My Savage Ghost

Chapter 28

What a warm body! She's real, not a ghost! She's mine. Whether she's human or ghost, I don't care; I just want to have her. Even if I can't go back to the future, even if I have to give up everything, even if I regret it later, at this moment, holding her in my arms, I'm just thinking this simply, loving this simply. How much love in this world is truly pure?

She cried, cried with all her might and heartfelt emotion. So much hatred hadn't made her cry, so much pressure hadn't made her cry, so much hardship living for revenge hadn't made her cry. It was just a small stone that caused her long-suppressed tears to burst forth. Just a small stone? A stone of cruel fate. A woman released her bitterness and sorrow without reservation into my not-so-broad, not-so-warm chest. What more could I ask for?

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Tears streamed from my tightly closed eyes until the last cold tear slid down my face, leaving a frosty trail. Then, my heart stopped beating forever, ceasing to beat amidst sweet memories…

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One morning in 2005, in a hospital in Nanjing, two men with beaming smiles each held their newborn babies and laughed happily.

"Is yours a son?" one asked the other.

"No, it's a daughter. Is yours a daughter?"

"No, it's my son."

"Hehe, congratulations!"

Congratulations to you! Haha!

"Hey, look, they're actually laughing at each other!"

"Yes, that's strange. Let's take a closer look."

"Wow, wow, they've actually grabbed each other's hands!"

"Wow! They're holding on so tightly, they can't be separated, this is interesting..."

"Auntie? Your daughter has a beautiful birthmark on her back."

"Yes, many nurses say it looks like a lotus flower."

"It really does look like her. Even the birthmark is so pretty. She'll definitely grow up to be a beauty..."

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