2 Meeting a ghost

Pei Xingcheng shook off the weird pain in his heart and decided to strike up a conversation with the beautiful woman in his room. He flashed her his charming smile, the one he knew always worked on a beautiful woman.

"Hello, Miss Beautiful. Are you my nurse? Can you tell me what happened to me?" he inquired.

The woman didn't reply.

Instead, her expression changed. The pain and longing on her face disappeared and were replaced by shock. No, it was more like the woman was horrified.

Pei Xingcheng frowned and touched the tip of his nose lightly. Was he scary? Why was she staring at him as if she had seen a ghost?

He touched all the bandages on his face and wondered whether these were making him look ugly or something. Otherwise, why would such a beautiful woman be scared of him? He wanted to take a look at his face, but there was no mirror in the room. The only thing that was there in the room was a strange woman who was not ready to talk.

He waved his other uninjured hand to her. "Hey, Miss Beautiful. I am talking to you. Where are you lost? I know I am handsome but you don't have to stare at me like that.... it makes me a little shy."

"Moreover, can you tell me why am I covered in bandages like a mummy? What is wrong with me?"

The beautiful woman: "....."

Pei Xingcheng expected the woman to reply. He waited for a long while, but still, when he got no reply, his heart was a little upset. He stared at the woman and grumbled in his heart.

Is she dumb? What was wrong with her? Why wasn't she saying anything? Why is she ignoring him?

Suddenly, a realization came to his mind. He gasped dramatically and placed a hand on his chest. Oh Goodness! Maybe this woman was deaf. Maybe, that's why she didn't answer him in the first place. When Pei Xingcheng understood this reality, he couldn't help but feel a little pity for this beautiful woman in his heart.

She was such a pretty woman but deaf.

Sigh! What a cruel fate!

"I am so sorry. I didn't know you were deaf, miss beautiful," he apologized but realizing that she couldn't hear him anyways, he tried to explain it to her using actions. He enacted the words as best as he could and inquired, "Do you know why I am here?"

This time, the beautiful woman looked at him with confusion.

"You...." she opened her mouth. "What are you doing?"

Pei Xingcheng was dumbfounded. "Hey you, you can speak!?"

"Ofcourse, I can speak," the woman nodded slowly while continuing to stare at him with those hauntingly puzzled eyes. "But, can you see?"

Before he could reply, the beautiful woman covered her mouth in shock and took a big step back. Her eyes were as wide as a saucer, and her face was weirdly pale. "Oh my god!" she gasped while pointing at him in disbelief and joy. "You can really see me! That's impossible! I-I... I... I am... How's that possible?"

Pei Xingcheng: "......." (Is she calling him blind because he called her deaf?!"

"Look," he began after taking a deep breath. "I am sorry. I shouldn't have assumed that you were deaf, but you can't blame me for that. I asked so many questions and you weren't replying, so I thought the obvious."

Suddenly, he thought of something, shook his head, and gave her a big smile. "No, wait! You know what actually, I think it is my fault. Who told me to be so handsome? You were dazzled by my beauty, right?"

The beautiful woman: "......"

"Xingcheng," the beauty called his name.

Immedietely, Pei Xingcheng was surprised. "Hey, Miss Beautiful.... how do you know my name?"

The beauty looked at him in confusion. "Xingcheng, what are you saying? Don't you remember me? Don't you know me? I am your - "

Suddenly, the beauty grabbed her throat and winced in pain. It seemed as if something was choking her, and hurting her. Pei Xingcheng frowned and before he knew it, he had already removed the IV tube from his hand and was walking towards the beautiful woman.

"Hey, are you okay?" he asked

The beauty choked and gasped in pain while holding her throat. "I-I... Xingcheng... I-I... It h-hurts...."

Being a gentleman, how can Pei Xingcheng remain still in front of a woman who was in pain?

"What's wrong with you?" he asked her and took another step towards her. "Let's do one thing. Why don't you come with me, sit over there in that chair, and I will go and call a doctor for you."

The beautiful woman shook her head. "No! Xingcheng, you don't understand... I-I..."

Pei Xingcheng couldn't beat it anymore. Seeing that something was really hurting the woman and she looked in immense pain, he immediately reacted. He raised his hand wanting to touch her arm when suddenly, he paused midway.

All the blood drained from his face as he stood rooted in the same place as if being electrocuted. His mind blanked for a second and then his eyes grew impossibly wide. He continued to stare at her shoulder with fascinated horror. He could clearly see that his hand had passed right through the woman's shoulder and touched the wall behind her as if she wasn't there.

W-what was going on?

H-how was this possible?

At this moment, the beautiful woman looked up at him and gave him a weak smile.

Just like that, one human and one ghost looked at each other calmly for some time.

One second passed.

Two seconds passed.

Three seconds passed.

And then.... a loud wailing scream left Pei Xingcheng's mouth. "AHHHHHHH!!!!! Ghost!!!! There is a ghost in my room!!!! Ahhhhh!!!!!!"

"Xingcheng, wait -"

"Ahhhh!!!! Ghost!!!!!! Ghost knows my name!!!!!! Somebody save me!!!! Ahhhh!!!!"

"Xingcheng, hear me out!!!"

"Ahhh!!! Don't come near me, you beautiful ghost," he shouted at the ghost with fear in his eyes. He wanted to run, but how could he run with a heavy cast on his leg? He limped, dragging his leg, and stepped back, away from the ghost. "Y-you... you, you.... stay away from me... stay away from me...." he continued to mumble as he walked back towards the door.