He answered, "It's a dream."
She laughed, actually believing she was in a dream.
Leaning into his embrace, she placed her hand on his right shoulder and murmured softly, "The first time I saw you, my heart was moved. After meeting you, I always wanted to see you again, so I orchestrated a few chance encounters with you. You were so cold and polite to me. Only later did I find out that's how you are with people you don't know well. And only today did I realize, you're so passionate with the one you love. I'm doomed to never have you, because you love someone else..."
Then she rambled on about the joy and frustrations of being with him while she was inhabiting Li Mao's body, things that only the two of them knew about.
She talked until she fell asleep.
Long Yubei laid her down on the bed and turned on the bedside lamp.
The orange glow of the lamp illuminated her features as Long Yubei lay beside her, simply gazing at her.
