He broke that promise

The year 2022

The thunder cracked as it rained heavily. Chaos erupted everywhere and people could be seen screaming and running for their lives.

In the middle of the road lay a young lady in her twenties covered in a pool of blood. Everyone might see this as an accident but only she knew that it was aimed at her, she could feel pains on every side of her body.

It was a rainy day, and she was going to meet her boyfriend Bai Yue. Their first encounter took place on a rainy day when they met under a shelter. She remembered everything vaguely, she was a high school student at that time. From the first day she laid her eyes on him, she knew she had fallen in love. Today was their eighth anniversary as a couple but she met her untimely death. Looking at the fuss around, she knew the person who had her killed, it was Zhao Yu, her so-called best friend.

Lying on the ground, her blood still kept flowing and soon darkness started taking over her vision. She heard the sound of an ambulance and some voices coming nearer before she blacked out.

Shen Xi woke up in the middle of the night feeling very weak, why did she just not die? Did Bai Yue find out? if he did, he must be very sad to find out she had an accident. As she straightened herself, she saw a body next to her covered from head to toe which meant that must be a corpse. She sat up and was curious to find out who was behind the sheets, she just felt some familiarity.

Mustering courage, she removed the sheet off the person's face when she froze.

'No...no...this could not be happening, he should not be the one, how could it be? he was supposed to be waiting at the restaurant, why did he have so many gunshot wounds on his body?' Shen Xi shaped her head vigorously not wanting to accept what was right before her. That...that person was Bai Yue. Tears streamed down her face as she reached out her hands to caress his face. What happened to their promise to stay with each other forever? why did he have to break that promise?

Forgetting about the pains, she walked weakly to his side and knelt by him as she wailed.

"Bai Yue, Bai Yue you can't just leave me like that, how am I supposed to live without you? You told me not to ever break that promise, why did you break it?" she shook him vigorously and cried onto his chest.

"Bai Yue, come back, don't leave me, come back here, you can't just leave me" she hit his chest and looked at his motionless body.

"Bai Yue, do you...do...you... rem...remember how we first met? It was a rainy day and my parents didn't come to pick me up...I...I took shelter under the cherry blossoms tree before you walked over with your bag over your head, do...do...I...I never told you but...I fell in love with you on that day, you were my first love, now tell me did you also fall in love with me at that...at that time? I'm sure...you...you did right? remember you told...you told me that you would al...always listen to me so I'm telling you to back to life now"

Hearing the commotion in the ward, the nurses rushed in but seeing the pitiful sight they didn't dare approach the beautiful lady who was in tears, this scenario was too sad.

The nurses stood rooted as they heard the lady talking to the dead man about everything they shared, tears flowed down their faces as they couldn't control their emotions, the scene was too heartbreaking.

Shen Xi didn't notice them and continued rambling to Bai Yue amidst tears, she would shake him to see if he had come to life but would be disappointed seeing him motionless and lifeless.

"B...Bai Yue are you really dead? Am I not going to see you smile at me again, I'll miss your voice especially when you're coaxing me and when you feed me, but one thing is for sure my heart is for you only" she looked at the lifeless body as she seemed to accept the fact that he would never wake up. She held his hands and fixed hers into his and lied to him.

"I promise to never let go" she muttered as she fell asleep.

The nurses watched her and not wanting to disturb her, they stepped out with red eyes.

Outside the ward...

Zhou Yu was scratching her head like crazy, she fought so hard to get closer to him but that brat Shen Xi! had killed him, if Bai Yue was not a life then Shen Xi did not deserve to live as well.