Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family-Chapter 948 - Cutting the Ties
Chapter 948: Chapter 948: Cutting the Ties
Chapter 948 -948: Cutting the Ties
Liu Sisi closed her eyes; it took her a good while before she reopened them, completely oblivious to the beads of blood trickling down over her mouth, nose, and eyes.
Zuo Xingyu watched her in silence, not bothering to bring it to her attention, but instead wrapped his arms tightly around her, resting his chin on top of her head as he tried to steady his own breathing before chuckling lightly and saying, “Yes, this is the ocean. Sisi, haven’t you always wanted to see the ocean? This is the most beautiful ocean! But you, you are even more beautiful, more enchanting…”
“Really? I wouldn’t have guessed, Big Brother Zuo, that you’ve learned to flatter people.”
Although she couldn’t see her own face, the continuous torment of illness over many days let her know her complexion couldn’t possibly look good, yet Zuo Xingyu praised her to the skies, how could it not amuse her?
“It’s true! Sisi, in my eyes, you’ve always been the most beautiful.”
He wanted to reveal his feelings to her, to tell her how important she was to him. Several times he had the words on the tip of his tongue, but each time he held them back.
This woman, who seemed frail but was actually strong, had endured the agony of illness without so much as a whimper, refusing to complain, refusing to cry out in pain! The faint smile on her face was so indifferent, yet it inexplicably caused one’s heart to ache.
He despised the fact that he couldn’t take her pain upon himself, couldn’t weep for her!
To voice her unspoken sorrows, to let those tears that hadn’t overflowed from her eyes run dry, to cry them out!
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“Look quickly, those are seabirds! So many of them!”
Liu Sisi’s excited voice rang out.
In that expanse of azure rivers, a flock of seabirds, which seemed to have not migrated, instead gathered together, following the lead of the head bird as they plunged into the river water, only to quickly soar up into the air, circled overhead, and flew off into the distance.
“So beautiful! So wonderful…”
How nice it was that they could soar in the blue sky!
Leaning against Zuo Xingyu’s chest, Liu Sisi slowly closed her eyes, shutting the outside world inside her gaze.
Her heart took flight, swiftly catching up with the flock of seagulls, soaring up into the blue sky, flying high. Higher and higher it flew, ever higher… until it became a tiny black dot, disappearing from the sight of mankind.
After not feeling any movement from the person in his arms for quite some time, Zuo Xingyu anxiously looked down and softly called out, “Sisi, Sisi! What’s wrong with you? Sisi, please answer me, Sisi…”
He cried out in despair, his calls growing more frantic with each one. He vigorously shook her body, wiping her face with his sleeve in a frantic effort to clear the blood and tears.
“Sisi, Sisi, wake up! Sisi, you can’t die, you haven’t heard me say I love you; how can you, how can you just leave like this? Sisi…”
Unable to hold back his tears, they rolled down his face as he once again enveloped her in his arms, hugging her tightly and crying out loud.
The regret in his heart was indescribable! The pain spreading from his chest cavity felt like it was about to break him.
He had thought he had countless opportunities to make it up to her, but it wasn’t until now that he realized he couldn’t do anything, he was utterly unable to help her!
“Cough, cough, cough… Big Brother Zuo…”
The faint call coming from his arms was like the most exquisite music to his ears! It made Zuo Xingyu unable to come back to his senses, as he stared wide-mouthed at the little person in his arms, afraid it was an auditory hallucination.
“Big Brother Zuo, I still want to see the ocean… carry me to that big rock up ahead,”
She gasped for breath, her gaze extremely hazy, almost unable to focus her eyes properly.
“See the ocean? Alright! Big Brother Zuo will take you there! My mother has passed away too, and now you are the only family I have left in this world. Sisi, promise Big Brother Zuo you won’t die, that you won’t leave me to live alone in this world. Promise me!”
Zuo Xingyu couldn’t wait to get Liu Sisi’s assurance, fearing that the moment he let go, she would vanish.
“Big Brother Zuo… Alright, Sisi promises you, Sisi won’t die…”
How could she control life and death herself? Liu Sisi mustered a desolate smile.
“Really? You promised Big Brother Zuo, you have to keep your word!”
Zuo Xingyu finally felt somewhat reassured, and once again carried her to the big rock by the sea and slowly sat down.
“Big Brother Zuo, I have a story I want to tell you, do you want to hear it?”
She closed her eyes, mustering her energy.
At the moment, she felt a lot more spirited, not knowing if it was because she was rallying.
“I want to hear it, any story told by Sisi is one Big Brother Zuo wants to hear.”
Liu Sisi shook her head slightly and took several deep breaths before speaking: “A long time ago, there was a little girl who was always happy. But one day, she overheard her big brother and elder sister secretly discussing her origins, and that’s how she found out she wasn’t the biological daughter of her parents. Jealous of her sisters and fearing that her foster parents wouldn’t love her, she always deliberately sang a different tune to attract their attention. Unfortunately, she was misunderstood as being willful and gradually lost her parents’ favor.”
Zuo Xingyu did not interrupt her, and he realized that Liu Sisi was telling her own story.
“Not long after, a young man came with a voucher, and it was the first time the little girl had fallen for someone. She cunningly claimed him for herself, feeling proud to have found love yet tormented by guilt, believing she stole the happiness that belonged to Second Sister. It wasn’t until the young man came to call off the marriage that her inner darkness burst forth. Little did she know that everything from then on would exceed her wildest imagination.”
“She was framed for infidelity and nearly delivered into the tiger’s mouth. But as it turned out, she went from the tiger’s mouth into the wolf’s den. The girl had already found the one she loved; how could she agree to marry someone else? Therefore, during her big wedding, she chose to jump into the river and end her life.”
“Sisi, Sisi, it’s my fault, I failed you back then. I had no choice at the time! Sisi, forgive me, forgive me…”
Regret incessantly lashed at Zuo Xingyu’s heart, and years of resilience collapsed in that moment!
He cried uncontrollably like a child.
Liu Sisi shook her head, and with effort, lifted her hand to grasp his clothes: “No! Listen to me finish.”
“Uh-huh! You speak, Sisi, you speak.” He hastily held onto her hand.
Liu Sisi didn’t struggle, she had no strength left to do so: “When the little girl was saved, she had already stopped breathing completely. At that moment, a faint ghost took the opportunity to resurrect through corpse-borrowing, living once again. Actually, this ghost too had died unjustly, and she cherished the extra lifetime she’d been given. So she kept living well, striving to survive, right up to today.”
After finishing, she quietly closed her eyes.
As the saying goes, the dying always speak well, and seeing that she was about to leave this world, some of the entanglements that needed to be resolved, she should have cut long ago.
