Chapter 375: Awakening
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
As it turned out, the love she had cherished that had filled her with pride was nothing to Mu Qing. From the very beginning, she was just a s.h.i.+eld to conceal his crimes.
Liang Zhou slowly climbed up the stairs. She felt like the stinging pain on the soles of her feet was from her stepping on her own broken heart.
Liang Zhou filled the bathtub before she immersed herself in the warm water. Despite the water’s temperature, her heart was cold. She desperately wanted to find something to warm herself. Tears dripped into the bathwater as she cried. She submerged herself in the water, was.h.i.+ng the tears away.
Liang Zhou knew crying could never solve problems. She understood this since she was three years old. She and her sister were twins, and her parents had always treated them equally. However, she was not satisfied; she wanted their love all to herself. Hence, she would cry to get their attention. Although she managed to get their attention, the attention came with reprimands as well. Therefore, she had to constantly think of new ways to make her parents pay more attention to her. After a while, she found that the better she was, the happier her parents would be. Hence, she studied hard to become a straight-A student. As long as her parents gave her all their attention and ignored her sister, she was willing to do anything. With this, she developed her stubborn character.
In the process of competing with her younger sister to gain her parents’ favor, she strove to be the best. As time pa.s.sed, a terrifying thought appeared in her mind: she would destroy things she failed to obtain. If she could not obtain it, then no one deserved to obtain it.
Mu Qing was the person who had stayed with her the longest. She loved him like nothing else in the world. Their time together was long but fleeting as well. She had given him her youth and her entire life; how could he treat her like this? How could she allow him to treat her like this?
Liang Zhou emerged from the water. Due to her irregular breathing, she choked on the water and began to cough violently. As she coughed, she could not help but laugh. Soon, her laughter turned into tears again.
At this moment, Xiao Yu knocked on the door. “Madam, are you okay? Do you need my help? Breakfast is ready.”
Liang Zhou washed her face before she cleared her throat and tried to say in the most normal voice possible, “Alright, I’ll be right there.”
Currently, the bathwater had turned as cold as her heart. Just like her heart, it would only grow colder.
Her skin pruned slightly due to the time she spent soaking in the tub. When she saw her pruned skin, she thought to herself that time really did not spare people. She was once beautiful when she was in her prime, but now, she was old and decrepit. What right did she have to keep a man’s heart?
Someone had said that men remained young till the day he died, but it was not the case for women. How unfair. It was unfair that she wasted her youth on him, but it was not enough for him.
Liang Zhou’s expression hardened slightly. ‘In this life, our lives are tied together. I don’t care if you have any ulterior motives. Since you’ve chosen me, you’re not allowed to abandon me!’
There was a weed growing in her garden now. It did not matter. She would pull the weed out. No matter how they grew, she would remove the weed from her garden.
She would show him that not only could she s.h.i.+eld him and protect him, but she could drag him to h.e.l.l as well. She would accompany him in h.e.l.l. She would show him that she was the one who loved him and would accompany him to the end.
Liang Zhou reached out and wiped the foggy mirror, revealing her pale and swollen face. She smiled bitterly. Was it worth it to torment herself over a man?
No matter what, it was a good thing that she finally woke up from her dreams and delusion. It was the first step. The rest will fall into place with time.
She thought it was not a bad idea to cooperate with Mu Chen. This kind of relations.h.i.+p was better. They would directly state their conditions; it was better than those hypocritical relations.h.i.+ps. Moreover, he was her nephew, to begin with. Since she had wronged his mother, she would try to right her wrong even if it was just a little.. She would protect the last person in this world who was connected to her by flesh and blood on behalf of her younger sister whom she had bullied since they were young.