"I’m not clinging to you; I just want to sleep with Mommy. Otherwise, when Daddy comes, I’ll have to sleep alone," the little one said, a grain of uncooked rice stuck to the corner of his mouth.
Although he wasn't as scared of me as before, having him on top of me felt like being pressed by an ice cube, making me shiver.
"I already told you I'm not your Mommy. If you want to find her, I can help you look for her, okay?"
"Daddy wouldn't lie to me. Daddy said you are you, so you are."
"Come on, don't be so stubborn. Your Daddy can be wrong sometimes. If you don't believe me, go ask him again."
The little one thought for a moment and suddenly dug into the blanket, pulling out two hands and holding them up in front of me!
Even though I was mentally prepared, I was still startled and fainted right away.
When I woke up again, the little one was still lying on my chest, his eyes now as red as a red scarf.
I jumped in surprise. "What... happened to your eyes?" Red is a warning sign; he couldn't have been possessed, could he?
"I turn like this whenever I cry," he said, then curiously asked, "Mommy, why did you faint?" As he spoke, he raised those two hands in front of me again.
I felt unwell all over again and nearly fainted once more. Thankfully, I managed to hold it together and took a few deep breaths. "Can you please not scare people with those fake hands?"
"These aren't fake hands; these are Daddy's hands!" The little one spoke about his father with excitement. "Look, Mommy, Daddy has a ring on his left hand, and you have one too! You are my Mommy!"
Suddenly enlightened, I realized how they had come to identify me!
But I didn’t have a ring at all!
I felt like the world had brightened up. Happily, I extended both my bare hands and said, "See? You’ve got the wrong person."
However, the little one was even happier than I expected. In a flash, he snatched the ring off his father's hand and quickly placed it on mine.
The whole process took less than a second!
I couldn't react at all!
"What are you doing?" I was tricked! I actually got fooled by a little ghost! I desperately tried to take off the ring, but it felt like it had fused with my flesh; no matter what I did, it wouldn't budge.
The little ghost's scheme had succeeded, and he grinned widely, "Mommy, Daddy said that if you wear this ring, you’re my mommy now! You can't run away!"
"What kind of nonsense is that? What kind of scoundrel teaches you these things? You’re all just a bunch of rascals!" I shouted in exasperation.
My yelling woke up my roommates again. The lights turned on, and there I was, alone on my bed, ranting like a madwoman. This time, my roommates didn’t scold me.
Chen Siyuan said, "Youmai Vegetable, have you been possessed?"
Gao Lele chimed in, "She must be sick!"
Fang Xiaonan suggested, "Let’s start a donation for her!"
I was furious. "Donate to your sister! I've been haunted by a ghost!"
Of course, they didn't believe me. If they did, they wouldn't have ganged up on me so many times before.
I raised my right hand to show them the evidence.
Who would have thought that the first reaction from those women upon seeing the ring on my hand was—
Gao Lele's eyes lit up. "Wow! A diamond ring! How many carats is that?"
Chen Siyuan pondered for a moment. "Judging by its clarity, it's loupe clean—the perfect diamond. Just the style is a bit tacky."
Fang Xiaonan blushed slightly. "With a rich ghost like this, hurry up and come after me!"
Seeing their reactions, an idea suddenly struck me. "If any of you can take off this ring, I'll give it to you."
Before I could finish my words, the three of them lunged at me like wolves pouncing on a sheep. In the next moment, my hand was subjected to unimaginable torment.
However, amidst my cries of agony, fifteen minutes passed… and the ring remained stubbornly on my finger.
The three of them, exhausted from their efforts, finally spoke in unison, “Youmai Vegetable, can we cut off your finger?”
What the hell! These people really have no conscience when it comes to money!
Before I could refuse, I suddenly felt a chilling breeze sweep through the dorm room.
Then, a childish yet menacing voice rang out, “How dare you!”
