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The grey skies had barely gathered together. There was droplets of bitter rain falling from the dense clouds of the colorless sky.

Jin Guangming could barely open his eyes. He was too scared to expect what other colors of the world looked like. Although he was a God, his disability needed a sacrifice of sincerity and pure. No one of the immortal realm had those traits. Even if they did, they were not willing to help.

When he first saw Lei Mengxiang, he saw her red flowing clothes blowing in the wind by her mountain hut. He was intrigued by the color red. Jin Guangming was addicted to her.

Jin Guangming had stayed by her side. The more colors he had seen, the more he had fallen for her. He began to see the color of her pale pink skin and her pink glistening lips. He saw her outfits that were in red color, So she only began wearing red. He saw the rush of red flowing her cheeks when he had made Lei Mengxiang's heart race.

The only color he could see was red. When Lei Mengxiang had found out that he could only see the color red, she had cried so hard that Jin Guangming's heart was aching for her to stop sobbing. He couldn't do anything about it.

Lei Mengxiang wanted him to promise to her, that if one day she were to die, he should find another woman to marry and go back to the immortal heaven and love someone else who was just like him. Jin Guangming didn't oblige to her. He proposed to her and they had a festive simple wedding. If a normal immortal was to interfere with a mortal's fate, they mortal would be forced to die.

Right now, in his arms was Lei Mengxiang. Her red hanfu was nicely prepared and there was a white cloth over her eyes. This mortal woman couldn't even cry. Her eyes were gone.

Jin Guangming didn't know that his lover's eyes were in his socket at that current moment. All he thought was that the Jade Emperor had punished Lei Mengxiang by taking her eyes first and then would execute her in the next two days. Everyone had kept quiet about her eyes being in his socket.

She was laying against his body and attempted to cry, "Guangming, I'm sorry."

No tears were able to come out of her eyelids. Her eyelashes against the white cloth was pressed against it and you could see the black lashes.

Jin Guangming only had pulled her closer and never opened his eyes. He had cried silently with sniffles and heavy breathing.

"Guangming." Lei Mengxiang had called out to him while lifting her hand signaling she wants to hold his hands. Guangming had open his eyes and held her hand.

Jin Guangming had noticed that that he saw other colors. He saw her jade bangle that she had on. It was green. The bangle hang low on her tiny wrists. His fingertips were touching the green bangle and his tears had dropped onto the Jade.

"Mengxiang dear, why is it that I see another color?" Fear had arised inside him.

"Those are my eyes." Mengxiang had held onto his hand tightly. He wanted to pull away from her, but instead hold her tightly.

Guangming shook his head and put his chin ontop of her small head. His tears had fallen from his big black pupils. His eyes were something that he found as a flaw about. He wasn't able to see colors and that had made him bitter and aggressive. Now that he had met someone who colored his life, he was a more gentle god.

"I, as the God of Light and color, never permitted you, Lei Mengxiang, to do this!" He screamed while sobbing violently.

Mengxiang had smiled bitterly. "The Jade Emperor did. I asked him to permit it. I'm sorry for not asking you, but I knew you wouldn't allow it."

Tears had fallen heavily just like the sky outside of the room. There was pitters and patters of rain hitting the tiles of her mountain hut. The rain trickled down the roof onto the rocks outside the hut.

His tears were very bitter and sad. He had never felt so much pain in his life. He had held onto his woman for only a mere two years in the mortal realm. He loves her dearly! She is his wife! Why couldn't they be together?

"I don't want you to cry with my eyes. I want you to see the colors of the sea, of the mountain tops, and of the sky." Mengxiang was holding onto his large hand with her petite ones.

"But I don't want you to die. I want to grow old with you. I want to be able see the sea, mountain tops, and sky, with you! Even if it's colorless." Guangming had screamed out with tears and the tears had dropped on her cheek.

"Guangming. Find someone else who is fit for you. Find a woman who is a goddess and is able to share happiness with you. I'm content with the chance to be able to marry you and make memories with a wonderful man." Mengxiang had spoken tearjerking speeches and only had cause more tears from Guangming.

"Until our next lifetime." She whispered.

Mengxiang had died two days early from the pain from the eye removal. Removing the eyes was a medical art for immortals, how could a mere mortal bear the pain that sometimes immortals can't bear?

But who can bear the pain of a broken heart?

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《▪eyesight▪》