Chapter 1045: I Promise You

Chapter 1045: Chapter 1045: I Promise You

She smiled at them, having this last chance to see them and properly say goodbye was truly wonderful.

During this period, her spirit drifted aimlessly around, strangely enough, without much resentment in her heart. It felt like she had always known, even from a very young age, that her life could end at any moment and many things were beyond her control. It wasn’t that she never felt bitterness, nor that she lacked longing; more than once, she wondered how wonderful it would be if she were healthy, with both a mother and a father.

For a time, she felt trapped by this yearning; she wanted her father and didn’t want to watch her mother with unrelated people. It seemed a mockery to her, making her terribly unhappy. She couldn’t understand why she couldn’t have like other children; her own father, a complete family, like Brother Huan’s family—a family that would be fine even if her parents weren’t special, as long as they were together and happy.

She never could comprehend it.

She had asked her mother about it, but her mother would always evade her questions with other topics, never giving her an answer.

She was really saddened for a long time because of this.

When she was dying, in the final moments, she was truly afraid, not of anything else, not of her mother turning erratic, nor of Brother Huan’s inexplicable arguments with her, but she was afraid she would never see them again.

It turned out she really did have so much love.

Her spirit drifted around, she wasn’t sure where she had gone, sometimes feeling like Xia Gui Island, sometimes not, she couldn’t remember. But she saw many people and things, she saw the world she once longed to experience, believing it to be beautiful, yet it turned out not everything was perfect; the world had so many imperfections and sorrows, but there were equally moving warmths.

In the haze, she constantly remembered her short life.

It turned out the warmth and love she longed for were always there.

She had a mother who loved her most dearly and Brother Huan who was constant in his feelings for her; she was truly blessed.

Xia Zhuzi moved closer to Xia Wu, reached out her hand, placing it on Xia Wu’s face, but she couldn’t feel the warmth of her mother’s skin anymore.

Still, she gave Xia Wu a sweet smile, just like when she was an innocent child and said: "Mother, Zhu’er wants to say sorry to you, it’s Zhu’er’s immaturity, I’ve never understood you, never cared whether you were happy, Zhu’er is really selfish. So, Mother, if you can’t find Father, if you can’t be with Father, then find someone else, but not just someone to play cards with and chat. You must find someone who truly loves you, like Brother Huan loves me, and every day be happy and joyful, with Zhu’er’s joy combined with yours. And have another beautiful daughter, as pretty as Zhu’er, what do you say, Mother?"

Xia Wu couldn’t stop her tears anymore, she nodded, her voice choked, but she knew her Zhu’er was really going to leave, so she tried hard to give her a smile, even though it was very hard, very hard, she still said: "Alright, alright, Mother promises you, definitely promises you."