209 CHILDISH HOPE (2/2)

\”His parents invited a godly doctor who came with his adorable little daughter. He examined the boy and told them that the boy would die. His liver had failed, and other organs were also dying. Even a transplant from his parents or sister could not save him.\”

\”When the doctor would have left, the little girl spoke up and said that she wanted to save the boy. She refused to leave until her father saved the boy. She claimed that her body was magical, and she could save the boy. The boy's parents were desperate to hold on to any hope. They asked the doctor if it was true.\”

\”The doctor said that whether it was true or not, his child was not a tool. He would not use her for the sake of saving another. But the girl refused to leave crying desperately. Finally, he asked her if she was sure of her decision. She nodded profusely. The desperate parents said that they would do anything in return if the doctor saved her.\”

Zhong Feng smiled. \”The girl said that if she saved the boy, he would belong to her forever, and no one would take him from her. Even as a child, she was a little crazy.\”

\”What are you saying?\” Hu Lei asked, blinking in shock.

\”Your father was not a good man, and he was not a conventional parent. But in his own way, he loved you and treated you as a partner, even when he should have let you grow. Perhaps in his somewhat twisted mind, allowing you to choose to donate a piece of you to save a dying boy was his own way of loving you.\”

\”Are you saying…\” Hu Lei could not grasp it.

\”Yes, you saved my life because you were crazy and stubborn. Your father should never have listened to you.\”

Hu Lei surprised him by smiling for the first time in the whole morning. \”I was never in danger. I do have a magical body, you know. It is the way that it has always been. It is the reason I survived when other experimental subjects died in Antarctica.\”

She did not know why, but she had never been a normal human since her childhood, or so her father had told her. He always said that she had been born a superhuman: strong, smart and strong regenerative powers. Nothing could break her

\”Even though he was a terrible parent, I am glad that he listened to me and saved you.\” She knew she was being silly, but she felt that even though he should never have done it, at least he had always treated her as a real person.

Zhong Feng felt pain looking at his little wife who had no real understanding of familial love and bonds. He had only told her the story to distract her from the pain of betrayal. In truth, he disagreed with almost all of Hu Ming's decisions even though one of those was the reason he was alive.

Hu Lei was his treasure. He never wanted to see even a surface scratch on her. How could he bear to think of a little girl cut open and a piece of her removed even to save his life? He wanted her to always be a lazy cat that he pampered. It was what she had wanted.

He swore once again that he would drown her in his love until she forgot all the injustice that she did not know that she had suffered.

\”Hey, what are you thinking about?\” Hu Lei called out with a scowl, looking at Zhong Feng. She did not like that he was distracted.

\”You don't need to know.\” He teased.

She pushed him down and sat astride on his body. She looked at him like a spoiled princess. \”Do not forget what you said. You are mine. You are not allowed to think about anything else when you are with me.\”

\”I would not dream of it.\” He pulled her and kissed her pouting mouth over and over and over again.