Chapter 37 - 1.34

The world stole her from him. Right before they were going to be united as a married couple, Xu Jiaqi's life was taken away from her.

He fell into despair, and the surrounding people who once buzzed over the incident couldn't help but grow silent as well, not wanting to say a single word to the man.

Help came after a few minutes, and that was already a fast time, but what use was there? The woman's life was gone.

Her pulse was unable to be felt, and she no longer breathed. On her face was a serene smile that seemed to depict a happy end, but what about him? What about him, who was left on this world with this scar?

How was he supposed to live after the one he was obsessed with, the Xu Jiaqi who accepted his obsession fully, left him so early into their lives?

Xu Jiaqi was dead.  With it, Qin Zicheng also 'died'.

In the end, the man did not budge at all. Xu Jiaqi's parents recovered after a long time, and they grieved together. Li Jiayun was the most affected. Her prized daughter that she wanted to be strong so that she could protect herself was taken down like this, but who on Earth could have predicted that this kind of thing would happen?

However, before they would even be able to repay the culprit with vengeance, someone would beat their turn by a thousand miles. And that certain someone was of course, Qin Zicheng.

Bai Mengxue, Zhou Yuan, and Hu Jingtian were all caught and destroyed after being tortured over extended periods of time. Qin Zicheng was very brutal in his moves, he spared no one out of their cliques and cleaned up everything until there would no longer be traces of those people's lives. The law could not touch him when he was serious.

He spent so many days personally harming the trio that led to the destruction of Xu Jiaqi's life. If it wasn't for them, Xu Jiaqi wouldn't have to die. He investigated the story, and it turned out that everything started from this vile woman's pointless jealousy. Because of her. She was the one who got jealous, became envious, and later blamed Xu Jiaqi for everything. Even though she was the one to start it all.

Wasn't it selfish? It was. Very selfish.

Qin ZIcheng's hands were stained with blood, but it didn't quench his anger.

He took care of the Xu company and created a joint cooperation with his own. It was a very big move. Linking the Xu and the Qin company. Xu Zheng approved of this because he was also tired and no longer had the spirit to deal with the company after suffering a heavy blow from Xu Jiaqi's death. He trusted Qin Zicheng after seeing how hard the man protected his daughter.

Qin Zicheng's purpose to take in the Xu's work was because he was the firsthand spectator of how Xu Jiaqi aggressively cleaned the company up. To him, the company must be something that she wanted and treasured, so he would naturally also take charge of it in her stead.

Qin ZIcheng never fully let go of his grief.

Not even time could heal his heart.

Everybody told him that it was best for him to forget about the hideous event that day, but how could he do that?

Forget about Xu Jiaqi?

The silhouette of the charming woman that he held within his arms as she passed away was fully imprinted within his heart, leading him to not be able to move on and lend his heart no another. To this fact, Old Madam Qin was rather displeased at first, but it wasn't like she couldn't understand.

Since Qin Zicheng was a child, he had never known a thing called 'romance'. He was able to manipulate emotions like an expert, but he couldn't comprehend what was love.

Xu Jiaqi changed this, but no other person could replicate even a single dot of Xu Jiaqi's aura, the very thing that plucked his heartstrings.

Xu Jiaqi was buried in a special sanctuary that Qin Zicheng created for the woman.

In his eyes, Xu Jiaqi was never dead. She was only sleeping. She told him that she was tired before she closed her eyes.

The woman was only sleeping, recovering, and biding her energy until the time was right and she could rise back up.

Until that time, he would wait patiently beside her. Visit her everyday, take care of her, sleep beside her, love her forever.

If he had known that love was this kind of constricting emotion..

No. He would willingly jump back into the hellhole that is falling in love with Xu Jiaqi. It was as if his very soul asked for it.

True love is blind just like that.

He knew how bad his state has become, but he never regretted it. Xu Jiaqi's impact on himself was that bad, and even he couldn't begin to state the first thing that made him fall in love with her.

Perhaps, Xu Jiaqi was a witch that cast a love spell over him. That was why she was able to stay on his mind for so long even though all these years have passed.

All that he knew was that he was blind. Blinded by love, by the Xu Jiaqi that would be eternally preserved and taken care of under his hands.

Today, he came to the sanctuary like he always did. For decades, he never missed a single day of visiting Xu Jiaqi's resting place. The place was very cold in order to maintain Xu Jiaqi's preserved corpse, but Qin Zicheng was so used to the cold sensation that it did not bother him at all.

He sat down beside the transparent casket which was attached to a machine that Qin Zicheng searched for all around the world for someone to make it for him.

"Qiqi.. I have grown old. I have waited for so many years, and I also became tired.. May I sleep beside you? Let's wake up together one day.." Qin Zicheng's youth was no longer in place.

Wrinkles formed all around his face and body, and his hair had already became white. He was an old man without an heir to continue his legacy.

The Qin company had long been given to a person that Qin Zicheng had prepared long ago. Before he met Xu Jiaqi, he was already planning to grow old and die alone, so he took care of an adoptive child for him to nurture and one day give his legacy to.

This decision was at first denied by the people when he revealed the child's existence, but since Qin Zicheng protected this child, and he showed his skills, the loud mouths were silenced bit by bit.

"I have taken care of everything.. I left it neat. Aren't I such a good man? Qiqi.. I want to hear your voice one last time. One last time.. Just once," Qin Zicheng came here for one reason. It was because he already felt like his body was dying, and knew that his end was near.

Thus, he came back here to meet his loved one. To 'rest' beside her.

"Qiqi.. Let me rest with you. I'm sorry for not following you right after you went away,"

It was only when he was also at the death's doorstep that he finally admitted that Xu Jiaqi was gone.. There was no longer a need to keep up the facade that he had maintained for so long, the lies he fed himself in order for him to not break down entirely.