Back to ten years old
When Yi Huizhen was 56 years old, she was diagnosed with a malignant tumor during a physical examination.
The tumor was discovered in time and is still in the early stages, with no signs of spreading for the time being.
With today's medical technology, coupled with Yi Huizhen's family's financial resources and connections, the probability of cure is quite high.
Yi Huizhen refused treatment and chose to be discharged from the hospital. She also moved out of the Xiao family's deserted mansion under the pretext of "recuperating".
Looking back on her life, she has been walking on the track set by others since she was born.
She seems to be born into a wealthy family and is the apple of a rich family's eye, but in fact she has no control over anything.
Her family had arranged a marriage for her long ago, saying that she would marry into a wealthy family and become the wife of a rich man, but in fact, they were sacrificing their daughter in exchange for more stable interests.
Her new husband did not love her. Every time he faced her, he was like a less devout believer facing a golden Buddha statue that he had bought at a high price.
Because he knew Yi Huizhen's value, he worshipped her numbly.
Later, Yi Huizhen had a daughter, Xiao E.
She thought that because of the blood connection, she should always have someone close to her.
Unexpectedly, as Xiao E grew up, she always stared at Yi Huizhen with a compassionate look that showed "sadness for her misfortune and anger at her lack of resistance."
Xiao E knew very well that if Yi Huizhen had dared to resist, she would not have suffered the same fate as herself, being restricted in every way and having a luxurious appearance.
After all, my daughter is braver and more resolute than I am.
When Yi Huizhen was young, she also considered escaping this golden cage. But she couldn't let go of her family. Later, when she had a daughter, she willingly clipped her wings and remained shackled for the rest of her life.
Xiao E, who was put in the same shackles, planned a big drama.
She would rather owe everyone, including her family and children, than escape from a life that she could see the end of.
Even though Xiao E knew that the child she had abandoned would lose his mother and be the target of his father's anger.
She still did that.
After Yi Huizhen moved out of the Xiao family, she lived in a mountain villa far away from the hustle and bustle.
There, she finally met her ten-year-old grandson Yan Jingchen.
In the past ten years, Yi Huizhen only took a glimpse of Yan Jingchen through the incubator when he was just born.
Not long after, Xiao E abandoned her husband and children, and the Yan family and the Xiao family became enemies and naturally had no contact with each other.
Yan Jingchen was nominally raised by his father Yan Shan, but in fact Xiao E vaguely heard that Yan Shan had a lover outside and had given birth to a son for him.
In a business marriage without love, it is normal to find a lover outside.
Yi Huizhen's husband treats her with coldness, but he is very affectionate towards countless lovers outside.
No matter how much he likes his lover, as long as the capital networks of the two families are still connected, he will never let his outside lover or illegitimate child replace Yi Huizhen.
Xiao E's situation was different. When she ran away, her son naturally lost his power.
Sure enough, when Yan Jingchen was only nine years old and had not yet finished elementary school, Yan Shan completely tore off his disguise, brought his lover Wei Yuewei and son Yan Haoxuan home in a grand manner, and announced to the outside world that Yan Haoxuan was the legitimate heir of the Yan family.
As for Yan Jingchen?
She was treated like garbage and thrown into a small apartment owned by the Yan family, with only two nannies taking turns to take care of her.
Yi Huizhen knew that she owed Xiao E, and Xiao E owed Yan Jingchen.
To put it bluntly, it was because of my own weakness and indecision that I led to the child's fate today.
At the end of her life, she wanted to make up for her mistakes as much as possible.
After much deliberation, even begging her husband, Yi Huizhen finally managed to transfer her grandson's household registration to her own name. She also made a will, leaving all her inheritance to the child.
Before meeting the child, Yi Huizhen thought about countless opening remarks and how to introduce herself to her grandson whom she had almost never met.
Unexpectedly, when Yan Jingchen saw her for the first time, he obediently called her "Grandma".
"Grandma." The pretty little boy raised his face, his spotless eyes fixed on Yi Huizhen. "Auntie said you would stay with me in the future. Is that true?"
