In the latter half of the night, Quan Meng had another nightmare.
Huo Ling was sitting in front of the bed, resting his forehead on his hand as he fell into a light slumber. He was exhausted from the long string of events, but he could not fall asleep. He could only close his eyes and pretend to be asleep. When he heard movement, he immediately opened his eyes.
He heard from Aunt Yun that Quan Meng would have nightmares every night and that turning on the night light would ease the trauma. However, when Huo Ling turned to look at the bed, the night light was clearly on, but Quan Meng seemed to be in torment.
Huo Ling had no choice but to gently grab Quan Meng's flailing hands and massaged them with his thumb to calm her down.
As it turned out, this was indeed a good idea. Quan Meng gradually calmed down and no longer cried. She only held Huo Ling's hand and fell into a deep slumber.
Seeing that he couldn't break free and he didn't want to wake her up either, Huo Ling could only lie on the bed for the night.
Huo Ling thought that he would just stretch out by the side and silently watch Quan Meng for a while. The two people's breathing gradually became synchronized. Not long after that, Huo Ling also fell asleep unexpectedly.
When Shen Xin came in the morning, the two of them were still sleeping. When she pushed open the door, she saw Quan Meng lying on the bed while Huo Ling was stretched out on the edge of the bed. The two of them were holding hands and their heads were touching each other. The sunlight filtered through the curtains and landed on their faces. It was a wonderful scene.
Shen Xin immediately took a photo as a memento and then left the ward very sensibly.
She didn't want to intrude on the couple's private little world. Shen Xin took out her phone and sent the photo to Quan Meng before turning around and leaving.
When Huo Ling woke up, his arm was already numb. The moment he opened his eyes, he saw Quan Meng's adorable face.
Her long eyelashes drooped quietly. Her skin was so delicate that it seemed like it would break at the slightest touch. She had a small, exquisite nose and lips that looked very kissable.
As if she realized that someone was staring at her, Quan Meng suddenly opened her eyes. Her eyes, which had just woken up, finally met Huo Ling's eyes.
The two of them instantly bounced away from each other like coiled springs.
"Don't think too much. I just fell asleep." Huo Ling coughed lightly as if he was trying to hide his panic.
Quan Meng nodded and picked up the phone beside her to contact Shen Xin because she said she would come over today.
To her surprise, the moment she turned on her phone, she saw the photo that Shen Xin had sent over depicting Huo Ling and her in bed. There was even a message below.
[What a rare chance for a private little world for the two of you! Do your best! Take him down!] It was accompanied by an emoticon of encouragement.
Quan Meng didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
It had to be said that Shen Xin's photography skills were really good. The two of them looked like angels when they slept under the sunlight.
"What are you looking at? You're so engrossed?" Huo Ling saw that Quan Meng's expression was particularly serious, so he leaned over. He thought that the Quan family had sent something to make Quan Meng unhappy again.
"It's nothing!" Quan Meng hurriedly kept her phone, but Huo Ling had already seen it. He was still nodding.
"Mm-hmm. Not bad. Your friend has the talent to be a photographer!"
Huo Ling seemed to be very solemn as he gave his assessment. "Send me a copy of this photo too."
Huo Ling was also amazed. His insomnia had been very serious recently, and sometimes even medicine had little effect on him. Last night was one of the few times he had slept so soundly.
Soon, it was time for Quan Meng to be discharged. This time, Huo Ling held Quan Meng's hand and left the hospital.
"If you have something to do, you can go ahead. I can go back myself." Quan Meng was a little embarrassed. After all, she had troubled Huo Ling many times in the past few days.
"And after that, I'll go and rescue you again?" Huo Ling's words made Quan Meng lower her head.
"I won't do it again." Quan Meng whispered.
"What?" Huo Ling indicated that he could not hear her clearly.
"I said, I won't be tricked by the Quan family again!" Quan Meng said.
"I hope you can keep your word."
Huo Ling stopped the car at the entrance of the supermarket.
"Didn't you say we're going home?" Quan Meng stood at the entrance of the supermarket with Huo Ling, puzzled.
"I've saved you twice before. It's not too much to ask you to cook a meal to repay me, right?"
Huo Ling strode into the supermarket, completely ignoring Quan Meng behind him. When she saw Huo Ling entering the supermarket, Quan Meng had no choice but to run after him.
When they entered the supermarket, Quan Meng picked out the groceries while Huo Ling pushed the shopping cart. The two of them picked and chose various items.
Remembering that Huo Ling liked to eat meat, Quan Meng picked a piece of streaky pork that had more fat. She did not expect Huo Ling to take it out of the shopping cart again.
"I've been wanting to eat something light recently," Huo Ling said.
Quan Meng was perplexed. Previously, Huo Ling had said that her dishes were tasteless because she added too little soy sauce. Why did he want to eat something light now? What a strange person.