Chapter 435: She Was Much Like You (2/2)

Xue Wei and Lan stopped talking. Both of them were in deep thought, forgetting that they were actually in the midst of a tournament. Their friends were blocking the enemies too well for them.

Lan had come to their world on a whim, but he had met a woman who made him unable to leave. Even now, so many years later, he still protected the world for her sake. This was true love, and Xue Wei understood that no matter what, Lan would protect the world till the end of time.

But was he not lonely? He was not together with his family, having left them so many years ago, and his beloved had long since become nothing as well.

How could he withstand the loneliness? How could he not long for his family, who were so far away. But even with all that, to keep the memories he shared with his beloved, he did not even hesitate to hide from his own uncle!

For the first time ever, Xue Wei understood that, although Lan was joking most of the time, although he always acted so casual and laid back, and although it seemed as if nothing mattered to him; he was lonely, he was sad, he was left all alone.

Xue Wei understood that the pain of losing someone could not be erased even with the passing of time. Although he had been left alone by Xiao Lei when he was fifteen, at least he knew that his uncle was still alive.

Although he had been separated from Wang Xiaoyun and wouldn't get to see her for many years, he knew that she had him in her heart, and that the two of them would eventually reunite.

Also, although he was not amongst his biological family, he had his friends who never left him alone, no matter how bad things got. He never experienced having to face the world alone for long.

He too, had lost people through his journey, but this had made him even more determined to protect the happiness he had now grasped.

If he lost Wang Xiaoyun, would he be able to handle the blow? Would he be able to give up everything just to accompany her remains?

The thought alone, of losing Wang Xiaoyun, was enough to make him feel as if someone had sliced a part of his heart off; the idea alone was so painful that he could not imagine what would happen if it turned real.

Would he lose his humanity and become a killing machine? He could imagine that it was a likely outcome. If he lost his dear ones, he would end up as a beast that wished to watch the world burn. If they were gone, the world should accompany them to the underworld!

Such thoughts were somewhat scary, but Xue Wei did not shy away from them. Realizing how he would have acted, if it was him who suffered such a fate, made him to honestly look up to Lan. But he also understood that he could never let such a scenario occur.

If he genuinely posed a threat to the world, Lan would be the first to kill him, he would not care about their previous ties at all.