Chapter 13: Su Ziyan! Move!

If a person can only lie in their dreams, isn’t their life a bit too pathetic?

Xu Duyan thought about her life this way, finally feeling drowsy as if she were really falling asleep.

“It would be great if this were really a dream.”

Actually, Su Ziyan was still that boy who would say he liked her with a smile, and everything that followed was just a dream.

Actually, the other party could forgive her, this despicable elder sister.

But she knew very well this wasn’t a dream; Su Ziyan had truly given up on her.

That wasn’t quite right. He hadn’t given up on her.

He was still her younger brother and would love her for a lifetime.

He just didn’t want to be with her anymore.

Xu Duyan felt like a big fool reaping what she sowed, liking him while her inferiority complex made her afraid to approach him.

While pushing him away again and again, she regretted it every night.

“If only it were a dream.”

Then she could recklessly say she loved him and spend a wonderful life together.

She would just keep sleeping then.

Until she heard a familiar voice calling her. Almost reflexively, she opened her eyes.

The smell of smoke and charred items filled her nose. As her consciousness returned, she finally recalled what happened.

Because she couldn’t stop crying, she had pulled over on the highway, but she didn’t expect a car driving the wrong way to crash straight into her.

The second before the car hit, Su Ziyan lunged over and hugged her tightly.

Damn it, was some person taking revenge on society?

As her mind cleared, Xu Duyan realized Su Ziyan was calling her name.

He was kicking open the deformed car door and dragging her out.

However, for some reason, his posture was strange. He was carrying her forward in a very bizarre manner.

Xu Duyan was almost lying across his arms, one leg still dragging on the ground with her high heel scraping along.

“I’m okay…”

She struggled to break free from Su Ziyan’s embrace and stood up.

Seeing this, the swaying Su Ziyan finally stopped calling her name.

“Are you okay…”

Su Ziyan’s voice was airy.

“As long as you’re okay…”

After speaking, he sat on the ground as if he had lost all strength.

A loud bang came from behind, making Xu Duyan tremble.

She turned to look and saw the deformed car door fall off the car and onto the ground.

The entire front of her car was crushed inward.

Seeing this, she patted her chest with lingering fear.

After such a violent collision, she and Su Ziyan weren’t dead, and she didn’t seem to have any major injuries…

“Younger Brother, you…”

Regaining her senses, she turned to look at Su Ziyan, but she froze.

Her voice felt stuck in her throat, unable to make a sound.

Su Ziyan was sitting on the ground with his back to her.

His entire back was charred black, covered in countless shards of glass and metal reflecting the firelight.

“What’s wrong?”

Hearing Xu Duyan’s voice, Su Ziyan struggled to support himself on the ground and turned around.

“Elder Sister, you weren’t hurt, right?”

His eyes looked as if something had slashed across them, and his sockets were filled with blood.

“My condition doesn’t seem very good…”

Su Ziyan said softly.

“Can you help me call an ambulance? I don’t think I can see.”

Xu Duyan stared blankly at Su Ziyan.

For a moment, she forgot how to breathe, nearly suffocating on dry land.

She quickly reacted, stepping forward to tear a piece of cloth from Su Ziyan’s tattered clothes.

“You… wrap your eyes first, hold them down…”

Her voice trembled as she spoke.

Then she took out her phone and pressed 120 with trembling fingers.

She had to press the three simple numbers two or three times.

Once the call connected, she used her calmest possible voice to report their address.

She knew she couldn’t show a hint of panic. Every second delayed was a betrayal of Su Ziyan.

After hanging up, she rushed to Su Ziyan’s back to help stop the bleeding, only to find the wounds were no longer bleeding.

The reason was simple: while dragging her from the car, his back had been charred by the flames erupting from the collision.

“Is my situation very bad?”

Su Ziyan, who was pressing on his eyes, asked.

“Elder Sister, why aren’t you talking?”

“No…”

“The crying in your voice, you can’t stop it.”

Su Ziyan said calmly.

“Elder Sister, can you talk to me more? I can’t see anything right now, and I’m very scared.”

“You know, ever since I was little, I’ve been most afraid of being alone.”

Xu Duyan, who had been forcing herself to remain calm, could no longer hold back.

Tears flowed uncontrollably from her eyes.

“It’s not that bad… really…”

Xu Duyan wanted to comfort him, but her sobbing voice wouldn’t stop.

“I’ve called the ambulance. Someone will be here soon… Your injuries aren’t that serious, don’t worry…”

She moved back in front of Su Ziyan and embraced him tremblingly.

“Don’t you like me very much? Actually, I’ve always liked you too.”

“When we go back, let’s be together, okay?”

“That’s so unfair…”

Su Ziyan felt the body holding him shaking uncontrollably from fear.

“Actually, I know my own condition…”

“When I woke up just now, I felt like I was dying of pain, but thinking that you were still in my arms, I could only tell myself…”

“MOVE! SU ZIYAN, YOU HAVE TO MOVE!”

Xu Duyan could feel the determination in his voice.

“I was scared to death when you were unconscious and didn’t respond, but I’m glad you’re okay…”

“Did you know, I…”

As he spoke, the relieved Su Ziyan lost consciousness.

***

Knowing his own condition, Su Ziyan never expected to wake up again.

When he woke up, everything was pitch black.

He felt something wrapped around his eyes and realized his entire body lacked strength.

Just trying to move slightly sent a piercing pain through his back.

“Ah…”

He couldn’t help but let out a low groan.

As soon as he did, he heard a voice of wild joy beside him.

“Younger Brother!”

Xu Duyan’s voice reached his ears.

“You’re finally awake! How do you feel?”

“Doctor! Doctor! He’s awake!”