Chapter 29: Someone Under the Bed

Li Si instructed Cao Meng on where to find the dishwashing utensils, then walked straight to the study. In the study, he moved some miscellaneous items to a corner, clearing out a large area.

Then he went to the courtyard and found some wooden boards and strips in the corner, bringing them back to the study.

In the study, he quickly built a somewhat ugly wooden bed using these dry wooden boards and strips.

These wooden boards and strips were actually from his predecessor’s parents’ dismantled bed, which had been left unused for a long time.

Although some items were missing, it didn’t affect its use.

Li Si sat on this bed and rocked it left and right. Although the bed made some noise, there was no obvious sign of shaking.

It was ugly, but still quite sturdy. Li Si nodded with satisfaction.

Then he found bedding and pillows from the wardrobe in the bedroom, came to the study, and made the bed. Because he made the bed very neatly, covering some rough edges, and finally laying a sheet, the bed didn’t look as ugly as before.

“Dong—Dong!”

“Dong—Dong!”

“Dong—Dong!”

At this time, the sound of the night watchman came from afar, along with his shout: “The weather is dry, be careful with fire and candles!”

It was the hour of dog (7-9 pm), which was generally bedtime in ancient times. Thinking of this, Li Si also felt sleepy.

There was no help for it. This world had no electric lights. Once the sun set, it was almost pitch dark, just like in rural areas of the real world. Li Si had already adapted to this world.

At this time, Cao Meng had finished washing the dishes and was sitting at the table practicing writing with water. Seeing Li Si come over, he hurriedly wiped the water stains clean with his sleeve.

“From now on, you’ll live in the study. I’ve already made the bed for you,” Li Si walked up to Cao Meng and said with a smile.

“Ah?” Cao Meng was a bit panicked when he heard he would be sleeping alone in the study. It should be known that he had always slept with his father at home.

“What’s wrong? Afraid to sleep alone?” Li Si looked at Cao Meng with a playful expression, his face revealing a half-smile.

Hearing the teacher say this, Cao Meng immediately puffed out his chest to cover his panic, saying, “How could that be possible? I’ve been sleeping alone for a long time.”

“Mm, that’s good. You’ll live in the study from now on,” Li Si nodded and walked towards the bedroom, closing the door.

Li Si could naturally see from Cao Meng’s expression that he was afraid to live alone, but he couldn’t let him sleep in the same room with himself. After all, many of his affairs were not suitable for others to know about.

Seeing Li Si enter the bedroom, Cao Meng’s little face revealed a scared expression. He looked towards Li Si’s bedroom direction, wanting to say something but unable to speak, appearing hesitant. After hesitating repeatedly, he could only walk dejectedly towards the study.

At this time, Li Si saw Cao Meng walking towards the study through the door crack, and his eyes immediately revealed a gratified expression. Although this kid was a bit scared, he still had quite a bit of courage.

Thinking of this, he smiled, turned around, walked to the bedside, and lay down straight.

He was actually exhausted today. In the morning, fighting with the Dismembering Ghost had consumed a lot of his mental energy. Then he moved corpses, taught these children, and practiced the “Mystic Tortoise Record”. At this point, he was physically and mentally exhausted.

So as soon as he lay on the bed, sleepiness surged uncontrollably. Before long, he fell asleep.

…

“Li Si…”

“Li Si…”

“Li Si…”

“…”

A series of hollow voices, indistinguishable between male and female, kept coming, waking Li Si up.

“Who’s calling me?” Li Si wanted to shout, but was surprised to find that he couldn’t control his own voice. The words reached his mouth but he couldn’t shout them out.

Li Si was a bit panicked and tried to control his body, but was horrified to find that his body was not under his control at all.

At this moment, he realized from his field of vision that he was in a closed space. Above was rough, probably wooden boards, and on the ground below were various animal furs and bones, along with dried corpses of chickens, ducks, cats, and dogs, piled all over the ground.

Although he couldn’t smell anything, Li Si still felt nauseated.

There was no feeling of fear at all. After all, he had reassembled more than twenty human corpses this morning. How could he be afraid of these animal corpses and bones?

However, at this moment, he was alarmed to find his body moving involuntarily, not like a normal person, but floating and moving… like a ghost!

Li Si watched helplessly as he floated out of that narrow space. After coming out, his vision slowly raised, like a normal person.

At this moment, Li Si realized that the scene before him was so familiar. The table, chairs, and windows were all very familiar. This… was clearly his own bedroom!

Suddenly, the vision turned back, and Li Si saw from the vision that there was a person sleeping soundly on the bed, and this person, as he expected, was himself!

What on earth was going on???

If the person on the bed was himself, then what was he now? Li Si’s mind was very confused.

The bizarre thing’s vision kept staring at his own body on the bed, staring for about ten minutes or so. Just as Li Si was finding it hard to endure the creeping fear in his heart, “his” vision turned towards the door.

The scene before his eyes flickered, and Li Si followed this vision directly through the door, appearing in the main hall. Then, what made him feel uneasy was that this vision was fixated on the direction of the study, slowly moving towards it.

What was this bizarre thing going to do?! Just as this thought arose in Li Si’s mind, he recalled the corpses of cats, dogs, chickens, and ducks he had seen under the bed earlier.

This thing was no longer satisfied with eating these small creatures? It wanted to eat people, to eat people! To eat Cao Meng!!!

“No!!!” Li Si shouted loudly, his eyes suddenly opening wide, his whole body abruptly sitting up from the bed. He found himself covered in cold sweat, and only then realized that it had just been a dream.

Exhaling, his whole body relaxed. He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, but at this moment, his heart was still unsettled. How could this dream feel so real?

Thinking of this, his hand touched the bedsheet. Without hesitation, he lifted the sheet and looked under the bed.

This look startled Li Si. The space under the bed was filled with corpses of chickens, ducks, dogs, and cats. It was exactly the same as in the dream.

Previously, because the bed sheet covered it, and the corpses were dried without much moisture, Li Si hadn’t smelled anything. Now that he lifted it, a strong odor hit him in the face, making him feel nauseous.

All these days, there had been a ghost thing staying under his bed!!

He suddenly thought of when he first came to this world. That night, he had tossed and turned for hours unable to sleep, always feeling uncomfortable in the bed. He had thought it was due to not being accustomed to the new environment, but now he realized it was this thing causing trouble.

That night, this bizarre thing was hiding under his bed.

“Not good! Cao Meng is in danger!!!”

Li Si suddenly stood up from the bed, yanked open the door, and ran straight towards the study.