61: Chapter 61 I Can Still Be Saved

The lake rippled, and the goose still relentlessly nudged the bag of bread.

Xu Qianqian buried her head deeply into Xiao Ran's chest, her petite body trembling uncontrollably.

He could clearly feel that the front of his clothes was already damp.

He wasn't sure if it was snot or tears.

"Wuwu~ Xiao... Xiao Ran Gege~~"

The girl whimpered softly, her words a bit slurred.

Suddenly, she broke free from his embrace.

Her right index finger poked forcefully at his flat chest.

While sobbing, she pouted and cried, "Xiao Ran Gege... Qianqian's heart hurts here!"

"Qianqian can't breathe!"

"Don't leave Qianqian~!"

"Without you... Qianqian will die~!"

"Wuwuwu~~!"

Xu Qianqian tightly clutched Xiao Ran's clothes, her white feet kicking wildly.

It seemed like she was acting spoiled!

She couldn't get rid of him anymore!

Just like she couldn't stop breathing!

If she left him!

She would suffocate to death!

"Xiao Ran Gege! Qianqian really loves you!"

"Please! Don't leave Qianqian, okay!"

"Please take back those words, okay?"

"Please!"

"Wuwuwu~!"

Xiao Ran tilted his head back and slowly closed his eyes.

Because he had sand in his eyes.

He seemed to be becoming indecisive, no longer having a heart of stone!

Xiao Ran looked at the top of the pavilion, blinked, and held back the sand.

Then he looked at the girl and said softly, "Qianqian, actually, Xiao Ran Gege doesn't want to leave you either!"

The girl raised her arm and wiped away a tear.

Her doll-like small hand tightly grasped his large hand, and she asked breathlessly, sobbing, "Xiao Ran Gege, have you... encountered some difficulty?"

"You tell Qianqian, Qianqian will help you solve it!"

"Qianqian, have you forgotten the question I just asked you?" Xiao Ran lowered his head and gently wiped away her tears.

"Wh-what?"

The girl had already forgotten everything; she just wanted her beloved not to leave her!

Xiao Ran sighed inwardly; he could understand Xu Qianqian's selective amnesia.

He slowly placed the flower in his hand on a nearby seat.

Then he pulled out a few folded papers from his pocket.

He handed them to the girl in front of him, saying in a deliberately calm tone, "Qianqian, I have cancer, late-stage brain cancer! This is the diagnosis!"

"Wh-what?"

The girl suddenly stopped crying, as if she had heard some kind of hellish joke.

She stared blankly at the papers suspended in mid-air for a few moments, not reaching out to take them.

Instead, she slowly stepped back a few paces, moving away from the papers.

"Heh... hehe... Xiao Ran Gege! You're scaring Qianqian again!"

"If Xiao Ran Gege wants to dump Qianqian, just say it directly! You don't need to lie to Qianqian!"

"Qianqian understands everything."

"Xiao Ran Gege, please take the papers back. Qianqian agrees to break up with you!"

The girl had a 'smile' on her face, her delicate body trembling slightly.

She seemed not to believe this joke.

As long as her Xiao Ran Gege took the papers back, she would be willing to break up.

She didn't believe that Xiao Ran Gege would get cancer!

Mm-hmm, it must all be fake!

"Qianqian, please don't be like this..."

The more suppressed and calm Xu Qianqian appeared, the more terrified Xiao Ran became!

He would rather she punched and kicked him!

But he was afraid that this girl would make an irrational decision because of him!

She might even commit suicide!

Xiao Ran took a step forward, and Xu Qianqian took a step back.

"Don't come any closer!"

The girl's delicate body was somewhat shaky, as if she might fall to the ground the next second!

"Xiao Ran Gege! You leave!"

Xu Qianqian was in tears, snot streaming down her face, looking a bit disheveled.

A girl who always presented her best self in front of her beloved.

At this moment, she overturned her previous image.

"Qianqian..."

Xiao Ran's heart twitched slightly.

How could he leave now!

