Chapter 769
Chapter 769: Chapter 9 Lin Yuxi Awakens (Extra Chapter for Monthly Votes!) Chapter 769: Chapter 9 Lin Yuxi Awakens (Extra Chapter for Monthly Votes!) “Mr.
Lin Xian, you do know a lot about me, about the memories I’ve lost.”
Zheng Xiangyue withdrew her gaze from the Moon and looked at Lin Xian:
“Could you please tell me?
What was my life like…
when I was just a teenage girl?”
Lin Xian lowered his head.
He looked at the gravel dancing in the night wind at his feet, unsure if he should tell Zheng Xiangyue the truth.
The present Zheng Xiangyue was already happy enough.
She was blessed with both a son and a daughter, enjoying familial bliss on Mars;
All the doctors had said she wouldn’t live past 14, yet she had now lived for over a hundred years, still strong and vigorous;
In her twilight years, she had returned to Earth to lead the remaining people in constructing their homeland…
fulfilling her childhood wishes, she lived a life complete and of great value.
By comparison…
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The Zheng Xiangyue who had lived a teenage life on Earth, did she ever experience a moment of happiness?
When she was merely a babe in arms, her parents were beaten to death by others,
To protect her from the village bullies, her brother had his face half bitten off by a dog,
As his illness worsened, her brother also left her, leaving her alone in the whole world,
[Do such terrible and harsh memories really need to be reclaimed?]
Lin Xian was very hesitant.
He really couldn’t decide whether or not he should relay these full-of-tragedy and negative energy memories back to the centenarian Zheng Xiangyue.
Memories aren’t necessarily always pleasant.
He had always believed, some bad memories are best forgotten.
Like Zheng Xiangyue, and also like Xu Yiyi.
Forgetting everything and starting a new life, isn’t that a better choice?
For a moment.
He too was caught in the paradox of the Ship of Theseus.
Is it memories that make a person?
Or is it…
Is it the person who decides the memories?
Just like the Ship of Theseus, an empty shell filled with entirely new memories, is he still the same person he was before?
Wei Shengjin traveled thousands of miles to the underdeveloped Earth.
He just wanted to see what was hidden in the safe, to see who he really was, to see whether the current Wei Shengjin was still the original Wei Shengjin.
Was he Wei Shengjin in essence?
Or is it…
Did he force himself to live as Wei Shengjin?
It was this question of “searching for oneself” that troubled Wei Shengjin, troubled Zheng Xiangyue, and perhaps…
troubled CC as well.
Lin Xian turned his head.
He found that CC had also walked out from the stone brick house and was standing beside the three of them, alongside the two elders, looking at Lin Xian.
It seemed like everyone was waiting for his answer.
And at this moment…
he himself did not know the answer.
“I’m not yet ready.”
Lin Xian turned to face the elderly Zheng Xiangyue:
“I admit to you, I do know about your past, know about your life from centuries ago, and also know the story behind your writing down those three wishes.”
“However, I believe I am not the only one who knows, Jask must know as well.
From his silence, and his reaction upon hearing my name…
Though I don’t know what methods Jask used, he seems to have maintained his memories despite the hibernation.”
“For some reason, Jask clearly knows about your affairs and everything that’s happened to you.
Yet, he insists on not telling you the answers…
So, please give me some time, okay?
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I fear I also need some time to think through many things.”
…
That was Lin Xian’s true thoughts.
Should he really speak of such a miserable past just to make Zheng Xiangyue feel sorrow and regret?
Jask didn’t even reveal to Zheng Xiangyue who bought the boat ticket…
Even though Zheng Xiangyue had asked to the point of being obvious, Jask remained silent.
Did he also know that once the dam of sealed memories was opened, there would inevitably be the risk of a breach?
Lin Xian agreed with Jask’s approach.
If it were him, standing on the Moon with Zheng Xiangyue who has just awakened from hibernation, with amnesia, after burying her brother’s urn, he would never tell Zheng Xiangyue the truth of her past.
Why bother?
She had just obtained a healthy body, a happy environment, and a promising life, why let those unchangeable painful memories…
become an inextricable thorn, forever paining her heart?
Even if this Dream World would end in less than an hour and everything would start over,
The Zheng Xiangyue he knew had already gone through so much hardship and pain, Lin Xian truly did not want to see her sad, didn’t want to see even a single tear from her.
Zheng Xiangyue smiled kindly.
It was as if she had already guessed Lin Xian’s answer and was not surprised:
“You really are a very kind person.”
She said softly:
“I’ve lived for so many years, seen so much, endured partings from life and death, even bidding farewell to several of my children and grandchildren.
I am well aware of why none of you wish to tell me the truth…
In this life of more than a hundred years, I’ve often held back from speaking, and many times told white lies.”
“Nevertheless, I am truly grateful for your honesty, Mr.
Lin Xian.
At least you don’t wish to placate me with another well-meaning lie…
I’m willing to wait, I’ve waited for over a hundred years, I certainly don’t mind waiting a bit longer.”
Zheng Xiangyue smiled at Lin Xian:
“You are one of the only three life wishes I’ve written, the one whom my teenage self entrusted me to repay properly.
So whether you will or won’t tell me about the past in the end…
it doesn’t matter, you are my benefactor, forever the one I am thankful to.”