CHAPTER 76

The wedding dress still lay quietly in the room on the third floor.

Li Jia crouched down, helping to arrange the hem of the gown.

Ye Chengxing vaguely sensed the Omega's actions. She realized that she had already revealed the fact that she couldn't see during their recent shower together.

She reached out and touched the texture of the wedding dress on her body, feeling a sense of nostalgia. "So, this is how it feels to wear a wedding dress..." This is how it feels to wear a wedding dress with the woman I love.

After this moment of reflection, Ye Chengxing paused and whispered, "Xiaoli, it must be troublesome."

She didn't make it clear, leaving it difficult to determine whether she was referring to the trouble of the wedding dress or the trouble she felt about herself in this state.

Li Jia's actions froze upon hearing her words. "How could it be? I'm happy to help you put on the wedding dress, sister."

Her voice seemed to carry a faint trembling.

"And I'm really happy to wear a wedding dress with you..."

"I'm especially happy..."

Ye Chengxing reached out and, as before, rubbed her hair, then hesitantly continued to caress her face.

She curved her lips, her long eyelashes fluttering with a shallow smile. "Me too."

In the midst of the cold winter and snow, the light outside the window grew brighter as the warm sun rose.

The warm dawn light spilled down, yet it seemed to carry a piercing chill.

On this lonely snowy day, they held a wedding that belonged only to each other.

Although Ye Chengxing didn't do anything, not even putting on the wedding dress herself—Li Jia helped her with it—just reciting the vows and wearing the wedding ring already triggered a strong sense of fatigue in her body.

Ye Chengxing heard the sound of Li Jia going to retrieve something and coming back.

After a momentary pause, she sensed something and suddenly awkwardly blocked herself.

"Wait, Xiaoli, don't take a picture of me."

It was almost an instinctive response.

As her words fell, a faint bitterness appeared at the corners of Ye Chengxing's lips. She knew she shouldn't have said that at this moment.

But, but...

Ye Chengxing spoke again, not wanting to use the same bitter tone as before. Even though she tried to make her voice sound cheerful, in reality, it wasn't much different from before. Her voice even started to tremble slightly. "Xiaoli, just this once, please remember me at my best. Don't remember me in my current state."

She was wearing a wedding dress, sitting on the bed, facing her direction almost pleadingly. Her eyes were open, but they seemed unfocused and distant.

The layers of the wedding dress cascaded down like flowing water along the edge of the bed, but they also seemed like invisible waves. Suddenly, a tremendous suffocating feeling overwhelmed Li Jia, almost drowning her.

She tried to speak, but her voice went silent. It felt as if something was blocking her throat, preventing her from uttering a single word.

Li Jia put down the camera in her hand and walked up to embrace Ye Chengxing.

It took a while before she finally felt capable of speaking.

She kissed her eyes, kissed the corners of her lips, and along with it, the tears that seemed unforgettable, as if they were stinging her: "No more pictures, sister. We won't take any more... Besides, in my eyes, you've always been the most beautiful."

Ye Chengxing listened to her voice, nodded, and parted her lips, then closed them again.

Her body felt uncomfortable, but the pain in her heart was even more intense.

Just like the words she blurted out earlier, she shouldn't cry now, but the tears were already unstoppable.

Those two sentences alone had already drained her physically, more than any other moment. There was no moment clearer to her than this that her time was running out.

But what about Li Jia?

What about the Li Jia after she was gone?

She loved her too much, and the pain that came with such intense love would undoubtedly be enough to consume herself.

Ye Chengxing could feel the fragile vulnerability hidden beneath the kisses.

She wanted to kiss her back, but her body seemed to have lost the strength even for that.

If only they could be together forever.

But where is eternity to be found?

Ye Chengxing felt Li Jia's embrace, and tears silently fell once again.

She was not afraid of death, even at this moment, she wouldn't regret her choice.

It's just a pity that she could only accompany Li Jia this far on their journey.

Although the physical exhaustion was strong, her spirits seemed fine today. Her consciousness remained clear, a rare occurrence without the usual drowsiness.

However, even with her good spirits, she couldn't eat anything, especially since Ye Chengxing had been receiving nutrients directly through injections during this time.

After giving it some thought, Li Jia had the robot bring out the dumplings she had prepared and stored in the smart storage room.

It had been a long time since she had seen Ye Chengxing maintain such a state of wakefulness. In her memory, the scenes of her sleeping had filled it—those scenes where she couldn't wake her up, and no matter what she said, she received no response. 

Frame after frame, they occupied her mind.

Currently seeing Ye Chengxing so vividly, Li Jia couldn't help but keep talking to her, but she also feared that she would tire her out. She kissed her ear and said, "Sister, lean against my chest, you don't have to respond to me."

After all, just watching her blink, seeing her smile lightly and clearly, was already enough.

The light outside the window dimmed as time passed, replaced by the illumination of the indoor lights.

