Chapter 931: Helping You Chase Away the Nightmare

Li Xiao's heart was instantly flooded with a dense, aching pain, and he immediately turned with the utmost care to sit down at the edge of the bed.

"Xiao Tang? Don't be afraid, I'm here..."

He spoke in a soft voice while carefully wiping the tears from the corners of her eyes.

In her dream, Cai Xiaotang seemed to sense something; hearing his voice, she immediately gripped his hand tighter and even pressed it closer to her cheek.

Yet her body still could not help but tremble slightly.

In her dream, she was standing in that dim basement.

Even though she was so nervous that her whole body was freezing, for some reason, a constant warmth was being transmitted from her palm.

Is it Li Xiao...

She seemed to feel him...

But...

"What are you waiting for?"

A chilling voice rang out.

A handgun also fell into Cai Xiaotang's hand along with the person's words.

She stared blankly down at the object in her hand.

Aside from that gun, she could hold nothing else in her eyes.

It seemed as if a demon was whispering incessantly in her ear—"Kill him..."

"Otherwise, I will kill Li Xiao..."

Cai Xiaotang's body stiffened abruptly, and she felt the surroundings suddenly go dark.

It was as if she were falling endlessly toward a bottomless abyss.

Everything around her was pitch black.

She didn't know when she would be smashed to pieces.

Where is Li Xiao?

Where is Li Xiao?

Is he in danger!

No...

He cannot be harmed because of her!

She must go back to save him!

Cai Xiaotang struggled desperately, wanting to open her eyes.

But for some reason, her whole body felt limp, unable to muster any strength.

Just at this moment—"Xiao Tang, I'm here..."

"I am here, so there is nothing to be afraid of..."

"I am right by your side..."

A familiar voice seemed to pierce through the darkness, converging into a ray of light.

It was as if Cai Xiaotang had suddenly been given a dose of reassurance; she watched with her own eyes as the light seemed to take on a physical form, wrapping around her and isolating all the surrounding darkness.

"Li... Li Xiao?"

Cai Xiaotang whispered his name softly.

Then, she frowned in confusion.

"You... are okay..."

"Yes, of course I am okay."

Li Xiao listened to Cai Xiaotang's sleep-talking and interlaced his fingers with hers.

The fingertips of his other hand could not help but brush across her face, gently tapping her cheek.

"So can you sleep peacefully now? I am right here, and I am not going anywhere, okay?"

Cai Xiaotang did not respond again.

But her body, which had been trembling since just a moment ago, finally relaxed a little.

Her mouth also finally stopped muttering those words that made one's heart ache to hear.

Yet her hand still held onto Li Xiao firmly without letting go.

Li Xiao looked at her with a mix of heartache and amusement, testing the waters by pulling his hand slightly.

Cai Xiaotang reacted almost instantly; as if afraid he might snatch away some precious item, she immediately hugged it tighter, even pulling it into the quilt and clutching it firmly against her chest.

Sensing the subtle sensation under his hand, Li Xiao's expression shifted slightly.

He then could not help but chuckle out loud and simply adjusted his posture, leaning against the wall.

Forget it.

Considering that a certain little pufferfish is a poor little thing right now, he, the "wounded patient," will just watch over her.

He didn't even know who was supposed to be the one accompanying the patient...

When she wakes up tomorrow, he will have to properly "extort" her...

The next day—Cai Xiaotang had a rare, peaceful sleep in the second half of the night, and it was not until the sun had already risen that she groggily opened her eyes.

She then immediately felt as if she were holding something in her arms.

She subconsciously reached out to touch it.

And then she felt the thing in her arms suddenly move!

"Damn! What is that!"

Never expecting the other person to be a "living creature," Cai Xiaotang's sleepiness was instantly driven away, and she sat up from the bed with a carp-like spring!

Then...

She saw someone sitting by the bedside, leaning leisurely against the wall.

He then deliberately moved the hand he had just flicked out from under the quilt and said in a drawn-out tone.

"Hey... isn't someone being a bit too quick to turn their back on me? You hugged my arm and slept the whole night, and the moment you opened your eyes this morning, you just threw it aside?"

"I..."

Cai Xiaotang looked at him, somewhat dazed, as if she understood what he was saying, yet also as if she didn't understand at all.

Why would she have hugged Li Xiao's arm and slept all night?

Shouldn't he have been staying properly in his own hospital bed?

How did he end up over here?

"You... why aren't you in your own bed?"

Cai Xiaotang simply asked it directly.

Li Xiao raised an eyebrow; he had originally wanted to say she had a nightmare last night, but fearing it would stir up bad memories for her, he could only smile and ask in return, "Why do you think?"

Cai Xiaotang did not speak, as the fragmented memories in her mind gradually became clear.

Yesterday...

She seemed to have dreamed that she was back in that basement...

And she was very scared...

Later...

She seemed to hear someone talking to her, telling her not to be afraid, that he would stay with her the whole time.

So... was it because she made some sound in her sleep that Li Xiao came over?

"You wouldn't happen to have... sat here the entire night, would you?"

She asked almost subconsciously.

Li Xiao did not answer directly, instead deliberately adopting an exhausted tone.

"Oh my, the only arm I can move was used as a pillow by someone for the whole night, and now it's so numb it has no feeling; I probably can't even hold chopsticks. I wonder... if there's anyone to feed me today? I might not be able to move much for the next few days either... it would be even better if there were some homemade soup..."

As he spoke, his gaze was deliberately fixed on Cai Xiaotang, his meaning couldn't have been more obvious.

Cai Xiaotang was suddenly startled, as if someone had sprinkled a handful of sugar over her heart.

Yet it also felt a bit sour.

This guy...

Why is he being so good to her!

When he's infuriating, he makes one wish to never have anything to do with him again!

Yet just when she decides to leave, he makes her heart unable to stop racing...

Cai Xiaotang felt both sour and swollen inside, yet she couldn't help but be amused by Li Xiao's tone, and she replied crossly, "Got it! Isn't it just eating? Anyway, I'm staying here to wait on you!"

As she spoke, she couldn't help but look at him with some dissatisfaction: "But when I have a nightmare, you could just shake me awake; why did you have to sit here? You forgot you still have injuries on you..."

"I was afraid that once you woke up, you wouldn't be able to fall back asleep, so... I had no choice but to personally help you chase the nightmare away."

Li Xiao interrupted Cai Xiaotang, and as he spoke, he suddenly raised his hand and affectionately poked her cheek, the corners of his lips curling into an arc.

This long-lost, intimate little gesture that belonged only to them made both of them freeze for a moment.

Just at this moment—"Knock, knock, knock—"

The hospital room door was suddenly knocked on.

"Come in."

Li Xiao abruptly withdrew his hand and looked toward the door.

Immediately after, he saw Laoqi walk in.

And behind him, there was actually Luo Wanwan!

She was carrying an insulated bag in her hand, seemingly containing something.

The atmosphere instantly became somewhat subtle.

The smile on Li Xiao's face also vanished instantly.

Following that—"Li Xiao, I stewed some soup; it's good for the wounds..."

Luo Wanwan said, placing the things in her hand on the table.

Cai Xiaotang's gaze flickered for an instant, and a familiar sourness instantly welled up in her heart.

Someone had just said they wanted to drink soup...

And here it is, isn't it?