The hair dryer hummed loudly. Eileen sat cross-legged on the coffee table, gripping its edge with both hands to keep herself from being blown away as Yu Sheng dried her hair.
Whenever the dryer turned toward her face, she would suddenly raise her head, open her mouth into the wind, and go, "Aaaah wa wa wa wa wa—" She was having the time of her life.
Yu Sheng sometimes genuinely wondered what this doll's brain was made of.
"Stop playing around." When Eileen made her third "aaah wa wa" at the hair dryer, he had no choice but to forcibly hold her head down. He sighed helplessly. "Just the last bit... There, that's good enough."
"Thanks~" Eileen raised a hand and scratched at her hair. Then, as she watched Yu Sheng put away the hair dryer, she suddenly asked, "What happened? Why do you seem so distracted?"
Yu Sheng paused and quietly exhaled. "It's nothing much. I just met Little Red Riding Hood in a dream and talked with her for a bit."
"You met Little Red Riding Hood in a dream?" Eileen was puzzled at first, but quickly caught on. "Ah! That weird dream of yours, the one where you met Huli last time... Little Red Riding Hood went in too?!"
"Yeah. And unlike when Huli went in, she was conscious when she entered." Yu Sheng said it casually, without mentioning what he had seen in Little Red Riding Hood's memories. "...I plan to go to the Black Forest again tonight."
Eileen blinked but said nothing, simply staring at Yu Sheng.
"Little Red Riding Hood's condition has already reached the 'late stage.' Basically, every time she falls asleep, she ends up in the Black Forest." Yu Sheng continued, "I should be able to help a little. And if I'm