Shancai Rebirth: My Choice

"Pick up Shanlai and bring her home for dinner tonight." Cheng Nanyi was particularly gentle when he mentioned Shanlai's name.

"Okay, I'll pick her up later." Lei agreed happily.

The mother and son walked in together. Lei told his mother about Shanlai's condition over the past six months. When he mentioned that she might lose her sight for the rest of her life, Chengnan paused for a moment and said, "This is all injustice."

"If you hadn't been unable to sort out your relationship with Fujita Shizuka back then, and if you hadn't been so confused about your relationship with her, and if you hadn't been so unwilling to avoid suspicion since you already had a girlfriend, and if you hadn't run to the airport to pick her up by yourself without telling Shanlai just because she said one word, you wouldn't have let a girl like her who should have been enjoying her youth suffer such a misfortune." Chengnan looked at his son with a look of disappointment.

Lei lowered his head and said nothing. He knew that what his mother said was true and that Shanlai's misfortune was all because of him.

"Don't feel wronged. Do you think what you have done can make up for it? No, it is far from enough."

"Hua Ze Lei, you should know your responsibilities. You should also know that Shan Lai really loves you. She is from a noble family and the Deng He couple would not even touch her. But you have wasted so many years."

"If it were me, Shanlai, I would tear you into pieces." Chengnan said mercilessly, without any reservation, and did not think there was anything wrong with what she said.

"To put it bluntly, you are the one who deserves to die, and you should also be the one lying in bed for a year, but you let Shan Lai take the blame for you for no reason." Cheng Nanyi's words were cold and his tone was extremely sarcastic.

Hearing his mother say this, Huaze Lei was not angry. He knew his mother very well and knew that what she said was from the heart. Although she was usually gentle and reluctant to say harsh words to him, when it came to principles and bottom lines, she would only do what was fair and would not show any mercy to him just because he was her only son.

"Your good luck this year was earned by Shanlai protecting you from disaster, Huaze Lei, no matter how you make up for it, you will always be sorry to Shanlai in your life." Chengnan said sternly.

Over the past year, the couple never asked about his living conditions, not because they didn't care about him. On the contrary, knowing the suffering Shanlai had endured while lying on the hospital bed over the past year, they instantly felt that the suffering their son had endured was nothing, so they did not lend him a helping hand when he was in the most difficult time.

Shan Lai lost the only chance in her life to be eighteen years old, a precious moment that is priceless; and their son only lost the protection of them and their family in that year. He did suffer a lot in Country M, and they all knew it, but it was far less than the pain he brought to the little girl.

"Mom, I know I've been sorry to her all my life. It was me who made her unhappy." Hua Ze Lei sat on the sofa with his eyes downcast, his hands crossed, looking a little at a loss.

He did not go home during the time when he followed Meisaku back to Country K. He knew that his father and mother were waiting for him there, but he did not have the courage to go back. Doing such a thing would only embarrass his parents.

So, this was his first time going home in more than a year, and also his first time talking to his mother face to face.

"It's good to know."

"You are already together. Since you love each other, don't do anything that would embarrass her or make her feel uneasy. You should know your limits." Cheng Nanyi elegantly picked up the tea on the coffee table and took a sip.

"A man who can't protect the woman he loves is no different from a waste. Since you can't protect her, you should step down as soon as possible. I think Kassell is a good kid. He and Shanlai are childhood sweethearts." Chengnan snorted coldly and looked at his son while picking up the teacup.

"I know what you mean, mom. I won't give Kassell a chance. Please believe me." Lei looked up at his mother confidently.

Then the two of them chatted casually. When they had almost finished the tea, Chengnan put down the teacup, stood up, walked two steps out and turned back and said: "I made chicken soup in the kitchen. I'm cooking today. Why don't you come over and help?" After that, he went into the kitchen without looking back.

Lei smiled helplessly, stood up and followed him into the kitchen.

……

Shanlai was originally lying on the sofa listening to today's radio, but she felt her eyelids getting heavier, so she lay on the sofa for a nap. When she woke up, she only heard the sound of the curtains in the room being blown by the wind.

The room was silent and she felt a little scared.

She stood up and groped her way forward, calling out Nadel's name, "Nadel."

No one answered her, only the sound of the curtains in the room being blown by the wind.

She didn't know what she stepped on, and she almost fell down. The curtains blown up by the wind hit her in the face. The feeling of groping in the dark was so overwhelming that she suddenly panicked and took a step back.

At this time, the wind picked up and the curtains were rustling. For a blind person, any slight sound would be infinitely magnified by their senses. She was so scared that her face turned pale. The feeling of not being able to tell the direction in the dark was really suffocating.

She recalled the moment when she woke up and realized that she might lose her sight forever. It was a feeling that almost drove her crazy. She didn't want to become a blind little girl. She didn't want to.

Suddenly trapped in memories and unable to get out, Shanlai tried frantically to grab something, but failed. His ears were filled with the sound of wind. The more he tried to escape from this predicament, the more he couldn't. He stumbled to the ground without realizing it, and when he stood up, he stumbled again because he couldn't see.

It went on over and over again, as if she was stuck in a vicious circle, as if everyone was laughing at her. The scene in her mind suddenly changed, as if Qiu Yingxue was standing next to her parents with her face held high. She shouted desperately, but it seemed that no one around her paid any attention to her.

In the end, she collapsed on the ground and cried, "No, no, don't abandon me, it's not like this, it's not like this, it shouldn't be like this."

"Woo, woo..."

Lei just opened the door of her room. Without turning on the lights, the whole room was dark and the only sound was the wind.

Nadel went to the American writer's house to find him for something, and called him to say that Shanlai was still sleeping alone at home and would not wake up for about half an hour. He was worried about Shanlai, so he hurried over.

When he turned on the light, he saw Shanlai curled up in a corner. She had been crying for a while and her voice had become hoarse. Even her cries were so weak that they were almost inaudible.

He walked over distressedly and called her name, "Shan Lai."

When Shan Lai heard a voice, his eyes suddenly widened and he waved his hands wildly, "Go away, go away, don't touch me, don't come over here."