Chapter 188 Light Snow
On December 11, an ordinary working day, it snowed lightly in Fangting City again.
The light snow started the night before and lasted until the afternoon of the next day. The white snowflakes dyed the whole city white, bringing a bit of dreamy atmosphere in the midwinter.
Fine snowflakes gently tapped the window lattice, silently leaving a few water marks and blurring the street view outside the window. In the Strategy Bureau with the heating on, Lin Yun, sitting in the director's office, wiped the teacup in his hand and sighed suddenly.
Then he looked at the uninvited guest across the table and asked with all his strength:
"Is there anything happy today?"
Sitting across the table was his student and junior, Bai Jingxuan, who had been a frequent visitor to the director's office in recent days.
As a kind of conversational technique, he didn't ask "what's the matter" or "why did you come", but instead limited the scope to "happy things". He just didn't know the child's purpose, so he tried to make the tone of the conversation more positive.
It was almost time to get off work, and when Lin Yun had already finished dealing with the day's paperwork and was preparing to summarize the day's work, Bai Jingxuan suddenly came here.
Of course, although it was an abrupt visit, Lin Yun was almost used to it. As mentioned before, Bai Jingxuan had become a frequent visitor. After the incident at Lakeside Spring, perhaps because she had accepted this "daughter" as Delphinium, Bai Jingxuan's visits to the Strategy Bureau increased significantly.
However, since then, she has not made any outrageous requests such as "massacre Black Cinder Dawn". She often simply greets Lin Yun and sits quietly in the director's office reading a book.
Rather, it was because she was indeed quiet enough that Lin Yun was willing to let her stay in the director's office.
"Happy things?"
Bai Jingxuan seemed to be more lively than usual today. Even when she was sitting aside reading a book, her legs, which were slightly raised by the chair, were always swaying slightly in the air. Her pair of sneakers were kicking back and forth, occasionally rubbing against each other, making a slight scraping sound. After hearing Lin Yun's question, she stopped what she was doing and looked up:
"Don't you know, uncle?"
Know.
Lin Yun thought to himself. It is better to say that the reason why Bai Jingxuan looks so happy today is actually inseparable from the Delphinium.
Because today, December 11th, is Bai Jingxuan’s birthday.
Using the birthday as an excuse, Cuiqiao had already informed the team members that a birthday party would be held for Bai Jingxuan in the secret base tonight.
"I can guess a little."
Of course, considering his identity, there was no reason for him to know so much, so Lin Yun could only choose his words carefully: "I heard a little bit before, today should be your birthday?"
"Uh-huh!"
Bai Jingxuan nodded: "There will be a birthday party for me tonight, will uncle come?"
There was nothing unusual on Lin Yun's face, but when he heard the word "uncle", the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.
There is actually nothing wrong with this name. It is even the most appropriate name between Bai Jingxuan and Lin Yun. If there is any problem with it, it is that Bai Jingxuan did not call her like this before.
And that is the biggest problem.
In fact, Bai Jingxuan not only gave up calling Lin Yun "Dad", which originally gave Lin Yun a headache, but also started calling him "Uncle"; even to Cuiqiao, she gave up calling him "Mom" and started calling him "Teacher" again.
This process was so natural and so sudden that when it first happened, Cuique didn't realize anything was wrong. By the time she realized the situation was not optimistic, Bai Jingxuan's name had completely changed back.
As for why it turned out like this, Delphinium actually knew it clearly - it could be said that it was basically all her own fault.
This matter has to start from the day when he returned home and confronted Lin Xiaolu: After Lin Yun revealed his identity as an employee of the Strategy Bureau to Lin Xiaolu, the turmoil caused by Hong Si and Guituan finally subsided a little.
The girls obviously understood Hong Siyu's return and gradually accepted the existence of this "new" teammate. However, in addition to understanding, some new problems also arose.
The first one is Lin Xiaolu.
After Lin Yun seriously explained to her his relationship with Hong Siyu, and even his relationship with Cuiqiao, she really calmed down and no longer used troublesome issues like "stepmother" to irritate Lin Yun.
However, this "quiet" was one-sided. Because Cuiqiao soon discovered that Lin Xiaolu's attitude towards her began to become a little strange. Although it was not obvious in her words and deeds, at certain times, she would always secretly stare at Cuiqiao with an inexplicably complicated look, and when Cuiqiao turned her head to look at her, she turned her face away and pretended to be doing something else.
