"You too," An Ruo smiled at him.
Back in the bedroom, lying on the bed, she didn’t reach out to turn off the light. She dared not sleep with the lights off because the darkness made her tense and caused her mind to wander.
She closed her eyes, and before long, she fell asleep.
She had that same dream again.
In the dream, there was blood everywhere, a baby covered in blood walked up to her, tugging at her pant leg, and spoke with a childish voice, "Mom, I’m cold, I’m so scared. Mom, why didn’t you want me, why did you abandon me?"
An Ruo stared at him blankly, her heart wrenching painfully.
I’m sorry, I’m sorry!
She said silently, tears cascading down, her heart aching as if a million steel needles pierced through it, making her feel heart-wrenching agony.
"I’m sorry, I’m sorry!" she kept saying sorry, as if only by doing so could she feel a bit better.
When she awoke from the nightmare again, An Ruo felt her pillow cold and damp.
She had had a nightmare again and cried all night again.
This had been her life for three months now, having nightmares every night.
She felt so exhausted, as if she were about to collapse.
"Knock, knock, knock..." The sound of knocking came from outside, followed by Yun Feiyang’s voice, "An Ruo, are you up?"
"I made breakfast, waiting for you to join me."
An Ruo wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, got out of bed, dressed, and freshened up.
Yun Feiyang had been taking care of her, he was a good person, she couldn’t look too haggard in front of him.
As she walked out of the bedroom, she suddenly heard a baby’s giggling.
Maggie came in from outside holding a baby and smilingly said to them, "Come see, this is my cousin’s child, he’s just eight months old, so adorable."
The baby was a boy with big blue eyes and fluffy golden hair, his smile as cute as an angel.
Seeing him, An Ruo felt a sting in her heart and quickly turned away.
Yun Feiyang glanced at her and then cheerfully asked Maggie, "Why did you bring your cousin’s child here?"
"She has to attend a classmate’s wedding today, so she asked me to look after him for a couple of days."
"Yes, her classmate lives far away, it takes a day to travel there and back. Mr. Yun, I know I shouldn’t have brought Little Harry here, but..."
"It’s okay, today and tomorrow are the weekend, I’m not working, I’ll take care of the cooking," Yun Feiyang said with a slight smile.
Maggie looked delighted, "Oh, Mr. Yun, you really are a good person."
An Ruo sat at the dining table, silently eating her breakfast. Regarding their conversation, it was as if she was listening, yet not listening.
After eating, Yun Feiyang asked her if she wanted to go out shopping, she initially didn’t want to, but upon hearing Little Harry’s voice, she nodded in agreement.
They stayed out a long time and didn’t return until the afternoon.
As soon as they opened the door to enter, Maggie rushed over to Yun Feiyang and said, "Mr. Yun, the water pipe in the backyard is broken, but the plumbers have finished for the day, I don’t know what to do."
"Don’t worry, let me take a look at it; maybe I can fix it," Yun Feiyang rolled up his sleeves and walked towards the backyard.
Maggie quickly followed, "I’ll help you. Miss An, please could you take care of Little Harry for a moment, thank you, it’ll just be a short while."
The two quickly went to the backyard, leaving her alone with Little Harry crawling around on the carpet.