She stood below the podium, watching Xiao Yaran win the championship with her painting of a summer night. Everyone was applauding for her. Bai Xiaoruo wanted to rush up and tell everyone that it wasn't Xiao Yaran's work, but her own. Xiao Yaran had taken away all the honors that should have belonged to her.
Suddenly, thousands of bloodied hands grabbed Bai Xiaoruo, one after another, binding her until she could barely breathe. Xiao Yaran stood on the stage, tore the painting of a summer night to shreds, and smashed it hard against Bai Xiaoruo's face. Then she began to laugh at her. Those sinister and terrifying smiles reappeared. So many faces, all laughing at her, densely packed, all attacking her—
"No! Don't come any closer! Don't come any closer!" she cried and shouted in her sleep, waving her hands wildly in the air. She was scared and wanted to drive away those terrifying smiling faces.
Xuan Mingyu, who had fallen asleep on the sofa, was also awakened by Bai Xiaoruo's cries. Seeing that she was crying with her eyes closed, he guessed that she was having a nightmare. He got up, walked over, sat down on the bed, and held her hand. "Bai Xiaoruo, wake up."
"No! No!" Bai Xiaoruo was so frightened that she opened her eyes and sat up abruptly.
When she saw Xian Mingyu in front of her, she thought she was dreaming.
As if grasping at a last straw, she clung tightly to his hand, pleading repeatedly, "Save me, save me... Please, save me, I really didn't paint that picture, I really didn't!"
"I know, don't be afraid, I'm here, no one will hurt you anymore." He knew her emotions were extremely unstable, so he could only comfort her gently.
Bai Xiaoru pouted, and the pent-up grievances she had been holding in for so long finally erupted. She hugged Xian Mingyu tightly and burst into tears, "Waaah... Why didn't you appear sooner? Why? Waaah... I have nothing left... Waaah..."
Instead of pushing her away, Xuan Mingyu held her back with both hands, stroking her back gently, letting her tears soak his clothes.
Let her cry if she wants to. Although he didn't know what she had gone through at school yesterday, he understood that she was really sad right now, and it would be good if she could cry it out.
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