Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family

Chapter 177 - 177: 175: The Nightmare Strikes, Harbor of the Mind (2)

“Not enough! Do you think that you can just fob me off like this? I’m going up to the mountain this time, and I won’t be able to see you for at least a few days. Let your husband cherish you well while there’s still time…”

As he spoke, his mischievous hand suddenly hooked up her little face.

“Ah!——”

A sudden sense of emptiness made Liu Sisi instinctively cry out!

Upon realizing that this scream was inappropriate, her blushing cheeks resembled blooming peonies, scarlet red.

The sudden outcry made Di Yelei utter an amused yet smug laughter. He raised his hand and patted twice!

“Ye Lei!”

Liu Sisi cried out, almost jumping in shock. Instinctively covering herself, her face filled with panic.

This frightened Sisi, however, unexpectedly pleased Di Yelei!

“Don’t worry, darling, your husband will be back soon,”

he said, laughing heartily.

“You!…”

Before Liu Sisi could finish, she was suddenly embraced by him. He only released her when he had satisfied his longing.

Gently patting her back, “Let’s go! The time is almost up, don’t keep them waiting.”

As he finished, he took the lead and walked out, and Liu Sisi hurriedly followed.

The evening at the foot of the mountain was exceptionally colder!

The desolate autumn wind howled, continuously scraping over the skin. It was icy cold, but it could not blow away the heat in Liu Sisi’s heart.

She escorted Di Yelei all the way out of the small path, not stopping her steps until she reached the mountain path.

Leaning against the big tree by the road, she watched Di Yelei and his group move quickly into the mountains in the darkness.

Having turned the mountain bay, Di Yelei looked back and waved again and again. She still stubbornly stood in the same place until everyone disappeared completely. Only then did she slowly return to the house.

Lying in the bed and tossing and turning, a sense of emptiness sprang from her heart. Liu Sisi didn’t know what was happening to her.

In her previous life, she had long been accustomed to being alone, striving and living alone.

Nowadays, just because she lacks the company of someone, she can’t sleep. It seems that habit is indeed a terrifying thing! It has almost changed her long-standing habits.

She barely closed her eyes, only to fall into a nightmare.

In the dream, Di Yelei, covered in blood, was fighting barehanded with a giant shadow. As the two crossed hands, fresh blood kept splattering, staining everything around them in red. Everything was red!

Only red remained, dazzling red!

The shadow continuously attacked Di Yelei. They tangled repeatedly, sometimes Di Yelei was on top, other times he was pinned down by the shadow.

The shadow seemed to be a black bear, yet it was also like a man. Liu Sisi tried hard to open her eyes to see the opponent clearly, but everything was blurry as if shrouded by a black veil.

In another round, the shadow threw a heavy punch, hitting Di Yelei’s temple directly.

He retreated fiercely, crashing heavily to the ground, causing a large cloud of dust. Before he could get up, the shadow followed up, brutally hitting him one after another. The sound of the blows landed like a heavy hammer on her heart, causing her immense pain!

“Ye Lei! Get up, get up!” Liu Sisi couldn’t help but cry out.

Suddenly, the face of the shadow attacking turned and looked right at her hiding place.

Just one look, only a single look!

Immediately, she recognized the dark figure battling with Di Yelei was no other than Zuo Xingyu!

It’s him!

Yes, it’s him indeed!

His pair of eyes, like icy stars, fiercely glanced over her body.

All sources of light surrounding the pool of blood suddenly vanished, leaving only his eyes — these eyes, colder than a starving wolf, locked firmly on hers, penetrating straight into her soul! A wave of chill spread from her heart…

She wanted to scream, but couldn’t; she wanted to flee, but couldn’t move an inch.

She could only dumbly watch as he suddenly grinned at her, his white teeth blinding her.

Suddenly, he lifted his dagger high and aimed at Di Yelei’s back, stabbing straight down!

Blood splattered, covering her face…

“Ah!——”

She could no longer hold back and woke up screaming, her eyes wide open. But all she could see was darkness, as it was still night outside.

She collapsed back into bed, her mind filled with the hair-raising nightmare, so real and so bloody.

She seemed to still smell the metallic stench of blood sprayed on her, feel the heat of the blood, and the ferociousness behind that piercing blow…

“Ye Lei, I’m so scared, Ye Lei?”

Softly calling his name, her hand reflexively reached out in a haze to touch him, but only felt the cold emptiness.

Struck by panic, she jolted awake from her half-sleep. As she sat up, memories flooded in again recalling that Ye Lei had gone into the mountains and was not in the room.

She cast a glance towards the window, but a shadow quickly flashed past it.

She was startled. Could there be a thief in the courtyard?

She slid her cloth shoes on, picked up the wooden stick leaning against the door, and carefully made her way to the window to peer out, but saw no one.

Perhaps… she had imagined it?

Thanks to her previous encounter with Big Mouth Li, Liu Sisi was more alert. She hugged the door, ears strained for any noise outside.

“Meow——”

The cat’s cry caught Liu Sisi’s attention. She hurriedly turned to look, and a cat darted across the courtyard, leapt over the fence in a single bound, and disappeared from her sight.

She breathed a sigh of relief, and the stick in her hand slipped to the floor.

Just now… she had been really scared!

Remembering the chaos of reality and the horror of her nightmare unsettled her. Trying to adjust her breathing, she climbed back into bed trembling.

“Ye Lei, you mustn’t let anything happen to you. Don’t leave me all alone…”

As she drifted in and out of sleep, the nightmare returned. The images flashing in her dream were always the sea of bloody red and Zuo Xingyu’s eyes cold as ice stars.

Liu Sisi shook uncontrollably, her heart wavering without knowing whether she was dreaming or awake.

Perhaps because of the nightmare, Liu Sisi was not her usual self when she arrived at the Gan Mansion.

Much to her surprise, the young Miss of the Gan Family was already seated in the classroom early, her small body sitting upright, her face indifferent as she looked at her.

Today, Gan Miaoruo was wearing a pear blossom white dress. The collar, cuffs, and hem of the dress were embroidered with lotus patterns. On both sides of her hair buns she wore jadeite carved lotus, giving her cunning little face a touch of refreshment, making her look extremely adorable.