“Saving” the Runaway Su Daidai

The night wind was a bit chilly on the skin.

Lin Xin hugged her arms and paced around the empty athletic field, glancing at the time on her phone every now and then.

“Why isn’t Yang Yuan here yet? It’s been so long.”

She muttered under her breath, the pre-confession nervousness gradually being replaced by impatience.

Just then, she felt footsteps slowly approaching from behind.

Lin Xin’s heart leaped with joy, thinking that the person she was waiting for had finally arrived. She quickly turned around, revealing the perfect smile she had practiced for so long.

“Yang Yuan, you’re finally here…”

When she saw the person’s face clearly, the words on her lips and the smile on her face both froze instantly.

“Su Dai Dai? Why are you here?”

Lin Xin’s heart was filled with confusion. Why wasn’t Yang Yuan here, but instead, it was this little shadow of his?

Just as she was about to ask where Yang Yuan was, Su Dai Dai spoke first.

“A’Yuan, he’s not coming.”

“You… what do you mean by that? Have you read my letter?”

“Does it matter if I’ve read it or not?” Su Dai Dai retorted.

“You shouldn’t have written that letter, and you shouldn’t have asked A’Yuan out.”

Hearing this, Lin Xin became a little angry. She felt that this little girl’s mental state was simply pathological.

“I’m just pursuing the person I like. Is there a problem with that?”

“Su Dai Dai, I admit you two have a good relationship, but you need to be clear about something.”

Lin Xin crossed her arms and said in the tone of an adult lecturing a child.

“You’re just childhood friends, it’s just the friendship of growing up together.”

The words “childhood friends” stung the softest part of Su Dai Dai’s heart.

It wasn’t that Su Dai Dai didn’t want to be Yang Yuan’s girlfriend openly and honestly.

But the deep-seated inferiority complex in her bones only allowed her to release her twisted nature in hidden corners.

Lin Xin didn’t notice the change in the other’s expression and continued to press her advantage with a victor’s stance.

“Yang Yuan is an independent person. He has the right to choose who he wants to be with, and he needs to have his own love life.”

“To put it bluntly, even if you follow him around every day, you have no right to meddle in his love life.”

“No… right…”

Su Dai Dai repeated these two words under her breath, her hands hanging by her sides already digging deep into her palms, leaving several bloody marks.

Seeing her crestfallen appearance, Lin Xin thought she had hit a nerve and wanted to completely crush her hopes.

“I like him, and I will definitely let him know that myself.”

She took a step forward and looked directly into Su Dai Dai’s eyes, declaring word by word.

“Even if you used such a childish trick to stop me today, it doesn’t matter.”

“There will be plenty of time in the future. I’ll have many opportunities to confess to him.”

“The future?” Su Dai Dai slowly raised her head.

Her once clear eyes were now completely engulfed by some dark emotion.

A very strange smile even appeared on Su Dai Dai’s face.

“You don’t have a future.”

Before her words had even finished, she slowly raised her hands.

“What do you think you’re…”

Lin Xin’s words were cut short. A pitch-black void exuding an ominous aura suddenly appeared in Su Dai Dai’s palm and expanded rapidly.

An irresistible and terrifying suction force instantly enveloped Lin Xin’s entire body.

“What the hell is this thing! Su Dai Dai… when did you awaken your ability?”

For the first time, a look of terror appeared on Lin Xin’s face. Su Dai Dai didn’t answer, just pushed her ability to its maximum without reservation.

“What are you trying to do! Don’t you know you’re committing a crime right now!” Lin Xin screamed in panic.

But her voice was soon swallowed by the darkness.

Lin Xin felt her body, clothes, hair, and even the surrounding air and light being frantically pulled and torn apart by the black hole.

“Help… help me…”

Her body was completely out of control. Struggling was useless as she was dragged bit by bit towards that darkness that symbolized absolute nothingness.

And Su Dai Dai just stood there, expressionless, coldly completing the scene before her.

‘I… I succeeded.’

‘A’Yuan is mine alone again.’

But at the very moment Lin Xin’s body was completely devoured, a heart-piercing pain shot up from Su Dai Dai’s arm.

She looked down to see black cracks spreading rapidly upwards from her wrist, the skin in their wake turning dry and scorched.

“Urgh…”

The intense pain made it difficult for her to stand. This was the backlash from her ability.

Devouring a living being with a will to resist was too great a burden for Su Dai Dai’s current body.

‘Why is it… so severe this time…’

Su Dai Dai felt as if the whole world was spinning, her body no longer her own.

Gradually, she felt her vision in her left eye begin to blur, as if the eye itself had become a black hole that could see nothing.

Just then, Su Dai Dai heard Yang Yuan’s shout from behind her.

But she didn’t dare turn around now. Su Dai Dai didn’t want Yang Yuan to see her in this state, neither human nor ghost.

But Yang Yuan’s footsteps grew closer and closer, finally coming around to face her.

Su Dai Dai saw the undisguised shock and heartache on Yang Yuan’s face.

But even so, Yang Yuan’s first words were still of concern.

“What’s happened to you? Can you still move? Come with me to the hospital.”

This sentence completely shattered her last psychological defense.

Su Dai Dai raised her head, using her only remaining right eye that could still see Yang Yuan to gaze at him.

“A’Yuan, I think… I’m about to die.”

At this moment, Su Dai Dai wanted Yang Yuan to save her irredeemable self.

“What nonsense are you talking about? You’re not going to die.”

