After showering in the bathroom, Lu Ban checked the empty drain and, having changed into fresh clothes, lay down on the bed.
The metallic stench had not lingered, but it still clung to his nostrils resolutely.
Lu Ban turned on his music player and, enveloped by the tunes of the Spring Festival Gala playlist, drifted off into a deep sleep.
Afternoon, four o'clock.
Lu Ban woke to the setting sun. Since encountering the Silent Lands, he felt his biggest change was his sleeping schedule.
The old Lu Ban would be in bed by midnight every day, not letting fatigue and stress carry over to the next day, which doctors said was perfectly healthy.
The current Lu Ban often had late-night chats with the Ghost Bride in Another World and never got enough sleep, which led doctors to diagnose him as mentally ill.
"This is tragic!"
Lu Ban sat up. The room, with its curtains drawn, was dim, beckoning him to continue sleeping.