Chapter 2192 (1/2)
Chapter 2192
Rather Be Broken Than Bent!
Li Yundong felt as though he had the wind knocked out of hi that none of this was real, that he hadn't actually passed the Zhuji phase yet, that all of this was just a sick, fcked up illusion that his personal God had concocted to torture him
”Yes, boy,” Uncle Zhou said”She tried to take her own life” Their eye contact ended when Uncle Zhou turned away to stare out at the lawn”She would rather die than becoainst you, it see stared down at his own hands, the hands that he had used to kill He Shao, thinking that he would be protecting his friends in doing soAnd yet
The truth of it hit hiun
ThisThis crushi+ng guiltThis was part of his retributionIt was the kar He Shao's life
He had overcome his fear of the Heavenly Thunder, so the Heavens found another way to punish him
”I should've believed it back then” Uncle Zhou's voice pulled Li Yundong out of hislooked up froret etched on the older man's face
”Why didn't I believe it back then? Why?” Uncle Zhou shook his head while staring out into the lawn
”Believe what?” Li Yundong asked
Uncle Zhou raised his gaze and stared up into the sky”When Qinqin was born” A look of reer brother, he” Uncle Zhou cleared his throat”I couldn't decide on a na Shuito the Feng Shuithe other five elements” Uncle Zhou chuckled”I still remember his exact wordsHe said that he could see a killer aura in Qinqin's eyes, said that she would grow up to becoive her a softer name to counterbalance this inherent tenacity” Uncle Zhou held Li Yundong's gaze for a o with the Chinese character, Qin, as in piano” Uncle Zhou laughed”PianoI didn't like it back then because I thought it was too softAnd besides, I was an atheist back then, so I didn't buy all that Feng Shui nonsense” He santI wantedlike I wasIn the end, I picked another Chinese character with the same pronunciation”
Realization washed over Li Yundong
”You ith Qin, as in Qin shi+ Huang” Li Yundong reravely
”The leader of the Qin dynastyThe first eht?” Uncle Zhou chuckled”I wanted her to be a conqueror, to be doA small part of hi all his hopes on Zhou QinAfter all, the Zhou family had a pro worth it?
”It's all my fault that she ended up like this,” Uncle Zhou said”The high hopes I had for her have ruined her, and I realize that nowFor years she has shouldered all my wishes and expectations on her ownI was blinded by powerI wanted her to follow my footsteps and become my successorII never even asked for her opinion, never asked her what she wanted in lifeAt firstAt first she was co I asked without any co could feel Uncle Zhou's eyes on hihed”That hen everything changedSheShe becauess I should say that she finally knehat she wanted in life” There was a long pause”She wanted freedomThe freedom to make her own choices andAnd the freedom to love whom she chooses to love”
”Then youstated blandly”Your fahter are ruined because of me”
”I won't lie” Uncle Zhou leveled a piercing gaze at hih your skull, especially during the first few days of Qinqin's hospitalization” Uncle Zhou sighed”But once the dust settled, I started to let things go” Uncle Zhou chuckled sadly”What is it that they say? That there are ups and downs in life? Right now,her overseas after this and—”
”Tellcut him off”Why can't she stand up?”
Uncle Zhou lowered his gaze”Spinal daeShe'sparalyzed from the waist down, but the doctors said that she was lucky, that it could've been much, much worse” Uncle Zhou looked up at him sadly”I don't think Qinqin saw it as luck at all”
”Spinal injury” Li Yundong said, narrowing his eyes”Can you be a little bit more specific?”
”There's a blood clot between the 10th and 11th vertebrae of her spine”
Li Yundong fought against the sickness in his stoery?”
”Not without great risks”
”What kind of risks?”
”SheIf anything goes wrong with the surgery, she… she ht lose all her motor functionsHer whole body would be paralyzed”
Li Yundong couldn't breatheHe rose from the bench so quickly that his movements surprised the older man”Excuse me, Uncle ZhouI” He cleared his throat”I have to… I have to go see Zhou Qin”
Li Yundong hurried away froet out of thereHe needed a mo stared at his own reflection in the usted by what he sawThankfully, none of the stalls in the bathroo his shi+t here, and he didn't want anyone to be around when he did