Nian Nian has always been good at expression, and when Mu Sijue asked, he said the truth: "I want to sleep in my mother's room." ”

"No problem." "But we're going to squeeze a cot together, would you?" ”

Nian Nian nodded without thinking: "I am willing!" ”

The bodyguard brought a folding escort bed, only one meter and two wide, for Mu Sijue and Niannian, who are accustomed to large beds, this bed can be called "mini".

Mu Sijue motioned for the bodyguard to place the bed next to Xu Youning's bed.

In this case, he could pretend that he was sleeping in the same bed as his mother.

No matter how mini the bed is, he can bear it!

Before nine o'clock, Nian Nian yawned again and again, lay on Mu Sijue's knee and said, "Dad, I'm sleepy." ”

Mu Sijue closed the computer and put it aside, picked up the little guy and said, "When you fall asleep, I'll take care of the work." ”

As soon as the little guy got on the bed, he obediently got into the bed, looked at Mu Sijue and said, "Dad, you go to work, I can!" ”

Mu Sijue tucked the quilt for the little guy: "Really? ”

"Hmm!" Nian Nian nodded affirmatively, looked at Xu Youning on the other bed, and her voice was full of happiness, "I have my mother with me!" ”

Mu Sijue raised the corners of his lips and kissed the little guy's forehead: "Good night." ”

"Good night Dad!"

Nian Nian obediently closed his eyes, and heard the sound of Mu Sijue going out and closing the door, so he quietly opened his eyes again.

He rolled over and lay on his side, facing Xu Youning, and only spoke after a while:

"Mom, dad said, when I was very young, I slept in this room like this."

"Mom, I've grown up a lot, Uncle Koshikawa said I'm already a big child, can you wake up and come and see me......"

"Mom's ......"

Nian Nian said a lot intermittently, but, as usual, Xu Youning did not react.

Nian Nian was used to it, and instead of being disappointed, he showed a smile and said:

"Okay. Good night, Mom. ”

The little one closed his eyes, adjusted to a comfortable position, and coaxed himself to sleep.

When Mu Sijue returned to the room, it was almost eleven o'clock, and the little guy was curled up in the quilt facing Xu Youning, sleeping soundly.

After he washed, he lay down next to the little one, facing Xu Youning like a little one, and closed his eyes.

The bed was too small, and there was a slight feeling of crampedness when sleeping, a feeling that Mu Sijue had always disliked the most.

However, at such a moment, this just right crowding made him deeply feel that he and Xu Youning, as well as the little guy in his arms, were a family. Although they and Xu Youning can't hug each other, kiss each other, and can't sleep with each other. However, their hearts are very close, very close.

This night, falling asleep became an exceptionally easy task for Mu Sijue.

I don't know how long I slept, Xu Youning walked into Mu Sijue's dream.

When she woke up, Mu saw clearly that she was sitting on the bed, looking at him with a smile on her face.

Compared with four years ago, she is almost no different, she still has a clever smile, and her fawn-like eyes look smart and energetic.

She asked how the past four years had been.

Mu Sijue stretched out his hand and touched her face: "Tell me first, how have you been in the past four years?" ”

For Xu Youning, these four years are like a long dream.

Occasionally, she could perceive everything around her and hear someone talking to her. She wanted to respond, but she couldn't move or make a sound, even though she had exhausted all her strength.

Niannian, Niannian...... She often hears this name.

Later, she vaguely understood that Nian Nian was her and Mu Sijue's child.

Their child, after she fell unconscious, came into this world safely.

She can feel that Niannian is growing up, from only babbling, to being able to call "Daddy, Mommy" in a milky voice, to now being able to speak complete sentences and express her meaning.

However, she didn't know how old he really was.

Maybe four, five, or six, maybe ten or so years old?

The only thing she knows is that no matter how old the little one is, she has missed his most important upbringing, which will be the regret of her life.

And Mu Sijue, who could often feel him right next to her.

No, more precisely, it was the time when she was asleep that he was always by her side.

Sometimes he would talk to her, sometimes he would talk about Nian Nian's situation, but other times, he would just hold her hand and say nothing.

He had been there for her, waiting for her to break free from her nightmares and wake up.

Every time he felt Mu Sijue, Xu Youning could feel his sadness at the same time.

The sadness was not thick, nor to the extent of grabbing the heavens and the earth, but it lingered faintly in the air, flowing into her heart along the breath, making her mood also low and her heart tingling.

The stinging pain in the heart, of course, was due to the distress of Mu Sijue.

The more distressed she was, the more she wanted to wake up and soothe Mu Sijue's sadness.

