Chapter 104 Auspicious Wishes (22)
Chapter 104 Auspicious Wishes (22)
The wind and snow howled outside the window, while the candlelight crackled inside.
The two people sitting on the bed remained silent, looking at each other.
Red Sparrow wasn't in a hurry. She quietly watched Yi Yi, waiting for the right moment for her to speak.
After a long while, Yi Yi finished the rest of the ginger soup, which had cooled down, in one gulp. After letting out a long sigh, she began to say, "She is my sister, and of course I hope she can be the best."
Yi Yi turned to look at Hong Que, her smile gentle and tender in the warm yellow candlelight.
Red Sparrow knew that this was the true face of the patriarch she knew.
She's the kind of person whose smile alone can warm your heart!
Suddenly her eyes welled up with tears. Red Sparrow lowered her head and gently wiped the corners of her eyes with her handkerchief, considerately not making a sound to disturb Yi Yi.
And so, what followed was a self-examination and character analysis, or perhaps a slow, gentle monologue—
“She deserves the best. If she were to be a rich young lady, she would be the most prestigious young lady in Yangcheng, with a bright future and no worries.”
"But if she wants to seek her own path and value now, then she should be the gentle breeze brought by the bluebird flapping its wings, or the vast white snow of Yangcheng that can cover everything and then rewrite everything."
“But I am not.” Yi Yi laughed self-deprecatingly.
He then continued, "I am a chronic disease of the old era. As long as I am still attached to the Zhu family, I will be a slave in chains, unable to be free."
"Perhaps you're thinking, 'I can also seek my own freedom.'"
"But Red Sparrow, now I am nothing without the Zhu family..."
Yi Yi turned her head away, not wanting Hong Que to see the expression on her face.
Then she realized that this alone could not hide her slightly trembling body, so she slowly shrank back and buried her face in her knees.
Although his facial expression was not visible, the bitterness in his words was obvious.
"No..." Red Sparrow wanted to comfort Yi Yi, but Yi Yi interrupted her by placing her hand on Red Sparrow's hand, which was resting on the edge of the bed.
“And it’s not just for that reason.” Yi squeezed Red Sparrow’s hand and then let go, turning her head to press her face against her knees and continued, “I said, if she goes to seek her self-worth, I will let her go, but if she gets hurt on that path and comes home, I will also let her continue to be a pampered young lady.”
“She and I are each other’s only family. Just as I care about him, she also values me a lot and wants my approval.”
"But I am destined not to be with her. If I support her, the resistance she faces will inevitably increase significantly."
“I argued with her, disappointed her in me, and made her constantly crave my approval, so that she could single-mindedly pursue the path she wanted.”
"And the pressure I put on her can also be transformed into her motivation, enabling her to go further."
"Of course I hope she can realize her dreams, but if she fails, I will take all the blame, including her psychological burden, and she..."
"All I have to do is reluctantly marry Ma Yuliang and live out the rest of my life peacefully."
After listening to Yi Yi's account, Hong Que sniffed, and found herself in tears.
She patted Yi Yi on the back and said, "So that's how it is. So that's what you were thinking about, Master. I understand now. You're only doing this for the young lady's sake."
“Yes…it’s all for her own good…” Yi Yi echoed.
After watching Red Sparrow wipe away her tears and promise to cooperate with Yi Yi's ideas, she left her room.
Yi Yi breathed a sigh of relief and collapsed onto the bed.
The wind and snow howled outside the window, while the candlelight crackled inside.
Yi Yi lay quietly on the bed for a long time before rolling her eyes.
"What pressure turning into motivation? Isn't it just the inexplicable oppressive education under Chinese-style education?!" Yi Yi suddenly sat up in bed, angrily punching the quilt. "Why is it that a simple 'it's for her own good' can solve everything?!"
"Red Sparrow, you come back here and investigate this thoroughly!!!"
After gesticulating wildly and fuming for a long time, Yi Yi finally calmed down.
Once she calmed down, Yi Yi silently got up and picked up the blanket she had kicked to the floor.
After pulling the covers back up, Yi Yi felt deflated, thinking: But this was also what the original owner truly thought...
Yes, Zhu Qianxiao's sister is indeed, as Yi Yi just revealed, someone who is at the crossroads of time, able to accept new ideas, but whose core is still shaped by the old society.
From Yi Yi's perspective, the above ideas are completely unreasonable.
However, within this historical context, and in the original owner's subjective consciousness, this was the optimal solution she could make.
As she put it, she was a chronic ailment of the old society.
The wounds she suffered from feudal ideology did not heal; instead, they turned into indelible scars, like admonitions, nailing her to her body and turning her into an adaptable member of the old society.
This is also why Red Sparrow was able to easily accept Yi Yi's story.
With such a mindset, the motivation is good, but the execution goes wrong.
This love is real...
The damage that can be caused is real...
"Aaaaaah! So why does this love have to be so twisted?!"
Yi Yi couldn't help but go into another fit of rage. She chewed on the blanket, grinding her teeth, unsure whether her current emotions were more about accusation or something else.
However, upon closer examination, she is not actually unable to accept such a role, after all, it is a real, common, and relatable phenomenon.
Thinking this way, Yi Yi's mood slowly, slowly sank.
Just as she was feeling a little dizzy, she pushed off the covers and gasped for breath.
As if she had forgotten how to breathe, her rapid, deep breaths took a long time to calm down. Yi Yi sat there blankly for a while, then pulled the blanket over her head: "Sleep!"
As she called out, Yi Yi closed her eyes.
He quickly got up again, looking dejected, and blew out all the candles.
After snuggling back into bed, Yi Yi clutched the blanket, thinking: Fortunately, after two years of turmoil, the two sisters' thinking has undergone a great transformation...
"It's so wonderful that they made up while they could still understand each other..." Yi Yi murmured with a sigh.
This time, she quickly realized that something was wrong with her.
She forcibly interrupted her thoughts, preventing them from sinking into that inexplicable, empathetic sadness, and closed her eyes, frantically telling herself to sleep, to sleep.
Finally, after who knows how much time had passed...
Yi Yi finally drifted off to sleep as she wished.
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