[Jinjiang Exclusive] Life is as bright as a song
No one expected the little girl to say something like this.
It feels like a dark script suddenly encounters the absurd beauty of a legal program.
Fan Guoli laughed out loud in the stagnant atmosphere, her eyebrows curved, and when she opened her eyes again, her expression was extremely serious.
The woman walked over, then gently pressed Fan Lele's shoulders and slowly squatted down.
"Well, you'll go to jail." She softly repeated what the little girl had just said, and then smiled meaningfully, "But we can use some legal means."
"Lele," Fan Guoli reached out and poked her niece's cheek, only to find that the little girl was still a little thinner, "modern society has its own rules."
"You are a good child, and you follow the rules." She looked at her niece's tearful eyes and said seriously, "But not all rules are made by society."
Fan Lele looked at her in confusion, then whispered, "I'm sorry, I don't know what this means..."
"I mean," she rubbed the little girl's head. Fan Guoli seemed to see herself raising her younger brother alone decades ago. She softened her voice but remained firm, "There are some so-called 'rules' that you don't have to follow. Lele doesn't have to be a good kid in the eyes of others. You just need to be yourself and be happy every day."
The little girl pursed her lips and spoke carefully: "They all said...I'm not a good child..."
Fan Guoli: …
The aunt rushed to the hospital, but she didn't know much about what had happened to her niece.
Before her brother and his ex-sister-in-law divorced, Fan Guoli visited Lele more often. After the divorce, Fan Guowen said that everything was fine and he could take good care of his daughter, so Fan Guoli went back to her career.
Who would have thought that her own brother could raise his own daughter like this——
Such a cautious, inferior, and overly sensitive look.
To the point of committing suicide.
Fan Guoli's nose was sore, and she couldn't help but burst into tears. The strong woman's previous strong aura suddenly weakened. She hugged her little niece and said harshly: "Who dares to say that about you! Who dares to say that about our Jia Lele! I will come to his house later to see what kind of... stupid he is!"
Luo Shiqin on the side: …
Tan Keping, who witnessed everything: …
Unexpectedly, Fan Guoli's sudden change of attitude made Fan Lele burst into laughter, and she in turn raised her hand and rubbed her aunt's head like an adult.
"Thank you, Auntie," she said earnestly, "but... no thanks."
"I, I actually didn't intend to cause any trouble to my aunt." The little girl trembled her lips, and then showed a slightly shy and cautious smile, "But my father and aunt ignored me... I don't have any other friends, so I was thinking..."
I wonder if it would be better if I disappeared?
She didn't finish her words, but Fan Guoli knew what her niece wanted to say. She just buried her head harder on her neck and said in a muffled voice, "Come and live with your aunt. I need a baby. How about Lele be your baby?"
The little girl didn't say anything, but just rested her chin on Fan Guoli's head.
For a moment, I didn't know who was comforting whom.
Disappointment doesn't happen overnight. Fan Lele already had the thought that "it might be better without me", and even her aunt Fan Guoli couldn't change her mind instantly.
But she couldn't let go of her little niece.
Once released, the little girl might really turn into bubbles and disappear in the water that she cannot see.
Fan Guoli felt guilty that she actually believed what her brother said, and sorry that her niece had suffered cold violence and bullying in her fantasy of a harmonious life between father and daughter.
But now, she won't let go.
"Lele," the woman said with a thick nasal voice as she left the little girl's neck, "Live with your aunt, and she will teach you a lot of things."
For example, how to fight back against campus bullying, how to communicate with close family members, and how to love yourself better...
Fan Lele hesitated: "I, I'm not smart..."
Fan Guoli: "Who said that? Our Lele is very smart!"
"Moreover," the woman hugged her and smiled affectionately, "what aunt taught you is also the knowledge that all girls learn throughout their lives."
"Not only Lele, but Auntie is also a student who is working hard to learn this knowledge and explore this world."
She smiled and said, "Lele, you still have a long way to go in life. You will witness more, better and more beautiful things. Your future may still be difficult, but remember that there are many girls like you walking with you on this journey of life. You are never alone."
"...Will Auntie accompany me too?"
"Well, because my aunt is also a girl."
There were footsteps outside the ward door, and then someone pushed the door open and walked in. Fan Guowen was quite quick, and soon brought the doctor in charge of Lele's treatment.
The doctor in white coat frowned as she entered the ward, but because the little girl didn't look well, she took another look at the needle hanging by the bed that was still dripping medicine, and she roughly knew what was going on.
She gave a few instructions without changing her expression, then took a look at Fan Lele's current condition, and finally made a summary and the next hospitalization plan.
Not long after, the little girl lay down on the bed again, and this time, she fell into a deep sleep.
Fan Guoli had a few words with her brother Fan Guowen, and then said firmly with unquestionable momentum: "Lele will live with me after she is discharged from the hospital. You should pack up the things in the house that she wants to take with her in the next few days."
Fan Guowen could not persuade his sister, so he had no choice but to agree. At about six o'clock, he took Liu Can home.
The sun outside the hospital gradually set. Luo Shiqin looked at the slowly spreading orange-red color near the window and took out her cell phone to save the picture.