Yi Huizhen met his gaze and was speechless for a moment.
She seemed to see a stray kitten she had seen before. She just gave it some food, and the cat chased Yi Huizhen's car for a long time.
Unfortunately, Yi Huizhen is allergic to cat hair, and her family will not let her raise a stray cat with no pedigree, for fear of losing her wealthy status.
After a while, Yi Huizhen was driving along that road and saw the cat again.
One of its eyes was blind, half of its front paw was cut off, and its stomach was swollen like a balloon, making it difficult to move.
Even so, it recognized Yi Huizhen and turned over its belly in a friendly manner, allowing her to touch the cleanest part of its body.
Yi Huizhen didn't know what had happened to the cat. Her eyes turned red with sadness. Regardless of her own allergy to cat hair and her husband's possible objection, she took the cat to the pet hospital.
Unfortunately, it's too late.
Its wound was severely infected and its stomach was full of toxic waste.
After staying in the hospital for a few days, he finally returned to the cat planet.
The nurse at the pet hospital told Yi Huizhen that he had died on the second day of admission, but he insisted on staying until the fifth day just to see Yi Huizhen who came to visit him one last time.
It called out to Yi Huizhen with all its might, and then closed its eyes forever.
In the eyes of people around it, it is just a lowly stray cat with a life as insignificant as an ant.
Yi Huizhen remembered it for a long time.
The Yan Jingchen in front of her reminded her of the cat again.
Even if he has been hurt countless times, as long as you show a little kindness, he will still come to you intimately and open his heart without reservation.
"Yes," Yi Huizhen said, caressing her grandson's hair with affection, "Grandma will be with you in the future."
The first sentence Yi Huizhen said to Yan Jingchen was a lie.
She couldn't stay with the child for long.
Ten-year-old Yan Jingchen had no way of distinguishing lies.
In his clean world, grandma is a good person, and good people don't lie.
From then on, I became a child with a family.
Yi Huizhen was very kind and doted on him, unlike Yan Jingchen's grandparents.
His grandparents would only complain that he had no talent and was not as outstanding as some other heir, and they would even scold him to his face for having the blood of "that woman" flowing in his veins.
Yi Huizhen is always gentle and would watch Yan Jingchen's favorite cartoons with him and tell him bedtime stories.
After two months of getting along, Yan Jingchen's application to change his name was finally approved by his original guardian, and his name was changed from Yan Jingchen to Yi Jingchen.
From that day on, Yi Jingchen felt that he had completely become his grandmother's child.
He likes to eat the meals prepared by his grandmother, listen to her stories, and share his favorite cartoons with her.
Even though grandma is not very interested in cartoons, she will still accompany her grandson and listen to his weird ideas.
"If I become Sheriff Black Cat, I will definitely catch all the bad guys!"
Yi Jingchen thought for a moment and then said, "I don't have to be Sheriff Black Cat. I can live in the forest and he will protect me."
Yi Huizhen asked with a smile, "Chenchen likes Black Cat Sheriff very much."
"Yeah! I love it so much~!" Yi Jingchen opened his arms and gestured in a huge circle, "I like it like I like Ultraman, Gundam, Armor Hero, and the Monkey King."
After hearing this, Yi Huizhen was speechless.
His "super like" is really philanthropic.
Yi Huizhen had already decided to leave all her inheritance to Yi Jingchen, but she did not expect him to invest and manage it well.
Besides, Yi Huizhen was just a tool in charge of the affairs. No matter the property given to her by her parents' or husband's family, it was basically dividends, and she had no part in the decision-making at all.
In other words, as long as Yi Jingchen doesn't take drugs, gamble, or mess around, it will be enough for him to enjoy a life of wealth and glory.
In this case, Yi Huizhen does not need to force her grandson to study hard. He can do whatever he wants without being bound by any shackles.
The little grandson likes cartoons and wants to experience an animated life, so Yi Huizhen naturally supports him.
She knows that more and more people like cartoons now, and many people dress themselves up as characters in cartoons, imitating their tone and expression, as if they are really living in the cartoons.
