Lin Wan’er wiped away her tears and said earnestly, “This time is the same. Eat this pill and everything will get better. This is the Huichun Pill that Young Master gave me. It can add twenty years to one’s lifespan. Eat it and you will recover immediately, just like when you were little!”
The people around were all shocked.
Who did not know the effects and value of the Huichun Pill.
An Chengxi knew even more that even with billions of dollars, her elder brother had not managed to bid on even one Huichun Pill. Ye Chen giving the Huichun Pill to Lin Wan’er must have been for her life-saving purposes, yet she took it out without hesitation to give to Kong Yin.
Just as everyone was moved by Lin Wan’er and happy for Kong Yin, Kong Yin shook his head with a smile and said, “No need, Miss. I feel… I feel that Buddha seems… seems to have come to guide me already…”
Lin Wan’er scolded sharply, “If I do not let you die, even if Buddha comes it is not allowed! Zhengping! Take this pill right now immediately! Otherwise, do not blame me for having someone pry open your mouth and force it down your throat!”
Kong Yin shook his head with all his strength, looking at Lin Wan’er and choking up. “Miss, let Zhengping… go just like this. One hundred… one hundred and twenty-five years of life… at the end… at the end still having you, Miss, to accompany… accompany me, that is… that is the true great… great consummation… and even more so the blessing that Zhengping has cultivated… cultivated in this lifetime…”
Lin Wan’er rarely showed full-faced anger and scolded him very sternly. “Zhengping, you are not even listening to Miss’s words anymore, are you? If you do not take the medicine, I will do it myself!”
Kong Yin shook his head and said seriously, “Miss… Zhengping does not… dare… It’s just… it’s just that Zhengping does not want to… does not want to live another twenty years… One hundred… one hundred and twenty-five years in… in the secular world… is already… already extremely rare. The whole… whole of Japan knows… knows Zhengping’s age. If… if Zhengping lives… lives another twenty years, Miss’s enemies will certainly… certainly become suspicious… Zhengping does not want… does not want to harm Miss…”
As he spoke, his whole body had already reached the brink of death. In his dying moments, he choked up. “Miss… Zheng… Zhengping will become… the brightest star in the Western Paradise, just like you told me… told me when I was little.”
Lin Wan’er cried and said, “Zhengping, take the medicine. For the next twenty years, you can find a place where no one knows you and live incognito. Staying alive is always a good thing. Did you not ask me to stay here for a few days? If you take the medicine, I will stay here for a few days, alright?”
Kong Yin’s eyes were now full of turbid tears. He shook his head desperately, flinging the tears from his eyes, but they were soon filled again by uncontrollable fresh tears.
Looking at the now very blurred Lin Wan’er, he smiled and said, “Miss… please forgive Zhengping for not… not obeying this time…”
Lin Wan’er held the pill in her hand, her inner heart in extreme turmoil.
She wanted to force the medicine into Kong Yin, but she knew his determination was firm and worried that forcing twenty more years of life on him would instead become a burden to him.
Kong Yin knew of Lin Wan’er’s struggle and smiled, saying, “Miss… let go… You used to say… always… always have to let go and let… let us fly out to branch… branch and scatter leaves. Now also… also please let go and let… let Zhengping go… go see those… see those brothers and sisters…”
Lin Wan’er was weeping like rain, yet she nodded heavily. Then, holding Kong Yin’s hand, which was as wrinkled as old tree bark, she cried and said, “Then you must remember to give them my regards on my behalf.”
Kong Yin smiled knowingly and instantly relaxed. Holding Lin Wan’er’s hand, he said, “Rest assured, Miss, rest assured…”
With that, he looked contentedly at Jingqing and said, “Master Jingqing… trouble… trouble you to… to convey on my behalf to Yuan Cheng, after I die… on the tombstone… do not… do not engrave my Buddhist name, engrave… engrave my lay family name… Saito Masa… Saito Zhengping… this… this is the name you gave me, Miss…”
Jingqing, seeing this scene, could not hide his heartache and said solemnly, “Master Kong Yin, rest assured. This poor monk will certainly convey it!”
Kong Yin nodded, then looked at Lin Wan’er again and used his last bit of strength to say, “You must take good care of yourself, Miss! Definitely… definitely live until the… the very last day… remember to enjoy… enjoy life, and not… not just endlessly… endlessly sacrifice for others…”
After speaking, his pupils gradually dilated and his body slowly went limp until he completely lost vital signs.
However, Kong Yin’s countenance in death showed no trace of pain or unwillingness. Instead, it bore a satisfied and open-minded smile.
Everyone around could see that seeing Lin Wan’er and having her accompany him through the last stretch of his life meant that, for Kong Yin, life had achieved true great consummation.
In this life of his, at the beginning, he was fortunately saved by a benefactor; at the end, he was accompanied by a benefactor. In between, he lived a full one hundred and twenty-five years with ups and downs, the process wonderful, with a beginning and an end, life complete.
