What Separates Me and You

Chapter 246 My Biggest Regret

The scene frozen in the picture had become somewhat blurry, yet it was still discernible that there were three individuals captured within it-two men and a woman.

As Lewis gazed at the picture, a sense of sadness washed over his face, and his eyes seemed to lose focus. It was as if he was peering through the image, glimpsing a distant, bygone place.

Many years ago, an old man with white hair always sat on the rocking chair by the balcony, staring at this picture as he spaced out. He could spend his whole afternoon looking at this picture.

When someone walked past him, they could often hear the soft sigh of regret from his mouth.

Lewis looked at this picture for a long while. He only regained his senses when he heard someone knocking on the door. He put the picture back into the book and closed the drawer.

When he turned around, he saw Robert standing at the door.

Under the dim light, Robert had his hands behind him as he stared at Lewis with a complicated expression. He was aging as well. His sideburn had turned white, and even his back was slightly hunched.

The two exchanged glances for a second before Robert finally walked into the loft, his shoes. leaving a trail of muddy footsteps on the floor.

“I was just wondering why the lights are on. So, it’s you.”

Lewis didn’t say anything.

Robert walked toward the old rocking chair and sat down. He slowly rocked back and forth, imitating his father’s habit.

“After Grandpa Alan passed away, do you feel as if the whole world is against you?”

Lewis remained quiet.

Robert took out a pipe from the drawer and started rubbing the tobacco leaves. Alan loved smoking like this when he was still alive.

Looking at Robert’s action, Lewis zoned out for a while.

Robert patiently rolled the tobacco leaves and put them into the pipe’s mouthpiece, then lit it up with a lighter. He opened his mouth and smoked. For someone who’s just in their fifties, he looked like an older man.

“I’ll be taking my leave.”

Lewis was about to go when Robert called out to him. “Wait.”

Robert, but he didn’t turn back to look at him.

sadly, “Lewis, you’re my proudest son. You were once my greatest pride and joy too. However, you’re also

to look at Robert after hearing what

ended that topic. His eyes

in just a blink of an eye. Of late, I’ve been thinking about everything I’ve done. But no matter how hard I think about it, those good and bad times throughout the years still seem

together. “What are you trying

ranting. You can leave if you don’t want

moved his eyes away and looked elsewhere

to a wooden chair not far away and sat down.

a laugh. He was still smoking on his pipe when

there upright, allowing his father to

make me convince you about this. But I didn’t say yes. Relationships just can’t be forced. Although marriage and love could be two different matters, if you marry someone you like,

his brow

times, he thought he had found true love. It was probably impossible to count all the lovers he had

was why it was funny to hear those words from him. It didn’t feel

was listening quietly

mom has always been like this. If you can’t accept it, you can only do what I did by having a fallout with her. By then, she wouldn’t control you anymore.”

make her go

hint of disdain, “Are

never took her vengeful actions seriously, likely because he had

to exploit. To him, everything she did seemed like a clownish spectacle. Her actions appeared as childish as a game played by a

for a few seconds, Lewis got up suddenly.

without looking back. After picking up the umbrella from the corner, he departed

him to return in

and the lurching motions of her stomach made her curl

had fainted, the man she

eyes instinctively gravitated towards the wooden plank, which sat there seemingly out

with his feet, but it was

on his phone. However, all that the beam of light revealed were random objects scattered throughout

paled the moment she saw Lewis crouching in

getting

elbow. “What are you doing here in

move.