I lost my eyesight while saving Lily Evans. She swore to heaven that she would be my eyes for life and never leave me. I actively cooperated with the doctors’ treatment. On the day my eyes recovered, I ran home happily to tell her the good news. But I saw Lily passionately kissing my best friend Lucas on our marriage bed. “Lily, why don’t you divorce that blind man? I’m the one who understands and loves you the most,” Lucas said. “James Carter is just a useless cripple now.” “Wait a bit longer. I still can’t bear to let him go, after all, he became blind because of saving me,” Lily replied. At that moment, my blood froze. I turned and fled in embarrassment. Heartbroken and disillusioned, I booked a flight to the remote north to join my mentor in researching project C999. I decided to let Lily never find my whereabouts again. … After booking the flight, I returned home once more. Through the crack in the door, I saw that Lily and Lucas hadn’t stopped. The two were locked in a passionate embrace, kissing fervently. Lily knew I had come back, but didn’t stop what she was doing. Her lust-filled eyes looked at me, and she bit her lip to keep from making a sound. But Lucas deliberately teased her, trying to make her cry out. “Lily, don’t worry. James is blind, he can’t see us,” Lucas whispered in her ear. Then he gave me a contemptuous look, his eyes full of disdain. Lily pinched him. “Don’t be naughty. James can’t hear anything strange. I’m still his wife and you’re his best friend. What we’re doing is already wrong.” “Heh, but I find this so exciting!” Lucas smirked. Lily didn’t reply. Her displeasure made Lucas restrain himself a bit. He stood up, but was still unsatisfied. He glanced at me. “We can go to the bedroom, but James is sitting on my pants.” Suddenly, he grinned mischievously at Lily. “You tell him to bring them to me, or I’ll go get them myself. Your choice.” Lucas looked at me challengingly as he asked Lily’s opinion. “Can you not do this?” Lily said in a low, displeased voice. “Fine, then I’ll go get them.” Lily quickly stopped him. “James, you’re sitting on my scarf. I’m feeling a bit tired and want to rest in my room. I think I might be coming down with a cold, so I’ll sleep in the guest room tonight.” “Can you bring the scarf over to me?” After hesitating, Lily decided to go along with Lucas’s wishes. I stared at Lily with a pale face as she spoke. Her cheeks were flushed and her eyes hazy. Her arms were still tightly wrapped around Lucas, unwilling to let go and come down. I tried my best to control my emotions, clenching my fists tightly. I had been so focused on them that I hadn’t paid attention to what I was sitting on. When I stood up and looked down at the couch, I nearly vomited in disgust. The so-called “scarf” was clearly Lucas’s pants. Lily was asking me to bring his pants to him. I originally wanted to explode and confront them directly. But thinking it through, what good would that do? It would just end in a divorce agreement and endless arguments. My face ashen, I pretended to still be blind. My nails dug into my palms so hard they broke, my veins bulging in anger. After an internal struggle, I picked up Lucas’s pants with trembling hands and held them out to him. He hugged Lily tightly and flipped me off with one hand, muttering under his breath, “Blind idiot, having to bring me my pants. Sweet.” Afraid I would hear, Lily quickly covered his mouth with her hand. At that moment, it felt like my soul had been ripped out. I collapsed weakly back onto the couch. But I still had to pretend to care and ask her like before: “Are you not feeling well? Is it serious?” My voice shook, my heart desolate. But she couldn’t tell. “It’s- it’s nothing. I’ll take some medicine and sleep it off.” Lucas fondled her intimately. Lily glared at him coquettishly. Her eyes signaled for him to stop. Then Lucas picked her up and carried her to the guest room. When they couldn’t see me, I secretly took out my phone and snapped photos of them cheating. Lucas looked back at me and made a face, calling me a “blind man.” In that moment, I almost couldn’t hold back from rushing over to fight him. But in the end, I restrained myself. After they left, my nose stung and tears welled up in my eyes. Even though I had already decided to leave and let her go, I still couldn’t help but feel heartbroken. Lily had promised she would never lie to me or betray me. But in the end, she broke her word. I picked up