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"I think I might be falling in love with you," Ye Mi circled the man currently tied to the chair.
"This is not the best way to confess your love, xiansheng," the man huffed a laugh, not making any attempts to struggle against the rope that bound him.
"You left me no choice," Ye Mi knelt in front of the man and studied his face.
"What did I do, xiansheng?" the man smiled sweetly with an innocent look in his eyes.
"That's what I'm trying to find out." Ye Mi sighed and looked down. "What did you do to each other...which one of you survived..." he muttered to himself.
"So you...figured it out," The man's voice reduced to a low whisper.
"Give me some credit," Ye Mi met his gaze again.
“Does it really matter at this point though?” The man said with a small smile. "You've fallen in love with the person who you've been with the last few weeks. You've fallen in love with me...the me that's here...in front of you," the man's eyes shone and Ye Mi felt a surge of emotion in his chest.
Did it matter?
Had he loved Xiao Sa when he first met him on the train, before things had become confusing?
Or had he fallen for Xiao Sa as he had accompanied him for the last several weeks?
Did it matter if there were worse secrets hidden in the recesses of Xiao Sa's heart?
Would he love him despite what had done and might do in the future?
Did it bother him if the first Xiao Sa he had met, the one with the cheerful smiles for every passenger and soft smiles reserved for him, was dead now?
Did it bother him if he was with a person who had killed his own brother?
Did it matter to him if the brother that was with him now was the kind, caring, loving Xiao Sa he had first felt something for?
Should it bother him if the Xiao Sa with him was with the heartless, sharp, assertive Xiao Sa that made him feel alive and challenged?
Should it bother him that he was probably falling in love with a serial killer?
Should it concern him that even if it was his gentle, loving, sweet Xiao Sa; he was also a killer nonetheless?
Who did he hope had survived?
Ye Mi gazed at the face looking at him, searching the honey brown eyes for answers. But Xiao Sa gave nothing away, gazing back at him with unreadable yet alluring eyes.