gave him a look that said, “What can I do for you?”
Jiang Tuan felt a little uncomfortable under Cen Yu's gaze, so he simply handed the soy milk, steamed buns, and eggs in his hand to Cen Yu, saying, "They've all eaten."
"This is for you."
"...Was it bought especially for me?" Cen Yu asked, somewhat surprised.
He remembered that Jiang Tuan in the original novel disliked him very much, feeling that he was the cancer that harmed Pei Hengyun.
"You don't have to eat if you don't want to," Jiang Tuan said hurriedly, then placed the breakfast on the table in the living room on the first floor before returning to his room.
Although he walked quickly, Cen Yu still noticed the other person's slightly red ears.
It stood out starkly against the other person's healthy, tanned skin.
"?" I didn't say I wouldn't eat it, so why am I running so fast?
Cen Yu was really unsure of Jiang Tuan's thoughts. Seeing that the steamed buns and soy milk were still steaming, he simply moved a small stool over and sat down to eat.
The soy milk came in a long plastic bag, but Cen Yu was too lazy to insert a straw, so he just bit into the plastic bag and drank it.
Then I saw He Yongning, who had changed into a tracksuit and seemed to have just finished exercising.
What time is it? Cen Yu glanced back at the time; it was only 9 a.m.
They've already run a whole lap and come back.
"Mmm." Cen Yu raised his chin at He Yongning, as if to say, "Good morning, where have you been?"
He Yongning had some sweat on his forehead. He was wearing a headband and had changed into a white and gray tracksuit. He looked much younger than when he was dressed up meticulously before.
He looked at Cen Yu, who greeted him while munching on a soy milk. Although he really disliked Cen Yu's habitually carefree manner, he still nodded.
"Good morning."
Cen Yu immediately gulped down the soy milk in one go, finishing it completely before asking He Yongning, "Have you seen Pei Hengyun?"
“Pei Hengyun?” He Yongning thought for a moment. “I didn’t see him.”
He looked at Cen Yu, "You two didn't know you slept in the same room yesterday?"
If he had previously considered Cen Yu to be Pei Hengyun's friend, after witnessing yesterday how Pei Hengyun desperately tried to shield Cen Yu with his own body upon seeing him open the bathroom door, and seeing the extent of Pei Hengyun's attachment to Cen Yu, he knew that the two were definitely not just friends.
“I didn’t tie him to a rope.” Cen Yu was baffled.
He Yongning didn't respond to Cen Yu's words; Cen Yu hadn't tied a rope to Pei Hengyun.
But he saw that Pei Hengyun wished he could tie a rope to Cen Yu.
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