The things I saw became different .
I'll have to start from the second week after I got my eye patch removed .
The doctor refused to admit that it was due negligence, but the hospital had agreed to pay for me to get a pair of gla.s.ses .
After an eye-check, the optician announced that my right eye vision was normal whereas my left eye was about 150 degrees in shortsightedness .
With the new gla.s.ses, my overall vision returned to normal .
Yet, I saw strange things .
I would see Mom walking amidst the crowds at times .
Mom was buried seven days after her death . I had my gauze removed on that same day so I wasn't able to attend her burial .
As such, I attributed hallucination to this matter .
One day, when I was pa.s.sing a park after school, I saw a familiar figure .
Yinuo .
And in that split second, I had actually mistaken her for my mom .
But when I took a second glance, she returned to her normal appearance .
But I was certain that I had just seen a pet.i.te version of Mom . Much smaller than me .
I walked over to Yinuo .
"Do you still remember me, little girl?" I asked .
"You're brother one-eyed dragon! Why are you wearing gla.s.ses?" she asked before coming down the slide .
"My wound recovered but not my vision, so I have no choice but to put them on . I can't see clearly otherwise . "
She looked at me . "My deskmate wears spectacles too and he's doing really well in cla.s.s . But because he doesn't ever let me touch his gla.s.ses, I suspect at times that he's only smart because of them . "
"Perhaps he's been studying too hard," I suggested .
"Can you lend me your gla.s.ses, brother?" Yinuo pleaded with a smile .
"It's not a toy," I told her sternly .
"Just a little while . I just want to know if it will make me smarter," she persuaded .
"Alright, take it . Can't really say no to you . " I smiled and took them off .
The moment I took it off, I got a shock and fell b.u.t.t first onto the ground .
The vision in my left eye was blurry, but in front of me stood a pet.i.te version of Mom .
I was certain .
"What is it, brother one-eyed dragon?" Yinuo asked with concern .
I handed my gla.s.ses over to her before rubbing my eyes .
My right eye could still see clearly but the left was slightly blurry .
My right eye saw Yinuo but my left saw Mom .
Mom but with Yinuo's build .
I covered my eyes, one at a time, and realized that I had two visions .
Yinuo fiddled with my gla.s.ses and put it on . When she got dizzy, she removed them and returned it to me . "The left side makes me feel giddy! I don't want to be smart if I have to wear this . "
I quickly put the gla.s.ses back on and my vision became consistent . Yinuo was Yinuo again .
The moment I took it off, however, my left eye saw Mom again .
Baffled, I waved Yinuo goodbye before turning around .
A few steps later, I heard her call my name . When I turned back around, she was on the ground .
I dashed over . Her face looked pale and she seemed to have difficulty breathing .
Asthma .
"Where's your medicine?" I asked .
With much effort, she pointed at her backpack not far away .
I ran over and rummaged through it, eventually finding her inhaler .
I pa.s.sed it to her and saw her struggling to open and shake it .
I took it and sprayed it toward the sky but nothing came out . Even shaking it a few times did not help .
I knew it was finished .
Frustrated, I carried her up and made a run for the hospital .
I was fourteen and she was nine so it took me about six minutes before I got to the main road .
"Help!" I cried out as I put her down .
A few Samaritans nearby came over to check out the situation .
"Asthma attack!" I shouted .
One of them flagged down a car and carried Yinuo onto the backseat .
I sat in the front seat, my mind whirling .
Ten minutes later, we arrived at the emergency room .
After an hour of wait, the doctor came out shaking his head .
I was too stunned to move . "Who is she? Your sister?"
"No, I met her on the street," I answered .
I paced back and forth in the hospital, taking off my gla.s.ses and looking into each ward .
I noticed that regardless of the s.e.x of the patients, my left eye only saw someone who resembled Mom a lot .
For example, when I saw an old man in a ward, or rather, when my right eye saw an old man, my left eye saw someone who had a 70% resemblance to my mom .
I pondered over it as I ran through the halls frantically .
I noticed some things .
To my left eye, each person resembled my mom but to different extents . Yinuo, who looked the most alike, was dead .
I found an old lady, ashen-faced, in another ward who looked, to my left eye, almost identical to Mom .
Her whole family was by her side .
I plucked up the courage and asked one of them, "What is she sick with?"
The family member sighed . "Last stage of stomach cancer, not much time left to live . Go elsewhere to play, kiddo . Don't come over here . "
This had something to do with Oscar, I was sure .
I a.n.a.lyzed everything that had happened and finally understood why he was able to predict death .
When it was almost time for a person to go, he or she took on the appearance of Oscar's closest kin, be it his mother or anyone else . That explained why he would snug close to them each time and even give up food to accompany the person for a little more time .
And I was in that state, either because he scratched me, or because he died in my bed .
My left eye took over his ability to see death and in turn, I saw Mom when someone was about to die .
The nearer to death, the more alike they looked .
16 years later .
I'm a famous fortune teller . I even have a nickname – Supernova .
Word spread that if Supernova said you're going to die, no matter how vigorous and lively you were, you should start preparing for your own funeral . But if he says you're going to live, even with last stage cancer, you're not going to die .
Of course, I'm able to predict this thanks to my ability .
I was practically the bearer of bad news and my accuracy rate was almost 100% .
Nevertheless, I could only predict and not save .
Yet, people were still attracted and wanted me to help
me to help them take a look .
My skill has even attracted media attention . Every three to five days, some reporters would come over and conduct an interview .
Recently, a program called 'The Battle Between Psychics' has invited me over as a guest for June 3rd's episode .
The first round would be a testing game .
I would be locked up in a small room .
There would be five young people and one would be a cancer patient .
They would enter the room and I would have to identify the patient in order to succeed .
I took off my gla.s.ses and surveyed each one of them carefully .
To my left eye, all of them looked identical to mom .
I smiled, thinking about how considerate the program was . Were they afraid that I would get it wrong?
I was going to be correct no matter what . An entertainment program for sure .
I put on my gla.s.ses before exiting the room . "All five of them have late-stage cancer . "
The host responded with sarcastic astonishment, "Wow, Mister Lixia . I was told that only one of them is a cancer patient . Are you a charlatan?"
The crowd off stage started hissing and getting louder .
I thought about how difficult it must have been to gather five late-stage cancer patients . Furthermore, they were all going to die that night .
I took off my gla.s.ses and looked at the host . Mom .
I gazed at the crowd . With my right eye shut, all of them turned into Mom .
I picked up the microphone . "Am I a liar? All of you will find out soon because everyone's about to die . "
To be continued .