After revealing the truth, the days that followed felt like a dream for Zoe and Yuzhen. A life that had always seemed so distant, so painfully out of reach, had finally come together. For the first time, they were living the happiness they once only dared to imagine.
But happiness never stays for long.
Zoe had begun to notice the changes—his body growing weaker day by day, the faint but undeniable signs that his time was drawing near. No matter how much he tried to ignore it, reality whispered its warnings in every breath he struggled to take.
He should have told Rui. As his brother, Rui deserved to know. But knowing himself… knowing the weight of the consequences brought by his existence, Zoe chose silence. He had already ruined one lifetime for Rui; he could not bear the thought of destroying another. That was something he would never forgive himself for.
That night.
