QT: Against My Will

299 5.43 – Love Song – The Sleepless Elite’s Wife

+—- Author’s note —–+

Edited by Psycho S.

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The Last Spark was a movie adaptation of a book. The plot was about a ‘special’ girl (Bing Shi), who carried the bloodline of infamous assassins. She would have to take over the dangerous organization after the head died mysteriously. It was assumed by the fans that the head had died during a mission gone wrong.

(At the beginning, fans would hate her for her cowardly and chickenhearted personality.) She had to undergo special assassin training at an older age. Because of the special assassin training, she had to undergo rigorous challenges that would have mentally scarred anyone that wasn’t her. During this time, she would meet various people who walked many different paths of life and had views that differed from her own.

One of the people she met was a cold-blooded woman: the rival second female lead. She was the fan’s favourite character in the book. The second female lead would be played by Aoi Hong. Due to her painful past, the second female lead (Aoi Hong) would plot revenge on the organization for killing her parents; not only that, she wanted to become the new head. There would be many scenes in the movie that would explain her actions as the plot moved along.

The male lead of the movie was the organization’s top assassin. The male lead would be played by a famous actor. Li Jie chose to play a more challenging role; the psychopathic second male lead- this character was also a fan favourite in the book. The second male lead was the mastermind behind the previous head’s death. Since Li Jie was busy with his company, he couldn’t have too many scenes.

To keep up with such powerful people, the female lead of the movie (Bing Shi), the chosen girl, would unleash her bloodline power at the last second, which would help her to become an assassin, smoother and faster.

Bing Shi’s character was a ‘morally good’ assassin because she would only kill who she deemed were ‘bad guys’. Because of this, she destroyed the meaning of being an assassin. After Aoi Hong’s sacrificial death, Bing Shi’s character would become overshadowed in the movie. (Some fans would love her for becoming over-powerful, some would hate her for becoming a Mary Sue.)

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Pulling the cart with her keyboard on it, Bing Shi found a place by a broken fountain, setting up her keyboard. Becoming homeless, her live streams at home now switched to live streams outdoors.

“I got some good news! Everyone knows about the accident with Su Luqin, right? It was all over the internet. I just obtained my very first real acting role! Guess who?” She read the responses on her phone, “Yes, spot on! The bad news is, I don’t think I’ll have time to upload more content. Today will be my last vlog for a little while. Thank you for all the donations and free lodging offerings...”

Except for love songs, the passerby could request any song from her. Her previous singing teacher offered his help to improve her singing. Her fame increased day by day as more people gradually discovered her. More and more people began to recognize her. Some of her fans would even follow her around, asking for photos and signatures.

“Why have I never sung a love song before?” Bing Shi repeated her fan’s question. She began to chortle merrily, “Seeing my infatuation is not enough for you all? You want me to sing about it?”

Too shy to look Silika in the eyes, the young man nodded as he stared at the ring on Silika’s left hand. Nobody really believed that she was married. A lot of the people in her fanbase thought the ring was a part of her image. Yet no one could find the store where she obtained her ring. The young man pulled out his wallet to grab a few banknotes and then he placed them into her case. He requested a soundtrack from his favourite game.

Nodding to the man’s request, Bing Shi let XiaoPu find the sheet notes. Hearing a familiar sound, a small crowd began to circle her, requesting one song after another.

During a short break, Bing Shi looked around the small crowd. She mused aloud, “A love song, hm? Everyone has been asking why I never sang one, of course, it’s because...”

Her sentence abruptly came to a stop when she suddenly caught a coin in mid-air.

|...There’s only one person who can request it from me.|

Before the crowd could look where the thrown coin came from, her voice locked them into place. Their feet became chained to the ground and unknown to them, when a string of symphony drifted from her lips, her voice became the master that pulled the chains locking them in place.

?? There is a reason why I’m still standing,

?? in my flesh and blood, living and breathing,

?? everyone is looking, everyone is looking,

?? but nobody sees, nobody knows,

?? we are a secret, that’s the truth.

She gave his cerulean blue eyes a short glimpse. It was her way of silently saying, ‘this is for you’. She wasn’t able to see what this fleeting glimpse did to the receiver, as she quickly looked away so no one would notice her momentary lapse in attention. Her voice continued to glide in the wind.

|”You’re not wearing the lab coat.”|

|I don’t need it anymore.|

?? Walking on the cold days,

?? we wish to be stronger,

?? we hate to see our scars,

?? our hearts are getting black and blue,

?? and we feel like we’re losing it,

?? what’s gonna take us to get through this,

?? when it’s not fun when it’s not easy.

She had been creating this behind his back. She hoped that he knew, without her telling him, that she put a lot of thought and emotion into this song. So much so that she was a little more than miffed to have her soul unravelled before the public eye.

?? We wish the world could understand,

?? can’t help but fear it will tear us apart,

?? but then we look each other in the eyes,

?? and we suddenly don’t care anymore,

?? ’cause we’re untouchable, you and I,

?? our presence determines the way we smile,

?? that’s all we need to reach the endless sky.

Blinking her eyes, Bing Shi looked down at her keyboard, singing the last verse, her voice reflecting a strong determination to trek through a bloody battlefield.

?? The world could disappear,

?? we don’t care anymore,

?? cause we can build the universe,

?? here, and now, together,

?? we’ll turn the rumours into a legend,

?? let the world try to kill a legend,

?? it can’t... it can’t, we won’t allow it,

?? ’cause we are untouchable, you and I.

?? Our presence determines the way we smile,

?? that’s all we need to reach the endless sky.

The melody resonated with his soul, piercing through his heart with a sharp-spear head, engulfing his entire being starting from within and working its way outwards to crack his defences. Her song was irresistibly charming to the crowd, yet sweetly sinister desperation laced each of her words that left her lips. The contrasting tones between the lyrics and the rhythm of the lulling song spoke volumes of who she really was beneath the lies she piled upon herself like a shield.

They decided on continuing to live their life. Perhaps it was not to the fullest, but to them, it was everything. Be it just doing regular things, like keeping themselves busy with their work (but never forgetting to check in on each, to see if they have eaten or slept, or taken care of themselves) and enjoying the little things (like him holding her, like her watching him making her food because he was so loving only for her) that brought them joy.

Bing Shi let the last note curl slowly from her fingers. Then she covered her face behind her sleeves, “That’s why I never came up with one. It’s too cringe and not to mention it’s waaaayy too personal.” She pulled her hoodie over her head, and began to pack up her things, “I can’t anymore. I’m dying of embarrassment.”

“...” Lu Kai watched how his wife completely obliterated the mood. With only a few sentences, he was amused to see that she’d utterly wrecked the sentimental vibe around them like a glass bubble. But he forgave her for doing that; her shyness was like shards that went straight to his heart.

He strode towards a private parking lot. He was planning on picking his wife up for a date so they could celebrate her first acting contract. But now? Since she ran away in embarrassment, he would wait for her to cool down...

Lu Kai glanced into the rearview mirror and touched the tip of his reddening ear with one hand. It seems that he also had to cool down... He didn’t know how to face her greatness without leaving her breathless under his body.