C124 Rose's Choice
C124 Rose's Choice
The two large banana trees swayed along with the wind. The broad leaves covered the already dim light, causing blurry shadows to be imprinted on the floor behind the glass door.
Early in the morning, Qiangwei's bedroom appeared cold and quiet. The bedside lamp with simple and unadorned words had not been turned off all night. As it was a cloudy day, the light now looked very bright and yellow.
Yang Chen, who had changed into a loose blue and white linen pajamas, laid on the bed with his eyes closed. He let out a faint but regular breath, but his thick black eyebrows were locked.
The coffee-colored bed sheets were unbearably creased, as if to tell others that the man who had slept on the bed last night had made a violent movement.
At this moment, the door was quietly pushed open. Qiangwei, who was carrying a plate of millet congee and a plate of sweet garlic, had already changed into a milky white silk nightgown. Her beautiful face was filled with worry and worry. She gently walked to Yang Chen's bed and put down the porridge. Then, she bent down to help pull the blanket over Yang Chen.
Sitting on the edge of the bed, Qiangwei looked at the sleeping man with a complicated expression. She didn't sleep the whole night and took Yang Chen to the hospital. After the examination, she called for a private doctor to treat Yang Chen. After Yang Chen calmed down and confirmed that there was no danger, Qiangwei went to deal with the matters after the banquet.
After making a series of important decisions that would affect the future of West Region, Qiangwei rushed back into the house and personally took care of Yang Chen until this morning.
This man had once again given her a thorough shock, but at the same time, she had also once again felt the estrangement between them!
Qiangwei did not like this feeling. She had too many questions, but everything had to wait for Yang Chen to wake up.
Just as Qiangwei was thinking about the complicated scene, Yang Chen, who had his eyes closed, opened them sleepily and let out a long breath.
Qiangwei keenly noticed this moment and was immediately surprised. She grabbed onto Yang Chen's hand forcefully. "Hubby, you're awake?"
"What time is it?" Yang Chen smiled faintly and gave Qiangwei a comforting look.
"It's still early. It's only seven. Do you want to rest a bit longer?" Qiangwei looked at Yang Chen's pale face and felt a pang in her heart. She forced a smile and said, "You're scaring me. Why are you suddenly so weird? I haven't slept for the whole night!"
Yang Chen propped himself up with both arms on the bed and kissed Qiangwei's cheek, "I'm fine now. But what happened after I fainted last night?"
Seeing that Yang Chen didn't have the intention to explain himself, Qiangwei obediently didn't ask, tidied up and said: "I took you to the hospital yesterday, after a simple examination the doctor said there's nothing special, it's just that you seem to be especially excited and your heart is beating faster. After I gave you a sedative, you became a lot quieter. And then I brought you back here and got my doctor to prescribe some tranquilizer for you, and you've been sleeping until now. "
"Really? I don't even remember." Yang Chen smiled bitterly as he touched his forehead. In fact, the only thing he remembered was the intense pain in his head.
Originally, he had thought that after recuperating for a year and living a leisurely half a year, even if he was forced to take action once, killing dozens of people wouldn't be as hard to control as in the past. However, he didn't expect that his old problem wouldn't improve at all.
Fortunately, with the continuous improvement of his weird martial arts, he was able to suppress that terrifying berserk emotion. That was why he called Qiangwei to knock him out. Otherwise …
Yang Chen felt a burst of fear. It seemed that he had been too careless. In the future, he still had to be careful to keep his nerves relaxed, relax his mindset, and not tire himself out. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to suppress his emotions, and if he was unable to control them in time, it would be difficult to save his life.
"As for the banquet, only Situ Mingze and the four bodyguards survived, I have already imprisoned Situ Mingze, the West Union Society is a mess now, and all the important figures have been killed by you, I have already asked my subordinates to cooperate with Zhang Hu to rectify the powers in the West Union Society, and there may be a lot of things that need to be done in the next few days, but before long, the entire West Region will no longer have the words' West Union Society '. Oh right, what's funny is that old fox Zhou Guangnian actually took the initiative to call me after receiving the news, and congratulated me."
