Free Web NovelChapter 1981: Chapter 478: Utter Defeat, Genuine Conviction_7
Zhuang Xiyue counted on her fingers, listing all the good traits of Yun Ya to Zhuang Fanxing. Her own son didn’t seem to have any. If you didn’t know better, you’d think Yun Ya was her biological daughter and Yan Song was adopted.
"Sometimes I feel my son Ah Song doesn’t know how to cherish others. He lost such a wonderful daughter-in-law like Yun Ya. Once the two of them get married and give me a grandson, my heart will finally be at peace. Otherwise, I’m always on edge. These days, my right eyelid has been twitching nonstop. I have this feeling that something bad is going to happen. Ah Song and Yun Ya are both away, and I’m constantly worried something will happen to them. I love them both dearly and I’m concerned for both of them."
"You always overthink things. Don’t worry, everything will be fine. Fortune-tellers have said you have a good fate, blessed with a large family, dutiful children and grandchildren, living a long life, with endless blessings."
Zhuang Xiyue suddenly held her hand, sniffing: "Sister, I’d rather give all my fortune to you. I don’t want you to leave me."
Zhuang Fanxing smiled and touched her face: "Yueyue, do you remember when we were sixteen and went to Song Mountain? We met a fortune-telling old man there."
Zhuang Xiyue snorted, "Of course I remember. That silly old man said nothing but nonsense. I didn’t believe him at all."
Zhuang Fanxing sighed, her gaze suddenly becoming distant: "I actually think he was right."
Zhuang Xiyue suddenly embraced her: "Sister, stop saying that." Tears burst from her eyes uncontrollably.
When they were sixteen at Song Mountain, they encountered a wandering shaman. Out of curiosity, she dragged her sister to have their fortunes told. The white-bearded old man calculated and said she had blessings spanning nine lifetimes, with all her heart’s desires fulfilled, surrounded by children and grandchildren, a happy marriage, living long and blessed. It was too good to believe; because it sounded too beautiful, she chose not to believe it. How could she have her heart’s desires fulfilled when her exam results were always disappointing?
But when it was her sister’s turn, the fortune-teller furrowed his brow instinctively. He read her sister’s palm, saying she had accumulated karmic debts in her previous life, here to pay them off. Her fate would be rough and her marriage doomed; to break the cycle, she would have to become a nun, spending her life in solitude, atoning for her past sins before Buddha.
Zhuang Xiyue angrily scolded the old fortune-teller, pulling her sister away. This incident was like a thorn lodged in her heart, occasionally aggravating her, yet now she couldn’t help but believe that fortune-teller’s words.
She and her sister had vastly different destinies. Her life and marriage were blissful, without much trouble. Whether it’s her son, husband, or future daughter-in-law, she was very satisfied. Her future seemed promising, but her sister was different. Her sister lost their parents at a young age, and her romance ended in failure. She eventually married, but to a downright scoundrel. After finally breaking free from an unsuccessful marriage, just as she was about to start anew, she was diagnosed with cancer...
Her sister’s life had truly been too hard.
"Perhaps I owed Ruan Wencheng a debt in my previous life, and I’m here to repay it in this one." Her voice carried a calmness that understood the world, as she smiled and patted the woman nestled in her arms. "Yueyue, I have no regrets left in this life, except for Xi’er. He’s the only one I can’t let go of... Once I’m gone, could you look after him for me?"
"I won’t accept it! Sister, I won’t let you leave. We can have surgery, that’s right. I’ll have Yun Ya operate on you. She’s the world-renowned Dr. Nyx, without a single failure to her name. She will surely cure you. You must fight, sister. If you die, I won’t live either." She seemed to revert to childhood, where she could shamelessly cling to her sister, being willful and spoiled. Her sister would always look at her with the tenderest, most indulgent eyes, calming all her fears.
"Yueyue, why are you talking nonsense? If my brother-in-law hears you, he’ll be upset again. You’re different from me; your life is just beginning. You shouldn’t say such foolish things."
Zhuang Fanxing gazed out the window at the bright sunshine, a gentle smile playing on her lips.
When the old fortune-teller said those words back then, Yueyue didn’t believe him, but she did. Therefore, no matter what hardships she faced over the years, she could deal with them calmly.
If one’s life was seen clearly from the start, knowing she came solely for redemption, she could face the day it arrives with peace.
