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The new medicine from Baiye was very effective, extending the lifespan of the artificial heart. Kaka's condition remained more or less the same; in most cases, he was indistinguishable from a normal person, and no one would know that there was an artificial heart inside him unless told.

But because it was a new drug, they couldn't be sure if it could completely integrate with Kaka's body without any rejection issues. Therefore, Kaka had to rely on anti-rejection drugs each year to maintain the circulation of his heart.

If there were no severe rejection reactions, Baiye planned for everything to return to normal in about a month.

For this reason, Chu Li and Rong Yan were extremely worried, unable to sleep at night, deeply afraid that something would go wrong with Kaka's health, leaving them unable to remedy the situation.

Kaka knew that Wu Shuang had already returned.

He also knew that Wu Shuang was aware of his illness. For several days after he woke up, Wu Shuang hadn't come to see him. Kaka patiently waited; he knew that nothing could be concealed anymore.

There were some things he needed to tell Wu Shuang truthfully.

If possible, he would rather Wu Shuang never find out about his illness. He had thought he could keep it a secret but ultimately overestimated himself.

The morning of the fourth day after he woke up, when he opened his eyes, he saw Wu Shuang sitting by the bedside. Due to the medication recently, he slept rather deeply and didn't notice Wu Shuang coming in.

Wu Shuang seemed to be in poor spirits; upon seeing Kaka awake, she forced a smile. Kaka smiled back, "Feeling better"

Kaka got up from bed, nodded his head, and gave a bitter smile, "You finally came to see me."

"I didn't avoid you on purpose," Wu Shuang said, feeling a dull ache in her heart. She hoped to see Kaka full of energy and spirit as he used to be instead of the sickly Kaka.

"Why are you telling me" Wu Shuang asked, slightly angry. Narrowing her eyes, she continued, "Why didn't you tell me earlier If I had known sooner, all these years wouldn't have been..."

...wasted.

Kaka said, "I don't want to die." His answer was off-topic, but Wu Shuang's myriad of questions were washed away by his statement. Clearly, the past no longer mattered.

Yes, I don’t want to die.

People like them face death calmly without fear, but not fearing death and not wanting to die are two different things. She wasn't afraid of death, but she didn't want to die either.

She still had many unfinished matters in her heart, things that needed doing; how could she bear to leave this world She couldn’t bear it, couldn’t bear it at all.

The atmosphere turned silent between them. Kaka looked at Wu Shuang's cold profile and felt a bitter frustration building up inside him, accompanied by a slight ache in his chest. He subconsciously raised his hand to cover the spot where his heart was, trying to ease this sudden pain.

For all these years, he had calmly dealt with the torment within his body.

"Does it hurt very much" she asked calmly.

Kaka instinctively wanted to shake his head but ultimately nodded; yes, it hurts.

Suddenly, Wu Shuang understood Kaka's coldness over all these years. Was it really so hard for him to utter the truth Why did he only tell her now that he was in pain

He suddenly grabbed Wu Shuang's hand and pulled her into his embrace, saying, "Wu Shuang, don't do this. Please, don't."

Her indifference was the cruelest torture to him.

"Isn't that exactly what you wished for" Wu Shuang sneered back. Though she spoke harshly, her body obediently nestled in his arms; how much she wanted to rely on him forever.

Kaka hugged her tightly with all his might.

"I didn't mean it… I didn’t mean it…" Kaka explained, "I can't even predict when my time is up. How could I make promises If I were gone and left you alone in the world to face long nights, how would you cope I couldn’t bear to give you any assurances or let myself get deeper into this situation. Wu Shuang, Wu Shuang…"

Wu Shuang was enraged and slapped him without thinking. When she was angry, she never held back when it came to hitting someone, but now, she thought about his body's condition first. "If you won't give me any promises, why do you come and provoke me Why don’t you just stay away from me Why do you only think of yourself and not care if I’m willing or not I hate you! I hate you! I hate you!"

She struck his shoulders with her hands while tears fell uncontrollably. She hardened her heart and bit down hard on his shoulder as a form of retaliation, as though she wanted to bite out all the grievances she had harbored for these dozen years.

Their mutual grievances...

She always thought that she was the one who suffered most deeply, having loved him with unwavering devotion for over a decade. She relentlessly pursued him and sacrificed her youth; all those sayings about perseverance winning hearts were nothing but lies. Kaka never responded to her at all, not even a little bit. She had felt despair and resentment when she realized he didn’t love her back.

She always forced herself on him without allowing any refusal from his side. She was unaware that her proximity only hastened his decline and did not know how much suffering he endured every time she kissed or caressed him, bearing immense pain while pretending nothing was wrong to be intimate with her. Over the years of sharing a bed together, no one knew better about his body than she did, yet she never realized how many times they had cut into his chest and that his heart wasn’t perfect at all.

She ignored his physical health entirely...

Kaka, in her pursuit to possess this man, forgot the most basic care he needed. For so long, was it only about hastening his cardiac failure What else had she been doing all these years

He was also heartless enough not to remind her.

If she did not want to die

If she didn't want to die, she should have reminded her.

Wu Shuang felt very uncomfortable; it was the first time in her life that she had felt this way. Thinking about Kakka's sufferings over the past dozen years made her even more miserable.

"Wu Shuang, don't cry..." Kakka hugged her tightly, holding her close to herself despite the intense pain on his shoulders; he was always a ruthless person, and that bite must have hurt terribly.

But it didn't matter.

He just wanted her to stop crying.

Hearing her cry made him feel like his heart would shatter.

"I'm sorry..." Wu Shuang choked out, rubbing her head against his chest and sobbing uncontrollably, repeatedly saying 'sorry.' She had wronged him over the past dozen years with her overly domineering love.

She thought that she was the one who loved him most these many years, but in reality, she was the one who caused him the greatest pain.

Kakka, I'm sorry...

She used to hate those three words - 'I'm sorry' - and said she would beat up anyone who uttered them. Yet today, she had told him these empty words that conveyed her deepest sorrow.land again. Kakka and Wushuang wanted to head for the weapons depot, but Ye Wei told them not to wander about aimlessly; they should just continue with their work.Moyao called Xiaobai.Xiaobai wasn't a...