The school bell rang, and Lingling walked out of the school listlessly with her schoolbag on her back.
She looked around and didn't see her father coming to pick her up, so she went back to her usual place and sat down, waiting for her father to come.
As soon as Shen Yijin arrived at school, she saw Lingling sitting on a chair with her head down, reciting a book.
"Lingling, long time no see, did you miss me?" Chen Yijin smiled and walked over to Lingling, handing her a bag of cookies, "I specially brought you some strawberry sandwich cookies, I wonder if you still like them now."
When Lingling heard the familiar voice, she looked up in surprise and saw the smiling Chen Yijin. She jumped into Chen Yijin's arms.
"Sister Shen, I miss you so much!" Lingling rubbed against Shen Yijin's arms like a kitten.
Before the original owner was kicked out of the Shen family, she would give Aunt Wu a day off when school was almost over, asking her to pick up Lingling and go home after dinner.
Sometimes, when it was too late, the original owner would let Lingling stay at home for one night and ask the driver to take Lingling to school the next day.
Therefore, Lingling had a very good relationship with the original owner. After not seeing each other for several months, Lingling missed Shen Yijin very much.
Just like in the original owner's memory, Chen Yijin gently rubbed Lingling's little head: "Sister is here to pick you up from school today, are you happy?"
"Happy!" Lingling nodded like a little chicken pecking at rice.
Seeing Chen Yijin, Lingling was of course happy, but she still had doubts: "Sister Chen, I heard from mom that you won't live in that house anymore, so where did you move to? Did Lingling make me unhappy? Why doesn't my sister let me play with you anymore?"
Aunt Wu did not tell Lingling that Shen Yijin was expelled from the Shen family. It was her employer's family's private matter, and she was not in a position to tell the child about it.
So Lingling just thought that Shen Yijin had simply moved, and didn't know that she was still living in someone else's house.
Chen Yijin's smile froze for a moment. "Because my sister lives quite far from the city now, it will be too late for Lingling to go to my sister's house after school. When Lingling is on summer vacation, I can let my mother bring you to my sister's house when I have time, okay?"
Lingling nodded obediently: "Okay. So, sister, are you going to take me home now?"
"Don't go home yet. I'll take you to dinner and then go home after dinner." Chen Yijin felt that they had talked about the past enough, so she said, "Actually, I came here today to ask Lingling a question."
Before Shen Yijin could say what she wanted to ask, Lingling seemed to have anticipated it. Before Shen Yijin could open her mouth, she asked, "Is it because of Caiqi? Caiqi actually wanted to leave a long time ago, but I couldn't bear to let her go, so I kept dragging her along... Sister, you said Caiqi was so cute. She just lay there quietly and didn't provoke anyone. How could anyone hate her?"
Children are very sensitive. Lingling knew that her unusual behavior had made her family worried. She also thought about sending Caiqi away, but she couldn't do it.
Because when Caiqi encountered a car accident, she witnessed the whole process...
In its soul state, Caiqi sat on Lingling's shoulder and licked her cheek with its tongue. It wanted to comfort her, but Lingling couldn't see it.
Chen Yijin glanced at Caiqi, and with just this one glance, she saw Caiqi's short life.
In these few short years of cat life, what Caiqi remembers most is the scene of him playing with Lingling.
Did I miss something? How come Lingling is already raising the colored flag before the host even starts talking?
[That stray cat named Caiqi is so pitiful. From what Lingling said, it seems like someone deliberately ran it over and killed it...]
[People who have pets at home can't stand hearing this. "Wow, wow, wow, kill me! Don't use a kitten knife!"]
Shen Yijin's live broadcast was still on, but she put her phone in her pocket. The audience couldn't see the picture and could only judge what was happening by the sound.
Shen Yijin did this to protect Lingling. Lingling's school and appearance would not be exposed, and her future life would not be disturbed.
"Because some humans are fragile and incompetent, when they can't change the troubles they're facing, they take their anger out on the things around them. In the eyes of these people, cats and dogs are even weaker beings. When they themselves are bullied by more powerful humans, they take their anger out on the small animals, forcibly writing the charges on their backs.
They vent their negative emotions on dumb animals, thinking they have found redemption, but in reality, they are no different from these dumb animals. No, they are even worse than animals.”
Shen Yijin had already figured out what had happened, and when she answered Lingling's question, she somewhat included some of her own emotions.
Lingling felt a little sad when she heard this. She was still young and couldn't fully understand what Shen Yijin said.
Lingling was even a little panicked, afraid that she would become such a person in the future.
If she was destined to become that way when she grew up, she would rather not grow up.
Shen Yijin noticed Lingling's mood change and realized that what she said was a bit cruel to Lingling.
She softened her tone and said to Lingling, "It's wrong to harm small animals, but no one has the courage to stand up and stop it. Unlike Lingling, she dared to call the police to arrest the person who hurt Caiqi."
Lingling felt even more sad, tears streaming down her face. "But there's nothing I can do. Caiqi is a stray cat, and the police can't do anything about that person..."
The law is to protect people, but the colorful flag is not a person, and even the police cannot uphold justice for it.
"Lingling is still young and has no ability to help Caiqi, but I believe Lingling will be able to do it when she grows up. By then, no one will dare to hurt small animals at will." Shen Yijin coaxed softly.
Lingling was not comforted: "Sister Shen, please don't lie to me. Even the police uncle can't do it. What can I do when I grow up?"
Although she is not yet an adult, Lingling has already realized her insignificance. She doesn't think she will be able to change the current situation when she grows up.
This is Lingling's heart knot, and it is also the most important reason why she is unwilling to let Caiqi go.
Lingling was afraid that what happened to Caiqi would happen to other small animals, and she would be unable to do anything except watch their lives slip away.
"Lingling, do you know about pet rescue?" Chen Yijin patted Lingling's back gently, looking into her eyes and saying, "'Protecting the ecology, cherishing every life'—that's the meaning of pet rescue. If Lingling feels that she has no ability to change humanity, then try to snatch life from the dead. Use all your strength to give every dying animal a new life."
Lingling's eyes lit up instantly, as if she knew what to do next.
"Can I really do it?" Lingling was not very confident.
Shen Yijin nodded: "Of course, I remember you are good at science, you should study biology harder in the future."
Chen Yijin told Lingling about the work of the pet rescue center. The more Lingling listened, the more fascinated she became. She had already begun to imagine herself rescuing animals in the future.
As she was speaking, Shen Yijin changed the subject: "But these are all things for the future. Now, Lingling, do you want to come with me and send Caiqi off for the last time?"
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