Ladder to Heaven (End)
Even after passing through the colorful gate of the botanical garden, Jiang Kesong was still distracted.
The surroundings have returned to normal, there is no fire, no smell of blood. I thought it was all over several times, but when I opened my eyes, nothing had happened. Even friends from my past lives sent me messages to say hello. It really seemed like it was just a nightmare.
Thinking of this, she sincerely covered her chest and sighed, "That's great."
Yinsui glanced at the face that looked completely relaxed after surviving the disaster with a subtly hurt look.
The chat page dimmed along with the screen until it went out, and there was no news about Song Qi's condition.
Jiang Kesong took it for granted that everything was fine. She was very close to the other two people, especially Lin Xiao. Since Bai Jinqin returned to the human world safely, Song Qi naturally did too.
Because of the previous conflict and the embarrassment of asking the person concerned for confirmation, misunderstandings arose.
"Ding Dong." The cell phone in his pocket rang. Yin Sui echoed the sigh of the person next to him who had survived a disaster, while focusing on contacting Lin Xiao.
Silver: Didn’t you find it?
Lin Xiao: No more
Silver: Okay, thank you.
Lin Xiao: [Photos being uploaded]
During the break, she took the time to ask Jiang Kesong: "Is your mother coming to pick you up?"
"After she dropped me off, she came over and was playing mahjong in the mahjong parlor next door. I seemed to see her. Yes, it was my mother's car - Mom, I'm here!" She stood on tiptoe and waved across the street.
The lavender car parked on the sidewalk flashed its lights twice. Jiang Kesong understood, but he was concerned about the unknown people waiting behind him. He muttered to himself, "I feel like it's a bit dangerous to let Sui Sui face them alone. Why not take her along? If she's not on the way, we can stay overnight and chat all night."
"Come with me, my mom will take you home. It's on the way anyway."
"I've got a taxi, go quickly, or Auntie will be waiting anxiously."
If a large organization wants to cause trouble, she can hide for a while but not forever. Moreover, she has a life-saving trick that others don't have, so it will be difficult to escape if they are trapped together.
"I'm leaving, I'm really leaving?" He turned back halfway to discuss with Liu Qingliu, "Sister Liu, how about I give you a banner with the inscription 'life-saving hero' or something? Will your company or organization praise you for it?"
If you are a hero, you cannot make things difficult for ordinary people.
"Don't do that. Praise them without giving them a bonus. Don't give my boss a free pass. It's not right for me to use my own money to buy decorations for them."
Not taking a single needle or thread from the masses seems to show some discipline.
She felt a little relieved and looked back every few steps as she got into her mother's car, who was waiting impatiently.
Ignoring the people waiting behind him, Yinsui stayed where he was and fiddled with the photos to complete the transmission.
Save, zoom.
Lin Xiao raised the kite above her head, and the long tail floated up with the wind. The person who was supposed to be standing in front, holding the kite string and waiting for her to let go, disappeared out of thin air, and the spool of string fell directly to the ground.
Completely gone, all traces of existence from the past to the present have been erased.
She thought for a moment, then walked forward and said, "Hello, may I ask why this student couldn't come out?"
A dozen people stopped talking and looked at each other at the same time. Most of them observed without emotion, but two adjacent gazes stood out, their malicious intent clearly exposed.
"I'm sorry, but your classmates probably didn't treat it as a dream and believed in the fact of their own death." She tried her best to immerse herself in the sad atmosphere of remembrance, but the calmness brought by habit seemed a little stiff.
"If you believe it, will you really die?"
As soon as the calm question came out, the two gazes became sharper. They might have regarded her as an unforgivable evil person who didn't care about the lives of her classmates.
Pretty much the same.
Once you have fixed the idea that "a person with a promising future will die inexplicably," the departure of people around you becomes a consequence that starts from the first time you meet them.
Now, with a plop, a rotten fruit fell to my feet, without any seeds in it for new growth in the spring; there were other fruits on the tree, and perhaps there was a chance to save some.
She stepped on the fallen one, hoping to squeeze some nutrients from its spoiled flesh to save the tree.
"You could say that."
"Thanks."
Ji Xunjin bent one knee and stepped on the edge of the steps at the west gate, handing over the finishing work to his colleague. His thin gray-blue undershirt was pulled up to his waist due to his stretched posture, highlighting the lines of his back, like a blue dove about to take flight in the square on a sunny day.
"Okay, that's it for today."
The burly man who was communicating with him frowned and cast a barely perceptible glance in that direction.
"Let others take over the rest. I heard that Department 6 is holding a welcome banquet tonight. It's a rare opportunity to have some active personnel, so we won't interfere with your work."
"This is the third wave this year." The man had no choice but to correct the situation.
It sounds like the development momentum is very good, but in fact, they are treating their lives as consumables. It would be good if half of the six people are still alive after listening to the introduction tonight.
Hearing the deep meaning behind his complaint but pretending not to notice, Ji Xunjin resorted to the all-purpose politeness: "Go back early to join in the fun."
He retracted his foot and walked through the crowd, standing right in front of the two pairs of malicious eyes.
"Sister Liu, you can add each other and chat slowly." Then he tilted his head slightly to remind Yin Sui, "Go back early, the blood will dry up later."
