Chapter 352: Chapter 288: What’s the Real Reason? (4400 words)
Zhou Guhua and his wife trembled all over, but from sowhere, they found the courage to support each other and shakily entered the bedroom with unsteady steps.
Their gaze was fixed on the woman, who had already climbed onto the bed and was lying next to their son, a picture of strangeness.
Zhou Jiajie remained curled up, motionless as if he were dead.
His clothes were filthy, as though he hadn’t bathed in ages. His body was visibly thinner, covered with bruises, leaving one to wonder what exactly had happened to him.
As Zhou Guhua and his wife slowly approached the bed, Bao Jie lifted her head. Her icy gaze fell on the two of them, her lips parted slightly, and a soft, continuous sound emanated from her throat.
To Zhou Guhua and his wife, it seed like a warning: if they ca any closer, unthinkable consequences would follow.
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The couple stopped imdiately, standing less than a ter away from the bed, anxiously looking at their unmoving son but not daring to look at the strange woman again, standing there cowering.
“Son… son.” Zhou Jiajie’s mother began, “Dad, mom are here to see you again…”
Zhou Jiajie showed no reaction.
His mother began to grow anxious, and she glanced at Zhou Guhua but dared not co any closer.
At this mont, Bao Jie, who had been lying next to Zhou Jiajie, retracted her gaze from Zhou Guhua and his wife, her head cricked as she unnaturally burrowed her own head under the pillow that covered Zhou Jiajie’s head.
“Ah…”
The next second, Zhou Jiajie let out a weak scream, tore off the pillow covering his head, and struggled to crawl away, trying to sit up.
When he finally managed to sit up against the headboard, he found that Bao Jie was no longer in sight.
Looking down, he saw Bao Jie’s long hair peeking out from the now bunched up duvet, a pair of eyes appeared faintly in the darkness beneath the duvet, staring coldly at him.
Zhou Jiajie’s body began to tremble again, as if he would collapse at any mont.
“Son!” His mother cried out, “We went, we went to find Yan Junze, he said you could do it, we all believe you can do it.”
Zhou Guhua added, “He told you to learn to ‘let go before accepting,’ he said you can definitely ‘let go before accepting’ her. Son, you can do it!”
“We believe in you, you… you can definitely do it, son, you can.” Zhou Jiajie’s mother’s heart was in a knot.
Zhou Jiajie was completely out of it, and upon hearing his parents’ repeated words, he was stunned for a mont, his hollow gaze slowly beginning to focus as he muttered to himself.
“Let go before accepting, let go before accepting, let go before accepting…”
He kept repeating the words, gradually biting his lips harder.
After a mont, large tears stread uncontrollably from his eyes.
“Let go, accept, let go, accept…”
As his repetition continued, Zhou Jiajie’s face was covered with tears, he straightened up, his gaze not avoiding, staring at the cold eyes in the duvet, saying, “I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I wronged you, Bao Jie, I wronged you…”
The eyes in the duvet did not change, silently watching him.
At this ti, Zhou Jiajie looked like a decayed tree that was about to die, ready to take his last breath at any mont, but the one who had always been silent, always in panic and fear, seed to finally open his heart.
Weakly propping himself up on the bed, he bent his knees and knelt down, facing Bao Jie’s direction, he buried his head deeply, saying, “I’m sorry, Bao Jie, I lied to you, I… I actually did love you before, I didn’t lie completely, I just really enjoyed… enjoyed the love you gave , I was too selfish, I just wanted to be comfortable myself, I never considered or even once thought about your feelings.”
He continued, his body shaking with sobs, Zhou Jiajie’s emotions completely collapsed.
His parents stood close by, never having seen their son like this, they stood frozen, their minds blank.
“Bao Jie, I’m sorry…”
“Did you ever love ?” Bao Jie’s voice suddenly ca forth.
Her head, with long hair scattered, erged from under the duvet, her body supple as though boneless, eerily moving beside Zhou Jiajie.
At this mont, Zhou Jiajie watched her approach without a blink, for the first ti in history, without showing any recoil.
“Did you ever love ?” Bao Jie asked again.
Zhou Jiajie didn’t answer, but instead closed his eyes, more tears flowing.
Seeing no response from him, Zhou Guhua and his spouse began to panic, fearful that their son’s avoidance would once again anger the strange woman, possibly prompting her to do sothing even more frightening to Zhou Jiajie.
As they worried, Zhou Jiajie suddenly extended his hands and took Bao Jie into his embrace, the coldness piercing through his body, yet at that mont, pulling her even closer.
The couple was taken aback, startled by their son’s action.
At this mont, although Bao Jie was expressionless, she made no other move and was simply held by Zhou Jiajie, motionless.
After what felt like ages, even while Zhou Guhua and his wife wondered if their son might already be dead, they saw Zhou Jiajie slowly rest his head on Bao Jie’s shoulder, his voice trembling with endless regret, saying word by word, “I did love you, I really loved you back then. Bao Jie, I’m… so… sorry!”
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