"Brother!"
I froze for a moment. Then I turned and saw my sister clutching my arm, and slowly came to my senses.
The first thing I did was look at the desk.
The notebook was closed. Greenleaf's files were gone.
I hurried over to the bookshelf. The files in that row were all in place; none were missing. The USB drives were still hanging from them, too.
Wait. When I'd fallen into the dream, I should have been sitting at the desk. The notebook and files should have been open, and the USB drive should still have been plugged into the computer.
But now, I was lying in bed?
I sat up abruptly and, without thinking, knocked my forehead against my sister's.
"Ow!"
We both clutched our foreheads and cried out in pain.
"Are you okay? I hit you..." I hurried to check on her.
Her eyes were brimming with tears.
I stopped moving. Suddenly, I remembered Ximen Wenhao's daughter. The little girl had been sobbing loudly, crumpled on the ground. Her brother was right beside her, crying just as hard, without even sparing her a glance.
My heart felt heavy, and I lost focus. My sister shoved me, and only then did I look at her again.
"What are you doing? Still half asleep? Your phone's been ringing nonstop. Did you go to bed without even changing last night?" My sister rattled off her complaints, and the tears in her eyes had already disappeared.
My mind was still foggy, so I thought through things in the order my sister had mentioned them. I noticed the notification light on my phone was flashing, and it was already daylight. I had no idea how I'd gotten into bed last night.
I was baffled, but when my sister asked, I could only