Wife, Please Stop Running Away!

046: A Season of Coughs

His eyes, still a bit blurry, gazed at the subtly lit top of the tent's canopy due to the streams of the rising sun that we're able to slip past the inclines of the mountains. He remained motionless for a while before a lasting sigh is heard within the tent. Yan JinLong closed his eyes once and stood up to start preparing.

It has been two weeks since he left...

Two weeks that he didn't see Lin Mian Mian...

It is as if he came back to the time before Lin Mian Mian is here. He can still sleep but it would be often filled with those dreams - the dreams that he does not know the source of. It only stopped showing after meeting Lin Mian Mian.

Then does it mean that the return of the dreams means something?

The dream reoccurrence happened the day before the day he is supposed to leave. He expected to see the setting of the 'Old Yan JinLong' under the Wisteria tree and the somehow different Jade Courtyard housing a 'Lin Mian Mian'. However, though the places are the same, there is an additional object that caught his attention.

A mausoleum.

It is an open hexagonal pavilion with the usual bilateral symmetry and articulation. Red and yellow lanterns were hung to the eaves with little jade tinkling metals that produce small clinking sounds whenever the wind sways it. The railings are also adorned with various flowers making the whole area look very festive.

This does not look like a burial site at all...

Yan JinLong did not see the 'actors' around so he decided to see the new place. It's just the moment he got closer he saw the 'Old Yan JinLong' kneeling in front of a marble slate. It only took him a while to recognize the owner of the tomb.

It is Lin Mian Mian's...

He only slightly reacted when the other person said what he did to the 'other' Lin Mian Mian. Though he detested him for what cruelty he did, stepping unto someone's dignity, he is not him.

It is just a dream.

If it will happen in the future, surely he will not let it happen, it is up to him to decide. He is not this guy and that Lin Mian Mian is not his. Whatever life events those two experienced, it is theirs.

It could be a premonition.

Maybe a life of someone, or in another dimension. It could be his life in another time...

But that person is not him, and will never be him.

However, still seeing the name that is closely related to you written in such a conspicuous place will surely make you feel weird and uneasy. Yan JinLong who witnessed such a display could not help but feel fear.

He immediately strides towards the kneeling man with the intention of grabbing his collar when suddenly he could not move.

He got stuck in his position.

The kneeling person seems to know his arrival, yet, it did not bat him any attention. He just keeps on kneeling while looking at the polished marble. It can be seen from its appearance that it has been taken good care of. The smell of incense diffused around giving off a familiar scent.

It was Lin Mian Mian's favorite scent - lavender.

Yan JinLong is surprised.

How did he know that it was Lin Mian Mian's favorite scene?

The wife of his never wore this kind of perfume before so what made him think such a thing? The questions that he had before only multiplied not giving him any answers.