Chapter 745 Facing Death
Ho, ho, ho, ho.
Felix was the first to take the lead in cheering, and the empty church began to become lively.
Anne's smile also fully bloomed.
"But there's more to it than that."
"Not just because he is as handsome as a 'Seventeen Years Old' magazine model..."
Amidst the laughter, Felix protested: "GQ"! "GQ"!
"It's not just that he only lived nineteen years old when he should have lived longer..."
Felix shook his head repeatedly, "Annie, you are so disappointing, seventeen years old, I am seventeen years old."
Anne's shoulders slumped, and she looked at Felix with a look of despair, "Please, can't you even hear this? I want you to live longer, you bastard who likes to interrupt, interrupt my eulogy, now." It should be in a state of death.”
Felix burst out laughing.
Anne continued.
"But in the future, when I am eighteen years old, when Levi comes to my house and invites me to attend the graduation prom, the whole world casts envious eyes on me. I will tell Levi that it is very regrettable that I cannot be with him. You go to the prom together because..."
Take a deep breath.
"Because some asshole promised to take me to my prom and broke his promise when he was nineteen. God, I hate men who don't keep their promises. If it wasn't for him, my prom wouldn't be the same."
Anne's eighteen years old and Felix's nineteen years old were both a distant dream. They never knew whether that day would come.
Annie was a little embarrassed. She rubbed her eyes hurriedly, took another deep breath, and forced herself to smile.
"However, after expressing my position, I will still hold Levi's right hand. Please, that's Levi. Who doesn't want to attend the graduation prom with Levi? I will be the most shining girl in the whole school."
Smiling, tears still falling down, Annie turned sideways and quickly wiped her face with both hands.
"I'm sorry, I, don't know, it's so hard, I... I hope that bastard Felix can laugh in heaven."
In a hurry, Anne turned and left the podium, only to find Levi coming towards her, showing a smile and extending his right hand in a gentlemanly manner.
Annie was stunned.
Levi bowed slightly politely, "Anne Galas, do I have the honor to invite you to the graduation prom?"
Annie's face was full of surprise, her mouth opened slightly, and her eyes were once again covered with mist, but she quickly smiled and held Levi's right hand, "Of course."
"But the star of the show tonight is Felix, and we need to keep a low profile or he'll be heartbroken."
It was supposed to be a whisper, but Anne said it outright, and Mahomes and Kelsey almost laughed.
Felix protested, "Annie, you shouldn't let me hear this. Keep it down, keep it down."
Levi looked at Anne, and the two exchanged a tacit look. Then Levi and Anne sat down in the first row of seats, and Levi turned to look at Felix.
Felix was smiling, but the sadness and bitterness behind the smile lingered.
Levi, "Twenty-five cents for what you're thinking right now."
Felix's eyes dodge for a moment. He subconsciously wanted to deny and escape, but in the end he forced himself to face Levi.
"Forgetting," Felix said.
Taking a deep breath, "I know this is childish and childish, but I always think that I can be a hero. Even if I am not a superhero like Iron Man, I still believe that my life will be great."
"You know, making the front page of the New York Times, changing the world on your own, or discovering major inventions that change the course of human civilization." "Just like you. Levi, born as a rookie, Stunning the entire league and bringing hope to Kansas City to reach the Super Bowl.”
"I-I should be special."
Felix's voice was choked up, revealing a trace of unwillingness and helplessness. The boy who was always sunny and always positive finally showed his vulnerability.
Levi stared at Felix, "You are special, Felix."
Felix muttered under his breath, "Yes, yes, I know, my mother told me countless times, but...but, you know what I mean."
Levi, "I know what you mean, but I don't agree."
Felix didn't expect this response.
Levi did not avoid his gaze, "Felix, you don't have to care about whether you are remembered by people."
Kelsey caught the anger inadvertently revealed in Levi's words, "Levi, don't be angry."
Levi looked directly at Kelsey, "I'm just angry."
Kelsey choked.
Levi, "I'm angry because Felix never knew how special he was. Not just to his mother, but to Anne, to me, to Patrick, to Travis, and For those kids in the chemo room, for the guys in the Kansas City Chiefs locker room."
"Isn't this enough?"
"You think the only way to make life meaningful and valuable is to be remembered, but do you realize who these people are?"
"A Jack who lives in a glacier in Alaska, holding his cell phone in his bedroom and liking you? Or a Jose who lives in the slums of Monterey and forgets you two seconds after he bursts into tears after reading your story? Or is it? A high-flying Kevin who lives in the Upper East Side of New York and handles billions of dollars and occasionally glances at newspaper headlines?”
"people?"
"Who are the people? How many of the likes and retweets on social networks are robots? How much of the tens of thousands of data are bubbles?"
"You have been obsessed with those numbers, but you can't see your own life, those real, vivid, warm souls. If we are not important to you, if we remember you firmly, you will still be If it’s not enough, I can only tell you that I’m very sorry.”
Felix sat there, with tears streaming down his face, his shoulders shrugging slightly, "Levi..."
Levi's eyes were also slightly red, "Felix, we will remember you. You are not a number or a symbol. You are Felix Gray, the humorous, sunny and handsome Felix. The Felix who cheered the whole Arrowhead crowd in the stands, the Felix who stood in front of death and fought hard to tell him to get out.”
"Felix, this isn't over yet. Do you understand?"
Felix sat there, sobbing silently——
But, he was afraid.
Unprecedentedly, he seemed to really hear the footsteps of Death, and he could feel the sharpness of Death's scythe on his neck. Then he suddenly realized that he was not as brave as he thought, and he was not ready to face death calmly.
This thought instantly defeated him.
Levi was also a little uncomfortable. He shifted his gaze and took a deep breath. He thought he was mature enough and wise enough to face these life moments calmly. After all, he was a man who had experienced time travel; but he soon discovered that things were not that simple.
They think they are brave enough and strong enough, but that is because they have not truly faced life, old age, illness and death in person.
Only when something happens can you know your true reaction.
All this is much more difficult than imagined.
(End of chapter)