Returning home, sitting in that big chair, staring at the empty chair in front of her, vaguely returning to the past, and seeing the kindly old man was in his vintage-styled military uniform and was looking at her with a kindly look, with sour eyes, Ye Jian revealed a smile on her face.
After returning home, she had shed away her outermost shell that was the hardest and could withstand the wind and tides of the outside world, causing the smile that had lingered on the edge of her lips to become so gentle, “Grandpa, are you doing okay? Your little lass doesn’t know when she will be able to come back after returning home this time.”
“I have good news to tell Grandpa; I’ve finally managed to wait until Ye Zhifan’s downfall, to wait until their entire family’s downfall. I’ve waited for two lifetimes, and I’ve finally waited for Ye Zhifan’s ending, Grandpa; I’m really happy, really really happy.”
Once the chatterbox was turned on, it suddenly couldn’t be stopped. With a gentle smile on the edge of her lips, Ye Jian seemed to have returned to when Grandpa Gen was still alive, and she was saying all those words she didn’t know how to tell Principal Chen and Xia Jinyuan to that empty, big chair in front of her, she slowly, detailedly and quietly spoke of it.
“I’ve never told you why I suddenly turned so mature when I was in Grade 8, I’ve always wanted to tell you about it, but I couldn’t speak it out.”
“You said I had matured, said I had finally made up my mind, Grandpa, what you don’t know was the reason why I suddenly became mature and finally made up my mind? All of it was because I had suffered a lesson by blood, and I was reincarnated once again with a vengeance in me.”
“In my past life, I had never listened to your words and refused your help. In the end, Ye Ying backed me into a corner like I was a homeless mutt, even the way I died was without dignity.”
“But even I myself had never thought I could relive my life again, in this life, I returned with vengeance. The only thing I wanted to do was get revenge, and I didn’t have any ideas aside from that. It was you, Grandpa that had pointed me to a right path, telling me that besides taking revenge, there was a way to abhor my enemies.”
“I listened to your plan and listened to what you said. I tolerated Ye Zhifan, who had caused me to live a lonely life when he moved about in front of me. I suppressed my hate while slowly putting down the scissors and cutting knives I picked up time and time again.”
“Grandpa’s words, the path Grandpa had pointed me allowed me to walk out from the vengeance filled with darkness, made me understand that only those who are strong can become independent, can finish things that I didn’t manage to complete in my last life.”
“When I couldn’t take it anymore, I would think about what you had said. When I really couldn’t endure it anymore, I would go on a run, go training, go vent it out, and after enduring it for a while, it was already over.”
“In this life, I have been very lucky, meeting Grandpa, Principal Chen, Regimental Commander Liu, Political Commissar Yan. And I also met the man I love the most in this life, Captain Xia, who was also my comrade, in this life, because of all of you, no matter how painful and tiresome I felt, it also tasted sweet.”
“Grandpa, after coming home this time, I probably won’t come back so easily in the future. Although there is a home for me in the village, in my past life, I had received too many supercilious looks from the village, facing the villagers in this life, even if they were treating me very kindly, but I couldn’t help but remember them in my past life.”
“I know that isn’t right, but Grandpa, I can’t broaden my mindfulness any more, some people, some things, no matter how much hard work I put in, I still couldn’t let it go.”
“Those who had helped me in both my lives, I would carve their names in my heart, but those who had bullied me, insulted me, no matter how well off my life is in this life, I could never let it go. The warmth and coldness of the human treatment is filled with bitterness, in my past life, Ye Ying had framed me, and wherever I went in the village, there would be people pointing fingers at me, Grandpa, every time I return to the village, I couldn’t help but remember about what had happened…”
