"Then I'm sorry for the trouble, Aunt Zhang, but could you keep my mom company a little longer?" Su Bai nodded to Zhang Yibu, then turned to Aunt Zhang. "The weather's nice today. I'd like to go out for a walk too."
"Go on, go on. Kids these days never like spending time with adults anyway. This gives me a chance to chat with your mother some more." Aunt Zhang waved them off, even sounding a little annoyed that they had interrupted her conversation. "Don't go too far. Just walk around the little garden outside. And don't go near the hospital gates-the cars coming and going there are dangerous."
Zhang Yibu nodded impatiently through Aunt Zhang's motherly nagging, but Su Bai sorely missed that feeling. If his mother could wake up soon, he could sit and listen to her nag for three days and nights and still keep smiling.
"Brother Su Bai, I'm just glad we found a way to reach you." Once they left the inpatient building, Zhang Yibu grew increasingly comfortable addressing him as "brother." "When we left the Nightmare World, Qin Ge was going to give you his contact information, but he was a step too late!"
The two walked through the little garden. As the sun gradually set, the remaining sunlight began to lose its warmth.
Yet looking at the sky slowly turning red, Su Bai was still moved by the beautiful scenery of the real world, so utterly different from the Nightmare World. It had been far, far too long since he had last seen a sky like this.
Once they were out of Aunt Zhang's sight, Zhang Yibu became even more enthusiastic toward Su Bai.
His enthusiasm made it almost impossible for Su Bai to recognize him as the slightly shy, introverted, and terribly