novelraw Chapter 1403 - 277: Lofty as Mountains, Lowly as Dust
Chapter 1403 - 277: Lofty as Mountains, Lowly as Dust
This is too sudden. Going to see big sister, Yan Hua is very happy, but... there’s always time to see big sister, but Uncle... doesn’t have much time left. In his final journey, she wants to be by his side, otherwise, he would be all alone, and she couldn’t do that.
"Mom, I... don’t want to go." Yan Hua said softly.
Meng Shujing thought she misheard, raised her eyebrows and said, "What did you say?" Her tone unconsciously got heavier.
Yan Hua has always been docile and obedient, but this time she defied Meng Shujing for the first time, clenching her fists, she looked up and stared at Meng Shujing, loudly said, "Mom, I’ll find a chance to see big sister later, but I can’t go with you today. You and Xingxing can greet big sister for me."
Meng Shujing took a deep breath, today everyone seemed to be against her, even her usually obedient daughter was contradicting her. Meng Shujing forced herself to calm down, and said coldly, "Give me a reason."
"I want to be with Uncle."
"Pa!" A slap landed on her face, Yan Hua’s head turned to one side, her hair fell down, covering half her face, hiding the shock and sadness in her eyes.
After hitting her, Meng Shujing regretted it, but when she thought of this girl not going to see big sister because of that sickly Yan Nanfeng, she couldn’t suppress her anger: "Wake up, Yan Nanfeng is Lu Yuke’s son, have you forgotten what Lu Yuke did to the four of us? You care so much about him now, have you forgotten how Lu Yuke tormented you?" Meng Shujing scolded her, poking her forehead.
Yan Hua looked sad and emotionless, calmly said, "All I know is, he is my uncle, all his family have left him, in his final journey, the only one who can be by his side is me, I cannot leave him."
Meng Shujing was so angry her chest heaved violently, "You’re going to drive me to death."
"Mom, you go back, I know grandma will not come back, in this world, the only person who truly cares for him is me. You have big sister, you have Xingxing, see, you have so many people who care about you, but Uncle only has me."
And I, only have Uncle too.
"Your wings are hard now, I can’t control you anymore, do as you please." She said, then turned and left.
Yan Hua smiled, but in this cold winter, the smile carried a hint of bleakness, do as you please, these words coming from her biological mother’s mouth, were so cruel.
She looked up at the sky, the bright sunlight pricked her eyes causing them to swell and hurt, tears rolled down from her eyes, under the sunlight, reflecting a crystalline light, within that dazzling light, was filled with bitter sorrow.
Meng Shujing took a couple of steps, stopped and turned to look back, asked once again, "You really won’t go with me?"
Yan Hua smiled and shook her head, "Mom, you and Xingxing have fun."
Meng Shujing saw that her mind was made up, knowing that her daughter, despite seeming obedient, was stubborn at heart, once she decided on something there was no room for regret, could only shake her head, turned and left.
She didn’t know, when she left this time, when she returned, everything would have changed.
Yan Hua stood there for a while, her tears dried by the wind, leaving a gritty feeling on her cheeks, she patted her cheeks, turned and went inside.
Upon seeing her come in, Yan Nanfeng’s gaze fell on her face, his pupils suddenly contracted, like ripples suddenly rising on a lake, his voice carried a hint of frost, "What happened to your face?"
Then he said in a deep voice, "Did sister-in-law hit you?"
Yan Hua instinctively covered her face, shook her head, "No... no, I accidentally hit the wall and bumped it."
"Do you know you blink desperately when you lie, also, tell me how hitting a wall can leave a slap mark on your face?"
Yan Hua just shook her head, "Please don’t ask, okay?"
Yan Nanfeng sighed, took her hand, gently touched her face, "Let me see."
Yan Nanfeng slowly pulled her hand off her face, it was swollen, he said heartachingly, "How could sister-in-law hit so hard...?"
"Aunt Cui." Yan Nanfeng called out.
Aunt Cui came in through the door.
"Bring me the ointment for swelling."
Aunt Cui glanced at Yan Hua, turned and went to do it.
In fact, she had seen everything just now, and felt very sorry for Miss Hua.
Yan Nanfeng dipped a cotton swab in the ointment, softly said, "It might hurt a bit."
Yan Hua looked at him and shook her head.
Yan Nanfeng smiled, holding the cotton swab, gently applied it to the swollen area on her face, it hurt a bit, but more was coolness, the two were so close that Yan Hua could clearly smell the scent on him, a bitter smell of herbal medicine, a scent that would appear in her dreams every night.