Yi Huizhen is old and her physical strength is declining. Even though she knows that there are such people, she has no way to understand them in depth.
After much thought, she decided to find someone she could trust to help her grandson realize his wish.
If I pass away one day, my little grandson won’t be too sad if he can do what he wants.
Yi Huizhen plans to find a suitable person from among her trustworthy relatives.
Unexpectedly, the girl used the excuse that she was "busy making fake fur recently and had no time" and recommended another person to Yi Huizhen, guaranteeing that the person was absolutely trustworthy.
"I can guarantee that he is the most suitable candidate!"
After receiving the assurance, Yi Huizhen decided to accept the recommendation of her relative girl and meet the "most suitable candidate" first.
After meeting, Yi Huizhen was stunned.
She doesn't have much time left and has been getting weaker and weaker recently.
Yi Huizhen has no attachment to life. Her only regret is that she cannot see Yi Jingchen grow up.
At this moment, the boy who appeared in front of him was about twenty years old and looked like the grown-up Yi Jingchen.
His eyebrows and eyes are bright, his face looks rounder, and there are always bright stars in his eyes. He looks like he is living in love.
"Hello, Grandma Yi." The other person smiled and curved her eyes. "We in the second dimension all use nicknames. You can call me Silver Gradient."
"Silver tabby?" Yi Huizhen pondered for a few seconds. "Isn't that a cat?"
"Yeah!" Silver Gradient nodded seriously, "Just treat me like a kitten~"
Yi Huizhen's vigilance towards him was close to zero.
There was no dangerous aura about the silver gradient.
After all, what bad intentions could a kitten have?
Yi Huizhen pointed the direction to Silver Tabby. The little grandson was now tired from playing and ran to the audio-visual room to watch his favorite cartoons.
Silver Gradient gave her a 'hush' sound, signaling her not to tell Yi Jingchen.
Then he borrowed a room and tinkered in it for about half an hour, then tiptoed into the audio-visual room.
In the audio-visual room, Yi Jingchen couldn't tell how many times he had watched the disc of "Black Cat Sheriff" and murmured with some regret, "I like Black Cat Sheriff so much."
Unfortunately, Black Cat Sheriff is in the forest, and Yi Jingchen doesn’t live in the forest, so he can’t see him.
Just when he was feeling lost, he suddenly noticed a huge cat shadow projected onto the white cinema-style projection screen.
Yi Jingchen was startled and too scared to turn around. He curled up in his seat.
The black shadow was getting bigger and bigger. Yi Jingchen thought that a bad guy was breaking into the house to rob. He didn't dare to make a sound and covered his face with a pillow.
The black shadow walked to the back of Yi Jingchen's seat and looked down at the child from above. He saw that the child was covering his face, with his body exposed.
Covering one's ears to steal the bell.
A single leaf blocks the view.
——Have I been this stupid since I was a child?
Silver Gradient fell into deep thought.
Quack popped up and reminded, "Host, host, hurry up and don't forget that we have limited time!"
"I know!" Silver Tabby was a little impatient.
Silver Tabby... or rather, the 22-year-old cat Yi Jingchen, can only stay in this world for a short 24 hours.
Given that a certain "human-shaped house collapse appraiser" caused buildings to collapse wherever he went, he exposed numerous shocking scandals.
Guagua finally accumulated enough energy to eat melons. Before binding to the next host, it decided to fulfill Yi Jingchen's wish to prevent him from always diss-ing himself as a waste.
Guagua, who is full of energy from eating melons, even has the power to change time and space!
After listening to this, Yi Jingchen thought for a few seconds and asked Gua Gua if he could take him back to when he was ten years old.
"Do you want to travel back in time and redeem your childhood self?"
"Oh, no." Yi Jingchen said indifferently, "I want him to know that it's not easy to survive in the second dimension. He is not allowed to leave behind so many dark histories!!!"
Quack: ...
Okay, you are worthy of it.
So, the big Yi Jingchen wearing a 'silver gradient' vest came in front of the little Yi Jingchen.
Yin Jianceng pulled away the pillow covering Yi Jingchen's face, his expression serious, "Officer Yi, the forest is dangerous, let's go quickly."
