The Devil who devoured Snow White

Yong Liwei was startled. He rushed to her side with a worried look on his face. He asked, "M-Mengjie? What's wrong?"

She held her head, her brows were knitted together because of the pain. She only tried to think but her mind was denying it. She felt like her head was being punctured by numerous needles. It was too much. Her brain was fighting back whatever she wanted to remember.

The man didn't know what to do to help her with the pain so he pressed the buzzer on the side of the bed to call for medical help since this was something he couldn't handle at all. "Mengjie, don't force it." His voice was gentle and yet there was a mixture of worry, panic, and something else from it but Lu Mengjie was too distracted by the pain to even notice it.

She was panting heavily. Her headache continued until the nurses and a doctor entered the room, rushing towards the patients. Since Lu Mengjie was groaning a lot and looked like she was in so much discomfort, the doctor didn't have a choice but inject some medicine to put her back to sleep. Her body lost its strength, her eyes slowly shut themselves as she shortly became unconscious and became still on the bed.

"What happened?" The doctor inquired him, speaking the common language: English.

"She was forcing herself to remember the memories she lost," Yong Liwei explained without breaking his stare from Lu Mengjie's sleeping state. There was no sign of worry or anxiety on his face, unlike earlier. It was as if he has quickly put on a mask so that others won't be able to see through what he was genuinely feeling.

"Ah…" The doctor was already aware of her condition thanks to Tian Ruyi who explained it when they arrived earlier. He looked at his patient and sighed. "Not just in a fugue state, Mrs. Bai has dissociative amnesia."

Mrs. Bai… he did remember Lu Mengjie telling him about a fake marriage earlier. The man finally tore his gaze from the unconscious woman just to look at the doctor, waiting for him to continue. This time, the eagerness was seen in him.

"With this condition, her mind rejects thoughts, feelings, or information that she's too overwhelmed to handle. This is usually caused when a person has severe trauma or stress," he further explained. "The brain is the most complex part of the human body. There are patients, while in their amnesia state, will suddenly remember memories of childhood that they do not remember anymore as an adult. It can also go as far as being an infant. Some even suddenly become genius depending on which part of the brain was 'damaged' in the accident. A genius can also turn into a normal person depending on the head injury they had. That's why, the brain is the most essential and most sensitive part of a human being. If the brain itself is touched on an area that shouldn't be touched, even if it's something as light as feather, we will not know what kind of effect it will bring to the person."

Hearing the doctor's words, Yong Liwei's face turned blank as he suppressed the overwhelming emotion he felt inside.

"If she wakes up, please let me know. If a mother is stressed, it will be bad for the baby," said the doctor.

"Baby?"

It so happened that Tian Ruyi left that part when she had a private conversation with him. She only told the doctor about her pregnancy. Yong Liwei landed his gaze on Lu Mengjie's baby bump.

No wonder she was was wearing loose clothes. It was hard to notice. There were women whose baby bumps were still small despite being in their fifth month already and Lu Mengjie happened to belong in their group.

"Yes. Pregnant women tend to be sensitive, their hormones tend to become imbalanced so it will be for the best if she can avoid being stressed out."

Yong Liwei was quiet for a few seconds. There were so many things going on in his mind but nothing was visible on his face. He opened his mouth and finally spoke, "okay. I'll call you once she wakes up."

With that, the doctor excused himself and left the room with the nurses. 

It was quiet now, just like how it was before Lu Mengjie woke up earlier. The only noise came from the mechanical sound of the heart rate monitor. Her heart was back to beating steadily.

Yong Liwei sat back at the chair beside the bed and once again, stared at her beautiful, unconscious face. She was like a princess who was put to sleep because of a curse. Snow White who was sleeping in her bed made of glass.

She was pregnant. He didn't know how to react. The emotions in his eyes were unreadable, covered by something else.