38 There Are Still People Who Love You (2/2)

Is it too much to ask?”

Slowly, Qiu Yue started crying as she sang.

'Now what do I do? How do I go on without you...?'

Despite her sobs and her shaky hands, she didn't stop singing. But because her beautiful voice broke as she sang, it gave off a very melancholic vibe to anyone who listened.

Qiao Feng, who had rushed here as soon as he heard that she had entered the building, was rendered silent the moment he opened the door. In fact, he stood right there petrified, unable to take a step forward. Soon another man with a concerned look joined him and stood there, as they both listened to Qiu Yue's heartbroken voice.

For some reason as Qiu Yue sang the last two lines, a single teardrop fell down Qiao Feng's face, although he couldn't understand why. He hurriedly wiped it away, pretending nothing had happened.

Seeing the two men standing in the doorway, Qiu Yue was startled but made no move to get up or even wipe her tears.

Qiao Feng cleared his throat to stop his voice from cracking before he spoke.

”Qiu Yue, your brother is here-”

But before he could complete his sentence the brown-haired man standing next to him had already moved towards Qiu Yue.

'Brother...?'

'Ah, he's Xiang Qiu Yue's brother...'

”Ah Yue... why are you in this state? What happened? Tell this brother of yours! I'll take care of everything. Don't cry ah please...”

Xiang Yu Se had heard from Qiao Feng that Qiu Yue had been crying for the entire day yesterday so he had dropped everything and jumped on a flight from A country instantly. But only after coming here and seeing her like this did he understand how serious this was. His Ah Yue wasn't throwing a tantrum... something had really gone wrong.

He clumsily wiped Qiu Yue's tears as if unsure of how to handle it. His sister was a willful and cute girl all the time, he hadn't seen her cry more than a handful of times and each time he was left flustered as he hated seeing her sad, but was helpless against her tears.

”Did mom and dad ignore you? Why are you worried about them ah, your big brother is here!”

He knew that the fact that their parents always turned a blind eye to her constantly hurt her, but he couldn't change them, so he showered her with love in their stead. He understood that it wasn't enough but he also didn't know what else to do.

Qiu Yue looked up at him blankly and his heartfelt it was being stabbed by a knife.

”Brother... I want to quit... I just want to sleep...”

Yu Se nearly had a heart attack hearing her words. Just want to sleep?! Isn't that equal to dying?!

”Ah Yue! How can you say that! No. No. Tell me what's wrong. Let's do this together, alright? I'll help you find a way!”

But even more scared was the manager Qiao Feng, who could now see his gold mountain- I mean, idol walking away!

”Qiu Yue! How can you say that? Wasn't this your dream.”

He quickly entered the room and helped her up.

”No... I don't want to do anything anymore...”

Qiao Feng knew he had to convince her otherwise. Originally, even though she had a beautiful voice, because she was so unfeeling it sounded very bad, but now? He hated to admit it... but she made him cry!

”Why?”

When she heard him ask her why Qiu Yue looked right at him.

”Because I don't want to live anymore.”

Xiang Yu Se clutched his heart and almost fell down when he heard this, WHAT?!

”Ah Yue... big brother will start crying! Don't say such things, listen to me, let's talk this through first!”

”And why not?”

Seeing Qiao Feng quietly make even more conversation Yu Se felt like throwing his useless manager aside.

”Because he isn't here anymore...”

”He isn't here? Who isn't here? Your brother is right here!”

Qiao Feng And Qiu Yue both ignored Yu Se as Qiao Feng continued to talk to her.

”Then do you think he wanted you to give up?”

At this point, hostility sparked in Qiu Yue's eyes but it also made Yu Se shut up, till now his sister's eyes looked blank, but now there was some emotion.

”Don't talk to me about what he wanted!”

Qiao Feng didn't flinch.

”You sang... because you wanted to let out that sadness didn't you?”

Qiu Yue was puzzled. What was this guy going on about?

”So many people lose a part of themselves every day... they die inside, just like you have. But do you think they should give up?”

He didn't know how he knew, but he knew that this girl in front of him, however broken she was had always worked her hardest to live life to the fullest. Giving up was something she would never condone!

He knew better than others, her family ignored her existence with the exception of her older brother, yet she lived strong.

In this way, Qiu Yue and Xiang Qiu Yue were very similar. And even beyond that, something in him just knew from the moment he saw her.

Qiu Yue wanted to say yes, but no matter what she could not deny her own ideals.

”...no.”

Seeing that he'd taken the right way to deal with this, he was relieved.

”Do you think you could help them? Take their strength to live and become their strength.”

”But why...? What is there to live for?”

But before Qiu Yue could say that, Yao Yan's words echoed in her head.

”Because life is a gift.”

”Because only by living can you be happy, can you make others happy.”

”Because there are still people who love you.”