Chapter 30.4 - Staying Friends (Previous Life Extra) (4)
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Later on, he heard that Anran’s strength was high and was doing well at Xiwang Base.
Then that's great, Anran no longer needed him anymore.
When even more time had passed, when he again heard news about Anran, it was already the news of Anran's death.
He dropped the work at hand and rushed day and night to get to Xiwang Base.
"What about the body?"
"Exploded himself, nothing was left behind," was what the person at Xiwang[5] Base said.
Then, he took a broom and a bag and swept up all the minced pieces that were on the ground. After the cremation, he stored the ashes away.
Because of Anran's self-explosion, everyone else at the scene - except a certain mystery person - had all ended up as a mutilated corpse. But no one dared to go claim those bodies, as if they were afraid that he would appear at their door to seek revenge.
After all, at least they were all still in pieces, too complete in comparison, so how could he be willing to accept it?
From then on, there was no longer a Ji Anran in this world, but Chenxi Base had gained a well-known ‘lovesick fool’[6].
By the time he found who these enemies were and finished his plot to kill them all, it was already a few years later.
But then so what, the person was dead? No matter how cruel he was in the process of getting the other side to repay with their life, it was still only just the venting of his anger.
"Geng-ge, we need to get ready to head out to look for supplies, are you ready?" Gao Xun called from outside the door.
"Coming."
He placed the urn of ashes back into his space and continued to begin the start of his journey in this world.
As a lone man, there was nothing left to do except to keep killing zombies to survive. In his life, the only meaning left was to survive. But then, what point was there to continue living?
Probably, it was because he couldn’t find a reason to go die.
Sometimes he would ponder, if given the chance again, would he still have chosen to reject Anran's request to get back together?
He wouldn’t have.
If it had been Anran who was trying to start a business, not to mention a few months, he would have been willing to endure the loneliness of several years accompanying the other. But Anran’s love hadn’t been as deep, so he hadn’t been willing to wait.
At the beginning, it was Anran who directly dumped him then disappeared without a trace. Then when they met again, Anran just directly said to get back together, even though it might have caused pain to him who had been dumped.
But...
Anran had been willing to go learn lockpicking for his sake, breaking through doors to come out to date him...
Anran had been willing to use his savings to open a store, saying to him that he didn’t need to work that hard to start a business, that he would support him...
Anran had been willing to give up all the enticements from the people at Xiwang Base, traveling all this way to try and find him...
In fact, he didn’t need to cling to the obsession over whether this love was truly 100% pure, whose love was deeper, or who gave up more.
He loved Anran, and the only person Anran liked was him.
This was enough. The rest, he didn’t have to care.
[5] The raw here said Chenxi Base, which is where there are in this life and where Geng Yan was at last life. Given that Geng Yan had rushed to Xiwang Base… This person should have been from Xiwang Base? So I had changed it, I’m assuming it was a typo which it had been stated in the raws that there might be.
[6] Raw: 痴情种 [chī qíng zhǒng] It describes a person who’s passionately, madly in love. Not necessarily a ‘fool’ because of the love, but I felt maybe the closest equivalent would be this.
Chapter Description:
Ji Anran chose to let go.
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