This behavior would be fine if it only happened once or twice, but it happened almost every day, and it was hard for Cuique not to notice it. After a few days, Xia Liang and Bai Jingxuan also noticed this strange phenomenon.
What’s even more strange is that Lin Xiaolu started to work inexplicably hard.
It's not that she didn't work hard before. In fact, Lin Xiaolu had always completed the tasks assigned by Cuique without compromise, and she definitely spent a lot of effort. However, in the past few days, her efforts began to become a little stubborn, and she even had a tendency to move closer to Bai Jingxuan.
When Delphinium asked her why, she replied, "I'm the only one among the three who hasn't awakened the magic suit yet, so I'm a little anxious."
This answer sounded reasonable, and even logical, so Kuei-chih did not ask any more questions. After all, it was hard to guess what teenage girls were thinking, and since Lin Xiaolu's overall behavior was positive, there was no need to worry too much.
If Lin Xiaolu's condition just makes people confused, Bai Jingxuan's attitude is somewhat worrying.
Before this incident, and also after the attack on Lakeside Spring, Bai Jingxuan's desire to express herself in the secret base had obviously become much stronger. She would try to speak up on various occasions to maintain her presence and not let Delphinium ignore her existence.
But that night, after Cuiqiao chose to explain the situation and returned to her home, Bai Jingxuan seemed to speak much less.
It's not that she never speaks, but she rarely speaks on her own initiative. If someone asks her something, she will still answer, but that's it, and there is basically no more communication.
If Cuique hadn't paid more attention to Bai Jingxuan these days, she might not have noticed this. After all, this child has always been very quiet and never interrupts at inappropriate times.
Of course, even if she noticed it, it would be useless, because at this time, Bai Jingxuan had changed her way of addressing Cuiqiao back to "teacher".
When I asked her why she was like this, I could only get a slightly naive answer:
——"If uncle and teacher don't plan to get married, they won't adopt me, right?"
This was a very naive answer, but it made Delphinium's heart sink, because it was too light and too logical.
The idea that "Lin Yun" and "Cuiqiao" would get married and start a new family was purely Lin Xiaolu's imagination. Lin Yun had no intention of remarrying for the time being.
Because the condition is wrong, the subsequent inferences are also wrong. Based on this, "Lin Xiaolu's family will adopt Bai Jingxuan" is also a castle in the air. From this logic, it is not difficult to deduce Bai Jingxuan's current answer.
There is nothing wrong with this answer, but when it is said by Bai Jingxuan herself, it becomes a completely different situation.
Judging from her previous attitude towards this matter, this is not such a light matter for her. Her attitude should not be like this.
Cuiqiao thought that Bai Jingxuan would be doubtful and would come to her to confirm the authenticity of her promise; she also thought that Bai Jingxuan would be dissatisfied and think that she was being perfunctory and deceiving; but she never thought that it would be neither of the two. Bai Jingxuan did not express any doubts or dissatisfaction, but easily convinced herself and then easily accepted it.
This is the worst possible development.
This means that Bai Jingxuan not only failed to resolve her emotional knot, she didn't even think the problem could be solved. She began to hide the problem and instead internalized the emotional knot and made it a part of herself.
After several fruitless attempts to talk, Cuique had to pull Xia Liang along and take the initiative to explain the whole story, including but not limited to the fact that Bai Jingxuan had been allowed to call her "Mom". Then, under Xia Liang's subtle gaze, they temporarily abandoned these premises and had a discussion, and finalized a plan: that is, to use Bai Jingxuan's birthday as an opportunity and use the atmosphere of the birthday party to get a chance for a sincere conversation.
So today's scene happened, Bai Jingxuan made a special trip to the director's office of the Special Strategy Bureau and asked him if he wanted to participate.
Obviously, the "birthday party" is a long-lost experience for Bai Jingxuan. No matter what problems she had before, she now hopes to share this happiness with people she knows.
But unfortunately, Lin Yun’s answer was destined to be no.
"……Feel sorry."
After struggling for a while, he finally responded, "I have something important to do tonight, so I may not be able to come."
If possible, he really hopes that he can learn to split himself and attend the birthday party with two identities at the same time. Unfortunately, he can't.
At this birthday party, only one of Cuique and Lin Yun was destined to be present.
After saying this, he was already thinking about remedial measures in his mind, thinking about what words to use to make Bai Jingxuan feel a little better, but before he could continue speaking, he heard a soft laugh.
"hey-hey."
