Everything was going according to plan. Only one problem remained: Yang Yi... couldn't fall asleep anytime soon.
"Su Na, could you stop standing beside my bed staring at me? How am I supposed to sleep like this?"
Yang Yi had been lying there for ages without feeling the slightest bit sleepy, so he sat up and complained.
"No. You wake up too quickly. I'm afraid I won't make it in time."
Su Na rejected Yang Yi's suggestion and had no intention of moving, lest things turn out like last time, when Yang Yi had woken up just as she was about to act.
"Uh... suit yourself!"
Yang Yi rolled onto his side, turning his back to Su Na, but she soon forcibly turned him back.
"Just sleep facing this way. We have plenty of time anyway. I'll sit here and wait."
She brought over a chair and sat beside Yang Yi's bed, as though tending to a patient.
Under her gaze, Yang Yi tried hard to fall asleep.
Two hours passed...
"Why aren't you asleep yet? Can't you hurry up?" Su Na urged.
Was this something you could rush?
What happened to having plenty of time?
Yang Yi grumbled inwardly and continued counting sheep with his eyes closed. He had already reached 13,724.
Pretending to sleep was useless. Su Na could use the Dream-Entering Potion to check Yang Yi's sleep status. Once he began dreaming, the potion would emit a faint purple glow.
Half an hour later.
Su Na took out the Alchemy Fragment and began reading, still keeping watch.
Another hour passed. Perhaps because he had gotten used to it, Yang Yi gradually grew sleepy and finally fell asleep, his breathing soft.
But the sound soon vanished. Even his breathing stopped.
This was the moment Su Na had been