"Was it Xuan Wen who kept saving me from the brink of death?" Gao Ming felt that this fit perfectly with a certain scene in his nightmare.
"Are you lovestruck or something? How did you just tune out the words 'other specialists'?" The nurse placed some vegetables on a spoonful of rice and held it to Gao Ming's mouth. "You sacrificed yourself to save a lot of students, so the higher-ups ordered us to save you at any cost. Lots of specialists helped, and I did a lot, too."
"Thanks for all your hard work."
"You're not even trying to hide how halfhearted that was. You didn't even look at me when you said it." The nurse had cared for Gao Ming for several months, reading him diaries, stories, and all sorts of things every day in the hope of helping him wake up. Gradually, she had come to consider him a friend—a good friend of exceptionally noble character who was an excellent listener.
"Mm." Gao Ming gave an absentminded response. His mind was a mess. The things the nurse had told him and some of his experiences in the nightmare seemed completely unrelated, yet there were faint parallels between them.
He was absolutely certain that he was in a real world, but the fragments lingering in his mind told him that another world existed. The world in that nightmare had been just as real.
Which side is real?
"Open wide. Ahh..."
The flavors of the food blossomed on his taste buds. Every sensation of his teeth grinding through it was so real. This definitely wasn't a dream.
"Is the cafeteria food really that good? You're making me want to try some." Smiling, the nurse continued feeding Gao Ming. "I gave your test results to the doctors. They said you're