Chapter 219 - Fighting for love (II) (1/2)

The moonlight shone brightly. It was the best moment for a heart to heart talk as the atmosphere easily gives a feeling of wanting to open one's heart out.

Lu Yin Ze sat beside the bed.

”There is, uhm… a boy,” he awkwardly started his story.

Master Lu's brow raised.

”It is not me. Just a boy… from my class,” Lu Yin Ze hastily said.

”Okay. It's not you. Just your classmate.”

Lu Yin Ze avoided Master Lu's gaze.

”Yeah. And this boy is… the only child in the family. He doesn't have friends since he, well, really likes to play alone.”

Lu Yin Ze added some details to convince his grandfather that it really was not him. Although, he was doing it in a rather suspicious and obvious manner.

Master Lu played along and nodded for him continue with his 'classmate's' story.

”This boy happened to be homeschooled, too. But one day, his grand—his father enrolled him to a school.” He almost slipped there.

”Your school now?” Master Lu asked, still playing along.

”Yes,” Lu Yin Zhe said, and then a hesitant look appeared in his eyes, but he still continued on. ”And this boy… actually, well... wanted to give up life.”

Master Lu's eyes instantly widened in disbelief.

”When did it happen?”

”Huh?” Lu Yin Ze dazedly returned back in surprise.

”Ahem. I mean, why did the boy want to die?” the old man unnaturally coughed.

Lu Yin Ze did not meet Master Lu's penetrating eyes. His fluffy hair drooped, reminiscent of drooping ears of an aggrieved puppy.

”Because… he felt alone, lonely. And, err, he told me that maybe with his death, the world would be... better off… without him,” Lu Yin Ze awkwardly explained, and he knew he was not really doing a good job in making things up in front of his grandfather. He could only tell half-truths and half lies.

The elderly Master Lu quietened, observing him with worried eyes that still reflected shock at the sudden veiled confession.

”Anyway, when he went to school, he met her. It was a girl who appeared cold, guarded, and expressionless most of the time.”

Lu Yin Ze remembered that day on the rooftop of the hospital where they had first met. Xiong Zhi grabbed his hand tightly and stopped him from fully throwing himself off the railings. Her cap was blown to the floor by the wind, and her hair danced wildly, her eyes seemingly able to read his thoughts.

The girl he initially thought was heartless, actually became his very first friend.

”But, for some reason, she happened to know the situation of the boy. She did not avoid or leave him alone despite that. She became his very first friend.”

And then… he got his freedom, he got more friends, he got more people who loved him and cared for him.

”Time passed, very quickly, and this boy gradually… felt something he had never felt before towards the girl.”

Lu Yin Ze then remembered his birthday. His favorite day. Xiong Zhi stood alone in the dark. Her blue ocean dress blended well with the surroundings, as if she was truly meant to be there. The blue rose which was illuminated by faintly glowing small lights reflected a bit of its color on her face, making her seem like a fairy. The lights appeared like starlights above and behind her.

It was so beautiful. But in his eyes, Xiong Zhi was the only one he could see, the sight which took his breath away.

”He fell... in love…” Eh? The moment he unconsciously uttered those words, he was jolted awake. So all this time, he felt this way because he… he fell in love?

Lu Yin Ze bitterly laughed. He had just realized his feelings, but at the same was already defeated. It was futile. He did not even get a chance to dream, because before realizing his feelings, she had already extinguished the hope.

How ironic that it was precisely that which led him to realize his feelings.