I Gave Him My Cornea, He Accused Me of Ruining His Life
After her childhood friend goes blind in a car accident, she donates her cornea only to be accused of orchestrating the crash. Reborn, she chooses to walk away from the man who hated her for saving him.
I Gave Him My Cornea, He Accused Me of Ruining His Life
My childhood friend became blind in a car accident. Out of compassion, I donated one of my corneas.
But he believed I had caused the accident and donated the cornea only to manipulate him into breaking up with his first love.
He hated me for his entire life.
Before he died, he said he would rather be blind than ever see me again.
When I opened my eyes again, I had returned to the moment he was about to race after his first love.
I pretended I knew nothing.
In this life, I never wanted to see him again.
Chapter 1
Late at night, my mom pulled me out of bed.
While putting on her clothes, she said with a grave expression: "Hurry up, your Aunt Xu called saying Yaochuan was in a car accident. We need to rush to the hospital."
My heart pounded like a drum. It wasn't until I reached the hospital and saw Yaochuan's parents anxiously pacing outside the operating room that I realized.
This wasn't a pre-death review of my life—I had truly been reborn.
My mom was busy asking about Ye Yaochuan's condition. Several adults panicked like children.
Instead, I became the only one who could calmly communicate with the doctors.
"The family should prepare mentally. The patient's face suffered a severe impact. Both corneas have detached. I'm afraid he will be blind in both eyes."
Just like in my previous life, Aunt Xu nearly fainted upon hearing this.
I sighed silently, feeling no emotional turmoil.
I only said: "The corneas detached, but the eyeballs can still be preserved, right?"
After saying he would do his best, the doctor shoved a pen into my hand.
"What is your relationship to the patient? Hurry and sign."
The word "wife" almost slipped out, but I forced it back.
Then I handed the pen to the relatively calm Uncle Ye. "I'm the patient's neighbor. I don't have the right to sign."
In my previous life, when I learned that Ye Yaochuan was about to go blind, my reaction was similar to Aunt Xu's.
After all, he was the person I had secretly loved for ten years.
Thinking that Ye Yaochuan, so wild and unrestrained, would never see this world again, my heart softened and I donated a cornea.
Ye Yaochuan regained his sight. After being depressed for a few days, he proposed to me in the hospital.
Supporting himself, he said: "Qingyan, from now on, we'll be each other's light."
Ten years of secret love had finally yielded results, but I hesitated.
"What about Jiyu?"
Ye Yaochuan sneered and pointed at his eyes. "If she hadn't been so willful and broken up with me in the middle of the night, how could this have happened..."
His response was decisive at the time, but less than two years into our marriage, everything changed.
By chance, I saw him repeatedly querying AI software.
["How to make someone's cornea detach"]
["Help me design a perfect car accident"]
["Can someone who died from carbon monoxide poisoning still donate corneas?"]
When I saw these questions, I felt like I had fallen into hell.
I gave him a cornea out of consideration for our years of friendship, but he wanted to take my other one too.
So I sealed the doors and windows, burned charcoal at home, and for the first time since our marriage, I drank with Ye Yaochuan.
When both of us were intoxicated, I asked him, "Do you regret marrying me?"
He spoke the truth when drunk, looking at me with eyes like knives.
"If I didn't marry you, how could I possibly repay you for that meticulously planned car accident?"
He somehow found my diary and slammed it on the table.
"Zhou Qingyan! You've secretly loved me since childhood, couldn't have me, so you deliberately designed this car accident to make me blind, didn't you?"
"I went blind, and you took the opportunity to donate a cornea to manipulate me into gratitude, just to marry me legitimately."
"You ruined my health, ruined my relationship with Jiyu, and you want me to feel guilty toward you for the rest of my life. You're truly vicious! I'd rather be blind for life than have to look at your face!"
Every word he said shocked me.
With red eyes, I explained it wasn't true, but he slammed the table and questioned: "Then why were you willing to become disabled yourself to donate a cornea to me? Have you been brainwashed by some nonsense about childhood sweethearts? We're just neighbors! There's no complicated feeling between us!"
I was utterly stunned.
So Ye Yaochuan had always maliciously speculated about me like this.
The carbon dioxide grew thinner, and my mind gradually became unclear.
We both died in that room, not suffering too much.
