The film set was some distance from downtown Hong Kong City.
It was almost five in the morning when Xu Shi reached the hospital.
The VIP floor was especially quiet, and footsteps rang out in the corridor.
Xu Shi had hurried over, running a little too fast. He steadied his breathing and reached out to knock on the door.
Creak-
The door to the Emergency Stairwell behind him suddenly opened, and Song Zhixing walked out of the pitch-black stairwell.
Xu Shi startled at the sight of him. "You..."
Song Zhixing knew what he wanted to ask. He brushed the cigarette ash off himself. "He kept calling your name. It was too embarrassing. I couldn't listen anymore."
"...Oh." Xu Shi nodded stiffly.
How embarrassing.
Song Zhixing pushed the door open for him. "He's probably still having a nightmare. See if you can wake him up."
Xu Shi nodded obediently.
For some reason, he always felt that Song Zhixing gave off an invisible pressure when he was serious, too. He didn't seem as easy to get along with as before.
Xu Shi slipped quietly into the ward.
The VIP Ward was spacious. The cold air of an autumn dawn poured through the open window, lifting the thin mesh screen.
Xu Shi cautiously approached the hospital bed.
The Alpha seemed uncomfortable. His brows were drawn tightly together, his thin lips were pale, and his long fingers clutched the bedsheet.
Sweat covered his forehead. Beneath his thin eyelids, his eyes seemed to be moving constantly, as though he wanted to wake but couldn't.
What kind of nightmare was he having?
Xu Shi bent down, trying to make out what he was saying.
"Xu Shi..."
"The sea wind is so strong."
What?
Xu Shi didn't understand.
Watching the man suffer like this, still murmuring his