Chapter 42: Born Towards the Light
I accompanied Shi Mingguang to report the case overnight. Due to the special circumstances, the police first sent personnel to search and retrieved urban surveillance footage around Lingling's home and the primary school.
Time passed minute by minute, and there was no news from their daughter. Lingling's parents were a little out of control. Shi Mingguang accompanied and comforted them gently and patiently.
Perhaps, Lingling encountered something at school, and the campus life she looked forward to did not bring her the warmth and happiness she longed for.
I couldn't help but think so all night.
This is the only reasonable possibility that can explain Lingling's strange behavior.
A child who is so eager to go to school and smiles brightly when taking a photo at the school gate would not skip school for no reason.
Having experienced the darkness and rejection of human nature overnight, he was afraid that Lingling was experiencing the same pain.
"I'll go out and look for her too. Lawyer Shi will go home with Lingling's parents and wait for news."
Lingling is a sensible and filial child. When she calms down and thinks about how worried her parents are about her, she might go home on her own initiative.
"Mr. Chi, Mr. Chi, please, please help us find Lingling."
At this moment, Lian Ye was glad that he was not Lian Ye but "Chi Tiansheng".
Chi Tiansheng has such ability, a recognized identity, the status to mobilize personal connections, and the financial resources to recruit troops.
He used the big umbrella of "Chi Tiansheng" overnight to protect Shi Mingguang and keep the things that Shi Mingguang cherished.
In this way, he seemed to be able to live in the light and drive away the haze and darkness.
"I will do my best to find Lingling, don't worry."
Lian Ye gently patted the backs of Lingling's parents' hands and looked at Shi Mingguang with a firm gaze. This was his promise to Shi Mingguang.
"Waiting for your news." This was Shi Mingguang's response to him, with a firm look full of trust.
That was all, and I felt like I was melting into the light that night, no longer afraid of the darkness of the past.
Every minute and every second spent with Luo Pingcheng would awaken the fear deep in my heart even at night.
Why couldn't he sleep? It wasn't because Luo Pingcheng was lying next to him, which was very annoying.
I was in the same space as Luoping City. For some reason, when I closed my eyes and saw no light, I felt like I was being swallowed by the darkness of the past.
That terrifying force roared and shouted, "Lian Ye, you are Lian Ye, you are the Luo family's thing," tearing him apart with its fangs and claws, trying to drag him back into the darkness and despair.
I drove all night and looked for the "secret paradise" that Lingling mentioned.
He was not sure whether the place Lingling mentioned really existed.
An old amusement park, waiting for renovation, the gate is chained, is Lingling really inside?
I tried to shake the chain on the gate at night, but the lock was loose and the chain came loose with a "clatter".
Lingling said that this place has her happiest and most joyful memories.
Dad said that as long as I ride on the carousel, I will become a happy princess.
I looked around for the carousel all night and could already hear tiny cries.
"Lingling, don't cry. Uncle doesn't have a handkerchief with him."
Lian Ye leaned over and patted Lingling's shoulder. She raised her head, her eyes blurred with tears, but she still recognized "Chi Tiansheng".
"Uncle Chi, I'm sorry, I, I didn't mean it."
Lingling always admits her mistakes first, or is used to it. She has always been in the position of the weak alongside her parents, watching her parents constantly give in and apologize. She thinks that is the way to survive.
"Don't rush to apologize. Let me hear your reasons first, and then I'll decide whose fault it is, okay?"
Lian Ye's encouraging smile and gentle tone made Lingling stop crying and nod obediently.
"They said that after I transferred, bad things happened in the class. Some classmates fell down the stairs, some nearly drowned while swimming, and..."
Lingling recounted the charges that her classmates had brought against her in a wronged manner.
"They said all these bad things happened because of me. I'm a witch and I curse others."
Lian Ye could understand Lingling, why she easily accepted these groundless accusations, and why she thought it was her fault when others imposed malice on her.
Because Lingling always puts herself in a low position, she thinks she is not qualified to attend this primary school, and she thinks it is natural that she is excluded and hated by everyone.
I also went to school at night and transferred in as an appendage of Luoping City.
Luo Pingfeng originally opposed going to a regular school to attend classes at night, thinking that he just needed to learn kung fu well, live in the dark, and be a good sword of the Luo family.
Luo Pingcheng yelled that there was no one to run errands at school and no one to order him around, so he insisted on dragging him to go to school together that night.
At the beginning, the younger Lian Ye was quite looking forward to it, as he could go to school like Bai He.
I listened to Baihe describe "school", "class" and "learning knowledge" at home all night, and I was looking forward to it.
"Look, that's the dog from Luoping City."
"Come on, woof, can you bark? Bark twice and let me hear you."
"It seems that it is a dumb dog. How pitiful. No wonder no one wants it and it was picked up by Luoping City."
Slander and slander were the most common words Lian Ye received in the school he longed for.
However, the suffering of staying at school overnight is far more than that.
Luo Pingcheng would not allow others to slander his property without permission. "I am the only one who can curse and scold Lian Ye, and you have no right to point fingers at my things?"
Luo Pingcheng seemed to be standing up for Lian Ye, but he was not. Instead, he made Lian Ye's situation in school more difficult, and he was finally persuaded to drop out by the principal.
This is also the result that Luo Pingfeng wants.
Phew, that’s all in the past. It all sank to the bottom of the water with that night and can no longer entangle me.
Ye Ye looked at Lingling and said, "Uncle contacted the person in charge of this amusement park. They said there is electricity here and the carousel can be started. Let's ride the carousel together and get rid of the unhappy things!"
Lingling sat firmly, started the carousel at night, and jumped onto a horse.
As you spin along with the music, even though you know it's just a children's amusement ride, you can escape from reality for a short while and feel the pure joy of childhood.
After getting off the carousel, Lingling regained her bright smile, as if the carousel really had magic that made her a happy little princess.
"Let's go back."
Ye Ye held Lingling's hand and told her with a smile.
"Lingling, look, how beautiful the sunshine is. Promise your uncle that no matter what happens in the future, don't question yourself or hate yourself first. Always face the warm and bright sunshine, hold your head high, and live the life you want."
This is what Lian Ye wanted to say to his past self. He held Lingling's hand tightly and walked forward with her.
After finding Lingling in the amusement park, he immediately sent a message to Shi Mingguang that night.
He talked with Lingling and rode the carousel together, which gave Shi Mingguang and Lingling's parents just enough time to arrive.
He and Lingling walked out of the amusement park, and Shi Mingguang and Lingling's parents happened to greet them.
Lingling threw herself into her mother's arms, and her father stroked her hair lovingly. Neither of them blamed the child.
Lingling is their child. They understand and feel sorry for her better than anyone else what kind of child she is and why she would skip school.
"Let's go back too."
Of course, Shi Mingguang did not open his arms to him, nor did he give him a big hug.
However, he was willing to walk towards me and say to me, "Let's go back together," and I was satisfied that night.
Lian Ye smiled and nodded, then walked towards Shi Mingguang step by step with determination.
For the rest of his life, he will live towards the light, live for the light, follow Shi Mingguang, and fulfill all of Shi Mingguang's wishes.
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