Yang Chen nodded and asked: "Then Situ Mingze, how are you going to deal with it?"
Qiangwei's eyes flashed with a sharp glint of light, but after a long hesitation, she sighed, "I don't know, I temporarily plan to send him abroad in a few days, to pick a small country in Europe and give him some money to retire."
"You won't kill him?" Yang Chen was surprised. From his point of view, Qiangwei clearly had the potential to become a steel-blooded underworld queen.
Qiangwei looked at Yang Chen with a complicated expression, "If it was before, I would definitely have killed him. But now, because of you, I feel that I can't kill him."
"Why?" Yang Chen felt that he wasn't smart enough.
Qiangwei said with a sad smile, "Actually, what he said was right. No matter who he is, human or beast, the fact that his blood flows in my body will never change. He was my father. Although I hated him and despised him, he and my mother brought me to this world together. "Without him, there wouldn't have been me. I think, no matter what the reason is, for my daughter to kill her own father, is an unforgivable mistake …"
"Just like …" Qiangwei fixed her eyes on Yang Chen and said, "Just like, if we have a child in the future, I really can't imagine how the child could kill you, kill his father, even as a mother, even if I was already dead by then, I would still be heartbroken in the other world."
Yang Chen froze for a moment, then smiled and said, "That doesn't seem like much. How can I be like Situ Mingze? I won't let my children hate me or even want to kill me."
"Situ Mingze didn't want me to hate him from the beginning either." Qiangwei grumbled.
Yang Chen was speechless. He thought for a while and said, "Up to you. As long as you think it's correct, I will support you."
Qiangweitian smiled and kissed on Yang Chen's lips, then used her tongue to draw a cool mark on Yang Chen's face. Her watery eyes were filled with emotion, "Hubby, thank you. Thank you for everything."
"There's nothing to thank. I'm just doing what I like to do." Yang Chen was deeply touched.
"I've decided to tell you a secret." Qiangwei suddenly made up her mind. "Originally, I planned to keep it a secret for the rest of my life, but now I feel that concealing that past is not responsible for our relationship."
Yang Chen frowned and remained silent.
Qiangwei took a deep breath and said, "Actually, the reason why I left Situ Mingze and embarked on today's journey was not just because I hate his behavior. There are other reasons as well."
"Hubby, do you know, my mother and I looked exactly the same when we were young …" Qiangwei said.
Wu Tie nodded. He remembered Situ Mingze mentioning this at the bar.
"When I was still a child, Situ Mingze had already led a large group of people with West Union Society to work at the West Region. He was covered in the smell of alcohol everyday, and when he returned home reeking of blood, he treated us two like the best husband and father in the world. He doted on my mother a lot, and would give her anything she wanted. "He dotes on me, too. Whenever I cry, he coax me into a smile and even whirl me around while taking me on the swing …"
"However, every time he got drunk or killed a lot of people and was in a bad mood, he would act like a different person. He was ruthless, brutal, and inhuman, and when he arrived home, he would beat and scold my mother with every little flaw, and even hit my mother with a wine bottle. He would even do that kind of thing to my mother in front of me …"
"Wait." Yang Chen asked in confusion, "Didn't your mother die when you were very young?"
"That's fake, that's a lie that Situ Mingze and I told together." Qiangwei smiled bitterly and continued to narrate …
"At that time, I was still very young and didn't know much about the affairs of the universe, but I know that Situ Mingze was a temperamental lion. With you by his side, you will never know if you're alive or dead."
