Chapter 27 Mom is the Poor Flower
Back to the Space-Time Bureau, Xingxing finally sent away Zhou Chenxing, whose soul was pure and clean.
After watching the tearful child being taken away to reincarnation by other department systems of the Space-Time Bureau, Xingxing and Qiuqiu returned to their host cabin together.
"Xingxing, do you feel tired?" Qiuqiu rubbed Xingxing's cheek, and was a little afraid to recall how it and Xingxing had lived in the decades after Sunflower Dad left.
Even the ball felt lonely and quiet when thinking about it, but the star itself lived seriously in that world for many, many years.
Celebrate your own birthday every year, and leave the candles on the cake and the opportunity to make a wish to other stars.
Every year I visit my family members’ graves, bring them their favorite food, the latest technology products, and lots of hand-folded gold ingots, and then sit quietly with them for the entire day.
Every year I draw a self-portrait of myself in a different way. I draw a picture of the star sitting quietly by the window, a picture of the star sitting quietly by the lake for a whole day and only catching a small fish, a picture of the star sitting quietly on the rooftop and looking at the stars...
Some of those paintings were burned in front of the family’s graves, and some were stored in space by Xingxing. Now they have all been brought back.
"Are you going to give it to Uncle Hu and the others?" Qiuqiu had already guessed Xingxing's thoughts.
After returning to the Spacetime Bureau, Xingxing, who had turned back into a little zombie, nodded gently and said softly, "I asked the teacher in class, and the teacher said that I can use the points I earned from completing the task to send a spacetime express to my family."
"Yeah, then I'll give them a gift as well." Qiuqiu flew around Xingxing and watched Xingxing busy in the house, carefully arranging his paintings one by one, and then putting the paintings of each year together.
When the courier system that Xingxing placed the order from the General Administration knocked on the door, Xingxing packed the drawing papers and handed them to the other party.
Under Xingxing's curious gaze, Qiuqiu also put in a small express package.
The two kids looked at the chubby little figure leaving the courier system, and they both felt a little nervous for some reason.
"Will it scare them?" Qiuqiu was so nervous that he couldn't even squat on Xingxing's shoulder.
Xingxing shook her head: "Xingxing doesn't know~"
So Qiuqiu immediately comforted Xingxing: "It's okay, kid, compared to being scared by Xiaoxiao, Uncle Hu and the others must be more eager to receive this cross-time and space express!"
"What gift did Qiuqiu send?" Xingxing held it curiously.
Being asked suddenly, Qiuqiu hesitated for a long time and then answered in a low voice: "It's nothing, it's just... a video of all the happy moments since you went to that world, Xingxing."
Under the stunned gaze of the child, Qiuqiu flew up and touched the boy's forehead, coaxing him in a similar childish voice: "I know the stars want everyone to know that you are doing well, so I cut out all the unhappy and lonely moments, leaving only the happy moments of each star, so that the stars that Uncle Hu and others see are the stars that are growing up happily all the time."
Qiuqiu feels a little guilty about the connection between Xingxing and that world, so he wants to make it up to Xingxing as much as possible.
As long as it is something that Xingxing wants to achieve, Qiuqiu will try his best to help him accomplish it, even if it means sacrificing most of his own body's authority and facing repeated audits and monitoring.
The ball fell back into the child's slightly cool palm.
Xingxing lowered her eyes and looked at it quietly. After several seconds, she lowered her head and took the initiative to touch her forehead with it.
"Thank you, Qiuqiu~"
"Stars are happy."
Xingxing gave a small, shallow smile, and his clear, white eyes reflected the sparkling ball of light in his palm. So when Xingxing's eyes curved, the ball hidden in his eyes seemed to be smiling happily along with him.
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Xingxing didn't stay in the Space-Time Bureau for many days.
After making sure that his uncle had received the express delivery he sent in the doomsday world, he and Qiuqiu began to prepare for the next mission.
It's not just work, it's also to pay off the debt to the General Administration and save money to send more things to my uncles.
Now Xingxing can only send the paintings he draws for free, but perhaps in a certain world he can see something more novel and meaningful. This kind of express delivery from one world to another requires not only paying the express fee, but also many other strange but necessary fees.
Xingxing is very poor and can't even afford to send a blade of grass.
So the two little ones quickly received new tasks from the Quick Wear Department's Sadistic Writing Division.
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"Boy, this time we are also entering the modern world. Before entering this world, I need to extract and seal all your memories from the previous world. Are you ready?"
The ball flew in front of Xingxing's eyes, and after Xingxing nodded, it flew over and stuck to the center of the child's forehead.
After about half a minute, the ball left Xingxing's forehead.
The child opened his eyes, and his eyes, which had lost all the sediment of his lifetime's memories, became clear and transparent again. He tilted his head and looked at the ball quietly.
