After Angel steered the conversation back on track, April First looked a little embarrassed.
"Ms. Lizi is very clever. After I logged off just now, I went to find her because I wanted to talk to her... But before I could say anything, she spoke first..."
At the time, Lizi had been standing before the floor-to-ceiling window in the living room, gazing at the city lights and shadows outside.
She looked as though she were lost in thought.
When April First came out of the guest room and was about to speak with Lizi, her voice reached his ears before he could open his mouth.
"You communicate with the person behind you through dreams?"
April First's expression was one of utter shock. "?!!"
He had not even said anything yet. How had Lizi known?
"After you entered the guest room, you did nothing and went straight to bed. You kept muttering under your breath. At first, I thought you were secretly cursing me. Later, after I enhanced my hearing, I realized you were counting sheep, from one sheep all the way to a hundred..." Lizi said, "Clearly, you were hypnotizing yourself."
April First could scarcely believe it. "You were spying on me?!"
Lizi sighed. "Should I call you naive, or innocent? As a magician, isn't it as easy as turning over my hand for me to know what happens on my own turf?"
April First fell silent.
Lizi continued, "Under normal circumstances, who would force themselves to sleep immediately after waking up? That struck me as very strange..."
"Then I remembered your itinerary yesterday. You went to a pharmacy to buy sleeping medicine. I had merely assumed you suffered from insomnia, but judging by your mental state, there was no sign of insomnia at all."
"Now, combined with your self-hypnosis