Push Me Away When I Come, Don't Hold Me Back When I Leave - Chapter 155

Chapter 155: Phantasms in the Darkness

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“Why… Ye Han…” Xia Ruoming murmured while soaking in ice-cold water, not knowing when everything started becoming strange, and she couldn’t get answers to anything at all.

Was it from the day she rejected Xu Fengwu that the timeline had been rewritten? Was it all just because of the butterfly effect?

Xu Fengwu who planned to pursue her, Luo Qingxuan who always seemed to have her own little secrets, Ye Han whose behavior was particularly strange, Jiang Ruhua who met her earlier than expected, everything was different from what she had imagined.

She didn’t want to think about these things, but even when she closed her eyes in the ice water, these thoughts kept flooding into her mind.

After discovering that ice water no longer cleared her mind like it used to, Xia Ruoming gave up on the idea of using it to calm herself, and returned to her bedroom with a dizzy feeling.

“Are you done washing? Sister Ruoming~” Ye Han sat on the bed, tilting her head as she looked at Xia Ruoming.

“Didn’t I tell you to sleep first? I said don’t wait for me.” Xia Ruoming said helplessly while pressing her temples.

“Hmm~ I want to sleep together with Lady Sister Ruoming, didn’t some book say that this way we might have the same dream? I want to be with Sister Ruoming in dreams too~” Ye Han said sweetly.

“Please don’t, I don’t want to dream at all, I just want to sleep well, straight through until morning.” Xia Ruoming shook her head quickly, having become quite wary of Ye Han.

“Hmph.”

“I’m turning off the lights then, Hanhan, you should rest early too.” Xia Ruoming yawned, turned off the room lights, then covered herself with the blanket on the floor bedding and closed her eyes.

“Sister Ruoming, sister~” Ye Han’s voice rang out again in the darkness.

“Hanhan, do you have something else? I’m really sleepy, go to sleep quickly.” Xia Ruoming turned over, speaking drowsily.

“Sister Ruoming, you won’t talk in your sleep while dreaming, right? You won’t wake me up in the middle of the night?”

“What nonsense are you talking about, who talks in their sleep?”

“Sister, sister~”

“You live in a villa and run your own company, why do you keep pretending to be poor? You even wore cheap clothes to the cocktail party that day.”

“Because I want to! What’s it to you!”

“Sister Ruoming, I can’t sleep, chat with me for a while, don’t be so cold.”

“No! What time is it now? Go to sleep!”

“Sister Ruoming~ Mom won’t tell me about the past, Sister Ruoming tell me stories about Mom and Auntie from before, I really want to hear~ Tell me more~”

“I’ll give you her phone number, you can ask her yourself, she’ll definitely tell you! I don’t know either!”

“Sister Ruoming, I like someone, but they don’t know I like them, do you think I should bravely pursue them?”

“Liking someone is your own business, why ask me? If you want my opinion, I quite regret confessing to that person before.”

“No, I just want to hear Sister Ruoming’s opinion.”

“Since you’re asking like this, it means you’ve already made up your mind, so just go pursue them bravely, why ask me…”

“Then Sister Ruoming, you said it yourself…”

“Yes, yes, yes, I said it, now go to sleep quickly, okay?”

“Then Sister Ruoming, will you come when I confess?”

“Okay, okay, okay, I promise you, now go to sleep quickly, I’m really tired.”

But in the dark room, Xia Ruoming could never see the tears at the corners of Ye Han’s eyes. Ye Han had actually gathered a lot of courage to say those words half-jokingly. She was also afraid of being rejected by Xia Ruoming, but she knew that now was the best chance. Once Xia Ruoming reaffirmed her somewhat wavering heart, her chances would become even more remote.

Actually, she had sensed it too, Xia Ruoming was very lonely. Although she didn’t know where this loneliness came from, upon noticing this, Ye Han immediately created a persona for herself, gentle and considerate, understanding, but also a sister who likes to stick close to her older sister.

Seeing Xia Ruoming silent, Ye Han quietly got down from the bed and lay down on the floor bedding, pressing close to Xia Ruoming.

“Sister Ruoming, are you afraid of the dark too?” Ye Han whispered near Xia Ruoming’s ear, “It’s okay, I know, because I am too, my body trembles when I’m scared.”

“I’m not afraid of shit!” Xia Ruoming said irritably. Was she afraid of the dark? She was afraid of Ye Han! In all kinds of ways!

“No~ At least let me sleep together with Sister Ruoming, like sleeping while hugging a plush toy…”

Before Ye Han could finish speaking, Xia Ruoming had already covered her ears with the blanket, as if she didn’t want to hear her speak anymore.

“Sister Ruoming, they say this sleeping position is very bad, and it’s easy to… well, unknowingly suffocate yourself in the middle of the night, you know?” Ye Han said with a hint of amusement. After hearing this, Xia Ruoming helplessly lowered the blanket and turned her face back.

Ye Han looked at Xia Ruoming’s face, that face which looked even more similar to Liu Qingyun’s in the darkness had a complex expression, thoughts unknown.

“I’ve already said… it’s better not to do that… Hanhan, go to sleep early.” Xia Ruoming sighed softly in the darkness, her voice infinitely sorrowful. Ye Han didn’t know where that sorrow came from.

Xia Ruoming was really troubled. Back when she was still in Chengdu, she had made some assumptions, unless the world went crazy would things turn out like this, but now it seemed the world had really gone crazy.

Just as The Emperor card had said, some things shouldn’t cross boundaries too far, otherwise the situation would be beyond her control.

Ye Han didn’t show any extra emotion either, just nodded slightly in the darkness, then immediately hugged Xia Ruoming tightly again. Xia Ruoming could clearly feel her somewhat pouty face.

“Fine… but at least let me hug sister while sleeping! Otherwise I can’t sleep!” Just as Xia Ruoming had thought, Ye Han was indeed a bit pouty, “Sister won’t refuse even this request, right?”

“…”

Xia Ruoming was silent for a long time before speaking: “Are you serious, just hugging and nothing else?”

“Of~ course. Now sister can feel at ease, right?” Hearing that Xia Ruoming seemed to have changed her attitude, Ye Han’s tone became somewhat excited.

“Alright.” A bitter laugh came from the darkness, followed by Xia Ruoming’s agreeing voice.