Dying Man

And the letter had disappeared right before the palm of her outstretched right hand.

“Why do you keep suddenly appearing behind me like that? It’s creepy.”

“I just finished work and came looking for you~”

Su Dai Dai said this, but in reality, she had been secretly monitoring Yang Yuan for who knows how long.

“Also, don’t just randomly suck things up with your ability.”

“Spit that letter out first. I haven’t even started reading it yet.”

Su Dai Dai didn’t immediately answer Yang Yuan’s command. Instead, she put on an innocent and pained expression, clutching her forehead as her body swayed slightly.

“I don’t know why, but my superpower has been out of control lately. I accidentally… just sucked it in.”

“How do you manage to be so precise even when you’re being ‘accidental’?”

Yang Yuan retorted with some disbelief. Su Dai Dai forced herself to remain calm and continued her act.

Her brows furrowed, her face pale, she put on an act as if she were truly in pain.

“My ability… it seems to have malfunctioned. I’m so dizzy…”

“Can superpowers be affected by sickness?”

“Of course they can! You just don’t know because you’re not a superpower user, A’Yuan~”

Su Dai Dai immediately nodded, then took the opportunity to grab Yang Yuan’s arm, leaning her entire body against him.

“I’m a patient now. I can only get better by staying in A’Yuan’s room for a while and smelling your scent.”

‘This treatment method… why does it sound so perverted…’

“What’s perverted about it? It’s perfectly normal, okay!”

Su Dai Dai whined coquettishly while pulling Yang Yuan back to the dorm. Once inside, she lay on the bed and refused to get up.

“Hehe… the room is full of A’Yuan’s scent.”

She buried her face in the quilt, greedily taking a deep breath. This infatuated look made Yang Yuan ponder.

Ever since moving into the dorm that day, Su Dai Dai seemed to have awakened some new fetish.

“Stop acting like a pervert. I still have some work to finish. I’ll come back to keep you company tonight.”

“Then I’ll wait for you in the dorm~”

Watching Yang Yuan leave through the door, the infatuated look on Su Dai Dai’s face immediately vanished.

She let out a sigh of relief and retrieved the letter from the void.

The envelope carried the scent of another woman’s perfume, which made Su Dai Dai feel a wave of nausea, as if the fragrance had contaminated this sacred room filled with Yang Yuan’s scent.

Su Dai Dai pinched the letter and quickly read through its contents.

Lin Xin’s words of affection were automatically ignored; her gaze was locked firmly on the last paragraph.

The time was set for seven in the evening. The coldness in Su Dai Dai’s eyes deepened.

‘That vixen, just you wait.’

‘I will go to that meeting…’

****

In the evening, Yang Yuan returned to the dorm carrying dinner for Su Dai Dai.

He pushed open the door to find the dorm empty. Su Dai Dai, who was supposed to be recuperating in his dorm, was nowhere to be seen.

“This little one, where did she run off to without telling me.”

He placed the food on the table and was about to go look for her when the corner of his eye caught a glimpse of pink on the bed.

The envelope that Su Dai Dai had “accidentally” sucked up in the afternoon was now lying quietly on his pillow.

Yang Yuan walked over quickly, curiously picked up the envelope, and pulled out the letter to read it.

On the front, written in elegant and beautiful handwriting:

“I’ll be waiting for you at the athletic field at seven tonight. You have to come. I have something important to tell you.”

“——The one waiting for you”

There was no signature, but there was a small hand-drawn heart at the bottom.

“Athletic field… seven o’clock?”

Yang Yuan looked up at the time. It was already seven-thirty. His mind was in chaos.

The disappeared Su Dai Dai, the feigned illness, this letter she had left behind…

All the clues connected, pointing to a speculation that sent a chill down his spine.

‘Dai Dai read the letter’s contents, why would she hide it from me?’

‘Could she have…’

Yang Yuan’s expression changed drastically. He didn’t have time for anything else. He quickly put on his jacket and rushed out of the dorm with all his might, sprinting towards the athletic field.

The athletic field was empty at night, with only a few streetlights casting a dim glow.

Yang Yuan spotted a small, slender figure standing alone in the very center of the field, her back to him.

“Dai Dai!”

“What’s with this letter? Where’s the person who asked to meet me? Why are you standing here all alone?”

Su Dai Dai didn’t answer, still standing with her back to him, motionless.

Yang Yuan sensed something was wrong. He walked around to face Su Dai Dai, wanting to know what had happened.

But when he saw the girl’s appearance clearly, he froze on the spot.

The Su Dai Dai before him still had that familiar face.

But her skin was covered in fine, black cracks, like a dried-up riverbed.

Her left eye had completely turned into a pitch-black void, devoid of any light, and was unconsciously absorbing the surrounding light.

In Su Dai Dai’s outstretched hands, the black hole vortex was slowly and uncontrollably expanding.

Wisps of dark energy were constantly peeling off the girl’s body, only to be sucked back in. Her entire body seemed to be slowly being eroded by her own ability.

Yang Yuan was so shocked by her appearance that his heart skipped a beat. He rushed forward, wanting to support her.

“What’s happened to you?!”

“Can you still move? Come with me to the hospital!”

Su Dai Dai slowly raised her head. Her normal right eye and her left eye, which had turned into a black hole, both looked at Yang Yuan at the same time.

Her gaze held no pain or fear, only a dead silence.

“A’Yuan, I think… I’m about to die.”