socalfunplaces Chapter 1391 Let's Die with Your Mother
Chapter 1391 Let's Die with Your Mother
After hearing Nico Lane's words, Shao Yun's face turned ferocious, and he shouted angrily:
"You've ruined Keli! Do you know what you're doing?! Everything that happened tonight—the bloodshed, the cruelty, the despair—will haunt her like a nightmare for the rest of her life! She's just a little girl!"
“My hatred for her mother shouldn’t involve her! She shouldn’t have been brought to a place like this and forced to witness this cruelty!”
Nicole Lane stiffened slightly, her face still expressionless, but the voice she transmitted to Shao Yun's mind lacked its previous composure, and she spoke with a guilty tone:
"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry... If you want to blame someone, blame me. Our Witch Society is an organization that loves children. I never wanted to hurt her, and I never wanted her to suffer like this."
"But I can't just watch Cleo's mother die here, I can't watch Cleo lose her mother at such a young age... I have no choice, I have no other option!"
At that moment, Nico Lane pleaded desperately, "You are a father, and I believe you are a 'human being,' a human being who still has humanity."
“I have no other choice but to take a gamble, a gamble on your humanity, a gamble that you won’t actually kill her mother in front of Claire.”
"For Klee's sake, stop. Let Alice go, and let this innocent child go too."
Shao Yun felt it was ridiculous, how ridiculous! He was powerless to control his own destiny, and in the end, he still put Ke Li in a dangerous situation.
"Haha...hahaha...what a ridiculous excuse! 'Being unable to do it'? That's all there is to it?"
“We’re all bastards, but one of us dragged an innocent child into suffering she shouldn’t have to endure. Who do you think that person is?”
Nico Lane's voice, filled with grief and indignation, appeared in Shao Yun's mind, saying:
"That's not true! Alice had no choice! Everything she did was for Klee!"
"She wanted to create a safe and happy environment for her daughter, to let Claire grow up in a world without disasters or conflicts. Was she wrong?!"
How can we criticize a mother who loves her daughter?
"Am I wrong?" Shao Yun seemed to be completely enraged. He glared at Nico Lane, raised his voice, and retorted sharply.
"Alice has children, but don't I?! Isn't my daughter a child too?! Don't I want my daughter to grow up in a safe and happy environment?!"
Then, gritting his teeth, he uttered a cruel truth with a resounding voice, cursing, "Don't give me those high-sounding fairy tales! Some people just live more like humans than humans do!"
"This world is a dog-eat-dog world, where might makes right! Otherwise, you wouldn't be using the child as a weakness to threaten me! Because you can't beat me!"
Nico Lane was stunned and could no longer utter a word in defense.
What Shao Yun said was true, a fact that she could not refute.
After a moment of silence, Nico Lane's defiant voice still stubbornly entered Shao Yun's mind.
"You could have prevented all of this from happening! If you had been able to control yourself, Teyvat wouldn't be like this, Aerith wouldn't have ended up like this, and Klee wouldn't have had to suffer all this!"
These words ignited Shao Yun's long-suppressed anger. He took a step forward, pointed at Nico Lane's nose, and frantically cursed:
"Avoid it? Why should I avoid it?! Because you're all a bunch of damn liars!"
"Ying was looking for her brother, and I had no obligation to help any of you for free. Now that she's found him, my wife has found her brother!"
"Now that her brother has been found, my wife has finally found the family she has been longing for! From now on, we just want to live a peaceful life, and no one should bother us!"
"Therefore, anyone who tries to stop us deserves to die!!!"
The last sentence shook the air in the entire Floating Feather Bay, causing all the members of the Abyss Order present to tremble involuntarily.
Nicole Lane was stunned by the murderous intent emanating from Shao Yun. She slowly turned her head and looked at Klee, who was kneeling in front of Alice and sobbing uncontrollably.
For Klee's sake, and for Alice's sake to live, Nico Lane abandoned all pride and dignity, bent his knees, and knelt heavily before Shao Yun, his posture so humble that he was practically in the dust.
"Well... for Klee's sake, I'm begging you. You've succeeded. You found Ying's brother, you protected your family, you won!"
"Now, please, please leave Klee with a mother, please spare Alice."
"I swear in the name of the angels, and in the name of the Witches' Guild, from this day forward, we will never bother you or your family again. We will find a way to save Teyvat ourselves and will never trouble you in the slightest again!"
Please, forgive us this time!
Seeing Nico Lane kneeling so humbly before him, abandoning all pride and begging for his forgiveness, Shao Yun felt no pity.
He snorted coldly, said nothing more, raised his foot, and kicked Nico Lane roughly in the chest.
With a muffled thud, Nico Lane was kicked and landed on the beach.
Shao Yun withdrew his foot and turned to walk towards Keli, who was kneeling in front of Alice.
……
At this moment, Klee was still kneeling on the cold sand, her little hands gently holding her mother's severed hand, afraid that if she let go, her mother would disappear completely.
