Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'
Chapter 586 - 206. Goodbye Yawen (Part 1)_2

Chapter 586: 206. Goodbye Yawen (Part 1)_2

"This isn’t a big deal," Li Aozi said, "You are Yavin Heskixin. If you truly lose control or can’t hold on any longer, I will kill you."

"Maybe to me, it’s not that I truly love or like you, it’s just that I care... particularly about this."

Yawen lifted her eyes, veined like a spider’s web, glimmering faintly:

"You treat me as a person. That means... a lot to me."

Li Aozi shrugged and, slightly embarrassed, turned his head away to look somewhere else:

"This candle is really beautiful, obviously a valuable item."

"Those are wholesale from the Wing House market," Yawen said.

"How do you know that?" Li Aozi was surprised.

"I had worked with them before; they send me a lot of these candles," Yavin explained. "Actually, when you weren’t here, I tried to expand the fashion market, I’ve also left a lot of designs behind, you can use them..."

"—What do you mean by that?" Li Aozi noticed something off in her tone and said, "It sounds like you are saying goodbye."

"Yes."

Yawen nodded, hands clasped in front of her, and calmly said:

"Miss Vellia has decided to take me to find someone who can help solve my problem, and she is the only one capable of dealing with my Ether Blood."

Li Aozi frowned and indicated for her to continue.

Yawen then explained the whole story. Having come from an agent’s background, her report was concise and clear, and Li Aozi quickly understood her point.

"I don’t want to drag anyone down anymore," Yawen said. "The Boundaryless can help me escape these troubles, and moreover, I won’t cause harm to others."

After Yawen finished speaking, she glanced at Li Aozi and found his expression very calm.

"Mr. Leoz?" Yawen was slightly surprised. "You seem... not startled at all?"

"What do you think I should be?" Li Aozi asked.

Li Aozi glanced at her and said:

"Should I be angry? Discontent? Persuade you not to leave?"

"I..." Yawen had not finished speaking when suddenly a pain shot through her forehead.

Clang—

"What do you take me for?" Li Aozi retracted his finger, placed one hand on his hip, and said gruffly, "Although I am a Sovereign of the Pathway, I’m not so possessive."

"I didn’t think so..." Yawen said in a aggrieved tone: "I just felt... when you were about to leave, you had no expression... I just, I just felt a little... "

"A little upset, feeling overlooked—’Li Aozi this heartbreaker, he doesn’t care about me at all, woe is me, no one loves me, I’m going dark.’"

Li Aozi lowered his gaze, showing a self-deprecating and cowardly look, mimicking Yawen’s voice:

"Indeed my existence is useless, a sinner like me shouldn’t fantasize about getting attention or care, look, even Mr. Leoz is just paying lip service, I’m about to leave, and he can’t even bring himself to say ’I’ll miss you.’"

Yawen fell silent.

Li Aozi looked at her. "Why aren’t you speaking?"

"You," Yawen blushed, whispering, "you’ve said everything, what else can I say..."

Li Aozi’s imitation was so spot-on that it made her feel the shame of looking into a mirror—then, a surge of joy from deep within: Li Aozi did hold a trace of her in his mind after all.

"Do you know why I’m not surprised?"

Li Aozi asked, then answered:

"I know a bit about Vellia’s ’Boundaryless’ organization, and the situation is indeed as she described; once you are in, you will be much safer."

"But, my departure... might be for a long time," Yawen hesitated and then said, "I, I kind of want to hear you asking me to stay."

"How long will you be away?"

"The time... might be quite lengthy."

Yawen said:

"About 400 years."

Li Aozi nodded, "That’s not too bad, go ahead."

"I, I am really leaving!" Yawen clenched the hem of her clothes, her gaze shifting downward, "Can’t you, say something? I am leaving, and no one will be here to welcome the Descenders, farm, weave, or make clothes for you... Will you miss me?"

"I won’t."

Li Aozi’s words struck Yawen hard, and she bowed her head:

"Is that so, I really am too sentimental—"

"Four hundred years is too short for me," Li Aozi said. "Besides, you will surely come back. Why should I worry then?"

"—How can you be so sure I will come back?" Yawen retorted irritably, "Aren’t you afraid that I might elope with some handsome guy out there, and then you’ll have nothing, losing ’Yawen Heskixin’ forever!"

"Why would I worry?" Li Aozi wondered, "Aren’t you just going on a trip?"

"A trip?" Yawen was stunned.

"For certain reasons, I am very clear about Vellia’s character; you won’t have any problems following her."

Li Aozi said:

"Moreover, you surely will come back."

"Why?"

"Because apart from Li Aozi, no one else would shelter a girl who’s clumsy, insecure, prone to making assumptions, gets jealous, and occasionally shows a vulnerable expression," he bluntly said.

Li Aozi stated plainly:

"Yawen Heskixin, you are an independent individual. I believe you’ll escape from the clutches of society. So just go ahead, no matter what problems you encounter, I’ll have your back. If you die out there, I will avenge you."

Yawen looked at him, lowered her head, and fell silent.

After a moment, she finally whispered:

"...How did you know I was jealous?"

"I’m not stupid. Holding a young girl in my arms, and that scene being witnessed by someone who has confessed to me repeatedly—then the explosion of anger and sobbing, almost losing control. Even if I can’t hear the voice, I can guess," he explained.

"...So, you knew everything."

Yawen bowed her head:

"I confessed only once, and you didn’t respond to me... You said nothing, what am I supposed to do? I don’t even know what our relationship is."

"I am so afraid, I’m terrified that if you are with somebody else, I would mean nothing to you—then does my existence still have any value? I feel like I have no value at all; a being like me can’t help you much, only capable of handling minor tasks."

"Mr. Leoz, I have always been running towards your shadow, but it seems like I can never catch up."

"The Secret took away my confidence. If I don’t find a reason to keep living... I would really be doomed. But if I were to die, I would be breaking the promise I made to Desca, my sister."

"Now, I am leaving you. Four hundred years is too short for you, but for me, I might never see you again."

"Just thinking that you might forget me, might not remember me, that my existence is meaningless, fills me with immense panic."

Yawen looked at him bewilderedly:

"I don’t know what to do, Mr. Leoz?"

"Yawen."

Li Aozi gave Yawen a push:

"Stand properly."

Yawen was puzzled but stood obediently where she was.

Li Aozi took a step back to measure the distance.

Then, he threw a punch towards her face.