He wanted to get closer to the girl and comfort her.

But the girl seemed unwilling to give him a chance and took another step back.

She had already exited the pavilion, exposing herself entirely to the sunlight.

Her clear tears, illuminated by the sun, refracted colorful rainbows like crystals.

He had cancer!

He still loved her dearly every day!

Crying with her, laughing with her.

Accompanying her shopping in the scorching sun, doing hard labor for her.

He endured headaches.

Singing with her, being crazy with her.

Performing on stage for her.

Enduring illness to prepare all sorts of gifts for her!

And what about her?

It seemed... she hadn't even wiped his sweat?

Every day, she just laughed and joked like a fool!

She hadn't shown any concern for Xiao Ran Gege's health!

Every day, she only knew how to verbally ask Xiao Ran Gege to accompany her.

One sweet scene after another from their relationship.

Like barbs, they deeply pierced her heart.

Then they were brutally pulled out, bringing with them strips of flesh.

It was as if every beautiful moment represented a painful moment for Xiao Ran Gege!

Perhaps every one of her smiles came at the cost of a pang of pain for Xiao Ran Gege.

She was wrong!

She regretted it!

She hated herself so much!

Suddenly, the girl trembled and spoke, "Xiao... Xiao Ran Gege!"

"Qianqian feels so terrible!"

When Xiao Ran heard the girl's call, he quickly walked over.

He embraced her again, gently patting her back.

"Qianqian, don't feel bad! Xiao Ran Gege is here!"

The girl didn't resist anymore, but she cried even more intensely!

She continuously made "gegege" sobbing sounds.

Xiao Ran could feel the girl's heartbreak.

He could feel her shattered heart.

"Xiao Ran Gege, why!" Xu Qianqian suddenly looked up and asked.

Her face was flushed, her eyes slightly swollen, and her hair disheveled.

Xiao Ran was at a loss for words for a moment.

Or rather, he didn't know what she was asking.

Fortunately, the girl helped him clarify the question the next second:

"Xiao Ran Gege! Why didn't you tell me sooner!"

Cancer?

That's right! This girl had always believed him!

Whatever he said, she would believe!

She never doubted him.

Xiao Ran untied the girl's two pigtails and gently tidied her hair.

"Qianqian, if you had known sooner, would you still have been happy?"

The girl stopped crying, her expression somewhat dazed!

The next moment, she roared like a fierce dragon, "Xiao Ran Gege! Do you think I'm happy now?"

"My beloved is about to die! How can I be happy?"

"Xiao Ran Gege! Why are you doing this to me!"

"Why did you only tell me these things when I was at my happiest!"

"Why didn't you consider my feelings!"

"You can deceive me however you want! Qianqian doesn't care!"

"But why! Why did you hide such a big thing from me!"

"Why!"

Facing the girl's interrogation, Xiao Ran opened his mouth but was speechless.

But the girl didn't stop, and regardless of her voice already being hoarse, she continued to shriek, "You could have rested well! Why did you still do so much for me!"

"Don't you want to live!"

"You don't want to live, but I want you to live! Why don't you let me take care of your body!"

"Am I, Xu Qianqian, not worthy of fighting the illness with you!"

"Wuwuwu~~~"

The girl seemed to have screamed herself tired, and once again began to cry helplessly.

"Xiao Ran Gege! I'm sorry! Qianqian is so useless!"

"Qianqian lost her temper with you again..."

"Qianqian can't help you with anything..."

"Qianqian only knows how to burden you..."

Losing all strength, her body slumped, and she squatted on the ground.

Xiao Ran remained silent.

Xu Qianqian blamed him for not telling her about his illness sooner.

The two of them could have fought the illness together!

But!

He had hidden it from her, choosing to bear it alone.

He even expended so much energy for her graduation ceremony!

This was something she couldn't tolerate!

"Cough cough, Qianqian, you don't have to be so sad. Actually, I can still be saved!"

Xiao Ran looked at the girl squatting on the ground, no longer choosing to deceive her, but telling the truth...