Chapter 148 The First World
The faint light from the sky shines through the deep blue ocean, and colorful bubbles rise here, reflecting brilliant rainbow light.
The girl sleeping in the deep sea was rubbed on the cheek by the naughty sunlight, and her tightly closed eyelids moved.
Sensing the awakening of its owner's consciousness, the tide receded, leaving only a glittering expanse of silver-white sand.
Hmm—
She raised her hand to block out the dazzling white light, and there was still a hint of sleepiness in her open eyes.
"Nannan, you finally woke up!"
Tang Lingnan was so frightened that his hands trembled and he woke up completely.
The girl carefully avoided her left hand, which was receiving an IV drip, and held her right hand, her eyes blurred with tears: "Wow, Nannan, I thought I would never see you again, but no, I will never see you open your eyes again."
Tang Lingnan remembered that this was her childhood friend and best friend from elementary school to now - Lu Chudan.
She blinked, a little confused: "Xiao Dan, where am I?"
Lu Chudan's tears flowed even more violently. She pressed the bedside bell and cried out sadly, "Doctor, my best friend has lost her memory!"
Tang Lingnan:
"Wait, I was just asking where this is!"
Lu Chudan's expression became even more serious: "Nannan, you don't even recognize the hospital, and you still say you don't have amnesia?"
That makes sense...
"It's my fault. I just woke up and my mind wasn't clear. I mean, why am I in the hospital?"
"doctor!!!"
"stop!"
After several rounds of debating, Lu Chudan finally believed Tang Lingnan's lie that she just didn't remember why she was in the hospital. She explained:
"Three days ago, you were knocked down by a classmate riding a shared e-scooter going downhill. He took you to the hospital, where you remained unconscious. However, the hospital couldn't find any problems, and they've consulted with specialists several times. Incidentally, that classmate fainted in tears in the hospital."
Tang Lingnan was silent for a second, then slowly asked, "Nothing was found, but I was in a coma for three days."
Lu Chudan wiped her tears with a tissue and nodded.
After hearing what Lu Chudan said, she did remember a little bit about the incident. She was walking on the sidewalk carrying a package when an electric bike suddenly rushed onto the curb. It happened so suddenly that she didn't have time to react and was knocked to the ground, then unconscious.
"...I suddenly think the new rule that the school has introduced this year - that freshmen must pass an electric vehicle test before they can use electric vehicles on campus - is a good rule. I strongly support it."
Lu Chudan agreed. "It's a rare good thing the school does. I used to be so nervous walking around the school, afraid a small electric scooter would pop out from around the corner. Incidentally, that boy has developed a psychological trauma about riding an electric scooter and may never dare to ride one again in his life."
Tang Lingnan asked: "My medical expenses..."
"Don't worry, he paid for it himself. And..." Lu Chudan closed her eyes, "I told my aunt! It's such a big deal, I..."
Tang Lingnan was stunned for a moment, then calmly said, "It's okay. If I were you, I would tell the other party's parents. So what if she finds out? Anyway..." She sarcastically said, "She won't come."
Do I want to be her child? She is disappointed in me and I am disappointed in her too. It would be best if she didn't come.
She thought angrily.
Lu Chudan knew Tang Lingnan's concern, but as an outsider, she couldn't say anything about it. She simply stated the facts: "But Nannan, Auntie is here."
Tang Lingnan choked, like a shrimp hiding in armor, using words as a defensive claw. Waving her claws, she bluffed, "Why is she here? Didn't she say she couldn't move on without the company? I'm not as important as her company. I think she's here because she has some business!"
"Nannan, my aunt bought the nearest plane ticket and came here on the first day she got the news. I..." Lu Chudan wanted to say a few words of advice, but swallowed it back. Forget it, let the mother and daughter talk it out themselves.
After Lu Chudan left, Tang Lingnan lay on the hospital bed. The doctor said that it was recommended to stay in the hospital for a few more days for observation. She opened her eyes silently and looked at the snow-white ceiling. The beds around her were empty, but it was a rare "single room".
