Do something
Jiang Qing took a deep breath, she felt uncomfortable if she didn't speak up.
"I'm not standing here to fight with you, nor to repeat the same mistakes."
"No matter what you think, maybe it's because of your father, maybe it's because of me, maybe it's because of someone else, but even if you have a thousand reasons to choose death——"
Jiang Qing's gaze dropped to a circle of red marks on Jiang Qing's neck. Due to artificial compression, the blood vessels there bulged and gradually turned blue.
"You only need one reason to live."
She raised her eyes and stared into Jiang Qing's eyes, as if she wanted to convince her, but also as if she was telling her something that was a matter of course.
"--you."
"Jiang Qing," the rooftop was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. Only the girl's voice could be heard, carrying the weight of metal and stone. "You should live for yourself."
"For you, Jiang Qing, for what you want to do, for the future you want," she said, "live bravely and strongly."
For, me?
Jiang Qing was confused. What does "for me" mean?
Has she ever lived for herself in her life?
She doesn't know.
Can she still achieve what she wants to do and the future she wants?
Jiang Qing didn't know either.
She was always being pushed forward, and when she reached the end, she found that her life was so absurd that it was laughable.
Jiang Qing's face was full of confusion, like a lost child. There was a cliff under her feet and behind her. She stood on tiptoe and was afraid to step down, afraid of falling, but even more afraid of not falling.
Jiang Qing glanced at Lin Nanyan beside her, then turned to meet Jiang Qing's unfocused eyes.
She knew that the unknown was always scary.
"It's okay if you haven't figured it out yet."
Her voice was very soft, for fear of waking anything.
"You still have so much time, enough for you to think, enough for you to think clearly, just for me."
Jiang Qing was stunned. For Jiang Qing?
Before her chaotic mind could completely clear up, a sharp wind whistled past her ears, accompanied by a familiar scream, and a sharp pain came from her wrist.
"Kick up!" Jiang Qing saw something and suddenly jumped up and roared.
Lin Nanyan, who had quietly approached Jiang Qing at some point, paused. His long legs did not slow down, but he slightly adjusted the landing point and kicked Jiang Qing away.
The unconscious person lost his traction, his center of gravity was unstable, and he staggered and fell down. Lin Nanyan quickly grabbed the person and dragged him away quickly.
Jiang Qing fell to the ground uncontrollably after being kicked, and watched helplessly as the person she had previously controlled fell into the hands of the boy and got farther and farther away from her.
Jiang Qing was still talking not far from my ear, and she was complaining about the boy in a low voice.
"You almost kicked the one below, did you know that?"
Lin Nanyan nodded. The tall man seemed unusually well-behaved at this moment and listened to the instructions obediently.
Jiang Qing's mind was in a trance, and he smiled slightly, as if he was crying but not crying.
Jiang Qing muttered, "How can I take the college entrance exam with an injured wrist?"
That’s right, at this time, she was still thinking about senior sister Jiang Qing’s college entrance examination. She had worked so hard for so long, she couldn’t let it fail at the last moment.
Turning her head to look at Jiang Qing, who was sitting there with a complicated expression on his face, wondering what he was thinking, she trotted over and squatted down.
Maybe she couldn't resolve all of Jiang Qing's knots, but at least—
She should do something about this part of her.
"Jiang Qing, I've actually always known that you were following me."
Jiang Qing's eyelids drooped and his eyelashes trembled slightly.
"I don't mind. In fact, I'm getting the upper hand. I'm enjoying the treatment of a wealthy person in advance and have a very reliable free bodyguard."
"I believe that if I am in danger, you will stand up and protect me, right?"
Jiang Qing looked up at the girl. The expression on the girl's face was still serious and determined, with trust in her.
She believed Jiang Qing and believed that Jiang Qing had never had the intention of hurting her.
Just like the first time I saw her, the girl has never changed.
"The recorder," she said hoarsely, "I changed it."
Jiang Qing: "Well, I knew this a long time ago."
Jiang Qing stared at the girl blankly, tears welling in his eyes, burning her eyeballs and making them red.
"And that messed up rumor at school. If you pay attention to it, it's a sharp sword that can hurt people. If you don't, it's just a joke."
Jiang Qing said seriously, "I don't care, so it can't hurt me."
But at the same time, she also knew that not everyone could treat rumors as nonsense like she did, because she was not the center of the rumors, and she had not experienced the contempt and silent disgust of others, nor was she constantly surrounded by hurtful verbal attacks.
So she said it lightly, but she also knew that it was not something that could be laughed off.
Just like the previous turmoil to Song Shuang, the past experiences to Song Yao, and the current rumors to Jiang Qing, they all make people feel like a thorn in the throat and suffer unbearable pain.
"Just because I don't care doesn't mean the hurt doesn't exist," Jiang Qing gently touched the girl's wound. The skin there was cold, without a trace of warmth. "No matter how harsh or outrageous their words are, even if they're not true, the hurt is still hurt. So what about us? Why should we do as they wish?"
"Pain is pain. I may not care about it, but I also have to fight back."
She left no room for doubt. "Whether you did it or not, I will investigate this matter to the end. This is not just your business, and your death will not solve any problems."
"What happened will not be erased just because you are dead."
"Jiang Qing," Jiang Qing stood up and asked softly, "Are you willing to stand with me?"
She extended a hand to Jiang Qing.
