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Chapter 163 The Century-Old Dilemma: Save the Big or the Small?
The journey home from the hospital felt incredibly long.
Tomoya Okazaki was driving that old, secondhand car.
The street scene outside the car window rushed past, but it couldn't take away the suffocating silence inside the carriage.
The doctor's warning felt like a knife stabbing into his heart, causing him excruciating pain with every breath.
He dared not look at Nagisa beside him.
He was afraid to see the same fear in her always gentle eyes as he did.
He could only stare intently ahead, his knuckles turning white from gripping the steering wheel so tightly.
Back in that cramped rented room, Tomoya could no longer suppress his emotions.
He turned around abruptly, pressing his hands on Zhu's thin shoulders, his voice hoarse with extreme fear.
"No! I disagree!"
He was practically screaming.
"Nagisa! Listen carefully! The doctor said it's a life-threatening situation! Not just a cold or fever! It could kill you!"
Nagisa was shaken so badly that she could barely stand.
But her eyes remained gentle and calm, so calm that Tomoya felt a chill from the bottom of his heart.
"I heard you, Tomoya."
She said softly.
"You still want to have another baby? Are you crazy?!"
Tomoya completely lost control of his emotions.
"You can have another child! But what about you? What will I do if you're gone?!"
"Let's not have this child, okay?"
His voice turned into a plea, from this man who had struggled in society and never bowed his head to anyone.
At this moment, I feel like a helpless child.
Nagisa did not answer, but simply reached out and gently stroked his face, which was contorted with excitement.
"Tomoya."
She looked into his eyes, speaking each word clearly and firmly.
"I want to give birth to him."
A gentle smile, one that Tomoya knew all too well, slowly bloomed on Nagisa's face.
"Because they are family."
They're family again.
This word made Tomoya catch his breath.
He thought of his broken home and his gray childhood.
He absolutely does not want his own children to go through that kind of pain!
"If he was born without a mother, what kind of family is he!"
Tomoya's anger was reignited.
"I've been through this! I know better than anyone what it's like! I will never allow my children to go down the same path as me!"
The argument erupted for the first time in this always cozy little house.
Tomoya used every reason he could think of to try to persuade Nagisa to give up.
But Nagisa simply listened quietly.
No matter how sharp Tomoya's words were or how agitated his emotions were.
The gentleness and determination on her face remained unwavering in the slightest.
Finally, Tomoya collapsed to the ground, utterly exhausted.
He knew he had lost.
He lost to Nagisa's seemingly weak yet unwavering determination, which was stronger than anything else in the world.
.....
This argument caused a huge uproar online.
[Tomoya is having a really tough time. I completely understand him. If I were in his shoes, I would have made the same choice.]
But what did Nagisa do wrong? She just wanted to be a mother, to give Tomoya a complete family!
[The sanctimonious person upstairs, shut up! What's the point of talking about family when you're dead? Nagisa is selfish! She didn't consider Tomoya's feelings at all!]
How can you call a mother who's willing to risk her life for her child selfish? Do you even deserve to?!
Countless controversial topics surround the greatness of motherhood and the risks of childbirth, as well as personal choices and family responsibilities.
This has caused a huge uproar in major women's communities and forums.
The audience argued, each trying to define a correct answer from their own perspective.
But they soon discovered that the problem had no solution.
.....
Tencent Animation Headquarters.
Wang Hao watched as Clannad's popularity on social media surged.
And then there are the few comments under his novel, "Sword Immortal Romance".
His face was full of doubt.
Why is it that pain and controversy have a more terrifying power to spread than simple happiness?
He muttered to himself.
His team also fell silent.
They couldn't comprehend Su Bai's terrifying ability to ignite social issues and evoke deep resonance in the audience amidst their suffering.
.....
Healing Animation Company.
Shen Qingyue felt her hands and feet turn ice cold as she looked at the comments online.
She knew that Su Bai had achieved his goal.
He successfully drew all the audience into this dilemma of the trolley problem.
No matter who you support or which side you choose, you will inevitably experience a profound sense of powerlessness and pain.
"Su Bai, are you really going to do this? You're driving everyone crazy."
She spoke in a dry voice.
Su Bai simply watched the heated arguments on the screen with a cruel smile playing on his lips.
"It's better if they're crazy."
"Only by letting them experience this extreme dilemma can they truly understand Tomoya's pain."
Only then can the purest depressing value be offered when the final tragedy arrives.
......
In the anime, Tomoya, having exhausted all other options, thought of his last lifeline.
He rushed to the Furukawa Bakery.
He hoped that Akio and Sanae could persuade their stubborn daughter.
After listening to Tomoya's tearful account, the usually cynical Uncle Akio fell silent.
He didn't fly into a rage as Tomoya had expected.
He silently finished his cigarette, and then, in an unprecedentedly serious tone, said to Tomoya.
"Kid, come with me."
Akio brought Tomoya to the riverbank of the town.
He pointed to a patch of grass not far away and began to speak slowly.
"Did you know that Nagisa almost died once when she was a child?"
Qiu Sheng recounted that distant snowy night.
At that time, he was still an incompetent actor in a small theater troupe, neglecting to spend time with his family in pursuit of a vague and unattainable dream.
On a snowy day, Zhu, who had a high fever, was on the verge of death due to his negligence.
At that moment when everyone gave up.
It was he who, carrying the dying Nagisa, rushed to this meadow, like a madman, roaring and pleading at the sky and at this town.
"Save my daughter! I give you my dreams! I give you everything I have! Please, save her!"
Qiu Sheng's voice was very calm.
But Tomoya could hear in it the regret and pain that, though spanning more than a decade, remained etched deep within him.
"From that day on, I gave up theater and opened this bakery with Sanae."
"From that day on, our dream was reduced to only one."
Akio turned his head, his eyes, which always held a playful tone, now looking at Tomoya with utmost seriousness.
"That is, to live happily while watching Nagisa."
"So, kid."
Akio patted Tomoya on the shoulder and said, word by word.
"Nagisa's life is more important than my own."
"But if in order to survive, we have to stifle her dream of becoming a mother and let her live with regret for the rest of her life."
"What's the difference between living like that and being dead?"
"She is my daughter, Qiu Sheng's daughter. She has the right to decide her own life, even if that decision is risking her life."
Akio's words startled Tomoya.
He finally understood.
Behind Nagisa's persistence.
That was a woman's most instinctive and greatest determination to become a mother.
That was a daughter's purest dream: to pass on that love from her parents after she grew up being nurtured by their love.
What right does he have to stop her?
When he returned home, Nagisa was sitting quietly by the window, stroking her still-flat belly, her face radiating a holy glow.
Tomoya walked up to her and slowly knelt down on one knee.
He raised his head and gently pressed his face against her abdomen.
He closed his eyes, feeling that faint yet real heartbeat from another heartbeat.
"I'm sorry, Nagisa."
His voice, trembling with sobs, was incredibly firm.
"Let's welcome our family together."
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