Evil Half Ghost Wife - Chapter 52 Just Sleeping

“Min Ho, come here.” Oh Soon Ri peers at him with worries. She glances at Nam Ji Won once. Then, she shakes her head toward him. He reads her mind and stands up.

“What’s going on?” Her forehead forms deep lines.

“Nothing.” Choi Min Ho gives her a careless smile. “I will be right back.”

“Okay.” She feels heavier in her chest, but she can’t understand why. “When will Tae Il come back?”

Choi Min Ho stops at the door. He doesn’t turn around. “I am going to see him. Wait for me here.”

“Yes, we will be back soon.” Oh Soon Ri also follows Choi Min Ho. “Don’t go anywhere, Ji Won.”

She gives them a nod. Both of them are acting strangely. “I will wait.”

She watches them leave together with apprehension. Does getting admission to academy takes this long? Choi Min Ho has told her that the people from Monarch cannot enter the academy’s ground without permission. Nothing bad will happen to Tae Il. Teacher Bae is also with him. She lays herself down on the floor and stares at the floating clouds. Tae Il will come back soon.

“Ji Won.”

She sits up when she hears Tae Il’s voice. He is standing right in front of her. She didn’t hear his footsteps. “You are back.”

“I am back.” He smiles. There is an ethereal feeling to his smile. “Ji Won, I love you.”

“How many times will you tell me?” She covers her warm cheeks with her palms. “Idiot, I love you too.”

“Ji Won, don’t forget me, okay?” He leans toward her.

“What are you saying?” She lifts her hand to touch his face. He smiles at her sadly when her hand passes through him. She widens her eyes. A teardrop rolls down on her cheek. “Tae Il, this is a dream, right?”

He shines brightly when he kisses on her lips. She can’t feel it. “I wanted to besides you for the rest of our lives. I wanted to marry you. I wanted to kiss you and hold you every night. I wanted to die with you.”

“Don’t speak like that. You aren’t dead. You are just sleeping like me. I will find your body and fix you.” She tries to hold his hands. She can’t touch him no matter what. It feels like a nightmare.

“Live a good life. Remember me with a smile. Goodbye”

Tae Il vanishes into air. At some distance, Nam Ji Won sees the reaper holding something in his hand. She runs in his direction.

“No, don’t take him.” She runs in his direction. “He isn’t dead yet. He can be saved.”

The reaper shakes his head. “His time is complete. He is ready to go to the afterlife.”

“How could he die like this?” The reaper steps back when she tries to reach for his pocket. “Tae Il is even younger than me. How come his time is complete? He can’t die. He can’t leave me. He said that he won’t leave me.”

“I don’t have time to argue with you.” The reaper stares at her with no emotion. “Death comes for everyone.”

The reaper disappears with a poof. Nam Ji Won looks around with tears in her eyes. Seo Tae Il can’t die. He won’t die. He only left to join this academy. Choi Min Ho has promised her that the academy is safe. How could this happen? She runs out of the house toward the main academy building. In front of the main building, she sees a crowd. She pushes through the crowd.

Seo Tae Il is lying on the ground. Choi Min Ho is sitting beside him.

“Teacher Choi, healing can’t help him,” Teacher Bae tells him with a sad voice. “He is already dead.”

“No.” Nam Ji Won goes to Seo Tae Il’s side. His clothes are bloodied. There is a hole in his chest. “He can’t die. He said that he won’t leave me.”

“Ji Won…” Choi Min Ho opens his mouth, but no words come out when he sees her eyes. She glares at him. “You told me that academy grounds are safe. How could he get hurt like this? Save him now. I don’t know how. You have to save him.”

“Nam Ji Won.” Oh Soon Ri puts her hand on her shoulder with sympathy. “He left the academy grounds suddenly. He was already gone when we found him in the woods. We have done our best.”

“Done your best?” Nam Ji Won jerks off her hand. “Who hurt him? Why did he go to the woods? Tae Il can’t die. He is just sleeping. I have also slept like that for five years. We have to find his soul and fix him. He will wake up.”

She touches his hand. It’s cold as ice. She can’t feel his breath. His chest isn’t moving. “Tae Il, it’s not time to play dead. No one is suiting a drama here. Get up now. If you don’t get up, I will kill you.”

Choi Min watches her slap Seo Tae Il’s body. She scolds and abuses Tae Il to wake him up. She cries in front of him. She whispers his name in his ear. Seo Tae Il doesn’t respond. He doesn’t wake up.

“Ji Won.” Choi Min Ho pulls her away from Seo Tae Il’s body. “He is dead.”

“No.” She shakes her head wildly. “I have been like that too. He is just sleeping. Someone must have done something to him. He can’t die, Choi Min Ho. He promised me that he won’t leave me.”

“He is dead.” He grabs her jaw and looks into her eyes. “Seo Tae Il is dead, Ji Won. Jasper killed him. He crushed his heart. When we found Seo Tae Il, he was already dead in the woods.”

“You are lying.” She blinks at him. “He is just sleeping.”

He cups her face. “He is dead.”