"We are going to a new world, Xingxing, close your eyes." Qiuqiu said as he stuffed his round body into Xingxing's hand, which was then subconsciously held tightly by the child.
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When he opened his eyes again, the first thing Xingxing saw was a little boy with a gray soul.
He looked at the stars timidly, and after hesitating for a long time, he moved slowly in front of the stars.
"Brother, hello~" He was shaking with nervousness, and there was an obvious cry in his voice. His eyes were clearly full of fear when he looked at Xingxing, but he still mustered up the courage and introduced himself in a mosquito-like voice: "I... my name is Liang Nanxing..."
Xingxing tilted her head and stared at him silently. When he was about to cry, she said softly, "My name is Xingxing too."
His sudden voice obviously scared little Liang Nanxing. His small body trembled violently and he fell back several steps, shaking all over, looking at the stars in panic.
Qiuqiu had activated the ability to see the soul of the original owner this time. Seeing this scene, he was also a little dumbfounded and whispered, "Baby, why is he so scared? Do we look like bad guys?"
That’s not right, Xingxing is obviously very well behaved!
Without waiting for Qiuqiu to continue looking for other reasons, Liang Nanxing spoke again in a low voice from a distance of more than one meter: "Brother Xingxing... can you, can you help my mother?"
When he talked about his mother, his originally frightened eyes were filled with sadness and guilt.
He twisted his thin fingers tightly and cried tremblingly, "Brother, when you become me, please help my mother, I beg you..."
"It's all my fault. I'm too stupid and timid to speak up, which is why my mother got scolded by so many people."
He spoke fluently, wiping his tears while saying, "Mom was very good to me, but I caused her to be scolded by everyone. Brother, I regret it, but I, I still don't dare. Brother, please help my mom, help her, don't let those people scold her anymore, okay?"
He cried so quietly that even from a distance you couldn't hear his crying. You could only see big tears rolling down his eyes.
Xingxing listened quietly and seriously as he kept saying sorry and asking her to help his mother.
"Okay." Xingxing gently interrupted the child's crying.
Liang Nanxing was stunned for a moment, sniffed, and looked at him pitifully: "Really?"
"Really." Xingxing nodded.
"...Thank you, brother~" The little boy, with tears in his eyes, silently moved a little closer to him.
At this time, the door of this room was knocked from outside.
"Xingxing, Mom is coming in." A tired but gentle female voice.
The moment Liang Nanxing heard the sound, he shrank into the corner like a frightened animal, curled up into a small ball, wishing he could disappear on the spot.
But clearly, just a few seconds ago he was still asking Xingxing to help save his mother.
Xingxing's gaze stayed on little Liang Nanxing for a brief moment, then she turned her head and looked at the woman who pushed the door open gently.
Liang Jinyu, Liang Nanxing’s mother, is also Xingxing’s mother in this world from now on.
Liang Jinyu seemed a little stunned by Xingxing's silent gaze back at her at this moment. She kept holding the door handle and stared at Xingxing blankly.
Xingxing noticed that her mother's breathing was getting lighter and lighter, but her heartbeat was getting stronger and stronger.
Mom is very quiet at this moment, both physically and spiritually. She is so quiet that even the stars cannot hear any of her thoughts.
The mother and son stared at each other in strange silence for two full minutes.
Liang Jinyu didn't even want to blink until her eyes were dry and tears came out.
Xingxing tilted her head and silently looked away under her mother's cautious gaze.
Then he heard a loud breathing, as if he could no longer hold it in.
While Xingxing and her new mother were looking at each other, Qiuqiu urgently checked the script of this novel world.
Liang Jinyu let go of the door handle and walked lightly into the empty little room.
She was holding a small stool in her hand, and she put it down very gently.
She sat on the bench and whispered to Xingxing who was sitting on the ground, "Xingxing, can you hear your mother talking?"
The next second, Xingxing raised her eyes, and her clear eyes looked at her quietly, just like before.
However, with just such a small movement, Liang Jinyu tightly grasped the hem of her hanging skirt, her breathing became lighter again, and her tone was also gentle and careful.
"Xingxing, Mom wants to discuss something with you. Please give Mom a little time and listen to me, okay?"
After saying this, she paid more attention to every subtle expression of Xingxing than before.
Xingxing felt that the mother in front of her seemed to be very afraid of her.
Just like the little boy Nan Liangxing just now.
He had never seen such a cautious human being in the doomsday. There was a hint of curiosity in his eyes. He tilted his head slightly and continued to stare at the human in front of him.
Little did he know that even this tiny, almost indistinguishable change in his expression was completely captured by Liang Jinyu.
