35 A Silly Dream (2/2)

”He's fine! He's fine. Don't worry, what's wrong? Did something happen?”

Hearing that Huo Zi Feng was fine Qiu Yue could finally feel some amount of relief, but that knot of tension and fear didn't dissipate.

She couldn't immediately stop crying and Yao Yan waited, just sitting beside her, looking at the distraught girl with worry.

”I had a dream... it felt so real I thought-”

Qiu Yue gulped, not wanting to finish her statement.

Yao Yan sighed feeling a bit better.

”It's just a dream silly. He'll be here soon enough!”

Yao Yan left Qiu Yue to get refreshed and went down to get breakfast for her.

Placing the tray on the coffee table in Qiu Yue's room, Yao Yan took out her phone and performed a thorough check on Huo Zi Feng's flight. If it had been tampered with...

But after 20 minutes of going through every passenger, flight crew and pilot onboard with a fine tooth comb, Yao Yan could rule that the flight had not been tampered with by anyone.

She told Qiu Yue what she had found out, but Qiu Yue still couldn't seem to calm down. She kept fiddling with the wedding band.

Looking at the wedding band Qiu Yue held, Yao Yan smiled helplessly. These two were so similar in some things. Huo Zi Feng had asked her to take care of his ring while here she had also been thinking of proposing.

She hadn't seen the ring he had bought for her and even though she could have, she decided to respect his wish and let Qiu Yue be the first person he would show it to, rather than anyone else.

Qiu Yue and Yao Yan chatted, while Yao Yan tried to calm her down by speaking of the proposal, she could see that although Qiu Yue tried to act normal, she was unusually tensed.

Yao Yan sighed quietly and switched on the television, passing the remote to Qiu Yue.

Qiu Yue started to flip through the channels and suddenly gasped, trying to increase the volume. It was a news channel, currently reporting about a plane crash...

Qiu Yue instantly started to call Huo Zi Feng but this time the urgency she felt in her heart was exemplified, all the fear she'd been feeling was collected and it was now surging darker than before.

Like last time, this phone just rang until it went to the dial tone.

Qiu Yue, in her shock, had forgotten to ask Yao Yan then, but after coming up empty-handed, she turned to her, and even before Qiu Yue had said anything, Yao Yan understood.

Yao Yan checked the system once again but this time her eyes widened in shock and her complexion went pale. Even though she didn't want to break the news to Qiu Yue so suddenly, Qiu Yue could see it in her expression.

”Why? What happened? Is he okay? What happened to him!?”

Qiu Yue couldn't even feel it but her voice grew higher and louder with fear. That bad feeling intensified all of a sudden, engulfing her.

”Ah Yue... he-”

Looking at Qiu Yue, Yao Yan couldn't bring herself to lie, but neither could she say the words. Her words broke off and she shook her head, watching Qiu Yue carefully.

Qiu Yue couldn't seem to understand what Yao Yan meant. Hadn't she said that Huo Zi Feng was fine just an hour ago? So why? Why?!

She started to feel dizzy as her breathing became increasingly erratic. She bent her knees, placing her hand onto the floor for support.

Yao ya quickly came up to support her but Qiu Yue couldn't see anything straight anymore.

She clutched Yao Yan's hand in a frenzy.

”No. No, you're lying. Please... you can't be- Yao Yan you- please!”

Even as her voice broke down, Qiu Yue couldn't stop begging Yao Yan to take back her words. She couldn't believe it, she couldn't allow herself to believe it! If he wasn't there then what would she do? What would she-

”No! Please...”

Qiu Yue completely broke down in tears, holding onto Yao Yan's hand as she begged her to take back what she had just said. To let it be a lie.

But Yao Yan hadn't. Even after seeing Qiu Yue break down like this, that prideful girl, falling onto her knees, she wanted to tell her that he was alright but... she couldn't.

”I wanted to talk him! He promised me... he said he was coming back! You-”

But no matter how much she begged Yao Yan could only sadly shake her head, looking at Qiu Yue's breakdown, Yao Yan couldn't stop her own tears from slipping away.

”...take me away...”

”Please... take me away from here...”

Qiu Yue just wanted to sleep, never to wake up again. Ever.