"Don't cry, I'll stay with you. Take a nap, and you won't feel bad when you wake up, okay?"
Qi Yu used his free hand to gently stroke Gu Yuning's eyes, cheeks, and chin... softly wiping away her tears.
"No, A-Yu, I... I can't sleep. I'm afraid that if I fall asleep, I'll become addicted... and won't want to wake up. A-Yu, this secret... I have to tell it. I'm afraid... I'm afraid... I'm afraid that if I don't tell it now... I'll never have another chance..."
With each word Gu Yuning uttered, her breath grew weaker. Watching his beloved girl suffer, Qi Yu's heart ached as if it were being torn apart, yet he could do nothing and could not take her pain away from him.
She gently withdrew her hand, then grasped Qi Yu's large hand in return, giving a weak smile. Her serene and serene beauty was reflected in her pale face.
Her beauty was etched into her very bones, and even illness could not erase it. She spoke slowly and deliberately, "Ah Yu, actually... I have a younger sister... Back then, Grandma didn't like Mom, she felt that Mom and Dad... were not a good match... and she always tried to break them up..."
"When my mother was young... she suffered a lot... after my parents divorced and she left home... only then did she find out... she was pregnant with me and my sister. She gave birth to us... the three of us... lived in a rented room. But one day, my sister disappeared..."
As Gu Yuning finished speaking, she seemed to have exhausted all her strength. Like a light feather, she lay down with her eyes closed.
After a long while, she spoke weakly again, her voice even softer and weaker than before, more ethereal, "When my sister was gone, I was still an infant in swaddling clothes, but when I can remember things, I always felt... something was missing. Later... I often saw my mother... alone in her room... covering her face and wiping away tears... From then on, I often took advantage of... when my mother wasn't paying attention... to watch her from outside the door... wiping away tears. My heart ached, but I couldn't openly appear to comfort my mother."
"Mom must not want me to see her... sad and upset. That's why I found out... I have a younger sister. When I learned this secret, I realized where that emptiness in my heart came from. Perhaps... this is the... telepathy between blood sisters."
Gu Yuning spoke haltingly; though she had stopped crying, her sorrow remained undiminished.
"Not long after... Dad found... us, Mom and I... went home. Dad... didn't know about my sister's existence, and Mom... didn't say anything either. I never dared to... tell Dad. Later, Mom passed away, without seeing... my sister one last time. For so many years, I've been secretly searching for my sister's whereabouts... but I can't find her."
"Seven years... For these seven years, I have lived in... regret, carrying my mother's regret... Now, I have this incurable disease, and I'm afraid... I won't be able to tell my father this... secret."
"Ah Yu, fate played a cruel joke on me... In the final moments of my life, I finally found... my sister. She's right beside me... Her name is... Lan Qingyue. She was the one that night!"
Gu Yuning cried bitterly, her words broken and fragmented, "Ayu, she just signed with Xingyu... After I leave... can you help me... help me... take care of her? Being good to her... is being good to me! Her life should have been... brilliant, Ayu..."
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