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Chapter 219: Chapter 219 Confession
At night, Han Jiaojiao fell asleep in a daze beside Han Yi.
She had a nightmare again. She dreamed that she was kneeling on the ruins, wailing and digging for her brother’s body, but no matter how long she dug, she did not see her brother. She was both angry and anxious, and suddenly the ground beneath her feet gave way, and her body tumbled downwards!
— Han Jiaojiao was startled awake.
She opened her bleary eyes to find the sky outside already lightening, and she immediately tried to gently push Han Yi.
"Brother, brother?"
"Brother, wake up, please wake up..."
No matter how much Han Jiaojiao called, Han Yi showed no signs of awakening. Why wasn’t he waking up? Hadn’t Professor Luo said that the antidote would bring him around after a day?
Han Jiaojiao crawled up from the mattress, threw on a piece of clothing, and ran outside. Many tents had been set up on the vast grounds outside the palace. It was only 5:30 a.m., everyone was resting, and only a few people on night duty were keeping watch by the fire. They were startled by Han Jiaojiao’s sudden rush out.
"Has Brother Han woken up?"
Han Jiaojiao shook her head and asked, "Where is Professor Luo?"
Professor Luo, who hadn’t slept well himself, came out of his tent upon hearing his name. He followed Han Jiaojiao back into the palace, checked Han Yi’s condition, and comforted her, "Don’t worry, he will wake up soon. The effect of the medicine hasn’t even been twenty-four hours yet. He will definitely wake up in the afternoon."
Han Jiaojiao nodded sullenly and could only continue to wait by Han Yi’s side.
Unable to sleep, she lay next to Han Yi, staring blankly and occasionally glancing at the sun through the carved wooden window, wishing it would rise and set immediately, hoping time would pass even faster.
"Brother, can you not wait until the afternoon to wake up? ...Please wake up sooner, okay? You don’t know how scared I am... Everyone says you’ll come around, and Professor Luo also says for sure you will, and I believe it too, but I’m still frightened..."
"Do you think I’m not strong enough? But what does that matter... as long as you wake up, I’m fine with anything... I don’t need to be strong, I just need you... Brother, please wake up, don’t leave me alone..."
"Wake up! Wake up! ...I’m begging you..."
Han Jiaojiao simply sat up, shed a couple of tears, and forced a smile at Han Yi, "...You’ve been unconscious for a whole day and night, are you thirsty? Hungry? I’ll go make you something delicious, okay? What do you want to eat? ...If you don’t wake up, I’ll have to let Doctor Zhou put you on an IV, are you afraid of needles? It will hurt! ...Please wake up quickly, so you won’t need a needle, brother..."
"Brother, please wake up soon... I feel like I’m about to go crazy, really about to lose my mind..."
She felt she was really close to breaking down; emotionally, she could not accept the fact that Han Yi had fallen! But another voice inside her told her to stay calm, not to panic, not to lose her head. She must stay calm!
Han Jiaojiao felt she needed to find something to do. She brought over some hot water and wiped Han Yi’s face and head, then massaged his limbs while chatting with him.
"Big brother, after you wake up, could we take a photo together? We don’t even have a single photo of us... Not just that, I don’t have a single picture of you... Humph! It’s not fair, you have so many photos of me, don’t you? Don’t think I don’t know, I found out long ago! You’ve saved so many, and even tucked a few in the book you always read. I deliberately didn’t say anything because I love how you pretend to read seriously while actually looking at my photos, hmm, such a prude."
"...The thing I regretted most in my past life was not having a photo of you. After you were killed by Qin Wenhao, every time I thought of you, all I saw was that mangled bloody face... The image was too vivid, I almost forgot your true appearance. How could I forget you... If only I had a photo of you back then..."
"I didn’t even have a proper keepsake... Even though you gave me so many gifts, clothes, jewelry, everything, I didn’t keep any of it... Big brother, was I stupid? You put up with my terrible temper back then, how did you bear it? Why... Why were you still so kind to me? Big brother... why did you like me? I was so mean to you..."
"I was so awful, scolding you every day, opposing you... Did you ever blame me in your heart? I won’t allow you to blame me! It was you! It was you... who scared me at first, that’s why I... Anyway! It wasn’t intentional that I opposed you or scolded you! Honestly, I also don’t know what was up with me at that time... Big brother, do you think I was just going through a rebellious phase? You were always bossing me around..."
As Han Jiaojiao remembered the past, her expression became sorrowful, and she spoke softly, "You had such a cruel heart to leave me all alone... Did you think I could live well without you? I was deceived by others, betrayed, constantly hiding here and there. I almost died several times, but I was not willing to give up! Big brother, do you know... I couldn’t bear to just die in vain! Even if I couldn’t take down the Qin Family, at least I had to kill Qin Nanyi!"
"Who would have thought, living again, I met her again, but this time I won’t fall for her tricks again! She can’t hurt me!... I’m just worried about Qin Wenhao... I didn’t manage to kill him last time, he must hate me to death now... Big brother, I messed up..."
Han Jiaojiao didn’t care whether Han Yi could hear her or not, and babbled on about many things, both from her previous life and this one, speaking whatever was on her mind, as if it would dispel the loneliness and unease in her heart.
In the meantime, Lu Changyuan came in to check on Han Yi. He didn’t say anything, just quietly stood by observing Han Yi until someone outside called "Brother Lu," pulling Changyuan back to reality.
Lu Changyuan said to Han Jiaojiao, "I’m going to step out for a bit. He should be waking up soon. Don’t worry too much. Professor Luo said the drug was just to suppress a Superpower User, it won’t be life-threatening." 𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙥𝒖𝒃.𝒄𝒐𝒎
"Mhm," Han Jiaojiao nodded.
Once Lu Changyuan left, Han Jiaojiao turned back to Han Yi, jokingly saying, "Big brother, if you don’t wake up, Changyuan is going to be so worried, he’ll be upset to death. I can smell the cigarette scent on him, it’s so strong. He must have smoked a lot last night..."
Han Yi still didn’t respond.
As Han Jiaojiao knelt by his side, massaging his hand, she continued to speak, "Big brother, you are really lazy, not moving a muscle. Isn’t it uncomfortable lying there all the time? Look how good I am to you, even giving you massages. Are you secretly enjoying it in your heart?..."
Han Yi’s fingers twitched slightly.
Han Jiaojiao froze, immediately looking at Han Yi’s face, and she saw that his eyes were already slightly open—
Those deep black eyes were now looking at her.
Han Jiaojiao stared blankly at Han Yi as tears suddenly fell, unaware at first; it took her a while to come to her senses and she hurriedly said, "Big brother! How are you feeling right now? Are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere? Big brother, I’ll go call Professor Luo and Dr. Zhou over!"
