บท 85: Mother Qi

"Jianyi! Jianyi! Wake up!" 

Qi Jianyi jolted awake, her eyes snapping open as she inhaled sharply. A cough escaped her lips as her hand instinctively went to press against her chest.

But to her surprise, the pain she had expected—the sharp ache she had grown accustomed to—was gone. She blinked rapidly, her thoughts swirling with confusion. 

"Jianyi, why are you still lying there? Don't you have a flight to catch?" 

The voice startled her even more, not because of its urgency but because of the impossible source. The familiar tone belonged to someone Qi Jianyi had never thought she would hear again, someone whose presence made her heart skip a beat. 

"Su Mei?" 

Her voice was shaky, filled with disbelief as she slowly turned to face the figure standing beside her. It was her dorm roommate, Su Mei, someone she hadn't seen in what felt like a lifetime.