Chapter 3419 — Ying Ziyu's Sorrow
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"Oh, come on!" Seeing that Wei Zhao did not understand, Ying Ziyu grew anxious at once: "Little sister—that kind of little sister, not a real sister. A gan meimei... a 'gan' little sister..."
"What gan sister, not gan sister..." Wei Zhao pretended not to catch the difference between the two readings of the word.
"'Mistress'! The other woman! Do you get it now?" Ying Ziyu was frantic.
"..." Wei Zhao rather regretted lifting the stone only to drop it on his own foot. Had he steered the conversation elsewhere earlier, there would not be all this trouble; but now that Ying Ziyu had said this much, he truly did not know how to respond.
"Wei Zhao哥哥, don't listen to Ziyu's nonsense—she just likes to joke like that..." Chen Xi saw Wei Zhao's awkwardness and hurried to explain, though inside she felt a little disappointed... Does Brother Lin not like me?
"You're both still young. We'll talk when you're grown." In the end Wei Zhao did not refuse outright, for Ying Ziyu was about to face a far heavier blow; so on this subject he did not elaborate.
"See, little Xi? I told you Wei Zhao哥哥 wouldn't want to be rid of us. We two are invincible in our youth—we have far too many advantages!" Ying Ziyu nodded smugly.
"Oh..." Chen Xi lowered her head, rather embarrassed.
"Ziyu, let's set that aside for now. I came to find you about something else—but after you hear it, you must be strong..." Wei Zhao's expression turned grave.
"Ah?" Ying Ziyu was startled; she had not expected Wei Zhao to say such a thing so suddenly. After a moment she ventured cautiously: "Is it... about my brother?"
"Mm..." Wei Zhao nodded. So it seemed that however cheerful Ying Ziyu appeared on the surface, she had been thinking of her brother all along. "You must prepare yourself..."
"I know..." Ying Ziyu's eyes reddened at once. "Wei Zhao哥哥... actually, from the moment you came looking for me, I guessed. My brother asked you to look after me—even if you were comrades-in-arms, he could not have left behind nothing, no letter, no recording. He could not have relied on a single photograph alone... In the past, even when my brother was on missions, he would still contact me now and then. This time, there has been no word for so long..."
As she spoke, tears slid down Ying Ziyu's cheeks. Wei Zhao's heart ached; he reached out and gathered her into his arms, patting her softly on the back. "Ziyu, don't grieve. The truth is not as terrible as you imagine—your brother Ying Zhijia has not been sacrificed..."
"What?!" Ying Ziyu's head shot up at once, eyes wide, tears still clinging to her lashes. "Wei Zhao哥哥, then you're saying my brother he..."
"He was not sacrificed, but now he is much the same as a man in a vegetative state..." That was the only way Wei Zhao could explain it.
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