Noah, who just came out of the Soul realm, saw Xin Yan. looking at the empty spaces as if she had lost her will to live. Her body seemed to have lost the strength to even stand straight.
He could not see that she was letting anguish eat her away from the inside, so Noah decided to make a move.
Feeling a familiar yet distant scent enveloping her Xin Yan woke up from her riveree, the scent of her son clouded her senses.
When she looked at the eyes of the boy holding her she knew he was not her son. Looking at his actions with cold eyes she silently demanded an explanation.
Understanding the meaning behind her gaze, he
"Let it out. You've lost your son. It's the painful truth you must come to terms with."
She felt her throat tighten, and suppressed emotions trapped within her heart started to claw its way out.
But the weight of the truth was so crushing, so harsh, that she could not even cry properly..
Noah's words cut through her like a harsh reality stabbing her heart.
Images of Long Tian passed through her mind, the memories they spent together. The time when he used to laugh with her, the time when he did not distance himself from her.
Then the realization that she would never hear his voice again, never see his smile, hit the core of her very being.
Xin Yan's knees gave up and she fell on her knees, the weight of her grief too much to bear.
Noah, still hugging her, sat down with her.
Her breaths came in ragged gasps, each inhalation a struggle against the tidal wave of sorrow that threatened to drown her.
Her hands clutched at his clothes, as if trying to hold onto the last traces of her son that lingered with her.
She lost every sense of her surroundings. Time lost all meaning, slipping through her fingers like grains of sand.
She wished for an escape, a way to rewind the clock and undo the irrevocable loss that had shattered her world.
But the cruelty of time, it does not listen to the weak.
A lone tear traced its path down her cheek, its salty touch a bitter reminder of the grief that had engulfed her.
With each memory that flashed by her the frequency of tears increased and the agony of losing her child engulfed her.
And so, she wept. She wept for the loss of her child, for the shattered dreams, for the future that would never be. Her cries echoed through the room, a raw and unfiltered expression of the agony that had torn open her heart.
"Yo-you're here!, yet he's not!! H-how can the universe be so cruel, to snatch away the light of my life? Why? Why? Why? Why? WHY?!!!"
She shouted on top of her lungs while hitting Noah with her fists, yet they held no power behind them. Yet they did significant damage to Noah.
Her cries resonated through the room, carrying the weight of her shattered heart as she continued to sob and repeat the same question.
Amidst it all, Noah remained there, a silent and unmoving presence. He didn't attempt to stop her fists or offer empty words of comfort.
Instead, he allowed her to unleash her pain upon him, to vent her frustration, pain, and confusion.
As the moments passed, Noah found himself drawn to her pain, aching to offer some semblance of solace amidst the torrent of her grief.
With a tenderness that transcended words, he enveloped her in a hug, his arms encircling her form as if to shield her from the world's cruelty.
She clung to Long Tian's body with a fervor that mirrored the intensity of her emotions.
Her cries continued, muffled against his chest, each sob echoing with the weight of her sorrow. At that moment, it seemed like even the world was sympathizing with her pain and loss.
Time stretched on, hour after another went by as they stayed in the same position.
Noah looked down, his gaze fixated on the woman in his arms, Her sobs had quieted, replaced by the steady rhythm of her breathing as sleep finally claimed her. The dried traces of tears on her cheeks were testament to the agony she had endured.
Lifting her in his arms Noah walked towards the bed and placed her on it, he moved back a little only to be stopped by a strong grip clutching at his robes. He looked closed to see that her grip was trembling a little as if scared the presence she was feeling might slip away.
Sighing at the sight, Noah calmed down his aching heart and laid beside on the bed maintaining a little distance between them.
As if feeling the presence the grip on him stopped trembling but it did not lose its hold over his clothes..
Noah looked at her sleeping face, removing the hair on her face, he tucked it behind her ears. Stroking her smooth hair, his warmth were like a calming medicine to her pain.
He remained by her side, a silent guardian of her pain, a witness to the depth of her sorrow.
As the dawn arrived, the rays of the sun made their way inside the room where Noah and Xin Yan were sleeping.
The chirping of the birds accompanied along with the first rays of the sun. As the rays fell on the face of Xin Yan, stirring her from her slumber.
Her eyes trembled and she opened her eyes to see the familiar ceiling of her son and then it hit her, the events of yesterday unfolded in her mind causing tears to drip down her eyes.
As if feeling another presence in the room she looked at the person sitting beside her. Realizing it was not her son and he was in the same bed as her. She unleashed her killing intent, awakening Noah in the process.
Noah looked at her with a confused expression then it dawned on him as looked at the surroundings.
Before he could speak he heard Xin Yan's cold voice.
"Tell me, how do you want to die?"