God Invasion: It's awesome to save the world with five problematic girls!-Chapter 1294 - 376: Nightmare

Ye Shiyu had a nightmare.

In the dream, she seemed to return to her childhood, back to Dragon Country Tianjing.

She dreamed that she lived in a small but cozy house.

At that time, besides her and her mother, there was also a man whose face wasn't clear...

She no longer remembered what that person looked like.

She only remembered his voice, and the words he said to her.

She also remembered that the atmosphere at home was not bad.

She had a father who liked to buy her many toys and a very gentle and kind mother.

Except for occasional quarrels at night, Ye Shiyu didn't remember anything particularly special.

But even those few quarrels caught young Ye Shiyu's attention.

So she remembered, one afternoon she asked that man,

"Dad..."

"Hmm?"

"Did you and mom have a fight?"

That man smiled upon hearing these words.

He rubbed his head, then asked in confusion,

"No... Little Shiyu, why would you think that..." 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

"Uh... then, will dad always be with us?"

"Of course..."

Ye Shiyu also remembered asking her mother the same question that night.

Her mother held her, shook her head with a smile, and said,

"No... Shiyu, as long as you're a good girl, why would mom be angry..."

"Then mom will always be with us, right?"

"Yes, I promise..."

That's what they both said.

But Ye Shiyu didn't remember whether she believed it at the time.

Perhaps she had instinctively sensed something...

She just thought that if she listened to them more, if she did better, made them proud and reassured, she could save everything.

"Hey, is school really that painful for the kid? Even with you and your brother-in-law taking turns tutoring?"

"Yeah, Jiahao and I are so worried... The kid used to be so good, but once school started and homework came along, he turned into a little Demon Lord of Mayhem... you have no idea, we're both depressed..."

"Hiss..."

Ye Shiyu remembered seeing the worried expression on her mother's face when her aunt came to visit and shared about it.

She took it all in.

"Congratulations, congratulations, your child is top of the class again..."

So, Ye Shiyu didn't want to worry her mother and father.

Since elementary school, she'd secretly read after lights out.

Every term-end, she would stand on the podium holding the "First in All Subjects" certificate.

Seeing her mother's smile at the parents' meetings, she couldn't help but smile too.

"..."

"Shiyu, have you lost weight again? Have you been eating properly lately..."

Ye Shiyu also remembered the concerned look on her father's face when he measured her height and weight,

"Hey, I wasn't healthy as a kid either, your grandpa never made me suffer... you, don't be like me, okay?"

"Okay..."

So she signed up for martial arts classes at school.

And after every training session, when her father came to pick her up, the coach would praise her.

Ye Shiyu didn't understand what the benefits of these were.

But seeing the smile on her father's face as he looked at her growing stronger, she felt content.

"Your child is very talented, and her perseverance is rare... Like when stretching, other kids cried, only your Shiyu stayed silent..."

"Yes, yes, she's been a good girl since she was little, never picky with food, eats everything including green peppers and vegetables..."

From then on, not only to prevent her parents' worries, but as long as they mentioned anything, Ye Shiyu would strive to do it.

Sewing, martial arts, dancing, arithmetic, history, athletics...

All of them, these...

She learned them all, she accomplished everything.

She really tried hard, and there were many times she thought she succeeded.

She felt that through her own efforts, she could maintain the family...

If that were really the case, she would do whatever it took.

So after achieving all this, after becoming a famous and proud child in the community... she asked her mother and father the same question again,

"Would they always be with her?"

And just like before, she received the same answer,

"Of course."

But...

"Rumble..."

Ye Shiyu certainly remembered, that night, watching her mother sit alone at the door.

Everything inside the room had been moved out.

The certificates she won, the toys she bought, everything she had left in that room...

Ye Shiyu remembered accompanying her mother at the door for a long time, and staring at the empty room for a long time...

As if that empty room was the part of her heart that had been hollowed out.

In the end, did she really care about the toys and certificates she once received there?

Perhaps, not entirely?

She just didn't understand why it turned out like this.

When just yesterday, she'd asked her parents those questions and received those answers...

When she'd already done so much before, trying to make amends...

But why?

Why...

Why were all her efforts so futile?

If only she'd known the outcome beforehand...

She thought.

Then she wouldn't have foolishly believed the lies her parents told in front of her, naively thinking everything would become better...

Then she wouldn't have put in so much effort in vain, doing so many futile tasks...