--Mother……
"Well done!" Shen Cheng in the field of vision praised and raised his palm with a smile.
—Don’t… hit me…
Looking at Shen Cheng's raised palm, Xiao Qi shrank his neck almost reflexively.
As Shen Cheng watched Xiao Qi's first-person memory, his heart was in a knot.
So this is what Xiaoqi thought at that time?
After a moment, Xiao Qi discovered that Shen Cheng had not taken any further action. He just raised his hand with a smile, as if waiting for Xiao Qi's response.
——Isn’t this... going to beat me?
——Is this...an affirmation of me?
——Why... I didn't do anything, I didn't save anyone, why... do you have to affirm me?
Although he said this in his heart, Xiao Qi still raised his hand involuntarily and slowly touched Shen Cheng's palm.
At that moment, the vision became clear and bright, but then it was filled with a sad blur.
Xiaoqi, tears are falling.
"Mother……"
Shen Cheng still remembered that this was the first time Xiao Qi spoke in his real impression.
At that time, Chen Cheng was a little confused when he heard these two words. He was a tall man! You call me mom?
When he really stood in Xiaoqi's perspective, Chen Cheng clearly understood how much emotion Xiaoqi contained in these two words.
Xiao Qi held these two words in for a long time before finally uttering them.
But at the same time, these two words successfully brought out all the grievances, pain, bitterness... and all kinds of negative emotions that Xiaoqi had accumulated over the years.
Tears as big as beans kept falling. Xiao Qi, who was used to crying silently, almost instinctively suppressed her voice. So in Shen Cheng's eyes, Xiao Qi was still like a puppet, saying nothing, just crying silently.
Chen Cheng in the field of vision acted a little flustered, and hurriedly wiped Xiao Qi's tears, but it was such a gentle gesture that once again struck Xiao Qi's fragile heart.
——Why? Why are you doing this to me? I didn't do anything, I...
“Click——”
The next moment, cracks suddenly appeared around the vision of this memory.
Immediately afterwards, the cracks spread rapidly, soon covering the entire field of vision, and then... the entire memory shattered.
When he came to his senses again, Shen Cheng found himself in an extremely dark space. The memory fragments and the floating Xiao Qi had all disappeared.
——Chen Cheng, I…had a dream.
Xiao Qi's voice entered Shen Cheng's mind. The voice was very hazy, as if it came from a very far away place.
"Xiao Qi? Xiao Qi!" Chen Cheng was stunned and looked around hurriedly, but still couldn't see anything. He could only shout Xiao Qi's name at the top of his lungs.
——This dream... Actually, I have it often. It is the memory of me in that dark cell. That memory is my complete nightmare.
Xiao Qi's voice came again, and Shen Cheng suddenly found that Xiao Qi's voice here was no longer so stiff, and there was a little emotion in each byte.
——However, this time is different.
Xiaoqi continued.
Chen Cheng knew that this seemed to be what Xiao Qi wanted to say to him in the morning.
——This time, although I was still in that cell, and although nothing had changed, it was different from the previous nightmares, because... in this dream, I dreamed that you, Shen Cheng, were always by my side.
Shen Cheng’s heart trembled slightly.
——Although you can’t do anything and can’t say anything, but...when I think about having you by my side, I feel that this dream is not so scary anymore.
——When I think of you accompanying me, I feel so happy... so happy...
——Unfortunately, dreams are just dreams after all.
——Chen Cheng, if… I could have met you earlier, how great it would have been.
——Chen Cheng, if… all this is true, how wonderful it would be.
"Xiao Qi..." Shen Cheng murmured.
Then, Xiao Qi's figure appeared in Shen Cheng's sight again, but this time Xiao Qi had her back to Shen Cheng. She was wearing a white dress and walking forward step by step. With every step she took, the dark space was like the surface of water, rippling in circles.
As Xiaoqi stepped forward, his thin figure became increasingly blurred, as if he was walking step by step... towards the abyss!
"Xiao Qi... Xiao Qi! Wait a minute!" A sense of crisis arose spontaneously, and Shen Cheng shouted subconsciously, while running towards Xiao Qi with all his might.
However, no matter how hard Shen Cheng ran, he could not catch up with Xiao Qi who was falling into the abyss step by step.
It was clearly just such a short distance, but to Shen Cheng at this moment, it seemed so far away.
This is the gap between the two of them, the distance between the present and the past, which Shen Cheng cannot reach no matter how hard he tries to catch up.
"Xiao Qi, you've done well enough!" Shen Cheng took a deep breath and roared loudly, trying to convey to Xiao Qi what he had always wanted to say to her.
In Xiaoqi's memory, he had witnessed Xiaoqi falling into the abyss once, but he could do nothing.
At least...at least this time...
As Shen Cheng's voice fell, Xiao Qi, who had been walking forward, seemed to hear Shen Cheng's shout from the bottom of his heart and suddenly stopped.
Feeling the distance between him and Xiaoqi gradually closing, Shen Cheng gathered all his strength and continued to shout while running hard: "If it weren't for you, Shatang and the others would definitely not be able to hold on to the end!"
At least this time...
"No one has ever denied you. You've done a great job relying on yourself! Thank you for your hard work during this period. Next..."
Seeing Xiao Qi's figure approaching, Shen Cheng stretched out his right hand and reached towards Xiao Qi, shouting at the same time: "Next, it's my turn to protect you!"
At least this time, let me save you!
Even if, as you say, all this is not real, I will try my best, even if you regard all this as a false dream, or an unrealistic fantasy...
But... I will never let you enter the abyss again. No matter how many times you step into it, I will risk my life to save you.
Because, that's what I was born for.
Because you are my family...
Finally, Shen Cheng successfully touched Xiao Qi.
The present and the past overlap.
The dark space gradually collapsed.
Shen Cheng was slightly dazed, and when he opened his eyes again, he found himself in a dim cell.
This... is the prison cell in Xiaoqi's memory.
However, this time, Chen Cheng no longer relied on Xiao Qi to watch everything that happened here, and... appeared here with his own body!
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