320 Chapter 320 (Part 1/2)
A torrential rain poured without pause over the Mountain Temple. Water streamed across the ground, and even with the doors shut, the sound of the receding rain still reached inside.
The instant Mei Chengyu saw Gongsun Xi, all his memories came rushing back. Grief and joy, anger and delight surged together, choking him and leaving him unable to speak. It felt as though a sharp blade were scraping up and down his throat. He swallowed the trickle of blood with its iron-sweet taste, his mouth opening, but no sound came out.
The young man's pitch-black eyes reflected the woman's concerned, bewildered face. He clutched his throat and dropped to his knees. A ringing in his ears stretched on, drowning out everyone else's voices. He could only watch their mouths open and close, as if they were anxiously asking what was wrong.
His father hurried over from afar. Together with his elder brother, he knelt beside him and reached out to support him.
His towering hatred and the urge to destroy everything, long buried in his heart, burst forth with unstoppable force, shrieking for a fight to the death.
The boy collapsed unconscious in the torrential rain. He remained unconscious for three days and nights, while his family took turns keeping watch by his bedside, waiting for him to wake.
The moment Mei Chengyu saw his mother, those fractured memories became whole and clear. Even after three days and nights, he could still recall countless trivial details of their everyday lives.
Those little moments from their ordinary days had once filled his life, but they had to end someday, because they would never make new memories again.
On the fourth night, the rain began to ease. A fine drizzle twined with the mountain mist, and the