novelraw Chapter 148 - Why did he die?
Chapter 148 - Why did he die?
Inside the dark prison room, a man was standing in front of a mirror, staring at his own reflection.
He wiped the bloodstain that dripped on the side of his lips. His left eye was swelling and had a purple coloration around it.
He lost so much weight, there was no chubbiness in his body anymore. He even couldn't eat well despite having daily food rations.
Damn it! Damn it all! Ever since he was placed in prison, every day was endless suffering for him. No one was helping him. Even the guards on duty were turning a blind eye on the beatings he received from the other prisoners.
Sometimes, it was the guards themselves that were making fun of him.
Oh, how he wished for it to end. He promised inside that once he gets out of that filthy place, he was going to make everyone pay!
His thoughts of revenge were disturbed when he heard the metal clang.
"3405, someone wants to see you." The guard said indifferently.
Wang Hao turned and saw the lean guard, looking coldly at him.
"Who...?" He curiously asked. He wasn't receiving any visitors for months. Even his wife and daughters didn't visit him.
He knew that they were being careful, especially when there were people that were carefully guarding their steps so he couldn't blame them
"A woman."
In an instant, Wang Hao's eyes were filled with hope thinking that it was his wife. It has been so long since she visited him. If she was there, that could only mean that she already has a plan on getting him out, right?
Wang Hao followed the guard and went to the visiting area. Handcuffs were placed around his wrists before he was allowed to enter the room.
He saw the woman's back, she was sitting in a wheelchair and beside her was a man in a suit.
"Anhao..."
What happened to her? Why was she in a wheelchair?
He approached her, a guard following behind. When he saw the woman's face from the side, his eyes widened in disbelief.
"Mu Xijiu...? I... Impossible!"
Mu Xijiu turned her cold gaze to the man standing at the side, looking at her in horror as if he has seen a ghost. She let out a chilly smile, a smile so familiar, the smile Shi Enxi once showed him.
"Brother-in-law, how do you do?"
"H-how can this be? W... Why are you still alive?"
"I guess the god of death treasures me." The demoness chuckled, "He even blessed me by saving my son. Can you believe that?"
Mu Xijiu was pregnant during that accident so one can say that it can only be a miracle that she survived such an accident.
But only she knew what happened. It was because of Shi Fen's sacrifice that's why she was able to live with her son. Shi Fen used his body to protect her from the crash.
Ever since her memories returned, she could clearly remember her last moment with her husband.
...
(Flashback)
Shi Fen was lying on top of her, badly wounded. Glass shards were stabbed at his back.
"X-Xijiu..." His weak, raspy voice woke her up.
She squinted her eyes open, her sight blurry but she could see her husband's figure on top of her. "S-Shi Fen.."
He coughed out blood on the side, "I... I'm sorry..."
She rather be with him until death so she didn't even try moving away from him. Tears slowly rolled down her cheeks, she hardly whispered, "T-till... death do us part..."
It was alright for her to die, at least she could be with the one she loved. At least they were together.
She felt him place a hand on her tummy. Her sight was getting dark but she could make out the smile on her husband's lips.
Before she lost her consciousness, she heard his faint voice, "T... Tsuki ga... kirei... desu ne?"
Ah... Those words again... The same words he said during high school... The same words he told her before he left her back then...
She has always wondered back then what those words meant. Why would he always tell her 'The moon is beautiful, isn't it?' in Japanese? But after she married him, she finally found out what those words meant.
In Japanese, 'the moon is beautiful, isn't it?' actually means 'I love you.'
Ever since high school, he has always been confessing to her without her knowledge. He was her best friend. A best friend who loved and waited patiently for her.
Even after she got married to another man, even if she already has a child, he loved her continuously. He didn't care if she has a daughter or if she was a divorcee. Even if everyone was against them being together, he stayed strong for them. His love for her was so pure, so genuine.
He may be her second husband but he was the only man who truly loved and cared for her. The man who waited for so many years just to have her back.
Mu Xijiu thought that they were going to die together but, she was saved. The people who found them couldn't save her husband since he dealt the most damage in his body and lost too much blood.
She was in a coma for three years and when she woke up, she had no recollection of her past but.. why was it she felt so empty inside? As if something precious was taken from her?
Mu Xijiu only found out the reason behind it why after so many years.
It was because... She lost the love of her life.
Why? Why was she allowed to live? Why was she saved? Why can't they let her follow him instead?
The pain of losing someone, even if so many years have passed felt so fresh for her, it was so unbearable.
She was depressed for months. If not for her son, Shi Zhou, she would have killed herself already just to follow her husband.
But still... Why did he have to die? The man who showered her with kindness? She should be the one who died! Unlike Shi Fen, she was a woman with many sins. Shi Fen didn't deserve to die. A good man, a man who only showed kindness to others. A man who only knew how to love his family.
Why did he die?
Even at his last breath, he did everything just to save her. Fate was so cruel. Very cruel. Why did it allow her to meet him if, in the end, fate was just going to take him away from her?
It made her question so many things but among those questions, the biggest one was... Did she not deserve to be happy?