“I know he wanted to help me, he always has,” Chang Le repeated.
Hua Anning breathed a sigh of relief, then sighed softly, "Sometimes I really find it strange. With parents and eldest brother having such personalities, how did they raise a second brother with this kind of personality? In a place like the Hua family, which is always so lifeless, how did such a rebellious only son like second brother emerge?"
She said it in a teasing tone, but the two of them actually knew the real answer.
As a child, Hua Xiange was practically a wild child. Apart from Wei Zi, who cared about his safety, no one else cared for him or restrained him. Because he didn't possess the [Blood Thorn] ability, it was destined that his future would have nothing to do with the head of the Hua family.
This is a realistic, cruel, dog-eat-dog world.
Chang Le suddenly asked, "Have the other families arrived yet?"
Hua Anning said, "The Luo family has arrived, but the Wu and Meng families have not."
Chang Le said, "Then I'll go somewhere else first."
"Where to?" Hua Anning asked, getting out of the car and watching Chang Le's retreating figure.
"Go and coax them." Chang Le waved his hand, and Xiao Ye immediately followed.
...
Chang Le easily found Hua Xiange's room. When she came in, she saw Zhou Liang, asked if she needed anything, and immediately stepped aside when she heard that Zhou Liang was looking for Hua Xiange.
Chang Le didn't even knock on the door. As soon as the door opened, sure enough, Hua Xiange was there, hugging her leg which was draped over the crossbar, looking all excited.
A dancer, even when crying, must practice her skills and stretch her legs while crying. These were the words Hua Xiange said to her when she was a child.
Of course, Hua Xiange hadn't cried yet, especially when she turned her head and saw Chang Le, she held back her tears.
Chang Le sat down on a chair nearby, watching his awkward back, and said:
“I didn’t express myself accurately in the car. What I meant was that I was perfectly capable of handling that situation, and you shouldn’t have acted so impulsively. You are a public figure, and your every word and action can be deeply interpreted by countless people. Doing that could ruin your career.”
Hua Xian Ge did not turn around.
Chang Le squinted and said, "After all, you value your career so much, equating it with your most longed-for freedom. Since that's the case, don't easily destroy it."
After waiting a second for a response, Chang Le dropped a bombshell: "Back then, when we broke up, wasn't it because I almost ruined your career as a star and made you lose your freedom?"
Hua Xiange abruptly pulled her leg back and turned around, glaring at her angrily: "You think I'm going to completely break up with you because of this?!"
Chang Le asked in confusion, "Isn't that right?"
"Of course! But not entirely!" Hua Xiange roared. "Don't you remember the most vicious things you said to me back then?"
What's the most vicious thing you could say?
Chang Le pondered deeply and then remembered.
"What? Even birds, when they're tired of flying, will seek refuge in a cage?"
"Amidst the clamor and the rumors, the freedom you sought has failed."
“Is this it?” Chang Le repeated the words that left the deepest impression on him, “Your proud freedom is shattered.”
Hua Xiange was so angry that her teeth chattered: "You even have the same tone... No! It's not this one!"
"Oh," Chang Le leaned back and shrugged, "I don't remember."
Hua Xiange was so angry that she sat down on the edge of the bed, panting, and said in a pitiful voice after a long while, "It's not this one, this isn't the one I remember most clearly."
"Look at you, a pathetic piece of trash clinging to life in your cage. You can't even save yourself; you're nothing but a pitiful domestic animal!"
"Only this sentence remains vivid in my memory to this day," Hua Xiange said, her eyes red.
Chang Le remained silent.
From her perspective, whether it's the present her, the young lady or the madwoman from back then, or 422 who issued the mission, they all believe that the rift between Hua Xiange and her lies in the freedom she destroyed.
But in Hua Xiange's heart, what hurt him most was his own powerlessness—the powerlessness to protect himself and others. Pursuing freedom was also a way for him to prove himself.
It was because his younger sister, whom Hua Xiange had failed to protect, spoke of his helplessness, striking at his deepest pain and guilt, that he completely broke down.
"I'm sorry." Chang Le thought for a moment, and that was the only thing she could say.
Hua Xiange refused to let her apologize: "Who needs your apology? What you said isn't entirely wrong. Besides, I already retaliated, and I've said something similar to you."
Chang Le: ?
"When?" She couldn't remember.
Hua Xiange hummed twice but said nothing.
Of course you don't remember, I cursed him behind your back!
"Thank you," Chang Le suddenly said again.
Hua Xiange looked at her with some surprise.
Chang Le repeated, "I said, thank you, whether it was my second brother in the past or Hua Xiange now."
Hua Xiange pouted, held her breath, and turned her head away.
Chang Le shook his head helplessly: "You can cry all you want, I'm going to get back to work."
"Who are you calling crying!" Hua Xiange rolled her eyes, but tears welled up in her eyes, and she hurriedly yawned to cover them up.
Chang Le chuckled and turned to leave.
As she walked out of the main building, she stopped and looked back at the familiar place.
This place holds the memory of her most chaotic, complex, and bewildering period.
Before she regained all her memories, she knew that because the Hua family had sealed her memories and kept her in the dark, she harbored resentment.
But now, standing at one end of the long river of memories spanning over three hundred years, looking back, it is more appropriate to say that I am indifferent than to feel hatred.
Without sorrow or joy, indifferent and detached, it's all in the past.
The only thing that bothered me was that I had indeed missed the last chance to see Fuguang because of them.
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