"I woke up in a strange place and I was a little scared. When I saw you... I wanted to hug you."
Under his gaze, Xu Su felt unaccountably guilty. She finished her explanation meekly, but then, as if remembering something, she immediately puffed up her chest and accused him loudly, "And then you pushed me away! Was telling me you'd love me no matter when you saw me just something you said to make me happy?"
"I pushed you away?" Zhou Mochen scoffed. "And then what? Just spit it all out. What did the 'me' in your dream do that's had you so unsettled all day, so distressed?"
He put a heavy, biting emphasis on the word "me," as if he weren't talking about himself at all.
"..." Xu Su felt another pang of guilt. She silently organized her thoughts, deciding to omit all the intimate details, and then haltingly recounted a simplified version of what happened in her dream.
Except for the two secrets he and Shen Chen had told her.