At this moment, Alice didn't even have the strength to respond to Klee.
Seeing her mother like this, Klee's tears wouldn't stop; large teardrops fell "plop plop" onto the sand as she sobbed.
"Mommy...Mommy, don't leave Klee...Klee will be a good girl, she'll never fry fish again, she'll never cause trouble again, and she'll never make Captain Jean angry again...Klee will be a good girl..."
She was just a child who wanted to keep her mother with her; she asked for nothing more.
Shao Yun stood quietly behind Ke Li, watching her small, helpless figure and her heart-wrenching cries, her throat tightening slightly.
He opened his mouth, hesitated for a long time, and then greeted her in an extremely calm voice, "Klee..."
This call instantly ignited the hatred in Klee's heart.
She turned her head sharply, and her once clear, bright, and innocent eyes were now filled with an intense hatred and loathing.
If Ke Li's gaze could kill, Shao Yun would probably have been torn to pieces and reduced to ashes by now.
Shao Yun didn't notice the hatred in her eyes, nor was he angry. He simply squatted down slowly to meet Ke Li's gaze.
Without a trace of hostility, just like the older brother who used to take her horseback riding and fishing, he said softly, "Claire, I know you hate me, but I will never blame you."
“I don’t want to make any excuses for hurting your mother, because I did, and I did make you suffer pain that you shouldn’t have had to endure.”
"But I want to tell you that the conflict between your mother and me is a dispute between our generation. It doesn't mean I will hurt you, nor does it mean I will forget the good things I've done for you."
"No matter how angry I am, no matter how cruel I am to your mother, I truly love you."
Even if I fight your mother to the death, even if we are mortal enemies, my feelings for you have never changed, and I will always love you.
He paused, then softly spoke the truth from the bottom of his heart.
"In my heart, you are like my daughter, just as lovely, and just as someone I want to take good care of."
"Although I have my own daughter now, I don't know why, every time I see you, I can't help but want to be good to you and want you to always be happy and not suffer any grievances."
"You are a lucky child. May 'He' always protect you and keep you away from disasters..."
Keli stared blankly at Shao Yun, at the pure gentleness and sincerity in his eyes, at the absence of any hostility or deception. The hatred in her heart began to melt away little by little, like ice and snow being soaked in warm water.
Her tense body gradually relaxed.
Yes, she was just a little child after all. Even though she was full of hatred and furious, she couldn't resist this familiar tenderness.
The images of Shao Yun's gentle treatment of her flashed through her mind like fragments, gradually overlapping with the image of the older brother in front of her, covered in blood and with gentle eyes.
She opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but didn't know what to say. She just looked at Shao Yun quietly, the hatred in her eyes gradually fading, replaced by confusion.
Why, and what caused this older brother who loves me to turn out like this?
Shao Yun shifted his gaze from Ke Li's face to Alice, who was half-dead and barely breathing, like a candle flickering in the wind.
He said a few words that were fairly reasonable to Keli.
“Your mother loves you very much. Although I wish I could kill her right now, immediately, right now, I need to admit that everything she did was for you.”
"But I'm not wrong either. I also need to create an absolutely safe environment for my daughter and my family. I can't leave any hidden dangers."
Keli listened to Shao Yun's words in a daze. Her little head couldn't understand the disputes and obsessions of adults, nor could it understand what hidden dangers or grudges were.
All she knew was that her mother was in great pain and was about to die. Her only wish was for her beloved mother to live, to live well.
Klee's tears welled up again, rolling down her cheeks in large drops. She threw herself at Alice, clutching her mother's cold hand tightly.
“Klee, don’t listen to that…Klee wants Mommy to live, Klee wants Mommy to be well! Klee wants to sleep in Mommy’s arms, wants Mommy to tell Klee stories, wants to fry fish with Mommy…”
Her wish was simple and pure, containing only her most genuine dependence on and reluctance to part with her mother, which brought a pang of sadness to the listener's heart.
Looking at her like this, Shao Yun realized that this was the one request he simply couldn't grant.
Shao Yun shook his head. This was the only request he couldn't grant right now. He had said all this in the hopes of "adopting" Ke Li.
"Claire, be good. I'll take care of you from now on. I'll treat you the same as before, buy you sweet cakes, go horseback riding and fishing with you, and wait for your real father to come and pick you up, okay?"
Upon hearing this, Klee abruptly raised her head, her face streaked with tears, but her eyes remained firm and she stubbornly shook her head, her little head bobbing like a rattle drum.
"I don't want that! I don't want you to support me! I want my mom! I only want Alice, the mom who loves Claire the most!"
In her heart, no one could replace her mother, not even Shao Yun, who had been so kind to her.
Shao Yun looked at Ke Li's determined expression to protect Alice, and at her unyielding attitude.
He suppressed all his emotions, showing no mercy whatsoever, and said, word by word, "Since you're so disobedient, then you'll have to be buried with your mother!"