Chapter 282 The Truth from Feng Yuerou's Mouth
Feng Yuerou's face turned pale, her expression one of struggle and pain.
After a long pause, she said in a fearful tone, "If I tell you, will Mother believe me?"
"As long as it's the truth, no matter how outlandish it may seem, I will try to believe it."
Min Qiao did not give Feng Yuerou a definite answer, but this was her true feeling.
After all, given her, Min Yuexi, and Wei Jia's precedent of being reborn, she could accept even the most outlandish things Feng Yuerou said.
Of course, this is all on the premise that Feng Yuerou is telling the truth.
Feng Yuerou closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and calmed herself down before trying to speak in a composed tone: "Mother, do you believe this world is fake?"
Madam Min frowned. "What do you mean?"
A look of deep terror returned to Feng Yuerou's face. "Mother, we are all living in other people's stories, in other people's fabricated narratives! This world, including you, me, and all of us, is fake!"
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Madam Min looked at Feng Yuerou in astonishment. If she weren't sitting so close, she would have reached out and touched Feng Yuerou's forehead to see if she was sick.
Seeing the doubt in Min Qiao's eyes, Feng Yuerou gave a helpless bitter smile, her tone filled with sorrow: "Mother, I only realized when I was dying that we were all living in a book."
"Whether it's me, you, or the Annamite family... there are many, many more who are just cannon fodder in the book. We will all die, and we will all become stepping stones for the protagonist on his road to success."
"No, I'm not even a stepping stone! At best, I'm just a passerby!"
Feng Yuerou said in a sorrowful tone, "I have tried countless times to break free from the control of fate, but without exception, I have failed. No matter how I struggle or resist, in the end, my fate will push me to death."
Min Qiao looked at Feng Yuerou in disbelief, feeling as if her entire worldview had been turned upside down.
Is this world fake? Or is it something someone else created?
Are they merely characters created by others?
Is their very existence merely a means to advance the plot and pave the way for the protagonist?
This is absolutely outrageous!!!
Although shocked, Madam Min quickly calmed down.
Then, seizing on the key point in Feng Yuerou's words, he asked, "You said you've made countless attempts. So, you've also been reborn? And more than once?"
“Yes.” Feng Yuerou nodded. “I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve been reborn.”
"Ever since I realized I was living in a book world, my memories have never faded. In every life, I am reborn with those memories."
“In every life, I try to change my fate. But no matter if I am gentle and quiet or cruel and tyrannical, no matter if I am the favored Miss Feng or the dispensable Feng Yuerou, I can never escape a tragic death.”
"And what about me? In all the worlds you've been reborn into, what will my fate be?" Min Qiao asked curiously.
Feng Yuerou gave an awkward laugh. "In every life, you die just like in the last, poisoned by the people of the Xuanping Marquis's mansion."
Min Qiao was utterly speechless.
But then she thought of something, "According to you, no matter what we do, we can't change our predetermined fate?"
“Yes.” Feng Yuerou nodded.
“But I have clearly changed my fate of being exploited by the Marquis of Xuanping’s mansion, and I have also rewritten the plot of Min Yuexi marrying Lu Ming, and changed many, many things. Fei Xu, Wei Jia, the He family mother and daughter... their fates and endings are different from those of their previous lives. How can this be explained?” Min Qiaoshi raised her question.
She was certain that she would never die a pathetic death like she did in her previous life!
If there really is such a thing as being bound by a plot or locked in by fate, then how should we explain all the changes she made?
Faced with Min Qiao's renewed questioning, Feng Yuerou did not feel sad. Instead, tears welled up in her eyes, and she said emotionally, "This is why I am close to my mother!"
"I discovered the truth of this world a long time ago, but no matter what I do, I can't affect its course. And my fate is ultimately to be destroyed."
"My struggles and resistance cannot make a ripple in the course of this world."
"But Mother did it!"
"When I first heard about the annulment of the engagement at the Marquis of Xuanping's residence, I was shocked. In all my lifetimes of rebirth, this had never happened before!"
"Then, I began to secretly collect every little detail about the Marquis of Xuanping's residence, wanting to see where the changes in the Marquis of Xuanping's residence came from."
Ultimately, all the anomalies pointed to the mother.
"I don't know if my mother realized the truth of the world like I did, or if she was reborn. But I do know that all the changes my mother made really happened."
"I know that my mother will be the turning point for me to change my destiny."
Although Madam Min Qiao felt this was outrageous, she forced herself to remain calm. "So, when you and Min Hui get married, you'd rather miss the auspicious time than hold the wedding ceremony if I'm not there?"
Feng Yuerou nodded, "Yes."
"So, that's why you chose to side with me without hesitation, whether it was between the Wang family and me, between Min Hui and me, or even between the Marquis of Annan and me?"
"Yes." Feng Yuerou nodded again.
Madam Min frowned slightly. "Regardless of whether this world is real or fake, or whether fate is predetermined, the Earl of Annan and his wife are still your biological parents. Aren't you afraid of hurting them by doing this?"
This is a matter of character!
If breaking free from fate means betraying one's own parents, then Madam Min should consider whether she should refuse any future contact with Feng Yuerou.
Feng Yuerou shook her head with a wry smile, "They are not my parents!"
Min Qiao looked at Feng Yuerou with suspicion.
She had just begun to question Feng Yuerou's character when Feng Yuerou said that Uncle Annan and his wife were not her parents.
If they weren't her parents, would they treat her so well?
Seemingly sensing Min Qiao's thoughts, Feng Yuerou quickly explained, "Mother, what I said is true. They are not only not my parents, but also not the parents of my brothers and sisters. Even..."
Feng Yuerou paused, swallowed, and then slowly said, "In fact, they are not even the Earl of Annan and his wife themselves!"
"What...what are you saying?" Madam Min was suddenly startled. "Do you know what you're saying?"
Feng Yuerou answered affirmatively, "They all wore human skin masks. A long time ago, I saw them take off their masks with my own eyes. And under the human skin masks were two completely unfamiliar faces!"
At this moment, Madam Min was so shocked that she could not speak.
The world in the book, the plot, the destiny—those are all just illusions.
Only the incriminating evidence against the Earl of Annam and his wife is real and beneficial to her.
Of course, this is on the premise that everything Feng Yuerou said is true.
Regardless of whether it's true or not, she should write it down and arrange for someone to slowly gather relevant evidence for later.
Just then, Feng Yuerou bit her lip and looked at Min Qiaoshi with a hesitant expression, "Mother, don't you care who the protagonist of this book world we live in is?"
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