I am the savior, but I am being asked by Alicia and the others to pay me back.

"I want to bring Kiana back to the light, but I can't give up on you."

"So... please... don't leave me, okay?"

"..."

Mei's request was like countless cold needles, piercing into the softest part of Ye Ming's heart.

"I can understand how you feel. I've been through something similar before."

He did not answer Mei directly, nor did he make any promises.

Just empathy:

“To choose between the things you value, to save one, you must give up the other.”

Thinking back to the countless failures he had experienced when he was with Inazuma, Ye Ming still feels a lingering fear.

"I understand that feeling better than anyone else."

Because of this, Ye Ming knew that this was a price Mei could not afford.

And the girl in front of him, who was as fragile as himself, had no ability to replicate the miracle of that time.

"I can't give you the promise you want, but... I can help you make a choice."

192. The music box of memories is still spinning

I don't have much time left, and I am destined to leave Mei one day.

Things like today's that will force Mei to make a choice will definitely happen again in the future.

If Mei knew the news of her death, she would probably... collapse.

It is because I have experienced the pain of it all through Inazuma, and because I understand Mei’s fragility.

So Ye Ming made up his mind to resolve the time bomb buried in Meiyi's heart before everything became irreversible.

"I can't give you the promise you want, but... I can help you make a choice."

"Ugh?"

A look of fear crept up Mei's brows. She couldn't make a choice, not because she was confused, but because she couldn't bear the consequences of either choice.

But Ye Ming said without hesitation, as if he was doing a free point question:

"I hope you'll choose Kiana."

"Wait, Ye Ming, don't do this..."

Mei pleaded:

"You're right here with me, aren't you? We can bring Kiana back together."

"Feel sorry."

Staying by her side all the time is already an impossible wish, and Mei felt as if she was falling into an icy cave when she heard this apology.

"Even if... I have to make a choice..."

Her face was ashen as she cried and asked weakly:

"Why... do you want me to abandon you..."

"Because I don't need to be saved, and I'm not worth saving."

Ye Ming blurted out without any hesitation.

Even a child knows that you shouldn't invest your energy in things that you will lose in a moment.

"I can also make this kind of rational assessment..."

After Ye Ming told her the correct answer, Meiyi not only did not let go of Ye Ming's hand, but held it tighter and tighter.

"But how do you expect me to endure life without the sun?"

Mei's soul began to wither just by imagining that scene.

"I can't...give up on you..."

"Ok, I know."

Ye Ming did not refute Meiyi, and was even very satisfied with Meiyi's feelings, as if he had no intention of convincing her at all.

He just smiled faintly, his eyes full of relief and love.

"I've said it before. I'm not asking you to make a choice, I'm helping you make a choice."

"help me?"

Before Meiyi noticed anything, Ye Ming hugged her tightly.

It was not a comfort to a frightened person, but a warm and sweet hug like that between lovers, with the purpose of feeling each other's heartbeat.

“It feels so good to be loved.”

Unlike Mei's panic, Ye Ming's voice sounded like a clear spring flowing in the mountains.

“For me, once you try it, you’re hooked.”

He rubbed his cheek gently against Mei's face, and his hands stroked her hair to her neck.

It was as if it wanted to dispel the coldness of the rain for her and turn the smell of dust into the fragrance of flowers on its body.

"Being loved by you... by you all, I must be the happiest person in the world."

To Mei, every word Ye Ming said was like scattered starlight, bright and yet weak as if about to disappear.

It seemed that if he was not careful, he would be swallowed up by the bottomless rainy night, just like his heartbeat.

"Whatever it costs will seem insignificant compared to what I get."

"Ye Ming...what are you talking about?"

Mei didn't understand why Ye Ming confessed to her like this.

The feeling was like licking a knife covered in honey, dangerous yet irresistible.

"Mei, goodbye."

The rain poured down from the night sky. In the interweaving of black and silver, a red-pink feather suddenly appeared. As if time had stopped, it slowly flew in front of Mei's eyes.

"Why do you have..."

Before Mei could figure out the current situation, her consciousness came to a standstill.