Chapter 2
This time, I coldly watched the two families desperately searching for corneas, not intending to interfere with any of Ye Yaochuan's karma.
Aunt Xu kept wiping away tears, and my mom was also full of worry.
"Sigh, why would Yaochuan go speeding late at night when he was fine?"
"What could be so urgent that he would risk his life? Such a fine young man, and now..."
Hearing this, a flash of hatred appeared on Aunt Xu's face.
"I saw Yaochuan's phone and learned he had been secretly dating a girlfriend behind our backs, named Jiyu."
"That girl got angry and said if Yaochuan didn't reach the high-speed rail station within ten minutes, she would leave this city. Yaochuan got anxious and..."
I lowered my eyes without speaking.
This story had nothing to do with me, but Ye Yaochuan from my previous life had managed to pin this blame on me.
Just as she finished speaking, a clattering sound came from the hospital room.
Aunt Xu and my mom reacted too slowly and ran in quickly.
I followed them in for a look.
Ye Yaochuan had knocked over the water cup on the table and fallen off the hospital bed.
The gauze over his eyes had been torn off, and now he was reaching around wildly with red eyes.
"Yaochuan!"
Aunt Xu said with a choked, pained voice. "Get up quickly, the floor is cold."
"You child, moving around as soon as you wake up. Your leg bone is fractured, be careful not to bump it."
Ye Yaochuan clung to Aunt Xu's hand like it was his lifeline.
"Mom, what's wrong with my eyes."
"Why can't I see anything? Why?!"
Aunt Xu's heart ached for her son. She tried to speak several times but couldn't get the words out.
She covered her mouth and cried, trembling so hard but not daring to make a sound.
Ye Yaochuan couldn't see where people were, so he looked around everywhere, panic evident in his eyes.
Finally, my mom couldn't bear it and dragged me along to help Ye Yaochuan up.
"Qingyan, it's Qingyan, isn't it?"
"Quick, tell me what's wrong with me..."
I looked at Aunt Xu with a complex expression. Only after receiving her permission did I say:
"The car accident caused corneal detachment. You're blind in both eyes."
Ye Yaochuan froze for a moment, then blurted out "impossible."
I didn't speak again, and Aunt Xu immediately came over to comfort him.
"Don't be afraid. Your dad and Uncle Zhou have already gone to find corneas for you."
"We'll recover our vision soon."
Ye Yaochuan, who had been so wild and unrestrained since childhood, couldn't bear this blow. Finally, the doctor came on rounds and reminded him:
"You must take special care of your eyes now, otherwise if the condition worsens, even with corneas, transplantation won't be possible."
I smiled without speaking.
If corneas could be easily obtained, Ye Yaochuan from my previous life wouldn't have coveted my other cornea.
But wasn't this just fulfilling his wish?
In this life, at least he could never see me again.
Chapter 3
Uncle Ye repeatedly failed to find corneas, and his hair turned white within days.
Ye Yaochuan couldn't accept the fact that he was blind, and his entire body radiated hostility.
Less than three days in the hospital, Aunt Xu developed high blood pressure from the stress and was hospitalized herself.
I deliberately avoided Ye Yaochuan, but I was scolded by my parents.
"Qingyan, our two families have always been on good terms. You should at least help out."
Unable to refuse, I had to go.
As soon as I entered the hospital room, Ye Yaochuan heard the sound and turned his head.
"It's Qingyan, isn't it?"
I was surprised, then heard Ye Yaochuan laugh self-deprecatingly.
"I know your footsteps."
"Why haven't you come to the hospital to see me? Do I look frightening now?"
I sat not far from his hospital bed and said coolly: "I've been too busy lately, haven't had time."
The ten-year secret love had long disappeared in the friction of marriage from my previous life.
In this life, my romantic brain had awakened.
Ye Yaochuan was right. We were just neighbors.
He seemed to be waiting for my comfort. Seeing that I didn't speak for a long time, he reached out to feel for his phone.
After finally finding it, he extended his hand to the other side of the bed.
Speaking to the air: "Can you help me see if Jiyu has called me?"
"I can't even unlock my phone. She hasn't been able to contact me for so many days. Jiyu must be worried sick."
I sighed helplessly. "I'm over here."
Ye Yaochuan froze for a moment, a flash of frustration crossing his face.
I took the phone and fiddled with it. Zero missed calls.
Opening WeChat, I saw their chat history had stopped several days ago.
