Chapter 1394 Love and resentment cannot cancel each other out
His voice was low, his face expressionless, but each word he said was very clear.
"Your mother had nothing to do with this. If it weren't for me, she wouldn't be dead."
"Chu Yan is right. It was because of me that you lost your mother at that age. And because of my grandfather's identity, your grandfather didn't even come to settle accounts with me, nor did he ask the Cheng family for any explanation."
Cheng Zhiyuan stood straight, his face so pale that it was almost transparent.
As if he was cutting open his chest and cutting open his heart with a knife, he said calmly,
"I am an accomplice in the murder of your mother. This statement is correct."
There was silence in the courtyard for a long time.
Shen Pianpian's gaze and expression were sunken in the shadows of the corridor and could not be seen clearly.
But the man's face was obviously pale under the street light.
He looked at Shen Pianpian quietly, like a prisoner waiting for execution, his eyes were filled with despair and calm dead water, without a trace of life.
But Shen Pianpian couldn't help it.
She walked towards Cheng Zhiyuan, leaving the shadow of the corridor step by step, her trailing tasseled skirt brushing against the stairs and dew-soaked grass, and finally stopped in front of Cheng Zhiyuan.
The girl raised her head, looked directly into the man's eyes, and said seriously,
"Actually, I really wanted to just go in and lock you out, making you stand here all night."
The Adam's apple moved, and Cheng Zhiyuan was about to speak when the girl said,
"But I can't bear to do it."
She seemed to be talking to herself, tracing the man's handsome eyebrows with her eyes, and her slightly wrinkled brows looked distressed and sad.
"I always hate to see you sad."
A look of astonishment almost completely occupied his expression, like a prisoner who suddenly heard the executioner rescind his order and knew that he had escaped death.
Cheng Zhiyuan looked down at Shen Pianpian in a daze, and listened to her continue,
"Actually, I already knew that. When you came to Yungang to rescue me, those hallucinogens accidentally brought back some memories from my childhood."
Shen Pianpian stretched out her hand, raised her slightly cool fingertips and pressed them against the man's brow.
"At that time, Grandpa was very angry and almost wanted to shoot you."
Shen Pianpian lowered his eyes, slowly retracted his fingers, and slowly exhaled in the cool breeze.
"How could I not blame you, Mr. Cheng?"
"Even though you know you were a victim at that time, it's impossible for people to truly achieve fairness and justice."
"Besides, you're clearly planning to hide the truth from me for the rest of your life, right?"
Cheng Zhiyuan's voice was hoarse, and he answered slowly after a while.
"yes."
"You're so brave."
The girl actually smiled, but it was very short, so it was impossible to tell what kind of emotion was hidden in it.
"But in fact, if Chu Yan hadn't pointed it out, I would never have thought of bringing this matter up again."
Shen Pianpian murmured softly,
"Am I too unfilial?"
Cheng Zhiyuan tightened his fingers, his expression was gloomy, but he was also carefully hiding some incredible joy.
Shen Pianxian looked up at him.
"Mr. Cheng, I really blame you, but I also really love you."
"Love and resentment cannot cancel each other out."
"So even with such complicated and conflicting feelings, I still can't bear to see you worrying about what you've gained or lost."
"I won't break up with you because of this, but I might get angry with you, ignore you, and even enslave you."
Shen Pianxian took a step forward, stretched out her arms to hug him, and said slowly,
"So, tell me now what my mother said and did in the end."
"After all, you were the one who saw her last."
Her tone was filled with sadness. Cheng Zhiyuan slowly closed his arms and hugged her, his arms and fingers tightening more and more, as if he wanted to integrate all the warmth that had been lost in his arms into his bones and blood.
He lowered his head and sniffed the girl's shoulder deeply before slowly saying "OK".
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