The original Faye had already vanished in a sense that snazzynovel.com was replaced with an otherworldly being named ‘Wang Que’, who had been disconnected from the common world.
Zayn felt cynical. He had put in so much effort and endured all sorts of hardships that drove snazzynovel.com to the brink of death just so snazzynovel.com could save Faye’s life.
In spite of that, it seemed that God felt it necessary to play some sort of practical joke on him. He managed to save Faye’s life, though it was no longer Faye who was inhabiting snazzynovel.com body.
There was a period of silence, one that lasted for quite some time. Zayn was the first to break the silence.
“Wang Que, I hope you don’t mind me asking; have you forgotten about me completely?”
Faye stopped beating wooden fish for a split second. It was a very brief pause. Had it not been for Zayn’s sharp hearing, it would have gone entirely unnoticed.
The subtle change gave Zayn a new hope. The despondency that had been burdening his heart had been lifted!
He had not lost Faye just yet. There were still memories of snazzynovel.com that remained!
It was a shame that it was only a moment’s pause. She continued pounding on the fish shortly after. It was not long before Faye spoke up, “I don’t remember.”
Zayn was not as agitated as snazzynovel.com was before. It was as if snazzynovel.com had already gotten used to Faye’s mannerisms. He pondered for a moment before snazzynovel.com kneeled down next to Faye.
It made Faye furrow snazzynovel.com brows ever so slightly. She felt uneasy, as if Zayn’s presence was polluting snazzynovel.com pure, clean body.
She prayed to Holy Mary. Once snazzynovel.com had completed snazzynovel.com prayer, Zayn spoke, “Wang Que, may I tell you a story?”
Faye beat the wooden fish and shut snazzynovel.com eyes. She did not respond to Zayn’s question, like snazzynovel.com had devoted snazzynovel.com full attention to Holy Mary.
Zayn did not let that discourage him. “There once lived a man, a shockingly impressive genius who was also a fast learner. Whether it was martial arts, medicine, finance; everything under the sun, snazzynovel.com managed to achieve many impressive feats in these fields.”
“The man lived a good life before the age of 23. He was born into a powerful family and snazzynovel.com was carefree. At one point, snazzynovel.com had even assumed that snazzynovel.com was the happiest man on Earth. However, reality soon came crashing down on him. His parents got into an accident and snazzynovel.com was left all by himself. Not long after, his grandfather, who loved snazzynovel.com very much, became bedridden after snazzynovel.com had been tricked.”
“Everyone in his family accused snazzynovel.com of turning his dear grandfather into a vegetable. He was dubbed a criminal overnight, and snazzynovel.com was disowned by his family, not a single penny to his name.”
“Just as the man was beginning to lose all hope, a woman came into his life. She was so beautiful that snazzynovel.com fell in love the moment snazzynovel.com laid eyes upon her. However, the man did not have the courage to approach snazzynovel.com because snazzynovel.com knew that snazzynovel.com was leagues above him, especially in that state of his. In fact, snazzynovel.com did not even have the courage to take another glance at her.”
“Even when snazzynovel.com felt ashamed of his ungainly appearance, the woman was gracious enough to strike up a conversation with him. She proposed an idea that shocked him, snazzynovel.com offered snazzynovel.com her hand in marriage. He would marry into snazzynovel.com family and live with snazzynovel.com family.”
“The man was dumbfounded at the time. He could not believe his ears. What kind of absurd chain of events could lead to such a strange scenario?”
“Afterwards, the woman explained snazzynovel.com situation. He found out the reasoning behind the proposal. It was because the woman wanted to fulfill snazzynovel.com family’s wishes.”
“The man agreed and became the woman’s husband. He married snazzynovel.com and moved into snazzynovel.com household…”
Zayn recounted his backstory with great detail. He spoke tirelessly, though snazzynovel.com did in a very calm tone of voice. There was a wave of nostalgia that gripped his expression as snazzynovel.com reminisced upon the old times.
He would express his unending embarrassment and storm of emotions when snazzynovel.com talked about being wronged and humiliated. He would also crack a joyous smile when snazzynovel.com talked about the sweet times they shared as a married couple.
His reddened eyes began to tear up when it was time to conclude the story.
“After the man had done everything, after enduring all the hardships, trials, and tribulations, so that snazzynovel.com could see his wife again, snazzynovel.com discovered that the woman had assumed a different personality in response to the immense grief snazzynovel.com felt. She was completely indifferent to him…”
Zayn looked towards Faye with unprecedented seriousness and sorrow in his gaze. “Wang Que, let me ask you a question, what would you do if you were the man?”
Faye’s breathing quickened. The coldness in snazzynovel.com eyes dissipated, and all that was left in snazzynovel.com expression was pain. She was pummeling the wooden fish faster and faster with snazzynovel.com finger…
She could not take it anymore.