I glanced at Ye Yaochuan, and curiosity getting the better of me, I opened the chat.
I really wanted to know why Ye Yaochuan had blamed his car accident on me in my previous life.
["Ye Yaochuan! My mother says that if I marry you, the bride price must include a shopping mall. This is non-negotiable."]
["Your family is wealthy, so two shopping malls mean nothing to you. Since you're so insincere, let's break up."]
Ye Yaochuan's posture was extremely low: "Let's discuss this again, okay? I'll talk to my parents properly."
Jiyu sent a high-speed rail ticket for half an hour later.
["Then come find me after you've discussed it."]
Ye Yaochuan begged Jiyu not to leave, and finally Jiyu relented, but said she would only give him ten minutes.
After reading the chat history, I couldn't help but sneer.
They had argued over the bride price, which had nothing to do with me.
In my previous life, just because I softened and donated a cornea to him, he took all his anger out on me?
"How is it? Any news?"
Ye Yaochuan asked anxiously. I shook my head and put the phone on his leg.
"No."
"Impossible!"
He fumbled for the phone, wanting to hand it back to me. "Is my phone out of battery?"
"Or maybe the car accident damaged the phone, and WeChat isn't receiving messages."
"Qingyan, can you help me buy a new phone?"
Watching Ye Yaochuan's anxious expression, a sense of satisfaction actually rose in my heart.
I deliberately said as if taking revenge: "Jiyu hasn't contacted you. Not even once."
Chapter 4
From then on, Ye Yaochuan had me check his phone for unread messages every day.
As days passed, Ye Yaochuan obviously panicked.
"She hasn't contacted me for so many days. Why hasn't Jiyu contacted me?"
"Do you think something might have happened to her?"
I looked at him expressionlessly.
But Ye Yaochuan suddenly said: "Help me call Jiyu."
The moment the call connected, Ye Yaochuan's eyes lit up—this was the first time he had smiled in days.
"Jiyu..."
The person on the other end had a bad attitude: "Why are you still calling me? I said I'd only wait ten minutes for you. You didn't come."
"Doesn't that mean we've broken up by default? Don't bother me anymore."
Ye Yaochuan explained repeatedly: "I'm sorry, Jiyu. Don't hang up!"
"I, I wasn't intentionally late, and I didn't want to break up. It's... I was in a car accident and have been hospitalized."
I stood up and walked out, afraid that if she rejected him, he would blame me again.
But seeing how Ye Yaochuan acted toward Jiyu, I understood that he truly didn't love me.
We had grown up together, but I had never seen Ye Yaochuan in such a humble state.
After Aunt Xu arrived, I went to find the attending physician.
If the car accident was so severe, why were Ye Yaochuan's other injuries only minor, while his eyes were the most severely damaged?
The doctor's face also showed some helplessness.
"When we received him from the scene, his face was covered in blood."
"Later, we discovered that the patient had installed raised decorations on the car's emblem on his steering wheel. When the airbag deployed, it just happened to poke into his eyes."
"What a pity..."
I raised an eyebrow and went home, understanding dawning in my heart.
In my previous life, I had devoted my entire heart to Ye Yaochuan. Only after reviewing my life before death did I realize I had played a perfect hand terribly.
This time, I took two-thirds of my savings to buy gold.
My mom looked at me suspiciously: "Are you opening a gold shop?"
I smiled and shook my head.
"Holding it for appreciation!"
When my dad came home that night, he was unhappy, sighing heavily while eating.
His peripheral vision kept glancing at me.
"The corneas simply can't be found. I'm afraid Yaochuan will..."
I looked up at my dad: "Do your best and leave the rest to fate. You've tried your hard. Even if you can't find them, Uncle Ye won't blame you."
My parents looked at me in unison, probing cautiously.
"Your dad is afraid you can't accept it."
"We know you and Yaochuan have had good feelings since childhood, and as you grew older..."
"If you insist, your mom and I won't object."
After understanding what they meant, I solemnly put down my chopsticks.
"Dad, Mom."
"I don't like Ye Yaochuan anymore."
"Not because he's blind, but because he already has a girlfriend. He's not suitable for me. We're just ordinary friends, just neighbors."
"Don't say such things again."
My parents were surprised for a moment, then quickly nodded.
"Yanyan, rest assured. Whatever you choose, we support you."
