Unveiled: The Survivor's Triumph

Chapter 269 A Misunderstanding Occurred

The delivery guy dropped the food on the small table and said, "This is definitely your takeout."

Bella opened the bag, pulled out the receipt, and noticed a few lines scribbled in the remarks: [Give this to the lady selling barbecue at the school gate. Make sure to remind her, no matter how busy she is, to remember to eat.]

It had been ages since someone cared for her like this, and Bella felt a warm glow in her heart.

She opened the takeout, and the dishes inside looked pretty fancy.

She glanced around, curious about who had sent her this meal.

Not far from her barbecue stand, there was an old lady selling vegetables.

The old lady was probably in her seventies or eighties, with completely white hair. She sold vegetables there every day. Her veggies didn't look as good as those in the farmers' market, but she said they were all homegrown.

Bella thought the old lady must be a lonely, helpless widow; otherwise, she wouldn't be selling vegetables at such an old age to make a living.

Bella gave the old lady the takeout, thinking she probably hadn't eaten either.

The old lady, with her bony, wrinkled hands, took the takeout and was a bit moved. "Ma'am, you are truly a good person."

Bella smiled, went back to her stand, and made herself a bowl of instant noodles. Every day after that, she would get a takeout, and she would give it to the old lady. At night, Bella packed up her stand and pushed her cart a long way home, exhausted. She stood almost all day, with little time to sit down. Every time she packed up and went home, her feet felt like they were falling apart, and every step was painful.

She walked slowly, step by step, accompanied by the sound of the cart's wheels rolling. She didn't notice someone following her not far behind.

There was a small slope at the entrance of her house, and she had to use some strength to push the cart up. Although she was strong, Bella was pregnant, and pushing the cart looked a bit clumsy.

The person in the shadows had an urge to step forward and help her, but she managed to push it in successfully.

The door closed, and the man behind walked to the gate and stood still, hearing voices from inside the house. It was her neighbor greeting her.

That New Year, Bella had said, after drinking that glass of wine, they would be strangers from then on.

So even though he had found her for so many days, Oliver didn't dare to show up and could only watch her silently.

Bella was resolute and wouldn't look back.

But Oliver couldn't let go.

He hated his own indecisiveness and wanted to move on, but his heart was uncontrollable, and he was helpless.

Oliver finally didn't have the courage to knock on the door. Instead, he walked to the roadside opposite, sat down, lit a cigarette, and stared at this unfamiliar place.

Not just the place, but the whole city felt alien to him.

But in this strange city, in this unfamiliar house, lived the one person he knew and couldn't let go of.

Bella had changed a lot.

The hair she had angrily chopped off had grown long again and was now tied in a ponytail, making her look more approachable compared to when she had sharp, short hair.

Bella was now just an ordinary woman, facing difficulties and still striving to live.

A pile of cigarette butts had accumulated at Oliver's feet, and his eyes were a bit sore, maybe from the smoke.

Another person living in the place came back, a woman in work clothes, probably just off a night shift.

She noticed Oliver sitting across the street, looked at him warily, and quickly opened and closed the door, probably thinking he was a bad guy.

Oliver sat there until midnight, until all the lights in the house went out, then slowly stood up and walked away, step by step.

Maybe it was because he had been sitting in one position for too long, his legs were stiff, and his steps were a bit unsteady.

would never love again. He never thought that at thirty,

following days, Bella still didn't eat the takeout he

felt stifled and walked into a

bottle after bottle silently. Not only did the other patrons notice,

waitstaff couldn't help but glance at

didn't care what others thought, just kept

in front of her because he was afraid of

struggle so much, unable to help, not even able to make

back then, how could he have let her suffer like this? He would have cherished her, holding her in the palm of his hand, taking

should I do with

dare to offend the

let me help you sit

left. No one dared to approach him

sofa for a while, thinking he was drunk and would forget everything. But he didn't. Instead, the longing in

his coat and staggered out of the bar.

this way and found

neck, packed up her things, and pushed her

the door, she pushed the cart in first, then

didn't close smoothly because a hand suddenly slapped on

rush of alcohol, a figure turned sideways, pressed her

knew who he was and was

him; she was strong, but so was

his unwillingness and longing, with a

moment of panic, Bella bit his lip, and

bit him, he continued, kissing her fiercely and urgently, as if he wanted to devour

Oliver froze, and so

slowly raised his head, blood quickly trickling

of his

him swung a stick at him, hitting him

the woman, saying, "Stop, he's

on her hips, looking at Bella and then at Oliver, a

she had seen Bella struggling just now, clearly

explained, "He's

know. I thought

the stick and

own room.

from her mouth

she didn't want to give him any hope, so

"You're bleeding. Go get

steadily, leaned against the wall. "No need. I might

turned coldly and went back inside. Closing the door, she took a few deep breaths and went to

sitting for a while and hearing no noise outside, Bella still

opened the door and found Oliver

over and shook

up. What are you doing

a few words. "Don't bother me. Let me sleep

couldn't tell if he was really drunk or

and lying there any longer

Bella helped him into the place and let

not finding anything to treat his wound, she

neighbor handed her some gauze and iodine, apologizing, "Sorry, I didn't know he

knew she might have misunderstood but didn't explain further, taking

light snores

poured some hot water and gently cleaned his

deep, just a

movements,