"Yumeng, how do you like this place? It's quiet and the environment is good," Mu Linjing said, taking an exaggerated deep breath. "Even the air quality feels so much better."
A breeze blew past, dislodging a leaf. Wei Yumeng reached out and caught it.
"Mmm, it's really nice here. Thank you for bringing me."
Mu Linjing smiled, "Why are you being so polite with me? We're best friends. Of course, I had to bring you to such a great place."
Wei Yumeng took a deep breath, feeling that she should relax a little now. Recently, because of that incident, she had been close to breaking down. Fortunately, Mu Linjing's appearance had helped her recover a lot.
Mu Linjing suddenly spotted an interesting stall. "Yumeng, that one over there looks fun."
But when she ran over, she found Wei Yumeng hadn't followed.
"Yumeng?" Mu Linjing looked at Wei Yumeng, confused.
She saw that Wei Yumeng had frozen in place, her usually beautiful face deathly pale. She even slowly crouched down, holding her head as if trying to hide herself.
"He's here. He's still following us," Wei Yumeng's voice trembled with fear from the bottom of her heart.
Mu Linjing was terrified. "Yumeng, don't scare me. Who are you talking about?"
"It's him, the one who's been stalking me."
"Where is he?"
Wei Yumeng didn't move, only pointing behind her.
Without a second thought, Mu Linjing ran in that direction, but with the crowd, she didn't see anyone suspicious.
She still tried her best to check the vicinity, but the result was the same.
Only then did Mu Linjing breathe a sigh of relief and return to Wei Yumeng's side. "Don't be scared, don't be scared. I looked, and there's no one suspicious there."
Seeing the curled-up Wei Yumeng, Mu Linjing hugged her with concern. "Let's go back first. It will be safe in the room."
Wei Yumeng nodded, and they returned to the hotel together.
In the room, with Mu Linjing's company, Wei Yumeng began to calm down. She looked up at Mu Linjing slightly.
"Linjing, did you really not see anything just now?"
Mu Linjing looked at Wei Yumeng with worry. She didn't know how to tell Wei Yumeng. If she told the truth, would it make Wei Yumeng more uneasy? Or would it make her doubt herself?
Seeing Mu Linjing's hesitant expression, Wei Yumeng said earnestly, "You don't need to worry so much. Just tell me the truth."
"No, I didn't find anything."
Hearing this, Wei Yumeng's face turned even paler. If she had been holding on to the belief that she wasn't sick before, what about now?
At that time, only she had noticed something was wrong, and no one else was around.
But this time, Mu Linjing was with her, and Mu Linjing had even rushed over immediately, yet she found nothing.
Wei Yumeng couldn't help but recall that Zhan Mohan had also told her that after the incident, he had investigated everything, but the result was the same – nothing.
She had never doubted herself before, but now, what about Mu Linjing's discovery? Could it be... could it all be her hallucination?
Wei Yumeng felt completely enveloped by a great white terror. What was real, and what was false?
She clutched her head in pain, wondering what was happening.
Mu Linjing noticed Wei Yumeng's condition was not right and touched her hand, finding it ice-cold.
Wei Yumeng's current expression was a mix of fear, confusion, and doubt, which Mu Linjing couldn't distinguish.
She only knew that Wei Yumeng's state was very bad, as if she could go mad at any moment.
"Yumeng..." she touched Wei Yumeng cautiously. Fortunately, Wei Yumeng didn't resist her action.
She then took out the medicine and handed it to Wei Yumeng.
"Yumeng, stop overthinking. Don't worry, everything will be alright. I'm here. Take this medicine and sleep for a while. You'll be fine when you wake up."
Wei Yumeng felt her mind was blank. She obediently took the medicine and drank it.
Mu Linjing breathed a sigh of relief. The medicine had a sedative effect, and Wei Yumeng soon fell asleep.
Watching the peaceful sleeping Wei Yumeng, Mu Linjing felt a pang in her heart. She had wanted Wei Yumeng to get better, but now her condition seemed worse.
Although Zhan Mohan was working, he couldn't concentrate. How could he possibly not worry about Wei Yumeng?
So he picked up his phone and called Mu Linjing. Soon, Mu Linjing answered.
"How is Yumeng?"
Mu Linjing shook her head sadly. "I'm sorry, something happened just now, but she's taken her medicine and is asleep now."
Zhan Mohan's tone became tense upon hearing that something had happened. "What happened?"
So Mu Linjing recounted what had happened. "I guess I have to believe your judgment now. Yumeng really has some problems."
Zhan Mohan remained silent, clenching his fist.
"I've decided that if something like this happens again, I'll bring her back immediately. Perhaps what she needs most now is professional treatment."
Mu Linjing said this while holding Wei Yumeng's hand.
After hanging up the phone, Zhan Mohan wished he could be by Wei Yumeng's side right now, to keep her from being afraid and to accompany her.
Wei Yumeng felt her head was heavy and throbbing slightly. The blurry scene in front of her gradually became clear.
She was very familiar with this scene. It was that day at the amusement park. She saw a clown, an amusement park employee, distributing balloons ahead.
"Mom, I want a balloon."
Wei Yumeng looked down and saw Zhan Shiqing speaking.
Before she could respond, Zhan Shiqing pulled Zhan Jinzhi and ran off on her own.
"Uncle, I want two balloons."
The clown gave Wei Yumeng a meaningful smile and then, from behind his back, pulled out a small knife and lunged at the two children.
"No! Stop!" Wei Yumeng cried out in terror. She tried to run towards Zhan Shiqing but couldn't.
Just then, the surrounding scene melted away like fragments, replaced by another scene.
This was her room, and it was here that she heard the voices talking below the window.
But this time, she didn't hear anything. Instead, she saw countless eyes on the wall, all staring at her. There were searching glances, questioning glances, and even indifferent glances.
These eyes made Wei Yumeng retreat in fear, but at that very moment, the devil's voice, the same one she had heard by the window, came from all directions.