Chapter 5
A week later, my dad was going to pick up Ye Yaochuan from the hospital.
But Aunt Xu reluctantly refused my dad's offer.
"Thank you, but Yaochuan's friend has come and said he would take him home from the hospital."
"You've all gone to so much trouble during this time."
At noon that day, we saw a girl helping Ye Yaochuan out of a car.
Aunt Xu and Uncle Ye followed behind, their faces showing no emotion.
"I heard Aunt Xu never agreed to let this girl into the family. Why has she suddenly changed her mind?"
My mom shook her head: "Ye Yaochuan is blind now. Even if Aunt Xu doesn't agree, there's nothing she can do."
That evening, Aunt Xu's family invited us over for dinner.
I found an excuse to refuse, but Aunt Xu and Uncle Ye came to our door personally.
"If Qingyan isn't free today, perhaps we can eat another day."
"You've helped us so much during this time. We don't know how to thank your family. You must come to our home for a meal."
Putting aside Ye Yaochuan, Aunt Xu and Uncle Ye had always treated me very well, both in this life and the previous.
Unable to refuse, I had to agree.
My mom went to the kitchen to help Aunt Xu when we arrived, while my dad and Uncle Ye huddled together, scratching their heads everywhere, contacting people to find corneas.
Only I sat awkwardly with Ye Yaochuan and Jiyu in the living room.
Jiyu acted entirely like the hostess and even poured me a cup of tea.
"I heard you're the childhood friend who grew up with Yaochuan?"
I smiled politely: "Hardly. Just neighbors."
In my peripheral vision, Ye Yaochuan frowned.
But when Jiyu leaned into his arms, his furrowed brow immediately relaxed.
Jiyu smiled coyly: "After Yaochuan went blind, he became more dependent on me."
I had no interest in competing with other women, so I simply smiled in agreement.
In this life, I only wanted to keep my distance from Ye Yaochuan.
As for whether this blind man was happy or not, that wasn't something I should concern myself with.
At the dinner table, Aunt Xu and Uncle Ye drowned their sorrows in wine. After several rounds, they were both quite drunk.
I helped Aunt Xu back to the bedroom.
"Auntie, rest well. Yaochuan's condition is improving day by day. Don't worry too much."
"Everyone is still trying hard to find corneas."
Aunt Xu covered her face and cried.
"Corneas can't be bought even with money. We all know this is just false hope."
"Auntie never agreed to let that girl in before. Qingyan, you and Yaochuan were the ones who..."
I smiled and interrupted Aunt Xu.
"Auntie, Ye Yaochuan and I are friends. You should support their relationship."
Aunt Xu froze for a moment, then nodded, tears flowing even more fiercely.
I helped my parents home, but before leaving, I turned back and saw Jiyu looking up at the Ye family's house, greed evident in her eyes.
Given Ye Yaochuan's personality, he must have looked for Jiyu after the accident in my previous life.
But Jiyu had rejected Ye Yaochuan, who could still see with one eye in my previous life, yet had a change of heart toward the completely blind Ye Yaochuan in this life?
Jiyu probably had impure motives.
Chapter 6
Ye Yaochuan and Jiyu soon got their marriage certificate.
Logically, this should be a happy occasion, but Aunt Xu and Uncle Ye were worried.
"Why does Aunt Xu have more gray hair these days than before?"
My mom's face showed some frustration.
"It's all because of worrying about Yaochuan."
"That girl is no good. Taking advantage of Ye Yaochuan's blindness, she made exorbitant demands. The bride price alone took more than half of the Ye family's property, calling it compensation for her family."
"Yet Ye Yaochuan insists he will only marry her. Your Uncle Ye was so angry his heart condition almost relapsed."
Marrying Jiyu was Ye Yaochuan's lifelong obsession.
Let alone half the family property, even if he lost everything, Ye Yaochuan would probably be content.
The only pitiful ones were Aunt Xu and Uncle Ye.
To reach middle age only to suffer such a calamity.
After dinner that evening, I went back to my room.
In my previous life, I couldn't see with one eye, so naturally in this life I wanted to see the great rivers and mountains of our motherland properly.
While making travel plans, my mom suddenly knocked on the door.
"Qingyan, Yaochuan is here to see you."
I frowned, recalling that I had indeed been keeping my distance from him recently, then got up and went downstairs.