The purple eyes lost their luster in an instant, and along with the heart, all emotions and thoughts were emptied out.

The sound of rain hitting the ground disappeared, and the sound of thunder and lightning piercing the sky no longer sounded. Everything became as quiet as when the world was just born.

In the blink of an eye, Ye Ming had left the current plane and entered Mei's world of consciousness.

At first, he wanted to create the illusion of his own death in Mei's memory.

But the final result was the collapse of Mei's consciousness.

Then, Ye Ming found a way to extend Meiyi's physical sensation (inside her brain) time indefinitely, using a long period of time to let Meiyi slowly accept the fact that she would die.

But no matter whether it is ten years, thirty years, or fifty years... until Mei's consciousness returns to "nothingness".

She couldn't accept this fact and couldn't bear the pain of losing Ye Ming.

So, Ye Ming had no choice but to continue walking deeper into Mei's consciousness.

Soon, he saw a long ramp. The surrounding walls were covered with countless pictures called memories.

On the rooftop of the teaching building, Ye Ming was eating the lunch made by Meiyi herself.

No matter how hard the other party tried, he could always accurately taste which dish was made by Mei.

"Because Mei is special."

After expressing her thoughts, one can clearly see from the picture that a sweet blush appears on Mei's face.

·

In the backyard of the school, Mei, who was soaked all over, was sitting on a cold bench in a daze.

Ye Ming walked over as if nothing had happened and ate one of Mei's rice balls as promised.

"There's no difference. It's just the same as usual."

It was then that Mei realized for the first time that no matter how life changes, there will always be someone who remains unchanged and stays by her side.

·

Ye Ming walked through these familiar scenes one by one with heavy breathing, and then...

Click!

Accompanied by a crisp sound of shattering, past memories cracked and broke like smashed glass.

The strange thing is that the picture was broken in a very measured way, and the only part that was broken was Ye Ming's figure, while Mei Yi was intact.

·

"If you dare to say something bad about Mei, I will punish you!"

In the classroom filled with malice, Kiana pounced on the students who bullied Mei like an angry cat.

The students who were beaten pulled Ye Ming and asked him to punish Kiana, but he pretended that he saw nothing. The two of them cooperated like best friends.

·

"Meiyi, next time let's go eat somewhere else and let Ye Ming figure it out on his own."

"No matter how you look at it, Mei and I should be having dinner together. You should go somewhere else."

At the old place on the rooftop, Ye Ming and Kiana's playfulness made Mei couldn't help laughing.

"It's okay, I'll make more next time so that everyone can have enough to eat."

"Mei is the best~!"

That day, Mei realized that her world was so small, so small that just two people could become everything in her life.

No matter how lonely the cold night road home is, as long as the next day comes...

As long as you can still see your own sun and moon, all the beauty will continue to shine.

·

"..."

Ye Ming continued to move forward following these memories, and with every step he took, the sound of shattering mirrors could be heard in his ears.

His existence in the picture was buried by cracks, and Kiana gradually took his place.

Stay by Mei's side, talk with her, taste the food she cooks, hold her hand and smile...

Everything seems to be the story of Mei and Kiana.

And this is exactly the purpose of Ye Ming's interference in Mei's memory.

"As long as you erase the option that makes you miserable, you will be able to make the right choice."

193. How to stop?

"Thunder and lightning are born from dark clouds. Their presence only blocks the light of the sun and the moon."

Mei, who didn't want to hurt the one she loved, jumped from the roof of the teaching building with the Herrscher of Thunder in her body...

"caught you!"

Just as she fell into the abyss, Ye Ming suddenly grabbed Mei's hand.

"There's me too!"

Seeing that Ye Ming was about to be dragged down by Mei, Kiana suddenly rushed over and grabbed him from the other side.

"Don't try to take all the credit for protecting Mei!"

For Mei, this memory is obviously her most unforgettable treasure.

Even at this moment, this scene is shining brightly in Mei's consciousness.

"Because the impression was so deep, it was not so easy to interfere?"

Seeing that the picture was reluctant to break, Ye Ming had no choice but to walk up to it and stretch out his hand to try to destroy the composition.