"Aunt Zhuang, it’s not really my place to say this, but I truly consider myself a part of this family, for Brother Yan, for you, and for Uncle Yan..."
Zhuang Xiyue nodded with a smile: "Good child, Aunt Zhuang understands what you want to say. I want to tell you, no matter what you do, Aunt Zhuang will always support you from behind, be your strongest backing."
Yan Nanmo is a mber of the Yan Family, personally raised by Old Master Yan, and he feels a heavy sense of responsibility for this family. Therefore, he can’t bring himself to act, and he can’t bear to see the old master in distress. But she can’t hold back for that long. Now that her son has taken action, she is naturally pleased to see it happen, and she has to keep it from Yan Nanmo. It won’t be too late to tell him once it’s all over...
Yun Ya felt moved; Aunt Zhuang truly was a wonderful person. Little did she know, Zhuang Xiyue only treated those she recognized well, and she was usually very aloof. Many sought to climb connections through her status, but Zhuang Xiyue rejected them rcilessly.
She herself was never so easy to approach.
——
Lu Yuke had a crazy plan. For so many years, she would awaken each midnight from dreams filled with discontent. Those shas, those grudges, the pain of being denied, followed her like a nightmare.
She looked at that woman’s son thriving, with both love and career, and her grandson shining even brighter. She couldn’t accept it; why was her own son diocre and unable, another bedridden and ailing, and she didn’t even have a grandson? The heavens were so unfair.
However, she missed the best opportunity. The little child from years ago had grown into a man of integrity and strength, leaving her with no chance, just watching him grow stronger day by day. Would she have to watch her grandson achieve the sa?
She looked at the pale man lying on the bed, so thin it was frightening. Her heart was filled with growing discontent, like a snowball rolling larger and larger. Why did her child have to suffer this fate?
His illness began to worsen, and the doctor issued the final warning. He didn’t have much ti left. Was he going to leave her?
No...
Lu Yuke’s heart twisted with pain. She had poured so much effort into this child. How could he leave her? No, if anyone were to die, it should be that woman’s son...
The man struggled to open his eyes. Such a simple task now required so much effort for him. His eyes were so beautiful, pure and untainted, clear like glass, and as crystal clear as Walden Pond’s water.
Looking at the elderly woman in front of him, a trace of a smile crossed his eyes, and his pale lips moved with difficulty: "Mom... it’s so late, aren’t you going to rest?"
Even though his voice was weak, it was still so clear and pleasant, like a breeze brushing past the windowsill, like the jingling of wind chis.
Lu Yuke smiled slightly, "Go on and sleep, Mom will stay with you."
"Mm." The man curved his lips, closed his eyes, and fell asleep again.
He spent more of the day asleep than awake.
Lu Yuke didn’t know how long she stayed before finally dragging her heavy feet away. Engagent party? Hah, she would make everyone accompany her son in death.
Just as she returned to her room, before she could even sit down, a white shadow suddenly floated past the window. She thought she was seeing things, so she paid no attention until she undressed and lay in bed. As soon as she closed her eyes, a faint voice drifted through the air, sounding far away yet eerily chilling.
"Sister-in-law~ Sister-in-law~..." That voice sounded like crying yet laughing, so mournful and sinister.
Lu Yuke’s brain suddenly exploded, coldness converging from all directions, filling her every limb.
She dared not open her eyes, and that voice grew clearer, accompanied by the rustling wind, increasingly eerie and haunting.
Suddenly, she opened her eyes wide, sitting up in bed, the surrounding darkness so silent it was unsettling. She ran to turn on the light without even putting on her shoes, and the bright light made her instinctively raise her hands to cover her eyes. The room was empty, the dim light adding an eerie chill to it, so she ran to the window to open it, then to the door to open it, the world so quiet it seed only the sound of her own heartbeat existed.
Then the voice started again, and she clutched her head, trying to banish it, go away, go away...
She swept everything off the table onto the floor, the crashing noises so piercing in the silent midnight.
Aunt Cui hurried over upon hearing the commotion, finding Lu Yuke barefoot and smashing things, like a headless fly, the scene all too bizarre. She steadied herself, quickly rushing over, "Madam, what is happening to you?"
User Comments
0 comments from readers