Carrying her back into his room, he carefully and quietly made sure that he did not awake her unnecessarily. Observing her weary face, he then went over to the bed and placed her down gently.

He tucked her under the covers. Xiao Mai remained ever indulged in her untroubled sleep and he was grateful for that. He got down by the bedside and continued to watch over her.

After a while of sound peacefulness, he then noted that she began to breath anxiously in her slumber. He quickly reached over to her and heard her uttering something without waking.

It did not give him much difficulty in recognising what she said, "Chun...Chun..."

He bent over more closely. She still went on talking subconsciously, "I...am...sorry..."

He earnestly took her hand in his.

"But...I...really heard it..." Afterwards, her breathing slowed considerably and her face turned calm once more.

Seeing her this way, Chun could not help but recalled all the grueling intensity that happened between them earlier on...

Flashback...

Her concerned face displayed an assuring smile, "How are you feeling right now? You've been running a fever...Oh, I had better get the porridge so you could take your medication..." She removed the towel from his head and prepared to fetch his meal from the adjacent kitchen.

"How did you end up here?" he asked her rather impolitely.

She stopped by the doorway of his room and turned back, "I...Well, you fainted and I managed to get some help in bringing you back home..."

His expression did not waver with the slightest tinge of gratefulness, "So...? How did you find the way?"

Xiao Mai was starting to feel pressured by his unfeeling tone, "Actually, I asked around...and the fortunate thing is I happened to bump into your landlady...She passed me her keys...so...that's how..."

He figured and looked away gravely, "I do appreciate, but please,...leave now..."

She literally thought her ears were playing tricks on her, "Huh? Hey, you're still ill, you know? How can you handle everything on your own when you're not in the best shape? Can you imagine how difficult it has been for me to be able to take you back here? Now, you're feeling all cozy and seem to forget all the care you've been given?..."

...

Sobbing uncontrollably in the dark of the night, her blurry eyes rained down giant streams of tears. A couple of blind steps more and she would be colliding head-on with a speeding vehicle.

Saving the last few seconds of an impending harsh blow, he charged at full throttle to narrowly intervene in time to draw her back away from the deadly path and redeemed her frail body from the misfortune.

Considerably safe from the road and tightly clinged within his arms, Xiao Mai did not appear aware of the timely rescue and continued to wallow in her severe grief. It stunt him to realise her completely hardened to her sensations and response to all that was happening around her.

Her relentless sobs made her gasped for breaths, eating up her strength and resilience little by little.

Present...

Chun felt his own eyes growing wet. Lightly, he clutched onto his left chest and true enough, he experienced the thumping that used to be long dead since that fateful day. However, at this point in time, he was bestowed with the resurrection of a new start in life.

Gazing wholeheartedly at the delicate beloved girl laying undisturbed before him, he swept her soft fringes to the side and tenderly kissed her hand within his grasp, whispering, "Thank you,...My Angel..."