I quickly picked up the blanket and covered Xiaomi with it.
"Has it come again?"
Xiaomi's voice trembled slightly.
Before I knew it, her eyes had opened.
In the dim light, a single, glistening tear hanging from the corner of her eye reflected a faint light that stung my eyes.
My lips moved, but I didn't know what to say.
I could feel her despair and helplessness.
However, she had endured this helplessness for a very, very long time.
Perhaps, her sudden decision to sleep in the same room with me wasn't out of fear of Yunling or Baisu, but rather because, amidst this endless fear and despair, she desperately wanted to find some comfort by my side.
She placed all her hopes on me without reservation, naively believing that as long as someone was with her, that dreadful thing that followed her would never come again.
"you……"
I opened my mouth and felt my throat was terribly dry, as if something was blocking it.
At that moment, an unprecedented feeling welled up in my heart. It felt as if my heart was being tightly gripped by an invisible hand, both painful and suffocating, and I was filled with a sense of powerlessness.
"Pfft!"
Xiaomi suddenly burst out laughing: "Just kidding, why are you making that face?"
She forced a smile, trying to appear relaxed: "I'm used to it. Look at you, I'm not your girlfriend, why are you so upset? Give me a smile!"
I stared at her blankly, my mind a complete blank, my face stiff and expressionless.
Although she laughed heartily, as if she had long since let go of everything, I could clearly detect a deep-seated desolation in her smile.
"Smile?"
Xiaomi seemed to get interested, so she came over, cupped my face in her hands, and pulled my mouth apart.
I didn't laugh, but she laughed so hard she was bent over, the blanket slipping off her body, but she seemed completely unaware and didn't care at all.
"Your smile is so ugly! Chen Yan, I never knew you were this ugly! You're not handsome at all!"
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