I am here

PAST TRAUMA

"Don't worry, I am here."

Chen Li said softly. Ling Fen turned around. For some reason that voice made her take a step forward and then another until she reached the hospital's open door. She thought that she could enter but then something got into her mind which seemed like the voice of a man, it was eerily chilly as it spoke next to her ears, "What are you doing here?"

The voice was laced with a tint of anger. In her vague memories, she could see two men approaching closer and closer until they were before her, only their faces were a bit blurry so she could not see them clearly but the area that they stood in looked like a hospital room.

The stench of medicine overwhelmed her nose so much that she turned to the side and almost fell down but before she could, steady arms held her followed by a voice full of worry, "Are you alright?"

Someone seemed to be shaking her slightly.

Chen Li did not know what was happening. He only saw her fall down out of the blue. Her face was pale and her breathing ragged. Her eyes were unfocused and they seemed to be laced with tears, the large droplets threatening to drop.

Before he could ask further, she fainted in his arms. Xiao Lu came back and noticed people staring at something. He rushed over and saw Chen Li carrying a fainted Ling Fen. He had just left to park the car and this had already happened.

Chen Li carried Ling Fen over and shouted to him, "Where did you park the car?" Xiao Lu pointed and rushed over to open the car door.

"Chen Li, this is the hospital, why not send her inside?" Xiao Lu was confused. If she had fainted in front of the hospital, why not take her inside. Some of the nurses had also rushed outside when they noticed the commotion but only saw someone carrying a woman while running towards a car.

"We cannot take her there, she seems afraid of the hospital, that was why she fainted." Chen Li said while he started the car.

"Then where do we take her?" Xiao Lu asked while driving the car out of the parking lot.

"To my place, I will ask Doctor Ji to meet us there."

Xiao Lu nodded and sped away.

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Ling Fen felt as if her body was falling into a dark abyss. No matter how much she cried and tried to get out of it, it clutched deeply onto her, never letting go.

Images flashed in her blurry mind. One of them was of an old man walking toward her. His face was clouded and she could not see him clearly. The old man's face flashed past and a woman appeared next.

The woman was dressed impeccably and her high heels were bright red in color. Her laughter echoed throughout the space and her voice sounded, "Who is going to save you now?"

Her words were taunting. Ling Fen wanted to shout but it was as if something had pieced her two lips together. She struggled so much but the woman's laughter only increased in sharpness. It was as if she was not laughing at all but voicing out some unknown sounds. Next, she heard her say, "Why did he choose her?"

She was asking a question but when Ling Fen did not answer, she slapped her hard across the face. Her delicately manicured nails left an imprint on her face. When the woman saw it, she cackled loudly while her voice grew colder, "That face of yours annoys me so much, why do you have to look like him? If I destroy it then only one person will be left with that face…."

Her laughter echoed and shivers went up Ling Fen's spine.

Who was the 'him' that the woman was talking about?

Until now, she could still not see her face even as it got close to her face. The only thing that she felt was cold eyes staring at her.

In her vague memory, coupled with the woman's voice, another voice seemed to fleet by. That voice seemed far away. Because the unknown woman was speaking loudly, she could not hear the voice that well but now that she had kept quiet, there seemed to be a voice telling her softly, "Wake up."

The voice was like a whisper. She followed it closely and realized that it belonged to a man.

All was silent for a little while before the voice sounded once again, "Wake up."

It did not have any urgency but it had gotten louder than the first one. A hand also seemed to be gently touching her brows, probably smoothening them.

The voice sounded once again,

"Wake up."

Ling Fen's eyes shot open at once!