By the time they reached the hospital, Zhou Kebai had already fallen into a deep coma.

　　He had lost too much blood and was immediately taken to the ICU for resuscitation.

　　Lin Chu was also taken away by the police who arrived.

　　...

　　Until the third day, Zhou Kebai finally woke up.

　　I walked into the hospital room, looking at him, feeling overwhelmed with many words stuck in my throat, but not a single word came out.

　　He looked very weak, pale as paper, yet still managed to force a smile.

　　"Nanzhi, as long as you're okay." I was filled with mixed emotions.

　　"...Why did you take that stab for me?" His eyelashes drooped, "I don't know, I just didn't want you to get hurt." Lin Chu's stab was aimed at my heart.

　　Thankfully, Zhou Kebai was tall, so it didn't hit any vital organs.

　　"What are you planning to do?" I suddenly asked.

　　Zhou Kebai quickly understood my meaning and smiled bitterly, "I'll just do whatever needs to be done, truthfully." "That was your wife in your past life, the one who gave birth to your child," I sat down on another bed.

　　He spoke softly, "But she killed you." I fell silent.

　　Zhou Kebai coughed a few times, the pain twisting his features momentarily.

　　Then he hoarsely said, "Nanzhi, I truly know I was wrong.

　　"I was so wrong before, if only-" His voice choked up, his lips trembling uncontrollably.

　　"If only I can change, would you be willing-" "I'm not willing," I interrupted him.

　　"You saved me, but in the past life, I died because of you.

　　We're even now.

　　"Even though you took a stab for me, it doesn't erase the harm you caused me before." His eyes turned red, and he bit down on his lip to hold back his tears.

　　"But Nanzhi, you once said that you would love me forever." Suddenly feeling exhausted, I sadly smiled, "Zhou Kebai, love can be exhausted.

　　"You spent ten years slowly wearing away my love for you." Zhou Kebai's face turned pale, full of panic and confusion.

　　"Shen Nanzhi, you can't do this.

　　It was you who said you loved me first." Before I turned to leave, I took one last look at him.

　　Zhou Kebai had become much thinner, and the hospital gown hung loosely on him.

　　Those eyebrows and eyes were still those of the boy I had once loved.

　　Only his soul had aged.

　　Maybe we did love each other, but the timing was off.

　　"But now," I whispered softly, "Zhou Kebai, I truly don't love you anymore." As I walked out of the hospital room, I could still hear his desperate cries.

　　"But Shen Nanzhi, what do I do? "What was the purpose of me being reborn, just to hear you say you no longer love me?! "I might as well have died in the past life!" I lowered my head, my eyes parched.

　　I could no longer shed tears.

　　Because those tears had dried up in the past life.

　　I took big strides away, leaving those mournful cries behind.

　　In the end, I could no longer hear them.