Chapter 21: For Them! Live On!

  It's another sleepless night, Lianxiu is tossing and turning on the bed, unable to fall asleep. It's not just because of the many mysteries, but also because she's afraid that in her dreams, she'll see Xiaomu's pale face again. Lianxiu never thought that this close friend would one day become...

  As soon as Lian Yu closed her eyes, Xiao Mu's ferocious face appeared in her mind, those terrifying eyes, the resentful gaze filled with hatred, and that hand stained with fresh blood... "No, don't!"

  Lian Xi was frightened and covered in cold sweat, unable to forget the nightmare from a few days ago. She sat up, leaning against the wall, using her fingernails to dig fiercely into her thigh, not wanting to let herself feel even a hint of drowsiness. The long and silent night, Lian Xi sat like this with a dull gaze, not closing her eyes for the entire night.

  "Bang...bang...bang..." Lian Xi's eyes widened as she stared at the door, her beautiful eyes filled with bloodshot. She bit her lip tightly. The original fear plus a sleepless night had put Lian Xi's nerves in an extremely tense state.

  “Creak...” The door was pushed open. Lian Xi still stared straight at the doorway. It was her mom coming to wake her up. Lian Xi's mom was startled by Lian Xi's distorted face. "Ah! Lian Xi? What's wrong with you?......Lian Xi?"

  After calling out a few times, Lian Xi slowly came back to her senses. "Oh...oh, what's wrong, mom?"

  "Li Xiang, don't you feel unwell? How..."

  "Hey, mom, I was just scaring you. Who told you to wake me up so early?"

  "Good grief! I've been knocking on the door and you didn't even make a peep. And what's with that scary face?! Hurry up and get to work!" Ling Xi's mom stormed out, slamming the door shut behind her.

  Indeed, Lian Xi's expression just now was as if she had been possessed by an evil spirit. Her facial muscles were tense, her face was deathly pale, her eyebrows were furrowed, and the corners of her mouth twitched non-stop. Lian Xi didn't know that her expression just now was even more terrifying than Xiao Mu's in his dream, and it made her look even more like a ghost.

  Lian Yu's appearance made her mother's face change color with fright, and she thought to herself that it was still a lingering fear. "Oh my, this child is really something, fortunately it's daytime, if it were nighttime and she scared me like this I'd probably be frightened to death."

  "It's just that I'm in good health and can't help but be so frightened... It's really too much..." Mother muttered to herself as she prepared breakfast.

  Sitting next to him reading the newspaper, Dad asked puzzled "What's this?"

  "It's still that silly girl Lian Xi! Just now... she scared me half to death!" Mother complained.

  "This kid is getting more and more out of hand, actually scaring her own mom by pretending to be a ghost. Don't worry, Mrs. Mo, I'll take care of her later." As he spoke, Dad came over from behind and hugged Mom "Are you still scared, Mrs. Mo?" Mom smiled.

  Lian Xi's parents have always had a good relationship, not like the feudalistic and traditional people of old society. As for Mrs. Mo, it was Lian Xi's father's term of endearment for her mother, which he has used since they were young.

  Ling's father is always humorous and often makes her mother and daughter laugh together. Although Ling's mother seems to lack some sense of humor, she is very sentimental. The three of them live a simple life, but they think that as long as the family of three lives happily together, no matter how ordinary their days are, it is an extremely happy thing.

  At this moment, Lian Xi was squatting at the door gap watching her mother's movements. "Fortunately, Dad and Mom didn't suspect anything, such a terrible thing can't be told to her, if she knew, she would definitely worry about me." Looking at such a warm scene, Lian Xi couldn't help but choke with sobs. She loved them so much.

  If she died in her dreams, then no one would remember that she had ever been to this world in reality, and her family wouldn't feel sad or grieve because of it.

  But Lianxiang has been taken care of by her parents since she was a child, and they have always been considerate of her. She feels that she cannot repay them enough. Of course, her parents' efforts are not for the sake of repayment, but she wants to take good care of them when they get old, accompany them, and for the sake of her family, she must live a strong life!

  Lianxiang walked out of the room with a tired look on her face as usual, washed up simply and sat down at the dinner table.

  As soon as she picked up her chopsticks, her dad slapped her hand, of course just lightly, and then pretended to be stern "Are you getting too bold or what, daring to scare your mom?! You're really getting more and more out of control as you grow older, hurry up and get that big long hair of yours cut off, it's scary! Doesn't your mom always make a fuss over nothing, being so dramatic?! Come here and let dad take a look at what's so scary about you?"

  Lian Yu slowly approached her father's face and couldn't help but laugh. In this joyful laughter, they finished their sweet and warm breakfast together.

  One day's busy work, Lian Xi returned home with a tired face in the evening, without closing her eyes, and dark circles were hanging on her face.

  "Mom's back! Come and eat dinner quickly."

  "Mom, I'm not hungry, I'm especially tired today, I'll rest first." She dragged her heavy body and struggled to move her legs towards her small hut.

  Lianxi was too exhausted to even eat dinner, and she fell heavily onto the bed, falling asleep instantly. Lianxi wasn't worried about running into Xiaomu in her dreams because she was just too tired.

  They say parents know their children best. Lian Xi's mom felt that something was off about her daughter, although she thought it was just a phase and didn't think much of it, remembering how Lian Xi would become listless after a breakup. Despite disapproving of Lian Xi constantly changing boyfriends, seeing her daughter so haggard, she didn't say anything more. Maybe after calming down for two days, everything will be fine again.

  But Ling Xi's mother would never have thought that the things her daughter encountered were not something that could be solved by being calm. She believed that even if Ling Xi told everyone about this terrifying experience, they would only think she was crazy or had been stimulated in some way.

  After all, 'ghosts' are things that aren't accepted by people in the real world. Including Ryeo herself, before entering that nightmare and even after the first nightmare ended, she just thought it was a dream. She never believed in the existence of such powers - until the second nightmare where Hyuk died, disappearing from the real world like vapor, never appearing again, erasing all memories of him from everyone's minds. All this made her have to believe that everything was true...

  The nearly ten-day nightmare had left her exhausted. That evening's sleep was unusually sound, she didn't dream of Xiao Mu again, not even a single dream. Sleep always made people feel like they closed their eyes and opened them again, and that was it.

  "Get up and go to work quickly!" It was a familiar voice. Ling Yu felt that she hadn't slept for long before getting up again. She lazily turned over and at this moment, she felt an unprecedented sense of relaxation. She began to recall why she didn't used to think that not having nightmares and sleeping until dawn was such a happy thing?

  Life is still as calm as ever, and Lian Yu has not dreamed of Xiao Mu for several consecutive days. Probably because her mood has relaxed, and Xiao Mu's death is already a fact, self-blame can't change anything, besides, Xiao Mu's death can't be blamed on Lian Yu...

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