"What is it?"
Ye Yaochuan turned toward the sound of my voice.
"Want to go out for a walk?"
I glanced back at my parents, put on a coat, and went out, but not far—just under the streetlight at our doorstep.
Ye Yaochuan groped with his hands without taking steps. Seeing that I hadn't approached for a long time, he pressed his lips together.
"Won't you help me up?"
I clicked my tongue lightly.
"Men and women should maintain distance. I need to keep my distance from a married man."
Ye Yaochuan took one tentative step at a time, and a small stone made him stumble.
I watched expressionlessly.
After all, the image of him slamming the table in my previous life, saying he'd rather be blind than see me, was still vivid.
Chapter 7
A one-minute walk took Ye Yaochuan ten minutes to stumble over.
I had lost my patience, but he took a packet of wedding candy from his pocket.
"The old rule. I secretly took it out for you."
When I was young, I loved snacks. No matter what food was at home, Ye Yaochuan would always secretly take some out for me to eat.
"Did you come find me just for this?"
I tilted my head to look at him. Thinking carefully, my initial attraction to him seemed to be because of his boundaryless kindness.
"Put it away. You're married now, you should be more mindful of boundaries."
I found an excuse to refuse, but Ye Yaochuan's eyes slightly reddened.
He was somewhat emotionally agitated.
"I know what you feel for me. If we can't be lovers, can't we even be friends?"
"You used to cling to me every day, now you say I'm just your neighbor?"
?
I froze for a moment, then remembered he was referring to the time we went to their home for dinner.
I laughed lightly.
Though I didn't understand what he meant by this, I returned his words from my previous life unchanged.
"Have you been brainwashed by some nonsense about childhood sweethearts? We're just neighbors, there's no complicated feeling between us."
Ye Yaochuan's expression froze for a moment.
His ears turned red with embarrassment.
I touched my somewhat cool arms. "It's too cold. Go back early."
"You can find your way back, right?"
Ye Yaochuan lowered his head, staring at the ground, making his emotions hard to read.
"I've walked it eight hundred times. I could probably do it in my dreams."
With that, I confidently closed our door.
If he fell, that would truly be adding insult to injury for Aunt Xu.
Two days later, I boarded a plane to travel.
Wearing headphones, I kept looking out the window the entire way.
Between the rolling clouds, I cast all grudges behind me.
Life is worth living—wasting thoughts on a man is never wise.
Chapter 8
I spent six months visiting over ten cities.
Everywhere I went, I met all kinds of friends and even unexpectedly became a travel blogger.
My parents followed my account, and the two competed daily to see who could be first in my comments section.
But soon I noticed a suspicious private account.
Every day, it would leave passive-aggressive comments in my section.
["Girls should stay home and serve their husbands and children. What kind of behavior is it to be always showing your face in public?"]
["No upbringing."]
["Who knows where your money comes from."]
I had a friend trace this account, but when I discovered it was Jiyu, I laughed.
That evening while chatting with my parents, I probed indirectly.
"Ye Yaochuan and Jiyu got their marriage certificate long ago, why haven't they had a wedding yet?"
When it came to them, my mom opened up like a floodgate.
"Yaochuan always wanted to, but Jiyu refused, saying she was embarrassed that Yaochuan was blind."
"Your Aunt Xu comes to complain to me every day. That Jiyu is nothing like she was before the marriage."
"Not only has she taken over more than half of the Ye family's property, but two months into the marriage, she started throwing her weight around over Ye Yaochuan. Your Aunt Xu has seen her make Yaochuan pour her foot-washing water more than once."
"This wouldn't be a big deal normally, but Yaochuan can't see the road!"
"One time they heard clattering sounds in the middle of the night. When they came out, they found Yaochuan had rolled down from the second floor, covered in foot-washing water."
"Isn't this bullying?"
I listened somewhat absentmindedly, unable to help thinking of my previous life.
In the third year after donating my cornea, my right eyeball had begun to atrophy.
So every week when Ye Yaochuan met with friends, he refused to take me out.
Once I tentatively suggested going together, Ye Yaochuan refused without a second thought.
Later, when I pestered him too much, he directly pulled me in front of a mirror.
He blurted out: "Look at your own eyes."
"Isn't an atrophied eyeball scary?"
In that moment, shock, inferiority, and disbelief flooded my mind.
