Chapter 75 - Ghost’s Wife (11) (2/2)

Like ripples in water, the image started to become blurry and unclear. It then calmed back down.

At this moment, Cheng Zhi Chu felt his hair rise. The image of himself that was reflected in the mirror was currently smirking slightly but he himself definitely wasn’t smiling. Their postures were also completely different, and ‘he’ was slowly extending ‘his’ hand out towards him!

What is this?!

Cheng Zhi Chu took a few steps back. His expression changed. At the same time, he heard the coin say belatedly:

[Earlier you got the devil’s face so you would lose something.]

[I can’t decide what you will lose but now it seems like……….you had lost your own good luck and had returned back to your original state.]

Why is it such a scam?!

Cheng Zhi Chu almost spat out a bit of blood. He immediately wanted to toss the coin again but the hand moved faster. It travelled through the mirror and gripped tightly onto Cheng Zhi Chu’s hand. It then pulled him completely into the mirror!

As he passed through the mirror, Cheng Zhi Chu felt as if he had passed through a wall of cold water and was surrounded by bitter coldness. After going through it, he found himself falling into a warm embrace. A pair of strong, firm arms looped around to his back.

“Don’t be scared, Zhi Chu.”

A low-pitched male voice could be heard above his head as he comforted the young man in his arms with a hint of a smile in his voice. He gently patted his pack and allowed him to lean on his shoulder.

……….Bai Yi?

Cheng Zhi Chu could immediately tell who this voice belonged to. He had a stunned look as he blankly raised his head and saw the man’s familiar handsome face. He had a tear mole next to his right eye that made him look both gentle and charming, pale upturned lips and bright eyes. The man noticed his gaze and proceeded to touch his cheeks and then gently plant a kiss onto his forehead.

“I’m here.”

It’s really Bai Yi…….But why would he be here? Also-Also, he kissed him…….

Cheng Zhi Chu’s heartbeat raced. He was both happy and shy. His cheeks were dyed bright red.

He knew that he couldn’t hide the shame in his expression so he couldn’t help but bow his head to avoid the man’s eyes. Unfortunately, the other party used his slender fingers to lift his chin forcing him to once again look up.

“Bai Yi? Why are you here? Aren’t you…….” Cheng Zhi Chu asked in a small voice. He then suddenly realised that something wasn’t right. Bai Yi shouldn’t be able to appear in reality, let alone suddenly come out from within a mirror.

His breathing stopped and his words stopped along with it. He looked up at the other party only to see that the smile on the man’s face had become several more degrees colder, like those of a ghost. No matter how gentle that look is, it would be very difficult to hide the coldness within.

“What’s wrong?”

The man rubbed Cheng Zhi Chu’s head, but it only made his hair stand up. He quickly pushed the man’s hand away and took a few steps back.

“After finally letting you see my true appearance, you’re not happy about it?” The handsome man raised his eyebrow. Although he was still smiling, there was a hint of gloom in his eyes. “Or do you prefer that man up there?”

“Sure enough………It’s not enough just becoming one with you. I need to let you thoroughly sense my presence.”

Cheng Zhi Chu’s expression changed. He said with fear: “You are ‘Winter Branch’?!”

“If you want to call me that, I don’t mind.” The man answered gently, “You can also call me ‘Bai Yi’ if you want.”

“You’re not Bai Yi. You’re also not the real Winter Branch. You are just a ghost of unknown origin.”

Cheng Zhi Chu felt a chill run down his back. His heart was filled with fear and his voice trembled, but he didn’t want to see “Winter Branch” use Bai Yi’s face and voice.

“Can’t you reveal your true appearance? Why do you have to take up a fake appearance using Bai Yi’s face and voice?”

“Fake?”

As if he had heard something funny, the man let out a low laugh. His chest shook slightly and there was a hint of amusement in his eyes.

“I don’t know which ‘Bai Yi’ you’re referring to but……How do you know that that ‘Bai Yi’ is real and I’m fake?”

“I can tell you with certainty, Zhi Chu, this is my true appearance.”

The man strongly grabbed Cheng Zhi Chu’s hand and brought it over to his face. It was as if he was asking him to confirm it personally.

“I am me. I am not pretending to be anyone.”

He placed Cheng Zhi Chu’s fingertips onto his lips and gently kissed it. With dark and deep eyes, he stared straight at Cheng Zhi Chu before slowly speaking up again.

“Zhi Chu, do you want to deny my existence that much?”

“I will be very upset.”

The man with an appearance that was exactly the same as Bai Yi gave him too much of a shock. Although Cheng Zhi Chu didn’t believe anything the man had said and also knew that he is not Bai Yi, he still couldn’t help but blush and feel his heart racing. Even his reaction had slowed down by half a second.

While his mind was in confusion, the handsome man’s lips hooked up slightly and he revealed a charming smile. Seemingly knowing that he couldn’t resist this face, he continued to take advantage of his weakness. Holding him in his arms for a while, he then pushed him down onto the ground.

The world in the mirror was exactly the same as the world outside, but it was also a little different. Cheng Zhi Chu fell to the ground, but he didn’t feel the slightest pain. His body had also completely softened, and he couldn’t exert any energy. Lying helplessly on the ground, he could only watch with wide eyes the other man approaching him.

Shrouded by a shadow, the man pressed one hand beside his head and smiled at him. With the other hand, he began to unbutton his shirt to slowly reveal his firm chest.

He leaned over to Cheng Zhi Chu’s ear and said softly.

“Come and feel me properly.”

“I’ll leave it up to you to confirm whether or not I am the real ‘Bai Yi’.”

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Bai Yi’s Diary (Part 75)

I have also thought about whether or not I am the original me.

My soul had broken into many pieces and I am just a shard of it, but I just happened to be made up of most of the soul pieces. There were still another half that wasn’t there. I also retained my original “player” status, so I claimed that I am “Bai Yi”.

As for the other “me”’s, the majority of them had gained a new identity and appearance. Some had lost the original memories belonging to “me”, had forgotten about themselves and thought of themselves as another person. Others still retained “my” memory but, because they had changed so much, they lost the name “Bai Yi”.

But if they insist that they themselves are “Bai Yi”, I don’t think I can deny it. In essence, I am no different from them; we are all “Bai Yi” but also not the real “Bai Yi”.

If one day I was to retrieve all my soul fragments and merge them all together to complete my soul, would I still be “me”? I don’t know.

Perhaps, at worse, I would lose everything, leaving behind only my love for Zhi Chu.

But even so, I would still have my everything.

Because he is my everything.