Lu Yibei woke up with a start again, sitting up abruptly from the bed, fine beads of sweat covering her forehead. The cool breeze from outside the window made her sweat-soaked clothes stick uncomfortably to her back.
Although Lu Yibei had more than once concluded in casual chats with friends that when encountering a female ghost causing sleep paralysis, one should seize the opportunity to subdue her and have so fun, when it actually happened, Lu Yibei realized that the profession of Death Knight was truly not for just anyone.
She sat blankly on the bed, her fingers gently caressing the mingwang statue's sturdy chest, feeling its cold and hard touch. Looking at the light seeping through the door crack, her mind gradually cald down.
Dreaming within a dream? Lu Yibei frowned. 'Miss Zhu, I've received your ssage, my ass!'
Couldn't she just say it once if she had sothing to say? Did she have to make it so scary and then emphasize it again?
No nesting, you bastard!
After grumbling a few tis in her mind, Lu Yibei rubbed her throbbing temples and fumbled under her pillow for her phone to check the ti.
It was 22:01. More than three hours had passed since she returned to her room and went to sleep, but her spirit felt as if it hadn't rested at all, making her exceptionally fatigued.
'Good thing my nerves are quite resilient, otherwise I would have gone crazy long ago!' Lu Yibei thought, holding her forehead. 'But no matter how resilient one's nerves are, they can't withstand this kind of tornt!'
Being in Hua City, her SAN value was plumting. If this continued, she would 'break' sooner or later!
As Lu Yibei was thinking, the room door suddenly creaked open, and a figure appeared in the doorway.
The person's face was gloomy, their eyebrows lowered, a strange smile hung on their lips, and there was a hint of playfulness and resentnt in their eyes.
Half of his body was obscured by the wall, and the other half was cast in a dim shadow by the light from the living room.
He stood there motionless in the doorway, and at a glance, it looked as if only half a person was standing there!
Seeing this, Lu Yibei suddenly thought of sothing, and a chill imdiately shot up her spine to her head.
'What the hell is this? What should I do? Is it really one wave after another?'
Without ti to think further, Lu Yibei shifted her body, one hand gripping the arm of the mingwang statue, the other supporting its waist, like lifting a Gatling gun, and sprang up from the bed.
'You, don't co any closer! If you take one more step, I'll kill you!'
'Ai—!' Hearing Lu Yibei's neurotic shouts, Su Mi sighed helplessly.
'I say, Brother Bei! Please, stop acting up, okay? Just sleep when you're sleeping, why are you talking in your sleep? Are you going to let people work in peace? You know my situation, I have to mind the shop most of the day, so I rely on these few hours at night to restock!'
'Uh...' Hearing Su Mi's voice, Lu Yibei froze, then said weakly, 'Did I... talk in my sleep just now?'
'Did I say everything from my dream? He wouldn't have found out about the scissors, would he?' Lu Yibei thought. She didn't want to involve Su Mi in such strange matters.
'Of course you did!' Su Mi pouted, a look of disdain on his face. 'You kept calling the na of that little goddess you had a crush on in middle school, and every now and then you'd stop and let out a scream. Honestly, did you dream about sothing indescribable?'
'What's wrong? It's been so many years, and you're still hung up on her? I heard her child is almost old enough to buy soy sauce. Just give up on that wicked thought!'
'Go away, go away! You're the one with wicked thoughts!' Lu Yibei rolled her eyes, too lazy to explain to Su Mi.
'Ai—!' Su Mi sighed again, about to turn and leave, but after seeing the mingwang statue in Lu Yibei's hand, he stopped again.
Although he didn't know what Brother Bei had been through recently, he never expected him to be this lonely! He wouldn't even spare a bronze statue!
At this thought, Su Mi rubbed his round belly, leaned against the doorfra, struck a seductive pose, and winked at Lu Yibei.
'Brother Bei, if you're really restless sleeping alone, for the sake of our many years «N.o.v.e.l.i.g.h.t» of friendship, it's not like I can't let you sleep with . Co on, say it out loud! I can do it!'