my phone and called my mentor. “Master, James is willing to go to the base with you.” “Are you sure? Once you decide to come, you won’t be allowed to leave the base for years. It’s like being cut off from the world. Can you bear to leave Lily?” I answered without hesitation: “I can.” My mentor was silent for a long time. “Does she know?” I used to hesitate because I couldn’t bear to leave Lily. Now, she had made the choice for me. I glanced coldly at the closed guest room door, from which came the sound of a man and woman panting. “I’ve wasted many years, squandering my talents when I could have been contributing to society. Now I’ve decided to take on this heavy responsibility and help ease your burdens, Master.” “My decision doesn’t require Lily’s approval.” “Good, you haven’t disappointed me, my good disciple!” After exchanging pleasantries with my mentor, I hung up the phone and walked back to my room. Just then, Lily came out of the guest room wearing Lucas’s oversized shirt. Her neck and body were covered in hickeys, old and new. It seemed she had been cheating for a long time. She wasn’t afraid of me seeing, because I was blind and couldn’t see. “Honey, did you forget our goodnight kiss? You haven’t kissed me goodnight yet!” Lily pouted at me coquettishly. I suddenly felt nauseous and started retching violently. Seeing my reaction, Lily anxiously came closer to me. As she approached, I felt extremely repulsed by her, finding her disgusting. The nausea intensified and I pushed her away roughly. Still pretending to be blind, I groped my way to the bathroom. I had already started to reject Lily’s proximity. I stood over the sink, dry heaving as my stomach churned. Inwardly, I felt incredibly bitter. Looking at myself in the mirror, I felt pathetic and wretched. Back when we first met my mentor, Lily had knelt down and sworn to him that she would love me forever. Only then did he agree to let her take me home. I never imagined it would all turn out to be empty words. I lowered my head weakly. Only then did I notice there was an extra men’s towel on the rack, an extra pair of slippers that weren’t my size on the floor, along with an extra cup, toothbrush… Had Lucas been living here the whole time while I was blind? No wonder Lily always left our bed in the middle of the night. Every time I reached out, I couldn’t feel her there. So she spent the first half of the night with me, and the second half with Lucas. She moved between two men, utterly shameless. Since I lost my sight, Lily and I hadn’t been intimate for six months. She used my blindness as an excuse to avoid getting close to me. So it was because she found me repulsive and unable to satisfy her. Lily anxiously followed me, hugging me from behind with a panicked expression. “James, what’s wrong? Are you sick?” “When you suddenly pushed me away just now, I got so scared.” Her hands trembled slightly as they encircled my waist, as if afraid I would disappear at any moment. She held on tighter. The more she acted like this, the more disgusted I felt. One moment tangled up with Lucas, the next professing her deep love for me. Lily, you’re quite the actress. I yanked her hands off me, putting some distance between us. “My stomach’s probably acting up. Lately I’ve had trouble keeping anything down.” Somehow I had learned to lie. I used to hate people like that, but now I had become the very thing I despised. Hearing this, Lily looked extremely alarmed. “I’m so sorry. I’ve been so busy with work lately that I haven’t had time to take care of you. You’ve been eating alone and not looking after yourself properly. It’s all my fault.” She cupped my face, her brows furrowed with concern. Then she led me back to the bedroom and took out fresh clothes for me to change into. I stopped her and put them on myself. Lily froze. This was the first time since we got married that I hadn’t let her help me. Her heart seemed to skip a beat. She lowered her head, almost kissing my lips. “James, it’s been so long since we’ve made love. Let’s do it.” Lily pressed her body against mine. I pushed her away again. She was tainted now. I no longer wanted her. But Lily grew nervous. Being pushed away a second time, she feared I no longer loved her. I had already lain down on the bed. She carefully pulled the covers over me. “James, are you angry with me? For not spending enough time with you?” “I won’t work tomorrow. I’ll stay with you all day, okay?” The ruthless queen