Although my mind was a complete mess, I eventually couldn't hold out and fell asleep.
I had no idea how long I slept. Feeling thirsty, I opened my eyes and reached for the bottled water on the cabinet by the table.
The moment I opened my eyes, I jumped in fright. Someone was standing beside my bed, staring straight at me.
It was Li Sen!
He stood at the head of my bed, slightly bent over, looking at me blankly without the slightest expression on his face.
"What are you doing?" I asked sharply.
He said nothing. Slowly, he turned around, lay down on his own bed, pulled up the blanket, and closed his eyes. Then the sound of snoring began.
I clearly remembered that he didn't snore. Earlier, when I had been unable to sleep, he had already been fast asleep. He had slept quietly, without snoring at all.
This time, I didn't dare sleep again.
I suddenly felt that bringing him back and sharing a room with him had been too rash.
Just now, he had merely stood beside my bed and watched me. If he had wanted to kill me, I would have been dead long ago.
I felt that he was dangerous.
I had let my guard down around him before because I believed he was Li Sen. At the very least, he was someone we knew from Little Ancestral Hall Entrance. Besides, in that Dreamscape, he had been the only person as lucid as I was.
But I hadn't distinguished reality from the Dreamscape.
I checked the time. It was five minutes to six, which meant I had slept for less than three hours.
But I no longer dared to sleep without a care. I sat there, smoking one cigarette after another. I had to