Young Brother-in-law Is Now My Husband

Jiang Yuyan murmured something in her crying voice, but Lu Qiang couldn't hear what she said because of her continuous sobbing. He moved in a little closer to her and could only listen to her, saying, "Let Go!"

Her voice was painful, and Lu Qiang felt his heart skipped a beat, watching her in such condition. Still, he decided to stay strong and deal with the situation.

Lu Qiang called her name with a soft voice, "Yuyan!" but she didn't react as she was immersed in her nightmare. He called her again, but there was no reaction as she continued crying, sobbing, and murmuring something.

Lu Qiang then decided to say something more comforting. "Yuyan! It's just a nightmare. Open your eyes. It's me, Lu Qiang."

Still, Jiang Yuyan couldn't hear him and started to cry even more in her sleep.

Seeing her like this broke his heart, and he wanted to wake her up as soon as possible. He couldn't hold himself back and held her hand, but when he touched her hand, something happened that was unexpected for Lu Qiang.

Jiang Yuyan pushed his hand away and screamed, "Don't touch me!" and sat up in the bed only to shrink herself in a ball, burying her face in her arms. 

She couldn't realize that was Lu Qiang's and didn't even open her eyes to look at him as she was too scared, being trapped in the slumber of her nightmare.

Lu Qiang knew it could happen when you suddenly try to wake up a person from the nightmare, but the way she reacted was hurtful as he thought that he couldn't help her. The woman he loved was in pain, and he couldn't do anything to lessen her pain. Instead, she felt even more scared when he tried to do so.

Jiang Yuyan sat in the bed with her legs folded in front of her chest, and her arms circled her knees as she buried her face in it, trying to hide and continuously crying.

Lu Qiang didn't know what to do as he stood frozen in his place, few steps away from her. 

Letting her cry for a while, Lu Qiang called her again, "Yuyan!"

This time Jiang Yuyan heard it but didn't look at him as she pleaded, "Stay away! Please, let go."

She tightened the grip of her hands around her legs even more as if she wished to bury herself in a small space and couldn't realize that it was Lu Qiang, who called her name.

Lu Qiang didn't give up, "Yuyan! Look at me. It's me, Lu Qiang... Your Lu Qiang."

Jiang Yuyan Heard, the name Lu Qiang and loosened her arms' grip around her legs and mumbled, "Lu Qiang?"

When Lu Qiang heard her saying his name, he felt relieved and said again, "Yes! It's me, Lu Qiang."

Jiang Yuyan repeated his name again and again while sobbing, "Lu Qiang...Lu Qiang..."

He took a step towards her and instructed softly, "Yuyan! Look at me."

Finally, she looked at him. She looked puzzled, her eyes teary and red because of continuous crying, face covered in sweat and cheeks drenched in continuously rolling tears, and the nose turned red.

Lu Qiang went closer to her and assured, "It's okay! It was just a nightmare. It's all over now." Lu Qiang sat on the corner of the bed in front of her.

Still puzzled and might be feeling embarrassed that Lu Qiang saw her like this, Jiang Yuyan didn't react but let him sit while continuously observing his movements. She looked like a lost kid who didn't know what to do.

Lu Qiang raised his hand to wipe her tears, but she moved her face back, "Don't!"

He stopped just to heard her saying, "I am dirty."

"No! You are not." Saying it, Lu Qiang wiped her tears.

Jiang Yuyan tried to move her face away again and said, "Yes, I am! So, stay away from me."

Lu Qiang moved even closer to her and hugged her without giving her a chance to retreat. She tried to push him away while saying again and again, "I am dirty….I am dirty."

Lu Qiang didn't let her get out of his embrace; instead, he held her tightly and said calmly. "You will always be the purest and precious thing for me. Nothing can make you dirty."

Hearing these words, Jiang Yuyan started to cry even more and stayed in his embrace as she felt safe there. She tried to say something, but the words came out were all incomplete and broken because of the way she was sobbing.

Lu Qiang loosened his grip and patted her head, "Cry as much as you want. Don't stop because I am here to take care of you."

Lu Qiang wanted her to cry and let out the pain she was feeling at that moment. After crying for some time, he knew it would help to calm her down.

After crying her heart out while burying her head in Lu Qiang's nape, Jiang Yuyan raised her head to look at him.

Lu Qiang looked at her, "Everything is over now, and everything will be fine as I am here."

Lu Qiang's comforting words helped Jiang Yuyan to calm down. She realized how much he meant for her that his simple words sounded like a pleasant cold breeze passing by while touching her heart, but she was concerned about her past and couldn't accept her feelings for him.

"You don't know what this nightmare was about," she said.

Lu Qiang smiled lightly and said in a comforting voice, "I told you before, whatever it is, we will fight it together."

Jiang Yuyan shook her head and said in her heavy and rough voice as her throat was dry and choked, "It's not that easy. You... don't... know... what happened…that…."

"Shhhh! whatever it is, that won't stop me from loving you more and more." 

Lu Qiang said it to stop her from remembering her painful memories at that moment as he thought it was not the right time.

Jiang Yuyan again tried to talk, "But...I...."

"But you need to freshen up first. We will talk about it later and trust me; I do want to know about it." He stopped her before she could say anything further.

He realized her dress was drenched in sweat, and even the bedsheet was moist. He wanted her to freshen up first and feel relaxed.

Lu Qiang wanted to listen to each and everything she wanted to say. He was desperate to know about the thing that affected his woman to this extend to have scary nightmares, but he wanted to have a nice and open talk with her when she would be in a clear and calm state of her mind.

Jiang Yuyan also felt that she needs to freshen up and said, "I need to get clean."

Lu Qiang stood up from the bed to make a space for her to get out of the bed and helped her by moving the quilt around her, to the one side. 

Jiang Yuyan moved to the edge of the bed to get up from it, but the moment she tried to stand up, her legs felt half-paralyzed, and she lost her balance.

Before she could fall, Lu Qiang held her and helped her to stand properly. 

She looked at him, awkwardly, "Thank you." Her body shivered a little.