Pristine Darkness

Chapter 135 (Final)

What's in this chapter? As several of our main characters ruminate on love and relationships, we also discover how Gu Fangfang was saved that night, as well as take a peek at life for the Bos some time later. Jian Yao closes the novel for us as she looks back on her life with Bo Jinyan, with all its bittersweet events. Get your tissues ready . . .

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Translator: shl

Editor/ Proofreader: Anks

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She was about to go up, but then stood next to the bicycle without moving. An Yan also remained still, and bent his head to look at her. Then, she gave him a brilliant smile and kissed him on the cheek before saying, "I'm going up. Go quickly, don't be late."

However, An Yan gazed at her and said, "I've been thinking these past few days whether I should follow Fang Qing ge's lead and get a bodyguard for you."

Gu Fangfang took in his appearance and realised that this had been weighing on his heart for quite a while, because of the previous incident. She smiled as she shook her head and said, "That would be too uncomfortable. In future, I will be careful. As a master detective's girlfriend, I won't allow anyone to capture me again. Moreover, just consider, you've already arranged for me to move next to you. The job you've introduced me to is only a hundred metres away from your police station; whenever I go out with friends, you're stuck to me like my shadow . . . An Yan, I really think it's enough. Are we going to become conjoined twins?"

An Yan's face heated up at her chastisement. With a soft 'oh', he turned to mount his bicycle and rode off. Gu Fangfang watched his receding figure and smiled suddenly. She hollered, "Hey, I'll cook dinner for you tonight, ok?"

An Yan's bicycle came to a screeching halt. He turned to look at her with a smile that was incomparably bright and handsome. "Ok."

. . . .

Time flows on, one inch at a time.

There may be a crisis, there may be injury.

But, in the end, what is it that keeps us moving forward?

It is a resolute heart.

In truth, it made An Yan blush to think about how he exerted all his effort to spend every moment stuck to Gu Fangfang. However, whenever he thought back to the events of that day, he experienced a lingering fear. At that time, if there had been even a moment's hesitation or weakness, Gu Fangfang might not have been saved.

Or, it could be said, the person who brought Gu Fangfang back to life was the intelligent and tenacious lady herself.

As well as her resolute heart which believed that her police sweetheart would definitely rescue her.

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When An Yan discovered Gu Fangfang in the container of water, terror and grief clawed simultaneously at him, at his youthful heart. At that time, he was completely shattered* and in a daze, struggling to accept the reality of the situation before his eyes, until his comrades grabbed him by the shoulders and told him to evacuate.

*T/N 万念俱灰 (wan nian ju hui) - lit. every hope turns to dust; fig. completely disheartened.

It was then that an obstinate thought surfaced in his mind: Gu Fangfang can't die! He had to save her!

This thought was, of course, irrational and biased. But when he thought about the night they had parted, and of this pure and beautiful girl who had given everything of herself to him, so dependent and so hopeful, he found it impossible to accept the fact that she was already dead -- even though the girl in his arms had already ceased breathing.