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Chapter 390 - 293: Abandon Your Parents

Chapter 390: Chapter 293: Abandon Your Parents

"......"

Hearing Eve’s confession, the young man seemed to be stunned, and he fell into silence.

"..." At this moment, Eve also looked somewhat embarrassed.

The naive girl had mustered the courage to express her feelings for the first time, but she believed that doing so was certainly not a mistake.

Even though her parents always argued and fought, their once happy appearance had deeply imprinted itself in Eve’s heart.

She firmly believed that the marital relationship forged by marriage was the most beautiful relationship in the world.

Eve also thought that her mom and dad argued all the time just because life was too hard and tiring, and if they didn’t pursue some lofty style of living, they wouldn’t have such troubles and could still be as happy as before.

It was just that she could no longer persuade them to return.

But she and her uncle were already living a life that seemed far from wonderful, always escaping, always fearful of being discovered, and indeed, she and her uncle had truly been hurt by others.

Surely, no one would want such a life, right?

But as long as she was by her uncle’s side, she still... felt happy.

Therefore, Eve believed that they would definitely be happy together, without the troubles of life.

Although this was very presumptuous, one-sided, and just a young girl’s naïve belief in those pure things based on her immature understanding.

But her feelings were beyond doubt.

Her uncle had suddenly appeared, taking her away from that world full of darkness, and gave her, who lived in confusion, a purpose to live for.

This was more beautiful than any fairy tale she had read, yet it had actually happened to her.

And even if she abandoned the longing for fairy tales, Eve regarded her uncle, who saved her, as the one and only, irreplaceable in her life.

So, despite feeling shy, infinite courage welled up in Eve’s heart, and she wanted to convey her feelings to the other person.

Moreover, this was the first time she had seen him show such a stunned expression; it felt fresh and interesting.

"..."

Seeing that the young man had no reaction for a long time, Eve thought she must have scared him off with her words, after all, where else did they have couples with such a large age gap?

But Eve still mustered the courage to express her feelings to him.

"Uncle... you must feel it’s incredible, right? You think I’m joking, but I’m serious, not joking, not just saying it on a whim to be forgotten when I grow up."

"I am serious. I really plan to live with you for the rest of my life. I’ve made up my mind, and I will never go back on this statement."

"But, uncle, it must be very hard for you to accept this, right? After all, no one has ever done such a thing, and everyone says children shouldn’t do this, but it’s okay, I can wait!"

"Although... I can never catch up in age, my body can! I’ll eat well and let my body grow quickly so that when my height is the same as yours... No! When I reach your chest, you won’t have to treat me like a child anymore, and then we can..."

"...I’m sorry."

The young man had been silently listening to Eve’s confession and her hopeful wishes for the future.

But then, he finally spoke and rejected Eve’s confession.

"I... can’t agree."

"..." Eve wasn’t surprised by this response; she had long known she would be rejected.

But mere difficulty like this wasn’t enough to make Eve give up.

She simply asked, "Why? Why can’t you agree? Is it because I’m a child and you think my words can’t be trusted? Then... Let’s make a promise: in a few more years, when my body has grown and there isn’t much difference between you and me, I still won’t take back what I said. And then we can..."

"...It’s not about that."

Still, the young man shook his head.

"What I meant by not being able to agree is that I will one day leave you, and that day... won’t be too far off. So, I can’t agree, nor can I make a promise with you."

"Leave...?"

These words caused Eve’s firmly held heart to instantly collapse.

The mere thought of his leaving filled her with indescribable fear.

Eve hastily asked,

"Leaving? Uncle, why do you have to leave? Did I do something wrong? I’m sorry... is it because of today..."

"No..." the young man interrupted, "This was something that had been decided a long time ago, from the day I took you away, it was already decided."

"...Eh?"

The meaning of the young man’s words was clear, he had never planned to stay with Eve forever.

However, Eve didn’t want to believe it... If we were ultimately going to part ways, then why did we meet?

But, even if Eve didn’t want to believe it, it seemed destined that she would part from the young man.

Still, Eve didn’t want to give up just like that, she couldn’t help but ask,

"Why do you have to leave, uncle?"

"Why?"

Looking at Eve, the young man’s smile held a few more notes of bitterness and helplessness.

But still, he spoke and answered,

"Every journey has its end, and such a lifestyle as ours will one day come to an end. I never belonged here to begin with, I have places I must return to, of course, I can’t stay here forever."