"Okay," she replied with a faint smile, but her eyes hid a sorrow that no one could erase.
After breakfast, An Ruo habitually turned on the DVD to listen to music.
She curled up quietly on the sofa, her mind a blank, eyes vacant as if she had lost all interest in the world.
At two o’clock in the afternoon, Yun Feiyang returned on time.
As he entered the living room and saw An Ruo’s wooden expression, a shade of gloom flickered across his eyes.
Wearing a smile, he approached her, leaned down and wrapped his arm around her shoulder, gently calling out, "An Ruo, An Ruo?"
After calling her name twice, An Ruo came back to her senses.
Seeing him, she immediately smiled, "Feiyang, you’re back."
"Mm, have you had lunch?" He sat beside her and asked.
He knew she hadn’t eaten.
Every day she would become engrossed in music, daydreaming alone, unresponsive to Maggie’s calls.
Only when he called her would she snap back to reality.
"Let’s go, have something to eat, and then we’ll go see the doctor," Yun Feiyang said tenderly as he took her hand.
An Ruo’s pupils constricted; she didn’t want to see the doctor. But she knew she was sick and must be treated.
After eating something, Yun Feiyang drove her to her psychologist.
Lying back on a comfortable, soft couch, the middle-aged female doctor greeted her with a smile, then casually asked, "An Ruo, did you sleep well last night?"
"Did you have any dreams?"
An Ruo did not respond, so the doctor moved on to another topic, "What have you been up to last week? Can you tell me, share with me?"
Yun Feiyang sat in the waiting room outside, and after an hour, An Ruo walked out.
He exchanged glances with the doctor, who shrugged, indicating no progress.
With his arm around An Ruo’s shoulder, he smiled at her, "I have time today, I don’t need to go to work this afternoon. How about we go to the amusement park for fun?"
Fengxing had established a subsidiary in the West, and he had been there dealing with matters recently.
An Ruo shook her head, "I don’t want to go."
She didn’t like crowded places; too many people made her feel lost and confused.
"Come on, it’ll be fun," Yun Feiyang pleaded, and after a glance at him, she nodded faintly. Seeing her consent, he smiled happily.
Arriving at the amusement park, Yun Feiyang purchased two tickets for the carousel. As they sat on the merry-go-round, An Ruo just quietly daydreamed.
Although the park was filled with children’s laughter, she heard none of it; she was immersed in her own world, isolated from everything on the outside.
After the carousel, Yun Feiyang took her to enjoy other activities.
An Ruo silently followed him, doing whatever he suggested. Even when she smiled, her eyes showed no joy.
This version of her seemed to have lost half her soul, the source of her happiness, and had become silent and joyless, which pained Yun Feiyang greatly.
When she grew tired after a while, Yun Feiyang drove her back.
Before sleeping at night, she habitually wished him goodnight, and the man walked up to her and left a gentle kiss on her forehead.
It was a simple kiss, devoid of any lust, a sign of his care and tenderness for her.
"Goodnight, I hope you sleep well and have pleasant dreams."
"You too," An Ruo smiled at him.