CokeZero

  Rainystars

  “[had no choice but to stop my childishness. I had no choice but to improve myself and strengthen up mentally. I had no choice but to expand my network and human resources.”


  “As someone with facial blindness, it took me so much effort just to remember that wall of faces.”


  “Yet I had to travel across borders into 32 countries just to destroy the biochemistry lab. Yet the result of all that was that I saved a stranger in a vegetative state. A stranger you decided to put there as a dummy.”


  Quan Zexi, “I…”


  Qiao Qing, “You can tell me you lost your memories. But you’re a man who’s over 40. You’re not someone in your 20s. A man in their 40s is normally the pillar of his family. You’re at an age where you should be responsible, not irrational. You’re not at an age where you can make others clean after your

  mess. With that IQ of yours, there’s no way you didn’t know that!”


  “But you never bothered finding out who you were. You never bothered finding out whether or not you had a family. Even when you painted, you subconsciously signed your old signature. That was a clue you never bothered pursuing. All you cared about was being free and having fun!”


  “Because of your laziness, I had to force myself to mature and clean after your mess. Mom is naive and simple, so for you, I had to protect her, for you, I had to protect the family.”


  “To save that stranger in a vegetative state, I met up with all the famous neurosurgeons. All of them told me there was no way, yet I tried to defy fate. For three whole years, I banned myself from any extracurricular activities. Other than eating and sleeping, I read medical books.”


  “Yet after three years, when I finally found a way to save the man, when I finally allowed myself to feel joy after performing surgery on you, I found out that I saved the wrong man. I find out that my effort over the past three years was a waste. The person who caused all of this pain was you.”


  Qjao Qing laughed to herself, “Honestly when Sang Wu told me the truth, I wanted to give up on you. But since mom didn’t know what happened and was waiting for you to come home, I mustered the strength to continue looking for you. I did that for mom.”


  “Lwent to Country Z for Gong Yi and went through a series of trouble because I wanted to find you. I went to Country L and barely slept because I needed to repay the debt I owed because of you. Also for you, Yexuan and I came to the Country of Summer. Here, there’s been trouble after trouble.”


  “Dad…”


  Qiao Qing called out to him. Finally, tears escaped her eyes.

  “I won’t say that you owe me anything. But because of you, I’ve been through a lot. Yet now, you are not even allowing me to pursue the happiness I deserve. On the contrary, you’re doing everything you can to stop me from getting my happiness.”


  “Qingging!”


  “Qingging!”


  “Qingging!”


  “Qingging!”


  The sight of Qiao Qing crying, flustered everyone.

  Jun Yexuan’s heart was in so much pain he found it hard to breathe. He raised his hand and tried to wipe the tears off her face with his sleeve, “Qingqing, stop talking now.”


  Dammit… If he knew this discussion would lead to her crying, he would’ve just shut up and stayed silent.

  Everything Qiao Qing had said hurt Quan Zexi. The guilt and regret he felt almost drowned him.

  All those things he’s been avoiding to remember finally found their way to him. The memory of it all overwhelmed him with guilt.

  The image of the situations she described made him want to kill himself.

  He must be the worst father and husband on this earth.

  As Quan Zexi allowed the pain to take over him, his eyes became bloodshot, “Qingqing, I…”


  Qjao Qing raised a hand to interrupt him. She inhaled deeply then grabbed Jun Yexuan’s hand. She turned to face the Qi family.

  “Iknow the Qi family has wanted a daughter for generations. I feel very fortunate that I have so many brothers who want to spoil me. I also do not detest the idea of spending half of my life with the Qi family.”