My Deskmate is Not Human​ - Chapter 6

A gust of cold wind brought heavy rain, pounding against the glass.

Mixed with the ticking of the clock on the wall.

The sky was still dark.

I sat up and turned on the bedside lamp.

The warm yellow light illuminated the room.

I pressed my pounding heart, my icy palm against my burning cheek, my ears flushed red.

Classmate Shen An really is a good person, and so good-looking.

But having this kind of dream is just too embarrassing.

Was it because he said he would protect me today

that I had such a strange dream?

I got up and poured myself a glass of warm water. As I lowered my eyes unintentionally, I noticed red and blue lights flashing outside the neighborhood in the rainy night-it looked like police cars.

There was a knock at the door.

Through the peephole, I saw three police officers.

“Did you go out tonight?”

A young officer asked routinely.

“I’ve been at home the whole time.”

“Did you see anyone suspicious?”

I shook my head lightly. He asked me a few more questions, and when he saw I really didn’t know anything, he put away his notebook and reminded me to keep my doors and windows locked.

“Okay, officer.”

I nodded, closed the door, and locked it.

Looking down, I saw a tattered Yellow Talisman that had fallen behind the door, as if it had been shredded by claws-chilling and horrifying.

The next morning, when I went downstairs to buy breakfast,

another building in my neighborhood was cordoned off with police tape.

I heard that a family of five had died.

Their deaths were extremely tragic.

And in another neighboring complex, someone had died too.

Does that mean…

My steps faltered as I passed by.

A chill crept up inside me.

Was the dream I had last night real?

And what about Shen An?

The Shen An from last night-

was he the Shen An from reality,

or the Shen An from my dream?

If it was reality,

how could he enter my dream?

Is he, like Bai Shang, able to hunt monsters and exorcise ghosts?

Or does he have another identity?