"But..."
The Middle-aged Man let out a deep sigh.
"That night, I was pinned down by a ghost in my sleep."
"At first, I didn't think much of it."
"I just thought it was an exception."
"After all, quite a few people have experienced sleep paralysis."
"It wasn't anything worth making a fuss over."
"Though it was indeed a little frightening."
"But... on the second night, I was pinned down by a ghost again."
"I even thought I heard some kind of sound."
"Every day after that, I was jolted awake by sleep paralysis."
"After waking up, I didn't dare go back to sleep."
"Because every time I fell deeply asleep, I would be jolted awake by sleep paralysis again."
"Yesterday, after waking up, I even thought I saw ghostly fire?!"
The Middle-aged Man himself found it absurd and unbelievable. "It was just like a special effect in a TV drama."
"The kind of ghostly fire that rises from a cemetery."
The Middle-aged Man explained.
"I started to panic a little."
"No."
The Middle-aged Man shook his head. "Actually, I've been panicking this whole time."
"I just kept telling myself that everything was fine."
"It was only one episode of sleep paralysis, wasn't it?"
"But one episode is nothing. What about two, three, or even more?"
"And besides the sleep paralysis, I started having hallucinations."
"That must have been a hallucination, right?"
"Otherwise, how could ghostly fire appear in front of me for no reason?"
"I knew something was wrong."
"The problem had become serious."
"I searched online for a lot of information, but I was still completely confused."
"Then I suddenly remembered what Xiao Yi told me that day..."
The man's voice paused, and a strange look appeared on his face.
"He said there was an auntie behind me."