"...Ah?!" Yi Jingchen blinked once, then blinked again, and looked at the scene in front of him with his mouth wide open.
Black Cat Sheriff?!
His favorite Black Cat Sheriff actually appeared in front of him. Could it be fake?
Silver Gradient didn't give him time to react. He directly stuffed a 100% authentic laser pistol into Yi Jingchen's hand and urged him, "Hurry up, my jet ski is parked outside. You are my designated successor. You must protect every citizen of the forest."
"Okay!" Although Yi Jingchen didn't understand what was going on, this scene appeared in every one of his dreams. He immediately took the gun and rushed out of the house.
"Wait, put on this uniform first." Silver Gradient said seriously, "Even if you're just Officer Mimi's successor, you still have to act like a reserve officer."
Yi Jingchen immediately straightened his chest and raised his head, saluted him, "Okay, Sheriff!"
Yi Jingchen took the uniform solemnly and went back to his room to change his clothes carefully.
Yi Huizhen looked at the silver gradient, then looked at her little grandson, and knew that they had entered the plot state, so she quietly moved to the corner to make room for them to play.
Before sitting down, Yi Huizhen seemed to trip and let out a muffled groan as she sat down.
Yin Chanceng noticed it and immediately went over to support her, put a cushion on her chair, and poured Yi Huizhen a cup of her favorite hot black tea.
"Thank you." Yi Huizhen lowered her eyes, saw the black tea in front of her, and murmured softly, "You and Xiaochen are really alike. Although he is young, he is very good at loving people."
"pity……"
Yin Gradient knew what she regretted, and there was a flicker in his eyes, but he didn't say anything in the end.
Yi Jingchen quickly changed his clothes and got on the jet ski parked outside.
To his surprise, the jet ski could actually move, with a white mist effect behind it.
only--
The speed is incredibly slow, comparable to a baby walker.
Yi Jingchen looked at the slowly receding scenery around him and the ant colony running by, and asked worriedly, "Sheriff, can we really protect the citizens of the forest if we are so slow?"
"Sure, I'm the most reliable sheriff in the forest." Silver Gradient said this, still driving the 'jet boat' at a very slow speed.
--no way.
A certain stupid cat can't ride a motorcycle at all, so he converted this jet boat from a bicycle.
Riding a bicycle on a steep forest mountain road with someone behind you would be a surprise if it wasn't slow.
Finally, after half an hour of "driving", Black Cat Sheriff and the trainee police officer finally defeated the "bad guy" who had hidden in advance and had been half dead from the sun.
The makeup artist who played the villain fell to the ground and pretended to be dead, and gradually began to feel a little self-doubt in her heart.
She is in her real middle school period, has just started to get in touch with the two-dimensional culture, and is very interested in cosplay.
Strangely enough, what she is interested in is not cosplaying herself, but 100% recreating every hairstyle, every piece of clothing, and every weapon on the screen.
The family members were very confused about their daughter's behavior. They thought that she was wasting a lot of her spare time doing meaningless things. She might as well learn to play a musical instrument, dance, or do something a girl should do.
Faced with the lack of support from her family, the makeup artist wondered whether her actions made sense.
At this moment, a man who seemed to descend from the sky told her with a solemn oath, "You must not give up! Believe me, you will become a god to many people in the future, including me."
That inexplicable person talked a lot and said that he was a person who came back from the future to this point in time.
Laughing to death, such a ridiculous reason——
Of course the middle school makeup artist believed it.
So, she followed the other party's instructions, introduced the silver tabby to Yi Huizhen, and then changed her clothes and waited here in advance.
She thought she was going to do something big like saving the world, but she ended up playing with a little brat and getting defeated by him.
"Hey!" The makeup artist took advantage of Yi Jingchen's inattention and pulled Yin Jianceng over to question him, "Is this the big deal you were talking about?"
"Of course." Silver Shade replied confidently, "Look, we've protected the forest."
Makeup girl: ...This lunatic is so crazy.
