Chen's mother gave a slight smile, walked over to his side, and sat down, her tone extremely calm, "Chengye, long time no see."
Despite his weakness, Si Chengye propped himself up and grasped her hand tightly in his. His eyes were fixed on her, unwilling to blink even once.
He feared it was a hallucination and that she would vanish if he was not careful.
"Ayu, is it really you? While I was unconscious, I heard you talking by my ear every day, and I thought I was dreaming. I thought, if I could hear your voice every day in a dream, I would be willing to never wake up. But then your voice disappeared, and I couldn't find you anywhere, so I kept waiting for you, but you never appeared, and that's what struggled me awake. Ayu, is it really you? I'm not dreaming, am I? You won't disappear, you won't leave me, will you?"
She hadn't expected him to say so much all at once, let alone reveal his innermost feelings; Chen's mother was somewhat at a loss for a moment.