Bai Jingxuan closed the book in her hand, and for some reason a tiny smile appeared on her face: "I knew it, because Sister Xiaolu told me that you even missed her birthday before."
Lin Yun didn't know what to say for a moment and could only pull the corners of his mouth bitterly.
"It seems that I made the right decision to come here." Bai Jingxuan suddenly said this.
"……What?"
The sudden turn caught Lin Yun off guard. He looked up in surprise, only to find Bai Jingxuan squinting her eyes with an innocent smile: "Everyone is celebrating their birthday together, but you, uncle, can't go alone. Wouldn't you be lonely? So I came to accompany you before your birthday, talk to you, and share the good luck of your birthday with you."
These light words did not leave any trace in the office, but left Lin Yun speechless for a moment.
He looked at the girl in front of him who seemed to be smiling very happily. For some reason, his throat moved slightly, but he couldn't say a word.
The weather was very cold on the day of the snowfall. Even though the heater was on, there was still an lingering chill in the huge Yi Ce Bureau. The snowflakes melting outside the window kept taking away the heat from the house, allowing the cold to continue to invade the house.
But at this moment, Bai Jingxuan's words seemed to have some kind of magic, adding warmth to the snow in the sky.
Although it was the dead of winter, the snow outside no longer brought the slightest bit of coldness. An inexplicable warmth seemed to flow through Lin Yun's limbs and bones, making him feel a little dazed.
After a long silence, he suddenly gathered the documents on the table and slowly stood up.
"I really can't go to your birthday party."
Reaching out his hand, he rubbed Bai Jingxuan's head: "But, since you have nothing to do now, I can take you to the shopping mall and buy you a birthday present."
"I didn't come to see my uncle for gifts!" Bai Jingxuan pouted in dissatisfaction, as if she felt that her words were misinterpreted.
"I know."
Lin Yun took back his hand from her head and opened the door to the director's office in front of him: "It's not for anything else, I just want to buy it."
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The sky was very gloomy on a snowy day, with gray clouds covering the sun tightly, leaving no gap for the sun to shine in. It was just past five o'clock, and the sky had already turned dark, as if it was already night.
Even on weekdays, the shopping mall next to the Yi Ce Bureau is quite busy - after all, it is the only shopping mall in the surrounding area and accounts for the majority of the customer flow.
Among the crowd, a pair of customers who looked like father and daughter appeared. A middle-aged man, who was dressed meticulously, had an indifferent expression, and had the aura of a workplace elite, was walking slowly in the square with a little girl.
They said they were here to buy gifts, but in fact they were just shopping. Along the way, Lin Yun had taken Bai Jingxuan to visit many things, such as the indoor ice rink in the shopping mall, and a specially designated area for experiencing advanced head-mounted displays... Although these types of attractions are not new to people who often go shopping, Bai Jingxuan enjoyed them very much.
Only at times like this would she rarely show her relatively childish side, which is that her threshold of happiness is very low, and she can be full of interest no matter what she plays.
However, although they had no burden when playing, Bai Jingxuan became more reserved when Lin Yun said he wanted to buy a gift. No matter what kind of gift Lin Yun proposed, she was slightly resistant, obviously thinking that "accepting the gift" would make her motives for coming to Lin Yun impure.
This thought made Lin Yun laugh and cry, but he didn't force her and just took her to continue strolling in the mall.
From the perspective of passers-by, it looks like a father walking with his daughter, stopping at the door of some toy or clothing stores from time to time, as if asking the girl next to him something. But most of the time the girl just shook her head, and the man smiled helplessly, and the two continued to move forward.
They looked all the way until they reached the door of a deserted handicraft shop, and then they gradually slowed down their pace. Lin Yun noticed that Bai Jingxuan's eyes seemed to be attracted by something in the window.
Following his gaze, he saw a piano music box with exquisite workmanship, which was placed there with its lid open. Under the lid of the music box, there were exquisitely arranged transmission components, but because there was no spring, it just stood there without any other movement.
"Are you interested in that?" Lin Yun lowered his head and wanted to seek Bai Jingxuan's opinion, but found that the girl had turned her head away and was looking straight ahead as if nothing had happened.
"No, just a quick look."
Bai Jingxuan muttered softly, reaching out and tugging at Lin Yun's sleeve: "Let's go."
"Are you sure?"
This time, Lin Yun did not go along with her wishes, but asked again: "I didn't say that you must buy it after seeing it. If you are just interested and want to take a few more glances, it's not impossible for me to wait for you for a while."
