Chapter 440: Chapter 441: As Long as She Comes Back Alive, It’s Good
Ye Tiao felt distressed when she heard these words, "But you’re not a fool, you’re Tang Wu. Those two people deserved to die, it was either them or you. Why show them mercy?"
"Yes," Shi Mei looked at the ceiling above, "You can’t reason with vicious criminals."
The room fell silent for a moment.
"But Shi Lingyan isn’t like that." Shi Mei’s voice was soft. "He really was good, good enough to make me forget all the crimes he committed, numbed by all his good traits."
Ye Tiao couldn’t help but say, "Although he’s sometimes annoying, to be honest, he seemed to be quite humane."
Shi Mei chuckled lightly, "Quite the philanthropist."
"He even puts your name on his charity work," Shi Mei had long forbidden her to talk about Shi Lingyan in her presence, but at this moment, Ye Tiao couldn’t help but say more, "All these years he’s really missed you. What did he do to make you hate him so much?"
Shi Mei fell silent for a moment and then said, "Do you believe that there is such a thing as rebirth in this world?"
"I do!" Ye Tiao replied without hesitation, "Aren’t you reborn and back here?"
Shi Mei smiled lightly, "Are you silly, believing such a bizarre thing?"
"Why not believe it?" Ye Tiao’s voice was serious. "If it’s something people talk about, it must exist; if it exists, why couldn’t it happen around me?"
Ye Tiao was very serious, every word seemed to strike her heart.
Perhaps having drunk a bit too much, Shi Mei was somewhat dazed.
Ye Tiao’s voice filled the room again, "I saw you being cremated, Xiao Wu, but then I saw you come back too. Maybe the heavens knew we all missed you too much, so they sent you back."
Shi Mei laughed out, though tears were already flowing down the corners of her eyes, she slurred, "Crazy."
"Really, I really have thought that," Ye Tiao rolled over, crossed her hands behind her head, and looked up at the ceiling, "I’m so happy, you know? I thought I’d never see you again. Three or four years have passed, and everyone has gotten used to the days without you, but my heart always felt like it was missing something."
Shi Mei closed her eyes, the corners of her mouth involuntarily turning downwards, her tears liberally soaked into the pillow.
"When you contacted me, I couldn’t believe it was real, but Xiao Wu, no matter what you’ve become, you are still you, the irreplaceable Tang Wu."
"Did you ever think it was someone impersonating me?"
Ye Tiao’s eyes softened, "Being able to fake it so well, that’s pretty impressive."
Shi Mei was beyond words, she buried her face in the blanket, her shoulders trembling with suppressed emotion.
"Besides, even if it’s fake, what’s the harm?" Ye Tiao slightly closed her eyes. "Having something to hold onto in our hearts, there’s nothing wrong with that."
Shi Mei buried her face in the pillow, her mind throbbing with pain.
In a daze, she heard Ye Tiao say, "Everyone’s life is so tiring already, if we can make ourselves a bit happier, what’s the harm in deceiving ourselves a bit?"
Ye Tiao continued with her eyes closed, "A person’s life is only so long, living one less day is a loss; what’s the advantage of understanding everything clearly?"
Thus, although many things seemed bizarre, she still chose to believe.
In this world, there are too many inexplicable things.
As long as she came back alive, that was enough.