Chapter 295: 10.36: Die For You

[Song Suggestion: Play The Weekend – Die For you. Because it will hit hard]

"Master Long Zhen, we've successfully taken over the main road where Huang Family controlled for generations. You've successfully defeated your main threat, Master Long Zhen, congratulations," his subordinate reported the latest move Long Mafia family made to Huang Mafia family.

Long Zhen nodded and ordered, "Go order a big celebration for our family. This is a grand day."

"Yes, Master. Will you join us in this celebration?"

Long Zhen smiled bitterly. He still had to meet someone, the one that he truly loved and had haunted his dream every day, "I will have to meet your matriarch first. My future wife. If he joins, then so do I."

"Yes, Master Long," his subordinate left the office.

Long Zhen stared at the picture of James Grind that he framed on his office desk. It was the picture of James Grind holding a baby, the son of Long Zhen's business partner, when they attended a party together.

James Grind seemed to have a great affection for babies and kids in general. Which ignited this heartwrenching feeling in Long Zhen's heart.

Long Zhen slammed the table and cursed himself, "Long Zhen, you are a fucking idiot!"

It was his fault to fall into that cheap trap set by Huang Shu. He was truly in love with James Grind, but he didn't want to touch him because he wanted to clear his name first and marry James Grind, then they could consummate on their first night.

However, Long Zhen was still a man with a high sex drive. He got tempted when a beautiful woman came to him one night at a party. At first, Long Zhen just entertained her by not kicked her away. But once the woman gave him a drink, the drink had been drugged with an aphrodisiac.

In the end, Long Zhen fell to the temptation and fucked that girl for a one night stand. Long Zhen felt ashamed and embarrassed, but he soon fell into this spiral when countless men and women came to him and offered a fantastic night.

It was a very usual thing for Long Zhen even before he met James Grind. As a mafia lord, he just needed to make sure that he didn't accidentally impregnate a woman. But now, since he had James Grind as his lover, he did this with the reason of…

He felt ashamed to sleep with James Grind. He didn't feel like he should touch such a pure man while he was drowning in this debauchery. So he tried his best to clean his name and already planned a marriage for him and James Grind, then he promised that he would leave everything.

Who would've thought that everything was just a trap set by Huang Shu to separate him from his lover?

"Jamie, I'm sorry. I know I've cheated on you. I know that I deserve to die. Do you know that I've never touched anyone after that night? I'm being faithful to you, Jamie. Please forgive me…" Long Zhen said while kissing James Grind's picture.

"I've defeated my nemesis. Now there is nobody that can stand between us. Wait for me, darling."

***

James Grind sat while feeding Mewro in the park. It was already six in the evening, and the park was empty. He sat on the swing while Mewro was eating near him.

He was enjoying his time alone until a black car suddenly parked near him. He knew the owner of that car. Thus, James Grind got up and intended to leave the park.

"Wait!" Long Zhen hurried towards James Grind and held his waist. "Jamie, please listen to me first—"

"Release me, Master Long Zhen. I don't want anything to do with you anymore," James Grind said coldly.

"No, You have to listen to me first. This is important because I don't want to be separated from you!" Long Zhen insisted.

"Why do I have to listen to you? You've decided to live your life as a mafia overlord again with many men and women. So I appreciate your choice and leave. There is nothing to talk about here."

"Jamie, I will confess about everything. I know this is my fault, but hear me first," Long Zhen's hand on James Grind's waist tightened. He didn't want to release his Jamie after so long. "Please listen to me first, okay?"

…

James Grind finally yielded and stood in silence. He didn't want to stare at Long Zhen, not because he felt sick of him. He was just afraid that his old feeling for Long Zhen emerged again. He already promised himself that he wouldn't get entangled with Long Zhen anymore.

Long Zhen took a deep breath and explained everything.

"Yes, that video Huang Shu showed… is true. I cheated on you, Jamie…"

"But at that time, I was drugged and fucked that woman with my consciousness barely there. After that, I feel too ashamed of myself. I feel ashamed to touch you and swore that we will consummate after our marriage."

"So I… I did it with many men and women, just like what I did even before meeting you… to satisfy my sexual urge. You can beat me, Jamie. You can beat me until my body cannot be recognized again, as long as you can forgive me…"

Long Zhen kneeled in front of James Grind, like a man repenting for his sin. He held James Grind's hand and kissed it ardently. Long Zhen's hand trembled as he could finally touch this soft hand again.

"I'm sorry, Jamie… I'm sorry…"

James Grind looked down on Long Zhen, who repented on him.

[Honestly, I understand his position. Long Zhen is a mafia lord with many lovers and flocked around him. Now that he needs to be with only one man, without the chance of having sex until marriage. I know that the temptation is a bit too hard on him.]

[Pupa: So, will you forgive him?]

[Me? No, I will not forgive him. At least, not with this kind of cheap begging. I'm not someone that can be easily swayed with tears.]