After he said this, he felt that Bai Jingxuan's force in pulling his sleeve had obviously weakened a lot. His eyes, which had been forced to look forward, once again glanced towards the window beside him. It was obvious that he was a little moved.
"Go ahead." He waved at Bai Jingxuan, expressed encouragement once again, and then stood aside to show that he would not wander around.
Having been instigated to this point, Bai Jingxuan no longer hesitated and trotted all the way to the store, squatted there, and carefully examined the music box.
Lin Yun followed and stood quietly behind Bai Jingxuan, looking at the handicraft in the window with her. When the salesperson in the store noticed the two people who looked like father and daughter and wanted to come over to ask about it, he shook his head at her from a distance, then silently pointed at Bai Jingxuan, temporarily declining the other party's kindness.
Several minutes passed like this before Bai Jingxuan's eyes gradually moved away from the music box. After looking back reluctantly, she said to Lin Yun, "Let's go, uncle."
"You really don't want to buy it?" Lin Yun asked.
“There’s no point in buying it.”
For some reason, after examining the music box in the store, Bai Jingxuan felt a little depressed. She shook her head and said, "It just looks very similar, but it's not what I remember after all."
"What are the things in the memory?" Lin Yun asked.
He remembered Bai Jingxuan's magic costume - Tianyin's appearance was a music box, and the magic costume of a magical girl is often inextricably linked to her personality and experience. Obviously, for Bai Jingxuan, the music box seemed to be something with special meaning.
But unfortunately, after asking this question, he did not get any follow-up response from Bai Jingxuan.
The two of them wandered around the mall for a while. During this time, no matter what gift Lin Yun suggested to buy, Bai Jingxuan refused. This delayed the trip that was supposed to end in half an hour, and the two did not leave until nearly six o'clock. After several suggestions failed, Lin Yun had no choice but to give up the idea of buying gifts - the purpose of giving gifts is to make the recipient feel good. If this cannot achieve this, it is better not to buy it.
After leaving the mall, Lin Yun drove the car with Bai Jingxuan on the snow-covered road. He looked out of the car through the swaying wipers on the front window. Just as he was concentrating on the road conditions in front of him, he suddenly heard Bai Jingxuan's subtle voice from the seat next to him:
"When I was... young, my health was very poor, so I basically couldn't go out."
As if answering a question from a long time ago, she said without much context: "So I can only listen to the stories my father tells me. He will tell me what the outside world is like and that there are many beautiful things in this world."
Although this sentence sounded like absurd talk, Lin Yun vaguely realized that what she was talking about might be the question he had asked in the handicraft shop before.
"Whenever I had a headache and couldn't fall asleep, my dad would come and comfort me. He would hold my hand by the bed, tell me stories, and coax me to sleep."
Bai Jingxuan lowered her voice and continued as if she was talking to herself: "One day, my father told me that he had to go on a business trip, but I refused to go. So he took out a small box from his bag and placed it beside my bed, telling me that this thing was called a 'music box'."
"He said that if I turned the spring, the music box would make music and little people would dance on it. If I couldn't sleep, I would open the music box and hear the music, and I would fall asleep, just like when he was there."
"I didn't believe it, so he opened the music box and let me watch the little people dancing on it. After a while, I really fell asleep."
"So, later on, the music box became my friend. Whenever I couldn't sleep, when I was bored at home, or when I was in a bad mood... as long as I turned on the music box and listened to its sound, I would feel my heart become peaceful."
"But later, Dad and Mom encountered a beast, and they...both died."
"A group of uncles and aunts dressed in black came to our house, took away my parents' belongings, and sent me to an orphanage. I don't know where the music box my father gave me was thrown away."
At this point, Bai Jingxuan paused, her eyes glanced towards Lin Yun, but she quickly retracted them and continued as if nothing had happened:
"Originally, even if the music box was thrown away, I would not care. Because as long as I close my eyes, I can still remember the sound of the music box. It is in my head."
"But last month, the bad guys came. They told me that my parents were not my parents at all, and I was not their child. I was a beast, a monster."
"I have a headache because I am a monster, and the music box is actually something my father made to control me. When you turn on the music box and listen to its sound, the beast will fall asleep. So I will fall asleep too, and in this way, I won't lose control."
After saying this, the car returned to silence again.
After listening to what she said, Lin Yun thought for a long time before asking, "Why do you believe what the bad guys say?"
