Chapter 739: The Road Back is Hard to Walk (Part 2)

Is this... the voice of Senior Auntie Auntie Ai Ma's mother?

Through their tightly clasped hands, feeling the tidal wave of pain in Auntie Auntie Ai Ma's heart, Leon didn't care if it would sting her heart and reminded her softly:

"Senior Auntie Auntie Ai Ma, no matter what you hear, it isn't real. Your family is not behind us; only by continuing forward can we see your daughter."

"I... um..."

Hearing Leon's reminder, the pale Auntie Auntie Ai Ma nodded slightly, then followed the pulling force in her hand and stepped into Leon's memories for the third time. She saw a little girl who, although covered in dirt and with blood streaks on both arms from tree branches, was happily handing over a nest of bird eggs for her to see.

A warmth that went straight to the heart quietly seeped into Auntie Auntie Ai Ma's heart along with Melanie's sneaky smiling face. Although it couldn't melt the remorse surging in her heart, it made her heart settle down slightly.

The blood-weeping calls from behind could still make Auntie Auntie Ai Ma's heart ache like a knife every time, but as she stepped on white blocks one after another, the memories of Leon's family—poor and difficult yet filled with warmth—became a warm palm, not only gently supporting her heart but also tying up the thread of reason that was about to snap, giving her the courage to take a step.

Conversely, Leon, who was holding her hand, heard the sighs of sorrow and the large amount of angry scolding constantly coming from behind her through the soul linked with Auntie Auntie Ai Ma's.

"Sister Auntie Auntie Ai Ma, I liked you so much, why did you harm me?"

"You are a sinner of the Precious Flower family! If it weren't for you leaking the news, would we have died?"

"Traitor! Why do you still have the face to live?"

"I am disappointed to have a daughter like you."

"If you still know what shame is, then turn your head and look, look at how we actually died!"

"Get lost, don't come back to disgust us!"

"The last Precious Flower, very good, just live on with this shame!"

"Auntie Auntie Ai Ma, it's been six years, turn your head slightly and let me look at you one more time, okay?"

Even with Auntie Auntie Ai Ma's soul acting as a barrier, only being able to hear parts of the content vaguely, the resentment and grudge revealed in these voices were still more piercing than sharp little knives.

And those soft sighs full of disappointment from Auntie Auntie Ai Ma's immediate family, mixed in with the abuse and denunciation, made Leon's heart feel cold.

After learning the claim that Senior Emma was the "Last Precious Flower," he had deliberately flipped through old newspapers and vaguely learned about the situation from over six years ago.

Six years ago was the stage of the War of National Defense. At the same time the Precious Flower family launched a coup, it seemed they had intentions of colluding with the invading Icefield Kingdom, Aishito. There was even a claim that the reason the Icefield Kingdom invaded was related to the Precious Flower family.

It was precisely because this news was leaked in advance that the Precious Flower family was forced to launch a coup in a hurry. The royal family, having sensed the crisis, had to retaliate with the cruelest executions to stabilize their own status, causing the Precious Flower Alman family, which once held a status equal to the Lionheart Laien, to end up with only Senior Emma and her daughter left.

And if the leaking of the news really had something to do with Senior Auntie Auntie Ai Ma, then with her personality, she was probably tormented by guilt every moment during these six years. Hearing the curses of her clansmen and the sighs of her family, it was really hard to resist not turning her head.

Additionally, the conflict that just broke out between the Director and her seemed to have other meanings as well.

Although neither of them stated it clearly, judging by their words, Senior Auntie Auntie Ai Ma seemed to be preparing to do something, and the Director didn't want her to do it, wanting to force her to choose to give up through the intense method of forcing her onto a "point of no return."

Then, what exactly is the thing that Senior Auntie Auntie Ai Ma is driven to do by the guilt or remorse in her heart, but the Director wants to stop her from doing?

..."Leon?"

Through their tightly clasped hands, sensing Leon's increasingly chaotic thoughts, Auntie Auntie Ai Ma's heart couldn't help but tremble slightly, and then a thick sense of guilt surged up.

She only needed to wait for Leon to step on the white bricks to pass through this Bridge of Memories safely under the protection of his beautiful memories, while Leon had to face his own pain again and again.

In the case of encountering black bricks several times in a row, he had to constantly take the initiative to step back, re-testing again and again until a safe white block appeared that would allow her to pass.

And it seemed his luck wasn't very good. As the two continued to move forward, the number of times Leon needed to test began to increase constantly. In the end, he even needed to step on black bricks three or four times in a row to find a white brick again.

From the time they stepped onto the bridge until now, she had walked over sixty steps, while the number of black bricks Leon had stepped on had already exceeded one hundred, proving that he had relived painful memories at least a hundred times.

At a time like this, it should clearly be her, the senior, standing in front to shield him from the wind and rain, but because of her own weakness and hesitation, she could only let him stand out and bear all of this, reliving the painful experiences of his life again and again. This was truly too wrong.

"Let's walk together."

After gently pulling Leon's palm, Auntie Auntie Ai Ma, who had almost seen all of Leon's beautiful life, suggested with a voice as gentle as water:

"Leon, you don't need to scout the path for me anymore. I think I should be able to..."

"No!"

Listening to the words in her ears that were still sharp enough to prick, Leon refused without hesitation:

"Don't push yourself! I can feel the state of your soul. You've only stabilized a little bit now. If you are stimulated by those memories, I don't think you can hold on!"

You tell me not to push myself, but aren't you also pushing yourself?

After biting her lip slightly, Auntie Auntie Ai Ma suggested softly:

"How about this, you still help me step on the bricks and share your memories with me, but don't specifically look for white bricks anymore. Let me step on the black bricks too!

Because these bricks are stepped on by you, the memories I see will mostly be your memories, and memories belonging to me will only appear in a few frames. I should be able to hold on this way!"

"Alright..."

Sensing Senior Auntie Auntie Ai Ma's soul and confirming that she wasn't pushing herself but truly had confidence, Leon looked at the Black and White Bridge that had reached its end, nodded slightly, and moved his foot to the side, giving up a corner of the black brick under his feet.

Noticing Leon's action, Auntie Auntie Ai Ma secretly took a breath, then lifted her foot and stepped onto Leon's painful memories.

"Brother."

The familiar thin young girl appeared before Auntie Auntie Ai Ma again, but this time, the expression on Anna's face was not the look of tenderness and happiness overflowing in her eyes when she looked at "herself" in the past, but rather composure and a hint of faint regret.

After being silent for a while, the young girl on the hospital bed, pale as paper, turned her head slightly and suggested in a voice that seemed like it would dissipate with someone at any moment, weak yet stubborn:

"How about, just stop worrying about me?"

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 740 =====