"Yeah." Chu Hua nodded.
"But you look so bad..." Mana stood up, walked to Chuhua, picked up a small mirror and placed it in front of Chuhua.
Chu Hua was stunned when she saw her own expression. She was also stunned by herself in the mirror: messy blonde hair, heavy dark circles around her eyes, bloodshot eyes, chapped lips that she didn't even notice, and her purple pupils had long lost their former luster.
The person in the mirror made her feel unfamiliar. Was this really Sanjiao Chuhua?
"Chuhua, are you okay?" Mana stood in front of Chuhua and handed the donuts she had broken open earlier on the table to Chuhua. "I thought you didn't sleep well the past two days, but now... you seem to be getting worse. Did you stay up late?"
The donut in Mana's hand stopped in front of her, and Chuhua didn't choose to take it for a moment.
Staying up late? Chu Hua knew very well that this word would never appear in her life. She was a person with a regular work and rest schedule and would never stay up late.
So, based on my life in recent days, this state of mine should be called staying up all night.
Although this was not Chu Hua's original intention, and she did not want to do things that were detrimental to her health, she felt extremely excited these days. Except for the first two days when she was able to sleep at night, she had been staying up all night for three consecutive days.
However, my body has never given me any signals of fatigue... Maybe it has, but I just ignored it.
The room became quiet, and Chuhua could clearly feel his heart beating very, very fast, almost as fast as when he confessed his feelings to Aine.
"Sorry, Mana, I feel a little unwell. I'll go back first." Chuhua politely declined Mana's donuts and turned to leave Sumimi's lounge.
Without waiting for Mana to speak, Chuhua stumbled out.
She covered her heart, feeling panicked, but she didn't know what she was panicking about.
When Chuhua returned to the rental house and saw the chair she had bought for Aiyin, she felt as if all her strength had been drained from her body and she fell to the ground.
thump!
With a dull thud, Chu Hua's knees hit the floor hard, but strangely, he didn't feel any pain at all, as if he was not the one who fell.
When Hua got up from the ground, three or two minutes had passed.
She looked at the blood flowing from her knee, and a feeling of grievance grew in her heart. If Xiao Ai were here, she would definitely feel heartbroken, right?
Yes, she will definitely feel bad, but the person who feels bad for me is no longer here...
Thinking of this, the grievance in my heart became stronger.
Why... why does all the good things have to leave me? What did I do wrong? Why do you treat me like this?
I finally found the person I truly love, finally saw the light of hope, and finally my condition started to improve little by little...
But in the end... it was all a pipe dream.
Chu Hua moved slowly, blood had already flowed down to his calves.
She sat on the chair and found it very comfortable... Xiao Ai must have liked it too when she sat on it first, right?
There weren't many traces of Aine left in her home. Apart from this chair, there were only the gift she gave herself before the operation and the photos she had taken.
There were not many photos of the two of them, so she chose to put the photo taken under the cherry tree on the table.
His eyes stayed on the group photo, and he remembered that his feelings towards Aine were still a secret crush.
Chu Hua knew very well that when he took the photo, he took advantage of the dancing cherry blossoms to steal glances at Aiyin who was standing in the middle.
Just as Chu Hua's mouth corners slightly raised, an itchy feeling came from her ankle. She moved her eyes from the photo and found that the blood had flowed to her ankle. Chu Hua frowned slightly, and finally took two pieces of paper and put them on her wound.
The simple action seemed to have consumed all her energy and she let out a long yawn.
Fatigue continued to accumulate, and his body seemed to have reached its limit. Chu Hua lay on the chair and gradually closed his eyes.
A tear flowed from the corner of my eye, I don’t know if it was because of the yawn just now, or because of the longing in my heart.
Chapter 406 The Voice of Approval Will Eventually Dissipate
The air in the room froze.
The curtains were tightly closed, not a single ray of light could get in. The hour hand of the clock on the wall pointed to "12", but Li Xi couldn't tell whether it was noon or midnight. Time had lost its meaning at this moment.
Lixi curled up in bed, her arms wrapped around her knees, her chin resting on her arms. Her eyes were dry and painful, but she could no longer shed tears.