"I'm sending your clothes to the dry cleaners. Can you pick them up? Or you can take them first and I'll transfer the money."
"Put it on. It looks pretty good. It's just a piece of cloth."
The emerald green inner garment was paired with a loose outer coat the color of ripe coconut shell, making her look like a palm tree standing on the colorful city street, which perfectly filled the premature loneliness in her heart.
She didn't want to have anything to do with the so-called organization, but for the sake of the hard-earned relevant information, she took out her mobile phone and clicked on the dating QR code without saying a word.
Liu Qingliu scanned the code quickly and continued, "I really like taking my younger sister out for fun, but I'm always on adventures, and often go deep into the mountains and forests and lose my internet connection for months. Let's add someone first, and then you and Xunjin can get to know each other. That way, if you can't find me, you'll have a backup."
As he spoke, his QR code appeared before his eyes.
So the meager friend list added two more people in one day.
"Do you want me to take you there?"
"Thank you, I've already booked a taxi." This time it was real.
When they got in the car and left, Liu Qingliu and Ji Xunjin were still there. When they looked back after the car drove out about ten meters, they no longer recognized any faces among the passing tourists.
The driver stepped on the accelerator, and the scenery outside the car window began to fly backwards like lightning, and soon stopped at the entrance of the community.
"Please hold onto your bags and be careful opening the door and watching out for moving vehicles."
The wind from another car that was driving into the community gate blew her hair away. She inadvertently hugged her coat, but halfway through she remembered that it belonged to Ji Xunjin, so she let go and let the loose hem of the coat sway with her movements.
I walked lightly out of habit, without disturbing the voice-controlled lights along the way.
The key was inserted into the lock and turned halfway, and the door was half open, revealing a living room with classical furnishings. The matching tables and chairs specially used for large gatherings were piled up on the edge of the balcony, along with a sofa covered with floral fabric and a balsam embroidered pillow with gold tassels on the corners.
The secret compartment of the wardrobe that took up half of the bedroom wall was filled with various collected things. Yinsui opened the drawer and took out a small photo album.
The photos all looked like ordinary countryside scenery to outsiders, with half-human-high weeds, haphazardly growing fruit trees, and a collapsed brick wall at the back, with red bricks and black tiles scattered all over the ground.
The previous photos are almost accurate, either wild grass and flowers, or mud houses.
The 118 names on the "Regulations on the Per capita Implementation of Demolition Compensation in Songshui Village" are neatly arranged, which is less than half of the actual number.
"Hello? Hello, I'm the granddaughter of Old Liu. Oh, yes, you're from XX's family. We used to live not far away. My old man is planning to celebrate his centenary. He's old now and remembers the villagers, so we wanted to invite old friends to accompany him to reminisce about the past. No need to bring a gift. Your presence is the greatest honor for us."
After a round of emotional reminiscence, the other party almost believed it and took the opportunity to inquire about the past and their current situation.
"Grandpa talked about this every day at home, but I only knew the general idea when I was away at school. If you have time, could you help me recall XXX? Then when he talks about it again, I can join in and make him happy."
…
"How have you been lately? Are you in good health?"
Over the years, she called each of her old acquaintances one by one, claiming to be their granddaughter. She wrote down all the replies she received in a notebook and called them whenever she had time.
Over the past two years, the notebook I kept between my legs has been filled with tedious but potentially useful information.
The whole thing is a tangled ball of countless threads, with loose threads everywhere. It is quite difficult to unravel the thread and follow the clues. Pulling here and tugging there, all that is left in the palm of the hand are broken threads, and the inside of the ball of thread is still blurry.
We have finally had a chance to turn things around, and we can’t let it go to waste.
Yin: May I ask why the trees can be restored to their original state, but the burned car cannot? [Link: Shocking! Botanical Gardens sightseeing car catches fire for no apparent reason, but fortunately no one is injured]
Liu Qingliu: Sometimes objects can be contaminated, just like people, but the probability is lower. Did you burn the car?
Yin: Sorry to trouble you.
Liu Qingliu: No way, burning it is a good idea. It helps solve the potential source of pollution.
"Pollution" can only be found like a blind box. If you want to tell whether it exists or not, you can only look closely and carefully observe the unreasonable parts. This behavior is essentially the same as putting your head under a switch with loose nails to test whether it will fall off.
If one person discovers a problem and solves it or publicizes it, the risk only needs to be taken once, greatly increasing the probability of survival for those who come later.
Silver: [Voice message]
The young woman who was lazily lying on the lazy sofa turned over and clicked on the voice chat.
Huh? No sound?
She put the phone to her ear on speaker again.
The question came in a tone that was intentionally lowered to the point where the words could not be recognized but the human ear could hear clearly: "Sister, do you want the bonus?"
Imagining her saying this mysteriously with a stern face during the day, Liu Qingliu burst out laughing and slapped her thigh, and replied with shaking hands: What kind of bonus is this?
Silver: Excellent Teacher Award
Liu Qingliu: Then the teacher should just give the bonus to the students to buy snacks. After all, they are excellent teachers who should set an example and be incorruptible.
Yin: Teacher, do you want that hat? It's completely handmade, no bribery involved [Image]
Liu Qingliu: Okay, as a teacher, I must accept the student’s sincere kindness.
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