Yue Ze coldly looked at him: “Do you think I want to live like this?” Yue Lin raised his head, and the two brothers finally made eye contact, silently looking at each other, unwilling to give in even at this point.
“…Stop fighting,” Tao Yu’s voice pulled their attention back. Her hand was still trembling, her entire body shaking violently, continuously backing away. “I can’t do it, I can’t do it, I’m sorry…” As she spoke, she pointed the gun at herself.
“Girl!” “Tao Yu!”
Both of them shouted simultaneously, then grimaced in pain from the exertion. Yue Lin recovered first, speaking gently: “Calm down, your death will only make things worse.”
“Just choose whoever, we won’t blame you,” Yue Ze said nervously, watching the gun barrel, afraid she might accidentally shoot him.
Tao Yu looked at them distrustfully: “You’ll blame me. You’ll definitely blame me.”
“I promise I won’t, girl!” “We won’t, Tao Yu.”
They spoke simultaneously, then were stunned hearing each other’s voices.
Tao Yu gave a bitter smile: “You’re lying. You’re still blaming each other, pushing fault onto the other side, because you don’t want to admit that deep down you hate the parents who made the initial choice. If I do this today, won’t you hate me in the future just like you hate your parents?”
After her words, both fell silent. After a long time, Yue Lin weakly said: “We won’t hate you…” He trailed off, unable to accept the truth suddenly exposed after years of concealment.
“Right, why would we hate you? You were also forced,” Yue Ze said, feeling like he’d been struck. He fell silent, then joked after a while, “Besides, we’re all going to die soon, just moments apart. How would we have time to hate you?”
“But I know if I survive, I’ll suffer endlessly, hurt a hundred times more than you. How can you bear to let me continue like this?” Tao Yu pressed the trigger against her temple, giving a bitter smile. “Let me be free, okay? If you could live like before, I’d willingly care for you, endure a lifetime of pain. But if you’ve lost hope of survival, I’d rather die right now.”