Chapter 224 - Epilogue

Long Ah Hai carefully sat on the patient bed and gently took his frail wife into his arms. Her eyes opened slightly and she gave him a small smile through the oxygen mask that covered half her face before closing them back.Her glassy and dull eyes pained him whenever he though of how they used to twinkle. He had to be careful not to jostle her with all the medical instruments attached to her.. The machine that beeped with the sound of her heart beating had recently become his favorite music. It told him that she was still here with him in this world. Ah Hai saw the knowledge in her eyes..the acceptance that she was going to leave this world soon..He did not want to let her go. But he knew that he could not fight fate anymore.Not after the fatal heart attack she had last week. Her heart had given up and her body wanted to follow suit. Living on this fake machine was not what she wanted. She was waiting for him, he knew. Waiting that he would accept the truth and let her go.

His hand carefully picked hers, the one that was attached to the IV, and he placed them together palm to palm, their fingers entwined. Her hold tightened for a minute and she opened her eyes with difficulty. But even without that he knew what she wanted to request and began to sing for her..In the last few years as her health had worsened,Shi Ai started to have difficulty sleeping and he would sing for her..She used to joke that he was so bad at singing that her brain shut down forcefully to evade the noise.

Ah Hai looked at their entwined hands,his eyes brimming with moisture but his voice steady as he sang their song...She was too young to die..Not even fifty..He was lucky to have found her earlier.They had been able to spend twenty five years of togetherness..Each moment was worth a lifetime to him and with every breath it turned more majestic..In this last weekweek since she had entered the hospital,Ah Hai had never left her bedside..arranging all their pending matters from this room itself..Their children,he knew,would miss them..But he could not stay in this world without Shi Ai not even for his children. He thought back to the birth of the twins. So little and precious..Both their wishes had come true as Shi Ai wanted a little boy like him and he wanted a little girl for him..They had been blessed even then because the fates had known that Shi Ai would not be able to carry a child again so they were given two at once.They would be fine,he consoled himself.They had each other and like they always said,twins were never alone .And soon they would be busy with their own lives now that they were all grown up.. They also had strong cousins and uncles and aunts to guide them..But the most important thing was Shi Ai had raised them well..

Only as he mused this did Ah Hai realise the sudden silence in the room..The sound of the machine had stopped. His song slowly faded away and he looked at his wife who had now stopped breathing. Just like that..gone from the world peacefully. The tears that clung to his lashes fell down his face as he placed a last final kiss in her forehead and closed his own eyes.The next moment, his own heart slowed down and breathing stopped, he followed his Shi Ai in their new journey.And that is how Long Ju'er and Long Shu found their parents when they brought them breakfast. The two siblings hugged each other and cried supporting each other.

Hey everyone. I hope you enjoyed reading this novel as much as I enjoyed writing it.There are many things I want to talk about but since this is a premium chapter I won't take much of your time..;)coins I mean. 

Firstly I want to thank all you readers who comment and encourage me all the time.

Secondly I want to thank all the readers who do not comment but I know you are there reading. Thank you to all of you as well..

It is because of you all that I can call myself an author. So a very big thank you to all. I purple you all!

A very big thank you to my favorite band BTS because of which I started writing my novels here and even now find myself rejuvenated when I listen to their music.Army Forever!Shoutout to all the Armys..I purple you too..

I know all of you are eager to read Matt Long's story and I have been working on it.. The book will be published on 7th June and is called Stroke of Love. It is because of all your support that I have taken on the challenge to write two novels at the same time.. So I hope I can do justice to them both.It is now time to say goodbye to Ah Hai and Shi Ai..and please accept a goodbye from this author also for now...

Until we meet again I hope you will join Xie Eun and Wolf as they begin their journey on the obstacle path, life has laid for them. "Secret Marriage:The Wolf And The Sheep" is my entry for the web novel Spirity Awards and so it needs all the support it can get. *Shamelessly* asking for backing from my all-powerful readers. I want to give a synopsis here but that would be too thick skinned of me so letting the promotion stop here.

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