ALL NOVEL Chapter 60: Don't be afraid, I'm here
Chapter 60: Don’t be afraid, I’m here
But Su Mu’s heart was pounding.
Is this really a joke?
And how could he clearly hear Su Ning’s words if his ears were damaged?
He ultimately could not deceive himself to such an extent; when others told him the truth, he could not pretend he didn’t hear.
Su Mu displayed an expression of deep pain and confusion, weakly asking, “Why?”
To his surprise, Su Ning seemed to find it amusing, “Su Mu, have you finally understood your current situation? Why? Just because you are Su Mu, you stole my twenty years of what should have been a happy life, that’s why.”
“But I’ve returned everything to you,” Su Mu frowned, his face filled with agony, his words coming out with great difficulty.
“I even played the piano for you, took your honors, and I didn’t ask for any of it. The Su family is also yours. I won’t fight you for a single cent of the family fortune.”
“Why do you still treat me like this?”
Su Ning scoffed, crossing his arms as he looked at him, his brows and eyes filled with disdain and disgust.
“Su Mu, your existence seems to remind me of my incompetence at every moment; I can’t compare to you.”
“You can play the piano, and you play it so well.”
“Your grades are good, you’re still a top student.”
“Even if I returned to the Su family, do you know what those rich second-generation kids say about me behind my back?”
Su Ning’s eyes were filled with rage, his face twisted, as he reached out and fiercely grabbed Su Mu’s chin. Su Mu winced in pain, his brows furrowing even deeper.
“They say I’m just a useless country bumpkin, that I can’t compare to you in anything.”
“Do you know how much of this kind of gossip I’ve endured?”
…
Su Ning roared at him, spewing out all his dissatisfaction and true thoughts.
It was only then that Su Mu realized that the person he had always regarded as a younger brother viewed him in this way.
Su Mu’s gaze gradually lost its light. After understanding Su Ning’s true feelings, he had to face these facts.
Finally, after Su Ning had vented, he saw Su Ning slowly moving a hammer above his hand through his increasingly fearful widened pupils.
Su Ning finally saw the extreme fear on Su Mu’s face, and he felt satisfied.
Like a devil’s whisper, he uttered a chilling statement.
“You say, what would happen if these hands that play the piano were ruined?”
As his guess was confirmed, Su Mu panicked. He hadn’t screamed even after being hit just now, but at this moment, he only wanted to beg for mercy.
“Su Ning, don’t be so cruel, you can’t do this,” Su Mu’s voice trembled endlessly, as if he were on the edge of a cliff.
Su Ning’s smile gradually widened, his mouth stretching wider, “Then you beg me.”
Su Mu gritted his teeth, opened his mouth, but no sound came out.
“What did you say? I didn’t hear clearly, speak louder.” Su Ning’s smile grew increasingly malicious.
“I beg you, Su Ning, please, don’t ruin my hands.” Su Mu’s voice was almost a cry, the sincerity in his eyes clear.
But in the eyes of the abuser, this was a delicacy they relished.
“Then I won’t!” Su Ning said viciously, raising the hammer high and smashing it down with force.
“No—” In his heart-wrenching scream, the bone-crushing pain radiated from his hand throughout his body.
Every cell screamed in agony.
With fingers connected to the heart, his hands were brutally smashed by Su Ning with the hammer, each finger bone shattered one by one.
In the end, a pair of originally slender and beautiful hands had become a bloody mess, with bones protruding, a sight too horrific to behold.
He didn’t know whether his hands hurt more or his heart, but he knew one thing: he would never be able to play the piano again.
This cruel reality nearly shattered his heart.
He fainted several times from the pain, only to be jolted awake by the next wave of agony, his eyes turning red. Even today, when he recalls it, those brutal scenes remain vivid.
And the intense pain made Su Mu shiver as he remembered that moment.
“Su Mu, Su Mu, wake up, what happened?”
Su Mu seemed to hear someone calling him, his dazed eyes focusing, and the first thing he saw was a handsome face filled with deep worry and urgency.
“Chu, Han Ting?”
“It’s me,” Chu Hanting replied impatiently.
Heaven knows, just moments ago, they had come out of the competition together, and in a short time, he suddenly noticed something was off with Su Mu.
He seemed to be trapped in some bad memory, and in an instant, Chu Hanting could feel Su Mu’s aura thickening with gloom.
Like falling into a dark abyss, radiating intense hatred and pain.
Chu Hanting didn’t know what was wrong with him; he could only shake his shoulder, calling out to him repeatedly.
Seeing that Su Mu finally woke up, the worry in Chu Hanting’s heart eased.
“What was I just now?” Su Mu didn’t know how to explain, but he was clear that his expression just now must have been terrifyingly ugly.
He was afraid that his beloved would see him in such an ugly state, fearing that Chu Hanting would hate him or look at him with disgust.
Chu Hanting didn’t know Su Mu’s worries, but he knew that Su Mu’s current emotions were very off.
Just a moment ago, when he was clearly being wronged, he had observed Su Mu, and he was fine.
How could he suddenly seem to be trapped in a nightmare, with such intense emotional fluctuations, as if recalling some deeply painful past experience?
He didn’t press for details, just comforted him: “It’s okay, if you don’t want to talk, then don’t. I just want you to be happy.”
He didn’t want to see Su Mu’s expression filled with pain, despair, and hatred anymore; he couldn’t bear it, just seeing him suffer made his heart feel heavy.
What had this little guy gone through to cause such a severe psychological shadow?
Coming back to his senses, Su Mu trembled as he raised his hands, flipping them over a couple of times, as if confirming something.
It’s okay now, he had been given a second chance. This time, he would protect these hands and all the people he cherished.
However, the memories of his past life made his current hands feel as if they were experiencing phantom limb pain; clearly fine, yet he could acutely feel the pain of his finger bones being shattered in his previous life.
He couldn’t help but break out in a layer of sweat.
Chu Hanting didn’t know why Su Mu was staring at his hands, but he noticed that Su Mu’s hands were trembling.
So, he wrapped his warm palm around Su Mu’s hands, holding them tightly in his embrace.
“Don’t be afraid, I’m here.”
Su Mu’s cold hands were warmed by Chu Hanting’s palm, gradually stopping their trembling.
Even his restless heart was soothed by the words “I’m here.”
As his emotions calmed down, inexplicably, Su Mu wanted to ask a question.
“You don’t hate me, right?”
Chu Hanting didn’t know if this was a confession or something else; he couldn’t promise anything right now, but at this moment, he didn’t want to give a negative answer.
“Su Mu, you’re fine, don’t think too much. How could I hate you? You’re so good.”