A spur-of-the-moment idea.
Yi Zechuan never thought he would die at Shi Ming's hands.
Yes, that Shi Ming: the S-rank mutant he had taken on missions against countless times, spending ten years trying to kill without success.
As a top assassin, Yi Zechuan felt this ending was the greatest disgrace of his life. He couldn't accept it! He had to find a way to get revenge!
But he was about to die! What could he possibly do?!
So, forcing himself through the agony of dying, he staggered over to the frenzied Shi Ming and grabbed him by the collar. In a voice only the two of them could hear, he choked out, tears in his eyes, "I'm sorry, Shi Ming... I love you. If... I could live again, I'd gladly work like an ox and a horse for you, even wash your socks..."
Blood trickled through his fingers and dripped onto Shi Ming's collar.
Then he saw the look in his old enemy's eyes grow stranger and stranger. "Why... would you?"
Yi Zechuan thought: Confused? Upset? Good. There's no reason. I was lying to you! Shi Ming, I'm going to make this a lifelong thorn in your side!
*
At the time, Yi Zechuan thought he was brilliant. That is, until he woke up again and realized that he...
WAS! NOT! DEAD!
He was lying in the home of that S-rank mutant, while Shi Ming held his hand with a complicated expression.
Yi Zechuan: ...
Shi Ming: "You said you loved me?"
Yi Zechuan: ...
Shi Ming: "You'd work like an ox and a horse for me?"
Yi Zechuan: ...
Shi Ming: "Wash my socks?"
Yi Zechuan, thinking: Why don't you just kill me after all...
*
What Yi Zechuan didn't know was that on the night he was dying, Shi Ming had carried him for miles like a man possessed and rushed him to the best hospital in town. He'd paid a fortune in medical bills, well into eight figures, stayed by his side for seven days and nights, and finally taken him home.
Core message: Live well and keep striving every day.
