Chapter 113: Sleepless Night
Bai Cha replied with an okay.
Looking at the computer, the image recognition had identified it.
It was highly likely to be a morning glory seed.
After all, among the pile of chocolate beans that appeared in the image recognition, the only seed was a morning glory seed. The rest were feces of flying squirrels and pine nuts.
Morning glory seeds are usually planted before May, and it was already early June.
After searching for planting instructions, Bai Cha still decided to plant it.
If necessary, she could just turn on the air conditioner to maintain the temperature.
She didn’t know what this seed was for or if it could germinate, but since it was inside that Buddha statue, it must be useful!
She got some warm water and soaked the seed in it first.
Xu Shengsheng also arrived.
She was still wearing her school uniform. Besides her backpack, she was carrying a bag of clothes, a towel blanket, face wash, and a toothbrush.
“Wow, let me tell you, my mom is really something! I hadn’t even said I wanted to stay at your place yet. I just told her I was coming over to ask you about studying, and she directly told me to stay here and not go back tonight.”
Xu Shengsheng chattered as soon as she entered, adding a bit of life to the quiet room.
Bai Cha took her clothes and led her to the guest bedroom.
“I specifically cleaned this place up today. You can stay here tonight.”
Xu Shengsheng had no problem with that.
“Have you eaten?”
Xu Shengsheng nodded and took out a lunch box and a bag of fruit from her backpack.
“My mom told me to bring these for you. This lunch box has braised pork ribs she made today. She also said she was planning to bring it to you anyway.”
“Thank you, Auntie,” Bai Cha said, taking the lunch box and putting it in the refrigerator.
She had already had dinner. She could reheat it tomorrow morning, which would also be convenient for Xu Shengsheng to have breakfast.
As Xu Shengsheng watched her busying around, she hesitated for a moment before speaking.
“Sis, that dream you mentioned… what exactly is going on? I was almost falling asleep in class today!”
Xu Shengsheng was very emotional.
“I was almost scared to death last night, especially that groom. What was that thing? It even looked like it had scales on its face?”
“Especially after I came back and saw that you said you had the same dream, help! Could it be that something has entered our house…”
She stopped abruptly, glanced around, and suddenly felt a chill down her spine.
“It’s still hard for me to tell you right now. You’ll know in a few days. Stay here with me for these few days. If you need anything, just tell me, and I’ll go to Auntie’s place to get it for you tomorrow.”
It wasn’t that Bai Cha hadn’t considered telling her the situation right away.
But when she wanted to talk about the game, the words that came out naturally turned into asking if she had eaten dinner.
So she knew that Xu Shengsheng wasn’t a game player yet. These things couldn’t be discussed for the time being.
Xu Shengsheng couldn’t suppress her curiosity.
“Why will I know in a few days? Can’t you just tell me now?”
“Have you finished your homework?” Bai Cha looked up.
Xu Shengsheng: “…”
She sadly wiped away non-existent tears and resigned herself to picking up her test paper and starting to do practice questions.
Bai Cha did indeed sit next to her and helped her with anything she didn’t understand. Relying on her relatively good memory, she hadn’t completely forgotten everything she learned in high school and could barely muddle through for her cousin.
Actually, it was mainly to fool her aunt.
After all, they were using studying as an excuse.
That night, the two of them tidied up and prepared to sleep.
Bai Cha didn’t know if it was because she was too tired during the day, but her body ached, and she tossed and turned all night without getting much sleep.
Until there was a knock on the door.
“Sis, are you there?”
To be honest, the dreams of the past few days had confused Bai Cha, and for a moment, she felt a little dazed.
She sat up and carefully felt her own state, confirming that she was awake at this moment.
Then she responded.
“Did you have another nightmare?”
Xu Shengsheng cried loudly at the door.
“Wah, I was almost scared to death! You don’t know, I dreamed that you knocked on my door. Then I went to open it, but the person standing at the door wasn’t you at all, it was a woman… wearing a wedding dress!”
She had originally wanted to say female ghost, but she had heard that you shouldn’t say that word late at night, as it would be heard, so she changed the word.
Bai Cha listened to the energetic crying at the door and then opened it.
This was indeed reality.
Xu Shengsheng threw herself onto Bai Cha’s small bed.
Bai Cha still lived in the children’s room she had lived in as a child. After all, it felt more familiar, and she also stayed there when she was at her aunt’s house.
“I was really about to be scared to death! She grabbed my neck directly. Then I struggled and struggled and woke up, realizing it was just a dream, but I don’t dare to sleep anymore!”
Bai Cha sat on the edge of the bed and gently patted Xu Shengsheng’s head.
Xu Shengsheng hugged Bai Cha and nuzzled against her.
Actually, she was 1.72 meters tall, taller than Bai Cha, like a large pendant.
“Sis, did you dream about anything?”
“No, I didn’t fall asleep.” Bai Cha was actually sleepy too, but she just couldn’t sleep.
Only then did Xu Shengsheng remember that her older sister had severe insomnia and had taken Chinese medicine for several years back in high school.
“Sigh…” Xu Shengsheng sighed, “Then I won’t sleep either. Actually, I’m not sleepy anymore now that I’m awake…”
“You have school tomorrow, go to sleep. If you really can’t, then do another set of practice problems,” Bai Cha said softly.
Xu Shengsheng: “…”
Sleepiness suddenly washed over her. It seemed like there was nothing to be afraid of in dreams anymore.
“Can I sleep here with you? Or will you come sleep with me?”
“You just sleep here. I probably won’t be able to sleep anyway. I’ll watch over you, and after you leave tomorrow, I’ll catch up on sleep.”
Xu Shengsheng was a little embarrassed but quickly lay down.
After all, having someone nearby was always better than having nightmares alone.
Bai Cha glanced at the time.
Three in the morning.
Xu Shengsheng got up at six. If she didn’t sleep, she could make breakfast for her around dawn.
Moreover, she also wanted to see what Xu Shengsheng was like when she was dreaming.
But Xu Shengsheng slept until her alarm clock woke her up, indicating that she hadn’t been dreaming.
So the dream should only occur once every night.
After Xu Shengsheng ate breakfast and went to school, Bai Cha got some soil and planted the seed.
Her tutor replied, saying the thesis had passed, and the defense would be in mid-June.
A sense of weariness washed over Bai Cha. There were too many things to deal with.
She even had an urge to escape reality and simply stay in the game town.
As soon as this thought appeared, she felt a sudden chill and then fell silent.
She couldn’t let Xu Shengsheng be like this.
She would be a senior in high school after this summer vacation. Where would she get so much energy to balance studying and gaming?
But she definitely couldn’t protect her forever. She knew her own limits; clearing the game herself and helping someone else clear the game were two different things.
A sense of powerlessness arose in Bai Cha’s heart.
She needed to become stronger.
She had to find a way to make people willing to make sacrifices.
Only then would she have enough power.
