Agreeing to the Girl's Request! Going to "See You"!

The girl's ice-blue eyes were swollen and red, tears still pooled in their corners. But at this moment, beyond sorrow and despair, there was something else in those eyes...

Resolve.

A nearly stubborn resolve.

A determination to give everything for her brother.

Her lips parted slightly as if she wanted to say something, but her throat felt stuffed with cotton, and not a word came out.

Only her tears continued to slide down soundlessly, one drop after another, falling onto the collar of her plain white dress.

Lin Ciyan looked at her.

At those eyes.

Lin Ciyan's reflection was mirrored in Meng Hongchen's ice-blue eyes. Her swollen, reddened eye sockets resembled irises drenched by rain—fragile, yet blooming with stubborn persistence.

The girl's eyelashes were wet, each one clinging to tiny droplets that gleamed crystal-clear in the morning light.

Tears spilled from the corners of her eyes, following the trails already carved by previous tears, gathering beneath her chin into glittering droplets before falling silently.

She was desperately holding herself back from crying aloud.

But the tears would not stop.

Lin Ciyan looked at her in silence for a few breaths.

Then he spoke.

"The Dark Badge your brother used was different from those used by the others on your team."

His voice was calm, devoid of any excess emotion, as though he were merely stating a fact.

"I can't guarantee that I can cure him."

The words fell.

Meng Hongchen's pupils abruptly widened.

Tears surged from her ice-blue eyes like a river bursting through its banks.

But this time, they were not tears of sorrow, nor tears of despair...

They were tears of joy—tears shed upon seeing a glimmer of light within endless darkness.

Her lips trembled violently, yet the corners of her mouth lifted into a smile even uglier