Volume 4

200 Saving Each Other

My heart sank right down to the bottom of the abyss, drowning in the darkness.

Gaoqin Jiuye suddenly laughed and said to the boy, “You’re right. We shouldn’t be giving false hope to others if we aren’t able to save them. But if no one gives anyone hope in this world, what would it become? You think that hope is something that others should continually be giving?”

Gaoqin Jiuye was still holding my hand. “We’ll only need to sow a tiny seed of hope in you. It’s up to you whether you’ll be able to grab onto this and be reborn in the future. There’s no one who owes you a living. How could you blame someone for not helping you all the time when she’s willing to help you out just this once? What you should do is to grab hold of that hand and stand up on your own. If the helping hand is gone after that, you should then learn how to stand on your own two feet.”

The boy and I were both stunned by his words.

The boy looked at Gaoqin Jiuye with...