"Because, when I felt my consciousness was blurry and I was about to turn into something else, one of the bad guys was humming a song."
Looking at the snowy scene outside the car window, Bai Jingxuan's lips moved:
"The song he hummed was exactly the same as the one played in the music box."
The car passed the intersection on a snowy night. Because it was in the suburbs, there was not much traffic around. For a moment, it seemed that there were only two people walking in the darkness on this silver-white road.
Lin Yun had a blank expression on his face and his lips were tightly closed, but his hands gripping the steering wheel were tightened.
He seemed to understand why none of the Black Cinder Dawn at the scene were left alive, and why the beast that seemed to be the leader was tortured into that state.
Bai Jingxuan also paused for a long time, as if she was thinking about something. After a long time, she spoke:
"Uncle, they said my name is fake, my parents are fake, and my identity is fake. They said I was a crippled beast with nothing, just like those disgusting monsters."
"But they never told me if my birthday was fake. So it's like the only real thing I have."
"I want to be as happy as all the people celebrating their birthdays on this day. I also want everyone to be happy on this only real day. I also hope that when I come to see you, I will bring my only real thing with me... In this way, I will feel that I am much more real now."
"But I don't dare to think about it. If even my birthday...is not real, then what do I have left?"
"Maybe even this date isn't actually my real birthday, but just something I made up..."
——"When I was young, my family was very poor."
Her words were suddenly interrupted by Lin Yun's voice.
When he said this, Lin Yun's eyes were looking straight ahead, without looking at Bai Jingxuan at all. It was as if he had not interrupted her intentionally, and he was just talking to himself: "Because my father is the only one who takes care of me at home, and his health is not good, he has been bedridden for many years, so our family has always been short of money. Basically, we can only rely on subsidies, and the money earned by my father when he is in better health for household expenses."
"We didn't have any extra money to buy cakes, but he would still insist on celebrating my birthday. Every time it was my birthday, he would always conjure up a lot of chocolates from nowhere. He said the cake was too sweet and the chocolate was just right, so I never thought there was anything wrong."
"When I grew up, I learned that there was a holiday in this world called Valentine's Day, and that this holiday and my birthday were on the same day, February 14th."
"Later, when I was in middle school, my father died of a serious illness. When I was sorting out his belongings, I found our family's resident registration book and found my birthday on it - it was not February 14 at all."
"The reason why he didn't tell me the real date and kept lying to me that my birthday was Valentine's Day was because on that day, the streets were full of unwanted chocolates. He would just go out and pick up some well-packaged ones, and then I would have something to eat for my birthday."
At this point, Lin Yun suddenly revealed a rare smile: "Just because of such a stupid reason, he changed my birthday and kept it a secret from me until his death."
At this point, he suddenly looked at Bai Jingxuan and asked abruptly, "So, do you think my birthday is real or fake?"
After hearing this story that sounded like a joke, Bai Jingxuan did not smile at all. Rather, after hearing Lin Yun's words, she was stunned.
It was not until Lin Yun asked her a question that she came to her senses and asked tentatively, "Uncle, when is your birthday now?"
"February 14th."
Lin Yun said with certainty: "Although I haven't celebrated my birthday properly for many years, my birthday is February 14th."
"……Why?"
"Because February 14th is the day my father and I spent time together again and again, which brought me happiness and left a mark in my memories."
Stopping at an intersection, Lin Yun turned his head and said to Bai Jingxuan seriously: "Every birthday I have memories of is on February 14th, so February 14th is mine, it is Lin Yun's birthday."
"A birthday is just a date after all. The day we were born has become the past. No matter how much we remember the number on that date, it has become history."
"For people who live in the present, it never really matters what day your birthday is. What matters is the people who gather together on your birthday to celebrate your birthday. No matter what, they are real."
"As long as that group of people gather together and you firmly believe that this day is your birthday, then it is your birthday. And because of their existence, this birthday is more real than anything else."
After saying this solemnly, he started the car again and continued driving forward.
Bai Jingxuan, who was sitting in the passenger seat, was still extremely confused at this moment: "But this is just deceiving myself..."
"No, this is not self-deception."
Lin Yun shook his head: "The definition of our existence as human beings is actually constantly given by others. Your parents define you as a child; your school defines you as a student; the magic kingdom defines you as a magical girl... We constantly meet people in this world, thereby shaping and defining each other."
"If that's a little hard to understand, just remember this simple phrase - seeing is believing."
