Chang Le leaned back on the sofa, her frail body, made even more delicate by the repeated injuries, looked like a thin sheet of paper, almost buried in the sofa's plush. She was sitting there, but her breath was so weak that it had almost disappeared.
The doctor didn't ask her any questions as before, but got up and poured her a glass of warm water.
"Thank you." Chang Le took it and hugged it in her arms.
The warmth seeped into her palms and slowly flowed into her cold lungs, loosening the tightly packed memories in her mind and making her suddenly want to say something.
“Actually… I had a feeling something would happen to Fuguang. From the moment he suddenly became distant, scolded me, and even lied to me…”
"Maybe I should never have let you come into this world in the first place."
“He said such cold and hurtful things to me. At that time, I realized that something bad was going to happen, and Third Sister… was Fu Guang.”
Chang Le paused for a moment and explained, "His original name was 'Chen Sanmei,' but he later said he didn't like it, so he changed his name to 'Fu Guang.'"
She smiled faintly: "The sun, the light, is the sun."
She drifted off into thought for a moment, like a worn-out machine, sluggish and unresponsive. The doctor waited quietly.
"Yes, I knew he was going to get into trouble. I was very angry when he deliberately pushed me away like that."
I'm not angry at how he treated me; I'm angry that he wouldn't tell me the truth, that he wouldn't tell me directly—'I'm not abandoning you; I want to push you away to protect you.'
"All I wanted was to hear him say, 'I didn't abandon you!' But he wouldn't say it."
"Ha!" Chang Le gave a desolate laugh. "What's the point of leaving such words in a game instance? They're all gone now..."
—【In my eyes, you are a child who will never be abandoned】
“He lied, Ye Buqi lied, Wei Zi and Hua Lihan lied too. Everyone likes to lie.” Chang Le smiled at the doctor. “Me too.”
"After that... I chose to return to the Hua family a second time, just like a 'hostage.' There were two reasons: first, I was the most suitable person to preserve peace in District Nine to the greatest extent possible; second, I was still angry!"
"They say things shouldn't happen more than three times! If Shen Fuguang abandons me again, I don't even know how many times it's happened! How can it always be like this! Why is it always me!"
Chang Le suddenly became agitated. Her breathing became rapid, her chest heaved violently, and she coughed urgently.
The doctor sat down next to her and gently patted her back.
Chang Le gradually calmed down, and the gleam that had flashed in her eyes when she was excited faded.
"But if we can resolve the deadlock of the Ninth District being besieged by various forces simply by not seeing each other, it's actually worth it. Even if, even if one day when I'm not by Fu Guang's side, he suddenly... really has to leave this world, then I can not cry or make a fuss. I can support the Golden Domain. I'm not afraid. I'm very strong and obedient!"
Chang Le looked at the doctor with a earnest and anxious expression, as if desperately seeking reassurance.
The doctor nodded: "I know, Lele is very sensible, and Lele won't act impulsively."
Chang Le couldn't help but purse her lips, shedding tears for the first time since arriving here, her voice hoarse:
"Yes, I'm a very good girl, why don't they believe me? Why do they have to keep it from me?"
Why didn't you let me know! Why did you hide the fact that he's dead from me! Why didn't anyone tell me!
Me! My beloved, my last hope! I couldn't even see him one last time!! How could they decide for me?!
She cried hysterically, tears streaming down her face.
“They did something wrong. I know Lele is a very good child.”
The doctor looked at her, his previously calm eyes now revealing heartache.
The wronged yet obedient child only dared to sob in front of himself.
The doctor handed Chang Le some tissues, and Chang Le wiped himself for a long time, still unable to calm down completely.
She raised her head through teary eyes and said, "I didn't know Fu Guang was gone. Nobody told me. Everyone kept it from me. It wasn't until Xue Wuwang and Huan Bo led their men to attack Hua'an City that the news finally broke."
A whole month has passed! Only now do I learn that Fu Guang, Mu Liangchao, Ren Baitou, and so many other brothers of the Dragon Sect! They died deep within the ancient ruins of the Northern Territory! And to this day! Their remains lie unclaimed deep within the alien nest!
"Of course I'm angry, but I assure you I haven't lost my mind, and I have no intention of revenge!"
Chang Le became agitated again, "But they don't believe me!!"
Chang Le laughed sarcastically: "You know what my good brothers, my father, and my mother who treated me like her own daughter did!"
"They're trying to keep me from going home!"
Tears streamed down her throat, carrying a chilling coldness: "They even decided... to seal my memories after discovering I was a threat."
"Trapping me, sealing my memories... what's the difference between that and turning me into a walking corpse?"
Chang Le cried quietly for a long time before calming down again.
"Actually, I know all of this. It's not necessarily that they don't believe me. It's that they and those people in the upper echelons of the Central Plains don't dare to believe the entire Ninth District, including me. They're afraid that if I go back, it's like letting a tiger return to the mountains, and they're afraid that in twenty years, I'll be another Shen Fuguang!"
"I understand. If I were in power, I would have done the same."
But Hua Lihan can, but Wei Zi can't. My brothers, at the very least, can't help them seal away my memories!
"I remember……"
Chang Le's tense body suddenly relaxed, sinking into the soft sofa, recalling:
"I remember they were arguing a lot back then, and not everyone agreed."
One year and eight months ago—
March of the 387th year of the Chronicle of Natural Disasters
It was also a month after Shen Fuguang's death.
It was also the third day that Chang Le had been placed under house arrest at the Hua family manor.
The atmosphere at the Hua Family Manor was like a hot air balloon about to burst; a storm was brewing.
Hua Xiange, who was filming away from home, rushed back and found Hua Lihan. Her words, "Father, please let Lele go back," completely ignited all the conflicts.
Hua Xiange was subjected to family discipline without any mercy by Hua Lihan. Hua Xiange remained silent and insisted on her original statement, and was eventually kicked out of the study by Hua Lihan.
Hua Xiange, dragging the whip marks all over her back, ran to Chang Le and insisted on taking her away, but was stopped by someone.
Then, Hua Qingyun, Hua Yuezhi, Hua Lanshi, and Hua Wuyan were all summoned home.
Chang Le remains under house arrest in the building where he lived after being evicted from the main building as a child, while Hua Lihan and Wei Zi argue with their five sons about the matter.
“I will not change my request.” Hua Xiange leaned on the table, trying to stand up straight, facing Hua Lihan and Wei Zi who were sitting on the sofa. “I want Lele to return to District Nine.”
Hua Lihan ignored him and instead looked at her other sons: "What do you think?"
Wei Zi looked worried, but she didn't interrupt her husband and looked at her son as well.
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