Today is the fifth day after Aine's funeral. Although she was able to go to RiNG to comfort Deng two days ago, Li Xi can no longer bear it. Whenever she is alone, Aine always appears quietly in her mind.
The cell phone kept vibrating on the bedside table, and the screen lit up and went out. She knew very well that now, apart from Hailing, no one would send her messages at this frequency. Of course, there was someone before, but he was no longer with her.
Li Xi just glanced at it and ignored the phone. Just as she thought, Hailing asked her when she would go to school.
During these five days, although I did take the time to comfort Deng, I didn't go to school, so it was inevitable that Hailing would send me messages.
Without thinking about the news anymore, Li Xi shrank his body. He had been worried about three things in the room: Mygo's performance, confessing his love to Aine, and... this matter.
These three things are all related to Aine.
Obviously, Aine was the first person to affirm herself, and obviously, Aine was the person she loved the most, but in the end...
It was obvious that Aine had finally helped him get out of the shadow of his sister and Xiangzi, but now she left him suddenly - it was like a little joke played by God.
She buried her face in her body. Her clothes were still the same ones she wore to the funeral that day. She didn't change them, even though she felt a little uncomfortable...
Li Xi wrinkled her nose slightly. Ain's scent seemed to still linger on her clothes, a faint strawberry scent mixed with the smell of hospital disinfectant. She took a deep breath, as if she could draw Ain into her lungs and keep her in her body forever.
After a long while, she raised her head. On the table was a pair of white headphones, which was a gift that Aine had given her before.
"Rikki, you always like to wear headphones. This pair of headphones has better sound quality and protects your ears." - That's what Aine said at the time.
I was also very touched. This pair of headphones was in my shopping cart, but it was too expensive, so I never wanted to buy it.
But now, these headphones looked so glaring, as if mocking her loneliness.
There was a photo against the wall, which had been carefully framed by an instrument. It was a photo of himself and Aine alone.
In that photo, her expression wasn't pretty; it was full of disgust, but Aine still smiled and hugged her.
Li Xi remembered it very clearly. This was after Mygo took the first photo together. She came to the open-air balcony of Su Shi's house and forced him to take the photo.
As a result... the first group photo also became the last one...
Li Xi slowly loosened herself up, she stood up and walked to the table, reached out to touch the photo, and her fingertips lingered on Aine's face.
That day, I didn’t know why Aine suddenly wanted to take a photo with me, but now… I know everything, but what’s the use?
"Ding-a-ling-ring, jingle-a-ling-a-ling..."
The urgent ringing of the phone broke the silence in the room. Li Xi frowned. She knew it was definitely Hai Ling calling her. She just wanted to be quiet now, so why did this guy...
Picking up the phone, before Li Xi could speak, Hai Ling's cold voice came from the other end of the phone: "Come over tomorrow."
That voice struck Li Xi's heart, and her restless mood gradually calmed down. Her brows relaxed and she let out a long breath: "Why?"
"Attend class."
After saying that, Hailing hung up the phone, leaving Lixi standing there in a daze.
After a moment, Li Xi threw his phone onto the bed: "Class? What?"
Walking to the window, after five days, Lixi finally opened the curtains in the room. Moonlight streamed in, illuminating the headphones on the desk and the photo.
Under the moonlight, Aine's smile became more and more beautiful.
Lying on the bed, Li Xi felt his nose a little sore.
Aine... I missed you so much. Why didn't I confess my feelings to you earlier? Then... we could have more beautiful memories together.
The tears finally fell and hit the pillow, spreading all over.
Lixi hugged the quilt and cried fiercely, but did not make any sound. All the roars were vented in her heart until she was exhausted and fell into a deep sleep.
The next morning, the sun shone brightly into the room. Li Xi stood in front of the mirror, looking at the haggard girl inside.
So be it. It’s not the first time I’ve gone to class like this.
The winter morning wind brought endless chill. When Li Xi arrived at the school gate, he saw Hai Ling standing at the gate, motionless, and the latter also noticed her.
"You really came." Hailing's expression didn't show much surprise. She turned around and said, "Let's go."
Li Xi followed Hai Ling without saying anything.
