Gu Lingling felt like she was having a long dream, in which she was constantly running, though not knowing what she was running from, as if something was always chasing her from behind.
"Is anyone there?" Gu Lingling stepped barefoot on the stone slab that seemed cold; a moment ago she was running non-stop, but the next second she found herself amidst a bamboo forest, with a cottage in front of her.
At this moment, she was standing at the cottage's doorway.
The moss on the stone slab felt very cold, yet strangely, she didn't feel any chill standing on it.
The house was clean and spacious, with only one table in the center, and on the table, there was a box. Gu Lingling carefully scrutinized the room and eventually fixed her gaze on the box.
She was never a curious person, originally thinking of leaving just like that, but for some reason, she couldn't step over the threshold.
"Hello... is anyone there?" Gu Lingling called out again.
She was still met with the silence around her.
Gu Lingling sighed, sat in front of the table, and stared at the box.
She knew she was dreaming, but this dream was too real, wasn't it?
"Do you want me to open it?" Gu Lingling muttered to herself.
Her hand reached out towards the box, yet before she touched it, there seemed to be a flash of light.
"Lingling, Lingling..." Just then, Gu Lingling seemed to hear a voice, a deep and magnetic voice like a cello, capable of making one's ears feel pregnant.
The intense concern and worry made Gu Lingling turn her head wanting to explore the source of that voice.
"Gu Lingling, wake up, stop sleeping." The anxious cello-like voice continuously flowed into Gu Lingling's ears as if it possessed some magical power. Gu Lingling nodded, "Alright, I'm awake, I'm awake."
But she still couldn't get out of that door.
What should she do?
Gu Lingling anxiously tried again, but still couldn't get out, "Who are you? What exactly do you want to do?"
Gu Lingling shook her head vigorously.
"Lingling, Gu Lingling, it's Yang Yunhai, can you hear what I'm saying?" Yang Yunhai's calloused hand touched her forehead.
His hand was somewhat cold, the calloused fingers gently massaging Gu Lingling's tightly knitted brows, "It's Yang Yunhai, can you hear me?"
"Brother Yang, Brother Yang, help me." Gu Lingling cried out urgently.
But why couldn't she get out no matter what?
Gu Lingling gritted her teeth and forcefully dashed toward the doorway.
'Ouch...'
'Bang' went the sound.
It hurt Gu Lingling badly, her little face cringed as she covered her forehead, looking up with grievance, only to find Yang Yunhai also frowning and holding his own nose.
Uh...
Did she accidentally bump into Yang Yunhai just now?
"Yang... Brother Yang, are you... are you okay?" Gu Lingling asked, somewhat at a loss.
"I'm fine, are... you okay?" That collision almost took his life, but seeing Gu Lingling's little face all crinkled, he figured she must be in pain too.
How could Yang Yunhai have anticipated that a little unconscious girl, a girl who couldn't be awakened no matter what, could have such strength?
His nose was probably bent by the collision!
"I'm fine." Gu Lingling looked dumbly at Yang Yunhai helping her rub her forehead, noticing that his bridge of the nose was bruised.
It must have been because of her earlier bump.
Oh my god!
Once again, she ended up embarrassing herself.
Why, every time she was at her most awkward, it was Yang Yunhai who saw her?