155: The truth

The truth

The act proceeded further showing glimpses of Qin Yan's previous life with Xi Ting. Xi Ting was surprised by the play in front of him. Subconsciously, his eyes were filled with tears thinking of his cookie.

Qin Yan had shown that moments in the play which were only known by her and Xi Ting. This all was done to make him believe that she only was Mo Ran.

The last scene was up. The drapes opened again and a man was lying in a pool of blood on the floor. He was none other than Xi Ting. A lady ran towards him, "Moonpie!!!" she called out anxiously.

Unfortunately, the man was unconscious and could not reply to the girl's call. Xi Ting subconsciously held Qin Yan's hand tightly at this time. He couldn't imagine the state his cookie was in at that time.

On the stage, the lady shook her head to come back to her senses. She could not get emotional right now. The most important thing now was to take out the bullet from Xi Ting's body.

She was on the field that time and didn't have any time to transfer him to the hospital, so she performed the surgery on the spot. It was the most risky surgery she had performed as there was no disinfection and nothing else. No precautionary measure could be taken and the risk of getting infected was very high.

The lady still performed the surgery on the man and just as she sewed up his wound, a bullet came out of nowhere and hit her. This was the time when the man opened his eyes for a few seconds when he saw his best friend getting shot.

Maybe it was a god's will that the man became conscious for just that period of time. His mouth shaped into the word Cookie, but no sound came out of his mouth when he saw her breaths getting shallow and stop.

Her heart stopped beating and the man fainted again of shock.

In the arena, Xi Ting's face was filled with tears. Qin Yan also couldn't stop crying. Both of them had faced death at that time. Qin Yan had faced her own death, while Xi Ting had faced the death of his loved one.

Normally, Xi Ting was a stoic man as if he did not have any feelings or emotions. But right now, he was crying like a child. This was the biggest blow that he had gotten in his life.

As both of them were adjusting their emotions, their hands held together, the drapes opened again showing Mo Ran's death on one side and a fat ugly girl lying on a hotel bed on the other side. This was the previous Qin Yan.

At this moment, a jade pendent was highlighted on both the girl's bodies. As soon as Mo Ran took her last breath, the jade pendent on her neck glowed incessantly. At the same time, the jade pendent on the fat ugly girl's neck also glowed in the same manner.

Xi Ting was stunned by the scene in front of his eyes. He was not able to comprehend anything.

Just as he was thinking of what was happening, Mo Ran's body slumped and she died then and there. On the other hand, Qin Yan opened her eyes suddenly.

Her eyes were hazy as if she was not able to understand what was going on. The thoughts that emerged in her mind were also depicted by a voice in the play.

'What is going on? Where am I? Wasn't I treating moonpie when I was shot? Why am I not dead?' As she thought of these things, she couldn't help but frown seeing her body.

The play ended when Mo Ran understood that she had transmigrated into Qin Yan's body.

*

Xi Ting sat on the chair in a daze. Qin Yan turned to look at him and as she glanced at him, her heart skipped a beat.

'Is he not able to accept the truth?' she wondered.

At some point of time between the play, their intertwined hands got separated. Qin Yan's anxiety rose even more.

Xi Ting got up from his seat and turned to Qin Yan, "Let's go back!" he said with a straight face.

Qin Yan then got up and nodded before leaving the auditorium with him. All the way to their house, none of them said a single word. The car returned back to Peaceful Retreat in silence.

*

In Xi Ting's condominium.

Xi Ting changed his shoes and sat on the couch in a daze. He still could not accept what he saw. He needed time to digest this fact.

Qin Yan sat beside him, afraid to leave him alone for even a single moment. She was afraid that any illogical thought would erupt in his mind and she would not be there to clarify his doubts. She was also afraid that he would treat her as a monster, so she wanted to spend time with him now.

After a while, Xi Ting turned towards Qin Yan and looked at her deeply.

"Do you believe it?" Qin Yan asked hesitantly.

Xi Ting smiled and said, "I believe it."

Qin Yan was stunned. "Be more serious!"

"I didn't say it to please you," Xi Ting said seriously, to show Qin Yan that he was not joking with her. "Isn't there such a thing as the reincarnation of the Living Buddha? The previous generation's Living Buddha would calculate the rough position of his reincarnation before his death, so after his death, people could go and find his reincarnation."

"There are also many other examples from all around the world that prove that there are some people who can remember their past life," Xi Ting said, "Your case is only somewhat different from this, but if all this could happen, how could soul transfer not happen?"

He then pulled Qin Yan over and hugged her as she sat on his lap.

"I promise you, no matter when, no matter what happens, I won't let go," Xi Ting said. "I will hug you like I'm doing right now. No matter what happens, if I let go even the slightest bit, I will be a bast*rd."

Qin Yan laughed at his words.

It was very rare to hear Xi Ting cussing.

In the end, though she rarely heard it, he was actually cussing himself.

"Why didn't you tell me all this at the start?" Xi Ting asked Qin Yan.

Qin Yan hugged him and said, "I was afraid that you won't believe me, that you'd think that this matter was just a fantasy. Even if you believed it, you would look at me differently. So I didn't dare to talk about it all along."

Xi Ting gazed at Qin Yan angrily, "You didn't believe in me!"

"I'm sorry." Qin Yan capitulated obediently. "I just thought that whoever hears this, they'd think it's really quite ridiculous. If they heard it, they would feel scared and get goosebumps all over."

Qin Yan mumbled, "I also didn't think that your tolerance level would be so high."

Xi Ting scoffed and said, "It's not that I have a high tolerance, it's because this happened to you. No matter how mystical a situation, if it happened to you, I will be able to accept it. My stance is very simple—that no matter what happens, as long as you are fine, as long as you are by my side, there's nothing I can't accept."

"Thank you," Qin Yan said in a small voice and hugged him tightly.

She knew all along that this man was exceptionally good.

But now, she felt that this man was ridiculously good!

He could even accept such a thing and not think there was anything bad about it, and he did not shun her either.

It made her previous concerns and struggles look so silly.

"So, no matter what happens next time, you have to tell me. Don't be afraid. As long as you can accept it, I can accept it too," Xi Ting said.

"Okay." Qin Yan nodded somberly.

Xi Ting hugged her tightly, burying his face in the crook of her neck, inhaling deeply.

Qin Yan laughed casually.

To her, the most arduous part was already over.

Xi Ting did not even suspect her for a second. He trusted her and accepted her so completely.

He accepted it so naturally and so logically.

He did not treat her like a monster.

He did not distance himself from her and look at her with a strange expression.

He even hugged her arms and did not let go for a moment. He even hugged her tighter.

On the other hand, Xi Ting's feelings were different. Thinking of how he had lost her once, a wave of paranoia suddenly rose in Xi Ting's heart.2

As if, if he was not careful, he would lose her again.

Living once more was like a mystery within a mystery, a thing that was beyond human control.

At the same time as Xi Ting thanked the heavens, he felt a sense of helplessness.

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