Just this small change made Liang Jinyu so happy that she wanted to cry, but when she looked into Xingxing's clean and pure eyes, she hurriedly restrained her surging emotions, tried to smile, and said to Xingxing in a gentle voice: "Baby, Aunt Linlin told me today that she has received a notice for me. Mommy wants to bring baby to record that show together. Is that okay?"
"Mom promises that many people won't disturb Xingxing. If it's okay, just nod to mom. If you don't want to go, just shake your head. Okay?"
Liang Jinyu tried her best to suppress the urge to hug her son, and stared at him with gentle yet nervous eyes.
Seeing this, Qiuqiu wanted to sigh a little, and stopped on Xingxing's shoulder and whispered, "Baby, Liang Nanxing didn't agree to his mother at first, and he shook his head, but later... he still went to record the variety show. Because he didn't go to the first episode, Liang's mother formed a temporary family with an amateur child. The whole network was laughing at her, saying that even their own children didn't want to appear on the screen with her..."
"Little Liang Nanxing inadvertently heard what his agent said, but he finally mustered up the courage to go. However, he has suffered from severe autism since he was a child, so going on the show messed up everything."
After hearing what Qiuqiu said, Xingxing withdrew her gaze from her mother.
Liang Jinyu looked at her son's reaction. Although she was disappointed, she was not surprised. She forced a smile. In fact, she already had the answer in her mind before she entered the door, right?
"If you don't want to go, then don't go." She exhaled slowly, ignoring the pain in her heart. She maintained her emotions and comforted Xingxing softly: "Then baby, when you are home alone, remember to come out for dinner when the nanny knocks on the door. Mom will call you every night, baby, remember to answer the phone, just put the watch next to you, don't talk, just listen to mom, and..."
Not only did she have the answer before she came in, she also thought about a lot of things she should tell herself before she left.
But she didn't have the chance to finish what she was saying. When she was halfway through her rambling, the little kid in front of her, who had been lowering his head, immersed in his own world, now raised his head and looked at her quietly and intently.
And, he nodded slightly.
"..." For a moment, Liang Jinyu thought that her throat could no longer speak. Otherwise, why did her mouth open and close but still not make any sound?
So the next second, she saw the child in front of her look at her in confusion, probably thinking that she didn't see her movements clearly, so she nodded again with a larger arc.
After nodding, he raised his fair little face and continued to look at her quietly.
Those eyes, which used to be dim, timid and fearful, now seemed to be able to speak, silently conveying the child's thoughts to her.
[Mom, I nodded, did you see it?]
Liang Jinyu tried desperately to restrain herself, resisting the urge to reach out and hug Xingxing tightly, but she couldn't hold back the tears that welled up in her eyes.
She covered her mouth tightly, trying to stifle her cries of joy back into her throat, choking her heart so much that it ached and lasted a long time before she could calm down.
She took a deep breath and swallowed it down her throat. Through the sudden pain, she seemed to finally find her voice.
"Star……"
Her voice was trembling as she asked very softly, "Baby, do you want to go to the show with mom?"
Xingxing stared at the tears in her eyes for two seconds, pursed her lips, and nodded again.
Liang Jinyu's vision was blurred by tears, but she was still staring at the stars. She took a breath, and nodded with tears and laughter: "Okay...Okay, Mommy knows. Mommy will tell your Aunt Linlin that the baby is playing with toys here. If you want to ask Mommy for help, just use the watch to call Mommy, understand?"
She said this repeatedly, raised her hand to wipe away her tears, and hurriedly got up and left with wet eyes.
After she left, Xingxing looked down at the toy in his hand, then looked at little Liang Nanxing who was shivering in the corner.
Qiuqiu flew to Xingxing's hand in distress, squeezed the toy away, and let Xingxing pinch him. Then he sighed in distress: "Baby, this kid's wish is so vague this time."
As a deal, the wish Liang Nanxing made was that he hoped Xingxing could save his mother, and stop so many people from saying bad things about his mother online and cursing her with many vicious and ugly words. He also hoped that his mother would stop receiving horrible express deliveries.
"This kid hopes that his mom can become a big star who is loved by many people, and hopes that his mom will not be dragged down by him anymore."
Children's wishes are always messy and extremely naive.
But the Time and Space Bureau's Quick Travel Department's Sadistic Writing Branch accepted his wish, which means that this wish can be realized.
Qiuqiu guessed: "Maybe he died, so the last wish in his wish list has been considered fulfilled."
"Qiuqiu, plot?" Xingxing pinched it and asked it to say something key.
"Oh, right! I almost forgot!" Qiuqiu suddenly realized, quickly looked through the plot and shared with Xingxing what the original plot line of this world was.
"This is a cool article about the control group of the entertainment industry. The protagonists are a father and daughter. In the show, because they took care of Xingxing, an autistic child, many times and were well-behaved, lively and sensible, they gained a lot of audience favor. Everyone called them the national father and national daughter."
