Pei Liang winked at the girl, "It's my brother who scratched you."
"Does your hand still hurt?"
"show me."
"It doesn't hurt anymore."
The girl obediently stretched out her hand, with a somewhat sarcastic expression, "I just... lied to you."
The last few words were spoken softly.
"As long as it doesn't hurt."
Pei Liang pretended not to hear the girl's last few words, looked at the girl's wrist, and said reassuringly.
The girl took back her hand and pursed her lips.
"Brother, I won't tell you just because I don't want you to worry."
"At first I thought it was an illusion."
"Then I kept hearing it, and I felt something was wrong."
"I wonder if I have some kind of mental illness, but I think it's unlikely."
"I don't want to make a fuss out of a molehill, and I don't want you to worry about me for nothing."
"I checked a lot of information online."
"But the more I looked at it, the more confused I became, and the more I looked at it, the more worried I became."
"I'm getting increasingly restless and...scared."
“What if I do have a mental illness?”
...
"But, if you think about it carefully, except for sometimes hearing strange noises, I am obviously normal."
"Actually, I didn't want to tell you at first because I didn't want you to worry."
"But later on, I was a little bit embarrassed to talk about it."
"I always feel that if someone knows, even if that person is my brother, I may have a mental illness, which is very embarrassing."
"I can't speak."
"If possible, I would like to keep it hidden."
"It's just that because of the auditory hallucinations, my temper is getting worse and worse."
"Even if I tell myself again and again that it is an auditory hallucination, that it is false, ignore it, pretend not to hear anything, don't lose your temper..."
"But it's really difficult."
The girl smiled bitterly, "I know, I can't hide it for long."
"...Sorry...brother."
…
Pei Liang looked at his sister who couldn't hide the gloom and fatigue between her features. His heart ached, but a gentle smile appeared on his face, "It's okay."
"I know you didn't mean it."
"And didn't you apologize to me later?"
...
Pei You was silent.
So what if I apologize?
She was unreasonable and angry with her brother, and she even said some hurtful words to him.
That was obviously not her original intention.
She obviously regrets it every time.
But I couldn't control myself at that time.
what is this?
She felt that she was extremely hypocritical.
...
"ah!"
Pei You made a fist with his hand and hit his head several times, making a dull sound.
The irritability in her heart rose again.
"Xiaoyu!"
Pei Liang took the girl's hand and asked, "What are you doing?"
"I'll try to see if I can cure the auditory hallucinations."
The girl said seriously, but then she looked frustrated, "But it's useless."
"I hit myself several times before, but it didn't work at all."
"Although it hurts, the auditory hallucinations are still there."
"It's really haunting and it annoys me to death!"
"Xiaoyu!"
Pei Liang's face darkened, and he held the girl's hand a little harder, "How many times have you hit her?"
"With such great force, aren't you afraid of beating yourself silly?"
"I don't know if I'm stupid or not, but if I continue like this, either my spirit will be tempered to be extremely strong, or I will go crazy."
The girl shook her head, feeling a bit defeated, "I think the latter is more likely."
She originally wanted to see this as a test for her, but she failed to clear the level.
She does not have the consciousness and perseverance of the protagonist in the novel.
She has always felt that the protagonist's never-giving-up belief and resilience that grows stronger despite setbacks are the most buggy existence in the novel.
The protagonist is not that easy to play.
Sure enough, she doesn't have the talent to be the protagonist.
...
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
Pei Liang glanced at Pei You disapprovingly.
Then he looked at Xiao Xiao hesitantly, "Master Xiao..."
He originally thought that his sister was a bit crazy because she could never hear the monster's voice.
Then, compared to his words, my sister should listen more to the words of Master Xiao, who can see monsters.
As a result, the situation was not what he expected.
My sister was not anxious and agitated because she couldn't hear the monster's voice, but because she had auditory hallucinations that caused her previous abnormal behavior.
Such reasons...
There shouldn't be anything that Master Xiao can do, right?
"I'm sorry, Master Xiao, your trip was in vain."
Pei Liang said sheepishly, "I thought Xiaoyou was because of monsters..."
"I'm really sorry, Master Xiao, for wasting your time."
"Won't."
Xiao Xiao shook his head.
Pei Liang thought that the other party was saying polite words, and the corners of his mouth just raised. The next second, his expression paused, looking a bit funny.
He rubbed his ears, wondering if he was also hallucinating?
What does "I did not travel in vain" mean?
What does Master Xiao mean?
"I'm like this because of monsters?!"
Compared to Pei Liang who was speechless, Pei You had already shouted out first.
It's not like she never thought about it this way.
After all, she has heard the voices of monsters and knows that monsters are real creatures that exist in the world.
However, because of this, she was wondering, could it be that she knew the existence of monsters, so she unconsciously related all the things she didn't understand to monsters?
Besides, she clearly wanted to hear the monster again but didn't hear the monster's voice. How could her auditory hallucinations be caused by the monster?
Thinking this way, she became increasingly uneasy about her mental state.
However, what Master Xiao says now...
The girl pursed her lips and stared at Master Xiao closely.
...
Xiao Xiao took a few steps towards Pei You.
Pei You stiffened, as if the pause button had been pressed, unable to move.
She could even smell the faint tea-like aroma coming from Master Xiao?
"Xiao, Master Xiao?"
The girl's voice was trembling.
Too close!
"Master Xiao?"
Pei Liang, who was on one side, looked startled and couldn't help but step forward and shouted.
"Shh~"
Xiao Xiao raised his finger to signal the two of them to be quiet.
Pei You and Pei Liang both subconsciously closed their mouths.
Pei You lowered his eyes, but met a pair of rose-red eyes.
Very beautiful, like a top-quality ruby.
But being caught off guard still startled her.
Then he realized that the owner of those eyes was Master Xiao's little white fox.
"Ah...nine."
The girl pursed her lips, her voice so soft that even she herself didn't hear it clearly.
The little white fox just glanced at her and closed his eyes lazily, looking indifferent and showing no interest in her.
she:......
...
Xiao Xiao didn't pay attention to the short interaction between the girl and Ah Jiu.
He held out both hands.
The girl's expression became more and more nervous.
She could feel Master Xiao's hands resting next to her ears.
The moment of strangeness and doubt even suppressed her awkwardness and embarrassment at this moment.