The moment he walked into the classroom, everyone's eyes were focused on Li Xi, and the classroom became quiet instantly.
Contrary to what Lixi expected, her classmates did not ask her what she had been doing during this period of time.
"Morning, Lixi-san."
"There was so much homework yesterday."
"..."
This deliberate normality actually surprised Li Xi. She knew in her heart that this was everyone's way of expressing their concern.
"Yeah." Li Xi nodded, responding to his classmates' concern.
When passing by Chu Hua, Li Xi stopped. She could see that Chu Hua was not in good condition, but compared to her, Chu Hua's complexion was not so bad.
As if seeing Li Xi's doubts, Chu Hua nodded gently: "I have had a good rest."
Of course, what Chuhua meant by a good rest was sleeping from five in the afternoon yesterday until this morning.
At noon, Hailing called Lixi out and the two sat on a bench.
Hailing was the first to ask, "How is it?"
"What else can we do?" Li Xi turned his face away. "This kind of thing...how can it just be forgotten?"
“I know.” Hailing nodded, her expression expressionless, no emotion visible. “But…Aine wouldn’t want you to be in this state. She trusts you so much.”
Li Xi was silent. How could she not know about this? But knowing was one thing, and whether she could accept it was another.
"Even if you say that... I miss her too." Li Xi raised her face and closed her eyes, trying her best not to let the tears flow down - she didn't want Hailing to see such an embarrassing thing.
After hearing Li Xi's words, Hai Ling fell silent.
Chapter 407 The Evil God
A week had passed since Aine's funeral, and Xiangzi hadn't even left his room during this time.
The sun arrived as promised, and the morning light poured into Xiangzi's room through the window, and a golden thread fell squarely on Xiangzi's eyelashes.
Xiangzi frowned slightly and subconsciously raised his hand to cover it, but touched a stack of rough paper pages.
She looked at the paper in front of her in confusion. The time on the clock in front of her showed six o'clock. At this moment, Xiangzi remembered that he had been lying on the desk all night.
His right arm was numb from being pressed by his head, and there were marks of manuscript paper on his cheek.
Sunlight gnawed away at the table, illuminating the scattered papers—those densely covered with writing. Some sentences had been repeatedly crossed out and rewritten, while other paragraphs were peppered with exclamation points and question marks. The handwriting varied in intensity, recording her mood changes from the previous night.
Right in front of Xiangzi, there was a photo of her and Aine. It was a photo of him and her in the park before Xiangzi confessed his love to Aine.
"Xiao Ai..." Xiangzi whispered the name, her throat seemed to be blocked by something. She carefully picked up the photo, her fingertips stroking the smiling face that was forever frozen at the age of seventeen.
Xiangzi took a deep breath and picked up the top sheet of paper. The sunlight was shining brightly on the paper, forcing her to squint her eyes to read the scribbled words:
If love and kissing are destroyed,
What is it that I should hate?
……
This was written in the first few days, and the handwriting was quite neat. Xiangzi remembered that he was extremely calm at the time. But as time went on, those suppressed emotions finally burst out.
She turned to the next few pages, and the handwriting began to become messy:
Everyone is dying to be born?
Ah, clearly she just wanted to be saved.
god,!
……
This is what Xiangzi wrote these days, both to vent and to tell Aiyin what is in his heart through words.
The sunlight now covered the entire desk, and the warmth seeped into Xiangzi's body.
She looked at the words on the paper and couldn't help laughing. This was the first time she tried to express her feelings with words. It always felt... strange.
Are words such a comfortable way to express myself? I seem to understand a little bit.
"Xiao Ai, can you hear me?" Xiangzi lazily lay on the table, holding the photo in front of him in his hand, staring at the pink-haired girl in the photo.
"What do you think of what I wrote, Xiao Ai?" Xiangzi's voice was very soft, for fear of disturbing Aiyin.
As he spoke, Xiangzi sighed softly: "Tell me, are those gods idiots? Why do they have to separate us? Obviously... none of us did anything wrong, why did it end like this?"
When the sunlight shines at a certain angle, certain words and sentences seem to jump out automatically. When Xiangzi reads them together, there is actually a sense of rhythm.
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