---- "Hedgar, your wounds are going through acute inflammation right now. If you don't take care of them properly, your dermis will go through hyperplasia, and it'll lead to your scar tissue becoming thick and tough." The nurse stared at me in puzzlement. She was clearly wondering why I knew this so well. Thad gone through this pain before. Every second of it was etched into my bones. Ino longer wanted to have anything to do with Hedgar. But my mother insisted on me taking care of her, since we were neighbors for years. When I changed her dressing, the smell of disinfectant and medicine wafted into my nose. I could not help it and stepped back. Meanwhile, ---- Hedgar bit her lip. She was so egotistical. What was going to happen to her in the future? While driving home, I asked, "Why hasn't the man who got you hurt visited you?" At the mention of him, Hedgar's parents's mood soured. After all, the man had left Hedgar in the fire and ran away on his own. I could see Hedgar's eyes growing dull in the rearview mirror. After a long while, she said coldly, "Leon said that he's busy and will visit me in a few days." I knew her all too well. She was prideful to a fault. Irene wanted to say something, but James Stane, Hedgar's father, tugged her shirt. ---- But I insisted on rubbing salt over Hedgar's wound and said to Irene, "Let her meet whoever she wants. After being hurt like this, it may help to see the man she likes to feel better." Thad no other wish but for Hedgar and Leon Cooper, that man she liked, to bother each other forever and stop hurting other people. Irene still wanted to say something, but in the end, she chose to remain silent. How could I not know what was on her mind? I grew up with Hedgar, so our parents always thought that we would end up getting married. Speaking of how I felt toward Hedgar... After some thinking, I found that I could no longer remember when I had fallen in love with her. As for when that love disappeared... Perhaps it was when she, for Leon's sake, told ---- everyone that I was the one who kept pestering her. Or perhaps it was when she forgot my birthday so that she could keep Leon company. At present, she was just a stranger to me. I would not look for revenge, but I would also no longer be a part of her life. Hopefully, she would spend the rest of her life with Leon.