Epilogue
I woke up in the hospital.
But no one here seemed able to see me.
I could only wander like a lonely ghost.
All of a sudden, my gaze locked onto one spot and would not move an inch.
The girl in the wheelchair was pale as paper.
She sat quietly, watching the dead tree outside the window.
I could not tell what she was thinking.
I held my breath and inched closer to her.
She slowly met my eyes.
She glanced at the woman keeping watch not far away, a little confused.
"Can't she see you?"
I forced myself to steady my emotions.
I gave a low hum.
"None of them can see me."
Wen Yu lowered her long lashes. Her fingers curled slightly.
"Are you here to take me away?"
I froze for a second. "I don't think so."
She let out a breath and gave me a brilliant smile.
"Thank you."
In the days that followed, we became friends.
We had been talking happily when Wen Yu suddenly went quiet.
I saw envy and longing on her face.
I turned and saw a Paragliding ad playing on the TV.
A woman with her eyes shut was screaming her heart out in midair.
It was the kind of thing Shen Leyue would love, but Wen Yu—
I went rigid.
Wen Yu suddenly looked at me, her eyes bright and shining.
"Do you think people get a next life?"
"If there is a next life, I definitely have to try it once!"
My nose felt like it had been punched hard.
A sour, aching pain spread through my whole body.
I could barely breathe.
So that was when her love had started to fade.
Wen Yu said she did not like the wheelchair.
Wen Yu said she liked walking.
Wen Yu said she liked traveling.
Wen Yu said she wanted to try Paragliding...
And what had I done?
If I had been willing to go with her back then, would she have kept loving me?
Wen Yu waved a hand in front of my eyes.
"Are you okay?"
I looked at her slowly.
My voice was hoarse beyond recognition.
"You will. In your next life, you will have a healthy body. You will meet someone who will go with you no matter what you want to do. The two of you will be happy for a lifetime."
Wen Yu smiled, a little embarrassed.
After that day, her condition took a sharp turn for the worse.
In the operating room, the doctor shook his head helplessly.
Her gaze drifted to the side, as if she still had something to say.
I bent down to listen.
She was so weak she could only speak in a breath.
"Will that person be you?"
I froze.
I remembered what the System had said before I fell unconscious.
"How do you know you weren't given a chance to start over?"
My throat closed up. My vision blurred. I nodded hard, trembling.
Wen Yu held a smile and slowly closed her eyes.
At the same time, a mechanical voice surfaced in her mind.
"Host, greetings. Win Over System 003 is at your service!"
"Your mission target this time is Xie Yiheng."
...
Meanwhile, in the ICU ward.
The heart monitor let out a sharp alarm.
A tear slid from the corner of my eye.
My heartbeat gradually stopped.