louisehourcade Chapter 1433: The Grand Finale (19)
Chapter 1433: The Grand Finale (19)
"Second Brother, let’s go." Zang Xiaolian tugged Xiao Yebai to change direction.
But Xiao Yebai stood unmoving, both hands tightly gripping Luo Ke’s neck, unwilling to let go. The expression on Luo Ke’s face gradually stiffened, like a mask. Touching it again, it was clear that he no longer breathed.
"He’s dead, Second Brother, we must leave immediately!" Zang Xiaolian shook Xiao Yebai’s body hard.
Xiao Yebai snapped back to reality, releasing his hands from Luo Ke’s corpse, but his footsteps continued forward. His stubbornness scared Zang Xiaolian. Zang Xiaolian spread his arms to hug Xiao Yebai’s waist: "Second Brother—" The ceiling overhead had half collapsed, and the rumbling sound of the building above crashing down could be heard. The entire castle was fracturing. They could be buried alive by the collapsing earth at any moment.
"Second Brother, think of Sister-in-law, think of the child, don’t you hear me, Second Brother?" Zang Xiaolian pleaded with a voice nearing sobs.
Still, Xiao Yebai heard nothing, his eyes staring lifelessly like those of a dead fish in a certain direction, uttering, "No, I saw him, I know it, he’s here, he must still be here, he’s the gamble I dare not risk capturing!"
Zang Xiaolian was stunned by his words, turning back as if there was truly some shadow lurking in the castle ahead. However, right now, they needed to confront the imminent collapse of the building!
"Second Brother, before we find him, we might—"
Boom, a cloud of dust rose in front of them, a large chunk of brick heavily falling on the road ahead. In the darkness, the shadows that had been observing seemed to vanish in a blink. Xiao Yebai was about to give chase when suddenly two childish voices cried out from behind: "Dad, Dad—" It was the voice of his younger son, the affectionate call of Erhouzi who had been missing for so long.
The shadow before them truly vanished; it was an illusion. Xiao Yebai turned back.
"Dad, where are you? Mom is here, I’m here—"
Erhouzi shouted hysterically, his small eyes burning red. His uncle held him back, preventing him from rushing in further, but hearing that Dad was in the castle ahead, what he saw was the castle collapsing; would his Dad die inside?
"Dad, don’t leave me and Mom—" Erhouzi used all the strength in his small voice to shout out his final words, "Dad, you lied to me, you said you were Superman, yet you haven’t come out—"
With a loud crash, the last pillars supporting the castle crumbled, and the entire massive structure shattered like tofu.
Gu Nuan’s heart tightened abruptly, feeling suffocated for a moment. If he were dead, no, she dared not even think about it, he couldn’t die, if he died—what he promised her, was it all meaningless?
"Xiao Yebai!"
"Sister-in-law!" Zhan Dapeng forcefully blocked her, a blank feeling in his head, could it be, Xiao Yebai really couldn’t make it out?
"Xiao Yebai, if you dare to die, I will find another man—"
"Yes, Dad, if you die, I agree with Mom finding another man—"
The others at the scene were all stunned by the mother and son’s words.
After the castle collapsed, dust filled the sky. A strong sea breeze swept away the dust in front of everyone’s vision, revealing the figures of two messy-haired men.
Erhouzi’s little face shifted from sadness to joy in an instant, and he ran up on his little legs, stretching out small hands to hug Big White Dad.
Xiao Yebai’s outstretched fingers pinched Erhouzi’s face: "What did you just say, agreeing for your mom to find another man? After feeding and raising you, am I not your real father? Is this how you repay me?"