The golden woman, with tears madly rushing down her face, walked staggeringly to Lliw.
Xiao Hua couldn't think straight. This event was too bizarre for her. What should she do in a situation like this? What could she do in a situation like this?
"Sorry Grandpa. I tried, I just didn't expect him to be so retarded" She apologized in her head. She also blamed herself. If only she didn't try to help him then he wouldn't have ended up upsetting the most powerful person here.
"You!" The golden woman grabbed Lliw by his shirt and shook him back and forth. What surprised Xiao Hua was that she basically didn't use any power behind it. She was just like a powerless little girl.
"Am I really that ugly?" She asked with bitter tears in her eyes. Xiao Hua might not understand but she did. She could read people's emotions and back then, Lliw genuinely thought he was in hell. This shook her right to her core. He was basically comparing her to a devil. She was not vain nor proud but she, like any other woman, was very sensitive about her appearance. It also wasn't an exaggeration to say that she hadn't found anyone who could rival her in looks. So where does this guy get off saying that she looks like a devil?!
"Ahem.." Lliw blushed when he finally calmed himself down. He realized that he wasn't in hell. Hell would be much worse.
"Uhm, N-n-no sorry. Its just that I thought I had died and my irrationality made me say things I didn't mean. " He said coughing awkwardly. He was quite sorry to have made such a beautiful woman cry.
"So... am I ugly?" She asked again.
"NO! you're not ugly at all.Sorry about that. Actually when I asked if i was in hell I didn't even look at you. I was just looking at the surrounding space that's all" He explained honestly.
"..." She could tell he wasn't lying. But still, this wan't enough.
"Then, who's the most beautiful woman you've ever seen?" She asked without any shame.
"You are." He answered without hesitation
"Hehe" She laughed like a silly little girl. She breathed out a sigh of relief. She gently put him down.
~Crackle!~
The surrounding space which was already under a tremendous amount of pressure started breaking apart.
"Oh no! Silly me. I brought my true body here!" The woman said with a bit of worry.
"Uhm, Your Grace, I... can't access the channel back to earth" Xiao Hua said, her face pale. She couldn't go back to her body back on earth! That had never happened before.
"mm, yes. That's my fault. Sorry " The Golden Woman apologized. "I'll temporarily cut you off from your body so you can return to it from the Red Zone"
"C-cut me off?" Xiao Hua's already pale face got even paler. Getting cut off from your body was basically killing her. All her bodily organs would shut down, everything.
"Yea don't worry too much. Its possible but you mustn't do anything else in the red Zone just immediately return to earth" The golden woman comforted.
~Swwwp~
Xiao Hua's body disappeared along with a burst of golden light.
The golden woman looked at Lliw distractedly for a second which seemed like an eternity.
"Alright. Come, I'll explain everything" She said. and grabbed his hand and a golden radiance enveloped them both. The golden light turned into a golden sphere and for a split second, Time everywhere stopped. Finally, the golden sphere exploded turning into countless golden motes of light and scattering across the shattering dimension.
~Pong!~
The Dimensional space shattered into countless, tiny pieces and scattered into oblivion.
The void returned to its original nothingness before being filled by a different space.
****
As soon as Xiao Hua Returned to her body, she hurried to check on Lliw and found that he was still lying on the bed. She saw that he was fine and sat beside him on the bed. She felt like shit. She wasn't a drinker but she was sure that this feeling was worse than a massive hangover after drinking non-stop for 3 days and 3 nights. She had just experienced what it felt like to be a ghost and a zombie at the same time. She was feeling very disoriented and felt like barfing her insides out.
She couldn't stand it and lay down on the bed beside him. Her skin had goose bumps because of how cold she felt. Her teeth made clattering noises and she dreaded the Air-conditioner, constantly blowing out that dreadful cold air. She got under Lliw's blanket and though that helped a little, it was only a little. She still felt the unbearable cold on her skin.
"He.. doesn't ... need this,right?" She muttered to herself before taking off his hospital gown and covered herself with it.
"Still..not en-enough" She thought and then cuddled her self using his body. She wrapped his arms around herself and pressed herself against his body, enjoying the comfortable heat emanating from his body. She unknowingly fell asleep that way, a satisfied smile upon her face.
The nurse came to check up on Lliw not long after and found the 2 of them cuddling on the hospital bed. She smile knowingly and closed the door.
"ah.. young love."
Back at the restaurant, Old man Mu was growing anxious when his granddaughter and Lliw didn't return.
"Relax father-in-law, Xiao Hua is not that irresponsible. She won't get into any trouble." Xiao Hua's Mother said to placate him.
"Yes, dad. also, you know how young people are. Perhaps she ran into someone she knows or something like that" Xiao Hua's father added.
"Alright, alright. I'm just worried about that lad. He can be a little foolish sometimes" Old man Mu sighed before digging happily into his meal.
"Oh, don't worry. If he's with Xiao Hua, I'm sure he'll be just fine" Xiao Hua's dad said but then his face got dark when he saw how much his father was eating.
"Seriously, How can such an old man eat so much" He thought bitterly as he looked at the mountain of plates on their table. He and his wife just smiled bitterly at each other.