coobybook Chapter 460 Hug
Chapter 460 Hug
The door opened, and a faint light shone through the crack onto the floor, slowly tearing away the darkness inside.
Jiang Zhouzhou lifted her leg and went inside.
A fluffy little ball of fur ran over happily and rubbed against her legs.
Jiang Zhouzhou said softly, "Nian Gao, you go out and play first."
The chubby rice cake understood her words and obediently left.
The room was dimly lit and even colder than outside. Through the dim light, Jiang Zhouzhou looked at the figure sitting on the floor.
Like a cold sculpture, it exudes a heavy aura of death.
He was dressed in thin clothes, and his already pale skin was devoid of any color. Compared to a living person, he looked more like a ghost trapped in a deep mansion.
Jiang Zhouzhou walked up to him and looked down at his face.
That face was expressionless and lifeless.
She couldn't help but reach out, her slender fingertips touching his cold skin, causing him to tremble slightly.
"You'll catch a cold like that," she said.
She crouched down, moved closer to him, and reached out to hug him.
Through her coat, her body temperature gradually warmed him, and her scent slowly seeped into his breath.
Ji Yu'an's eyes trembled slightly, and his hand unconsciously fell to her waist, hugging her tightly.
It's like a drowning person grasping at a straw.
Even if it's just a tiny straw, I want to hold on tight.
This was his distress signal.
The light filtering through the crack in the door fell on the profile of his face, half bright and half shadowy.
A suppressed and restrained pain flashed in his deep-set eyes; his lips moved, but he couldn't utter a single word.
Noticing that something was wrong with his body, Jiang Zhouzhou hugged him even tighter.
"Don't be afraid, no matter what happens, I will be with you."
Her voice is gentle, just like her, carrying a healing power.
Ji Yu'an recalled the first time they met. In the midst of heavy snowfall, she skipped and hopped on the snow, carrying a discounted cake from a cake shop.
That cake must have been something she had been looking forward to for a long time, and even though it looked very cheap, she was in a good mood.
Later, she slipped and fell, and they met in the snow, making wishes to each other over a cake that had been smashed to pieces.
Despite her life being full of misery and her being in a sorry state, her eyes were bright and full of hope for the future.
That was something Ji Yu'an never had; he had lost all desire to live, but in her he saw a vibrant life.
At that moment, he suddenly wanted to live.
"I'm sorry I showed you the worst side of me."
Will you be disappointed in me?
He raised his eyes, his deep gaze thickening in the darkness, fixed intently on her face.
Jiang Zhouzhou shook her head: "Why should I be disappointed?"
Ji Yu'an met her clear, clean eyes, then awkwardly turned her face away.
"I am not a healthy person, not only physically, but also mentally..."
"They clearly have bad intentions towards you, but they approach you under the guise of friendship, trying to gain a place in your heart through despicable means step by step."
"I'm not good, I'm terrible."
His voice grew softer and softer, as if he were truly unforgivable.
As Jiang Zhouzhou listened to his confession, a bittersweet feeling flashed across her eyes.
Compared to others, Ji Yu'an is still too honest.
If this is considered "despicable," then the evil deeds of the others are simply too numerous to mention.
Jiang Zhouzhou cupped his face in her hands and asked softly, "Why didn't you tell me back then... that you liked me?"
If he had spoken up sooner, perhaps during those missed years she could have encouraged him and helped him recover sooner, and he wouldn't have suffered so much pain.
Ji Yu'an said, word by word, "No, I dare not."
Their meeting was merely a chance encounter between two strangers.
She is sunny and bright.
And he... is dark and ugly.
But deep down, he still longed to see her again.
So he obediently cooperated, swallowing those bitter medicines day after day, hoping they would work.
But... it didn't work.
The pain will not disappear. His spirit, which has been tormented since childhood, has long since collapsed. Even if he appears normal on the outside, he is already riddled with holes, both physically and mentally.
He was like a withered tree that was already heading towards death.
It looks sturdy, but it has been eaten away by insects.
The scars on his arms crisscrossed, and newly grown granulation tissue covered the ugly, twisted wounds. He sank his entire body into the bathtub, suffocating again and again...
In countless near-death experiences, he yearned for salvation.
He swallowed handfuls of pills in an attempt to recover completely, but his stomach ached so badly that he was trembling all over and had to be rushed to the emergency room.
He suffered even more during the period of treatment.
Until that time when he was quietly lost in thought, he suddenly heard a familiar voice.
Ji Yu'an looked over abruptly and saw the caregiver next to him scrolling through her phone out of boredom.
"What are you looking at?" he asked in a hoarse voice.
The caregiver was startled when she first heard him speak.
Ever since he took care of this young man, he's been like a lifeless piece of wood, never uttering a word, which allows him to openly slack off and play on his phone.
The caregiver said awkwardly, "I'm just watching a live stream, I'll leave right away."
He thought the other person would be angry, but his reaction was calm; he even asked, "May I take a look?"
The caregiver carefully handed the phone to him. The voice on the other end was soft and sweet, but the face was not the same one.
But just hearing the sound brought him a moment of peace.
Treating someone as a substitute in a despicable way is like using a short-lived painkiller.
But later, he was really lucky!
I really met her.
But he was also afraid of being discovered to be an unusual "outcast," so he pretended to be a normal person, as if wearing a fake mask, imitating the attitude and tone that a normal person should have, as if he were not a patient.