"I’m sorry," Gu Yixuan said softly.
Mo Ran was stunned. She shook her head, her voice choked with emotion, "If you want to say sorry, wait until you’re better and then tell me."
"Ranran, actually, I’ve always wanted to tell you that I love you... You’re right, I’ve been very selfish, afraid of getting hurt, always afraid to tell you the truth... Also, I know I was wrong... I want to make it right, yet I fear you’ll slip away, I kept doing the wrong things... just to keep you... Ranran, I’m really sorry, can you forgive me?"
Hearing his words, Mo Ran was shocked.
She suddenly realized that Gu Yixuan would never have opened up about his feelings if he didn’t know he was near his end.
Her heart was in turmoil, she shook her head vigorously, "If you can pull through, I will forgive you! Gu Yixuan, once you’re better, let’s be together, okay? Forever together."
In the darkness of the night, a glimmer of light flashed through the man’s eyes, which then extinguished.
He slightly curled the corners of his mouth, whispering, "Okay, once I’m better, we’ll be together forever."
"Mhm, but you have to promise me, you have to pull through, otherwise I will never forgive you for the rest of my life!"
In that moment, Mo Ran realized that she loved him more than she ever imagined, that her love for him had seeped into her very marrow and could never be eradicated. Fresh chapters posted on Nove1Fire.net
Similarly, everything about him was branded into her heart, indelible and unforgettable.
"Ranran..." the man felt his vision was completely blurred, and the pain in his body seemed to have drifted far away.
"I really love you..."
"I know." Mo Ran nodded, then after a thought, she said softly, "Actually, I love you too."
Hearing her confession, Gu Yixuan smiled faintly and closed his eyes in relief.
Mo Ran waited for a while, but when she didn’t hear his voice, she called his name, "Gu Yixuan?"
After calling out several times and getting no response, Mo Ran’s body shivered, and she burst into tears, covering her mouth.
She didn’t dare to reach out to check his breathing; she was terrified of feeling that he had stopped breathing.
"Gu Yixuan, you can’t die, do you understand? Once you’re better, we’ll be together, you mustn’t give up, okay?!"
Mo Ran cried heart-wrenchingly, remembering what Gu Yixuan had once told her.
He would never let go of her, even in death.
But still, he was planning to let go of her hand. He had always insisted on holding on, why suddenly give up, why!