Chapter 44 – Dead or alive

Brother Wolf stood in front of the window for a long time after returning to the apartment. He went home exactly at 11:36 p.m and arrived at 11:56 p.m, a full twenty minutes journey.

    Twenty minutes is not really a long journey time. Compared to Brother Wolf’s other journey which can even be up to one and a half days, twenty minutes was nothing to be mindful of. But somehow tonight, Brother Wolf thought that these twenty minutes were very long. He can think of so many things in those ‘long’ 20-minute time.

    It was almost midnight, and the twenty-fifth day was coming to an end.

    “We only have 25 days. You just need to cooperate with the 25 days treatment. After 25 days, I promise not to appear in front of you again.”

    “I feel like a Cinderella now, I hope I can meet my prince before midnight.”

    “Brother Wolf, we agreed at the beginning for a whole month’s treatment. But we are still one day short. If you don’t see me today, it will be a breach of contract.”

    “Brother Wolf, can you stop talking to me with that kind of tone? I’m a little uncomfortable listening when you talk like that.”

    “I wrote some words, and I’ll send them on WeChat in a while. Can you delete my WeChat contact after you’re done reading them?”

    Brother Wolf closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He held up the phone again: “It’s the last day and you told me that I didn’t cooperate with your treatment, so I’ll see what you sent me.”

    Brother Wolf made a good excuse for himself and tapped on his chat box with Little Red Riding Hood. On the WeChat chat box, he saw a long text was received but the first sentence scared the wolf brother so much he dropped his phone.

    (These are my last words.)

    Brother Wolf couldn’t believe what he just read. He felt like his heart was about to stop at this moment. Unconsciously, Brother Wolf hurriedly picked up the phone, but before he could stand up, he squatted on the ground and continue reading the text.

    (Brother Wolf, do you still remember what I said to you when I first went to the hospital to find you with a clipboard in my hand? At that time, I didn’t know why you were obsessed with committing suicide, because someone like me, who cherishes one’s life, really can’t relate to your thought. But we made an agreement that after twenty-five days, if you still want to commit suicide, then I will not stop you. So, I always take these twenty-five days as the last twenty-five days of the rest of our life.)

    (Or to put it another way, it’s like that question, if you had twenty-five days left in your life, what would you want to do?)

    (Today is the twenty-fifth day, it’s the last day of our life. So, this is my last word; thank you, Brother Wolf.)

    (Maybe you don’t know but you have helped fulfilled many of my wishes. For example, riding a yacht while fishing or eating all kinds of food in Star City for the whole day, wearing a dress designed by my idol to go to a concert, or even feeding the pigeons at the squares around the world. There are also wishing ponds in every square where you can make wishes at!)

    (And the most important point, when I was in danger, there was actually someone who was willing to spend 100 million to save me. I know you might get angry when I bring up this topic, but this is very important to me. I grew up feeling that I was mediocre and worthless, but in the last two days of my life, I suddenly found myself quite valuable.)

    (If you still can’t help but feel angry when you read this, then think about it, after midnight, I will completely disappear from your world, isn’t it better for your heart? )

    (Finally, I want to say to you, Brother Wolf, thank you because I can spend the rest of my life with you.)

    (Also, Brother Wolf, goodbye!)

    Brother Wolf almost smashed his phone when he saw the last word. Do you think this confession can just change the law? You even wrote it as if it is your last sentence, are you serious?!

    “What’s wrong with her??” Brother Wolf stood up, picked up the comfortable Hat who was dozing off on the sofa in the living room, and scolded it fiercely, “You wrote a letter and that’s your last word?”

    “Do you think I’ll forgive you if you write a letter like this?” Brother Lang walked to the writing board aggressively, pointed at the writing board, and said, “What you said just now is just the content for the treatment and of course I’m here to cooperate with the treatment. You thought I was treating you in a kind of special way? How special do you think you are? And that 100 million is because I have a lot of money. What with this ‘the rest of my life’ bullshit, you are so shameless!”

    “Meow~~” ( Who is it on the phone?)

    “Am I scared? I’m not sure.”

    “Meow~~” (Do you believe that in your mind?)

    “I shouldn’t have fallen for your tricks when I met you.”

    “Meow~~” (You don’t care about her, so why did you fall for her tricks.)

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    Yes, if I don’t care about her, so why do I care about her tricks? Why even care whether her legs are injured or not? It also doesn’t matter if she hasn’t eaten for a day.

    The most difficult thing for people is to deceive themselves. Brother Wolf cannot deny that when he saw those last words, he felt panic and fear in his heart. He felt like there was this indescribable worry and discomfort that he had never experienced before.

    At this moment, Brother Wolf had to admit that Little Red Riding Hood’s conspiracy might have succeeded.

    Brother Wolf looked at the writing board again. From the first day until the twenty-fifth day, he suddenly realized that the twenty-fifth day was empty.

    Brother Wolf looked at the blank space and picked up the marker involuntarily, but he didn’t know what to write after picking up the pen, because everything was always written by Little Red Riding Hood.

    Further down was the twenty-sixth day: Like Little Red Riding Hood.

    Brother Wolf is a very rational person, the kind of person who knows what he needs. He’s also the kind of person who knows what to do to achieve what he needs and is extremely motivated to work things out.

