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The boy in the car accident actually crawled out of my mirror. It was the evening of late April and the weather began to get cold again.

This is a season with a large temperature difference between day and night.

Green buds are faintly appearing on the branches on both sides of the street, adding a bit of vitality to this peaceful old street .

"Ah... A-choo——"

After coming out of the supermarket, I could clearly feel the temperature dropping again.

I sniffed, fumbling to zip up my jacket while still carrying the shopping bags.

Suddenly, a little cat with blood stains on it caught my attention on the roadside not far away.

Why is there a kitten here?

I walked over, bent down, held the shivering little thing in my arms, and gently stroked its back.

…

"Why hasn't the ambulance come yet?"

"Ah! It's been ten minutes! The child's breathing has become weak!"

"Call again to urge them!"

"Police, can you think of a way..."

…

Uh, did something happen up front?

The intersection was packed with people, and everyone had a serious expression. Everyone was talking at once. The police car parked nearby was emitting shrill sirens, announcing that a horrible accident had occurred here.

Holding the shivering little cat in my arms and carrying a shopping bag in my hand, I walked towards the chaotic crowd.

Traffic accident?

Faintly, I saw a large pool of glaring blood on the ground in the middle of the crowd. It was a shocking sight.

"The ambulance is coming! The ambulance is coming--"

I don't know who shouted first, but with the unique emergency siren of the ambulance, the crowd that had just gathered together automatically and quickly dispersed.

Everyone dispersed quickly, and unexpectedly, the young man lying in a pool of blood appeared in front of me. I clearly saw his T-shirt and jeans stained with blood, as well as his bloody face.

...Ye Jing?

I couldn't help but gasp and my heart seemed to skip a beat.

Isn’t this Ye Jing, the man who charmed all the girls in our school and was known as the campus prince?

Why...why was Ye Jing the one who fell there? How could such a wonderful person encounter such a terrible accident...

"Make way! Make way! The injured person has fallen into a coma and his vital signs are weak. Provide emergency treatment immediately!"

"Watch your head—"

…

I was pushed aside by the medical workers who rushed over. I watched them carry the blood-covered boy onto a stretcher and send him to the ambulance... My mind went blank and my whole body was stiff as if I was cast under a spell.

The little cat in my arms meowed uneasily. The poor little guy was shivering in my arms.

"Oh, how pitiful! She looks like a student..."

The crowd that was talking a lot soon dispersed with sighs as the ambulance and police car drove away.

Not long after, the street returned to normal - except for the bloodstains on the ground that had not been cleaned up in time, it was as if the terrible accident had never happened... But... Ye Jing -

People were coming and going on the street, but I was the only one standing at the intersection, staring at the glaring red, unable to recover from my shock.

Suddenly, the cell phone in my coat pocket vibrated.

I struggled to hang the shopping bag on my wrist and took out my phone: "Hello, Mom?"

"Kane! Great! You answered the phone... Where are you now ? Is everything okay? I just heard the neighbors saying there was a car accident at the intersection, and the injured person is a student... Mom is scared!"

"I'm fine, it's not me...don't worry!" My voice was a little sour, and I cleared my throat to shake off that strange feeling.

"I'm glad you're okay. Go home quickly!"

"good……"

Two hours later.

The cute cartoon clock on the wall has pointed to half past ten. The lights in the small girl's room have been turned off, leaving only a small star-shaped night light on the blue wall, reflecting a dreamy pattern.

"Baby, are you asleep?"

There was a gentle knock on the door, and I sat up from the bed, hurriedly wiped the tears from my face with the sleeve of my pajama, and replied nonchalantly: "No! What's wrong, Mom?"

My mother opened the door and came in, putting a glass of milk on the small table beside my bed.

"Drink a cup of hot milk and have a good sleep... Mom is going to work the night shift. Tomorrow's breakfast is in the refrigerator. Just take it out and heat it up."

I nodded obediently: "Well, be careful."

"Okay, goodnight babe."

The bedroom door closed again, and I leaned against the wall weakly until I heard the door close after my mother left.

I am the only one left at home again.

The bloody scene I saw at the intersection in the evening always lingers in my mind. The sight of Ye Jing lying on the ground with a pale face makes me feel a little suffocated whenever I think of it.

Life is so fragile...

Thinking back to the first time I met Ye Jing, it was just the beginning of the first year of high school.

The young man in a snow-white shirt and with a gentle smile on his face stood on the podium at the opening ceremony and gave a speech as a representative of the freshmen, instantly charming all the girls in the school.

In my impression, Ye Jing has a pair of big, black eyes, as if they were soaked with sunlight, always so energetic and warm enough to melt people's hearts. Not only that, he also has fair skin and delicate features that even girls envy, and two charming dimples when he smiles... However, there is a brown teardrop mole under the end of his left eye.

I remember there is a legend that tear moles are marks left by the tears of lovers when they were separated in the previous life, which are used as a reminder of reunion in the next three lives. Once people with tear moles meet their destined person, they will never be separated for the rest of their lives.

"But, is Ye Jing's life going to end just like this..."

I couldn't help but sigh and talk to myself sadly.

Stop!

Don't think about it anymore! Maybe the doctor will save you when you get to the hospital!

I shook my head vigorously, forcing myself to put aside the messy images in my mind, and reached out to take out a very delicate small mirror under the pillow.

Hehe, this mirror was a gift from my father when I was a child, and it has been my treasure over the years.

I took a deep breath and calmed myself down.

Then, I held the mirror in my hands and looked at my face in the mirror, and began to do what I had done every night before going to bed since I was a child -

"Mirror, mirror, tell me who is the most beautiful person in the world?"

The girl in the mirror smiled after she finished speaking, her small eyes narrowed into two crescents: "Of course it's the person in the mirror! Hehe!"

"Pu——Hahahaha…I'm dying of laughter…" Suddenly, a young boy's intermittent voice came out from the mirror for unknown reasons.

"ah!"

I was so frightened that I threw the mirror to the end of the bed and huddled up in a ball.

What the hell? The mirror is talking?

A cloud of white mist slowly rose from the mirror. I stared in amazement as the mysterious mist grew larger and larger, almost filling my small bedroom!

“Hahaha… You really defeated me… Hey, come on, how old are you? You’re still playing such a childish game? God! You’re such a weirdo…”

I almost couldn't breathe in.

I opened my mouth wide and watched helplessly as a translucent, slender figure crawled out of the mirror I had thrown beside the bed...

There was a playful smile on that face, and a pair of big, bright black eyes looked straight at me.

"You...you..." I was completely shocked and stretched out my hand and pointed at the "person" tremblingly.

"Hello!" The translucent guy crawled towards me little by little on my small bed in the posture of Sadako. "Shh, don't ask me why I crawled out from here. In fact, I don't know. Maybe..." He smiled wickedly and narrowed his beautiful eyes. "I'm dead, right?"

"Ye...Jing..."

I just found it difficult to breathe.

Just before he crawled in front of me, the head was spinning, my eyes went dark, and I passed out.

"Lazy pig, get up! Lazy pig, get up! Lazy pig, get up..."

…

It's so noisy.

I reached out drowsily and turned off the alarm clock that was buzzing beside the bed.

I stretched myself lazily and sat up from the small bed with sleepy eyes.

Um?

My eyes inadvertently fell on the mirror beside the bed.

Well……

I froze and cautiously leaned over to take a look.