Her mind was in a mess, she thought her mother would not come, after all, she did disappoint her.
This city and this university were not something either she or her mother had expected to end up in.
Her high school grades were pretty good. Even though the school she attended was very good, her grades were still pretty good. She was assigned to the best class and was aiming for the best university.
Her mother was a single mother and her father was a truck driver. When she was less than one year old, he died in a car accident while transporting goods. She was so young that she didn't remember anything about her father and could only imagine a vague shadow from photos and descriptions of others.
After her father passed away, the family was taken up by her mother. Her mother was a very strong and independent person. She seized the opportunity of the times and used her father's insurance money, plus the funds she had accumulated over the years, to join forces with several partners and embark on the road of entrepreneurship.
But her mother couldn't take care of her at that time, so she was fostered in her grandmother's house when she was young. Her grandmother treated her very well, but the family was very poor and she couldn't take care of her when she was doing farm work. When she was able to crawl, she was afraid that she would get lost, so she covered her in a cage. Then, when she was older and could walk and jump, she was raised in the yard. After all, every household in the village knew her.
She doesn't remember much about her childhood, but she remembers that when she was five, an auntie who was so beautiful that she seemed to glow came to her grandmother's house. Her grandmother pointed at her and said, "Nannan, your mother is here to take you home."
Mom, is this my mom?
Little Tang Lingnan quietly hid her hands playing in the mud behind her back, with a hint of anticipation in her eyes. The woman didn't mind her dirty face and clothes at all, and hugged her with a smile in her eyes: "Nannan, my baby, mommy is here to take you home."
She lied to her, she was not her baby.
Tang Lingnan took a breath and held back the moisture in her eyes. She recalled that not-at-all-beautiful summer. Her mother was right. Her entire belated rebellious period of adolescence took place in that summer.
She attends the best school and has excellent transcripts, but her mother won't even squeeze out half a day for her. She is no longer the little girl who would wait for her to come back with the lights on at night. She is actually very scared and hopes that someone can stay with her until she grows up.
The door moved slightly, and Tang Lingnan subconsciously closed his eyes, breathed steadily, and pretended to be still asleep.
Someone sat down at the head of her bed, moving very gently. Her hand gently fell on Tang Lingnan's forehead. This hand was very rough. The experience of working in a garment factory when she was young had left deep traces on these hands, and perhaps it was also due to the experience of helping with housework since childhood.
Tang Lingnan held her breath, her heart was beating very fast. Although she said that she was not looking forward to her coming, in fact, she still hoped.
The air was filled with moisture and a dripping sound could be heard, which was very clear in the quiet room.
Tang Lingnan was stunned. Her mother was...crying.
She had never seen her cry, even when they were arguing the most, she was the only one crying loudly. Her mother was always strong, looking at her with tired and disappointed eyes, which aroused a new round of resistance and anger in her heart.
She leaned over and hugged her child, her hands shaking violently. She could no longer hold back her tears and choked out, "Nannan, don't scare me. I was wrong. I apologize to you. Please wake up and look at me, okay?"
Seriously…
A pair of soft hands slowly embraced Tang Jingman's waist. Tang Lingnan buried herself in her mother's arms and said in a muffled voice, "Since you've apologized, I will mercifully forgive you."
Tang Jingman's mind went blank at first due to the overwhelming surprise. She tightened her arms, hugging the child tightly as if he were her most precious treasure. Her chin rested on the child's head, and she cried with joy: "Nannan, Mommy is really scared. You will never wake up."
But it’s okay, she is willing to wait, she will never give up.
…
After the mother and daughter had been together for a whole day, Tang Lingnan couldn't stand it anymore. It was even a little scary for her. She never dreamed that a lioness who was extremely ferocious to everyone including her own children would swallow her throat and turn over her belly to make her happy. The turn was too big and she was scared.
