I'm Well

After feeding Nyx her medicine, Lin Qiye withdrew from his mind and gradually sank into sleep.

This time, he did not have that exhausting dream of knocking on doors again. Ever since the Psychiatric Hospital of the Gods had fused with him, he seemed to have completely broken free from that dream's hold and gained real sleep.

He had a wonderful dream. He dreamed that he got into university, found success in his career, and moved into a big house with his aunt and Yang Jin. He dreamed that the three of them could finally travel together, to see the mountains and waters they had only ever seen on television...

Because he had been disabled and the household finances had always been tight, with no extra money to spare, Lin Qiye had not only never traveled in his seventeen years—he had never even left Cangnan City.

Deep down, he still longed for the world outside.

When the alarm rang, Lin Qiye reluctantly got out of bed, changed clothes, and prepared to head to school.

The moment he opened the door, he saw his aunt hurriedly changing shoes by the entrance, ready to leave.

"Aunt, why are you leaving for work so early?"

"The factory got another batch of new parts, and they need us to process them quickly. I'm heading out first. Keep eating breakfast with your brother, and don't be late!" his aunt nagged.

"Okay."

Just as his aunt was about to close the door, Lin Qiye spoke again.

"Aunt."

"What is it?"

His aunt stopped and looked at Lin Qiye in confusion.

"It's... it's nothing." Lin Qiye hesitated for a moment, then shook his head. A smile appeared on his lips. "When you get back, I'll tell you some good news."

His aunt gave him a few puzzled looks, then laughed and scolded him, "You brat, playing riddles with me now? Fine, I'm in a hurry. Tell me tonight!"

With that, she hurriedly shut the door and clattered down the stairs.

Lin Qiye stood silently in the doorway, his head lowered, lost in thought...

Suddenly, he raised his head sharply, as though he had made up his mind. Still wearing slippers, he threw open the door!

Standing at the stairwell, he shouted downstairs!

"Aunt! I can see!!"

The next moment, Lin Qiye heard the footsteps below abruptly stop. Then his aunt's trembling voice drifted up from five floors below.

"Y-you, say that again?!"

"I can see! I'm better now, Aunt!"

After a brief pause, hurried footsteps, even faster than before, rushed up from below. Before long, his panting aunt stood before Lin Qiye.

Her lips trembled slightly, but the corners of her mouth kept rising uncontrollably...

"You can see? Really?"

"Really."

"Is it blurry? Do you see double? Does it hurt? Does light still sting your eyes?"

"No. None of that, Aunt." Smiling, Lin Qiye reached up and untied the black satin over his eyes. A pair of exceptionally beautiful eyes slowly opened. "I'm really better now, Aunt."

His aunt stared blankly at those eyes as tears surged uncontrollably from her eyes!

She smiled, and the wrinkles on her face bloomed like flowers. Though she was over forty, she smiled like a child.

For ten years, Lin Qiye had never seen her smile like that.

His aunt pulled Lin Qiye into an embrace. He could clearly feel her body trembling slightly.

"Good, good... Our Little Qiye has finally made it through!" His aunt released him, wiped away her tears, and said with a smile, "Little Qiye, I need to get to work. When I come back tonight, I'll buy more groceries. We have to celebrate properly!"

"Thank you, Aunt."

"Then... then I'm leaving. Go to school properly, okay?"

"Mm."

His aunt hurried down the stairs, tears still sliding uncontrollably down her cheeks. She wiped her face, her steps lighter than ever before.

Lin Qiye watched his aunt leave, then turned and walked back into the house with red-rimmed eyes.

In truth, he had originally planned to wait until his aunt came home that night to formally announce it. But then he remembered that people who raised that kind of flag in movies usually never ended well...

He did not want anything to happen to his aunt. Even if it was just some inexplicable superstition, he was unwilling to take that risk.

So he decisively pulled that flag out, tore it to pieces, and tossed it into the Pacific Ocean.

The moment Lin Qiye turned around, he saw Yang Jin standing behind him, holding Xiao Hei Lai, his eyes red.

The two brothers stared at each other for two seconds, then smiled at the same time.

"Brother, congratulations."

"Mm. Now the sunglasses you gave me can finally come in handy." Lin Qiye gently rubbed Yang Jin's head and said with a soft laugh.

"Let's eat, Brother. When Aunt comes back tonight, we'll have something good."

"Okay!"

Xiao Hei Lai poked its head out from Yang Jin's arms and licked Lin Qiye's hand. "Woof—!"

Second High School.

When Lin Qiye walked into the classroom, the entire class immediately fell silent.

After staring at one another in confusion for a while, someone finally ventured to ask:

"Are you... Lin Qiye?"

Lin Qiye, having removed the black satin blindfold, raised an eyebrow and gave a slight nod.

After a brief silence, the classroom erupted into noise again, the discussion even more animated than before!

"His eyes are better?"

"They must be! He can see now!"

"His eyes are so pretty!"

"Yeah, yeah! How did we never notice before? He's actually so handsome..."

The looks the girls gave Lin Qiye had changed. They gathered together and whispered among themselves, their gazes occasionally darting toward him.

The boys sitting closer to Lin Qiye also crowded around him, asking a barrage of questions about his eyes. Once they confirmed that he had truly recovered, they were all astonished.

"I could see all along. It's just that my eyes couldn't handle light. After going to the hospital yesterday, they got better," Lin Qiye answered.

Only then did the students remember that Lin Qiye had indeed been absent yesterday, and realization dawned on them.

Yet amid the noisy classroom, two people seemed utterly out of place.

Liu Yuan sat in the corner with his head lowered, stealing glances at Lin Qiye from the corner of his eye, his expression incomparably awkward.

He clearly remembered how, while fleeing for his life that day, he had slammed hard into Lin Qiye. Once he had escaped, he had assumed that a blind man like Lin Qiye had no chance of getting away from that monster. He had felt guilty for a while, but hadn't dwelled on it.

But what he hadn't expected was that Jiang Qian had died, while Lin Qiye—the one he had least expected to survive—had actually made it out alive!

And his eyes had even recovered!

For a moment, even Liu Yuan couldn't tell what he was feeling. Awkwardness? Guilt? Dejection? Or... regret?

Although Lin Qiye had his back to Liu Yuan, his mental perception caught every change in the other man's expression with perfect clarity. His eyes slowly narrowed.

Just then, another person came up to Lin Qiye.

Li Yifei stood awkwardly beside Lin Qiye's desk, looking somewhat embarrassed. He glanced around, then bent down and whispered into Lin Qiye's ear:

"Qiye... um... could you come out with me for a moment? There are some things I want to say."

Lin Qiye hesitated only slightly before nodding.