Shen Ye was held tightly in Xiao Jingran's arms. He was expressionless. He could feel Xiao Jingran trembling, but his heart was ashen and he felt no emotion at all.
She remained motionless, letting the man hold her, pretending to be asleep with her eyes closed, until dawn.
As the first rays of sunlight shone into the dark room, Xiao Jingran finally left the person he loved most with great reluctance.
Listening to the sound of cars starting downstairs until it faded away, Shen Ye sat up and walked to the window to look in the direction Xiao Jingran had left.
He was haunted by addiction, and the feeling grew stronger and stronger. He knew that his addiction had returned.
He slowly squatted down against the wall, hugged himself with both hands, and gritted his teeth to endure the pain, but the excruciating feeling made him want to kill himself.
When will this end?
When will this finally end?
He started rummaging through drawers and cabinets looking for medicine, making so much noise that he disturbed the guards outside.
When Ye Sheng arrived, Shen Ye was like a madman who had lost his mind, begging people to give him "medicine".
Xiao Jingran gave the order for him to quit drugs, but no one here would do it.
Ye Sheng rushed over and hugged Shen Ye, trying to calm him down and help him get through this.
“We said that once you’re better, we’ll go back to the opera world, and you’ll sing for me while I sit in the audience as your most loyal viewer.”
"Please... kill me." After a long, long time, Shen Ye finally spoke, accompanied by tears of blood from the corners of his eyes.
What kind of despair must it take to shed tears of blood?
"Let's hold on a little longer, and once we get through this, everything will be alright," Ye Sheng said, hugging him and trying to comfort him haphazardly.
"Living is too painful, please... please grant me my wish."
"Life is always bitter before it's sweet. Once you get through this hurdle, it won't be bitter or painful anymore. Believe me."
Warm liquid rolled down, and Ye Sheng himself didn't know why, but he was actually moved by a man.
After another long silence, Shen Ye spoke again, "But I don't want to endure it anymore."
After saying that, she broke free from Ye Sheng's embrace, picked up the fork from the plate on the bedside table, and pointed it at her carotid artery.
"No, you promised me, you promised I would live well, are you going to go back on your word?" Ye Sheng panicked and tried to attract his attention so that the others in the room could take the fork.
"Jinxiu, put down the fork, don't be impulsive."
Xiao Jingran arrived, but Shen Ye cried again, her eyes frighteningly red. "Don't be impulsive, Xiao Jingran. Do you know? I've loved you for so long. No matter what you become, I will always remember you, know you, and love you. But in this life, you have no heart at all. You've been fair to everyone except me, and I've been fair to everyone except you."
"Xiao Jingran, I wish I would never meet you again in the next life." Shen Ye raised the fork, about to forcefully stab it into the carotid artery, when Ye Sheng rushed over and blocked his neck with her hand, causing blood to flow freely.
At that moment, the fork pierced Ye Sheng's palm, drawing blood.
"Ye... Ye Sheng, are you alright? I didn't mean to."
“I’m fine. No matter how bitter life is, we have to grit our teeth and persevere. It’s not worth dying like this, since we’ve come into this world so easily.”
Ye Sheng was too badly injured and was sent to the hospital. Shen Ye's drug addiction had also subsided. He sat blankly by the window looking downstairs. He wanted to go to the hospital with him, but Xiao Jingran wouldn't allow it.
"Jinxiu, you should rest for a bit. Ye Sheng will be alright." Xiao Jingran took Shen Ye's hand.
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