When Song Jingchu was attacked, I was his bodyguard. I fought with everything I had to drive off the assassin.
After the attack failed, the assassin took out his rage on the woman Song Jingchu loved, and, while I was off guard, killed her and himself.
By the time the doctor arrived, she was already dead.
Song Jingchu clutched his beloved's body and wept uncontrollably. Only after a long while did he speak softly:
"You were protecting me too. This wasn't your fault."
Later, he gave me an extremely dangerous assassination mission.
He promised to marry me if I completed it.
I killed the target, but I was gravely wounded as well.
Song Jingchu looked down as I reached out for help, his voice cold as ice.
"I let you live a few extra years. You should be grateful."
That was when I realized he had always wanted me to pay with my life.
He had kept me around only to eliminate his rivals without having to dirty his own hands.
I closed my eyes, then opened them again. I was back on the night of the assassin's attack.
I did not intervene this time. I watched coldly as the assassin slipped inside.
I no longer cared whether Song Jingchu lived or died.
Theme: Love yourself.
