"No, Zuimo."
Shen Junjie shouted, rushing frantically towards the window.
Li Kuo beside him also widened his eyes in disbelief, completely unaware of what's happening.
Logically, even if Shen Zuimo didn't calm down after hearing Xiaofan's words, it shouldn't lead to such extre actions.
Now, anything said seems a bit too late.
Shen Junjie could only watch from afar as the pill ford a parabolic arc in the air, slowly falling towards the damp grass.
Once it touches the water, it's all over...
'Whoosh.'
Just as Shen Junjie was in utter panic, a figure suddenly flashed by.
In those eyes full of deep regret, there remained a final glimr of hope.
Leaping into the air, he reached out with his hand, tightly grasping the antidote. Due to the speed, he did a forward flip and landed on the ground.
This elderly figure staggered a bit, almost losing his footing, but fortunately, he managed to stand straight in the end.
"Cough, cough, cough..." The excessive motion made the old man's heart beat rapidly, his breathing followed suit, a gasp leading to coughing.
"Old Mr. Ye..."
The one who grabbed the antidote at the last mont was none other than Xiaofan's grandfather, Ye Aotian.
He didn't know what was happening upstairs, but seeing a pill flying out and Shen Junjie's terrified look, he imdiately guessed roughly the situation.
However, Shen Zuimo's emotions didn't imdiately calm down; instead, she prepared to jump onto the window and leap off the building.
This woman acts impulsively.
She wouldn't, like other won, overthink or get hung up on certain important matters.
Once she sets her mind, she won't change it.
After all, living holds no aning...
At this mont, if Shen Junjie couldn't stop Shen Zuimo, then he would truly be failing as her brother.
Helplessly, Shen Junjie could only knock the weakened Shen Zuimo unconscious, temporarily halting her from doing anything reckless.
Bitter tears silently slid down in her unconscious state, heartbroken, lost in despair, Ye Xiaofan... Do you know, if you weren't here, what difference would it make to be a soul-less body?
During this unconsciousness, Shen Zuimo had a dream.
She dread of a small house. That place gave her a warm feeling.
Everything there was so familiar; pots and pans, money and oil, even the remote control for the TV in which drawer, she knew clearly.
There, stood a high school student in a school uniform, yes, it's him. With a naive silly smile and mischievous eyes staring at her chest.
Tears, in the dream, were awakened again, clearly such a beautiful scene, yet, why does the heart feel so desolate?
The heart aches, aching to cry, and while crying, she woke up.
What she saw wasn't the long-awaited figure, but her brother looking at her with a worried face.
She truly wished that this dream could continue forever. As long as she didn't wake up, she didn't have to face reality.
"Zuimo, you're awake, are you alright?"
"....."
"Where are you uncomfortable, don't scare your brother."
"......."
"Zuimo..."
No matter what Shen Junjie said, Shen Zuimo remained cold and void, staring at the empty ceiling.
It seed like her soul had been emptied, leaving just a shell behind.
"You two go out for a mont."
At this mont, Ye Aotian, who had just cald Shen Zuimo with silver needles, spoke.
Shen Junjie glanced worriedly at his sister, yet since the elder had spoken, he could only quietly step out.
"You, why did you ss up? How could you reveal the truth to her?"
Just outside the door, Li Kuo questioned Shen Junjie in frustration.
"I, I don't know..."
"Xiaofan had originally arranged everything, nearly losing it all because of you. Do you know, if Shen Zuimo didn't take the antidote, Xiaofan would lose. Completely lose..."
"I... but Zuimo threatened by throwing the antidote, I... I had no choice..."
"You... ah..."
Everything that shouldn't have been said was already said, now, we can only rely on Old Mr. Ye to persuade and see if there's any effect.
She slowly sat up.
This was an instinctive action. Shen Zuimo's subconscious seed to hold so respect for the elderly in the room. After all, he is that person's important family mber, and also a senior, so lying down continuously was sowhat impolite.
Even after sitting up, Shen Zuimo still didn't look directly at Ye Aotian, she just hugged her knees to her chest, looking a bit desolate...
"Child, do you know this antidote was exchanged by Xiaofan risking his life."
She knew, how could she not know? It was Xiaofan who risked his life to get it back, which is why she was so resistant... she was just a killer who should never have existed in this world, unworthy of such sacrifice from him.
"I don't know what you're thinking, but I know what Xiaofan is thinking, and you should know too, shouldn't you?"
Upon hearing this, Shen Zuimo's heart seed to stir with unusual ripples...
"Xiaofan likes you. So he went to Japan. Despite all of us opposing his departure, he still went. But when he endured countless hardships to rescue you, risking his life to find this antidote, you... said to throw it away, wasn't that dismissing his efforts, denying his actions?"
Looking up, Shen Zuimo glanced blankly at Ye Aotian... Her soft, little lips slightly twitched, yet she couldn't speak.
"The whole world might criticize him for going to Japan, question him, but only you, can't deny him."
"..."
Her eyes flickered once more, Ye Aotian's words touched the depths of her heart.
"Xiaofan endured social pressure, cast aside all ties, went to Japan. Just for you alone... if he can't even save you, then that visit would've truly been in vain."
"I... but he didn't return. It was all because of , he..."
"Knowing it was because of you, you should have more courage to live, for him..."
"I can't..."
"Do you think he's already dead?"
Suddenly... Shen Zuimo's body trembled, as if she regained her spirit.
"You, you an he..."
"I don't know. Yes, everyone knows his chances of surviving in that situation are near zero, but until his body is found, I refuse to believe. Even if I'm deceiving myself, so what. What if he really cos back?"
Living continues because there's hope. Due to despair, Shen Zuimo sought death. But when hope is kindled in the heart?
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