Chapter 52: Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid, Mom is here
“You are just an unloved wild child!”
“Someone who has colluded with a witch shouldn’t be at the Church Academy…”
“Look at her self-righteous posture, she really thinks she’s some kind of white lotus? You should just die…”
“Get out of our sight!”
“Ah!”
Leia suddenly woke up from her dream, not knowing how many times she had had such a nightmare.
Every time she woke up, she would be drenched in sweat, as if she had just been pulled out of water.
The pitch-black room had no hint of light, and the surrounding darkness mirrored Leia’s current state of mind.
Fear surrounded her like a tide, and she felt a pang in her eyes as a wave of grievance made her unable to hold back her tears.
As she hugged her knees, quietly crying for a little while like countless nights startled by nightmares before, a warm hand pulled her into an incredibly warm embrace.
The gentle, fragrant embrace made Leia momentarily lose her senses.
“Mom…”
Leia timidly called out, receiving a gentle kiss from Yifu on her forehead.
“Did you have a nightmare? It’s okay, I’m here. Don’t be afraid, just sleep well.”
Yifu’s voice also carried a hint of drowsiness, indicating that she had just woken up from a dream.
Leia felt a subtle stir in her heart, it seemed Yifu had known all along that she would be scared at night, so she specially brought her into her room.
Leia couldn’t imagine how despairing and afraid she would feel if she woke up from a nightmare and found no one around.
But now, feeling Yifu’s warm and fragrant embrace, Leia thought those nightmares that tormented her… maybe they weren’t such a big deal anymore.
“…”
Leia, using the dim light in the room, raised her little face from Yifu’s arms to look at her.
From any angle, Yifu’s face was almost perfect.
At this moment, Yifu was humming a gentle lullaby while gently patting Leia’s back.
Tending to Leia as if she were a small baby.
Though a bit shy, this feeling truly made Leia very happy.
At this moment, she felt like the happiest child in the world.
Who could resist the soft, fragrant embrace of such a gentle elder sister?
Thinking of this, Leia couldn’t help but show a smile, burying her face back into Yifu’s chest and unconsciously taking a deep breath.
“I really… like Yifu Mama the most.”
For the rest of the night, the girl did not have even one more nightmare; she feared that with Yifu around, she would never have nightmares again.
However… the nightmares were gone, but with Yifu by her side, the frequency of dreaming about Yifu actually increased.
Even in her dreams, the distance between Leia and Yifu was slowly closing, until…
Sunlight streamed through the window into the bedroom, and Leia hurriedly sat up in bed, her delicate face a bit flushed.
She instinctively looked around; Yifu was already up, and the blanket she had covered was still warm and fragrant.
Sounds of busy activity in the kitchen made Leia feel at ease, and hearing that noise made her unable to hold back a sigh of relief.
“Thank goodness…”
Leia hurriedly jumped out of bed, slightly clenching her legs, and ran towards the bathroom.
Closing the bathroom door, Leia could finally breathe a sigh of relief. She carefully took off her white little panties, holding them in her hands with a complicated expression for a long time.
The obvious wet mark left her confused, and she didn’t even know why she had this reaction.
Could it be because… of dreaming about Yifu?
Thinking of this, Leia’s petite body trembled instinctively, and she hurriedly hid the panties deep in the laundry basket.
It took several washes with cold water to barely calm herself down.
“Wah, why… why did I have such a dream?”
Leia looked at herself in the mirror; her small, exquisite doll-like face was red like a ripe apple, making one unable to resist wanting to take a bite.
Her beautiful big eyes blinked rapidly, seemingly unfamiliar with her reflection in the mirror.
“What am I even thinking? Yifu is my mom; I can’t have those kinds of thoughts about her! No way!”
Leia kept softly emphasizing, but the girl’s undeniable shyness already spoke volumes.
“Leia, breakfast is ready. Hurry up and wash up and come eat.”
“Oh, okay!”
Leia quickly responded, rushing to wash up and slipping back into her room to change into clean underwear before slowly walking out of the bedroom.
“Why is your face so red? Did you not sleep well last night?”
“Um… slept well.”
Leia shook her head; rather, it was the best sleep she had had in a long time.
The redness on her face was due to other reasons.
“Come over and have breakfast first.”
Seeing Leia acting a bit unnatural, Yifu didn’t think much of it and turned to continue her busy work.
Leia sat at the dining table, biting her lips as she looked at the exquisite breakfast. For some reason, she felt no appetite at all.
At that moment, her eyes were filled with the image of Yifu’s graceful figure busying about and the warmth of last night’s embrace.
“Feels like I’m becoming a bad child who can’t sleep without Yifu Mama hugging me.”
Leia patted her slightly warm face. In her self-talk, her peripheral vision accidentally caught a glimpse of a corner of the living room.
Instantly, her attention was drawn to it.
She saw a small clothes rack with an incredibly stunning dress displayed on it. The morning sunlight perfectly illuminated the dress, and the huge visual impact left Leia frozen in place.
“What… what a beautiful dress.”
