Chapter 1871: Can We Still Walk Together?


    Chapter 1871: Can We Still Walk Together?


    Cloud remained silent.


    Who could truly know what was in his heart? What he truly desired was not any of these. Initially, he


    wanted to obtain the schematics for the anti-electromaic pulse, just to exchange them with OGW


    and then escape with Vicki.


    But now, could he still achieve his original goal?


    Without Vicki, what was the purpose of everything he had done for over a decade?


    Suddenly, he burst intoughter, raising his head andughing uncontrobly until theughter


    gradually turned into destion.


    At this moment, Luther had the opportunity to step forward and snatch the gun from Cloud''s hand, but


    he didn''t do it because he sensed that Cloud might be different from what they had imagined.


    Theughter subsided, and Cloud gazed deeply at Vicki, even though she had her back turned to him


    at the moment, he never took his eyes off her.


    Word by word, sentence by sentence, he asked, "Vicki, if we obtain the schematics, can we still walk


    together?"


    Vicki vomited the bile in her stomach, feeling much relieved. She gently wiped the corners of her lips,


    stood up, and turned around. Even though she was weak from inhaling the mist, she was no match for


    Cloud.


    But her burning gaze looked at him with an unprecedented sincerity.


    She gently spoke, calling back his former name, "Rayan, do you remember when we were children?


    You always saved the delicious food for me. It was rare to have meat in the orphanage, but you always


    shared your braised pork with me. Sometimes, when I was hungry at midnight, you would sneak into


    the kitchen to steal steamed buns for me. Auntie caught us once, and the headmaster punished you


    with solitary confinement. You would save up your pocket money for a year and buy fireworks for me


    during the New Year. Although the fireworks were small, I will always remember the colorful and


    beautiful disy, blooming in the sky. In my heart, that was the most beautiful thing. We watched


    fireworks together, looked at the stars together, and huddled together for warmth when it was cold. I


    knew in my heart that you were the one who brought warmth to me. I was born with a wild nature,


    easily offending others, and often being bullied. Once, I was bullied by a big boy. But after a few days, I


    noticed that he was missing a tooth, and he never dared to provoke me again. I understood that you


    had taught him a lesson. We lived like this year after year, until we grew up. You always restrained


    yourself, and I knew you were waiting for me to grow up. If Seren''s incident hadn''t happened, I also


    believed that we would continue like this in the future."


    Vicki rarely spoke so much. This was the first time Felix heard Vicki tell theplete story of their past,


    narrating it in front of Luther and Mr. Ball.


    "Rayan, I know you like me. I''m not foolish. When I was young and ignorant, I liked to stand up against


    injustice and caused a lot of trouble outside. But you always cleaned up after me. You said you became


    an adult one year earlier than me. You could go out and earn money independently. You said I was


    smart and had the potential to study. You could support my education. You even said you would


    be a boxing coach and take on many part-time jobs. Our lives would gradually get better. Back


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    then, I also believed that."


    "I admit it. It was all my fault. I identally provoked Seren and brought trouble upon myself. I was


    tormented by Seren for a long time. He wore down all the sharp edges on me, making me realize


    clearly that not everyone in this world will genuinely protect me. And when I was in despair, you finally


    appeared. You stabbed Seren and saved me. You might not know, but at that moment, I regarded you


    as thest ray of light in my heart. I was grateful to you, not just grateful, but I also thought of spending


    my whole life repaying you. I even thought of never causing trouble again and never burdening you."


    Vicki paused, took a long breath, and sighed deeply. "Intentional homicide. You were just eighteen


    years old at that time. You were sentenced to a full ten years. I was not yet eighteen, so I was an


    aplice and received probation. Although Seren''s crime was unforgivable and he deserved to die,


    murder is against thew, and that cannot be changed. We can only ept it. At that time, I told myself


    that it was just ten years, and I would wait for you. I would wait for the day you were released, and then


    we would work together to achieve the life we had nned from the beginning. Ten years seem long,


    butpared to our entire lives, it''s not that longafter all. I can wait for you because it''s justified."


    "But what about you, Rayan? I never dreamed that you would join OGW and work for them. You sold


    your soul to the devil for the sake of freedom. I know you''re not that kind of person. Have you never


    regretted the things you did, the blood on your hands? Abandoning your country and changing your


    surname, I don''t believe you have no regrets. I understand you; you have always been a kind-hearted


    person."


    Upon hearing this, Cloud''s cheeks twitched uncontrobly, and his thin lips trembled. His long hair


    fluttered in the wilderness wind, shedding the aura of darkness and evil. He was still the same sunny


    young man as before.


    Vicki looked up, her gaze filled with even more anguish as she said, "You said you didn''t trust me to be


    alone outside. You said you escaped from prison just to protect me. You said you didn''t do anything


    wrong. Yes, you''re not wrong; the fault lies with me. Rayan, you just lost sight of your original


    intentions. It brought us to opposing sides. OGW, the Bard family, the Saunders family, and the


    warlords, all have deep grudges against each other. You know in your heart that OGW will eventually


    bepletely destroyed. So, in fact, you already had a n in your heart. You wanted to obtain the


    schematics, settle things with OGW, and escape with me."


    As Vicki spoke, Felix suddenly became nervous. He reached out his hand, wanting to touch Vicki but


    hesitated and didn''t dare to approach. He was afraid because he had no idea about the deep bond


    Vicki and Cloud once shared. Compared to the four years he had spent with Vicki, their rtionship


    wasplicated and Vicki and Cloud''s childhood friendship, enduring hardships together, seemed


    more precious. Then what was he? Just a physicalfort for Vicki after losing Rayan? After all, she


    had never said she loved him. Cloud had even asked him before, had Vicki ever said she loved him? In


    fact, she never had.


    Just now, Vicki even considered taking the child with her and dying together with Seren. What did the


    child mean to her?


    She said to treat him as if they had never met. Those words deeply wounded his heart. They left an


    indelible mark on his life, but she wanted him to act as if nothing had happened. How was that


    possible?


    Could he still keep Vicki? Suddenly, he felt uncertain.