I had become like this just to help him see the light again.
But Ye Yaochuan didn't even give me a chance to反驳, slamming the door as he left.
Later, when I accidentally overheard him talking on the phone with friends, I learned that he felt we were destined to be inseparable for this life due to various bonds.
Just like how Jiyu was confident that if she left, no one else would want Ye Yaochuan, so she could treat him however she wanted.
What goes around, comes around.
Chapter 9
It was another three months before I returned home.
I brought back some local specialties. My mom, feeling sorry for Aunt Xu, gave half of them to her after lunch.
But unexpectedly, ten minutes later, when my mom returned, her face was full of anger, and Aunt Xu followed with red eyes.
The originally well-packaged specialties were also broken.
"What happened?"
My mom was quite angry: "What kind of daughter-in-law did they marry? That's a T-Rex they brought back."
"That Jiyu threw out everything you bought, not only making sarcastic remarks about you but also saying your Aunt Xu was biased toward outsiders and senile."
"They've only been married this long. I'm afraid she'll soon be riding on the elders' necks to shit."
Aunt Xu held my hand. I hadn't seen her for months, and she had lost a lot of weight.
"If it weren't for what happened, Old Bai and I would never have let that woman into the family."
"Auntie has overheard Jiyu on the phone with men late at night more than once, but Auntie can't say anything, can only pretend not to know."
I poured Aunt Xu a glass of water.
I wouldn't get involved in their family affairs, but Jiyu and I still had old scores to settle.
So I went directly next door.
When Jiyu opened the door, she looked at me with disdain and said "oh."
"The travel blogger is back."
"What, here to defend our family's honor? You like meddling so much, why don't you take the position of Ye family daughter-in-law?"
I sneered and directly pulled up her account.
"You thought using a private account would hide you?"
"For months now, you've been maliciously slandering me and stirring up trouble under my videos, with likes accumulating up to 30,000."
"Do you know what crime defamation is?"
A flash of unnaturalness crossed Jiyu's face, but it disappeared in an instant.
"You say it's me, do you have evidence?"
"I can even trace your IP. Do you think the police can't?"
Jiyu curled her lips disdainfully. "Can't you just delete it?"
"It's too late. I already preserved the evidence. Even if you delete it now, it's useless."
Only then did a trace of barely perceptible panic flash in Jiyu's eyes.
But she couldn't argue with me, so she turned around and called Ye Yaochuan out.
Chapter 10
Ye Yaochuan was blind, so Jiyu didn't even bother to hide the disgusted expression on her face.
"Honey, your little childhood friend is bullying me. What should I do?"
Ye Yaochuan frowned slightly and began reaching around with his hands.
"Qingyan's back?"
Jiyu's face immediately darkened.
"Ye Yaochuan, why wasn't your first reaction to defend me? Have you stopped loving me now that we're married?"
Ye Yaochuan paused, and just as he was about to speak, Jiyu pushed him into the room.
I watched coldly. Sure enough, men all have the quality of being cheap.
In my previous life, Ye Yaochuan and I were married, but he never helped me say a single word.
Jiyu's face became somewhat distorted.
"See! Men don't cherish what they have."
"What's the difference between a man like that and none? If I don't run, Ye Yaochuan should be grateful."
I watched her leisurely and asked the question in my heart.
"But why do you come to me to seek validation?"
"Ye Yaochuan loves you to the bone."
Jiyu's hand gripping the doorframe suddenly tightened, and she unconsciously clenched her teeth as she spoke.
She lowered her voice: "What good is his love? I still have to take care of his eating, drinking, and shitting!"
"Marrying him is like finding myself a son!"
"Otherwise, why do you think the Ye family would willingly give me so much money? Even you, his childhood friend, have left. Who else would want him?"
"I'm just indignant that I have to live like an old nanny at home while you can live such a colorful life outside! If I hadn't come from a poor background, I wouldn't earn this shameful money!"
I felt some melancholy, but also felt this was within my expectations.
"Even if you tell the Ye family everything I said, I'm not afraid. Who made their son blind?"
I thought for a moment and told her what the doctor said:
"Do you know? He became blind because you put decorations on his steering wheel. When the airbag deployed, it injured his eyes."
Jiyu sneered: "So what? He was willing."
Truly, birds of a feather flock together.
I naturally wouldn't tell anyone these words, but before leaving, I continued to warn her.
