All Chapters of The Sound of Falling Blossoms: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

On the paper was Laura's elegant and neat handwriting, just as if she herself had been standing before James, calmly explaining the reason for her departure."James, by the time you read this letter, I will have already left. As for where I've gone, I don't know either—but you won't be able to find me. As for why I left, the reason is simple: I don't want to wait any longer. At the beginning, you said you would just have a child with her, and then we would leave together. I believed you. But after your daughter was born, you said she was too lonely and that you would have a son to keep her company before leaving. I believed you again. Now, however, you say you want to marry her, so that your children will grow up knowing that you and their mother were a couple, that you loved each other. I don't understand. How much longer do I have to wait before we leave together? Will there come a day when you ask me to wait until your children grow up, get married, and have children of their own?

Soon, Alana's smug voice had come from inside the ward again. "Of course! Told you to listen to me. Now that Laura’s already gone, you can still use the same methods on James."Hearing this, James's eyelid had twitched violently."But don't go too far. After all, the child is yours. For the older one, just let her catch a fever and cry a little, don't ever poison her or make her fall again. After all, she's your own flesh and blood. As for the younger one, don't torment it too much either.""Don't worry, Mom. I know what I'm doing. It's just that I already promised James that as long as he held the wedding with me, I would let him go. Now I've only managed to keep him by pretending to miscarry, but what about in the future? He'll eventually go look for Laura. What should I do then?""Don't worry. I've already made arrangements with the Lawson family. She's been sent far away. She won't come back, and James won't be allowed to leave either. Just focus on your pregnancy. Once this ch

If that had been the first troubling matter, then the second had been—Knock, knock, knock.Someone knocked on the office door. The assistant entered after receiving permission."Mr. Lawson, Jes... she's here again. She insists on seeing you before she’s willing to leave."Ever since the Lawson family had completely fallen out with Jessica and her mother, Jessica had miscarried, and her mother had also fallen ill.Their status had plummeted. Jessica had ignored both her ailing mother and her own still weak body after the miscarriage, and insisted on coming to find James. She had hoped to persuade him, for the sake of their daughter who couldn't live without her father, to continue to live with her.She had even promised that she had realized her mistakes, that she would never harm the children again.To soften his heart further, she had ultimately brought their daughter to the company, kneeling in the lobby while ignoring the child's cries of hunger.Because of the presence of

After finishing the meal, everyone had cleaned up and dispersed one after another. Just as Laura had been about to return to her room, the principal had called out to her from behind."Laura, I have something I want to talk to you about."A moment later, Laura wrapped her arms around the principal’s, and the two of them sat together on a bench in the corner of the playground."Laura, do you really not want to go?"There had been pity in the principal's voice. She had watched Laura grow up and knew how much sweat and tears she had poured into leaving the mountains.Now that she had finally managed to leave, she had come back again for the sake of this school. If she wanted to leave again in the future, it would be far more difficult.So when the principal had learned that the Lawson Group would send people to inspect the school, she had been extremely excited. When she was selecting teachers to accompany the visitors, Laura had been her first choice.Laura had been really outstan

Why had he come to find Laura?It was because James had wanted answers.Why had she suddenly left him? Why had she left without a word, and why had she refused to let him find her?Most importantly, did she still love him?But when Laura was in front of him, no words came out of his mouth.After a long pause, James said, "I want to take you home."He had told her how he had uncovered Jessica's true nature and how he had dealt with her and the child.He had spoken of his and his parents' regret.He had told her of the madness and collapse he had gone through while searching for her over the past months.Laura had tightly gripped her phone, struggling to suppress the trembling coursing through her body. It had not been relief, nor sorrow. It had been the belated truth, tearing open a long-scabbed wound, exposing the festering flesh beneath that had never healed.It had been too late. Everything had been too late.She had long passed the point of needing the truth to come to li