Shadow In Your Mind [ARC 1- 5]

Chapter 88 - It's just a nightmare

XG 88 - It's just a nightmare

As it was her first time doing field training, she returned to her room without spending any time playing with her phone and went straight to sleep. Predictably, she had a nightmare where her exhaustion could not even chase it away.

Unlike reality, when facing that pervert Man Jeong in her dream, there was no sword in her hand or gun in her bag. She was chased by Man Jeong around the room, dodging his dirty fork like a scared mouse from the big, drooling wolf wanting to eat her. She was about to be caught when she finally broke away from the dream and woke up.

She had not made any noise after waking up, but the dark figure looming over her had her cry out in fright. Automatically raising her hand, she directed her fist to punch that figure but it was easily caught.

"Baby, don't be afraid. It's just a nightmare," the familiar voice of her mother stopped her panic mode.

Her tight fist relaxed and was released from Suzie Yap's hold as soon as she noticed the change in her daughter.

"I'm sorry. Did I disturb mother's sleep?" Wong Xue Guo's voice sounded calm, and thanks to the dark, the residue of the nightmare on her expression could be hidden.

"Nothing to be sorry about. I should have known you will have a nightmare on your first trip out," Suzie Yap blamed herself.

Suzie Yap rubbed Wong Xue Guo's cheek, which was colder than her hand. Her heart ached and her mind was already halfway making a U-turn in wanting to hide her daughter inside the laboratory instead of letting her go out for training.

"It's normal to have a nightmare," Wong Xue Guo assured, only to feel the gentle rubbing on her cheek paused. "It's just my first experience. Later, I will not have nightmares anymore."

Wong Xue Guo was telling a white lie, but she thinks that with more exposure, her tendency to have nightmares might really reduce. From experience, her nightmare had indeed stopped after she calmed down from the kidnapped incident when she was twelve. Although it took a little more than a year to get over it, which resulted in her spending a whole year acting like a delinquent, it does result in eliminating the nightmare. The result was achieved mostly thanks to the school counsellor, but she could heal herself mostly because she wants to get better.

Fighting zombies and being kidnapped were two different things but in a sense, they were categorized as something she fears, thus they should work the same way.

This was the earnest thought of Wong Xue Guo, who refuses to let past experiences mess with her mind.

"Then until the nightmares are gone, let mommy sleep with baby, okay?"

"Pardon?"

"Baby will feel safer if someone is with you. Let mommy help you, okay?"

Towards her mother's plea, Wong Xue Guo had almost zero defences.

It took Hercules's effort to decline her mother's offer the first time and continue to decline when asked the second time. It was only until the third time did Wong Xue Guo 'helplessly' accept it. She rightfully believed that she had done her best to decline for her parent's bonding time's sake, but since her mother had insisted three times, it would be 'ungracious' of her to decline her mother's caring offer again.

The mother and daughter were happy to spend time together, but Charles Wong was not happy that his wife was stolen. Even if he was unhappy, he could not go against his wife's wishes and spent the rest of the night alone in his bed.

The next morning, Wong Xue Guo heard that her father had gone out with Vihaan and his gang members, with the reason to help Vihaan train his ability even further. She thought nothing of it until she could feel the ground shaking slightly at a point in time.