21st Century Necromancer-Chapter 776 - 772: Parting of Life and Death (Seeking Subscriptions, Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Chen Yu naturally took great care of the script he had gotten from the old man; such a thing that could potentially spawn a small world was a rare treasure even in the entire Multiverse, and encountering it was a stroke of luck that could be hoped for but not sought after.

However, while taking the object back to his office, Chen Yu thought for a moment and then turned into Jounouchi Hiromi’s office instead. Seeing her writing at her desk, he approached and asked, "What are you writing? My wife."

"A patient’s history," Jounouchi Hiromi certainly knew it was Chen Yu who entered and wasn’t the least bit surprised. She simply told him, "Although I’ve been busy with the Artificial Womb project recently, there are still several patients to deal with. I happen to have some time today, so I’m writing up the histories. What do you have there, husband?"

As she spoke, Jounouchi Hiromi’s gaze turned to the script in Chen Yu’s hand, the stack of yellowed pages immediately drawing her attention.

Chen Yu handed the script to Jounouchi Hiromi, explaining, "It’s a movie script given to me by a patient, written by himself when he was young. It’s a very touching love story."

"Oh? It’s rare for stories to be considered touching by you, my husband. Let me have a look!" Jounouchi Hiromi said as she reached out her hand and took the script from him, placing it on her desk to read.

The script written by the old man wasn’t long, and the storyline was simple. Although there were ups and downs in the relationship between the male and female leads, it wasn’t a hard read. Jounouchi Hiromi quickly finished the entire story.

Carefully closing the script, Jounouchi Hiromi looked at Chen Yu, somewhat moved, and asked, "Husband, what happened to them in the end? Did they truly live happily together?"

"If spending the rest of their days together counts as a kind of happiness, then of course they lived happily together," Chen Yu said, recalling the old man and the woman, and couldn’t help but smile.

"Really? That’s wonderful! Happiness in spending the rest of their days together..." Jounouchi Hiromi was initially surprised by Chen Yu’s answer but then quickly pressed him with a question, "Husband, you said they spent their days together? But wasn’t it written in the script that they... wait, is the story in this script real?"

Chen Yu nodded, reclaiming the script from Jounouchi Hiromi’s hands, looked at the signature of the old man on the cover, and explained to Jounouchi Hiromi, "This script was written by one of my patients. What he wrote is his own story." frёewebnoѵēl.com

"So he really met someone who stepped out of a movie and fell in love with her?" Jounouchi Hiromi’s eyes widened in surprise.

Such a notion was utterly fantastical, and even though she had experienced many astonishing and surprising things with Chen Yu, this still filled her with curiosity and amazement, along with a hint of longing.

After all, a fairy-tale-like love story was something every girl desired deeply.

"Yes, and they were together for decades, truly not even holding hands once; even when they walked together, they were separated by a handkerchief," said Chen Yu, thinking of the woman who watched the old man fall but couldn’t help him, feeling a sense of awe at the magnitude of their love. How deep must their love have been to endure decades of not physical contact?

Hearing Chen Yu’s words, Jounouchi Hiromi suddenly grasped the grandeur of this love—a couple that couldn’t even hold hands or embrace, how did they maintain their love for so many years?

"I really envy their relationship!" Jounouchi Hiromi exclaimed sincerely.

"Their affection for each other is indeed enviable. Being able to grow old together with your beloved, despite some regrets, they were truly happy," Chen Yu also felt deeply moved and after a moment of reflection, carefully stored the yellowed script away again.

Watching Chen Yu put the script away, Jounouchi Hiromi suddenly thought of something and asked him, "Could they really never touch each other for their entire lives?"

"Yes, that was the price the woman paid for leaving the world of movies to enter reality. She couldn’t touch anyone; if she felt human warmth, she would die," Chen Yu nodded, feeling helpless about the situation, "And for them, perhaps the ability to touch was no longer important. If two people truly love each other, does it matter whether they can touch or not?"

"Hmm... you have a point, but wouldn’t it still be a pity not to be able to hug the person you love?" Jounouchi Hiromi still felt it was regrettable that two people who truly loved each other couldn’t even embrace to feel each other’s presence.

Chen Yu shook his head, disagreeing, "Although it’s regrettable, this kind of regret is better than one disappearing after an embrace. It may be hard to accept at first, but living a life like theirs could still be quite good in the end."

"That’s also true. Otherwise, just trying to hug or hold hands could make the other person disappear, which would be truly regrettable," Jounouchi Hiromi understood, but she still felt the story was not perfect enough.

Just as Chen Yu had no wish to interfere with this matter, Jounouchi Hiromi didn’t want to disrupt the tranquil life the old man and the woman had.

But she couldn’t help wondering if, with the old man’s life coming to an end, would he choose to embrace the woman at the end of his life or leave this world carrying the regret of never having embraced his loved one?

Jounouchi Hiromi posed this question to Chen Yu, but he found it difficult to answer.

"If it were me, I think I would choose to embrace the person I love," Chen Yu considered and eventually made a choice, "After all, two people who love each other have already journeyed through life together. If one of them leaves, leaving the other alone in this world, wouldn’t that be cruel? Instead of that, it’s better to leave together if both agree. To share life and death, isn’t that a grand form of love as well?"

"That’s true. After living a lifetime together, who would want to leave their partner alone in this world?" Jounouchi Hiromi sighed with emotion. When it comes to death, perhaps it’s in their nature; Japanese are more accepting, and conversely, they seem to fear loneliness more when alive.

Chen Yu nodded slightly, then suddenly embraced Jounouchi Hiromi by the shoulders, "I’m glad we don’t have to be like them, unable to embrace for a lifetime, and we won’t have to face the pain of parting in life and death."

Hearing Chen Yu say this, Jounouchi Hiromi just smiled knowingly and leaned into his embrace.