Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
âSome people pass out. Others feel exhausted and want to sleep, and sleep so deeply that they have trouble waking up.â
âWhat?â Yun Shishi exclaimed and turned ashen.
It suddenly came back to her, the day when Gong Fan was trying to make the desserts to fulfill Youyouâs promise to Natalia. However, he had suddenly fainted. When he woke up, he had complained of being tired and sleepy. She had taken him in her arms and coaxed him to sleep, but right up till now, he had not woken up again.
It had been a long time since she last saw Gong Fan. Yun Shishiâs heart wrenched at the thought.
Alice saw noticed Yun Shishiâs troubled expression. âWhatâs the matter?â she asked worriedly. âYou look terrible all of a sudden.â
âSo it looks like Gong Fan was also hypnotized by Nataliaâs other personality?â
Alice winced at that remark. âWhat do you mean?!â
Yun Shishi immediately told Alice the details of the incident, without going into the events of that day..
When Alice heard this, her eyes flashed momentarily, and her expression grew grave.
Yun Shishiâs chest tightened when she observed Aliceâs troubled expression.
âI actually have no way of knowing what the reason is for Gong Fanâs sudden disappearance. He hasnât woken up ever since that day. Iâm so afraid that heâs gone, gone from Youyouâs body. But I canât ask and I canât see. I feel nervous every day but thereâs nothing I can do. However, as youâve said, and Iâve thought about it carefully, itâs true that Natalia was there the day of the incident. And basically the symptoms you mentioned match the symptoms that Gong Fan had. I suspect⦠Could he have been hypnotized by Natalia?â
âIt wasnât Natalia.â The actor spoke suddenly.
Yun Shishi turned to him as he said, âPerhaps it was Natalisa. Natalia could never have done such a thing.â
âYou donât know her well, do you?â
âNo.â The actor was adamant. âIt canât be Natalia. Otherwise, why didnât Natalia hypnotize me?â
ââ¦â There was a silence.
Alice couldnât shake the feeling that there was something fishy going on, but her thoughts were all over the place. It was as if some idea had flashed through her mind, but she simply could not grasp it.
âAnd Gong Fan has not woken up since then?â Alice asked once more.
Yun Shishi nodded grimly, her voice trembling. âI⦠miss him alot.â
For a long time, sheâd suppressed her emotions, unwilling to let them show in the presence of Youyou and Mu Yazhe. But sheâd been worried, too. Even though she kept reassuring herself that it would be good for Youyou if Gong Fanâs personality disappeared.
Wasnât that what she would have been most happy to see in the past? But no matter how much she tried to reassure herself, she couldnât convince herself. On the other hand, she was afraid that her indecisiveness may end up hurting the boy.
âCould Gong Fan⦠have disappeared?â Yun Shishi looked at Alice with reddened eyes, like someone desperate in the face of adversity.
Alice looked at the woman steadily, her brow furrowed, but she didnât know how to answer. She pretended to be calm, but the truth was, she didnât know what was wrong with Gong Fan.
On the other side of the door, Youyou stood staring silently, through the crack in the doorway, at the distraught woman in the living room. His fingertips trembled.