‘The person I want to meet? What do you mean….’
“Just what it sounds like. Of course, I don’t mean Luo Jialan, but another person who just visited B City, someone who really shouldn’t be here.”
Irina coaxed her gently, her words already quite clear—the answer was almost self-evident.
Even Su Mu, as slow as she could be, understood what the other meant at this moment.
‘You mean Mom?’
“Yes, yes.”
‘Where is she?’
“Don’t ask me, if you haven’t seen her, I certainly haven’t either.” Irina replied offhandedly, her tone sounding a bit distracted.
‘Then how am I supposed to find her? I’ve been troubled about this all along.’
“Oh? Have you forgotten? You saw her somewhere before.” With Irina’s reminder, Su Mu finally understood.
She remembered—Su Ya had once inexplicably appeared in her Dream World, and back then, she didn’t think much of it, assuming the other was just a figment conjured by her own memories.
But thinking carefully, it didn’t make sense.
No matter how strange things are in dreams, they can’t break the boundaries of memory.
Yet the meal Su Ya cooked in the dream was truly delicious, so much so that it felt foreign to Su Mu.
In other words, Su Mu had never eaten anything so good before.
‘But I haven’t seen her in the Dream World lately either.’
“Maybe it’s because you haven’t lit up any other areas for a long time?”
‘That’s true….’ Su Mu frowned slightly.
Come to think of it, whenever she appeared at “home” but didn’t see Su Ya, she still felt a little empty inside.
But now, being told to go look for that person, she suddenly felt a faint, inexplicable timidity.
It was like being afraid that the girl you like would find out your feelings, so every time you saw her, you couldn’t help but lower your head.
“Why not give it a try? Anyway, I still can’t help you much… uh, you’ll have to handle it yourself.”
Irina started drifting off again, her speech growing hurried, and she quickly cut off the call, leaving Su Mu bewildered.
‘What is this even…?’
***
In the end, Lu Shan still decided to maintain the status quo for now.
Even if there was a risk of being found, there wasn’t any better way for the time being.
Besides, Su Mu had sworn she’d help solve all these troubles.
But in fact, at this very moment, Su Mu was lying on her bed, staring with dead-fish eyes, not feeling confident at all.
She couldn’t sleep.
Maybe she should count sheep, just like last time.
Back in that grueling, almost desperate situation, under Luo Jialan’s pressure, she was able to fall asleep easily.
Surely, this time she could do it again.
‘One, two, three…’
‘Fifty-one, fifty-two, fifty-three.’
In the darkness, Su Mu’s eyes suddenly snapped open.
It was useless.
Last time, she dove into the Dream World to escape, so of course she fell asleep easily.
But this time, what she wanted to escape from was precisely what awaited her in the dream.
Insomnia was exhausting.
Su Mu rolled over, gazing at the curtains.
Beneath the thin quilt, her petite form was outlined clearly under the moonlight, her curves visible and delicate.
Normally, this would be a rather alluring scene, but the blank look in her eyes falling on her own pink hair only made her seem even more fragile.
This kind of symptom is usually called “spirit loss,” something that requires a proper exorcist to investigate carefully.
At this very moment, our red-haired exorcist was quietly waiting outside the door.
Ye Wanqing, who’d only recently launched another surprise attack, had gotten a taste for it.
What’s more, today was a special day.
Lying in bed, she looked at the fanfiction she’d just posted from her own account, glanced at it, then closed her eyes and tightly wrapped herself up in her quilt, almost rolling right off the bed.
She had to admit, she really couldn’t resist this kind of “Magical Girl’s fall” theme.
Though she herself was the most proper Magical Girl, and as B City’s only senior capable of holding the fort, she absolutely couldn’t bow to those lecherous small-fry villains.
But that didn’t stop her from secretly indulging in similar content in private.
This was a forbidden hobby.
Just like Ye Wanqing’s childish nature, she had to hide it well, though sometimes there were exceptions.
It’s terrible to be embarrassed alone, but it’s not so bad if someone else is embarrassed with you.
Secretly dragging someone along to do bad things felt even more exhilarating.
Su Mu was the adorable junior who could join her in mischief—a pervy small-fry villain, a well-known fanfiction author, in short, her ideal type.
Unlike Luo Jialan, she probably always knew what she wanted to do from the very start, just like now—she was simply waiting for the right moment.
Hehe, after writing so much during the day, she definitely won’t be able to resist at night.
Even though that wasn’t actually the case, Ye Wanqing believed it, so she made her move.
The sound of bare feet on the floor was faint, but the old wooden boards would still creak at the worst moments—like breaking a small branch—in the silent night, painfully clear.
With Su Mu’s keen senses, she already knew everything.
She just didn’t want to face it.
At this moment, she was truly torn—she didn’t want to fall asleep, nor did she want to just sit here and wait for disaster.
Forget it, might as well sleep.
The best way to get rid of fear is to face it.
As the footsteps drew closer and closer, Su Mu made her choice.
Of course, the outcome wasn’t quite what she wanted, because she’d chosen a bit too late.
Ye Wanqing had already grown impatient.
So, just as Su Mu started seriously counting sheep again, the door creaked open.
Ye Wanqing, clutching her Big Yellow Duck pillow, burst from the doorway with a duang and landed heavily on the bed.
Of course, she didn’t actually hit Su Mu, but the difference in weight still caused Su Mu to bounce up with a jolt.
Yet, facing this sudden impact, Su Mu only frowned slightly, because once a Magical Girl enters a dream, it’s nearly impossible for the outside world to wake her.
Even a bolt of lightning couldn’t rouse her now.
Which meant, the two things Su Mu dreaded most could happen at the same time.
“Su Mu, I can’t sleep alone.”.Seeing that Su Mu didn’t respond, Ye Wanqing pushed her luck even further, diving right into Su Mu’s covers.
“It’s all your fault for always calling me childish. Now I can’t sleep without anyone to keep me company. This is all your fault—you need to take responsibility, got it?” As she spoke, Ye Wanqing gently snuggled against Su Mu.
The latter was only wearing a thin camisole, and under the friction, her delicate skin quickly flushed red.
“Asleep? No way, you’re definitely pretending. Fine, if you won’t answer, I’ll take it as you agreeing—blackie.”
Immersed in the Dream World, Su Mu was completely unaware of what was happening in reality.
She only knew that this time, diving into the dream felt a little strange.
Before, the deeper she went, the colder it got.
So why was it getting hotter and hotter this time?
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