Following Shen Chi, she learned about the great revenge he had just fulfilled, how he had been battling a malignant brain tumor for eight years, and how Xu Meimei had been committed to a psychiatric hospital. She was aware of his calm acceptance of and yearning for death...
When Lin Xiaoguai opened her eyes, she was momentarily unsure of the time until their gazes met.
In that instant, she almost felt as if the Shen Chi before her overlapped with the Shen Chi from her dreams.
But quickly, she realized that it might have been her imagination; the eyes that looked back at her were filled with the familiarity of tenderness and affection, nothing like the agony and despair of her dreams.
"Why did you wake up?" Shen Chi took her into his arms and gently patted her back, "Go back to sleep, didn't we promise to take Sisi and the others to the amusement park tomorrow?"
"Mhm," Lin Xiaoguai felt reassured, nuzzled his chest, and closed her eyes again.
