The Canary that couldn't escape
Chapter 241 - 242: A Tragic Childhood

Chapter 241: Chapter 242: A Tragic Childhood

So many things, he buried deep in his heart, never expressing them. His words weren’t lies; perhaps without the Mo Ran of the past, he might have been so pained that he considered suicide.

If there weren’t a glimmer of light in his life, he wouldn’t have overcome everything and stood up again.

The once-disabled child had regained hope for life because of her small gesture.

Mo Yan never knew about Gu Yixuan’s past. Hearing him speak like this, she found it hard to believe. Could there really be such unfortunate children in this world?

"Ranran, I’m telling you this not to win your sympathy, but to let you know how important you are to me."

"You’re not Mrs. Gu’s child?" Mo Yan asked, as she had always thought that he and Gu Yicheng were blood brothers.

Gu Yixuan shook his head. "No. My mother was a minor entertainer in the entertainment circle. After she met my father, she was set on displacing his wife and marrying him. That’s why she secretly conceived me and gave birth to me in secret, all to blackmail my father."

Such a clichéd plot, wasn’t it? Hadn’t Mo Yan used the same tactic?

Mo Yan thought of the child Mo Yan had lost. If that child had been born, would it have had a tragic childhood just like him?

In her heart, the one she felt most remorseful for was that aborted child. Gu Yixuan’s past was so similar to his, it left Mo Yan feeling somewhat dazed.

Was this an opportunity given to her by the heavens? To accept Gu Yixuan as compensation for the child she had lost?

Feeling guilty, and indeed having feelings for Gu Yixuan, Mo Yan’s heart seemed to be softening.

Gu Yixuan, a perfect psychologist, saw Mo Yan’s struggle and held her, whispering words of comfort: "Ranran, you don’t have to give me an answer now. I can wait, willing to wait a lifetime."

"What if I never give you an answer in my lifetime?"

"That’s okay, I will wait. In fact, not giving me an answer is like giving me hope. If you never respond to me in your lifetime, I have hope for a lifetime. Ranran, you don’t know, you are the only hope I have in this world. I was wrong initially, I shouldn’t have treated you that way, but that was the only method I could think of to keep you by my side."

Mo Yan fell silent, unable to even utter words of rejection.

The pressure he put on her was immense; she was his only hope in this world.