"Your 'parents', regardless of whether they are the ones who actually gave birth to you, as long as they truly loved you, protected you, and raised you, then they are your real parents."
"As a human being, no matter what kind of blood or magic you have, as long as you have human wisdom and everything you do conforms to human morality, then you are a true human being."
"Your enemies, no matter how much they flaunt their righteousness or how much they confuse the public, as long as they do dirty things worse than animals, they are monsters, monsters more hateful than beasts."
"Including your teacher."
He paused again, carefully organized his words, and then took a deep breath:
"No matter what my relationship with her is, and whether or not I will adopt you, as long as she truly gives you a promise and accepts you as her 'daughter', then this contract is valid. Under this promise, you can continue to call her mom and treat her as your mom."
"So, it's okay for you to call me uncle, but you've changed your tone and started calling her 'teacher' again, which actually makes Delphinium very worried."
He said these after careful consideration.
Because no matter what, he could still remember the emotions he read from the child's expression on that spring afternoon when he went to the lake alone, when Bai Jingxuan was showing off to him and explaining everything to him.
It is a kind of uneasiness, but also a kind of expectation.
It is for this reason that Delphinium chose to respond to that expectation, soothe that anxiety, accepted the title of "mother", and made the decision to guide this child.
Whether as a senior or a teacher, for the sake of this child's growth, Kuizi had no reason to betray this promise. From that moment on, no matter how the facts changed, this promise would not change.
And for this, if everything needs to be further clarified, perhaps he also needs to confront Bai Jingxuan completely.
In itself, he had no reason to hide his identity from Bai Jingxuan. As long as he could ensure that the child would not let the secret slip, then showing the unity of Lin Yun and Cuique's identities would undoubtedly help him guide the child's growth.
To Bai Jingxuan, "Lin Yun" is ultimately an insignificant identity. Until now, she has only called him "Dad" because of a misunderstanding. In fact, it is not...
——"Well, Dad."
Bai Jingxuan's voice interrupted his thoughts.
He looked to the side in a daze and saw Bai Jingxuan huddled in her seat, holding her fingers tightly, and looking at him with a somewhat nervous expression:
"If possible, I still hope that I can continue to call uncle your father. Because no matter what, I also want to care about more people... "
A little more.
This word made Lin Yun take back the words that were about to come out of his mouth.
He looked at Bai Jingxuan, and his originally serious expression became somewhat gentle again. He reached out his hand and rubbed her head again, sighing, and it was unclear what he was sighing about.
"A little more... Yeah, I get it."
Then, under Bai Jingxuan's somewhat puzzled gaze, he said, "Get off the car. We're here. Someone is here to pick you up."
Bai Jingxuan looked out the window and found that the surrounding scenery had become quite familiar. She had obviously arrived at the neighborhood near the secret base. The snow-covered streets were a little different from what she usually saw, so she didn't recognize it for a while.
And in the snow outside the car window, there seemed to be a familiar figure standing there waiting.
It's delphinium.
Bai Jingxuan could confirm this at a glance.
All the previous confusion disappeared at this moment. She reached out to put her hand on the car door handle, but then she seemed to remember something and looked back at Lin Yun, not knowing what she was expecting.
"I really have something to do and can't go."
Shaking his head, Lin Yun leaned back slightly to show his determination: "Go back and celebrate your birthday with your sister and mother. Dad will take you here, Xiaoxuan."
The first half of the sentence made Bai Jingxuan's expression dim a little, but the second half of the sentence made her expression bright again. It was like a real-life face-changing.
She got out of the car and took a few steps towards the direction of the delphinium, but before she reached the other party, she looked back at the car again. After finding Lin Yun sitting in the car, looking at her with a smile on his face, she smiled and waved, then continued to walk towards the direction of the delphinium.
Her steps became faster and faster, and finally turned into a jog, and then she rushed into Delphinium's arms.
Perhaps, she did not notice that after she left, the figure of "Lin Yun" in the car behind her turned into a ball of blue magic lines.
Perhaps she didn't notice that the hand holding her seemed to still retain the warmth from touching her head not long ago.
For a child celebrating his birthday, these are things that there is no need to pay attention to and things that do not need to exist.
On a snowy winter night, she hugged Delphinium under the white street lamp, raised her head and opened her mouth, but remained silent for a long time. It was not until Delphinium also held her palm that her eyes became brighter and brighter, and finally, with a smile, she called out again: "Mom!"
And this time, this calling will never change.
(End of this chapter)
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