Chapter 58: That Past Event (Part 1)
Her pale face showed a little bit of color because of his touch, but Zhou Junheng didn't dare to use more force. She was still injured and it would hurt a little.
He moved gently, approached carefully, and gently pressed his lips against the girl's forehead, his whole body filled with tenderness.
The girl's pink eyelids were still trembling, it was not an illusion.
He didn't dare to blink at all, and stared at the little girl's eyes, afraid of missing her again.
It was really heavy to open her eyes. The little girl's eyebrows were wrinkled and she cried out in pain softly.
Intermittent, light and weak, "Zhou Junheng...it hurts."
Zhou Junheng's heart was in a knot.
Just now I just wanted to hope and pray that the little girl would wake up soon, but after suffering so many injuries, my whole body was in pain after the anesthetic wore off. Being awake would only be more uncomfortable than being asleep.
"Xiaoye, be good. Let's take it slow, okay? If it hurts, we won't move. If we don't move, it won't hurt. My husband is here too, and he'll always be with us, Xiaoye."
He comforted the person in his arms and felt lucky enough.
The little girl has woken up. Take it slow, everything will get better... He will always be by her side.
Zhou Junheng was comforting the little girl, but he was also talking to himself.
After an unknown amount of time, the little girl stopped crying out in pain. He thought she might have fallen asleep again, so he moved as gently as possible.
The next second, he felt the wet tears in his palm.
He was stunned and subconsciously lowered his head, seeing tears streaming down his cheeks.
The slowly fluttering eyelashes are powerless, like a butterfly with wings unable to fold in the heavy rain, extremely broken.
Their eyes met unexpectedly, but they were captivated at first sight.
The time they would meet again was actually earlier than the doctor had predicted, but for Zhou Junheng, it was already long enough, and he had enough patience. But when their eyes met, he finally understood what a long wait meant.
It turns out that saying goodbye can be so difficult.
The feeling of losing and regaining something made him almost lose his mind, and Shi Ye's voice finally brought him back to his senses.
"Zhou Junheng...I'm in so much pain."
She spoke each word slowly now, her lips were bloodless as she told him slowly.
Zhou Junheng felt as if his heart was being cut by a knife. From the moment he knew that something happened to the girl, he felt regretful and blamed himself... He wished that he could bear all the pain himself.
She was such a cheerful little girl, and now she was awakened by pain, crying and screaming in pain. How could he not feel distressed?
"I'm sorry, Xiaoye, I'm sorry. Soon we won't feel any pain anymore, it will get better slowly. I will always be with you, Xiaoye, and I will never let them bully you again."
Shi Ye was still crying. She looked at him, tears filling her eyes, like beads from a broken string, bursting the dam.
But her body, which had just woken up, was fragile and weak. How could she bear it?
He bent his back even lower and used a tissue to gently wipe away the tears on her face. "Xiaoye, be good, don't cry. We won't cry anymore. We will be healed soon and the pain won't go away."
"I'm sorry, it's my fault. I was late and made Xiaoye suffer. But I'm by your side now. They can't bully you anymore. They all paid the price... They will never show up again and can never bully Xiaoye again."
There were only a few stars left between heaven and earth, and the vast expanse was still endless darkness.
Under the shadow of the ward light, the girl's soft sobs continued for a long time, wetting Zhou Junheng's palms and spreading to the front of him.
Zhou Junheng just listened and coaxed the girl. She was in pain, and he felt the same way.
More than one person was injured, the pain was too much, after the incident happened, while it was being resolved, and it reached its peak when she woke up.
"It's my fault. I promised you that I would protect you, but I let you get hurt. I'm sorry, Xiaoye."
Shi Ye had too many broken bones on her body, and she slowly raised only her slender fingers.
Zhou Junheng lowered his head and moved closer so that she could feel his presence.
"I don't blame you... I wanted to ask you about Li Yiyan at that time, but... but I didn't have the strength." It was not a long sentence, but for Shi Ye, it required a lot of energy.
The girl was gasping for breath, but her eyes were filled with tears again as if she couldn't control herself.
Zhou Junheng's heart was broken.
His beloved girl was hurt so badly by Zhou Lai and Li Yiyan.
