Chapter 3 - A fallen angel

Hui Long glanced at his watch with a frown. He still had an hour until his next meeting. This place was loud and annoying. Plus, they did not have a single seat in this restaurant, and he was made to sit in a couple of seats. This gave the young woman a wrong impression. They kept approaching him with smiles. It was very annoying.

For years he had been approached by women left and right. It annoyed him so much!

He ate the tasteless steak with a sigh. 'I should have gone somewhere else… why did I trust that Yelp review…'

Suddenly, in the corner of his eye, he noticed someone enter the restaurant. His eyes unconsciously followed that figure. A young man dressed in a white hoodie hesitantly walked in. The boy's eyes darted to him subtly, but when their eyes met, he blushed and looked away.

Hui Long could not take his eyes off. 'No way… he… he is real.'

He quickly looked away.

It had been almost fifteen years now, but he could still remember that face clearly as day.

When he was five, he had a major accident and had fallen into a coma. The moment he woke up, he saw a young man looking down at him worriedly. But the thing that caught his eyes were the huge white wings behind the young man. He was the angel that was meant to take him to his afterlife.

Thankfully, he survived. After that day, he never saw that angel again.

Today, here he was casually sitting just two tables beside him.

His heart rate picked up exponentially.

His face started to sweat.

'Am I going to die today… shit… I haven't prepared anything for my company… I have yet to prepare for the new game launch.'

He watched the young man through the reflection on the window. The man in white was looking at him unblinking.

'That's it… it's my last day.'

Steeling his heart, he quickly sent a message to his assistant. "After I'm gone, please make sure the release of the game is successful. The shareholders might say otherwise, but the game will be successful."

His assistant called him instantly. "Boss, where are you going? We are swarmed with work, and you are taking a vacation?! How could you be so mean."

"I… I think I might need it," he gulped down the wine. If it was his last day on earth, he was going to go down eating and drinking until his stomach was full.

A waiter came up to him. "Do you need me to refill, sir?" He looked at him in surprise. "Hui Long? Is that you? It's been a long time."

Hui Long blankly looked up at him. "Who are you?"

"I… I'm just someone who you used to know," he smiled awkwardly. "Do you need a refill?" He held up the bottle.

Without looking up, Hui Long waved him off and left the restaurant.

Tian watched this with his mouth agape.

'Oh my fucking god! This… this eunuch! He rejected him again!!!! Ahhhhhh!!! I hate this!!'

Suddenly, his wings popped up behind him.

"Shit… why did it pop out, huh... Thank god humans can't see this…" He tried to stuff his wings into his coat. While he was doing so, he found a few feathers stuck to his fingertip.

"What…"

He combed through his wings again.

Another fistful of feathers came out.

"No…"

Right in front of his eyes, all the feathers dropped off, fluttering down like snow.

He failed his task.

He had officially become a fallen angel.

"I'm done for..."

Tian blankly gazed out the window.

'I'm… a fallen angel…'

Tears dripped down his face uncontrollably. 'I… I can't go home…'

"Sir?" someone whispered softly. "Here." The young waiter handed him a tissue.

Blinking his tears, Tian glanced up at him. It was the love match he had prepared for that eunuch Hui Long.

"Here," the young man kindly wiped his tears away. "Difficulties are like snow… they might seem like a heavy burden to your shoulders, but soon they will melt away. Your difficulties too will pass. Don't cry."

Tian wept silently. "I don't have a home… I'm all alone now…"

"I.. I just want to go home…" he completely broke down.