The roar of the engine faded into the distance, and the bedroom on the second floor of the villa fell silent again.
Shortly after Jiang Zhou left, the dead silence was broken by a very light, almost imperceptible sigh.
On the bed, Jiang Yuan's eyelashes trembled slightly.
Consciousness, like a giant ship sunk in the deep sea ten thousand meters deep, is struggling to break free from the shackles of mud and water pressure, slowly and arduously floating up inch by inch.
finally--
Bang!
He suddenly opened his eyes!
There was no confusion, no chaos, no severe pain that had plagued him for more than a decade.
What replaced it was an unprecedented... clarity.
The air is so fresh, the sunshine is so warm, and even the call of an unknown bird outside the window is so clear that it seems to be right next to your ear.
The whole world seemed to be wiped clean of thick dust, revealing its most authentic and vivid colors.
What does this feel like?
Jiang Yuan rolled his eyes blankly, his brain a little sluggish due to the long-lost clarity.
He was too used to the pain.
I'm used to being woken up every morning by spasms deep in my spinal cord, used to using morphine and diazepam to numb my mind into a puddle of mud, and used to waiting in a daze for the next cycle of pain to come.
He had fantasized about it too.
I once fantasized that when I woke up, these ten years of torture were just an absurd nightmare.
For this, he tried his best.
The best medical team, the most stringent medical orders, the most painful rehabilitation... He was like the most devout believer, taking every word the doctor said as his guiding principle.
But what awaited him was not a miracle, but worsening health, and his hope was crushed inch by inch into powder of despair.
Eventually, he became a drug addict.
A loser who is barely surviving on morphine and whose dignity has been crushed into the mud.
The kind of people he despises the most.
What else can we do except sink?
It sinks into this endless darkness until this decaying body can no longer bear it, and then is cleaned away in a messy manner like a pile of garbage.
This should have been his end.
But……
Jiang Yuan's thoughts were suddenly pulled back.
He thought of the boat.
I remembered the pair of bloodshot yet frighteningly bright eyes of my cousin when he rushed into the room.
And... the violent force that rushed along his arms and into his limbs and bones!
That power was like a bolt of thunder, like a torrent sweeping through every inch of his flesh and blood! At first, there was a tearing pain, as if it was going to crush him and reshape him, but after that extreme pain, an indescribable sense of comfort emerged from deep within his bones.
That is...
vitality!
That’s right! It’s vitality!
It is the tremendous vitality that suddenly comes from the downpour of sweet rain on a barren wasteland!
This realization split his chaotic memory like a bolt of lightning.
How could...how could this happen?
Jiang Yuan slowly raised his hands, trying to cover his eyes which were stinging from excessive shock.
When my fingertips touched my cheek, it felt cold and wet.
He... cried?
He actually sheds tears?
This discovery shocked him more than his physical recovery.
At this moment, his eyes were attracted by the foreign object in his hand.
That's a ring.
A platinum ring with a simple shape, a smooth ring surface, and only an empty claw setting left.
This is definitely not his thing.
His fingers had become bony due to long-term illness and medication, and he could not wear any jewelry at all.
This is……
In a flash, a scene exploded in his mind!
It’s Jiang Zhou!
It was his usually calm cousin who forced the cold ring onto his finger in an almost rough manner!
Then, the destructive and life-giving power came along!
“…”
Jiang Yuan's breathing suddenly stopped. He stared at the ordinary, even somewhat broken ring setting in his hand, his pupils contracting violently.
turn out to be……
That's it.
This realization was like a huge rock thrown into stagnant water, causing huge waves in Jiang Yuan's heart, which had been silent for more than ten years.
His eyes were fixed on the empty ring setting.
Four exquisite platinum claws are silently facing the sky, as if silently saying that they once tightly embraced a priceless treasure.
But, there should be something embedded there, right?
A thought flashed through his overly clear mind like lightning.
The excruciating pain that tore through the bone marrow, the vitality that cleansed the soul... all of it came from that... thing that disappeared.
It brings pain, but it also brings comfort.
It is it that destroys the world, and it is it that brings new life!
so……
So, is there really anything in this world that can save him?
So, his desperate life of being worse than pigs and dogs, relying on morphine to survive for more than ten years, is not the end?
"...I...am saved?"
This thought was like a thunderbolt that spanned the sky and earth, splitting open all his darkness and decadence!
Hope, this word that he had thrown into the trash long ago, at this moment, turned into a flame that could burn everything!
He must confirm!
He wanted to make sure this wasn't a dream!
Not another absurd hallucination brought on by morphine!
An unprecedented strength surged from deep within his withered body.
Jiang Yuan gritted his teeth, and his arms, which had become so thin that only bones were left due to long-term illness, suddenly supported themselves on the mattress!
My dear, there is more to this chapter. Please click on the next page to continue reading. It will be even more exciting later!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
