In her previous life, Qiao Yu thought Jiang Zhan was mentally unstable; she feared and loathed him. Yet, Jiang Zhan endured endless torture to save her, protecting her until his very last breath.
Chapter 350 Destined
When Yu Qingchuan heard Hua Yue say this, he felt as if his heart was hit by a huge rock, and it hurt dully.
"Yueyue, in this apocalypse, who cares about being involved or not?" Yu Qingchuan stroked Huayue's hand and whispered, "You said you think you're an unlucky person, but am I not the same?"
Hua Yue was slightly startled when she heard this. Before she could say anything, she heard Yu Qingchuan continue, "I was born in Dama Village and lost my mother at birth. My father found me a stepmother. Although she wasn't very close to me, she treated me quite politely."
"But not long after, my father took my stepmother to the city to sell vegetables. They had a car accident on the way and were sent to the hospital. And then... they never came back."
"I don't have any grandparents, and my stepmother's family didn't want to raise a non-blood-related burden like me, so I became an orphan."
"I grew up eating at many people's homes. Some people in the village took pity on me and were willing to give me a few bites of food. To survive, I begged for food, dug wild vegetables, and even fought with dogs for food. Because I had no parents, I was always isolated and bullied by other children my age..."
"The worst time was when I was pushed into a lake by some children from the village in the middle of winter. The lake was frozen over and I couldn't get out underwater. If an ice fisherman hadn't seen me, I might never have gotten out."
"After I got home that day, I fell seriously ill. I don't know if it was my instinct for survival, but when I was half-dazed by the high fever, I crawled outside and gnawed on some dry grass, I don't know what it was."
"I'm lucky. I managed to survive like this."
When Huayue heard this, tears fell from her eyes again.
But this time, the tears were not for herself, but for Yu Qingchuan.
Seeing Hua Yue crying again, Yu Qingchuan chuckled, shook his head, and gently wiped the tears from her face.
To him, these things were like passing clouds, and there was nothing to be sad about.
"Don't cry." Yu Qingchuan whispered again: "Look, I'm fine now, right?"
"What happened next?" Hua Yue asked softly.
"Then... I met my adoptive parents." Yu Qingchuan's eyes became melodious. "They are kind and great, and they treated me like their own child. They raised me, taught me, and respected me. They are truly the best people in the world to me."
"It's a pity that even such kind-hearted people like them couldn't have a good old age."
"I know... I've heard of the glorious deeds of Dr. Yu and Madam Yu..." Hua Yue tightened her grip on Yu Qingchuan's hand, "They were both people of great love... They died because of the virus that devoured their bodies while conducting experiments..."
Yu Qingchuan shook his head. "But you probably don't know that it was for me that Father and Mother gave up the opportunity to be rehired and stayed in Dama Village, right?"
Hua Yue was slightly stunned when she heard this.
She had indeed never heard of this matter.
"In fact, it's not just you. Qiao Yu and the others don't know either." Yu Qingchuan smiled bleakly, "I often wonder, if it weren't for me, would all this have ended differently?"
"If they hadn't adopted me, my father and mother wouldn't have given up the opportunity to be rehired and wouldn't have stayed in Dama Village to teach. When the apocalypse arrived, with my father's knowledge and prestige, he would have been designated a key protected target by the military, and they would have immediately escorted him and my mother to the survivor base."
"How could it be like this now, trapped in a resource-scarce village by the villagers, using my body for experiments..."
When Yu Qingchuan said this, his eyes turned slightly red.
Seeing this, Hua Yue increased the strength of her hands, "How could that be? Ah Chuan, don't think like that!"
"Great people like Dr. Yu and Mrs. Yu will devote everything they have to the cause of humanity no matter where they are!"
"Even if they were successfully taken to the survivor base as you said, Dr. Yu would definitely not rashly use other people for experiments at the beginning of the apocalypse when everything is unclear..."
"It's not your fault...it's just a trick of fate..."
Yu Qingchuan raised his head upon hearing this, and looked straight at Hua Yue, "Since you can comfort me like this, why can't you comfort yourself like this?"
Hua Yue was left speechless by Yu Qingchuan's question and could only remain silent.
Yu Qingchuan didn't give up. He pursed his lips, stretched out a hand around Huayue's back, and carefully took Huayue into his arms. "Yueyue, the death of my adoptive parents has been a lifelong pain for me. But it is also because of their departure that I understand that people must cherish what they have and live in the present moment."
"Yueyue, I don't believe in fate. But if you do, then I think our meeting was also destined."
"Now that God has arranged for us to meet, get to know each other, and develop feelings for each other, then falling in love must be an inevitable part of our destiny. If you believe in it, why resist it? If you don't believe it, why worry about that illusory, so-called ending?"
"Yueyue, I like you. Don't think about anything else, I just want to ask you, do you like me?"
Huayue's tears suddenly rolled down from the corners of her eyes. She sniffed and tried hard to control her emotions, but her voice inevitably trembled.
She said, “…I like it.”
"Who do you like?"
"I like... you."
Yu Qingchuan raised the corner of his mouth slightly, "Who likes me?"
Hua Yue was silent for two seconds, then suddenly buried her face in Yu Qingchuan's arms, her voice suddenly rising, "I like you."
"Yueji likes Yu Qingchuan... Huayue likes Yu Qingchuan!"
Whether it's the rose or the flower moon. From the beginning to the end, I only like you...
Yu Qingchuan felt the warmth coming from his arms, and the smile on his lips deepened.
"Yeah. Yu Qingchuan also likes roses, and Yu Qingchuan also likes flowers and moons."
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While Yu Qingchuan and Hua Yue were still hugging each other tenderly in the living room, two little heads suddenly popped out from the window, one above and one below.
"Tsk tsk. They are finally together." Qiao Yu smacked his lips and sighed softly.
"Yeah!" Luo Zhenzhen nodded hurriedly, her eyes shining.
She and Cheng Sinian were almost driven crazy by watching it every day.
When Cheng Sinian learned that Yu Qingchuan's confession failed because of a sudden attack by a mob, he was so angry that he sat up in the middle of the night and cursed the mob for a long time.
I don't know if the thugs sneezed...
At this time, the thug who was being missed was still in the kitchen, pounding garlic with a stone mortar.
Jiang Zhan and Cheng Sinian, who were standing by, had already heard the noises of Yu Qingchuan and Hua Yue in the living room, and they both seemed to be in a good mood.
Cheng Sinian was happy because the pig he taught finally got some cabbage, while Jiang Zhan was happy because Qiao Yu was happy.
The thug looked up at Cheng Sinian and then at Jiang Zhan, really not understanding why they suddenly seemed in such a good mood.
Forget it, let’s just mash the garlic.
Cheng Sinian said that only after pounding the garlic can you go and play with the king bomb.