The three women exchanged terrified glances. “Who?”
“You're not worthy to ask who I am.” The voice echoed as if it were right beside me and resonated from all directions.
Suddenly, all three of my roommates' right hands made a cracking sound, followed by their screams as their hands dislocated.
I was stunned. My relationship with Roommates had always been good; we often joked around. Their earlier suggestion to cut off my finger was just a joke. But clearly, someone—oh no, some ghost—had misunderstood.
“Rice, don’t hurt them!” I shouted urgently.
But that little ghost completely ignored my plea. “If you dare to cut my mommy's finger again, I'll chop off your heads!”
“We won’t do it again! We promise!” Roommates trembled in fear, kneeling on the ground and begging for mercy.
I felt guilty and for a moment truly thought of myself as that little ghost’s mommy. I scolded, “Rice, they were just joking with me. You need to get out of here!”
“Mommy, they wanted to steal your ring!” The little ghost's voice sounded so wronged.
“I asked them to come get it; if you want to blame someone, blame me. And don’t interfere in my matters; otherwise… I’ll never acknowledge you for the rest of my life!”
Once I finished speaking, there was a long silence in the air, and the wind gradually died down, returning the room to its usual temperature.
This time, my roommates no longer felt like joking with me. They looked at me as if I were a monster, and I could see fear in their eyes.
"Youmai Vegetable, have you been secretly raising a ghost?" Chen Siyuan, the tomboy with the biggest courage, was the only one who dared to speak to me normally in this situation.
"What do you mean by raising a ghost?"
"Don't play dumb with me. If you haven't raised a ghost, then what was that just now?"
"Just now... that... was a ringtone I deliberately recorded to scare you guys! Hahaha! You fell for it!" I laughed while raising my phone.
But Chen Siyuan snatched my phone away from me.
Oh no, I was just trying to brush them off with a casual response, and she actually wanted to check? Was she really that serious?
"You dare!" A surprisingly childish voice came out of the phone.
This time, the three of them exchanged glances before bursting into laughter. But the hairs on the back of my neck stood on end.
How could that ringtone really be in my phone?
Suddenly, they all shouted in unison, and then the wrist that had just been dislocated returned to normal.
Chen Siyuan shoved the phone back into my arms and gritted her teeth. "Youmai Vegetable, you've taken this joke too far!"
Fang Xiaonan quietly agreed, "Exactly."
Gao Lele rolled her eyes at me and huffed heavily. "It's just a diamond ring; what's so impressive about it? Do you have to scare people like this?"
I was truly at a loss for words as I watched the three of them tidy up and link arms as they left the dormitory, leaving me all alone.
"Hey! Wait for me!"
Before I could even get out of bed, they burst into laughter and ran out, locking the door behind them!
They actually locked the door!
"You guys are too much!" I shouted barefoot as I rushed to the door. "Open up! I have classes today!"
Gao Lele stuck her tongue out at me and waved my keys in the air—those were my keys! She actually took my keys!
"Hey! Come back! You bunch of jerks, give them back to me!"
I finally understood how strong a woman's desire for revenge could be. They were convinced I was messing with them, so this time they were serious. I had two major classes today, and if I missed them, I would definitely end up on the failing list.
While I didn't want to lose my scholarship, I also didn't want to take a makeup exam!
In the end, it was all that little brat's fault! If it weren't for him, how would I have fallen to this point? And what was going on with the ringtone on my phone? How did that brat's voice get recorded automatically?
I pulled out my phone to figure things out, only to find that someone had changed my wallpaper! The worst part was that it had been changed to a picture of a Cosmic Super Invincible Handsome Guy!
I wasn't exaggerating at all; this man was more handsome than any male celebrity I'd ever seen. His features were flawless, not a single imperfection in sight. His eyes were exactly what I loved—double eyelids with pupils that hinted at a gem-like blue, almost like two mysterious magnets from outer space pulling me in.
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