'My head hurts so much… What happened to me?'
After an unknown amount of time, the unconscious Robin vaguely heard some conversational voices beside her ear.
The girl tried her best to listen clearly to these intermittent words.
However, no matter how hard she struggled, her heavy eyelids simply wouldn't open even a fraction. No matter how much effort she put in, her body felt as if it were under sleep paralysis.
Just as a trace of panic began to rise in the girl's heart, suddenly she felt a gentle power flowing in through her palm. It quickly spread throughout her limbs and entire body.
Vaguely, Robin seemed to perceive a glimmer of light. The girl instinctively reached out, trying to touch that light.
"You're awake."
In an instant, her consciousness returned. Robin opened her eyes.
The first thing that entered the girl's view was Yun Fan's smiling face. Beside Yun Fan was a little girl who looked eight-tenths similar to how Robin had looked as a child.
Seeing Robin wake up, a happy smile appeared on Zhi's face. With a flying leap, the girl's light and soft body directly pounced into Robin's arms.
"Mommy, you're awake!"
Robin: '???'
The intelligent bird who had just woken up was still somewhat dazed. What had this child just called her? Mommy?
No way—when did she have such a big child?
Just as Robin was feeling completely lost, suddenly a memory surfaced in the girl's mind.
It was the memory after Robin had fallen into "Taiyi's Dream"—the memory completely woven from the power of [Order].
"Mommy?"
Seeing Robin looking dazed and not responding to her, Zhi tilted her head in confusion and called out tentatively.
"Ah? Zhi, Mommy is fine."
Having accepted the memory, Robin shook her head, smiled, and gently stroked Zhi's little head. Then she held her in her arms and sat up, supporting herself against the headboard.
After receiving that memory, Robin naturally understood the identity of the girl before her. Although she was fake—only a shadow formed from memetic matter…
'So this is the child Yun Fan and I will have in the future? Black pupils, exactly like her father's.'
Robin's gaze lingered on Zhi for a moment before shifting to Yun Fan beside her.
'So this is the Yun Fan from the dream… Is it an illusion? He seems even more handsome than the real him…'
"Hm? What's wrong?"
Seeing Robin's gaze fixed on him, Yun Fan also felt a trace of confusion rise in his heart.
'What's wrong with Robin? Don't tell me she still hasn't escaped Taiyi's Dream's control? That shouldn't be…'
Yun Fan had no idea that Robin was currently treating him as the "Yun Fan" from her dream. After all, she had only just recovered her memories and her consciousness was still within the dream world. That was why she had such thoughts.
Just as Yun Fan was about to use his full authority to check Robin's current state again, the girl before him suddenly spoke.
"Husband, I'm fine."
Yun Fan: '???'
A look of astonishment appeared on the young man's face. What had Robin just called him? Husband?
To be honest, this was the first time Yun Fan had heard the word "husband" from Robin's mouth.
Normally, Robin always called him "Yun Fan." Even words like "dear" were things they had basically never heard from each other in daily life.
'So Robin is treating me as an NPC from her dream. Interesting…'
The corner of Yun Fan's mouth curved into a barely noticeable arc. Thus, he "climbed up the pole" and decided to properly tease her a little.
As for going any further, he hadn't thought about it.
"You're really okay?"
"Mm."
Robin nodded lightly.
"That's good. You suddenly fainted just now and really scared us."
After hearing that the girl was truly fine, Yun Fan finally "breathed a sigh of relief" and patted his own chest.
"Sorry for making you worry. I just had a bit of low blood sugar earlier."
Robin answered apologetically. Her jade-like hand gently stroked Zhi's head. The maternal love in her eyes seemed ready to overflow.
After hearing the young man's explanation, Yun Fan was momentarily stunned.
Low blood sugar? Wasn't that the excuse he had just made up? Good grief, even the excuses had collided…
Yun Fan silently complained inwardly. But at that moment, with a click, the room door was gently pushed open.
Robin's mother walked in carrying a bowl of rock sugar tremella soup. Upon seeing that Robin had already woken up, a look of excitement appeared on the woman's face.
"My good daughter, you're awake! Come, drink this bowl of rock sugar tremella soup first. When you fainted earlier, you really scared Mom. If Yun Fan hadn't said you have low blood sugar, I wouldn't have known about it at all."
"Yun Fan said I have low blood sugar?"
Robin was slightly stunned. What a coincidence. But this was actually good—it saved her from having to come up with another excuse.
"Mom, give it to me."
Yun Fan took the rock sugar tremella soup from Robin's mother's hands and smiled slightly at his mother-in-law.
The latter understood and nodded with a kind smile. Then she left the room together with Zhi, leaving the space to Yun Fan and Robin as a young couple.
"Wife, let me feed you."
"Mm…"
Watching Yun Fan bring the rock sugar tremella soup to her lips, Robin's cheeks turned crimson. A trace of shyness showed in her eyes.
Yun Fan gently brought the food to her mouth. She slightly parted her lips and took a small bite.
At that moment, her heart was filled with sweetness and happiness, as if the entire world had become beautiful.
She lowered her head, not daring to meet his eyes, and simply silently enjoyed this warm moment.
'What a beautiful moment… So this is the Taiyi's Dream that Big Brother pursues?'
Feeling Yun Fan's gentleness, Robin's gaze became slightly dazed. Although everything before her was fake, the girl had to admit—
For a moment, even she suddenly felt a trace of unwillingness to wake up from the dream.
However…
'A dream is ultimately just a dream. Reality is ultimately reality… Dreams, after all, must be woken from.'
Looking at the young man before her, Robin gently pressed her lips together.
At this moment, she had already escaped the control of Taiyi's Dream. Returning to reality was now only a matter of her own will.
Watching Robin, who had fallen silent and seemed to be thinking about something, Yun Fan's mind stirred slightly.
'What is this silly girl thinking about now?'
"Wife, why did you stop drinking?"