The system's words travelled around my mind several times while Jiang Roulan's lips moved, but I couldn't hear any sound. I felt a dull ache growing in the back of my head, as if someone had just kicked me with steel boots.
"Roulan... are you telling me it's really the 15th?" I could feel my vocal cords trembling in my throat, but I couldn't accept this truth.
She looked at me with the warmest chestnut coloured eyes, and suddenly hugged me, her arms wrapped around my back, and pulled me tight. It wasn't strange, but warm. I felt another human's warmth, and it soothed these fragmented feelings.
"It's okay, just breathe..." Her soft body enveloped me like a hugging pillow. "I don't know what happened, but I know you aren't the type to lie for no reason." Jiang Roulan whispered in a soft voice while stroking the back of my head.
'Is this the power of an older woman, someone with life experience?'