"If you don't apologize in my comments section within 24 hours, I will sue you for defamation."
"And apologizing isn't enough. If you disrespect my mother again in the future, I still reserve the right to sue you."
"When the time comes, I'll hire the best lawyer and make everything you have now come to nothing."
Jiyu clung desperately to the door, foolishly threatening me with Ye Yaochuan:
"Without me, Ye Yaochuan is ruined!"
I curled my lips and smiled: "What does that have to do with me?"
Chapter 11
Jiyu couldn't bear to lose everything she had, so that evening she obediently apologized on social media.
When she ran into my parents on the street, she also knew to greet them politely.
Aunt Xu and Uncle Ye couldn't stand this life and simply bought another house nearby to move out.
Being a travel blogger made me self-employed, and I went out with friends every day, returning late at night.
Friends said I had changed.
"You used to be an introvert. Now you're even more restless at home than me, an extrovert."
I smiled without speaking.
Probably because I feared going out after losing an eye in my previous life.
Naturally, I had to make up for all of it this time.
Without Ye Yaochuan, my life seemed more and more colorful.
But one evening when I returned home, I encountered Ye Yaochuan sitting on the bench at my doorstep.
He had lost quite a bit of weight and sat there blankly like a sculpture under the streetlight.
Only when he heard me saying goodbye to my friends did he slowly look up.
"Is that Qingyan back?"
I frowned and walked toward him. "What are you doing here?"
Ye Yaochuan's hands gripped his white cane tightly. Only when I was about to lose patience did he take a jewelry box from his pocket.
He opened it carefully, and only then did I see a jade bracelet of excellent quality inside.
"Qingyan, this, this is for you."
I laughed lightly.
This jade bracelet was the Ye family's heirloom. In my previous life, I never received it, even on the day I died.
But in this life, Ye Yaochuan was offering it to me voluntarily.
"This should go to your wife. I won't accept it."
At the mention of Jiyu, Ye Yaochuan suddenly became agitated.
"Don't mention her!"
"If it weren't for her, how could my eyes become like this."
These words sounded really familiar. In my previous life, he seemed to have said the same thing to me.
See.
No matter the choice, men can always shift responsibility to others, always playing the innocent role.
Remembering what happened in my previous life, I had no good attitude toward Ye Yaochuan.
"What exactly do you want to say?"
Ye Yaochuan's face was full of dejection. After a moment, he spoke.
"Qingyan, I regret it."
"Clearly we were childhood sweethearts, why did I have to fall for that Jiyu?"
"I've always known how you feel about me. I know I was wrong."
Just as I was about to interrupt him, I saw him raise his head full of hope.
"Qingyan, are you willing to save me..."
"I really can't stand this world of darkness anymore."
I was shocked and laughed without hiding my contempt.
"Are you crazy?"
"Who do you think you are? Why should I save you?"
Chapter 12
Ye Yaochuan slowly stood up, and two lines of tears actually flowed from his eyes.
I watched coldly, growing more and more disgusted with him.
When I don't give, he shamelessly asks. I must have had problems with my brain to have fallen for him in my previous life.
I turned to leave, but suddenly heard him say somewhat excitedly:
"You will save me. You were originally going to give me a cornea!"
My body froze, and I turned back in astonishment to look at the man under the streetlight.
So Ye Yaochuan had also been reborn.
He took two steps forward, begging humbly: "Please save me one more time. Weren't you willing to give me a cornea? Why aren't you willing now?"
"Qingyan... as long as you're willing to save me, I'll divorce Jiyu immediately and be with you, okay?"
"We'll be happy together. I'll love you for the rest of my life."
I sneered: "And then?"
"Then嫌弃 that my eyeball is atrophied and I'm embarrassing to be seen with?"
Ye Yaochuan froze for a moment, not reacting for a while. He murmured: "What?"
I helped him recall word by word: "Remember how you asked AI questions?"
["How to make someone's cornea detach"]
["Help me design a perfect car accident"]
["Can someone who died from carbon monoxide poisoning still donate corneas?"]
"Ye Yaochuan, didn't you say you'd rather be blind for life than see me?"
"In this life, you got your wish. You should be happy."
Ye Yaochuan froze in place, as if struck by lightning, unable to speak.
I turned and went home, ignoring his tearful apologies from behind.
