Livestreaming: I am retarded, but selected to join the analoghorror game?!
Chapter 391 - 293: Abandon Your Parents_2

Chapter 391: Chapter 293: Abandon Your Parents_2

"Must... go back to the place?"

At that moment, Eve finally realized one thing.

Being different from her, the much older uncle had definitely experienced a lot and known many people; his world was much broader than her own.

In such a world, he must have met someone who could make him feel happy, right? Not someone like her who was only a troublemaker, unable to do anything by herself and always needing the uncle’s help, but someone who genuinely aided the uncle and even made him feel dependent.

According to his definition of love, in his heart, he had surely already found someone he liked, right?

And the person who made him find someone he liked was not her, the one who could stay in his heart was not her.

The person he loved was not her.

That was obvious; after all, she had only been with the uncle for such a short time. It might have been very important to her, but for the uncle, it was just a brief interlude in his long life.

Considering this, how could he possibly accept her feelings?

But that was also inevitable, because the age difference between them had already destined this to be the case.

If someone had always been by the uncle’s side, witnessing his growth and changes, and had preserved it as a memory forever, it must be a very happy thing.

But when Eve thought about this, when she thought about someone having such happiness, her heart ached unbearably, and when she thought that that person was not her, her heart felt as if it were being torn apart.

But then, Eve thought that she could never possess such happiness, no matter what.

Because, the age difference between her and him had already destined this to be the case.

For the first time, Eve felt that the world was so indifferent; all human emotions were meaningless.

A sense of void... pervaded her heart, bringing about an extreme sense of fear she had never felt before!

"..." Tears fell from Eve’s eyes as she weakly, helplessly asked the young man, sobbing,

"Uncle... why am I me? Why... was I born as someone you could not fall in love with?"

"..."

The young man gave a helpless smile, patted Eve’s little head gently, and slowly said,

"Living is just like this, disappointments and inevitabilities always accompany one’s life because the world never responds to human wishes; it just exists. So, other than accepting it and carrying on with everything, we don’t really have any other choice. And besides, didn’t we already agree from the beginning? When you find the self that you like, then make a decision."

"...!"

Eve stopped crying because the other party had finally, mentioned the most important issue.

The young man looked at Eve and slowly asked,

"Eve, have you found the self that you like?"

"..." After a moment of silence, Eve finally nodded, "Yes, I... have found it."

Eve didn’t want to lie to him, nor did she want to keep hiding from him.

So, Eve looked at the young man with an extremely serious expression and answered,

"The self that I’ve found, the one I like, is the self when uncle, you are by my side. It’s when I’m with you that I feel happy. I... think I’ve already understood the meaning of love."

"Is that so? That’s good..."

But the young man’s reaction was still very calm, as indifferent as before.

He followed up slowly asking,

"So, you can make a choice now, whether to return to your parents or to say..."

"I..." Eve asked, "Can I continue to stay by your side, uncle?"

"No." The young man shook his head, repeating, "The world never responds to human wishes, disappointments always accompany one’s life. It’s inevitable that I have to leave here, and helplessly so, and I can’t take you with me."

"..." Eve looked down, lost or perhaps even desperate, "So, other than going back to my parents, do I have no other choice? That’s right, a child who leaves their parents can’t find happiness."

"That’s not right..." The young man shook his head again, "Thinking about it carefully, you know that’s baseless, don’t you? Parents actually don’t have an inevitable reason to love their children."

"..."

Eve understood this point; the words of love once spoken by her parents meant nothing to her at this moment.

Like smoke, intangible and choking, and also... annoying.

"But still, I can’t just abandon my own parents, can I? After all, they are the ones who gave birth to me."

However, the young man said, "What if you did abandon them?"

"..."

"Staying with parents like that will only perpetuate the spiral of suffering. The world is so indifferent, many things are meaningless. Living for oneself poses no problem as long as you don’t hurt others and respond to their kindness. Nothing necessitates selfless sacrifice; only selfish people create such things with various noble yet disgusting reasons.

I might be leaving, but I will arrange everything for you, to let you grow up healthy and live a life that belongs solely to you. So, let go of those needless, hypocritical things, and abandon your parents."

As he spoke, the young man reached out his hand to Eve.

"..." Then, Eve took his extended hand.

"Uh... I, am going to abandon my own parents here."

If her parents were as wonderful and kind as they were in stories, Eve would voluntarily honor her parents more than anyone, for their happiness would be her happiness.

But unfortunately, reality was not so.

Thus, Eve abandoned her parents.

Since everyone eventually dies, why live if not for one’s own happiness?

Everyone has the right to pursue happiness, not to be used by others as a stepping stone, exploited unilaterally like a slave.

So, even if attacked by what’s considered right, Eve had already resolved to abandon her parents.

Here, she made her choice.

"Good," the young man nodded with relief, "then, I will go and arrange everything for you."

"Um, but..." Eve said, "Let’s rest for today. Those things, let’s talk about them tomorrow, is that alright?"

"I understand," the young man nodded.

"Then, let’s go to sleep, just like before..."

Before she finished speaking, Eve had already nestled into his embrace, holding him tightly as if scared of something.

But then, she felt she might be holding on too tightly and, amid her indecision, relaxed her grip slightly.

"Goodnight... have sweet dreams," the young man said with a smile, gently stroking her hair.

"Um, goodnight..."

Feeling his warmth, Eve could no longer hold on and fell deeply asleep.

"..."

Feeling Eve’s breathing as she slept, the young man felt a flood of emotions.

"It’s... over now."

However, just then, the young man felt a tremble.

"Uh... Mom, Dad, I’m sorry..."

Eve murmured in her dream, her face twisted in pain.

"No, it’s not over yet."

The young man gently lifted Eve off him and laid her on the bed, covering her with a blanket, then quietly left the room.

It wasn’t over just yet; there was still one last thing he had to do before that.

That was, to make a final decision with Eve’s parents!

To completely end her nightmare.