Chapter 165: Seriously?

Yu Chen was immediately pulled from his own world to the present the instant Luo Xiaolei hugged him. He attempted to turn around but when he felt her burying her face on his back as her grip on him tightened, he stood in place. 

"About last night," she started, her voice weak. "I'm sorry. But… yes, I admit it. I am desperate to save you in any way I can because if it weren't for you, I wouldn't be here right now! I would have been… burned… all alone… in that –"

Abruptly, Yu Chen turned and put his finger on her lips, stopping her from speaking further. "Please, stop saying such awful things." There was horror in his eyes, as if it was harder for him to hear such a horrific thing, much more than herself.