Married Off to My Childhood Enigma | Chapter 63 | Waiting on the Shore | Novela.app

Some people are born to live more cautiously than others. Gou Feifei was one of those people. He grew up in a unique household, raised by a powerful and charming Alpha mother. She was a single parent who happened to hold a cool, mysterious profession—she was a beast tamer. Perhaps it was because the profession of a beast tamer was so dominant and wild that, as Gou Feifei grew older, he naturally came to understand why his Omega father had left them when he was very young. And so, he was raised among animals. But the creatures he grew up with weren't the "little cuties" found in zoos or on farms; they were fierce, powerful... "big cuties." Black bears, leopards, tigers, lions... Obviously, these animals did not fall under the category of "pets." They were "beasts," and those capable of taming them had to be individuals who stood equally at the top of the food chain. Fortunately, he inherited his Alpha mother’s free-spirited and easygoing nature, and for over a decade, he lived a life of self-contained contentment. He and his mother treated each other like friends. He had assumed their lives would continue in this peaceful, satisfying manner until the accident during his eighteenth year... That day, he was in the circus wings doing his homework and waiting for his mother, just as he always did. They had agreed to go out for a late-night snack together after the final performance. Unexpectedly, a thunderous roar echoed from not far away, followed by the noisy, incessant screams of the audience. Gou Feifei followed the sound, peering toward the stage from the side. As the clamor rushed toward him, someone covered his eyes. "Feifei, don't look." The person’s voice was trembling; they were clearly crying. Gou Feifei frowned instinctively. Before he could break free from the person's grip, he caught the scent of lotus drifting from the stage. It was his mother's pheromones... And it was a scent that was spreading everywhere, thick and mingled with the smell of blood. "Let go of me!" A primal fear surged in his heart. He broke away from the restraint like a madman and rushed toward the stage. People screamed behind him, trying to stop him, but they were too late. Thus, caught completely off guard, Gou Feifei witnessed a scene he would never forget for the rest of his life. That Alpha mother who treated him like a friend, that Alpha mother who was always so proud of her profession—she was being mauled by the leopard she so dearly loved, before falling from a height of twenty meters and shattering into pieces. Gou Feifei’s pupils contracted sharply. His vision became a chaotic blur as his mind was violently torn apart, his breathing growing increasingly rapid. He collapsed beneath the stage. When he woke up again, a week had passed. His body felt as though it had been crushed, and his head felt as if a heavy object had been embedded inside it; he was so numb he couldn't even move. He managed to open his eyes with great effort, only to see a face he had almost forgotten. But he remembered eventually. This was his Omega father; they hadn't seen each other in over two years. "Feifei..." his Omega father said through tears. "Don't be too sad. I've already handled your mother's funeral arrangements. Once your body recovers, we can..." He sniffed, his voice growing weaker, "...bury her." Gou Feifei spent several minutes retracing his memories, processing and accepting everything. His vision grew blurrier, and his headache intensified. He was only an eighteen-year-old who had just reached adulthood; the pain of losing his mother was truly inescapable. Moreover, it had been such a horrific death. "There is one more thing, Feifei." His Omega father gently squeezed his hand through the blanket, his voice hushed. "You... have undergone a secondary differentiation into an Enigma." "..." To differentiate into an Enigma on the very day he witnessed his mother's death. Gou Feifei couldn't accept this reality for a time. His physical reaction grew violent, and in the end, the doctors had to administer a sedative. When he woke up again, he seemed like a different person, accepting everything in silence. He accepted his mother's accidental death, the fact of his secondary differentiation, and his Omega father's attempts to reconnect with him. An Enigma who appears calm is actually a sleeping lion. This saying was perfectly suited to Gou Feifei. He went to school and came home normally every day, occasionally laughing and joking with his classmates as if nothing had happened over the past two months. But only he knew what was coming next. He was planning to kill every single animal during the next circus gala. Gou Feifei had deployed his plan with meticulous care. He hadn't handed over his mother's keys, and he knew the routes from the backstage to every cage like the back of his hand. But on the very night the plan was to be executed, he found his mother's diary. That diary recorded her entire life as a beast tamer... Gou Feifei clutched the diary and wept uncontrollably. He found no hatred or complaints; between the lines, there was only his mother's willing sacrifice and love for her profession. She had once written this sentence: "If one day I give my life for the thing I love, please do not be sad for me, for I have lived grandly." That night, Gou Feifei mailed the keys to the circus. Carrying the last diary his mother had left behind, he traveled far away to Country A on the day of the circus gala. He thought that if a person were given a chance to start over, his mother would surely return to that stage without hesitation after the accident to gently stroke her most beloved animal. He wanted to live for his mother in a different way, so he chose to become a veterinarian. His life in Country A was like a rebirth. Gou Feifei returned to his former self, becoming the unconventional, free-spirited youth in everyone's eyes. He was smooth in his dealings, pleasant in his speech, and got along with everyone. He was extremely adept at reading people's expressions, and the awakening skills of an Enigma even allowed him to easily catch the scent of others' pheromones. But none of this could bring him a sense of security. Over time, his superficial playfulness and casual attitude became a protective shell he gilded for himself. No one knew he was an Enigma, and no one knew just how cautiously he lived. He feared partings; he feared that the important people in his life would leave him. Whether it was a solemn goodbye like his father's or a tragic end like his mother's—in short, he didn't want to see any more of it in his life. If that was the case, then he would treat everyone with the same level of detachment. And so, Gou Feifei's four years in Country A were as calm as water. He took his major courses seriously but worked hard on his side business of perfumery. He began to use the advantages of his secondary differentiation to seek something for himself, while also planning to return home after graduation to earnestly continue his mother's passion. After accepting an offer from a senior fellow student, Gou Feifei finally set foot on the soil of Haicheng once again. Unfortunately, every airport in the world smelled the same. They were all filled with the scent of chaotic, rampaging pheromones. "If the accidents in life could be predicted, would you still make the same choice?" Gou Feifei had asked himself this question countless times since his mother's death. He knew his mother's answer well, though he had once felt confused by it. But it wasn't until he encountered that dangerous plant that he could understand his mother's obsession and persistence. Because the moment his gaze fell upon that bewitching shade of red at the "Mist on the Sea" bar that night, he already had his answer. Gou Feifei knew in his heart that this Red Water Lily did not wish to be kept in the water, so he would wait quietly on the shore. Waiting for her to willingly climb the cliffside to meet him.