After earnestly persuading her mother to leave and swearing three times that she was really fine, Tang Lingnan finally returned to her home in this city, a small one-bedroom apartment. She had moved out of the dormitory a year ago and chose to rent a house to live alone.
Her mother was raised in poverty and was strict in other aspects, but she firmly believed that the key to raising a daughter in wealth was to give her money. She was not the type of person who liked to spend money indiscriminately, and after saving for so many years, she could be considered a wealthy woman.
But the reason why she insisted on moving to another dormitory left even Lu Chudan speechless.
Who would move out and live alone just to have a cat?
But Tang Lingnan can.
She used her key to open the door and saw the "person" who came to pick her up.
A black cat with red and green eyes and luxurious silky fur stood reservedly at the door.
"Meow." Back.
Tang Lingnan breathed a sigh of relief. She picked up the sturdy black cat and weighed it. "That's great. I was really worried that you would starve to death while I was away from home these few days, Samuel."
"Meow." The black cat stepped on Tang Lingnan's arm with its paw pad in dissatisfaction, feeling that Tang Lingnan looked down on him.
"You haven't eaten any of the cat food!" Tang Lingnan clutched her chest. "You unfilial son! You have to watch me eat cat food. This is an expensive nutritional supplement I bought specially for you, and you don't even appreciate it! Have you been out catching mice and birds to eat these days?"
The black cat's fur stood up, and it flicked Tang Lingnan with its tail before running away.
Who would eat that?
It didn't hurt at all, Tang Lingnan touched her arm that had been gently rubbed. Sometimes she really thought this black cat could understand her words. Look, it was as if it understood now.
The world is big, but the cat is the biggest.
Tang Lingnan sighed and was the first to raise the white flag: "I was wrong, my ancestors, please listen to my explanation."
The black cat was very noble and cool. He glanced at Tang Lingnan indifferently.
No respect for elders.
...I always feel like I'm being glanced at by my elders.
Tang Lingnan thought it was an illusion. She picked up the cat again, placed it on her lap, stroked its smooth and soft fur, and said absentmindedly:
"Xiao Hei, my mother actually came to see me and apologized to me. I thought she would never apologize."
Xiaohei is Samuel's nickname. Tang Lingnan always calls him whatever she wants. She has the confidence and feels that Samuel will never be angry with her no matter what.
"Didn't I tell you this? My grades were actually pretty unstable during my senior year, especially in the last three months. They were up and down. My teachers and classmates didn't say anything, but I just..."
She said slowly, "I couldn't get over it. But the more I wanted to do well on the exams, the worse I did. My high school was a full-boarding school, and there was a time when I wanted to go home, but I knew my mom wouldn't agree."
"One time when I went home for the month-long vacation, I asked her, if I didn't do well in the college entrance examination, I wouldn't want to repeat it, would she agree?" Tang Lingnan asked cautiously at the time.
Her mother had poor academic performance when she was young, so her grandparents gave up on sending her to school and chose to support her younger sister who had better academic performance and sent her to work in another place.
Her mother can understand, but sometimes, emotions and reason are always at odds. Even though she has a good relationship with her sister, she always wonders why she is the one who was abandoned.
The aunt is very good to Tang Lingnan, and Tang Lingnan has a good relationship with her cousin. The aunt was admitted to a normal secondary school and is now a middle school teacher. In fact, what Tang Lingnan's mother has always been worried about is why she was determined that she was not a good student.
So even if Tang Jingman didn't realize it, she would always reflect her expectations on Tang Lingnan, set very high standards for her grades, and subconsciously compare herself with Tang Lingnan's cousin.
Growing up, Tang Lingnan had been under immense pressure, but she hadn't told anyone, not even Lu Chudan. Suppressing emotions wouldn't solve any problems; one day, they would surge like a flash flood, breaking through any barriers.
She had been a good girl for seventeen years, but she completely exploded during the summer vacation after the college entrance examination.