'Get lost!' Lu Yibei's eyes drooped as she yelled out.
A guy who looked like Zhang Fei, as if possessed by Daji's soul, striking seductive poses—who could stand that?
'Alright, alright! I'm going, I'm going!' Su Mi shrugged and walked a short distance away, then suddenly 'whooshed' back, a lewd smile on his face.
'Brother Bei, if you don't need to accompany you, do you need sothing interesting?'
Lu Yibei raised the bronze statue in her hand, about to give this lewd little fatty a 'physical salvation,' but after hearing his next words, she reluctantly nodded.
'Doujinshi, yuri doujinshi of White Little Flower and Chu Xingzi! I finally found it!'
'Oh?' Lu Yibei's eyes narrowed slightly. 'That stuff is hard to find these days!'
In this era where good looks can't withstand anti-pornography crackdowns and interesting souls are suspected of account violations, finding a specific doujinshi is truly too difficult!
'Of course! I bought it from soone for 50 yuan! Less talk, do you want it?'
'What do you think?' Lu Yibei said, giving Su Mi a 'you know what I an' look.
The two smiled at each other, and the room was imdiately filled with a burst of illicit laughter.
Although Lu Yibei's face was almost expressionless when she laughed, it was not difficult to hear from the laughter that it was genuine happiness!
And so, that night...
Lu Yibei: 【Spirit 50, Stamina -99】
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The next morning.
When Lu Yibei woke up, Su Mi was still sound asleep, his thunderous snores audible through the bedroom door.
Affected by the shortening of daylight hours, tourists on Peony Street generally appeared between noon and one or two hours before sunset each day. Su Mi would usually sleep until lunchti before slowly opening the shop door.
Lu Yibei didn't disturb Su Mi. She quietly got dressed, put on her guitar bag containing the mingwang statue, and tiptoed out the door.
She was going to report yesterday's situation to the Night Watch.
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Although Zhu Linglong had hinted at her to help find that pair of scissors repeatedly, Lu Yibei also felt the malice she carried with her every ti she appeared.
Have you ever seen soone asking for help by stabbing scissors into soone's stomach? Not even in a dream!
Who knows if Zhu Linglong is really trying to get to find the scissors to tell her father the truth, or if she has so ulterior motive?
'Just foolishly running to the scene of her murder, who knows what would happen?' Lu Yibei thought.
Amidst ancient-style buildings and gurgling streams, walking on the flagstone-paved street, bathed in the autumn wind, much of Lu Yibei's fatigue seed to dissipate.
This refreshed state didn't last long. After she left the Gujin Shu Embroidery Shop and had only crossed half a street, a faint pain began to ache in her abdon.
Initially, the pain was slight, and Lu Yibei just assud it was from eating leftovers last night, causing so stomach discomfort, thinking it would only hurt at first and then she would get used to it and feel better.
However, as she got closer to the Huacheng Folk Culture Research Administration, the pain in her abdon beca increasingly intense.
From intermittent spasms to severe cramping, it eventually felt as if a pair of scissors was stirring inside her abdon.
Wait! Scissors? Lu Yibei suddenly realized sothing, her body stiffened, her face instantly turned pale, and sweat poured down.
Could it be Zhu Linglong...
'Hiss—!'
The thought flashed through her mind, and Lu Yibei imdiately gasped, one hand supporting herself against a stone pillar by the street, the other clutching her stomach. She sat down on a stone bench by the street, her brows tightly furrowed.
The abdominal pain continued.
It was still about a thousand ters from here to the Night Watch.
Lu Yibei had a faint feeling that if she continued to endure the pain and move forward, or took out her phone to contact the Night Watch, she would probably be disemboweled before she could be successfully rescued!
Damn it, don't the people of the Night Watch have any ans of detecting the existence of Weird tale? Is it because the distance isn't close enough?
That's right! There's a high probability it's because the distance isn't close enough!
Zhu Linglong most likely didn't want to get close to the Night Watch for this reason!
Should I take a gamble?