But her world had long been engulfed in darkness, and she couldn't even feel the slight warmth from the Omega holding her.

The sensation of her life force continuously slipping away became even more rapid in an instant.She listened to her voice and blinked her eyes lightly.

She had long lost her sense of time. Although she managed to stay awake reluctantly today, it didn't seem to be New Year's yet according to her feelings.

However, the sense of exhaustion in her body became increasingly overwhelming, and her consciousness began to feel hazy and heavy.

Ye Chengxing gently tugged on the corner of Li Jia's clothes with her fingertips.

A strong premonition told her that if she didn't speak now, she might not have another chance to speak.

"Xiaoli." She called out, unable to determine the volume of her own voice. She could only do her best to open her mouth and speak.

Her voice was too weak, but her tone turned that faintness into a tender whisper.

Li Jia sensed something, and her whole body froze.

Ye Chengxing continued speaking softly and intermittently, "I feel like I'm falling asleep again. Xiaoli, if I fall asleep this time, I might not wake up again..."

This impending sense of death couldn't be deceived.

Her tone was calm, and after Ye Chengxing finished speaking, she paused for a second. The words she wanted to say gathered and gathered at the edge of her lips. She tried her best to make her voice sound with a gentle smile.

"Li Jia, from now on... live a good life, embrace that bright and beautiful future that belongs to you."

Li Jia listened to Ye Chengxing's voice in a daze, and the strength in the fingertip holding her clothes gradually weakened.

Ye Chengxing felt a drop of cool liquid fall on her neck. Her fingertip moved, trying to rub the Omega's hair as usual.

But with just that one movement, her hand fell down weakly.

A sense of powerlessness pressed upon her heart, and Ye Chengxing felt her consciousness dispersing more and more. She pursed her lips and spoke in an extremely faint voice, "I'm sorry, it seems like I've broken my promise again. We were supposed to celebrate the New Year together."

"But, please forgive me this time..." she murmured as she spoke.

The voice became fainter and fainter, and Li Jia watched as Ye Chengxing's lips moved silently, faintly discerning the word "love."

But the unfinished words of love were still left unspoken.

She entered into slumber once again.

Entering into the next slumber, where her life force would gradually weaken until she would never wake up again.

At the same time, outside the window, timed electronic fireworks burst into the sky. Colors bloomed one after another, turning into streams of light that fell like a magnificent dream.

The clock hand moved slightly.

The new year had arrived.

The dumplings on the table, taken out from the smart storage a long time ago, had turned cold in the bowl.

Li Jia remembered the bowl of dumplings. She glanced at it from the corner of her eye and suddenly burst into laughter, as if unable to hold it back.

She held her, watching the fireworks that had already ended outside the window.

The person in her embrace breathed so lightly, almost as if she had disappeared.

Li Jia reached out and caressed Ye Chengxing's cheek. "Sister, look, you taught me for so long, but I still haven't learned. The dumplings I made still leak filling. I'm so clumsy..."

"But now it's already the New Year in your world, sister. We celebrated the New Year together. I'm so happy."

Tears fell uncontrollably, drop by drop, landing at the corner of the Alpha's eye and seeping into the eyelashes, making her sleeping face look as if she were shedding tears.

Li Jia clasped Ye Chengxing's fingertips and gently placed her back on the bed.

"I'm truly happy to be able to wear a wedding dress with you and have you by my side for so long."

"This is already the beautiful thing I didn't dare to imagine."

She held the hand that wore a ring just like hers and picked up the knife that had been prepared long ago. Her expression couldn't be discerned whether it was a smile or a cry. "It doesn't matter if you fall into sleep. If you were still awake, you would definitely stop me, but now it's okay like this."

"Sister, you must still remember what I said before. I said that in my life, all the meaning I can feel is given to me by you."

Li Jia continued speaking while gradually lying down, as if she was about to embrace her.

"If I lose you, my life will become meaningless. But... you and I are different. I should never have entered your life."

"I've also thought later on, if we didn't meet in this way, it would have been better. But if it wasn't this way, I probably would have never met you."

The body began to uncontrollably tremble, and the pure white wedding dress was splattered with bright red bl0od.

She finally embraced her completely.

Li Jia closed her eyes, but a smile appeared on the corner of her lips. She spoke each word as if making a vow: "Li Jia promises to love Ye Chengxing forever. Even in death, I will not forget. Throughout eternity, we will only be each other's companions."

She kissed Ye Chengxing's lips, and her voice fell softly, almost inaudible.

"Sister, have a happy journey home."

On the soft bed, their equally pure white wedding dresses intertwined. They embraced each other, and the bl0od splattered in between seemed like roses blooming in winter.

...

[Beep... Current situation detected to be in accordance with... previous... beep... host's wish...]

[Automatic activation of the Wish Contract initiated——]

[Ding dong! The Wish Contract has been automatically activated successfully!]

BACK | TABLE OF CONTENTS | NEXT