80 NO NEED TO RUSH (2/2)
Hu Lei blushed as she looked at Zhong Feng looking at her with warm eyes. She could not help remembering how she had coerced him into her bed the previous night. Fortunately, he did not bring it up.
After breakfast, she helped Zhong Feng move the clothes and other supplies that he had acquired for her from the bedroom he had originally prepared for her to the new one. The original bedroom was beautiful, spacious and well-decorated. She sneaked a look at him when she first saw it and wondered if he had decorated it for her.
”Do you want to move the décor to the other bedroom?” he asked.
She immediately shook her head. When she saw him look a little dejected, she realised how it must look to him. He probably thought that she did not like it. Actually, she loved everything about the room. From the soft yellowish wall and the sea green accent wall to the cutesy bright paintings and knickknacks around the room, they all made her feel that the room was hers.
Unfortunately, if the items were moved to the other glass garden view room, everything would clash. There would be no harmony or a sense of beauty. If she had the chance, she would like to leave this room as is and use it once she stopped feeling trapped.
She turned to him and opened her mouth before realising that she still could not speak. She felt frustrated with herself again. Zhong Feng saw her fallen face and patted her still wild hair lightly. She looked up at him and then made a heart-shape with her hands.
Of course, she could try to mouth words, but she did not want take the easy way out. Who knew if she would get comfortable with mouthing and compromise her full recovery?
After moving the stuff, she stepped out of the house and settled on one of the couches in the patio. Her eyes were still not comfortable in light, but it was not very bright outside. She took a moment to appreciate the natural view. This property was overwhelmingly beautiful. The lawn was lush in spite of the cold weather.
Beyond the lawn, there was stunning live hedge surrounding the seemingly endless yard. Behind the hedge, there were tall trees which seemed to surround the entire property. Her room which faced the other side of the mansion also had a forested area beyond the large garden.
While relaxing like this, she turned her mind to the past, trying to focus on each detail. She felt that rediscovering all her memories was the key to speaking again and discovering true healing. Regrettably, her actual memories began when she was eight and in a lab.
Before that, she could not recall any childhood memory. She did not know whether she was happy or sad as a child or what she had done. After the ordeal in the lab, she had been rescued and returned to her father and mother. Not long after, her mother had committed her to a mental institution. She had been released not long after through her father's intervention.
She focussed on everything that had happened and the feelings behind it. She did not believe that she would not discover the trigger to her silent mouth and cold heart.