frightfiction Chapter 285: Join the Game; "No More Nightmares"
Chapter 285: Join the Game; "No More Nightmares"
Hua Xiange was buried in the messy quilt, her eyes dull and unresponsive, as if she was deaf to her ridicule.
Hua Changle sat down at the foot of his bed, supported herself with one hand and leaned slightly to look at him:
"Brother, have you finally realized that being a bird in a cage has its benefits when the wind is too strong outside?"
"Tsk. It's lonely at the top. It seems that you are not ready to enjoy the scenery at the top. The crowds are noisy and rumors are everywhere. The freedom you pursued has failed."
These words were too sharp. Hua Xiange looked over with red and swollen eyes, feeling betrayed and resentful: "Are you satisfied with me?"
Hua Changle did not smile with a sense of accomplishment, but just looked at him with a sad look in her eyes: "I can't be satisfied, what's lost cannot be recovered."
Hua Xiange's lips trembled violently, and the boiling emotions in her heart reached a certain critical point and exploded.
He stood up suddenly, so suddenly that he felt dizzy, and rushed over without caring about anything, grabbing her wrist. His bloodshot eyes stared at her closely, questioning her word by word:
"Why! Why do you treat me like this? Why do you scold me for pretending to be poor and pitiful?
Am I pretending to be pitiful? Have I accepted the protection of the Hua family? How did I get to where I am today? You clearly know it better than anyone else! Why do you want to slander me? ! "
"What did I do wrong to make you stab me in the back?"
This was the first time Hua Xiange cried so ugly in front of her.
He cried until his vision went dark and the strength in his hands loosened.
Hua Changle's eyes flickered, and finally turned into calm.
She leaned over to face her second brother and asked with interest: "So, what hurts you the most, second brother? Is it because of my ruined freedom to pursue your dreams? Or is it because of what I did to you?"
He cried until he broke down, but he didn't expect his sister to ask such a cold question.
He raised his head in disbelief and trembled as he said, "Hua Changle, are you still a human being?"
"Maybe not." Hua Changle responded indifferently.
“Ha, hahahahahahahahahahaha…”
Hua Xiange let out a series of sad laughs from deep in his chest.
"My dear sister, you are my dear sister! You must destroy me, don't you?!"
He roared, but Hua Changle stood up expressionlessly, ignoring him and walked out.
"Hua Changle! Who do you think you are!"
Behind him was Hua Xiange's angry roar:
"How do you think you are better than me? What right do you have to act so high and mighty in front of me? You are also trapped in the cage, unable to live or die! You are nothing but a poultry! You have nothing! You are more pitiful than me, and more dependent on this cage than me!"
Hua Changle smiled faintly and looked back, saying:
"Second brother, this is the first time you admit that you rely on this cage."
Hua Xiange felt as if he had been hit hard. He staggered and fell to the ground.
Hua Changle walked out with a smile.
Hua Xiange, in the countless years you have boldly pursued freedom with lofty words, you have never thought about—
Your confidence comes from the artistic foundation cultivated by the Hua family, from your background which you cannot change and which will always provide you with a safety net, and from the Hua family which you despise and think of as a cage!
The reason you can boldly pursue freedom is because you have the capital to fail.
You rely on capital and support that many people cannot obtain in their entire lives without realizing it.
If you want to grasp true freedom, you must either completely sever your ties with the capital behind you, or accept the protection of your "backers". Stop talking about absolute freedom.
Second brother, this is a multiple-choice question I give you.
"how about you?"
A voice suddenly sounded.
Hua Changle held the rabbit and suddenly turned his head to look at the floor-standing mirror.
The self in the mirror is calm and healthy, not the madman standing in the room, a walking corpse with a corrupt and festering heart.
The "Hua Changle" in the mirror said: "What choice do you give yourself?"
Hua Changle stood there for a long time, until the hideous vines climbed up her neck, and then she softly said in the room:
"I do not have any choice."
“There is no ending either.”
