Then, naturally, he began his pursuit. In his dream, he was more courageous than in reality. Before long, Xiaoxiao agreed to be his girlfriend, and the two dated and eventually got married. However, their life together was different from reality. He wasn't as good to Xiaoxiao as he seemed, he wasn't considerate enough, he couldn't cook, and he didn't even help with housework when he got home. His mother... wasn't as gentle with Xiaoxiao either.
He was like an observer, watching another version of himself torn between his mother and his wife.
Not long after their marriage, the father-in-law was diagnosed with thrombosis. Fortunately, he received timely treatment and was not seriously injured, but his health deteriorated. Later, the mother-in-law also became immobile, and Xiaoxiao's smiles became fewer and fewer. He knew she missed home and worried about her parents who had no one to take care of them, but he was powerless and did not have the means to bring his parents-in-law to live with him and take care of them.
Then came the car accident that horrified him.
His most respected father was crushed alive under the wheels of a car weighing tens of tons, his blood staining the ground red.
In his dream, he was like a spectator floating in mid-air, watching the accident happen, unable to shout or do anything.
He saw his mother kneeling and weeping, and he saw himself numbly handling his father's funeral and accepting compensation from the driver who caused the accident. He wanted to fight that driver to the death, but everyone told him that it wasn't that person's fault, that it was all fate.
He wanted to refute those people. What is fate? His father was clearly alive and well, and his body was stronger than that of a man in his thirties or forties. He was not one of those ashes buried in the cold ground!
Why would he dream about these things? This is not his life at all!
However, he still watched the plot unfold as if it were a movie, watching his mother come to their house after his father's death and live with them. She constantly found fault with him and her desire to control him reached an almost pathological level. She would criticize Xiaoxiao for the slightest thing that did not meet her expectations.
Xiaoxiao is not a submissive person. Every time her mother picks a fight, the two of them have a big argument. He is really worried that one day Xiaoxiao will no longer be able to endure it. After all, as long as she leaves him, she will no longer have to face such a mother-in-law.
The thought of possibly losing Xiaoxiao one day caused him immense pain.
After the two agreed to move out once they had saved enough for a down payment, they started to live frugally. Xiaoxiao was so beautiful, yet she never bought more than two pieces of clothing all year round. Just as their savings were increasing and their hopes were getting closer, Xiaoxiao had an accident.
During a very ordinary trip to the beach, she inexplicably fell into a coma.
He tried every possible method and searched for renowned doctors throughout China, but no one could wake her up.
After losing hope, he made up his mind to stay by Xiaoxiao's side for the rest of his life. Even if she could not wake up and could not give him any response, she would still be the woman he deeply loved.
His mother kept telling him to abandon Xiaoxiao and marry another woman to have children. How could that be possible? What was the point of living if he lost Xiaoxiao? Having children? They wouldn't be his and Xiaoxiao's children; he didn't want them at all.
When his mother passed away, he was heartbroken, but he still had no regrets.
He could never give up on Xiaoxiao no matter what.
But later, his father-in-law and mother-in-law also passed away one after another. For fifteen years, he waited for Xiaoxiao, but still could not see any hope.
He couldn't hold on any longer.
All the relatives he cared about were gone, and it seemed that only he and his lover, who had become so thin that they were unrecognizable, remained in the world.
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