"Ah—"
Song Song awakened from a nightmare, startling the man sleeping beside her, "What's wrong? Had a nightmare?"
Even wrapped in the man's embrace, the girl still reached out, groping in the darkness, "Xiao Jinghuai, why is it so dark? Hurry, turn on the light, I'm scared..."
"Don't be scared." The man pulled the girl's entire body into his arms, wishing he could fuse her into his own flesh and blood, "I'm here, with me here, are you still afraid?"
"I... am scared..." Song Song trembled uncontrollably in the man's embrace, muttering incessantly, "I'm afraid of not being able to see, afraid of the dark, afraid of the elevator suddenly breaking down, I... I'm afraid of everything, please, turn on the light, will you?"
Xiao Jinghuai's eyebrows knitted, it didn't seem like a simple fear of darkness, it sounded more like—