of the business world, feared by all, actually had such a humble side. I smiled bitterly. Was this my fortune or misfortune? I was about to flatly refuse her when her phone rang. She quickly silenced it, not daring to answer. Then she sat next to me, looking at the messages Lucas was sending her. “You little wildcat, you tore up my underwear. Get me a new pair right now.” “Wait, I think I’m out of underwear.” “Do you mind if I wear James’s?” “Fuck off. I’ll sleep with his woman but don’t even think about the rest.” “Come over now.” Lily glanced down at me, then gently caressed my face before getting up and walking away. I clenched the bedsheets, tears finally breaking through my defenses. Back when Lucas’s company went bankrupt, I had begged Lily to help him. She clearly despised him then and told me to stay away from him. In the end, she only helped for my sake. Now he repaid that kindness with betrayal, sleeping with my wife while I was blind. He truly was an ungrateful bastard. I tried hard to comfort myself. It’s okay, just 7 more days until I leave. Then Lily and I will be done for good. The next day, thinking I was still sulking, Lily carefully tended to my mood. After breakfast, she forcibly took me out. She had rented out a bar and invited many friends, under the pretext of cheering me up. The whole way there, Lily held my hand tightly, afraid I would fall. She kept reminiscing about our sweet memories from the past. I didn’t say anything, feeling a mix of sarcasm and pain in my heart. I once thought we would grow old together, never parting. But in the end it was all a joke. Lily found me inadequate because I was blind and couldn’t satisfy her desires. She craved excitement and younger flesh. Now that I was over 30, and Lucas was 4 years younger, she had transferred her affections. She had already forgotten the vows we made on our wedding day. What pained me even more was the banner hung up to celebrate. “Happy birthday to my darling Lucas!” I pried Lily’s hands off mine finger by finger. How ironic – she had said it was just to cheer me up, but it was all lies. Lily’s friend snapped at me in displeasure: “James Carter, what are you putting on airs for, you blind man? How dare you push Lily’s hand away.” Lily silenced her with a glare. Then she picked up a fruit tea from the table and handed it to me. “Honey, smile! It’s too bad you can’t see, but this is the same private room where I proposed to you back then. I was so in love with you at the time.” Lily reminisced about the past with a wistful expression, her eyes even turning red as she took my hand and placed it on her cheek to caress her. She may have loved me before, but now she had given that love to Lucas. Just then, Lucas walked in. Lily, who had been focused on me, lit up when she saw him enter. Lucas was wearing my custom-tailored suit – the one I had worn at our wedding. He had brazenly taken it for himself, openly stealing my things. Lily’s friends flocked to greet Lucas when they saw him arrive, surrounding him as if he were Lily’s husband. I knew I didn’t fit into her social circle, nor did I want to. Lily let go of my hand and walked towards Lucas with a pleased expression, forgetting all about me. They sat together chatting, with Lily perched on Lucas’s lap. Her friends teased them. Afraid I would hear, Lily switched to speaking German with them. “Don’t speak English, James will hear.” “Don’t worry, we understand.” Lucas suddenly kissed Lily on the mouth. The others gasped, looking at me with pity. “Poor blind James Carter. His friend and wife are being affectionate right in front of him and he has no idea.” “Lily, aren’t you afraid he’ll find out? I mean, you even brought Lucas home. It’s so risky and exciting!” Lily’s lips were swollen from Lucas’s kiss. “He’ll never know. I spend time with him during the day and with Lucas at night. I’ve got it all worked out.” Everyone burst out laughing at her words. “Lily’s so clever!” Just then, the glass slipped from my hand and shattered, drawing their attention. Lily jumped out of Lucas’s arms and rushed over to me. “Honey, what’s wrong? You don’t look well. Are you coming down with something?” I stared at her coldly. What she didn’t know was that I had learned multiple languages to fit into her social circle long ago. I had understood every word they said. I pretended to feel unwell and made an excuse to leave the bar. But Lily was reluctant to part with Lucas. She just