Chapter 409: Shen Qinghuan (2)
Later, she officially got married. I was reluctant to let her go, but I had no choice. Looking at the red that filled the courtyard of the Shen family's house, I just felt it was dazzling. Later, I asked her to cut a "囍" character for me, and she gave it to me alone.
The day before the wedding, she said that I was not the one to marry her, but I could be the first one to lift her red veil. I agreed.
But when the wedding day came, I still didn't do it because I heard that the bride's red veil cannot be removed by anyone other than the groom, otherwise it would be unlucky and would mean that the bride would be unhappy in the future.
Studying abroad strengthened my egoism and my aversion to feudal superstitions, and for the first time I complied with these rules.
I carried her out of the room, afraid that she would be nervous and worried, so I secretly tapped the back of her hand a few times with my fingertips. It was just a secret message between us, meaning, don't be afraid, I'm here.
This is how I secretly comforted her when the Zhang Feng incident happened before.
That night, I couldn't sleep, or I didn't want to sleep.
My heart felt like it was being torn open, tearing through my flesh and blood, causing excruciating pain. So I took the scissors she had used to cut the word "囍" for me and pressed my hand tightly against it, using the physical pain to numb the mental one.
That night, I watched the sky above the city of Sijiu filled with fireworks, and I knew they were what Chen Guiwu had prepared for her. There was also a meteor shower, the first time I had ever seen one.
When I was studying abroad, I heard some people say that making a wish during a meteor shower would be very effective.
I didn’t believe in these things at first. I didn’t believe in ghosts or God, but I still clasped my hands together and made a wish in my heart.
It’s not that I wish she and I to be together forever, but I wish that the person I care about will be safe in this life.
Because in this chaotic world, it is not easy to survive, let alone stay together for a lifetime.
Rather than the two of us being together in pain, I hope that she will always be healthy.
I don’t know whether this wish came true or not, but I know that the moon was bright all night long that night.
Later, the appearance of the fake made me understand something.
I was panicked at that moment because I didn’t know whether the month I knew you was worth the twenty-two years of my father and the eight years of my elder brother.
If Ah Wu really appeared in reverse time and space, then she does not exist in my past memories! This means that she has never met me again in her later years.
I didn't dare ask you, and I didn't dwell on it anymore.
But the next day I held your hand and wrote "Pure Joy" over and over again.
I'm sure you will miss me in the future, so I want you to remember my name over and over again, remember me.
If you meet a younger me in the future, remember to call me, "Qing Huan."
As soon as I turn around, I will come to you again.
Later I was kidnapped by the person who did the task. I learned the so-called original plot from him, but I didn’t care at all. I was surprised and shocked by the original plot trajectory, but I didn’t regret it.
But later you came to save me. When I saw you appear directly with your powerful red eyes, I was stunned.
I realized that you could have fought back against Zhang Feng when he kidnapped you, but I still saved you.
So, you lied to me!
I didn't say anything, just listening to your conversation with the tasker. I was gambling, gambling on whether you would save me, gambling on whether you would regard me as your weak spot.
Just like when I saved you, Zhang Feng asked me to kneel down, and I knelt down.
It’s a pity that you didn’t, you said.
No one can threaten you with anyone.
You didn't even look at me, and directly released something like fire. My mind was stunned at that time, and I had no intention of dodging at all. I only thought, you lied to me!
I closed my eyes in despair, thinking that it would be fine, at least I wouldn't have to worry about you lying to me anymore.
At least...the tasker didn't really use me to threaten you.
I thought I would die with the tasker, but no, the moment I opened my eyes, you ran towards me.
At that moment, I felt that you were mine again, and that there might be some hidden reason behind your previous lie to me.
You apologized to me and said that the flames wouldn't hurt me at all. Unfortunately, I couldn't survive because I was poisoned by the tasker. The burning pain in my abdomen had spread to my heart, and I knew I might not be able to be saved.
The moment I saw the tasker pointing a gun at you, I panicked and subconsciously turned around with you in my arms. Our positions were swapped, and I blocked the bullet for you.
At that moment, I thought, it’s great, I saved you for the second time.
Later you confessed that you had lied to me about Zhang Feng, I said.
"Do you remember? I said if you lie to me, I will kill you..."
I held on to my strength, even though I couldn't see, but I bit your neck accurately based on my memory of the past when I leaned on your arms.
But in the end, I still couldn't bear to really kill you.
You apologized to me in a panicked voice, "Qinghuan, I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I won't lie to you again!"
After feeling the touch of teeth piercing your skin, I stopped talking and spoke incoherently.
"You said it."
"I forgive you this time, but you can't lie to me anymore..."
There is no such thing as a future. I just want Awu to not feel so guilty.
I fell into Awu's arms, holding her hand, "...After I die, don't burn paper money for me. If you want to burn something, burn the paper I taught you to write my name on. Just burn it under my pillow...I want to go to the underworld and not drink Mengpo soup. Remember this name."
"When you call me in the next life, I'll turn around and it'll be you..."
Shen Qinghuan, a staunch materialist, broke the rules twice. Once, he did not be the first to remove Sheng Wu's red veil, to avoid bad luck and make the bride unhappy. Another time, he made a wish under a meteor shower.
I wish Awu will be healthy and happy in this life.
In fact, there was another time, which was also the last time. That was when she expressed her last wish, she secretly prayed to the gods.
I pray that I can meet Sheng Wu again in my next life.
In the last few seconds, she tapped Sheng Wu's hand a few times. The first two times were meant to comfort her, saying, "Don't be afraid, I'm here."
This time it means, I love you.
Unfortunately, my throat was full of blood at that time and I couldn’t speak. I don’t know if Awu could understand me.
In fact, I had vaguely guessed it before, Awu, you have deceived me more than once.
Because the way you pretend to love your father is so deceptive, even I can't tell whether what you said about me is true or not.
But it doesn't matter anymore. I made a wish with the gods: in my next life, I will only meet you. Then, you won't be approaching me out of a mission, but out of sincerity.
I thought you were not in my past and you would not be in my future.
But I didn't expect that my best 20 years, which you filled, would end here.
......
And when Sheng Wu said "I will never lie to you again", he deceived Shen Qinghuan again.
It’s also the last time.
When Shen Guiwu collapsed with the world, Sheng Wu did not really burn the papers with names on them for Shen Qinghuan.
After Shen Qinghuan died, she left her body there, letting it fall in the heavy snow.
Cover her in the wilderness.
Her goal had been achieved, so why should she care about the chess pieces?
"Qinghuan, I like you so much."
"Awu, next time, don't lie to me again."
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Shen Qinghuan tapped Sheng Wu's hand, a gesture Shen Guiwu had also performed on her. I wrote about this foreshadowing but didn't emphasize it too much. The beginning of the story actually foreshadowed the ending. Shen Qinghuan was created by Shen Guiwu, and he has his subtle personality and habits. So when Shen Qinghuan did this gesture the first time he saved her, Sheng Wu was suspicious, but she didn't show any reaction. Her performance of love and trust deceived everyone.
If you ask when Sheng Wu started to doubt, it was when she woke up in this world and Chen Guiwu recognized her for the first time.
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