Willing to Accompany by the Gentleman’s Side

“Dong ____”

　　“Dong ____”

　　“Dong ____”

　　When Yi Xun arrived at the altar, it was exactly midnight. The clock on the hilltop struck the hour. 

　　He saw a familiar figure standing by the altar and softly called out: “Ling.”

　　A young man threw the paper in his hand into the fire and turned his body around. While smiling, he replied: “Ah Xun, I knew you would come.”

“I’m sorry, Ling, I’m sorry. I’m such a bad person. How could I forget you! Ling, I’m sorry for coming so late.”

　　When Yi Xun’s voice just landed,  Ling’s tears had already fallen.

　　Not late, not even one bit late. 

　　“Ah Xun, actually, after I wrote those letters, I was in a state of confusion. In the end, should I have not written those letters to you? But later, feelings defeated reason. I wished to see you again. Even if it was for the very last time.”

　　Ling: “Ah Xun, I missed you.”

　　Yi Xun walked forward and with both hands clasped his face. Then gently and cautiously wiped the tears from his eyes. After that, he held him in an embrace. “Ling, I really missed you too. I missed you so much, till the point I almost went crazy.”

　　“Ling, don’t leave me again, okay?”

　    “Ah Xun……. You know that it’s impossible. The energy inside me is no longer enough to support my body to operate normally. I don’t have enough power anymore…….”

    　“Ling, no! If you didn’t save me that year, then you wouldn’t……. die. It was all my fault.”

　　“Ah Xun, how could you think that way? Even if I didn’t save you at that time, I would still disappear. Besides, I had to save you, protect you, it was my life’s goal. It’s just a shame that your body has not fully recovered even now.”

　　“Ling…….”

　　“Ah Xun, be happy, from the very beginning, I was a person who was destined to die. I want to thank you for leaving a piece of treasured memories in my very long life.”

　　“I liked you from the very first time I saw you, straight away. I liked your recklessness, I liked your free smile, that’s why I picked you.”

　　“Even if later on I had to leave this life and disappear when I died, I have never regretted it.” 

　　“Meeting you is the greatest luck in my life.”

　　“Ling.” Yi Xun took a deep breath and said the words buried inside his heart.

　　“I love you, really truly love you.”

　　Ling replied with a smile: “Me too ah, but this time we really have to say goodbye.”

　　Yi Xun’s complexion suddenly turned deathly white. Ling caught sight of the tears that came out from his eyes. 

　　He remembered Yi Xun once said, to become a person who did big things, one must sever all kinds of feelings. Tears, this thing, he did not need. Yet, this was his fortune.  

　　Ling softly kissed Yi Xun’s face and happily laughed. 

　　“My entire existence was against natural law. Right now, I am actually very thankful because it let me meet you.”

　　“Ah Xun.”

　　“I love you.”

　　Suddenly …

　　Ling’s body, like the bright white moon in the East, gradually faded until there was nothing left.

　　It had disappeared.

　　What remained was just Yi Xun, a single person.

　　In the extremely vast darkness, he wept without making any sound. 

        On this Earth, there wasn’t any mountain god. The so-called mountain god was just a soul. Consuming one’s own small power to come and bless the people in this place. And also, was his most beloved person.