"Your Highness, I've always watched you."
This was the second time he said this, but his voice was softer than before. Xie Lian clutched the red robes at his chest, asking, his mind blank, "I know, I know. But... What should I do now?"
Hua Cheng's long and slender fingers gently combed through Xie Lian's mussed hair, "Then, Your Highness, do you know why I refuse to leave this world?"
Xie Lian couldn't understand why Hua Cheng could still be so calm at a time like this, as he was panicking so hard he was trembling. But while feeling lost, he still simple-mindedly asked, "Why?"
Hua Cheng replied quietly, "Because I have a beloved who is still in this world."
Hearing this, Xie Lian was slightly stunned.
He seemed to have heard this somewhere before.
Hua Cheng continued, "My beloved is a brave, noble and gracious special someone. He's saved my life, I've looked up to him ever since I was young. But, I wanted to catch up to him more, and become an even stronger person for him. Although, he might not remember me well. We never really talked. I want to protect him."
He gazed at Xie Lian, "If your dream is to save the common people, then, my dream, is only you."
"..."
Relying on his memory, Xie Lian asked with a trembling voice, "...But.... You won't, be able to rest in peace.... Like this...?"
Hua Cheng answered, "I pray to never rest in peace."
In that instant, all of Xie Lian's breathing stopped, frozen in this moment. He could faintly hear two voices, one questioning the other answering.
"If your beloved knew you couldn't rest in peace because of him, he might feel guilty and troubled."
"Then I just won't let him know why I haven't gone."
"After having seen so much, it'd be known sooner or later." Xie Lian said.
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De TodoThis is basically lines that I copied, and is currently chilling in my clipboard lol The lines here isn't in order, since I would reread some parts of the novel based on my mood, and when I would read that line again, I would copy it and not caring...
