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nChapter 235 – Extra Story Two (2)

nMing Yu, this name was like fire and was imprinted on Xi Ze’s heart.

nNo language could describe his shock. In a world that was completely unfamiliar, in a world that he already identified as a dream, there was suddenly the most important and familiar person in his life. This feeling was really difficult to describe.

nXi Ze thought that he loved his mushroom so much he even thought about him in the dream.

nHowever, he saw the young man again in countless news stories.

nXi Ze didn’t know when their first real encounter was. The time flow in this world was very strange and he didn’t know how to find this youth. Therefore, he was amazed when he saw the young man in the crowd.

nAt this time, Ming Yu was only 16 or 17 years old.

nIt was the same age as when they first met, but Ming Yu gave off a different feeling.

nHe had a bright enthusiastic feeling, like the sun. This youth’s energy was very prosperous and he didn’t know how to control it. Whether it was a photo shoot of runway, light emerged from his whole body.

nThis was a good thing for a model but it would be better if he was more mature.

nSince their first meeting, Xi Ze followed this young man.

nHe was vaguely aware that something was wrong with this world but he didn’t know what the reason was.

nIn the dream, Xi Ze followed Ming Yu through many corners of the world. He watched the young man walk in a variety of shows and become a famous supermodel in China. He also watched this youth struggle in the strong European and American fashion circles. Due to the West’s unique aesthetics and the lacking protection of his country, the young man was unable to step forward.

nHe watched the youth gradually control the bright sun and become more mature. He saw the excitement the first time Ming Yu endorsed a big global name, as well as his grief and anger caused by racist Western models.

nThis person was 70~80% similar to his beloved, but he wasn’t as dazzling as his lover. He was like a jade being polished but he was already shining with radiance. Xi Ze chose to believe that one day, this young man would become his lover that everyone looked up to.

nAs Xi Ze expected, he saw this young man reach a turning point in his life when he was 20 years old. His career turned around and he experienced earth-shaking changes. He slowly appeared on the catwalks of the world’s major shows and endorsed a top global luxury brand.

nXi Ze knew what a valuable achievement this was for an Oriental model.

nHowever, Xi Ze knew that if this was his Ming Yu, the youth wouldn’t be satisfied and stop here.

nAs Xi Ze guessed, Ming Yu wasn’t satisfied with such excellent results. He was like a thirsty sponge that frantically absorbed moisture after touching the sea.

nHe was becoming more excellent and more beautiful. Once this youth gradually grew to match Xi Ze’s memories, Xi Ze fell silent.

nXi Ze was clever, careful and observant.

nHe shouldn’t do this but driven by intense curiosity, he secretly looked at this youth’s body. At first glance, Xi Ze knew that this wasn’t his Ming Yu. Ming Yu had a small black mole on his right shoulder. This Ming Yu didn’t have the same body.

nBut he also knew that this youth had really terrible cooking, he knew that this youth’s handwriting was really unbearable to look at apart from the characters ‘Ming Yu.’ This familiar dog writing was deeply engraved on Xi Ze’s heart, letting him start believing in other truths.

nWas this world really just a dream?

nIf this was just a dream, why was it so realistic? Would he have such a specific dream?

nAt the age of 22, Ming Yu became the world’s number one supermodel. Others only saw the bright and beautiful young man but Xi Ze saw the hidden sweat and hard work.

nTalented people might walk faster than others but this didn’t mean that talented people didn’t need to work hard. One of the scariest things in the world was a person who was more talented than you and who worked harder than you. Ming Yu was one of these people.

nIn this distinctly strong Western world, a Chinese person became the world’s number one supermodel.

nThe difficulty could only be imagined.

nOrdinary people couldn’t imagine Ming Yu’s efforts. While many supermodels struggled, this bright jade was polished and showed his unique light to the world.

nHowever, at this time, Ming Yu fell.

nAt the age of 23, he was diagnosed with spinocerebellar degeneration.

nIt was a disaster. In half a year, Ming Yu’s acquaintances started to grieve God’s injustice. He had just become one of the most dazzling people in the world, his peak years were just starting. Why did he have to encounter such a thing?

nMing Yu’s illness came suddenly and the outbreak was quite serious.

nIn half a year, his legs lost their function until he was confined to bed at 10 months. His ears gradually became unable to hear and his eyes lost their vision, making him blind after 1.5 years.

nThis supermodel, who once showed himself under the flashlights of the world stage, had now completely left the world.

nHe often got tinnitus and he couldn’t see. Other than his fingers and mouth, he couldn’t move. He was only 24 years old and this nightmare came quickly and seriously.

nFans all over the world wept for him.

nMing Yu wasn’t short on money. Whether it was the savings he accumulated over the years or the money raised by fans and friends, he had enough to invite the world’s best doctors for his treatment.

nBut no amount of money and love could withstand this terrible disease. At this moment, even the world’s number one supermodel was just an ordinary person. He lay in bed in silence all day, his vision dark and tinnitus roaring in his ears.

nHe could occasionally hear the voices of his friends but more often, it was just tinnitus.

