That night, fierce winds howled and torrential rain poured without end.
Rumble-
A sudden clap of thunder jolted Mu Yihe awake in bed, and he whipped his head toward the window.
"N-no one's there..."
Right. This was the third floor. How could anyone be outside the window?
That chilling sensation of someone watching him from behind was his imagination. It had to be.
After reassuring himself, Mu Yihe patted his chest in relief and lay back down to sleep.
But the very next second-
Crack-
A strange sound came from the window behind him.
Mu Yihe shuddered and slowly turned his head in terror.
Everything outside the window remained peaceful, with only the rain pattering down.
It really was just my imagina-
Boom!!!
A thunderclap split the heavens, lighting up half the sky.
And the instant that thunder rang out, a pale hand slapped onto his windowsill.
Bzzzt-
The pale hand was drenched in rain, and faint flashes of electricity even seemed to flicker around it.
One look made Mu Yihe's scalp crawl, a chill sweeping through him from head to toe.
The next second, his face went white, his eyes rolled back, and he fainted dead away from fright, falling out of bed.
Just then, another hand gripped the windowsill.
"Whew, that really was hard to climb."
Pushing up with both hands, Xie Mi hoisted her upper body over the sill. Looking at Mu Yihe unconscious on the floor, she grinned. "Oh, hey. Why are you sleeping on the floor?"
The system howled in a meltdown inside her head, piling crackling electricity onto her as though it cost nothing.
"You know, after getting zapped long enough, this stuff feels all tingly. Pretty comfortable, actually."
Ignoring the system's frantic cries, Xie Mi flipped into the bedroom, crouched beside Mu Yihe,