Love So Sweet

More than half an hour later, Fang Su JIn’s movement finally halted.

From where he was sitting down, Zhang Yi Hai could see that Fang Su Jin had her eyes closed as she hugged the blanket tightly.

A breath of relief escaped him upon seeing that Fang Su Jin was sleeping soundly. He decided to stay around for a few minutes before returning to his room. Meanwhile, Zhang Yi Hai was busy replying to a few messages from his Uncle Qi Ming Wei.

Just then, his ears picked up the sounds of Fang Su Jin’s groaning. He turned his head in her direction and stared at her for a while, wondering if his ears were playing tricks on him.

However, the groaning sounds soon turned louder.

After giving it a thought, Zhang Yi Hai stood up, wanting to check on Fang Su Jin. It was only when he approached closer that he realized that his girlfriend seemed to be having a nightmare.

Fang Su Jin was groaning while her hands were moving around. Beads of perspiration appeared on her forehead.

Zhang Yi Hai went closer and put his hand on her forehead. A breath of relief escaped him upon sensing that she was not having a fever.

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“Su Jin?” Zhang Yi Hai tried to wake her up. He put his hand on her shoulder and gave her a gentle shake. However, Fang Su Jin continued to struggle. Her groaning became louder.

His brow furrowed.

“Su Jin?” He tried to wake her up again.

After a few tries, Fang Su Jin’s movement stopped abruptly. Her eyes opened with a start. Her chest was heaving and her breathing labored.

Fang Su Jin scanned her surroundings and finally, her gaze stopped at Zhang Yi Hai.

“Are you alright?” Zhang Yi Hai asked as he looked at her with worry.

Suddenly, Fang Su Jin’s eyes turned mistier and tears streamed down her face.

This scene made Zhang Yi Hai panic. He sat down and wrapped his arms around her. “What’s wrong? Why are you crying?”

The moment Fang Su Jin heard his question, he began to cry harder.

In her dreams, the scene of what happened in the afternoon reappeared. Mika was grabbing her to a quiet corner but this time, no one came to help her.

She tried to push that man away, but it was hard to move against him.

Fang Su Jin tried to shout out a few times but no one heard her call. She had never felt so helpless. The man disgusted her, but she was unable to escape his clutch.

Fortunately, she was able to wake up from that nightmare before the situation in it would turn uglier. Still, she was having difficulties differentiating between her dream and reality.

The moment she saw Zhang Yi Hai beside her, Fang Su Jin finally realized it was a bad dream. She could not help but cry, feeling relieved that what happened in the dream did not happen.

Fortunately, Zhang Yi Hai appeared by her side when Mika came to harass her.

She was really afraid that the situation would really turn out to be something like what she had seen in her dream.

Meanwhile, Zhang Yi Hai was starting to panic again when his girlfriend started to cry.

Previously, he had watched her cry silently. Even while they were watching that sad movie the last time, Fang Su Jin would try to suppress her cry.

This was the first time that he had seen her cry this hard and Zhang Yi Hai did not know what he should do in this situation.

The sound of her crying voice made his heart ache.

Other than hugging her tightly and coaxing her to stop crying, there was nothing else that Zhang Yi Hai could do.

Fortunately, her crying began to subside after a few minutes. Still, Zhang Yi Hai did not dare to let her go as he was afraid that Fang Su Jin would begin to cry again.

The room turned quieter. Only the sound of Fang Su Jin’s hiccups could be heard once in a while.

Zhang Yi Hai finally pulled away to look at his girlfriend’s face. However, Fang Su Jin did not dare to meet his gaze.

He cupped her face with his hand and wiped the corner of her eyes with his thumb. As he tried to move, Zhang Yi Hai realized that Fang Su Jin was gripping the front of his shirt tightly as if not wanting to let him go.

“You’re alright,’ Zhang Yi Hai spoke. “I’m going to be here. Su Jin, it’s fine.” He leaned over and pressed his lips to her forehead.

He waited for a while until he could feel Fang Su Jin loosening her grip on him.

Zhang Yi Hai comforted her for a while before he stood up and turned.

His movement was too sudden. Fang Su Jin thought that he was going to leave her alone again. Fortunately, she saw him going into the bathroom.

After a while, Zhang Yi Hai returned to her side again with a towel in his hand.

Fang Su Jin opened her mouth wanting to ask what he was doing, but the moment he opened his mouth, only the sound of her hiccups could be heard.

Without saying a word, Zhang Yi Hai used the warm towel to wipe Fang Su Jin’s face. He recalled that Fang Su Jin will have to show up on the opening day of her exhibition and could not allow her to be there with her eyes swollen.

Once he was done, Zhang Yi Hai put the towel on the side before taking the bottle of water to the side. He let Fang Su Jin drink a few mouthfuls of water and spoke, “Are you feeling better now?”

Fang Su Jin nodded slowly. She was still in a daze after waking up from such a dream.

“Then, go back to sleep?” Zhang Yi Hai spoke. He hugged her tight as he ran his hand through her long hair. “I will stay here with you.”

There was a brief silence before Fang Su Jin finally moved.

Zhang Yi Hai pulled away and noticed that Fang Su Jin was looking at him.

“Can’t sleep?”