    For example, the first time he found out that he got depression, he instantly knew that he needed to see a psychiatrist, so he actually went to see one. But when Brother Wolf was still depressed after the treatment, he began to listen to his inner voice again. When his heart told him that he wanted to commit suicide, Brother Wolf did not hesitate to commit suicide.

    It’s just that there was always that one woman who always appeared, again and again, even stopping him from committing suicide at the cost of her life. At that time, Brother Wolf thought, this woman is so annoying. Why not eliminate her before committing suicide, so there is a 25-day agreement.

    It was already 0:20 a.m, it was the twenty-sixth day, and his agreement with this woman had ended twenty minutes ago. Brother Wolf listened to his heart again, and his heart told him that this woman’s conspiracy seemed to have succeeded.

    So what should Brother Wolf do after he had fallen for the woman’s conspiracy?

    “Okay, I’ll give you another chance and see what you want to say when you come tomorrow.” Brother Wolf poked Hat with his fingers and went back inside the bedroom with Hat in his arm, sleeping.

    However, on the second day. The sun was still bright, as usual. Hat was feeling very cold, the breakfast was on time, and the taste was still delicious, but why was Brother Wolf still waiting for someone?

    It’s just that nine o’clock had passed, ten o’clock had passed, eleven o’clock had also passed… Finally, the sun went down.

    Brother Wolf’s mood changed from being arrogant to hopeful, from hopeful to annoyance, from annoyance to anger…

    Then the next day, the time still started in the morning, and then another day passed in a blink of an eye.

    Brother Wolf was still angry.

    Until the third day, Little Red Riding Hood still did not appear.

    Brother Wolf’s mood gradually changed from anger to irritability and unease with a trace of grievance.

    What’s the matter with this woman? Why doesn’t she appears anymore?

    Brother Wolf took out his phone and looked at the last message Little Red Riding Hood sent him: (I will completely disappear from your world.)

    (Thank you because I can spend the rest of my life with you.)

    Little Red Riding Hood, which of these two sentences is true?

    Brother Wolf felt that he need to ask something to understand the situation, so he finally made the first call to Little Red Riding Hood after three days of waiting. Don’t you just want me to take the initiative to contact you, so I will grant your wish.

    “Sorry, the phone number you dialed is no longer available, please check…”

    Dead number? Brother Wolf couldn’t help looking at the number he had dialed. It was actually a dead number? Did she even cancel the phone number?

    Brother Wolf instead sent WeChat on his mobile phone: (You are no longer a friend of the other party.)

    Did she delete me from her contact? How dare someone delete Mr. Lang from their WeChat?

    Very well, Little Red Riding Hood, do whatever you want.

    Brother Wolf threw his hand fiercely and smashed the phone directly on the wall.

    Bianhua Hospice.

    After sleeping for three full days, Little Red Riding Hood woke up on a sunny afternoon. Looking at the familiar room, the familiar furnishings, the familiar window, and the familiar voice outside the window, Little Red Riding Hood quickly realized that she was not dead.

    “I’m not dead? I’m not dead?” Little Red Riding Hood sat up from the bed in disbelief, because she got up too violently, and because she hadn’t eaten for several days, Little Red Riding Hood felt a little dizzy.

    However, this dizziness was nothing compared to the joy of being reborn. Little Red Riding Hood put on a jacket and walked out of the room excitedly.

    “Xiao Ming.” Little Red Riding Hood saw Xiao Ming who was about to go downstairs before taking a few steps.

    “Yo, you woke up.”

    “Xiao Ming, I’m not dead, I’m not dead.” Little Red Riding Hood excitedly said.

    “If you don’t die, then you don’t die. It’s just a matter of time.” Xiao Ming said perfunctorily, “I still have something to do. If you are hungry, go to the restaurant to eat.”

    Little Red Riding Hood blinked, why did she feel that she never actually die? This matter, Xiao Ming’s reaction is too dull?

    “Yo, you woke up.” Maybe Cao Nuo has a bigger reaction.

    “Cao Nuo, I’m not dead, I’m alive.” Little Red Riding Hood continued to be excited.

    “I know, I know, keep working hard, I’ll go to the garden first.” Cao Nuo also left.

    “……” That’s it? After all of that, she showed an expression of surprise. Was it all fake when I saw you running over in a hurry before I fainted?

    “What are you doing standing in the middle of the corridor? Blocking the way.” Wu Ge avoided Little Red Riding Hood in disgust and went downstairs directly.

    “Wu Ge, I…” Before Little Red Riding Hood finished speaking, Wu Ge disappeared.

    Little Red Riding Hood now suspects that she may not have survived, and this must be hell. That’s why everyone was so indifferent.

    “Awake?” Bai Xue came over with a bowl of porridge. “I guess you’re not fully awake yet. I’ve prepared white porridge for you. Let’s eat.”

    “Bai Xue.” Little Red Riding Hood hugged Bai Xue, “You’re still your best, woo woo…”

    “You just woke up, so drink this bowl of porridge. After that come downstairs and take pictures with us.” Bai Xue patted Little Red Riding Hood on the shoulder comfortingly.

    Little Red Riding Hood was really hungry, so she took the porridge in Bai Xue’s hand and devoured it. After drinking half a bowl, Little Red Riding Hood asked with interest, “Take a photo, what kind of photo?”

    “Memorial photo!”

    “Pfft! !” Little Red Riding Hood spit out a mouthful of white porridge.

    Am I dead or alive?