As she said this, Qiangwei paused for a moment. Seemingly recalling many memories, she rubbed her eyes and continued:
"Until one day, I heard my mother and Situ Mingze arguing again. By then, I had already gone to primary school, so I could understand what they were talking about... My mother cheated. She had an affair with a subordinate of Situ Mingze and even tried to leave this insane man in order to elope … However, it was noticed by Situ Mingze and was stopped early. "
"That day, Situ Mingze's quarreling voice was so loud that I felt like the whole building was about to collapse. I hid outside the door and wanted to escape, but I didn't have the strength to leave."
"In the end, I heard Mom scream. Mom kept crying for help, which scared me silly. But I didn't know anything except that I was crying …"
"After the room quieted down, the door was opened. Situ Mingze walked out and saw me crying at the door. He kicked me away and left without looking back …"
Qiangwei bit Yin Hong's lip and said with a sad smile, "Hubby, this is the first time in my life that I've seen a dead person. The one who died, was my mother …"
"My mom was punched and kicked by Situ Mingze until her whole body was dyed red, she died at home, and she died in front of me. I have a nightmare right now, and the scene will still wake me up, because my mom's eyes are open, I feel like she's looking at me. She seems to hate me, she hates me for not being able to stop her, but what can a ten-year-old girl like me do …"
Yang Chen listened quietly and did not speak. Since he could remember, he did not know about the so-called family and parents other than his own. Therefore, although Qiangwei's past was sad, Yang Chen could not truly understand it and could only listen in silence.
"Later on, when I grew up, Situ Mingze didn't do anything to me. He seemed to have forgotten that he killed my mother and his wife. When he was happy, he still smiled at me and when he was angry, he still beat me up …"
"I lost my mom, but I've always convinced myself that it was because my mom betrayed my dad that I ended up like that. That's why I didn't resist Situ Mingze. I think he must love me in his heart."
"Until... The day of my eighteenth birthday... " The tears in the corner of Qiangwei's eyes gradually dried as she said coolly, "That night, he and his uncles celebrated my birthday and then came home together. He suddenly came into my room and talked a lot with me, about my childhood, about his business, about his gang, about some other kids … "
"I didn't understand why he said so much at the time, but I kept listening... In the end, he started talking about his mother, whom he never mentioned … "
"He said he misses his mother. He regretted killing her because he couldn't control his emotions, but he hoped I wouldn't blame him because he was in more pain than anyone else …"
"Actually, many things have happened for a long time, so naturally they have faded. Although I am very sad and also have resentment towards him in my heart, he cried so sorrowfully in front of me and begged me for forgiveness. It is really hard for me to blame him in my heart.
"But …" Qiangwei's breathing became a little ragged. "But he suddenly said that I was very much like my mother, just like the first time he saw her. He suddenly looked at me with infinite desire, eyes full of aggression, and asked me if I was willing to help him make up for his deficiencies, replacing mother as the mistress of West Union Society! "
"He wants his own daughter to be his woman!"
Qiangwei seemed to have used up all of her strength in her last words. Qiangwei lowered her head and muttered, "I don't remember what I was thinking at the time. I just crazily pushed him out of the room and cried in the quilt for the whole night. Only after that did I finally realize that there was nothing that could be done to save him. I also made up my mind to leave him …"
Yang Chen didn't expect the situation to have such a background. With a father like Situ Mingze, Qiangwei is fortunate indeed that she didn't walk on the road of no return. Seeing Qiangwei's frail body, Qiangwei pulled her into her embrace and patted her soft back. A heartless person like me is the best person to help women share these headaches. "
Qiangwei laid on Yang Chen's chest, pursed her lips into a smile and said, "Yes, I feel a lot more comfortable. No matter how you look at it, husband, I can face you with a clear conscience."
"Actually, you didn't have to hide it from me. It wasn't your fault, you were just a victim." Yang Chen replied indifferently.
Qiangwei suddenly struggled to turn around and stared into Yang Chen's eyes. She was extremely concerned, but also felt wronged as she asked, "Then husband, shouldn't you tell me some of your past? At least, I want to know what happened to you last night?"