“Okay!” Another straightforward compromise. Ever since we met, he had never refused my requests. Whatever I said, he would agree. A nameless guilt welled up in my heart, but I quickly suppressed it, repeatedly telling myself that he was the one who insisted on sticking to me, and I was helpless in following him.
“Wei, we’ll live here from now on. I’m going to open a witch training class!” I said heroically.
“What! Miss, your injuries aren’t healed yet. You need to rest well, and your fever probably hasn’t gone down. I’ll go cook some medicine!” Xiao Wu said with concern after his surprise, turning and ignoring my protests, rushing directly to the kitchen.
Chapter Six: Tempering (3)
“Wei, okay?” I started playing cute again, discovering the advantages of having a child’s body.
“Okay!” A doting smile replaced his previous nonchalance. He looked at me seriously, a relieved smile hanging on his devastatingly beautiful face. “As long as Ran Ran is by my side, I can agree to anything!”
Everything happened as I wished. I buried my mother, and looking at her now-young face, tears finally fell. She wasn’t even thirty, and just disappeared without a trace.
Until now, I still didn’t know how she died, didn’t understand how such a stubborn person could leave or die so easily. But I didn’t want to investigate because, regardless, she had already left.
I noticed Wei was becoming increasingly silent, his face paler than before, so pale it seemed he might vanish at any moment, too fragile to even touch.
Even though he kept trying to smile, I saw the forced nature behind his smile, the pale and powerless grin, his weak body.
At this moment, with his back to me, his gray-white long robe making him seem ethereal, I started to feel afraid.
Yet during my healing, he still tried to make me happy, spoiling me endlessly, even though I always noticed the bitter smile in his eyes, always saw the sorrow and pain beneath.
“Ran Ran, are you looking at me? Did you discover how beautiful I am!” Another deliberately casual tone, but it felt like a heavy stone pressed on my heart, so exhausting and heavy I could barely breathe.
