"The first time I woke up, it seemed like five years had passed. But it didn't feel real; to me, it was just like I'd slept for a while. After some time in rehabilitation, I left the hospital smoothly. I thought things would improve, but about two months later... I fell into a deep sleep once again."
The tone in Xiangyue Xun's voice was calm, as if she were narrating someone else's story rather than her own experiences.
Time repeated itself in this manner, waking for a period and then falling into another endless sleep on a night unknown.
For Xiangyue Xun, time passed as though only a year had transpired.
Yet on a few occasions during this year, she awoke in the hospital bed only to see her reflection change, from a girl to an adult, then to middle age, and finally to old age.
All of this transpired within the span of a "year."
To a young girl, this is an incredibly harsh reality.