The person in the mirror asked again: "What if it succeeds? What if Hua Qingyun can't control wealth, Hua Xiange can't pursue freedom, Hua Yuezhi can't take responsibility, Hua Lanshi can't save the patient, Hua Wuyan loses the aura of the Hua family...
You have done all these, and then, can't you give yourself other choices?"
Hua Changle murmured blankly: "I think I will fail."
"why?"
Hua Changle was stunned for a moment, then looked up at herself in the mirror and smiled miserably: "Because Hua Anning is back, they will have new spiritual support. I am not their sister anymore."
“How do you know you’ve failed?”
Hua Changle snorted in self-mockery, stretched out his hand, and pointed forward: "Just like, like this..."
The Hua family banquet hall was brightly lit and the entire venue was decorated in an extremely luxurious manner.
This is Hua Anning’s coming-of-age ceremony.
Both Hua Qingyun and Hua Xiange seemed to be reborn in just one month, and they entertained guests naturally like hosts.
Hua Xiange finally calmly accepted the fact that the Hua family was providing invisible protection, weighed the weight between identity and dreams, was reborn from the ashes, and reached a higher level.
Hua Yuezhi took on the responsibility again, was honored, and became the shining medal of the family.
Hua Qingyun saved the company from disaster at a critical moment and made a name for herself in the business circle.
Hua Lanshi did not give up her career and continued to treat all patients with the most gentle and responsible attitude.
Hua Wuyan did not distance himself from his girlfriend because of the accident that happened to her, and he consolidated his reputation as a well-educated young master of the Hua family.
Hua An Ning completely integrated into this family and even became the invisible controller of this family.
At Hua An Ning's eighteen-year-old coming-of-age ceremony, guests from all nine districts and from inside and outside the Middle-earth came to congratulate her. The scale of the ceremony was grand, and the ceremony was magnificent. It was the most grand coming-of-age ceremony for the young generation of daughters from the nine districts.
And her talent and achievements are fully worthy of this ceremony.
Everyone is reborn from the ashes.
Only she was like a wandering soul, standing in a corner where no one could see, sinking into the past and unable to break free.
The door blocked out the noise outside. Hua Changle held the big rabbit in his arms and kissed it deeply. Then he unzipped the back of the rabbit, took out the scales, and placed the rabbit on the bedside.
"I'm sorry, Bunny, I can't take you with me this time."
She rested her forehead against the rabbit's soft ears: "Happy birthday."
She left silently.
The scene changed instantly, and she was standing on the rooftop where the wind was roaring.
Hua Changle was a little dazed and glanced blankly at the bottomless darkness beneath his feet.
The original owner's voice came from beside him: "Look, you made the same choice as me. You also want to be free."
Hua Changle gently stroked his aching heart and breathed a sigh of relief:
"Yes, I am very tired. There are only things I can remember, and there are too many. They weigh me down.
I want to live a good life for myself, but that would be unfair to all the dead; I want to avenge them, but... that would bury countless innocent lives..."
She sobbed and covered her face: "I can't do it... I am cold-blooded and cruel, but I still can't let go of my cowardice..."
Ye Buqi walked up to her, his cold voice was gentle: "Le Le, that's not cowardice, that's your kindness."
The original owner chuckled sarcastically: "Good intentions? Like you could destroy the Hua family, but you still leave them a chance to turn things around?"
"But, you are going to die now," the original owner whispered in her ear.
"You also have the malicious intention of using your own death to tear apart the unity of the Hua family, right?"
Hua Changle was stunned and covered his ears in pain.
"You're always wavering and hesitant, that's why you become a pitiful guy! That's why you can't protect those important people, hahahahaha..."
The original owner was laughing crazily.
Ye Buqi sat quietly beside her.
"It's okay, it's okay, it won't hurt anymore..."
Hua Changle raised his head slowly, a peaceful smile on his face that he hadn't seen in a long time, like a reconciliation before saying goodbye to the world.
"What I love, what I hate, what I have suffered, and what I will bear, will all be gone when the nightmare ends.
It fell to the ground with a thud and disappeared without a trace."
Hua Changle staggered towards the edge: "I don't want to have nightmares anymore."
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Chapter 2 will be later...