called the housekeeper to take me home. At the entrance, I dismissed the housekeeper and took a taxi to the civil affairs bureau to cancel my identity. When the official asked me repeatedly to reconsider, warning that once cancelled, James Carter would cease to exist, I insisted without hesitation. An hour later, I walked out holding the cancellation papers. It felt like a heavy stone had finally been lifted off my chest. If I asked Lily for a divorce, she would never agree. Cancelling my identity was the only way to leave her. Next, I returned home. Five days left on the countdown. Each day after they left, I cleared out everything related to Lily and me. Our wedding photos, wedding rings, gifts she had given me… I took it all to the garden, dug a big hole, threw it in and set it on fire. The flames consumed all the memories between Lily and me. I no longer felt any tenderness. “Lily Evans, we have no future together anymore.” On the seventh day, I printed out the intimate photos of Lily and Lucas and plastered them all over the living room. Before leaving, I decided to say goodbye to the doctor who had cured my eyes. Unexpectedly, I ran into Lily and Lucas in the hallway on my way out. Lily didn’t dare greet me, since she had always told me she was working overtime. We all pretended not to see each other. I walked past her with my white cane. As we brushed shoulders, I realized my heart no longer ached. I had truly let her go. After I left, Lily grew anxious. She pushed Lucas away and rushed into the doctor’s office to ask about me. “Doctor, what’s wrong with James? Is his eye hurting again?” Lily’s face was full of concern, but the doctor’s words left her stunned. “Nothing’s wrong with James! His eyes recovered 7 days ago and he can see fine now. Didn’t you know, Mrs. Carter?” “He came by today to say goodbye. He’s leaving town.” “No, that’s impossible. Why wouldn’t James tell me if he could see again?” Lily nearly collapsed, her whole body trembling as she slumped against the wall, filled with panic. The doctor was puzzled by Lily’s extreme reaction. He pushed up his glasses and took out a document from his drawer, placing it in front of her. “Mrs. Carter, this is James’s recovery notice. Take a look. His eyes really have healed. You should have seen how happy and excited he was at the time. He cried tears of joy and thanked me in German. He said he had learned German for you even while blind, and worked hard to cooperate with our treatment, all to give you happiness.” Lily could no longer support herself against the wall. She slid to the ground, her face deathly pale. She opened her mouth but no words came out, only tears falling. Her mind was in turmoil. “So he knew everything, saw everything, didn’t he?” Lily asked herself, shaking her head frantically. “Mrs. Carter, what’s wrong? Isn’t it good news that James can see again? Oh right, he’s leaving town today. Did you know that?” Lily suddenly stood up, her eyes wide as she stared at the doctor. “What did you say? James is leaving town today? I had no idea!” Lily suddenly remembered how James had paused when they brushed past each other earlier. At the time, she had been afraid he would discover her presence and tried to hide. “J-James.” Lily turned and ran. Just as she reached the door, Lucas appeared with a hurt expression. “Lily, you’re abandoning me for that blind man again.” Lily kicked Lucas away. He fell to the ground, staring at her in disbelief. “Shut up! Call him a blind man again and I won’t let you off easy.” Lily snapped before hurrying away, leaving a confused Lucas sprawled on the floor. “Lily, what’s wrong? Come back!” But Lily didn’t look back at him again. I had just arrived at the airport when I received a call from Lily. “James, did your eyes recover a long time ago without telling me?” Lily’s voice trembled, choked with sobs. “Yes, the night you asked me to bring Lucas his underwear.” There was a deathly silence on Lily’s end. I thought I heard a crashing sound and someone cursing Lily for being blind. After a long while, Lily began to cry. “James, please come back. We can talk about this face to face. You can even kill me if you want, just don’t leave.” “I can’t imagine how to go on living without you.” I rejected her without hesitation: “James Carter can’t come back. He’s dead. Forget about him.” The airport announcer’s voice reminded passengers it was time to board.
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