If we go by science, Ren Suo hadn't slept a wink in a month.
Sleep, as it were, comes after a day's use and movement of the body, during which both muscles and brain cells scream for rest in a sub-healthy state. It's through sleep that the whole body relaxes, allowing the active brain cells to quiet down.
That kind of sleep—where the retina hasn't been irritated by screen light enough to worsen myopia, where the brain hasn't been steeped in the corrosion of dramas, movies, anime, games, novels, or work, and the body doesn't feel tired at all—is soulless.
But Ren Suo today, one might say, had been stimulated several times over. It started with his mom scaring him with, "You've been reborn!" followed by several tense and thrilling phone calls. Then, the entire journey to see Qiao Muyi was fraught with shock, fear, and a reluctance to let go.