When I closed the door, I heard the sound of Ye Yaochuan falling.
I didn't look.
In this life, I never wanted to see him again.
I don't know if it was because I had returned his words unchanged, but I slept particularly sweetly that night.
But unexpectedly, the next morning I was awakened by police sirens and Aunt Xu's crying.
Chapter 13
Ye Yaochuan and Jiyu were both dead.
When Aunt Xu went to bring them breakfast, as soon as she opened the door, she smelled the overwhelming scent of blood.
Looking closely, she found Jiyu lying on the stairs covered in blood. The carpet on the stairs was stained red.
Her throat had been cut.
Ye Yaochuan was also covered in blood on the bed, but looked strangely peaceful.
When discovered, he even had the corners of his mouth turned up.
But besides the wound on his neck, his upper body had seven or eight stab wounds of various sizes.
Aunt Xu and Uncle Ye cried uncontrollably, fainting several times before勉强 supporting themselves to go to the police station for statements.
"Officer, my son was clearly murdered."
The police officer looked grave and took out two phones.
"These were found in the grass behind your house. After verification, they belong to Ye Yaochuan and Jiyu."
"We found what appears to be a final message recording in Ye Yaochuan's phone. You should listen to it."
Ye Yaochuan's low, hoarse voice slowly played.
"Dad, Mom, I'm sorry. Forgive me for only being able to say goodbye to you in this way. I have no face to see you."
"Jiyu cheated on me. The night before last, she brought that wild man back to our home."
"The two of them bullied me because I couldn't see, actually in my room..."
Ye Yaochuan's voice trembled slightly: "I really can't stand this kind of life anymore. It's a pity I only saw Jiyu's true face now! She only married me for money!"
"I was so good to her, but this is how she repaid me!! If it weren't for her, I might not have gone blind, and even if I had, someone would have donated corneas to me..."
"It was I who didn't cherish her, but this bitch deserved to die!"
"I thought about divorce, but I couldn't bear to let her take so much of our property. I was afraid you would have a hard time in the future."
"After killing Jiyu, I will also commit suicide."
"Mom and Dad, I'm sorry for bringing shame to you."
"Is Qingyan there? I'm sorry. I hope we can meet again in the next life."
After listening to the recording, my parents and Ye Yaochuan's parents all cried their hearts out.
The police officer also looked compassionate: "After the forensic examination, it was determined that the wounds on Ye Yaochuan's body were likely inflicted by Jiyu after she was injured."
"Jiyu probably crawled to the staircase after realizing she had lost her phone, wanting to escape and find someone to save her, but ultimately died from excessive blood loss."
I lowered my eyes, feeling mixed emotions.
Aunt Xu and Uncle Ye were the most pitiful ones.
As for Ye Yaochuan...
He said he hoped we could meet again in the next life.
But I hoped we would never meet again for all eternity.
Chapter 14
After handling Ye Yaochuan's affairs, Aunt Xu and Uncle Ye completely collapsed.
Both of them turned white-haired overnight.
My mom couldn't bear to see it and personally took care of them every day.
Even with caregivers present, she wasn't reassured.
When Aunt Xu's health improved somewhat, I also went to see her.
She cried with puffy eyes as soon as she saw me.
"Good child, it's Yaochuan who didn't have the good fortune."
I didn't want to hear about him, so I helped wipe Auntie's tears and changed the subject.
"You and Uncle should rest well and recover your health soon."
"Next time I go out, I'll take you with me, okay? You and Uncle can spend your old age with my parents."
This was my mom's suggestion.
I had objected at first, but my mom criticized me.
"Have you forgotten how good your Aunt Xu was to you when you were little?"
"Yaochuan is two years older than you. When you were born, you kept crying. Our family conditions weren't so good then, and I was exhausted taking care of you. It was your Aunt Xu who held you and raised you bit by bit."
"They've lost their son. If this continues, I'm afraid their bodies won't hold out much longer."
My mom's eyes turned red as she spoke.
I didn't object anymore.
After marrying in my previous life, Uncle and Auntie had still treated me as well as before.
Everything was Ye Yaochuan's fault.
After Uncle and Auntie recuperated for a year, I took them with me on a plane to Yunnan.
I rented them a small courtyard, and the four of us together was just right.
Instead, I carried equipment out every day to film material, while they played mahjong with a clattering sound.
Everyone was just right.
—The End