However, after so many efforts, success is always out of reach.

It was as if she had fallen into a terrible nightmare, trapped in a net that she couldn't break free of, no matter how hard she tried.

She wanted to cry, her eyes were already hot, but the tears just couldn't flow, as if the tear ducts were blocked by something strange.

In addition to Mu Sijue and Nian Nian, she can occasionally feel other people.

For example, Su Jian'an and Xiao Yunyun, as well as Luo Xiaoxi and Ye Luo, and of course, Shen Yuechuan and Song Jiqing.

They, like Mu Sijue and Nian Nian, are an important source of her strength.

Whenever she feels very tired, doesn't want to fight with Nightmare anymore, wants to compromise like this, and sleeps like this all the time, they will become her strength, supporting her not to give up easily, and continue to fight against dreams.

There were also many times when she had regained consciousness after a long slumber, and it seemed like a long, long time had passed, and the little ones had gone from being able to speak only one or two words to being able to speak simple short sentences.

Thankfully, no matter what, she was not swallowed by the nightmares, and regained consciousness again and again.

She didn't know how long she would have to fight this dream, but as long as she could sense everything around her, she would never give up hope.

Speaking of which, recently, she seems to have seen the dawn of hope.

Recently, she can not only perceive the sounds and touches around her, but occasionally even feel the wind outside the window and the sunlight by the window.

She could even feel that it was early summer, even though she didn't know what year it was.

Of all the recent perceptions, the voices and touches of Mu Sijue and Nian Nian are the most obvious.

She knew that Mu Sijue had been coming every day lately, telling her that she would soon wake up, and that she would work hard to overcome the nightmare.

Nian Nian didn't come as often as Mu Sijue, but every time she came, she could feel the little one by her bedside, or sleeping next to her, and when it was quiet, she could even hear his slight breathing.

There were many moments, Xu Youning clearly felt that her heart softened and was full of tenderness.

If she is healthy, she must be reluctant to refuse any request from this child.

And now, what this child has made to her is a poignant request -

"Mom, I've grown up a lot...... You wake up and come and see me. ”

When this sentence was loaded into the eardrum, Xu Youning felt like a knife in his heart.

She is a mother, and her child's demands on her are humble enough to just look at him.

She has missed his growth for so many years, is she going to continue to miss it?

No, you cannot.

She wants to wake up and witness his growth from now on, to participate in his childhood, his life.

Perhaps because the belief was strong enough, at that moment, Xu Youning clearly felt that there was a force injected into her body.

With this power, she tried again and again.

Finally, the world in front of me was no longer dark, but a soft morning light.

She finally broke free from the nightmare and the boundless darkness and saw the light again.

Along with the sunlight is the sound of breathing.

The shallow, familiar sound of breathing made her heart flutter.

She had just woken up, and she didn't have much strength, but she wanted to see her and Mu Sijue's child so much that she turned her head to the sound of breathing, and a small face that looked like Mu Sijue was sleeping soundly came into view.

The little guy really looks too much like Mu Sijue, of course, Mu Sijue is not as cute as him.

However, the stinky boy is too polite, he is also her son, and there is something like her.

If the little guy really doesn't look like her in any way, it doesn't matter, she will raise him to be as cute and likable as she is in the future.

Hey, no.

The little one looked to be four or five years old, and she ...... She is also close to thirty years old, and the word "cute" seems to be no longer used for her.

Xu Youning thought about it, trying to reach out and touch the little guy, just as the little guy used to touch her carefully.

However, there is really no strength.

It was also at this time that hot tears involuntarily burst out of my eyes.

Not because of sadness, but because of a kind of afterthought joy and tears.

"Nian Nian."

Xu Youning called the little guy, his voice was very low, and he was very hoarse, like an adult who had just learned to speak.

She couldn't touch her child for a while, but she could finally call his name and see him.

"Nian Nian ......"

Xu Youning's voice was a little louder than just now, although it was still a little hoarse.

Nian Nian slept very early yesterday, and the accompanying bed was not very comfortable, and she woke up early in the morning, but she didn't want to open her eyes, and she was in a state of half-dreaming and half-awake.

In his daze, he heard his name being called one after another.

It must be Dad or Grandma Zhou who wants to wake him up, hum, he won't be fooled!

Nian Nian closed her eyes tighter and shrunk into the bed.

Retracted into the quilt, Nian Nian felt that something was wrong.

That voice is not Dad's voice, nor Grandma Zhou's voice, nor is it the voice of uncles and aunts.

Hmm, is it ......