Chapter 965: Ugly but with a Personality (Part 1)
"Battle Song" was originally created to serve as the soundtrack for the music talent show "The Strongest King".
Ruan Qi never thought that this song would become the spiritual strength for a ten-year-old boy in pain.
She looked at the small bulge under the quilt, and her heart felt like it was filled with a ball of lemon-flavored marshmallow, soft, sweet, and a little sour.
The light in Ruan Qi's peach blossom eyes gradually melted into a ball of honey.
She gave a faint smile and raised her hand to pat the quilt.
"Thank you, thank you for liking my songs. I'm very happy to have a fan like you."
The little boy rarely interacted with outsiders. He felt the girl's touch through the quilt and his body subconsciously shrank.
Ruan Qi noticed his avoidance, curled her lips, and patted the quilt again.
"Hey, little fan, can we meet? I can sign your autograph and take a photo with you."
As soon as he finished speaking, the little boy's breathing in the quilt became faster.
Obviously, he was very moved.
but……
"No." A muffled voice came from under the quilt.
Ruan Qi wasn't surprised by his refusal. She smiled and asked, "Why not? Aren't you a fan of mine? Did you lie when you said you liked my songs?"
Children of this age hate being denied the most. When she said this, the little boy in the quilt immediately retorted excitedly.
"No! I didn't! Everything I said is true!"
Ruan Qi: "Then why don't you meet me?"
"Because... because..." The little boy hesitated for a long time, and finally let out a small whimper under the quilt like a deflated ball.
Ruan Qi heard the sobbing clearly. What he said was——
"Because I'm too ugly and will scare you."
Ruan Qi's heart seemed to be touched by someone.
It hurts a little.
She blinked her sore eyes, looked at the small bulge under the quilt, and let out a light chuckle.
"I won't be scared."
“…” The little boy didn’t say anything.
Ruan Qi stretched out a finger and gently poked him through the quilt. "Little friend, I'm very brave and will never be scared. Besides, I'm a doctor and have seen a lot of scary things. I can guarantee that those things must be much uglier than you."
The little boy had never seen the outside world and could not imagine how there could be something uglier than himself.
He hesitated for a long time, and finally asked uncertainly in a low voice: "...Really?"
"Of course it's true." Ruan Qi's tone was very certain. "I have a lot of photos on my phone. If you don't believe me, I'll show them to you later. But I think you will cry because of their ugliness."
This sentence aroused the little boy's inexplicable desire to survive.
He immediately retorted righteously, "...No way! I look in the mirror every day and never cry because of my own ugliness! So I won't cry because of those ugly things either!"
Ruan Qi: “…”
What's with that inexplicably proud tone of yours, kid?
Ruan Qi found the kid a little funny. She chuckled softly and moved closer to him.
"Now, can you come out and meet me? Let's look at those photos of people who are uglier than you."
The little boy who had just been arguing fiercely suddenly turned into a little quail and stopped talking.
Ruan Qi raised her eyebrows, slowly reached out to the quilt, and gently grasped the corner of the quilt.
The three people standing aside all held their breath.
Under their nervous gaze, Ruan Qi grabbed the corner of the quilt and gently opened it a little.
The person hiding under the quilt did not struggle.
Ruan Qi waited quietly for a while, then put her hand through the gap.
"Little boy, hold my hand and come out."
The person under the quilt didn't move.
Ruan Qi also kept her hands in the quilt without moving.
The bedroom was extremely quiet. Shengkuang and the other two were so nervous that they even forgot to breathe.
After an unknown amount of time, the quilt on the bed suddenly moved.
Ruan Qi felt a cold little hand touching her palm.
She immediately grabbed the little hand and pulled him out of the quilt with a very firm but gentle force.
The little boy in the quilt gained strength and no longer hesitated in his movements.
He was like a little turtle, grunting and crawling out. Finally, he finally crawled out of the shell he used to escape.
The quilt was completely opened.
With the dim light, Ruan Qi could clearly see the small figure.
Slender, weak, and with facial features that combine all the advantages of Yu Yurong and Lin Zhi. But——
The right half of his head is deformed.
No, that's not right.
To be precise, she had a huge tumor that twisted and deformed her pretty face.
No wonder the little boy kept complaining that he was ugly.
No wonder Shengkuang had such a complicated expression when he mentioned the little boy's illness.
So that's how it is.
All the doubts in Ruan Qi's mind were answered.
She looked at the little boy, who was looking at her with timid, fearful and defensive eyes.
It seemed that if she showed even the slightest hint of fear or disgust, the little turtle would retreat back into its shell.
However, what surprised the little boy was... Ruan Qi smiled.
The girl in the white dress smiled like a little sun, with dazzling light blooming in her curved peach blossom eyes.
She raised her hand and gently patted his deformed and ugly head.
"The ugly little kid really has a unique personality~"
Little boy: “…”
For a moment, I didn't know whether to be angry or laugh along.
But no matter what, the little boy's uneasy heart finally settled down.
He had been ill for three years and had seen countless doctors and specialists. Every specialist, upon seeing him for the first time, either expressed pity or astonishment.
Some people with poor psychological endurance will directly expose their endless fear and disgust.
But this was the first time the little boy had met someone like Ruan Qi.
The little boy felt very curious and happy at the same time.
Because after seeing his appearance, Ruan Qi didn't show sympathy or fear, nor did she feign intimacy despite being clearly disgusted. She was the first person to directly accept his ugliness and was willing to laugh and complain to him as an equal.
The little boy was very happy. He pursed his lips shyly, but did not shy away from the girl's hand on his head.
Ruan Qi patted his big head with a huge tumor a few times, then put his hand in front of him.
"Let me introduce myself again. My name is Ruan Qi. I'm an actor and also a doctor. What about you?"
"I... my name is Yu-Yu Jintian." The little boy blushed and shook her hand, introducing himself with a stammer. "I-I'm ten years old, and I'm a fan of yours."
Ruan Qi immediately smiled softly again.
"Thank you for liking my song." She couldn't help but pinch his intact left side of the face, "Handsome boy, this side of your face is so beautiful!~"
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