Dreams

Prologue:

"Good evening to our listener. As we promised yesterday, we brought you the winner of The Art World Award, Miss Shen Xue Mei, streaming live with us today!" A cheerful voice speaks through the radio station tonight. Welcoming the artist who's with him as a guest for a special segment, where she's now a hot topic among the country.

"Thank you, Deejay Givano, for inviting me over to your special segment for tonight. I was shocked when I first got the invitation from a famous DJ in this whole country, to be honest." Like the sound of a breeze in the spring, a melodic voice speaks through the radio, making the listener smile unknowingly. Excited to hear the topic that will be discussed tonight.

"Well, my pleasure, miss beautiful Shen Xue Mei. So, our segment for tonight is about 'First Love.' Before we open our call tonight, I would like to ask our beautiful painter here, did you ever experience your first love?"

"Fufu..well, I'll be lying if I tell you that I never had my first love. I believe everyone has their own story of how they met their first love."

"Oh~wow..your first love story must be wonderful, am I right? Who would dare to hurt our beautiful painter here? Let me flick his forehead for you!" The deejay chuckles with his own jokes.

"Mhm? Well, I wouldn't say that. Everyone has a different story. However, first love is what we've like to remember the most. Whether it ends beautifully or ended with a tragically, we create it the ending of our own love story, and mine is not much different than others."

"Mmm~such a beautiful speech... no wonder you are an artist. So, Miss Shen Xue Mei, is this painting that you've won at The Art World Award is something from your own love story?"

"Erk? Did I got caught?" She's laughing softly.

"Eh? Did I hit the nail on the head?"

"Hehe... I guess you just hit the nail on the head. This painting of mine did have something from my past. But I paint it to make it into two versions, and I want my viewer wondering about it and has their own imaginations on my paintings."

"Yes, I can see now how unique your painting is. The portrait is about a girl standing in the middle of the horizontal lines between the future and past. I must say this is such a beautiful art piece. Apart from your past, could you tell our listener today about your own love story? Maybe just a bit?"

"Err...Which one do you wanna hear?"

"Well, since our discussion for today is 'First Love,' how about we start with your first love story?"

Xue Mei rubs her chin a little using two of her fingers. "Hmm.."

"Aww~ please..our listeners are eagerly want to hear it."

"Okay, I will tell you about the love story of the girl in my painting. This is a story about a girl who falls in love with someone impossible for her.. the story begins when the girl enters a prestigious Art Universities in the Imperial City..."

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Click!

She opens the exit door after she finishes her segment with the radio station in Milan city.

"Mama!" a little girl with an excited face extended her hand to Shen Xue Mei. She missed her Mama today because her mother seems to be busy and left her alone with her Papa.

"Oh, baby. Sorry, you have to wait for me." She smiled and went to a tall man carrying a baby girl on his arm.

Kiss the man on his lips, she says after that, "Sorry, I end up telling them about the story." She squinted her eyes a little, hoping that the man will forgive her.

"Don't be, my love. You know I love you with all my life. You and our baby forever." He hugs her using one hand, while another one is still holding the little girl.

"Mmm...I love you too. I love you so much."

"Mama, why are you crying?" The little girl asks with a questioning look on her face.

Pinch the tip of her daughter's nose a little bit, she says, "I cry because I'm happy. I'm such a lucky woman in the world to have you both in my life."

"Let's go home. It's getting colder right now." Her husband holds her hand gently and led her to the car parked not far away from their spot.

"Yes, let's go home."