Chapter 319: Wanting a Happy Ending
Chapter 319: Chapter 319: Wanting a Happy Ending
After the other Su Zhaozhao finished speaking, she wiped away her tears excitedly. "So I’ve been watching all this time. Now, I’ve finally seen you marry such a wonderful man, and he loves you so much. Compared to the miserable life I had before, you’ve truly found real happiness."
Listening to her, Su Zhaozhao couldn’t help but grow wary. "So? What are you trying to do now?"
’It can’t be because I helped her find happiness, and now that she sees this body is so happy, she wants to take it back, can it?’
"No, no, don’t be nervous," the Su Zhaozhao from the novel quickly denied. "I’m just very grateful to you. Thank you. Even though you’re the one who brought about all this happiness, it’s an incredibly precious thing to me. Now, I’m finally free."
Hearing her words, Su Zhaozhao couldn’t help but ask, "Then what happens next?"
"As you know, the world of a novel eventually reaches its grand finale. Although the male lead didn’t end up with Gu Qingran, he has found his own happiness."
As the novel’s Su Zhaozhao spoke, she raised a hand, and a screen instantly appeared in front of Su Zhaozhao. On the screen were two people, each in a different space.
Su Zhaozhao saw Xie Huaizhen and Shu Xue on the phone with each other on the screen.
A gentle, smiling light floated in Xie Huaizhen’s eyes—a look Su Zhaozhao had never seen before.
It was just like the expression a male lead in a novel gets only after he’s fallen in love with the female lead.
’So incredibly gentle.’
’He really is the male lead I chased for so long. He looks so much better like this than when he always had that sour look on his face.’
Sighing at the thought of her blunder in mistaking his identity, Su Zhaozhao looked at the novel’s Su Zhaozhao. "What do you think about me getting the wrong person back then?"
"I thought it was great to watch!" the other Su Zhaozhao said with a grin. "You found your happiness too, didn’t you? Whether he’s the male lead or not isn’t important."
"That’s true." At this, Su Zhaozhao looked at her. "So, why did you come looking for me today?"
"I came to tell you that all novel stories reach their end. Your story is now gradually heading toward its finale, too. Do you want to stay in the world of the novel, or return to the real world?"
Hearing her words, Su Zhaozhao fell into deep thought.
"What if I want both? Is that possible?"
"You’re too greedy! I’ll give you three days. Think it over carefully!"
After she said that, Su Zhaozhao’s eyes flew open.
At that moment, she was back in the world of the novel, held in Xie Huaizheng’s arms. Sensing she was awake, Xie Huaizheng reached out, wrapped his arm around her waist, and asked in a low voice, "Zhaozhao, what’s wrong?"
His voice was still laced with the languor of someone who had just woken up.
"Nothing." Su Zhaozhao wanted to tell Xie Huaizheng everything, but when she saw the look on his face, she suddenly didn’t know how to begin.
’How could I even explain it?’
’Would Xie Huaizheng really understand her?’
’Would he think she was a lunatic?’
Xie Huaizheng sobered up a bit, sitting up to look at Su Zhaozhao. "Zhaozhao, I’ve noticed something’s been very off with you lately."
His tone had turned serious.
"Are you facing some kind of trouble? Is there something you can’t resolve? Don’t you trust me? Can’t I help you solve it?"
Su Zhaozhao hadn’t expected Xie Huaizheng to notice. Her heart skipped a beat.
But she didn’t know how to tell him.
After all, this was enough to completely shatter Xie Huaizheng’s perception of his world.
’If Xie Huaizheng discovered that the world he lived in was just a novel, would he break down?’
’Or maybe he wouldn’t believe her and would suspect there was something wrong with her mind.’
Either outcome was more than Su Zhaozhao could bear.
She opened her mouth, but in the end, she said, "It’s nothing, honey. I’m just a little tired. I’ve been dealing with so many new things lately, I just haven’t had time to process it all."
’After all, she had basically moved to a new place and met so many of Xie Huaizheng’s relatives and friends. With so many new people, Su Zhaozhao felt her excuse was a pretty fitting one.’
But Xie Huaizheng’s brow remained tightly furrowed, his expression still serious. "Are you really okay, Zhaozhao?"
He could still tell Su Zhaozhao was hiding something. But since she wasn’t willing to talk, Xie Huaizheng didn’t know how he could possibly force it out of her.
’Forget it. He never wanted to pressure her.’
Although he found some of Su Zhaozhao’s recent behavior strange, since she wasn’t willing to talk about it, Xie Huaizheng would just pretend he didn’t know.
He was willing to trust Su Zhaozhao, so he would wait for the day she was ready to tell him herself.
"I’m fine, really," Su Zhaozhao said, getting up. "I took a nap, and I feel much better now."
She even feigned a yawn and stretched, pretending nothing was wrong.
Watching her put on this act, Xie Huaizheng couldn’t help but let out a long sigh.
"Alright then, Zhaozhao. If there’s any problem, you have to tell me right away. You have to trust your husband. If I can do it, I’ll do my best to solve it for you. If I can’t, I’ll find someone who can."
Listening to Xie Huaizheng’s words, Su Zhaozhao didn’t doubt his sincerity.
’But what could she do? Even with him saying all this, Su Zhaozhao still felt uneasy.’
’Because this wasn’t something she needed him to solve; it was something she needed him to accept.’
But for now, she mustered her spirits, reached out to wrap her arms around Xie Huaizheng’s neck, and said in a low voice, "Huai Zheng, thank you. Having you by my side really makes me feel at ease. I... I do have something I need to tell you, but let me think about it first. I’ll explain everything clearly in three days at the latest, okay?"
"Alright. I’ll be waiting."
Su Zhaozhao hugged Xie Huaizheng tighter, and his large hands settled on her slender waist.
He muttered, "Zhaozhao, you should eat more. You’re too thin. We have everything we need at home now, so just tell Mom whatever you want to eat."
"Okay."
But Su Zhaozhao’s mind was completely preoccupied with whether to stay in this world or return to her original one.
She was a very, very greedy person. She couldn’t bear to leave this world, but she also loved her original world.
Su Zhaozhao wanted to hold on to both.
’But the original owner told her she couldn’t choose that way, right?’
’But was it really impossible?’
Su Zhaozhao felt she had to at least try to fight for it.
’What if?’
’What if she really could have both? That would be... amazing!’
’It would be just like some of the novels she had read before, where the protagonist could travel between both worlds. That way, she wouldn’t have to give one up.’
’But how could she do it? How could she open a path between the two worlds?’
’If the story really was ending, then she had to have a happy ending like that!’