Chapter 491: If you can't keep her, let her go
"What did you say?" Mingjue raised his voice a little: "Jiang Duo is dead, what nonsense are you talking about!"
"The Jiang Duo of this era is indeed gone, but the Jiang Duo of 1977 is still here."
"Mingzhu!" Mingjue slammed the table, angry: "Can you stop being crazy? 1977? Is that a place you can go back to if you want? You were unconscious at that time, and maybe your consciousness did inexplicably empathize with the woman of the same name and surname as you in that era, but you have come back, and this is your home!"
Mingzhu looked at her elder brother who had never lost his temper with her before, but now he slammed the table in anger. She knew very well in her heart that her elder brother couldn't bear to leave her.
If she could have the best of both worlds, she didn't want to leave her family who had spoiled her since she was a child.
But...she can only choose one of the two.
"I found a way to go back."
Mingjue's face turned black for a moment, and he turned to look at his parents: "Dad, Mom, you guys talk to her, she's really going crazy!"
Wang Nanyi looked at Mingzhu with bloodshot eyes.
Ming Haizhou was also distressed and speechless.
Ming Pu suppressed his emotions and asked calmly: "Do you know what it means for you to go find him?"
Mingzhu nodded with red eyes.
"So, you want to abandon us?"
"No, second brother, I'm not abandoning..." Mingzhu panicked for a moment, but then slowly lowered her head. She was abandoning.
She left here and chose Jiang Duo and the children, which meant... abandoning her family.
She was silent for a long time, and finally spoke slowly: "Dad, Mom, Big Brother, Second Brother, I can stay here with you for the rest of my life, but I will never be happy again, because I know very well that there is a man waiting for me across time and space, and I know that my children have lost their mother."
She lowered her hands under the table and gently stroked her belly: "I was once connected to my children, I felt them grow a little bit in my belly, I... looked forward to their arrival, but on the day they came into this world, I left them. These days, I even felt so painful to breathe."
Wang Nanyi is also a mother, so she naturally understands what Mingzhu means at this moment.
This is the feeling that only a real mother can have.
"Zhuzhu..."
"Mom, if I could have the best of both worlds, I would never abandon either of you, but I have no choice, I really have no choice. These are not two cities, but two time and space."
Mingzhu's hand, which was stroking her belly, fell weakly at her side: "If I stay here, I will have to abandon my young children. If I go back to the children, I will not be able to fulfill my filial piety to you. I think that you have your father to accompany you, your second brother has your second sister-in-law and nephews to accompany him, and your eldest brother also has someone he likes. He will eventually get married and have his own family.
Everyone will eventually return to their own families, so I made this decision. I want to go back to find my love and my children, and you can just think of me as staying in the country and marrying far away, okay?"
The silence at the dinner table was deafening.
Everyone was trying to think of the best solution to this problem, but no one could come up with a perfect answer.
Ming Haizhou and Wang Nanyi understood Mingzhu's pain, but as parents, they couldn't ask their daughter to leave. As she said, these were not two cities, but two time and space. If they left, they would never see each other again.
How could they bear to let her go?
Ming Jue was even more unwilling to let go. He really loved his sister, and it was impossible for him to send his sister away.
Finally, it was Ming Pu, who was always calm, who spoke on behalf of the family members: "Zhuzhu, are you sure you won't regret it? Going to that era of scarcity, without the protection of your family, you are all alone..."
"I don't regret it, second brother, I have never been a princess in an ivory tower."
Ming Pu sighed, thinking of the years when the girl who was pampered by her family was willing to work hard in the hospital, and it was said that she was more durable than three men.
Yes, she was never a little princess who was pampered because of her good family conditions, but always a strong and independent girl.
Ming Pu glanced at his family: "Mom and Dad, big brother, let Zhuzhu go."
Ming Jue stood up from the table and grabbed Ming Pu by the collar: "She is crazy, and you are crazy too, aren't you!"
Ming Pu stared into her eyes: "These few days, after she knew that there was no Jiang Duo in this world, she seemed to be shattered. She was so decadent that she didn't look like a living person. Have you forgotten?"
"She will get over it sooner or later. Just give her time..."
"Brother, Zhuzhu is already a mother. In this world, no mother can give up her child so easily. We can't keep her. Even if we keep her in person, we can't keep her heart. If we force her to stay, she will only be a walking corpse. If she is happier there, we should let her go and let her find the happiness she can grasp and let her choose her own future path."
Mingjue's hand holding Mingpu's collar was shaking, and his voice was trembling. "Then I don't have a sister!"
Mingpu's eyes were red: "Yes, but... I won't see her for the rest of my life."
Mingjue's emotions collapsed, he pushed her away, turned around and walked into the courtyard.
Mingzhu looked at Mingjue wiping his eyes while walking, lowered his head, and cried with guilt.
Ming Haizhou looked a little haggard. He looked at his precious daughter for ten minutes before finally saying, "Dear, you did nothing wrong. Raise your head. Mom and Dad agree with your choice of future path, as long as... you can be happy."
Mingzhu raised her eyes and looked at Ming Haizhou. Wang Nanyiyi beside her had already cried with red eyes. He leaned over and hugged Mingzhu tightly.
Mingzhu raised her hands and nestled them in her mother's arms, crying: "Dad, Mom... I'm sorry."
Wang Nanyi gently stroked Mingzhu's head: "You are not sorry for us. As a daughter, you have always been good at studying and very obedient and filial. You have never made us worry. On the contrary, no matter where we go, we are praised because of you. We are very happy."
"But I can't fulfill my filial piety for you anymore."
"Your two brothers are also very filial. We won't be lonely, but... I feel sorry for you," Wang Nanyi choked up: "My daughter... can she really be happy? Can you promise mom that you will be fine even in a world without us?"
Mingzhu nodded vigorously: "I will be fine."
"Okay, you've grown up and become a mother. Mommy... can't restrain you anymore. Just do whatever you want. Mommy and Daddy will be here, praying for you forever. I hope my daughter, no matter where in time and space, can be pampered, loved, and spend every day of the rest of her life happily. Darling, you must remember that Mommy and Daddy... love you forever."