"On the contrary, Xingxing, the little Liang Nanxing in your current body is the control group family that sets off their truth, kindness and beauty in this variety show."
"Because Liang Nanxing's condition was very serious, he would subconsciously hide even when his mother approached him. So every time the father and daughter approached him, he would tremble and scream, and then his condition would become more serious."
"Every time her mother wanted to protect little Liang Nanxing, she would quarrel with them. Netizens' impression of her had already become very bad because of the divorce incident, and after seeing her performance on the show, they hated her even more."
"Netizens called her a shrew and gave her many ugly and malicious names. Fans of Liang Nanxing's father and many extreme netizens photoshopped her death photo and sent her all kinds of bloody and horrific express deliveries."
"After this show, Liang Jinyu had no hope of becoming popular again. She was burdened with huge debts and was hidden by the company. She could only play minor roles in major film and television bases. But even so, some people were unwilling to let her go. When she was playing a minor role in a costume web drama, someone threw sulfuric acid on her."
"Unfortunately, little Liang Nanxing was also on the set. After falling into debt, his mother could no longer afford a nanny to take care of him. She was afraid that he would get into an accident at home alone, so she took him with her wherever she went and kept him in the hotel every day. But that day, because we were about to wrap up, she wanted to check out early to save some money, so she brought little Liang Nanxing with her to the crew..."
"Xingxing, the sulfuric acid didn't splash on Liang Jinyu, it splashed on little Liang Nanxing who happened to be held by her."
Qiuqiu's voice was trembling. He couldn't believe how a person's fate could take such a sudden turn for the worse so quickly. It was as if all the sufferings were rushing towards him, pressing the mother and son tightly under the soft and difficult-to-break-away pillow, leaving them suffocating in despair while struggling desperately.
Why?
They obviously did nothing wrong!
"Xingxing, Uncle Hu is right..." Qiuqiu murmured, "Human kindness can save everything, but human malice can easily destroy all kindness."
How could it be so extremely vicious?
Even the core program of the database of the Space-Time Bureau's system states that every life must be respected. Humans have studied history for thousands of years, so is it possible that they still cannot understand such a simple principle of survival?
Besides, what benefit would it bring to those people if they hurt Liang Jinyu and her son?
Qiuqiu couldn't understand it. She felt that the novel was not well written at all. It was terrible and rotten.
If the underlying tone of every cool novel is to use the suffering of innocent supporting characters who have done nothing evil to highlight the truth, goodness and beauty of the protagonist, then perhaps the protagonist in the book is not actually that worthy of being loved?
In comparison, Qiuqiu even felt that Cheng Qian'an in the previous world was not that bad.
Cheng Qi'an is an executioner thief, so what about those violent netizens and the extreme humans who threw sulfuric acid in the end in this novel?
They were also executioners. They used the loudest and noisiest voices, desperately publicizing the "crimes" of innocent people, while standing together with laughter, holding up the butcher knife high, and chopped the convicted Liang Jinyu and her son into pieces.
Finally, looking at the bloody scene and throwing away the butcher knife, they can pretend that nothing has happened and become innocent people again with clean hands without a trace of blood.
Perhaps when passing by that blurred pool of flesh and blood, he would spit with pride, and discuss with other companions with a smile who would be the recipient of the next execution.
"I hate this world of novels." Qiuqiu burrowed into Xingxing's arms dejectedly, not wanting to face the filth of the outside world for the time being.
Xingxing sat on the ground. He didn't quite remember what happened in the last world. In his memory, this was the first world he experienced after leaving Uncle Hu.
A gentle mother, a cautious mother, a mother who is very tired but afraid of hurting him even by breathing.
Xingxing didn’t know what his mother was like, but he felt that this mother seemed a little pitiful.
Xingxing rarely feels pity for anyone, because as a zombie he has no so-called empathy at all. But for the human mother who just came in and left and called him baby softly, Xingxing felt a little pity for her.
Like a flower thrown into the mud by someone, it finally blooms beautifully, but is easily broken by passers-by.
The first one broke her.
The second person stepped on her foot.
A third trampled her petals into the mud.
The fourth person...
So many, so many, countless people...
So the flower sank into the mud again.
Unfortunately, this time, when she was gathering her strength to struggle to stand up again, she met the last person who had walked this path.
The man saw her, walked up to her, reached out with malicious intent, and pulled up the muddy flower by the roots.
"This is a road people walk on, why are there flowers here? It's really an eyesore."
Mom is that poor, eyesore flower.
Xingxing recalled her mother's cautious tone towards her, pursed her lips, and asked softly, "Will I become like little Liang Nanxing?"
The teacher said before that after entering a child’s body, one might be affected by the original owner’s condition.
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