Qin Sili had thought there was something frightening in Lu Chiyan's room. Only after going inside did he realize Lu Chiyan had put on a horror movie himself.
Watching one was one thing, but he had even projected it onto the wall. The moment Qin Sili stepped through the door, he saw a female ghost flash across the wall, accompanied by lightning and thunder sound effects.
On top of that, Lu Chiyan had left the balcony door open. The night breeze blew in, lifting the curtains on either side and instantly cranking the eerie, terrifying atmosphere up to the max.
Qin Sili: "..."
He really wanted to know: if Lu Chiyan wanted to watch a horror movie, why did he have to pick today, of all days-the Ghost Festival on the fifteenth of the seventh lunar month?
What he wanted to know even more was, if Lu Chiyan was so afraid of ghosts, why was he watching a horror movie in his room in the middle of the night with the lights off, and even projecting it onto the wall?
What he wanted to know even more than that was why the balcony door was still open. Did he think the horror movie's built-in atmosphere wasn't enough, so he had to create some more himself?
Lu Chiyan stayed where he was, staring at his bedroom doorway. When Qin Sili still hadn't come out after a long time, he grew a little worried.
What's taking so long?
There isn't even a sound anymore.
He couldn't have really run into a ghost and gotten eaten, could he?
"Qin Sili?"
"Qin Sili? Are you still there?"
Only after Lu Chiyan called twice did Qin Sili come out and tell him, "It's fine now. You can come in."
Qin Sili had just turned off the horror movie projection, shut the balcony door, and turned on the bedroom lights. He told Lu Chiyan, "If you're still really scared, just sleep with the lights on tonight."
With that, Qin Sili turned to leave.
"Hey, hey, hey." Lu Chiyan grabbed Qin Sili again. "Are you sure there isn't a ghost? I felt him. He even touched my neck."
Qin Sili: "..."
"That was the wind," Qin Sili said.
"No, today's the Ghost Festival, you know!" Lu Chiyan added.
Qin Sili: "..." You knew it was the Ghost Festival, and you still watched a horror movie!
Lu Chiyan leaned furtively toward Qin Sili's ear and whispered, "So there really are ghosts! They might be right here around us, watching us!"
Qin Sili: "..."
"Fine, then. What do you want to do?" Qin Sili looked at Lu Chiyan helplessly.
"I don't care. I have to stay with you tonight." Lu Chiyan clutched the hem of Qin Sili's shirt and refused to let go. "I have to sleep with you tonight."
Qin Sili: "???"
"I don't like sleeping with other people." Qin Sili refused outright.
"I'm not other people! I'm your little brother!" Lu Chiyan looked pitifully at Qin Sili. "Big brother, my dear big brother, can you really bear to leave me to fend for myself? We're the only family each other has now! You said you'd take good care of me! Now's your time to shine as a big brother!"
Qin Sili: "..."
Seeing that Qin Sili wasn't speaking, Lu Chiyan gave him no chance to refuse and immediately said, "If you don't say anything, I'll take that as a yes. Then it's happily settled! I'm sleeping with you tonight! Let's go to your room!"
With that, Lu Chiyan let go, dashed to Qin Sili's room, and lay down on Qin Sili's bed without the slightest hesitation.
Ah!
I feel so much safer!
Qin Sili, who returned to his room to find an extra person on his bed: "..."
Sometimes I really feel like I could do without this little brother!
Why on earth had I insisted on bringing Lu Chiyan back to the Qin Family in the first place?
Wouldn't it have been better to leave him out there to fend for himself?
"Hurry up. Aren't you going to sleep?" Lu Chiyan looked at Qin Sili and patted the empty spot beside him. "I'm so sleepy I could die. I'll go to sleep first, then!"
Qin Sili: "..."
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