nThe tinnitus was very annoying but when the tinnitus disappeared one day, the young man who had been strong for 20 months finally collapsed and cried.

nHis world was completely silent.

nThe infinite darkness was a cage that bound him. There was no light, no sound and his body couldn’t move. Only his mouth could make noises but he didn’t know what to say or who was listening.

nWas someone here when he talked?

nWhat did he say when he spoke?

nAfter completely losing his hearing, it was only a matter of time until he lost his speech.

nA young person of only 24 years didn’t have the ability to communicate with others. He was like the living dead with an angelic face. The pale and beautiful face seemed to have incited God’s jealousy as he could only sadly lie in a hospital bed, feeling bitter every second.

nXi Ze watched, never getting involved.

nHe watched Ming Yu after he became completely deaf, crying as if he would collapse the next second. He saw Ming Yu struggling to speak, gradually speaking an unknown language.

nXi Ze didn’t cry, he just kept watching.

nHe watched the young man begin a long silence after feeling despair, and then going on a hunger strike. He also saw that after three days of a hunger strike, the young man regained his enthusiasm and continued to live earnestly.

nFor today’s Ming Yu, living was torture.

nThe thing he needed most was death. He needed freedom but he overcame his weakness and desire to escape, instead living in this dark life.

nNo one could understand his world because he couldn’t do anything apart from breathing. His throat was out of control and he couldn’t speak. His ears were out of control and he couldn’t hear. His eyes lost its function and couldn’t see.

nHowever, he was still alive, smiling while living in an endless darkness.

nOnce his strength reached a certain point, it became an ode to life.

n『 The world kisses me with pain but I sing a song. 』

nAfter this youth began a great change, Xi Ze started shedding tears.

nIn Xi Ze’s life, he had seldom cried. He hadn’t shed any tears since he was young.

nWhen Ming Yu got sick and smiled in front of others while crying privately at night, Xi Ze didn’t cry. When Ming Yu gradually lost his body’s functions, Xi Ze didn’t cry. When Ming Yu completely lost the ability to communicate with the outside world and collapsed, Xi Ze didn’t cry.

nBut now that the young man chose to live alone in the darkness, Xi Ze finally cried.

nHe was crying with his lover.

nYes! This was his lover!

nAt the end of everything, Xi Ze finally decided that this person was his lover.

nThe body might not be the same and the appearance was difference, but this tenacity and optimism, the beautiful smile and curve of the eyes, they were all his lover!

nWhy did Ming Yu have to live so seriously when the world was treating him like this?

nWhat did he pay and what did the world give in return?

nWhy do he want to live so seriously? Death was the only relief!

nHow could he be so beautiful and so tenacious?

nIt wasn’t just appearance or temperament, it was his most beautiful soul.

nTogether, this was the Ming Yu he loved most, the love he was willing to die for.

nXi Ze’s tears couldn’t be seen by Ming Yu and his embrace couldn’t be felt by Ming Yu. Ming Yu could only feel the breeze blowing through the window and the breath of spring.

nWhile Ming Yu was optimistic, Xi Ze had collapsed.

nHe couldn’t tolerate his lover being so cruelly tortured that he could smile in this silent darkness. Why was he so cheerful? Why did he have to be hurt like this?

nThe 25 year old Ming Yu came to an abrupt end on a bright and warm spring morning.

nIn these days, Xi Ze had been curled up beside the young man on the bed, afraid to look at his lover. He didn’t have to eat or drink. He never showed any changes in the past few years watching this world. But once Ming Yu lost his world, he started to collapse.

nXi Ze didn’t notice Ming Yu’s abrupt departure until the ECG monitor suddenly sounded an alarm. the startled Xi Ze look up and stared sluggishly at the straight line for a long time.

nDoctors and nurses rushed into the ward, followed by Ming Yu’s friends.

nEveryone was ready for this day but once it really came, they cried desperately.

nMing Yu was an orphan without any parents. Once he was sick, he signed to donate his body’s organs. This disease was atrophy of the cerebellum, causing him to gradually lost control over every part of his body, eventually losing control of his heart and breathing, causing him to die.

nBut during this process, his ability to think never stopped. He could only watch as his body gradually weakened and he collapsed step by step. This was the cruelest part of the disease.

nOnce a white cloth covered Ming Yu’s face, Xi Ze couldn’t help kissing the lips.

nXi Ze was startled when he actually touched the lips, but it was only a shallow kiss and he could no longer touch his lover.

nThere was a trace of temperature on his lips, as if his lover had never left.

nXi Ze wept bitterly again, unable to control himself. HE guarded the young man’s body as he stayed in hospital all night. Finally, he watch Ming Yu’s friends send him into the fire, the body burning.

nEven after being gone for two years, once Ming Yu really passed away, fans around the world cried for him and media magazines mourned him. His funeral was very simple, only a few friends bowing in front of his tombstone.

nOn that tombstone, they left a photo of Ming Yu.

n『 Life is like the glory of summer flowers, death is like the beauty of autumn leaves. 』

n25 years was a short time. Xi Ze leaned on his lover’s tombstone and kept silent for a year.

nOne year later, this dream shattered and everything returned to a beautiful world.

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