The night was quiet.
Lin Ying lay in bed as moonlight slipped through the window, leaving scattered patches of light across the blanket.
Steady breathing came from beside her.
That guy had already turned back into a little boy. According to him, in his current condition, maintaining an adult body for long periods took a great deal of energy.
Lin Ying stared at the ceiling, unable to close her eyes.
Her emotions churned.
Countless thoughts crowded her mind.
Until just yesterday, her life had followed its usual routine. Although she had occasionally been curious about the occult and supernatural things, her life had remained dull and uneventful overall.
But now.
Someone from Hell had suddenly barged into her life.
And he even claimed to be her from another world.
Although their unpleasant first encounter had left her furious, once she calmed down, she had discovered another side of him that no one knew about.
"Is this fate...?"
She gazed at the ceiling.
She had no idea what the future held, but one thing was certain: from this moment onward, she would probably have to say goodbye to her ordinary life...
The next day.
A rooster crowed.
Sunlight streamed through the window.
Drip.
Something sticky seemed to have landed on her cheek. She instinctively frowned, reached up to wipe her face, and slowly opened her eyes.
And at that very moment.
She saw slimy, writhing tentacles crawling across the ceiling, their suckers clinging to the walls. She could even clearly make out the densely packed protrusions covering them.
"..."
A brief silence.
"Aaaah!!"
A piercing scream rang out.
[Ding! Lin Ying's sanity value -1] [Ding! Lin Ying's sanity value -1]
But she had barely gotten halfway through her scream before a tentacle dropped from the ceiling and clamped