He'd managed to keep a fairly even response at first. It saddened him, of course it did. Facing the weight of lost years.
He shut his eyes at the name, breathing out tensely. That, he wouldn't be able to take. That child was long gone. All it did was tug at his heart to remember a happier time that he would never obtain again. Even if Gaowen was alive, their parents were not. Their families were torn and broken, and the carefree nature that had once filled Zhuiying's cheeks with endless smiles had be snuffed and turned cold.
But it wasn't until the last sentence that he broke.
He wrenched his wrist away, the anger flashing in his expression, the gold glinting off his wrist at the same time he noticed another colour. Red. Faint. Fading. But it was there.
His heart lurched.
"Fool."
The word was as scathing as it was heartbroken. "The only burden I ever carried was your death." The very idea that all this? All this death, all this vengeance, could have been saved simply if Gaowen hadn't considered himself a burden?
He felt the sting of heat rise at the edges of his vision, and he used his weak arm to shove at Gaowen even though it did almost nothing. He had no energy left, and no real desire to hurt him. This was pure grief, lashing out.
"I would have done anything for you. How could you possibly be a burden?"
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He shut his eyes at the name, breathing out tensely. That, he wouldn't be able to take. That child was long gone. All it did was tug at his heart to remember a happier time that he would never obtain again. Even if Gaowen was alive, their parents were not. Their families were torn and broken, and the carefree nature that had once filled Zhuiying's cheeks with endless smiles had be snuffed and turned cold.
But it wasn't until the last sentence that he broke.
He wrenched his wrist away, the anger flashing in his expression, the gold glinting off his wrist at the same time he noticed another colour. Red. Faint. Fading. But it was there.
His heart lurched.
"Fool."
The word was as scathing as it was heartbroken. "The only burden I ever carried was your death." The very idea that all this? All this death, all this vengeance, could have been saved simply if Gaowen hadn't considered himself a burden?
He felt the sting of heat rise at the edges of his vision, and he used his weak arm to shove at Gaowen even though it did almost nothing. He had no energy left, and no real desire to hurt him. This was pure grief, lashing out.
"I would have done anything for you. How could you possibly be a burden?"