Chapter 44

YooLim and the stranger was taking conversation until her friend arrive. They just shared the numbers and head to their own direction. She joined to her friends and classmates to go downtown. Before the end of the trip, they need to buy something back to home. She wanted to look around what is interesting at the place they go. She was spending the day like that because tomorrow morning the car will come to take them back to home. She arrived back at 10 pm. The teachers were waiting for them at the hallway. They haven't noticed the teachers awake at that time. When they saw the teachers in front of their room, they step back and bow to the teachers. The teachers asked, "Where are you going?". They looked each other and said, "we are finding the items to take back to home". The teachers said, "We send you to various places and give you the chance to buy thing". They said, "Those are not matching our likes". The teachers said, "That's why you go out without us". They said, "We are apologize to you for not telling you but we can go out by ourselves". The teachers were not yelling at them but they know it is not the good sign. After the teacher left, she was heading into the hotel room. And then, she put the thing she buy from the antique shop. The friends who shared the room with her are coming up to her and said, "What did you get YooLim?". YooLim hided the thing she buy and said, "Nothing special but I think my mother will love it". They said, "You are something". YooLim said, "Sorry guys". They went to sleep after cleaning process and changing the clothes. At the early morning, the car arrived. The teachers were knocking their doors to wake them up. Their trip end and head back home with sleepy head. They were sleeping all the way back home. When the car stopped, they awake and open their eyes. The teachers told the driver to stop the car in front of the school. Then, the teachers told them to walk home from here. Now, they have no choice left. So, YooLim took the bags and follow the others to get out of the car. YooLim walked back home alone by carrying her heavy bag and backpack. But she heard the familiar voice on her way back home. She turned around and find the person. Then, she found who is calling her name. She said, "Brother why are you here". Her brother Xiao Zhan said, "I am having the morning exercise here". She was looking at the place where brother Xiao pointing at. Then, she said, "That park". Xiao Zhan said, "Yeah, many people came to have running exercise, walking exercise and playing taichi". YooLim said, "Amazing but this district have more french style". Xiao Zhan said, "Sure, it is old Shanghai's treasure because it still have the french style road and housing". After saying that, he grabbed the bag from her and said, "Let me take you back home safety". She was smiling up to her brother and said, "Thank you, the mother will surprised if I come back home with you".

At every time, YooLim went the school trip with her classmates, Zhang was facing much trouble and illusion in the house. It was starting from the day they come back from the trip. Their family took the trip to visit her parents who live at HongKong. Since those days, she saw imagination in the house. When she told her husband, he tell her to meet the doctor and take some pills. The doctor told her, "Every houswives had the depression like this and become normal again after taking fully medication". But she thought it cause by the pills she take for medication. Her husband did not know such things and never listen of her and her daughter. Zhang believed her daughter however she can not show it at front. Zhang was trying to figure out what is going on in the house. Zhang also doubted on the house owner and the employer of Liam. After Mr. Ren Kai came, her husband took them to her parent's place as family trip. When she got back here, she have a series of nightmare. In every dream, things were feeling like real. The hot of flames, the burning house and the dark shadow move around the house and also the mirror in the burning flame. Every time she had that dream after having a scent of smoke. One night, Zhang was waking up at early morning. Zhang knew it's morning but the outside the bed room is covering up with the mist. The environment was freezing cold so she go to the controller at the end of the living room. Then, she found it turn off. So, she was turning back on and try to control the room temperature. But it still freezing cold. She did not know what is wrong with it. Therefore, she went to the balcony door and open it. The door was shutting tight. She was using all her strength to move the door to open it. But she could not do it. At that time, she knew it's time to wake him up. So, she was heading back to the bed room for waking her husband. When she headed back to the bedroom, someone is standing at the hallway. She did not know who will this be. By analyzing the figure, she realize the person is the man. She said, "Honey, is that you". But that person was not answering her. She scared to move up there because the stranger break into their apartment to steal something. During she watched, it move up to her slowly. This time, she realized there is no feet. Then, she was shouting out loud, "Don't come closer". Then, someone was calling her name and shake her shoulders. At that time, she woke up and said, "Where have you been?". Her husband Liam was not knowing what is she talking about. But he was hugging her and say, "You are having nightmare, now you see nothing happen here". She said, "There is something here". He was patting her back and said, "You must go to the doctor again to check your condition". After that, she was pushing him away and said, "I don't want to take those pills because they make me feel unwell". He said, "Are you okay without taking those pills?". She said, "You will not believe me but I am okay without those medications". He said, "Fine, then you can cut those out". A few days later, she was shouting at every morning around 3 am. Her husband could not figure out what is happening in her. So, he was going to the doctor for discussing about his wife's condition.