Chapter 336: The Road Ahead Is Difficult
Chapter 336: Turning Back Is Difficult (Part )
Is this... the voice of Emma's mother?
After feeling the surging pain in Emma's heart through his clenched hands, Leon didn't care whether it would hurt her heart or not, and reminded her softly:
“Senior Emma, no matter what you heard, it is not true. We don’t have your family behind us. Only by moving forward can we see your daughter.”
"I...um..."
After hearing Leon's reminder, the pale-faced Emma nodded slightly, then followed the force of the pull in her hand and stepped into Leon's memory for the third time. She saw a little girl who was covered in dirt and had bloody scratches on her arms from tree branches, but happily handed her a nest of bird eggs for her to see.
A warmth penetrated into Emma's heart along Melanie's sly smile. Although it failed to melt the regret surging in her heart, it calmed her heart a little.
The tearful calls from behind still make Emma feel heartbroken every time, but as she stepped on the white blocks again and again, the memories of the poor and difficult but tender life of the Lyon family became a warm hand, which not only gently held her heart, but also tied the thread of reason that was about to break again and again, giving her the courage to take the next step.
On the contrary, Leon, who was holding her hand, heard the sighs and cries of regret and a lot of angry scolding coming from behind Emma through his soul connected with Emma.
'Sister Emma, I like you so much, why do you want to hurt me? '
"You are the sinner of the Baohua family! If you hadn't leaked the news, would we have died?"
"Traitor! How dare you live?"
'I feel disappointed to have a daughter like you.'
"If you still understand what shame is, then look back and see how we died!"
'Go away and don't come back to disgust us!'
"The last treasure flower, very good, you will live with this shame!"
'Emma, it's been six years. Can you please turn your head back and let me take another look at you?'
Even with Emma's soul as a barrier, only some of the content could be heard vaguely, but the anger and resentment revealed in these voices were still more stinging than a sharp knife.
And those soft sighs of disappointment from Emma's immediate family, mixed in with the insults and condemnations, made Leon's heart shiver.
After learning that Senior Emma was the "last precious flower", he deliberately flipped through old newspapers and vaguely learned some of the circumstances that happened more than six years ago.
Six years ago, it was the stage of the Patriotic War. When the Baohua family launched a coup, it seemed that they were trying to connect with the invading ice country Aishto. There was even a saying that the reason why the ice country invaded was related to the Baohua family.
It was precisely because this news was leaked in advance that the Baohua family was forced to launch a coup in a hurry. The royal family, aware of the crisis, had to retaliate with the most brutal punishment in order to stabilize its own position. As a result, Baohua Alman, who once had the same status as Lionheart, died in the end, leaving only Emma and her daughter.
And if the leak of the news was really related to Senior Emma, then given her personality, she must have been tormented by guilt all the time during these six years. When she heard the curses of her tribesmen and the sighs of her family, it would have been really difficult for her to resist looking back.
In addition, the conflict that just broke out between the director and her seemed to have some other meanings.
Although neither of them said it explicitly, from what they said, it seemed that Senior Emma was about to do something, but the director did not want her to do it. He wanted to force her to "go back to the point of no return" so that she would choose to give up.
So, what is it that Senior Emma is driven to do because of the guilt or regret in her heart, but the Director wants to stop her and tries hard not to let her do?
… “Leon?”
After noticing Leon's increasingly confused thoughts through her clenched hands, Emma's heart couldn't help but tremble slightly, and then she was overwhelmed by a strong sense of guilt.
All he had to do was wait for Leon to step on the white brick, and he would be able to safely cross the bridge of memories under the protection of his beautiful memories. However, Leon had to face his own pain again and again.
If you encounter black bricks for several consecutive times, you must continue to step back and try again and again until a safe white brick appears that allows you to pass.
But it seemed that their luck was not good. As the two continued to move forward, the number of times Leon needed to try began to increase. In the end, he even had to step on the black bricks three or four times in a row before he could find a white brick again.
From the time the two of them got on the bridge until now, they had walked more than sixty steps in total, and the number of black bricks that Leon had stepped on had exceeded one hundred, proving that he had relived his painful memories at least a hundred times.
At times like this, it should be me, his senior, who should stand in front and protect him from the wind and rain. However, due to my weakness and hesitation, I had no choice but to let him stand up and bear it all, reliving the painful experiences in his life again and again. This was really wrong.
"Let's go together."
After gently pulling Leon's hand, Emma, who had seen almost all of Leon's wonderful life, suggested in a gentle voice:
“Leon, you don’t have to explore the way for me anymore. I should be able to…”
"no!"
Listening to those sharp words in his ears, Leon refused without hesitation:
"Don't be so stubborn! I can sense the state of your soul. You are only a little more stable now. If you are stimulated by those memories, I don't think you can hold on!"
You told me not to be so stubborn, but aren't you trying to be stubborn too?
After biting her lip slightly, Emma suggested softly:
“How about this, you can help me step on the bricks and share your memories with me, but you don’t have to look for white bricks specifically, let me step on the black bricks too!
Because you stepped on these bricks, most of the memories I see are your memories, and only a few scenes of my memories will appear. I should be able to hold on like this!"
"All right……"
After feeling the soul of Senior Emma and confirming that she was not just showing off but was really confident, looking at the black and white bridge that had reached the end, Leon nodded slightly, moved his feet to the side, and made room for a corner of the black bricks under his feet.
After noticing Leon's actions, Emma took a breath secretly, then raised her foot and stepped on Leon's painful memories.
"elder brother."
The familiar thin girl appeared in front of Emma again, but this time the expression on Anna's face was not the tenderness and happiness in her eyes when she looked at "herself" in the past, but calmness and a hint of regret.
After a brief silence, the girl on the bed, whose face was as pale as paper, turned her head slightly and suggested in a weak but stubborn voice that seemed to disappear with the person at any time:
"How about you just leave me alone?"
(End of this chapter)