However, feeling Yin Yan's sense of conviction, and seeing Yi Jingchen's smile and the light in his eyes, she seemed to realize:
What you like to do is not completely meaningless.
She can bring happiness to others!
Yi Jingchen returned home from the forest and still felt incredible.
It was as if at that moment, he opened the door to another world and truly felt the charm of that world.
"Sheriff! Sheriff!" Yi Jingchen grabbed the edge of Yin Jianceng's clothes and asked him expectantly, "When will we protect the forest again?"
Silver Gradient squatted down, reached out to touch his hair, and put the hat with the badge on it on Yi Jingchen's little head.
"Listen, you have passed the test and become a true warrior."
"In the days ahead, you will independently protect the forest, protect the people around you, and most importantly, protect your own heart from being polluted."
Yi Jingchen seemed to understand what he said, but he nodded obediently.
"I understand. I will complete my mission!" After saying this, he seemed to sense something and tightly grasped the corner of Silver Gradient's clothes with his fingers. "Will I be able to see you again?"
"Of course." Silver Gradient assured him, "As long as you are happy every day and love yourself and others, we will meet one day in the future."
"Okay!" Yi Jingchen said seriously, "I really want to see you soon."
"Yes, but I have to leave for the time being. I have somewhere else to go." After saying that, he gave Yi Jingchen a big hug. "You are already very good, so live your life according to your own ideas."
Yin Gradient stood up, lifted her hair, walked out of the room, and saw Yi Huizhen waiting outside.
"Grandma, I have to go now. Please take care of yourself." After that, he said with a hint of guilt, "I'm sorry, I can't stay with you for too long."
"Don't apologize, it's not your fault." Yi Huizhen smiled gently and said calmly, "The way down the mountain is not easy to walk on. Let me give you a ride."
"Okay." Silver Gradient agreed.
The two people walked out of the villa and walked slowly along the mountain road for a while.
Yi Huizhen suddenly called out "Xiaochen".
"Hey." Silver Gradient responded and then froze.
Sure enough, grandma had already seen through it.
"It's incredible that Xiaochen will grow up to be such a beautiful child." Yi Huizhen said, her eyes moistening. "I feel relieved knowing that you will grow up well."
"Grandma..." Yi Jingchen also became sad. He looked at his grandmother, his eyes slightly red, and whispered the words he had wanted to say since they met, "Is it not too late now? Let's go to the hospital, okay? You said you would stay with me from now on."
"You still remember..." Yi Huizhen's eyes were filled with tears, and she shook her head helplessly, "Actually, I also want to continue to accompany you, but my life is too hard."
Once Yi Huizhen recovers, she will no longer have the excuse of "recuperating", and her husband, who is good at playing the role of a loving couple, will definitely take her back.
Given the Xiao family's environment, Yi Jingchen had just escaped from hell and was about to enter another cage.
"Xiaochen, every day I live is painful for me." He said softly to Yi Jingchen, "I'm sorry, even at the end, grandma was still not brave enough."
“…” Yi Jingchen sniffed, his eyes still red.
Before he came back, he knew that what had happened could not be changed.
Even so, Yi Jingchen still held on to a tiny bit of hope.
His grandmother told him in person that every day of life was painful.
If she wanted to fulfill that promise, she would have to endure radiation, chemotherapy, and even organ rejection after the transplant. Even if she managed to recover, she would still live in a purgatory worse than death.
Before Yi Jingchen was able to protect his grandmother, it was selfish to make such a request.
"Xiaochen, don't cry." Yi Huizhen carefully wiped his tears and gently stroked Yi Jingchen's face. "Being able to see you grow up is already an unexpected surprise given to me by God."
"When I die, I must be happy and have no regrets."
"The time I spent with you was the happiest time of my life. You gave me such a precious thing." Yi Huizhen smiled. "Don't blame yourself, and don't feel sad for me. My greatest wish is that you will always be happy."
"Yeah." Yi Jingchen covered his grandmother's skinny hand and held back his tears. "I lived a very happy life later. I had many friends and many people who loved me."
"That's good, that's good." Yi Huizhen said with relief, "Grandma's baby, you will always be loved."
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