The Terminator and Initiator (9)

He dashed to her side, bent down, and picked her up. When he touched her, he could vividly feel her body trembling. Lu Bancheng raised his head self-consciously, and with the help of the dim bedside lamp he could see tears on her pale face. Her watery eyes were brimming with fear.

Does this mean that the scream I heard wasn't from my dream but from her?

"Did you have a nightmare?" asked Lu Bancheng.

Xu Wennuan had not fully woken up, and she looked dazed when their eyes met. Lu Bancheng reached out and patted her back softly. "It was just a dream. Don't be afraid. It's nothing now…"

Xu Wennuan had stopped crying when she was startled awake by her nightmare. She thought Lu Bancheng had already left and that she was the only one in the apartment. She'd wanted to treat it like no big deal, so she had decided to go to the bathroom to wash up like she always had, but in her hurry she had accidentally fallen to the floor. Her palms and knees were hurting.