"...I didn't do very well in the college entrance examination. Actually, it wasn't a complete failure. I probably only scored twenty points lower. At least, I could still get into the top three of the top ten." Tang Lingnan told a cold joke.
As we all know, there is no top 1 in Xia State, but there are two top 2s, and then there are ten or even more top 3s.
"She promised me that she wouldn't force me to repeat the year." Tang Lingnan murmured.
The black cat licked her hand as if to comfort her.
Tang Lingnan touched his head. To this day, she still didn't know whether she had done anything wrong. Maybe she had done something wrong. After all, the first degree was always much more important. She was actually very much like Tang Jingman. When she felt betrayed, she was as stubborn as a bull and would not turn back even if she hit a wall.
The quarrel lasted throughout the entire holiday, and in the end Tang Lingnan won by being stubborn.
"Although it was not pleasant to enter Quanzhou University at the beginning, I like it very much now." She met some very good friends here. Quanzhou University is also an institution of higher learning full of humanities and academic atmosphere. She spent two years here and was deeply impressed.
What Tang Lingnan has always been brooding over is not the poor test results, but the fact that her mother did not do everything she promised her.
“…Actually, sometimes, I really want a brother.”
"Meow" The black cat didn't understand why the topic suddenly turned here.
Tang Lingnan smiled and ruffled his fur, and the black cat's originally smooth fur became messy.
Forget it, I won’t bother with you anymore.
The black cat thought lazily.
Tang Lingnan lay on the bed with a smile, hugging the kitten. Since she was a child, her first wish was to have a brother, because she was really lonely when she was alone. Also... when she was bullied as a child, she always hoped that a hero would come out to protect her. She heard that brothers would protect their sisters, so this wish took root in her heart.
Later, she realized that having a brother was impossible, so she settled for a younger brother or sister. Unfortunately, her mother firmly refused and told her, "If you have a brother or sister, you will not have her anymore."
Tang Jingman is a firm believer in a one-child family. She knows that older children always make a lot of compromises, so she is unwilling to do so. She wants to give her child everything she has.
So, Tang Lingnan had her second wish, which was to have a cat or a dog as a pet to keep her company, but she couldn't even take care of herself, so how could she take care of a young life?
Until a year ago, she met Samuel in a corner of the school. The first time she saw him, a sense of fate told Tang Lingnan that she must support him.
Until now, Tang Lingnan has not dared to tell her mother that she secretly raised a kitten outside.
Tang Lingnan kept his eyes open and thought for a long time, thinking about many things, but the black cat, who couldn't bear to see children staying up late, forced him to turn off the phone.
She pinched the black cat's paw helplessly: "Really, am I the master or are you the master? How can a little cat control people all day long?"
"Good night, Xiao Hei. See you tomorrow."
"Meow." Good night, dear, have a sweet dream.
After a good night's sleep, Tang Lingnan rubbed the soft pillow with her face nostalgically. She wanted to marry the bed and never be separated from it for the rest of her life.
After staying in bed for a long time, Tang Lingnan finally got up and washed up at Xiao Hei's persistent call.
Bang!
What's wrong
The black cat didn't care about anything else and rushed into the bathroom anxiously. His strength was severely suppressed.
Tang Lingnan didn't notice Xiao Hei's actions. There was still foam on her lips, but her eyes were wide open. She dropped her cell phone to the ground in extreme surprise.
The lit screen showed a series of trending searches, each followed by a big "explosive" word.
Xia Nation's First Trial Regulations on Spiritual Energy Revival
The Global Special Processing Bureau has been established, with Daxia, America, and the Russian Bear as permanent members.
Xiaguo establishes a foreign ministry for foreign affairs, upholding the principle of equal exchange and common development...
Tang Lingnan asked countless question marks.
Did she wake up and travel through time? Or did she sleep for a few more years?
【Author’s words】
Adjusting my work and rest schedule, and strive to finish it before the New Year.
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