Lele had already fallen asleep in the ward, and now there were only four of them left in the hallway.
"Um……"
After dealing with her brother and communicating with the doctor, Fan Guoli turned around and looked at the three people who were still waiting here.
Perhaps because what had just happened was too heavy, the three of them were thinking about their own things and did not communicate. It was not until Luo Shiqin's phone sounded that the other two suddenly woke up and looked over.
"Is she pretty?"
Luo Shiqin raised her hand and showed Yang Yan the sunset she had just photographed.
But such a hot sky does not look like the sunset, but more like the transparent colors that can only be created by the rising sun.
"The sunset and the sunrise are the same sun," Luo Shiqin put away her phone and said casually, "The scenery may be different, but it is more about the meaning given to it by the people who see it."
"Is that so..."
Yang Yan lowered his eyes, and raised them again after a long time. He leaned to the window and looked up at the horizon.
The fiery red sunset spread across her field of vision, and it seemed that in an instant, Yang Yan's world turned into a forest full of fiery red maple leaves.
"Cherry blossoms..." she murmured, "They are indeed beautiful."
But maple leaves are great too.
If she were to take the photo, perhaps she could better present the natural scenery to the public.
Yang Yan looked at the sky, and suddenly countless figures flashed through his mind——
Environmental workers, high-speed rail girls, ward girls...
If it were me, maybe, maybe I could present them better to the public?
Perhaps, we can better tell everyone who needs attention?
Being able to be their mouth, to say what they might not be able to say out loud -
Maybe, I can become such a person?
"Um, your name is Yang Yan, right?" Suddenly someone called her back to her senses. Yang Yan turned her head alertly and looked at the person who came.
Fan Guoli rubbed her brows, and when she saw her looking over, she put away the fatigue on her face and said with a smile: "Thank you very much for your help to Lele."
She repeated earnestly: "Thank you very much."
"Also," Fan Guoli turned her head and looked at the girl in black robe (her black robe was gone again, how strange), who she was not sure how to treat, "thank you for saving Lele."
"Although I don't know who you are," she hesitated, then spoke firmly, "but as long as you need me to do it, I can help you with anything that is not illegal."
Luo Shiqin: …
Who do you think I am? This tone... a gang boss?
In the ward, Luo Shiqin realized something was wrong when she noticed that Tan Keping and Fan Guoli's eyes were on her head.
Sure enough, when she secretly took off her work badge and looked at it, the number on the back of the badge was indeed zero.
This means that the time to use the work badge today has run out, and what just happened was most likely seen by these two people.
Fortunately, Yang Yan's mentality has changed dramatically. The stubborn ink stain on her head has faded to the point where it is hard to see clearly. Luo Shiqin guessed that it has not disappeared yet, and it is likely that Yang Yan still remembers that she will die in a few days.
But what she didn't know was that this deadline was set by Luo Shiqin herself. As long as the time was right, she could tell Yang Yan at any time that she didn't have to die.
Luo Shiqin thought about it and decided to wait until that day to explain. After all, Alice's amazing journey is still going on - there must be a fantastic climax to match the experience of these few days.
As for Tan Keping and Fan Guoli...when the Book of Mutated Life ends and reality is corrected, these two people will naturally not remember them.
And it just so happened that if they asked, Luo Shiqin could explain it openly, and when she revealed her true identity a few days later, she would get a bonus from the readers' guesses about her pseudonym.
But Fan Guoli was a mature and stable person. She resisted the urge to ask and only promised that she would do her best to help if needed.
The matter came to an end, and Fan Guoli had to go back to the ward to accompany the patient. After she hurriedly thanked everyone and exchanged contact information, she went back to take care of Fan Lele.
The only ones standing outside the hospital door were Yang Yan, Luo Shiqin, and the silent Tan Keping.
When they were about to leave, the firefighter called out to Luo Shiqin again.
"Um, Luo Luo?"
The person who was called was more nervous than Tan Keping who was calling out.
Once again, Luo Shiqin's heart almost stopped beating because of these two words.
There are many words beginning with L, how come Yang Yan picked out 'Luo' so accurately?
Luo Shiqin turned her head helplessly: "What's wrong?"
"That's right," the young man stammered, looking at her strangely.
Luo Shiqin wondered if Brother Pingzi was doubting whether the girl in front of him was human or not, and how to speak up without being offended.
"The Biography of Tan Keping" has completely exposed his inner activities.
But the reason why Tan Keping came to the hospital has never been revealed, and Luo Shiqin can only guess.
If, as she had previously guessed, there were people who really noticed the weirdness and awkwardness caused by the revision of real life, it would most likely be someone in the government.
But... all this is just speculation, and Luo Shiqin is not sure if she says it now, after everything is over, whether the firefighter's memory, which has been corrected by reality, will still contain the words she said.
So, she only left one sentence.
"——If you want to know everything, I will be waiting for you at No. 069, North Haihua Avenue, Yuchang City, at 12 noon on June 17th."
If anyone in the revised reality still remembered all of this... Luo Shiqin would consider telling everyone about her bizarre experiences over the past few months.