“Tell me everything that happened. How did you become like this?”

“And, where is the person who wrote me that letter? Where is she?”

The questioning made Su Dai Dai’s body sway. Her normal right eye revealed a childlike bewilderment.

“I wanted her to disappear, so… I sucked her in.”

Yang Yuan stared in disbelief at the still-expanding black hole. He couldn’t believe Su Dai Dai would do such a thing with her ability.

‘No, I should have thought of this sooner.’

Everything that had happened before had hinted that Su Dai Dai had a different kind of desire for him. Yang Yuan regretted not stopping it sooner, otherwise, this situation wouldn’t have occurred.

All the worry and heartache instantly transformed into an uncontrollable rage.

“Are you crazy, Su Dai Dai? What you did is no different from murder!”

“It might not be too late if you do it now. Quickly spit her out from the black hole, or it will really be too late.”

Su Dai Dai’s body trembled ceaselessly. She bit her lower lip hard, seeming to be tormented by this judgment.

“I… I can’t.”

“She was the one who wanted to destroy everything between us! She said we were just childhood friends!”

“She said I had no right to meddle with you… she said she would confess to you in the future. I can’t let her succeed… I can’t let her snatch you away…”

Towards the end, Su Dai Dai’s voice became hoarse, tears streaming down her face, which was covered in black cracks.

“A’Yuan, you don’t understand. You don’t understand anything…”

Su Dai Dai sobbed uncontrollably, pouring out all her inner humility and fear.

“I’m not just casually by your side. I’ve put in a lot of effort.”

“I worked hard to make you get used to my existence. You are… you are the only person I can rely on.”

“If you’re snatched away by someone else, I’ll truly have nothing left…”

The empty athletic field fell into a brief silence, with only the wind howling in the distance, rustling the corners of their clothes.

Yang Yuan looked at the Su Dai Dai before him, this girl who was always quietly by his side every day, silently helping him clean, tidy up his things, and habitually following behind him.

To see her become like this now was truly lamentable.

“I can understand how you feel, and I know your pain.”

“But no matter what, that’s not a reason for you to hurt others.”

The anger in his mind had unknowingly subsided, replaced by a sense of powerlessness and pity.

Su Dai Dai gritted her teeth and didn’t respond. She didn’t know what she should do now.

“Listen to me, release her right now.”

“I won’t…”

“Be good!” Yang Yuan interrupted her, his tone suddenly becoming extremely firm.

“You can hate her if you don’t like her, you can be jealous if she wants to confess, but none of those are reasons for you to hurt someone.”

“Besides, even if she confesses to me, do I have to accept?”

“In your eyes, am I that easily swayed by other girls?”

This was precisely the issue Su Dai Dai was struggling with. What she feared most was Yang Yuan falling for someone else and distancing himself from her.

Yang Yuan saw the struggle in Su Dai Dai’s heart and comforted her gently.

“So you don’t have to be afraid. No one will take me away from you.”

“As long as you stop this, stop destroying yourself, I will always be by your side.”

Faced with Yang Yuan’s words, the pathological madness that supported Su Dai Dai began to crumble.

‘So, A’Yuan wasn’t blaming me. He was… afraid I would die.’

The paranoia in Su Dai Dai’s eyes gradually faded. She looked at Yang Yuan’s eyes, which were filled with heartache, and asked the question she most wanted to know the answer to at this moment.

“A’Yuan, do you… do you think I’m a monster now?”

Yang Yuan looked at the hideous cracks on Su Dai Dai’s face and her left eye, which had turned into a black hole.

“Monsters aren’t as cute as you.”

He gently caressed the cracks on her cheek with his finger, as if they were just dust she had accidentally picked up.

“And, in my heart, you’ll always be that slightly dorky, slightly silly Su Dai Dai who needs me to take care of her.”

Su Dai Dai could no longer hold back, and tears burst from her normal right eye like a broken dam.

Just then, Yang Yuan suddenly felt a sharp pain in his eyes, as if he had been momentarily stimulated by a bright light. He blinked, trying to relieve the discomfort.

But the feeling came and went quickly, leaving only a strange, indescribable sensation. Yang Yuan didn’t think much of it, assuming it was just sand blown into his eyes by the night wind, and ignored it.

Under Yang Yuan’s gaze, Su Dai Dai controlled the black hole in her hand, and a figure was spat out, landing on the grass.

“It’s Sister Lin Xin…”

As Lin Xin was released, the changes on Su Dai Dai’s body began to recede at a visible rate.

The hideous black cracks on her face slowly disappeared from her skin like a receding tide, and her left eye, which had become a black hole, returned to normal.

“She’s still breathing. It seems she just fainted.”

After confirming that Lin Xin was still alive, Yang Yuan relaxed completely, a sense of post-disaster exhaustion flooding his entire body.

He couldn’t help but let out a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Su Dai Dai hadn’t caused any irreversible harm.

The current Su Dai Dai had completely returned to her usual appearance, only her face was frighteningly pale.

She stood there motionless, like a child who had made a mistake and was silently waiting to be scolded, her head bowed without saying a word.

“You should be glad that Sister Lin Xin is still alive.” Su Dai Dai’s body trembled again.

Yang Yuan reached out and ruffled her hair to comfort the girl.

At this moment, as he gazed at Su Dai Dai, a complex mix of emotions churned within him.

“But, what has happened has happened.”

“From now on… I will bear everything with you.”