Chapter 92: I’m Back
Bai Cha went to sleep after packing her things.
Originally, while her aunt was helping her pack, she had wanted to ask more about her parents, but her aunt always changed the subject.
This behavior undoubtedly further confirmed her suspicion.
The incident that happened to her family back then might really have involved non-human factors.
However, these things couldn’t be investigated at the moment.
After seven consecutive days of high-intensity performance in the game, she was mentally exhausted.
Especially after gaining power and feeling the healthy and strengthened state of her body.
Returning to reality and suddenly losing everything made the pain and fatigue that she had become accustomed to double.
Before this, she had never known what the state of a healthy person was like.
But now she had experienced it, and it was even more intense.
Controlling herself from entering the game was already a testament to her strong self-control.
In an almost semi-conscious state, a thought flashed through her mind vaguely.
If things continued like this, could she really still endure her body in reality?
She quickly fell into a deep sleep.
“Knock knock—”
The door was knocked, and Bai Cha opened her eyes, but her eyelids were very heavy and wouldn’t open much.
She only vaguely saw that it was already light, and she was lying in the dormitory.
Had she been living in the dormitory before?
The thought flashed by, her mind a mess.
Too sleepy.
Someone was still knocking on the door.
Bai Cha got up with some difficulty, rubbed her face, and opened the dormitory door.
“Bai Cha, come on, why haven’t you packed yet? We’re going to the wedding, it’s already seven in the morning.”
Standing at the door was a stranger yet familiar person, who seemed to be a roommate, but also didn’t seem to be.
The other person familiarly grabbed her arm and came straight in. “Hurry up and change your clothes, we’re about to leave.”
Bai Cha was stunned for a moment, then nodded. Oh right, there was a wedding to attend.
So she endured the sleepiness that threatened to engulf her and washed her face, but the sleepiness didn’t diminish in the slightest.
She casually changed into a dress and walked out the door.
She didn’t know when this person had gone out.
The other person linked her arm again. “Let’s go, the car is already waiting for us downstairs, everyone’s here.”
“Oh, who all is it?” Bai Cha couldn’t help but rub her eyes again, still sleepy.
“Of course it’s everyone from our class. Everyone’s here. You haven’t forgotten, have you? We’re going to our best friend’s wedding today. You’re even a bridesmaid! You don’t remember?”
Bai Cha nodded blankly. “Oh, that’s right, I’m too sleepy, sorry…”
The person beside her immediately laughed. “It’s okay, let’s go.”
As soon as the words fell, Bai Cha found herself sitting on a large bus.
There were many people next to her, but she couldn’t see them clearly. She closed her eyes sleepily.
As soon as she closed her eyes, she was woken up. “Bai Cha, wake up, we’re here.”
So Bai Cha opened her eyes and found herself in front of a dilapidated, low mud house.
There was a large courtyard in front of the mud house. It was very lively at this time. It was already dark, and many lanterns with the character for “happiness” were hung in the courtyard.
Villagers were coming and going.
They greeted her warmly. “You must be the classmates who came to attend the wedding. How wonderful! Come on, come on, while the wedding hasn’t started yet, go meet the bride!”
Bai Cha was even directly pulled into the house.
She was somewhat awake now, looking at all these strangers, and a sense of vigilance arose in her heart. She stood at the door and didn’t move.
But the bride came out.
She was wearing a traditional Chinese wedding dress, but she wasn’t wearing a red veil. Instead, the groom next to her had a red veil over his head.
The bride said with a smile, “My groom, his favorite food is fresh human blood. With human flesh, it’s the most delicious…”
When she said the last few words, the originally lively atmosphere vanished.
The bride’s face glowed with a bluish light, becoming even more eerie in the glow of the red lanterns.
The red veil on the groom’s head was suddenly taken off, revealing the twisted face of a monster.
Bai Cha was startled and took a step back, looking back.
The villagers who had been standing there earlier had all turned into figures that looked like paper dolls, yet also a bit like porcelain.
Their faces wore eerie blushes and smiles.
The red lanterns overhead suddenly went out.
Bai Cha instinctively ran backward and then fell heavily.
She saw someone reach out a hand that passed through her heart.
Bai Cha suddenly opened her eyes.
The feeling of being startled and terrified still lingered in her heart, even her heart throbbed with pain.
After she recovered, she began to feel sleepy again.
“Bang—”
Someone knocked on the window.
Bai Cha vaguely glanced and saw a hand pressed against it.
She seemed to hear Xu Shengsheng’s voice. “Sis, I’m coming in.”
Bai Cha had gradually closed her eyes, wanting to respond, but couldn’t open her mouth.
Suddenly, she sat up abruptly in bed, turning her head to look at the window.
Although her aunt’s apartment building wasn’t tall, it was on the fourth floor.
How could there be someone knocking on the window of her room?
It was still Xu Shengsheng.
The sky was already bright, but Bai Cha inexplicably felt a chill down her spine.
Just now, if she had answered?
She was very sure that she had just seen a hand. It wasn’t bloody or anything, just a very ordinary, clean, white hand.
Bai Cha frowned, picked up her phone, and glanced at it.
Exactly 7:00 AM.
She opened the Ghost Domain APP.
[You have six days until you enter the next instance, “Concealed Pregnancy.”]
Bai Cha opened the forum and searched for this instance.
The information about instances on the forum was definitely extremely scarce, and what little there was wouldn’t affect clearing the instance.
Most of it was about dreams, and a group of people analyzing the meaning of the dreams.
Bai Cha found the dream corresponding to this instance. It was indeed similar to what she had just dreamed.
Since it was related to the instance, she breathed a slight sigh of relief.
After thinking for a moment, she got up and tidied the quilt. Just then, her aunt came to knock on the door.
“Are you up? Get up and eat. Then I’ll have your uncle help you move your things over.”
Her aunt didn’t try to persuade Bai Cha to stay much, which wasn’t in line with her usual style. Maybe it was related to Bai Cha mentioning her parents yesterday.
She only gave one more piece of advice before leaving after helping her move. “You’re alone at home. If you get sick or encounter anyone or anything, tell me, okay? I promised your mother back then.”
Bai Cha nodded obediently. “Aunt, if something happens to me, will you tell me the truth?”
Her aunt stiffened and waved her hand. “What are you talking about, child? What truth? Be careful yourself. I’m only letting you come back because you still have to go to school. But letting you come back doesn’t mean you won’t come to my place anymore. You have to come during festivals, you know?”
“Okay, take care.”
Bai Cha didn’t ask any more questions.
She saw them off, closed the door, and turned to look at the cold, long-unseen home. The obedient and gentle smile on her face gradually disappeared, replaced by a somewhat numb coldness.
Mom, Dad, I’m back.