[Pupa: You act like an angel. We know that you have a lot of lovers in other worlds. Remember that you cheated with Taewoo? Urduk and Elduin?]

[… Maybe I'm also at fault. Perhaps I deserve to be hated by Master Han Ye. Pupa, what should I do if I find out that I was also a terrible person in my past life?]

[Pupa: Then you should repent. Just like Long Zhen.]

Long Zhen wished that his Jamie would forgive him now. But if he didn't, then Long Zhen would chase him to the moon and back until he forgave him.

James Grind sighed, "Get up, Master Long Zhen."

Long Zhen looked up and saw a trace of pity in James Grind's eyes. He thought he was finally forgiven. He got up and engulfed James Grind in his embrace, "Do you forgive me now? Jamie, please forgive me…"

…

James Grind didn't answer. But he slowly accepted Long Zhen embrace and hugged back. He rested his chin on Long Zhen's shoulder, enjoying the warmth they shared.

Long Zhen continued, "Don't worry about that bastard Huang Shu. I've already ruined his mafia family. He cannot come between us anymore. I've also cleaned my name, and I'm starting my honest businesses. This is for you, Jamie. I want our marriage to be perfect, and I want you not to get burdened with my previously dark life."

James Grind didn't answer, but he continued hugging Long Zhen in comfort until he saw someone with a black hoodie behind the tree. From this angle, only James Grind could see the guy.

[That is Huang Shu, right?]

[Pupa: Yes.]

James Grind saw Huang Shu had a gun that was directed at Long Zhen's back. James Grind could just warn Long Zhen to save him. But he closed his eyes and used his strength to turn their backs.

BANG!

"Urgh!" James Grind was shot in the back, directly penetrating his heart.

Long Zhen was dazed for a while until James Grind slumped from his embrace.

"Jamie!" He glared at Huang Shu, who was also shocked by this. He took out his gun and shot Huang Shu with deadly accuracy before dropping his gun.

Long Zhen propped James Grind and checked his breath, "Jamie, try to stay conscious! I will call the ambulance now!"

Long Zhen took out his phone, but James Grind, with all his remaining strength, held Long Zhen's hand, prevented him from calling the ambulance.

"Jamie…?"

James Grind smiled at Long Zhen and shook his head. He said in a low and hoarse voice, "Master Long… I forgive you, and I always love you…"

"But I hope we will never meet again because we hurt each other too much. Goodbye… Master Long."

[Pupa: Ding! Fatemeter increases to 100%. Congratulations host! May you have a good love life with the master of this world!]

[Pupa: Ding! Breakmeter increases to 100%. The world has been completed! Congratulations, host!]

Long Zhen saw James Grind closed his eyes slowly with a smile on his face. This time, Long Zhen finally realized that he had truly love James Grind.

Yet, he also truly lost him.

Because he fell in love, his soul body suddenly got sucked away in a wormhole. It was the sign that Long Shen had successfully completed his mission to find true love. Thus, he returned to real life.

***

"Ahhh, that's such a sad ending. I feel bad for James Grind and Long Zhen," Yunyu commented as he was floating in an empty space, a place before he transmigrated to another world.

Pupa was checking the next world and prepared itself before it got a notification.

Pupa checked the notification and was stunned.

"Pupa, what's the matter? Why are we delaying things here?" Yunyu asked while hugging Pupa.

"Look at this," Pupa said. It projected the picture of a very handsome man in his late twenties standing on top of a tall building. His eyes looked empty as he looked down.

Then without hesitation, he jumped from the top floor and died as his body hit the ground. Then the picture suddenly rewound. Now the guy was driving his car before he intentionally crashed himself on a high way and died in a horrible car accident. The pictures rewound over and over with many death scenarios.

Yunyu's mouth gaped when he saw this. He had a sense of familiarity, "Is that… Long Shen? What is he doing?!"

"Yes, apparently, after he returned back to his original world, which is a backup ragemeter world, like Taewoo and Kibum back then. He is in too much grief for you that he wants to meet you again."

"So he killed himself over and over in many situations, hoping that one death will take him back to that world as Long Zhen. So far, he had killed himself almost forty times, and all of them resulted in himself rewind the time. Because he had cleared his transmigration mission, forbidding him to return back to that agent and mafia world to meet James Grind again."

Pupa stared at Yunyu, demanding an answer, "You can just skip him. It is not your fault, and the mission is considered done. But he will do this forever, trapped in misery. His grief is too much. He cannot let you go."

"I know you don't want to forgive him for his cheating, but…"

"Let's save him," Yunyu said.

His eyes were full of determination. "I may not forgive him yet, but I don't want to torture him like this forever. I don't know if I can still forgive him because of my pettiness. But let's go, Pupa."

"… Good call, I commend you," Pupa prepared itself to transmigrate to the second backup world they were going to visit. Yunyu hugged Pupa and…

Poof!

They went to the second Ragemeter world to save Long Shen.