135 DON’T BE DRAMATIC (1/2)

In the deepest darkness, in the hurricane

There is a light so bright,

Shining, shining

Breaking through my soul…

Hu Lei opened her eyes with a shocking suddenness when she heard the ringtone. Her head throbbed in pain as she sat up. She looked around the room with confusion in her eyes. 'What am I doing on the cold floor?' she wondered silently.

However, she did not have time to mull over the matter slowly. After crawling up, she quickly rushed to get her phone from the couch where she had left it the previous night.

”Ah-Feng, I am here.” She shouted immediately after picking up.

Unfortunately, her voice sounded hoarse and a little nasal rather than cheerful.

”Are you alright?” A soothing deep voice spoke gently.

Hu Lei felt her nose become a little sour and her eyes moistened immediately. She knew it was stupid, but she could not help feeling overwhelmed every time he spoke to her in concern. Who had ever truly cared about her except for him?

Sometimes, she wondered if he was real or if he was only a figment of her imagination. Perhaps her sick mind had conjured him up to help her deal with everything that had happened to her.

”Xiao Lei, are you ok? Say something.” He spoke again in a louder voice.

Hu Lei sniffled unable to hold back her tears.

”I am alright. I am glad you called.” She responded.

”What happened?” He asked, refusing to believe that she was alright. After all, she was not a person who cried too easily.

Hu lei felt her heart lurch in her chest. She held the phone in her two hands and clutched it closer to her ear. She missed him so much. And she was so scared. Even if she had decided to put the matter from her mind for the moment, she could not ignore the fact that she had woken up on the floor. She did not remember leaving the bed.

”I just had a nightmare.” She chose to say this instead.

”Can you tell me about it?” He knew Hu Lei did not like talking about her bad dreams. It was strange that she had brought it up.

”Mmmh… it was not like the others. I think it is a childhood memory. I heard Lu Liang talking about how I was not normal. She suspected that my father experimented on me before I was born.” She said with a dry but heart-breaking laugh.