He gently wiped her tears, afraid of disturbing other wounds on her body.
"I know, I know everything. They were the ones who bullied Xiaoye. Brother has avenged you. They can no longer bully you. What happened with Li Yiyan is not what Zhou Lai said. I have never liked her, never... From the beginning to the end, there was only our Xiaoye. She and I were just classmates. She was the one who schemed against all of us."
"Brother didn't mean to hide anything from you. I'll tell you everything that happens after you wake up, okay?"
"Brother will always love only Xiaoye."
“…”
Shi Ye finally fell asleep again. Her body could not bear the pain of the wound and the crying for too long.
The man's promise burned in her heart. She finally got the affirmative answer and felt at ease.
Zhou Junheng carefully kissed the girl's forehead and laid her hands flat. The sleeping girl finally stopped frowning. This improvement was enough to make him happy. He got up and called a doctor.
I walked out of the ward and looked out the window. The morning light was dim and there was already some sunlight in the east.
The expert team was examining in the ward, and Zhou Junheng called Shi Qing.
I was talking about the situation when I just woke up.
"You don't have to rush over now. I just coaxed Xiaoye to sleep, and it's almost dawn. After you wake up, let's go see Cheng Yan. When Xiaoye wakes up, I'll tell her everything that happened. I actually never thought of hiding anything from him."
Shi Qing did not refuse. He had so much to say, but in the end, it all turned into a sigh.
He agreed, and before hanging up the phone, he couldn't help but say, "Jun Heng, Cheng Yan has never blamed you for anything."
"I know, we're just going to check on him."
…
Every rain after the Beginning of Autumn speeds up the passage of time.
The two mothers stayed with Shi Ye in the hospital, while Shi Qing and Zhou Junheng went to the cemetery together.
It wasn't a heavy rain, but the rain was as fine as needle threads and dense, which kept on blackening the clouds and the sky was gray.
The cemetery has never been a busy place. After being deserted for a long time, the stone bricks extending to the mountain will naturally grow moss. When it gets wet, it becomes more slippery and green.
The two placed the cosmos they brought, which were not monotonous yellow, but with lavender petals swaying in the wind and rain, in front of the tombstone. Behind it was a photo of Cheng Yan, whose smile was forever frozen at the age of 21, the most lively and spirited youth.
Zhou Junheng asked for no reason.
"Shi Qing, it was also a cloudy day on the day of Cheng Yan's funeral, wasn't it? Do you think God felt it was too regretful?"
How could Shi Qing not know what he was thinking?
"What happened back then wasn't your fault. Cheng Yan never blamed you! It was Li Yiyan who was greedy and wanted more. If we talk about mistakes and regrets, then the tragedy might have been doomed from the moment we met Li Yiyan."
Zhou Junheng was not stuck in a dead end, he just felt that he had left himself with endless troubles.
"If I had sent Li Yiyan to prison directly, Xiaoye might not have been injured... So Xiaoye's injury was also caused by me. Is Cheng Yan punishing me for my cowardice back then?"
The last sentence also made Shi Qing heartbroken. His closest sister was seriously injured and lying on the hospital bed, his best brother died, and Zhou Junheng had never let it go and still blamed himself. All of this was caused by Li Yiyan.
Hatred did not blind Shi Qing, he whipped the culprit of all this over and over again.
"Zhou Junheng, let's put this matter behind us from today onwards—"
"Cheng Yan is dead and cannot be brought back to life, and he certainly wouldn't want us to be trapped here. You didn't do anything wrong back then, and the victim is always innocent! Li Yiyan is the root of all this wrong. She has morally blackmailed you and Cheng Yan, and eight years later, she's still the same and is maliciously pushing Xiaoye. She's evil to her core, so what does this have to do with you?"
"She is the abuser who deserves to be condemned by everyone and reflect on her actions day and night!"
"Cheng Yan liked Li Yiyan, and Li Yiyan liked you, and then she accused you of rape for money. Cheng Yan's car accident was just an accident! And her retaliation doesn't even deserve the word 'like', so what are you repenting for!... Just because you happen to be Cheng Yan's friend, do you have to take the blame? If even your existence can be labeled as an accomplice, then is there any reason in the world?"
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