"Promise me you'll live well. I'm not lying to you. You're the future head of the Shen family. Your Shen family will get better and better and become the head of the four great families. Grandpa is also very healthy. And Hu Lai and Lian Jin, aren't you good friends?"
This time, Shen Xingmian's expression was one of utter shock. He turned to look at Nanzhi. Neither he nor Gu Ying had told her that Nanzhi knew he wasn't from this world, though it might just be a guess. But the Shen family, Hu Lai, Lian Jin—even Gu Ying didn't know much about these things.
Seeing that he seemed to believe her, Nanzhi smiled and said, "So, promise me you'll live well and wait for me to come back to you, okay?"
With an almost pleading tone, Shen Xingmian suppressed her shock and nodded after a moment.
Nan Zhi then gave a bright smile and said, "Shen Xingmian, I like you."
Just as Shen Xingmian realized what she might be about to do, Nan Zhi closed her eyes, leaned forward, and fell off the rooftop.
Shen Xingmian felt his ears ringing and his mind went blank. He stood there, staring at the empty wheelchair, then ran over and climbed over the parapet, his voice trembling, "Xi Xi, Xi Xi, Xi Xi..."
The girl fell rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, she could only be seen as a black dot. Shen Xingmian seemed to have lost all thought and spontaneously climbed onto the parapet, intending to jump.
Just then, she was pulled down by someone's arms. Shen Xingmian's eyes were unfocused and her face was covered in tears. She let the policeman pull her down, and she murmured, "Xixi, I'll wait for you. I'll wait for you to come back."
With a loud "bang," people gasped in surprise.
"Oh no, someone's dead."
When Gu Ying heard those words, he panicked. He quickly pushed through the crowd and saw blood, deep red blood, and a thin hospital gown lying on the ground. Gu Ying couldn't hear anything at that moment, and even his breathing slowed down. He walked towards the person step by step.
Seeing that he was still young, the passerby instinctively grabbed his arm, but Gu Ying used all the strength he had in his life to shake the passerby off.
She walked over, knelt beside the person, and softly called out, "Sister Xixi?"
With a touch of naivety, Nan Zhi, lying on her side, felt blood flowing out of her body and her life force gradually fading away, but she had not completely left this body yet.
She smiled through her pale lips, her face smeared with blood, but in Gu Ying's eyes, she didn't look bad at all; this was his Xi Xi sister.
"Ah...Ah Ying."
The barely audible murmur reached Gu Ying's ears, and suddenly her tear ducts opened. That address made her burst into tears, "Sister Xixi, the doctor... will be here soon, you must take good care of yourself, okay?"
Nan Zhi reached out with difficulty, her fair little hand landing on the boy's face, gently wiping away his tears. "Aying, don't cry. One day in the future, Aying and I will meet again."
With red eyes, Gu Ying looked at the dying Nan Zhi, reached out and grabbed Nan Zhi's hand, and shook his head, "I don't want it, I only want the current Xi Xi sister."
Nan Zhi smiled slightly, knowing she could only hold on for a few more seconds. She hoped Gu Ying wouldn't become like that later, always full of hostility and distrustful of everyone. It was fine before, but now all she wanted was for Gu Ying to be with Shen Xingmian and for him to protect himself from being bullied.
Finally, she looked at Gu Ying and said:
"Ah Ying...you have to be strong. You can only be yourself. Be a different kind of firework. You must be well."
After uttering the last word, Nanzhi closed her eyes and completely lost consciousness.
"Sister, Sister Xixi, no, wake up, wake up!"
Gu Ying gripped Nan Zhi's hand tightly, crying and shouting. The helpless look of the boy who had fallen to the ground was truly heartbreaking.
She knelt there as if abandoned, screaming the name of someone who would never wake up, crying her heart out, "Sister Xixi, please, I beg you, just look at me."
But no one responded until the doctor came and took Mu Xiyue away for emergency treatment, but it was too late.
Gu Ying stood in the hospital corridor. He was numb when the doctor pronounced the person dead. He could hear the crying of Mu Zi and his wife. Gu Ying dragged his heavy steps toward the two of them.
With a thud, he knelt before the two of them, head bowed, and said, "I'm sorry, it's all because of me."
Mu Zi glanced at the boy kneeling on the ground. The culprit was Li Jin's father, but Li Jin's father held a grudge against her because Xi Yue stood up for Gu Ying.
One is his own daughter, and the other is the younger brother his daughter picked up and cherishes dearly.
The Mu couple wouldn't do anything to Gu Ying, but they also wouldn't want to see him. Even though Mu Xiyue wouldn't live much longer, her life ended prematurely.
"You can leave now, and don't ever show your face in front of us again."
Gu Ying didn't move, she just knelt there until Mu Xiyue's body was pushed away and the Mu couple left.
A sorrowful voice sounded from above, "Aying."
Gu Ying looked up and saw Shen Xingmian. He felt no joy, no other emotion, as if he were looking at a stranger.
"Why? Why couldn't you save her?"
Shen Xingmian looked at him with pain, her eyes lowered, and said, "I'm sorry."
His inner pain was no less than anyone else's, but in the end, he was the one who couldn't save her.
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