Master, Your Wife Has Become a Super Star Through Fortune-Telling

Chapter 195 - 196: Sleep Paralysis

"That’s right. I was just diagnosed with liver disease this year. And my friends, my bros... they have the means and want to help me, but for one reason or another, they never can."

"Master, you’re pretty accurate!"

He thought back on all the masters he’d seen recently. Only this one hadn’t spouted any nonsense, and yet she was the most accurate of them all.

[Sigh, his attitude changed in just a minute.]

[I get it, though. People who don’t know any better would definitely doubt the Heavenly Venerate’s power.]

[Yeah, everyone has a first time. I was super skeptical at first, too. It took getting proven wrong a few times before I was willing to believe. This guy’s actually a pretty quick convert.]

As this thought crossed the young man’s mind, he looked Su Nian up and down again.

’This has to be a real master,’ he thought. ’Just one with a unique personality.’

"Master, please, save me!"

Su Nian had just finished her general reading of his features when she heard his desperate voice.

Combined with his pale, puffy face, his plea piqued the interest of many people in the live stream chat.

Su Nian glanced at him. "What happened?"

"Master, have you heard of ’ghost pressing’?"

Su Nian nodded. Some people genuinely experienced hauntings during sleep, while others just felt that way due to poor rest and mental exhaustion.

But looking at his complexion, Su Nian naturally leaned toward the former.

The moment the man mentioned it, his expression grew tense. "This isn’t my first time experiencing it. I know the scientific explanation is sleep paralysis, and I believe it. But what’s been happening these past few days... it can’t be explained by science."

"I used to be someone who completely believed in science. I thought things like fortune-telling and ghosts were total bullshit. But now... I think I’ve actually encountered a ghost!"

Zhao Lei grew agitated.

"My previous bouts of sleep paralysis only ever happened when I was sleeping alone. But just last night, I specifically had five or six friends stay over to sleep in the same room and watch over me, and I *still* got sleep paralysis!"

"At first, I didn’t think anything was wrong. I figured I was just tired. I felt incredibly sleepy but was fully conscious. I wasn’t scared, either. It felt exactly like what doctors call sleep paralysis, so I just let myself be ’paralyzed’ and drift off."

"Then, Master, things got weird. As soon as I’d fall into a deep sleep, I’d immediately become paralyzed again, and all sorts of terrifying images would flood my mind. In particular, there was this strange old woman. I keep dreaming about her bringing her grandson to knock on my bedroom door, telling me to let them in!"

"I didn’t want to believe it at first, but she came to my dreams every single day, telling me to open the door. One time, she even tried to turn my doorknob! Thank god I always keep it deadbolted."

"I knew something was wrong when I woke up that time. I’d already had the dream two or three times in a row, but I tried to tell myself it was just psychological, or maybe I was under too much stress. But then, that same day, I found a bloody handprint on my doorknob!"

[Whoa, this is intense!]

[It’s been a while since we had a horror story this good. I’m not sure I’ll be able to sleep tonight!]

[Just thinking about it gives me the creeps!]

[OMG, no wonder he looks like that. He’s too scared to sleep!]

"I was terrified of sleeping. But even though my sleep quality has been terrible, I still fall asleep right on schedule. That night, I fell asleep again, and the old woman came back with the little boy. They just kept telling me to open the door. While it was happening, all I could think was to scream for help, but I couldn’t make a sound."

"I thought I was done for, but she couldn’t get in. It seemed like she needed my permission to enter. After a while, I got used to it. I figured besides being unable to move or speak and seeing scary things in my head, there wasn’t much else to it."

[This bro is pretty chill about it. Gotta say, he’s brave.]

[Well, it’s not like he has a choice but to get used to it. From his description, the ghost can only use psychic attacks.]

[Maybe you stop being scared after seeing it enough. You just go numb.]

"But then, the night before last, I was already asleep, lying on my right side, when suddenly I was ’paralyzed’ again. I was already used to it, so I tried my best to keep my mind off the scary images, thinking I’d just ignore it and go back to sleep."

"But I clearly felt something actually enter my room. It felt like she was getting closer to my ear, like she was trying to talk to me. A bone-deep chill crept closer and closer to my ear, but I couldn’t move. I couldn’t even open my eyes."

"It was incredibly difficult to even stay awake. My head was groggy and so, so sleepy, so I fell back into a deep sleep again."

"But that person, or thing, kept getting closer. I felt an ice-cold breath on my ear, and it felt like someone was touching my face with a freezing hand!"

"I told myself it was just my imagination and pretended not to feel it. I tried desperately to force my eyes open, but it was useless. That frigid presence kept closing in."

"Finally, I woke up. I could move my toes, then my whole body. I immediately grabbed my phone, fully awake now, and ran outside!"

"It all sounds so bizarre, but I know it wasn’t a dream! It really wasn’t a dream! Master, you have to believe me!"

Su Nian nodded, munching on her peach.

"I believe you..."

’After all, there’s an old woman and a child—two ghosts—standing right behind you as we speak.’

Of course, Su Nian didn’t say that last part out loud.

[That’s seriously terrifying. His mental fortitude is pretty good.]

[For real. If that were me, I’d probably be a crying, snotty mess.]

[Not necessarily. He probably was a crying mess, he’s just not saying it to save face.]

[I get sleep paralysis a lot, and his story is making me nervous. What if I have a ghost latched onto me too?!]

Zhao Lei paused, then continued, "So, I have a friend who knows a lot about supernatural stuff. He said the problem might be my house or my bed. We cleaned and searched the place together, but we didn’t find anything."

"Even though we couldn’t find the cause, I couldn’t take it anymore, so I went to find a bunch of other masters. But those masters... it felt like they didn’t know anything. Even their face readings were off. They just spouted a bunch of generic stuff, especially the part about me having both my parents."

"The fuck? Who doesn’t have both parents?!"

[I love this grumpy bro!]

[Last time, a fake master cornered me and just kept talking and talking. It was all a bunch of nonsense that sounded profound at first, but when you actually thought about it, it was just bullshit.]

[Can’t be helped. So many of them are just swindlers these days. There are hardly any real masters out there.]

[This guy’s pretty lucky he found the Heavenly Venerate. The Heavenly Venerate might be a bit rough, but she’s the real deal.]