Jiang Qing looked in the direction of the hand. In the dark night, the girl's face was blurred by the light, but she could feel the burning gaze in her eyes, filled with dizzying anticipation.
At this moment, she was bewitched by the light and slowly stretched out her hand.
Before she could get close, another hand quickly grabbed her hand, holding it firmly, warmly, and forcefully.
The stars in the sky twinkle, watching the joys and sorrows of the world with a smile.
Zhang Chao looked at the rooftop from afar. It was too far away and he couldn't see people's faces clearly. He could only vaguely count their heads.
I was tired of looking up, so I lowered my head to massage my neck. The moment I looked up, I found that there was no one on the rooftop wall.
In the blink of an eye, three more heads appeared side by side, looking up at the starry sky, looking at... as if they were looking at the stars?
Zhang Chao: …
They just had a life-and-death thriller, and now they're a family with Mei?
In this horrible weather, can you see the stars clearly?
The situation evolved so quickly that his brain got a little stuck.
He took out his cell phone, paused for a moment, and started typing.
After sending the message and putting away his phone, he leaned back against the wall and inadvertently caught a glimpse of the stars.
Damn, there really are stars!
The light of the stars was dim, mostly obscured by the dark clouds. Only a faint afterglow flickered, but it could not illuminate the dark corridor.
Li Liang's eyes were fixed on the dark blue screen, like a stone statue.
The screen, which had not been used for a long time, suddenly went out, and the corridor fell into darkness again.
After a long moment, a self-deprecating laugh echoed from the quiet stairwell.
In the end, he still lost.
Li Liang leaned his head against the wall, his mind was empty and he had no thoughts.
Until the voice-controlled light came on again, until the staggering footsteps approached, until the footsteps gradually moved away.
Li Liang slowly turned his head and his eyes fell on the plastic bag placed at his feet.
The green fresh walnuts are round and big, filling the ground and squeezed together, looking cute and plump.
Li Liang suddenly laughed, and tears rolled down his face as he laughed.
Jiang Qing wiped away the water marks on her face. The red corners of her eyes stung so much, but she didn't feel it at all. It was as if she could finally look at the stars properly. She looked extra hard and attentively.
I may never see it again.
Jiang Qing sat in the middle, with Jiang Qing on the left and Lin Nanyan on the right.
The three of them looked up at the sky together, watching the stars gradually emerge.
Jiang Qing asked softly, "How long will it take?"
Jiang Qing put away his hand that had been deleting several timed text messages that he had already edited and sent to Jiang Jiang, and turned back and said, "Twelve seconds."
Twelve seconds... So many things happened tonight that when Jiang Qing finally calmed down she realized that time had passed so quickly, and she was not prepared for it to end at all.
Will the cycle end when the time is up?
When the cycle ends, will the past events change?
Now that she's gone, what will become of this timeline?
Everything is unknown, and the unknown always makes people uneasy.
But Jiang Qing was not afraid. She had done what she could, and she had no way to change anything else.
but--
She turned to look at Lin Nanyan, "That car accident..."
Lin Nanyan seemed to know what she was going to say and interrupted her, "I said I'm back."
"Isn't it?" The boy looked down at Jiang Qing, his eyes gentle. "You saw it with your own eyes."
Jiang Qing nodded, yes, she saw it with her own eyes.
Lin Nanyan stood in front of her unharmed. He went to the amusement park with her and to the police station with her. He accompanied her well.
Nothing happened.
Jiang Qing thought thankfully, but she didn't notice that Jiang Qing behind her suddenly looked towards Lin Nanyan when he heard this.
That look contained surprise.
Lin Nanyan met her gaze and shook his head imperceptibly.
At this glance, Jiang Qingbian understood everything and she lowered her eyelids.
Because she has experienced it personally, she understands it better than anyone else.
That car accident, the one that claimed more than one life, was far more devastating than what is happening today.
But she couldn't change anything.
The only thing she could decide was Jiang Qing's death.
Only when Jiang Qing's self-destructiveness reaches its peak can she touch Jiang Qing.
Only then can he kill Jiang Qing easily.
But even Jiang Qing's death could not change the tragic ending.
The dead are dead, and she doesn't know what kind of pain the living have to go through, nor can she see it.
The ticking of time sounded, and the conversation in my ears continued.
"Do you really... have to leave?" Jiang Qing asked.
Lin Nanyan stared at the girl for a long time without answering.
Jiang Qing knew the answer. Although she had expected it, she still couldn't stop feeling disappointed.
"I understand. Your choice is not wrong."
If she had to choose between her mother and Lin Nanyan, she would choose her mother.
So, she knew that Lin Nanyan was right.
Out of the corner of my eye, all the scenes were like frozen mirrors, slowly cracking.
The creaking sound of things breaking was only heard by her.
She was about to say something, but Lin Nanyan suddenly moved very close to her, so close that she could clearly feel the warmth of his skin.
Jiang Qing couldn't help but hold her breath, her gaze uncontrollably falling on the familiar rosy lips in front of her.
Lin Nanyan's breathing was a little disordered. After a breath, he seemed to have thought of something. The veins on the back of his hand throbbed and he restrained himself.
When he looked up again, his eyes were filled with a deep, rich ink color.
"Jiang Jiang, I'm sorry, and," he said, "you are never wrong."
Jiang Qing suddenly looked up and looked at the boy in surprise. There was a click in her ear and the world, all strange and colorful, completely shattered before her eyes.
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