Chapter 51 He Saw the Light, and He Saw Her (1)_1
Having always been prompt in responding to Zhang Te’s queries, Han Jingnian nodded slightly and uttered, "Alright," the very instant the complete sentence fell from Zhang Te’s mouth.
Zhang Te, who narrowly escaped death from the phrase "fatal beauty," immediately rushed towards the bedside.
Just as he was about to grab the phone left behind by Xia Wan’an, he felt a chilling glare, sharp as a knife, shooting towards him. Immediately, he withdrew his action, discreetly rubbing his faintly aching wrist, "Mr. Han, don’t forget to take your wife’s phone."
Han Jingnian, paying him no mind, leisurely walked over to the bedside and picked up Xia Wan’an’s phone.
On the way home, Han Jingnian, seated in the rear of the car, gazed out the window at the ever retracting scenery, his mind suddenly reverting to the scene from the previous night.
Upon finishing his work last night, he approached the elevator, only to remember that it was under maintenance for the day. He decided to take the stairs, but halfway up, all the stairway lights went out.
The stairway windows were small, and they did not face the main road bustling with people. Hence, not a single beam of light was reflected into the stairwell, and his entire world was consequently plunged into darkness.
Darkness was his greatest weakness. This weakness did not come from birth, but from his early childhood, an event he dared not think about for years that nonetheless uncontrollably invaded his thoughts whenever he was surrounded by darkness - this event caused him to be terrified of the dark from that point onwards.
In the words of a doctor, he had "nyctophobia".
Hence, he had never allowed himself to be present in a place without light over the years. Even when sleeping, there would always be a lamp lit on his bedside table...
Last night, when he was enveloped in total darkness, the familiar symptoms overwhelmed him instantly, like a tsunami - palpitations, sweating, difficulty in breathing, trembling, and weakness in his limbs...