Gamble that Zhu Linglong wouldn't have ti to kill , gamble that the Night Watch would discover it in ti and co to rescue .
Lu Yibei thought, a fierce glint in her eyes. She stood up again, leaned against the wall, and walked a short distance forward. The pain paused for a few seconds, then sharply intensified, tearing at her with renewed vengeance.
The shadow of death crept closer, her internal organs felt as if they were being torn to shreds, and a hot surge rose in her abdon. She opened her mouth and 'Wah!' a sound, spitting out a mass of half-digested food residue, mixed with a few streaks of blood.
The next mont, she felt a burst of golden stars in front of her eyes, as if the strength had been drained from her body. Her legs could no longer support her own weight and the weight of the mingwang statue, and they went soft, causing her to fall to the ground. After she had recovered slightly, she lifted her clothes to look, and there was already a faint, fifteen-centiter-long bloodstain on her abdon.
Damn it! Gamblers don't get a house! Lu Yibei cursed inwardly, deciding to compromise.
'You, you win! Gurgle—! I, I'm not going to the Night Watch! I'll go help you find the scissors now! Imdiately, right now! Is that good enough?!'
As her words fell, the pain in her abdon gradually lessened, and soon vanished.
Lu Yibei clutched her stomach, sitting blankly for a while, then muttered under her breath, 'Damn it, if you're so powerful, why don't you go find it yourself? You have to make go! What the hell...'
Before Lu Yibei could finish speaking, her abdon was seized by another sharp pang, as if a warning.
'Stop! Alright! You're impressive! I'm scared of you! As long as you're not intentionally trying to harm , it's not impossible for to help you.' Lu Yibei said fiercely.
As she spoke, her gaze road back and forth across the empty street, as if searching for Zhu Linglong, who was nowhere to be seen.
'But let's make this clear first: once this matter is resolved, I'll go my way, and you go yours. Let's part on good terms! Otherwise, I'd rather die of pain here today than go!'
Just as Lu Yibei finished speaking, the pain in her abdon began to gradually return. However, before the pain could exceed her tolerance limit, she stiffened her neck and let out a cold laugh.
'If you have the guts, just kill directly. See how long it takes you to find soone like , who can see you and hear your request!'
Lu Yibei's expression was cold as she spoke, but her heart was pounding like a drum. After speaking, she didn't even dare to breathe.
One second, two seconds, three seconds...
Ten seconds later, seeing that the pain had not continued, Lu Yibei secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
It was indeed like that! Lu Yibei thought. Yesterday in her dream, Zhu Linglong said that she ca to her because she'saw' her!
Judging from the current situation, perhaps I am the only one who can hear her request, so she won't easily kill before getting the scissors!
At this thought, Lu Yibei imdiately felt the deathly pressure, like maggots on a bone, lessen considerably.
'Hoo—!' Lu Yibei slowly exhaled a mouthful of stale air. 'Then, I'll go help you find the scissors now. Once I find them, you leave imdiately. If you agree, you'll make feel pain once. If you don't agree, you'll make feel pain twice!'
After Lu Yibei spoke, her abdon throbbed faintly for a mont, then slowly subsided with a hint of reluctance.
'By the way, if it's just helping you, isn't it a bit unfair if you don't give so reward? I'm not greedy, I just want a White Little Flower 3rd Anniversary Limited Edition...'
Before Lu Yibei could finish speaking, her abdon felt as if it had been violently struck by sothing sharp. Although it only lasted for less than a second, the pain was several tis more intense than before.
Lu Yibei's voice abruptly stopped, her body imdiately hunched like a shrimp, her eyes wide, clutching her stomach and collapsing to the ground, a tallic taste spreading in her mouth.
The legendary pain of childbirth, said to be the most severe, was probably no more than this. She never expected, never expected that in her lifeti, she would actually be able to experience this feeling.
'I... I don't want it anymore... I don't want anything...' Lu Yibei said, her voice weak.
'I can't ask for anything? Is it really just free labor?' Lu Yibei thought. 'This is too humble!'
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