Mistook Him For A Foreigner Instead of Chinese

Lu Jingren went to a hospital to check if he was drugged but no abnormalities were found. He even described his stuffy chest to the doctor but he received a laugh instead.

"Aiyoo, this young man. Nothing is wrong with your body."

"Then why is my heart beating so fast all of a sudden? I can't breathe properly."

The doctor smiled. The nurse also smiled. The two shared a look of mutual understanding.

"Young man, I assure you. There is nothing wrong with your body. You are perfectly healthy."

He left the hospital, unsatisfied with so many questions in his mind.

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22: 10 pm, May 5th, City A

[ Time: Two Months Before the Apocalypse ]

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Lu Jingren snapped out from his daydreaming when the waiter called him. He blinked.

He looked around and saw that he was still at the restaurant and the guests who were previously in the room had left.

He checked his watch. He had waited for more than two hours in which he had called his fiancee's number a few times.

To no avail, no one answered and his phone number was even blocked. He closed his eyes then stood up, paying for his bill.

Lu Jingren left.

He understood that his fiancee did not want anything to do with him. He came because it was Grandma and Grandpa's wishes that he marry a girl, so he was very patient regardless if the other party was younger than him.

But the other party did not appear and he was even stood up. He did not get angry because he understood that no one wanted to get engaged to a stranger.

He and his fiancee were strangers who have never met each other before. Regardless of the dream, he had that night, he would not think much of it because it was just in fact a dream.

Reality was so much different.

He resolved to move on from this and to forget that this ever happened...

However.

That night, he had another dream. And the day after that, and the day after that...

He had all sorts of dreams about him and his fiancee spending time together.

In those dreams, they went to watch a movie together. His fiancee cooked a meal for him and again, he emptied his plate. Other times, his anxiety and paranoia would pick on, causing him to leave her without a word.

Sometimes, they would quietly read in each other's presence without speaking to each other. Other times, he ignored her because he felt wary of the fact that his heart rate would speed up everytime she was around.

Was he going to die? This was the first thought that came to his mind.

Lu Jingren also dreamed that he brought his fiancee to his penthouse and that the two of them were peacefully sharing another meal.

He often saw his fiancee smiling at him.

[Jingren, can I call you that?]

And everytime, he felt a stuffy feeling in his chest as if he couldn't breathe. Unable to answer, he merely stared at her before nodding.

Unexpectedly, he often heard his name being called more often than not and it just so happened that he also decided to call her using her name only.

[Jingren, did you know that you are the only person who has called me Lilian?]

He eventually began to get used to his fiancee's presence around him, to the point that he himself was beginning to question whether agreeing to this was the right thing.

It was a good thing that they were only dreams because Lu Jingren who was continuously dreaming about these things felt a sense of crisis.

It was bothering him. They were only dreams but they seem so real as if they were had happened before.

However, Lu Jingren was very clear with the fact that the girl who was supposed to be his fiancee did not want to meet him. She even blocked his number which clearly told him that she wanted nothing to do with him.

And yet...those dreams he had every night made him think that he was having a harmonious relationship with her.

It was really bothersome.

So Lu Jingren decided to go to her apartment secretly just to confirm if the interior he saw in his dreams would match with what was inside his fiancee's apartment. He has a good memory. He could at least remember a few details.

He got his answer as soon as he got inside. He saw the bookshelves and the books he had read. He went to the kitchen and saw the familiar table where they shared a lot of their meals together. This was also the place where she made his lunch everyday.

Afterward, he went to her school. In his dreams, he would often come and pick her up. Just like usual, he received the many stares of people.

He often contemplated dyeing his hair black but then he decided against it. Being blonde with blue eyes would make his relatives more annoyed so he did not change anything even if others mistook him for a foreigner instead of Chinese just like them.

His fiancee also likes the color of his hair. She told him once.

[It's a nice color, almost like the sunlight coming from the sun.]

Lu Jingren waited by the gate for many long hours but the girl from his dreams never showed up.

He later found out that she had dropped from school.

Lu Jingren stayed at his penthouse as he continued to have these dreams. Sometimes, he would purposely stay awake just so he wouldn't see her.

He then went to Mu Qianmo and stayed over.

[Boss Ren, I heard you were staying with Brother Qian! I also want to stay here!]

Fu Yangzhu then came. Their group was almost complete. Only Mizuki Rei was missing since he was currently in Japan.

Even in the presence of other people, Lu Jingren's dreams did not recede. His normally calm emotions were in turmoil.

"I feel like I'm going crazy."

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