77 THROW YOU OVER MY SHOULDER (1/2)

Zhong Feng had been searching for a little over three years without relenting. He had not rested even when he was asleep. When he closed his eyes, he would come up with new methods of digging deeper into the vast world to find her. He had not forgotten for a moment his vow to himself to find her and bring her home.

Now that he had found her, he intended to ensure that those that had been involved in her capture and torture paid the price. While those in that lab had been captured, he was not foolish enough to think the corporation had been toppled. He would make certain that it was destroyed.

However, for now, he had different priorities.

His eyes looked at the beautiful but fragile Hu Lei who stubbornly stood outside the house, refusing to come in. He could lift her and carry her in, but he was afraid that she would injure herself in the struggle.

Though she had remained docile throughout the long journey, she had remained tense and vigilant. It seemed that a part of her believed in him enough to follow him, but there was a larger part which remained suspicious, cautious and afraid.

Looking at her small and delicate figure standing on the lawn, he felt his heart ache. However, he knew that he could not be too soft-hearted. Otherwise, she would remain outside in the cold, endangering herself. Right now, his priority was to protect her and nurse her back to health.

Hu Lei was not aware of Zhong Feng's dilemma. She was looking at the open world in amazement. She did not feel the cold or pay attention to the cutting wind. She could only focus on the sensations of being outside. She had not had the opportunity to revel in this feeling for years. And the opportunity to enjoy the openness had been absent on the way back because she had kept her eyes closed.

She understood that her unnatural eyes could cause complications to her freedom. Moreover, her eyes were highly sensitive to light due to her prolonged time in the darkness. In fact, since she had been locked up, she had seen light for only three minutes or so per day when her rations were brought in.

Now, in the dark evening, her eyes felt comfortable, and she could see everything clearly. The wide dark sky and the towering evergreen trees looked like heaven. The fresh air filled her lungs and the sound of the roaring wind consumed her.

”Let's go in.” A low and soothing voice interrupted her immersion.

She felt her entire being become alert. She had been avoiding Zhong Feng even if they had travelled for numerous hours together. She did not like the way he made her feel confused. She also did not know how to interact with him.

'He would never hurt you.' a thought came unbidden into her mind.

She took a step back from the approaching Zhong Feng. Her thoughts felt muddled and unreal. She knew that she knew him. She remembered him. His name had been a mantra and his cold face had acted as her mental lifeline. However, she did not know how much of her thoughts were real and how many of the memories were her crazy imaginations.

She had been in the darkness for so long under all kinds of torture. She knew that there was something that had been broken in her mind. She felt flawed. How could she trust her own thoughts and memories? What if everything was a dream, a trick of her strained mind?