Derek did not hold on for long.
Nor did he get his wish to see Ajue take Lu Qinian and escape.
His death, however, threw everything into disarray and jolted Lu Qinian out of his grief in an instant. He abandoned his thoughts of suicide and pushed away Ajue, who was trying to pull him to safety. He looked at the body of Derek on the ground, then at Ji Yunyi to the side, and finally at the wretched, mangled corpse of Tang Yiyi.
Chapter 365