“Before that, let’s meet one more time!”
“Tomorrow, at Silver-Blue Mountain.” As he said this, his tone was resolute, as if he had made an important decision, but no one noticed this change.
“I can’t marry you.” Nia Jazz drew the sword from her waist.
Looking at the sharp sword glinting with cold light, he realized it was a real weapon. Even so, as he watched Nia Jazz approach him, he felt shock and hurt, but there was no fear on his face, and his body didn’t retreat even a bit.
“I want to kill you. Why don’t you run away?” Nia Jazz paused.
“You won’t kill me.” His tone was filled with certainty.
“From the very beginning, our meeting and the carriage falling off the cliff were all planned by me. Every time we met was intentional; I really want to kill you.” As she spoke these words, Nia Jazz’s voice choked, tears sliding down her cheeks.
Nelson raised his hand to wipe her tears. “If you truly want to kill me, why are you crying?”
“You are forced to do this; you are a killer from V-Bond.” It was a statement, not a question.
On the surface, Nelson appeared calm, but only he knew how much pain he felt inside, how much he cared for Nia Jazz, because he knew that the killers from V-Bond would not stop until their mission was complete.
“This is the first time I’ve seen the real Nelson, so smart.”
“You can kill me, but promise me one thing. They want you to kill me simply because they fear I might pose a threat to them. Living these years as someone I don’t want to be is exhausting. They don’t know that I’ve never cared for what they want. I used to be indifferent, but now, all I seek in this world is you.”
Hearing these words, Nia Jazz’s tears fell like a dam breaking, filled with guilt, heartache, and the helplessness of not being able to live for herself.
“I have only one request: if I cannot be with you in this life, will you marry me in the next life?”
“Okay.”
With a thrust, the sword pierced through his chest, and with a palm strike, as that person fell off the cliff, the most charming man in the capital met his end. Looking at the sword stained with her lover’s blood, Nia Jazz smiled sadly, driving the sword through her own chest. In that moment of closing her eyes, she thought, in the next life, I must live freely and bravely pursue what I desire.
Suddenly opening her eyes, was that just a dream? It was too painful! Wiping away the remaining tears on her face, she looked at the still damp pillow. I did cry out loud in the dream, but it seems I haven’t cried in reality because of a dream!
Right! I shouldn’t have cried out loud, right? If someone heard me, it would be so embarrassing! Quickly glancing beside her, seeing him still sound asleep, she felt relieved. However, the face in front of her gradually overlapped with the face of Nelson from her dream. Oh my god! They look exactly the same! Could it be that everything in the dream was real? If that’s the case, Jireh is truly my destined partner!
Forget it! I won’t think about it! I need to hurry and wash up and get ready; there’s an important event waiting for me.
Just after Lillie got out of bed and headed to the bathroom, the person on the bed also sat up, but those opened eyes showed no trace of the confusion of just waking up.
“At last, I’ve married you.” A whisper escaped his lips.
“Jireh, we’re here! This is my alma mater.”
After five years of transformation, my alma mater, Grammar Girls’ High School, has now become known as Basic Girls’ High School, gaining quite a good reputation. Today, I brought my husband back to visit my school, but I wonder how different Grammar Girls’ High School is now compared to when I was here?
“Hello, Senior Lillie!”
Wow! I received such a warm welcome as soon as I entered the school! Every junior I met on the way greeted me enthusiastically. The students are still as polite as we were back in the day. Thinking back, politeness was a key requirement back then; if these juniors haven’t suffered the same hardships I did, I would feel quite unbalanced.
“Why do they know my name?”
I suddenly thought of an important question, and Jireh looked at me in surprise. I’m here incognito, and no one was informed; how do they all recognize me? Could it be that some bad rumors about me have been circulating for five years? No, I need to ask someone.
“Junior, why do you all know my name?” I asked a junior who had greeted me.
She seems to be a little first-year student, so cute!
She looked very excited when I pulled her over. “You don’t know yet? Come with me!”
She took me to the statue of the school founder. Wait, this isn’t the founder; this statue looks brand new, probably not more than ten years old. When I graduated, the statue was already old and green; there’s no way it could be the same one. “Oh my God! Is that me?”
