Grandfather Yu, Grandma Yu, and the doctor, who had been watching, were all startled by the child's words.
"Lele..."
Grandma Yu murmured.
What had happened?
Why had the child said that?
But the old woman's eyes grew hot.
The reason didn't matter.
The result was what mattered.
Lele had...
Finally realized that the parents in his fantasies weren't really his parents...
The child...
Was he going to wake up?
Grandma Yu clenched the back of her hand.
Her heart was nearly in her throat.
Tears streamed down the child's face.
He looked a complete mess.
His expression seemed fierce.
But his eyes were full of sorrow.
They weren't his parents...
His parents...
The child's whole body trembled.
"My parents..."
The child couldn't help looking at Xiao Xiao.
Like a little animal drowning and pleading for help.
His eyes were full of entreaty.
Xiao Xiao looked into the child's eyes.
"Lele."
"Your parents..."
"Are gone."
"...Gone..."
The child's voice was very soft.
He didn't want to believe it.
Like before, he wanted to loudly argue back...
To say that his parents were right there!
But...
He couldn't...
He'd seen it with his own eyes...
The parents he'd thought were his parents weren't his parents.
The sight of his parents turning into birds had shaken the child deeply.
It was as if someone had kicked him awake from a dream.
He didn't want to wake up...
But he had no choice.
And...
Big Brother was right...
He couldn't mistake someone else for his parents.
How could he mistake someone else for his parents?
If he mistook someone else for his parents...
His parents would be sad.
He didn't want his parents to be sad.
He loved his parents so much...
The child squeezed