My Dreamy Old Husband

Sophia stared vacantly at the heavy snowfalls through the windows with tears running down her face.

I was wrong. Please come back safely, would you?

…

It was late at night in the mountains.

She attempted to sit up, but immediately felt an intense pain at her waist upon moving her body. The pain was so strong that she nearly blacked out, and so she had no choice but to lie down again weakly.

Suddenly, a voice emerged from behind. “Your waist is injured. I’ve treated the wound and performed a suture. Stay still for now.”

Upon hearing the voice, Alice lifted her eyes to see a bonfire in front of her, and Michael was sitting across it.

He had taken off his black coat and was wearing a suit of thermal underwear. The tight clothes fitted his tall and muscular body well, especially the brawny chest that he had trained for the sake of the movie. With his head lowered, he was fumbling with something. Looking at the wan blaze of fire that projected on his delicately outlined face and his features which could only be half-seen, Alice sensed a mysterious and cold aura.

Michael was sharpening a wooden stick with an army knife that he always carried with him, and after he was done, he jabbed the sharpened end of the stick into the ground. Though ferocious beasts should not exist in the snow mountain at night especially when their spot was near to residential areas, as a retiree from the special forces, Michael still habitually raised his vigilance in the setting and had implemented all possible protective measures.

Lying on a pile of dried leaves, Alice could smell blood and a pungent smell of humid decay. She struggled to lift her thermal underwear, thereafter found out that both her coat and thermal wear had been torn apart by some sharp tools. Besides, there was a wound on her waist that had already been dressed.

She remembered bringing a camera and taking pictures along a track in the afternoon by herself as she was attracted by the beautiful scenery.

However, the further she went, the more picturesque the view, and she was so carried away while taking pictures that she had even forgotten about going back. By the time she turned around, she found herself in a vast expanse of white snow and could not remember the direction in which she came from, and thus was lost.

She then anxiously searched for the way back, but she accidentally stepped on something amidst the hurry and rolled down the hill. Following that, she could feel an intense pain as her waist was pierced by an object and thereafter she went into a coma.

her first response was to ask in a

Michael was lowering his head and focusing on sharpening the wooden sticks. The light was dim in the cave as the bonfire was the only source

me mine too, yet the first thing she looks for upon gaining consciousness is

Celine went missing when she sneaked out with

found her near the cave, so she brought her there to dress her wound

nothing else the two of them

camera was right next to her, and she

around the cave as the wind continued to howl outside. It was indeed a great spot to take shelter from the blizzard,

into the ground, and thereupon returned to the cave. After adding a few

pair of sterile gloves, gauze covered with blood and stitches that were still dripping with

Michael and said sincerely, “Thank you. If it wasn’t for you,

infected wound. By the time

a hand gesture, signalling that she was

sudden, something crossed her mind and she said, “My phone is

closed, Michael murmured, “I didn’t see your

was only then did Alice recall her taking out the phone and using it as a compass when she was lost. Surely, the phone

“Then what

Michael answered in a short and

there was a

a Caucasian woman. He had depleted quite some energy dragging her into the cave, and so he had no desire

amidst the blizzard, and

and her panic became increasingly overwhelming. She asked

with his eyes closed, “Stop overthinking. I’m familiar with this area and we’ll leave once the blizzard is over. The nearest residential