From school uniform to wedding dress, but I don't want to marry you anymore

Chapter 538 Night Terror

The car couldn't drive up the hill and had to stop at the foot of the mountain.

The moment Jiang Yu stepped on the brake, he unbuckled his seat belt.

The moment I pushed open the car door, the late summer night wind rushed in like a surging tide.

"Aqiu!"

Ge Jing, who was sweating profusely, staggered due to the wind and sneezed loudly.

"careful!"

Jiang Yu helped the girl steady herself.

He paused, then took off his suit jacket and wrapped it around Ge Jing. "It's late summer now, and it's a bit cold. Wear my clothes for now."

The coat still retained the man's body temperature, like a weak barrier trying to block out this cold summer night.

Ge Jing looked at the man in front of her, her chest moving slightly: "Okay, thank you."

"Do you remember the exact location?"

Jiang Yu's voice remained steady in the wind, his eyes scanning the dark outline of the hillside ahead, "Let's go take a look together."

"It's over there! Where there are trees!"

Ge Jing pointed to a hillside not far away. She pursed her lips, her premonition growing stronger. "Mother should be there."

After she finished speaking, she wrapped herself in Jiang Yu's suit and ran forward quickly.

The grass was a little slippery in late summer, and Ge Jing almost fell several times when she stepped on it with her soles.

Jiang Yu followed closely beside her, holding her arm with his strong arm.

Then, the flashlight beam cut through the thick darkness, sweeping through the weeds, broken branches and exposed rocks.

The two continued walking forward and finally saw the familiar yet unfamiliar outline of the abandoned park.

The broken cement road, the crooked and rotten wooden benches, and... the small cement swing in my memory.

There is also a low concrete wall...

There, there stood a thin figure.

It’s Ge Jing’s mother, Wen Peizhen!

Wen Peizhen turned her back to Jiang Yu and Ge Jing, and in front of her was the bottomless city lights in the distance.

The night wind lifted her loose blue and white striped hospital gown, making it look like a fragile kite that could be blown away at any time.

Ge Jing was horrified to find that if she took one step back from where her mother was standing, there would be an extremely steep slope.

If you fall, you may lose your life at worst, or suffer fractures all over your body at the least.

"mom!"

Ge Jing screamed in horror.

The distorted tone echoed in the silent night, full of fear and helplessness.

Fearing that her mother would do something stupid, she didn't care about anything else and staggered forward.

But because he was too scared, his body fell forward uncontrollably.

A "plop" sound!

Ge Jing's knees hit the cold, hard concrete floor hard, causing her to feel excruciating pain.

Wen Peizhen's body trembled, as if she had woken up from some frozen nightmare.

She turned around slowly, revealing a face full of despair.

The woman who woke up from her coma seemed even more haggard.

The cheekbones are prominent, the eye sockets are deep, and the lips are chapped.

The messy gray hair was blown by the wind and stuck to the tear-stained cheeks.

The empty hospital gown on her body made her look even more emaciated, like a body with its soul sucked out.

"Jingjing..."

Wen Peizhen's gaze pierced through the darkness and fell on Ge Jing.

Her voice was light and airy, like a wisp of smoke that could dissipate at any moment, and filled with disbelief and trance. "Am I useless? I failed to protect your grandfather's property, failed to safeguard our home, and even implicated you. I'm useless! I'm really useless!"

The more she spoke, the more excited she became, causing the gravel under her feet to roll down the hillside.

"Mom! Don't think like that! None of this is your fault!"

Ge Jing tentatively extended her hand while gently walking towards Wen Peizhen. "It's not your fault! It's never your fault! It's their fault! It's Ge Bangguo! He's such a heartless person! It's Shen Xuewei, it's Ge Guangyao, it's them! They're the ones who ruined everything!"

"No! No! Ultimately, it's because I don't have the ability."

Wen Peizhen gently raised her head and looked at the starry night sky. Her eyes were filled with deeper despair and self-mockery. "Your father once said that everything was my fault. I was too strong, so he was under a lot of pressure and had an affair. I'm not as gentle as Shen Xuewei. I can't give birth to a son like Shen Xuewei to carry on his family line. It's all my fault..."

"Mom is so useless! I'm sorry to everyone. I don't deserve to live in this world!"

After she finished speaking, Wen Peizhen raised her tearful eyes and looked at the steep hillside below her feet, her eyes filled with heart-pounding relief.

Then, she slowly raised her foot and stepped forward...

"Mom! No!"

Ge Jing screamed and rushed forward desperately.

At the moment when Wen Peizhen missed her step, the girl hugged her mother tightly.

The huge impact caused both mother and daughter to stagger.

Fortunately, Jiang Yu followed closely and grabbed Ge Jing's shoulder.

After the two of them stood firmly, the man gently released his hand and looked silently at the mother and daughter hugging each other.

"Mom! Don't do this!"

Ge Jing held Wen Peizhen tightly with her arms, as if she wanted to transfer all her vitality to her mother and drag her back from the edge of the cold and desperate abyss.

"You still have me! Mom! Look at me! You still have me!"

Ge Jing raised her tear-stained face, trying to make her mother look into her eyes. "It doesn't matter if the company is gone, the home is gone! We're still here! We'll start over! I'll support you! I'll take care of you! Mom... please don't leave me... You're all I have... You're all I have!"

"Jingjing..."

Wen Peizhen's body was stiff in Ge Jing's arms.

A broken sob escaped from the depths of her throat.

Slowly, the woman hesitantly raised her skinny fingers and hugged her daughter back little by little.

"I'm sorry, Jingjing, Mommy is sorry..."

Wen Peizhen began to cry loudly, almost out of breath, and spoke incoherently, "Mom is so useless and cowardly. I only drag you down, making you worry about me and suffer for me. But I am so sad, Jingjing, I don’t know why I have depression. There is always a voice in my head telling me that everything is my fault and only death can atone for my sins. So..., that's why I did these wrong things, Jingjing, I'm sorry, Mom doesn't want to make you sad, I'm really sorry..."

"Stop it, Mom!"

Ge Jing shook her head vigorously and hugged her mother tighter. "You're not a burden! Never have been! You're my mother! The most important person to me in this world! What would I do without you?"

"Mom, just think of it as being for me. You have to be well too. Don't leave me alone. I'm so scared. I'm really scared..."

In the empty abandoned park, only the sobbing sounds of Ge Jing and Wen Peizhen, mother and daughter, could be heard.

Jiang Yu stood silently a few steps away from Ge Jing.

Like a silent mountain, it silently separates the dark abyss behind.

The night wind ruffled the man's hair, and his stern profile appeared sharply defined in the dim light.

Those deep eyes were lowered, with deep heartache that was almost overflowing.