"Yueyao..." He called her but she didn't look at him, but rather looked at the man in front of her, her eyes glazed.
"Is it really you? No... No.... It's a dream... It's a dream..." She heavily shook her head taking a step back.
In her dreams, this was the exact man, then she recalls how she had chosen him but still woke up in the same bed.
"You are not real! You are not!" She shook her head frantically as tears went down her cheeks. He left her behind and in the same place after she chose him!
Jin Shuren didn't correct her, not yet.
He simply watched, letting her eyes search his mask as though she might find something familiar beneath the jade, "Whether it's a dream or not," his voice was low, steady, "I'm right here. And I'm not leaving you again."
Her breath hitched, an involuntary tremor passing through her. The chains were gone, but she still stood as if she expected them to snap back around her wrists at any moment.
