"No!"
At that, Grandma Yu could no longer stay silent.
"Lele."
Grandma Yu looked at the child earnestly. "You've never been a burden to us."
"You're the precious gift your parents left us."
"You're all your grandparents have."
At that, Grandma Yu couldn't help choking up.
"Our only wish is for you to be well."
"To grow up happy and healthy."
"...When you woke up in the hospital, it was as if you'd forgotten about the car accident..."
Grandma Yu clenched her hands.
She knew they were this close...
The child was almost ready to wake up for real and accept reality.
They couldn't let this chance pass.
"We thought you'd only just woken up and weren't well. We didn't want to upset you..."
"We thought we'd wait until you were discharged before telling you..."
"So we kept it from you that your parents were gone."
"We never imagined..."
"That you'd believe it so completely."
"No matter how we tried to tell you afterward..."
"You just wouldn't believe us."
"Your grandpa and I didn't know what to do..."
Grandma Yu gave a bitter smile.
"You kept getting into arguments with people over this..."
"We knew we couldn't go on like that..."
"We had to make you understand and accept the truth."
"...Your parents are both gone."
"What they said was true."
"They weren't spreading rumors."
"You just couldn't accept what happened... so you deceived yourself..."
You made yourself a utopia where your parents were still by your side.
"Even the most beautiful dream is still only a dream..."
"Even the most beautiful dream has to end..."
"Lele."
Grandma Yu sighed. "It's time to wake up."
Then your parents, watching from heaven, could stop worrying about you.
The child's tears, which had paused for a moment,