Chapter 18 Singing Certain Laws
"The moon is crescent, who is singing..."
"I really envy you. You have no worries, and everyone likes you, including me..."
Who is this? Ning Yanzhao couldn't see anything, she could only hear someone singing in her ear. What was going on? Ever since she was hit by the car that came from the opposite direction, her consciousness seemed to be out of control.
Just then, a little girl holding a bunny doll suddenly appeared in front of me. She was singing while looking at the bunny doll in her hand. It turned out that she was singing, and she looked quite happy.
But the little girl's happiness came to an abrupt end as a middle-aged woman broke into her room. As soon as the woman saw her, she grabbed the little girl's hair and slammed her head against the bedside table, muttering, "It's all your fault, it's all your fault, can't you just behave?"
"Look outside, the ground is covered in your hair. I can't stand it anymore. I really want to cut all your hair off at once."
The little girl had no strength to resist the pressure from an adult. All she could do was say, "Mommy, I was wrong. I will never make you angry again. I will remember to look carefully at the ground and pick up any hair that falls on the ground. Please forgive me." At the same time, she hid the little rabbit she had been holding in the blanket. Her expression and actions seemed to indicate that this was the only thing she could protect, so she had to guard it carefully.
Ning Yanzhao thought it was over, but no matter how much the little girl begged for mercy, the middle-aged woman kept pulling on the little girl's ears. When she was pulling the little girl's hair and ears, Ning Yanzhao felt her scalp start to hurt. In the end, it wasn't the little girl's pleas for mercy that worked, but rather the woman herself who got tired of scolding and hitting before leaving the room.
The little girl slowly stopped crying after her mother left, and dared not make a sound. She secretly took out the little rabbit she had hidden earlier, carefully hugged it, and finally fell asleep with tears in her eyes.
Who exactly is this? Ning Yanzhao seemed to have a clue, but she couldn't remember what her name was again.
The scene flashed by, and then everything suddenly became blurry, only to be cleared up again in a short time. It was a strange dream.
"Today you're going to meet my boss's son with me. When you see that uncle, be polite to him. And this summer, you'd better tutor that little brother properly, understand?"
"Okay, Dad, I will."
"By the way, why weren't you first in the grade this time? What's the use of being first in the class? I bet you want another beating. Don't you know there are always people better than you? There are so many geniuses in the city and province. How can your grades be anything special? I don't even know if you beat your cousin this time. If not, you're in for a beating. And after tutoring that little brother of yours every day, you have to do at least three practice tests. I'll be checking them. If you don't finish them, you won't be sleeping tonight."
"Okay, Dad, I'll definitely be good."
What came into Ning Yanzhao's view was a father who looked very strict, bowing his head and ordering and scolding his daughter. What a strict and demanding parent! The scolding voice was also somewhat familiar. Who was it?
Oh, wait a minute, Ning Yanzhao looked very closely and finally recognized who this father was by his face. This was Xu Yongqing's father, so the little girl must be Xu Yongqing when she was a child.
Ning Yanzhao was puzzled. How could she see Xu Yongqing's childhood? She had never seen her when she was a child. Was it because she had seen her father twice in the classroom and was frightened that she had such a terrible dream? So, was the reason she couldn't see Xu Yongqing's mother's face clearly just now because she had never seen her before?
Immediately afterwards, Ning Yanzhao heard a "beep, beep, beep" sound, similar to picking up food. Then she saw another middle-aged woman carrying a plate of food sitting opposite a girl wearing a No. 1 Middle School uniform.
Judging from the appearance of this middle-aged woman, if this story is about Xu Yongqing, then the girl wearing the No. 1 Middle School uniform is undoubtedly Xu Yongqing.
What brings you here today?
“Yongqing, I heard your name is Yongqing. Don’t worry, I’m not a bad person. I had a lot of trouble finding you here through the connections at the orphanage. I am your biological mother. I don’t expect you to call me Mom. I just want to ask one question: how have you been all these years?” When she said this, Xu Yongqing’s biological mother seemed a little uneasy.
A few minutes after Xu Yongqing's biological mother asked the question, Ning Yanzhao noticed that Xu Yongqing didn't say anything, but subconsciously rubbed the hem of his school uniform jacket.
"If it were someone else, they might ask, 'Mom, how did you find me? How did you know I was here? I've missed you so much all these years, and you've finally come to find me.' You might be thinking the same thing when you suddenly come to find me today. But not me. Rather than answering your questions, I want to ask you something else, and the only question I want to ask is, 'Why did you abandon yourself and come back to find me?'"
When she had become numb to the pain, what gave you the right to suddenly appear?
“When I was young, I was really in a difficult situation, so when no one was around, I secretly abandoned you at the gate of the best orphanage…” In those days, surveillance was not widespread, so no one knew exactly who abandoned the child. Xu Yongqing was probably picked up by the orphanage staff and eventually adopted by her current parents.
"So you came back to me because you no longer have any difficulties and are able to raise me?"
"Yes, you can tell me anything you need. I'll do my best to meet your needs. By the way, what's your phone number or WeChat ID? Can I add you as a friend so I can contact you later?"
"I don't have a cell phone."
"I'll buy you one. After you finish dinner, I'll take you to the mall to buy one."
"unnecessary."
Then, Ning Yanzhao couldn't see the following scenes and dialogue clearly anymore.
Ning Yanzhao estimated that the subsequent developments would be similar to what she knew. Since the new phone eventually ended up in Xu Yongqing's hands, she accepted it.
Based on Ning Yanzhao's understanding of Xu Yongqing, it is estimated that Xu Yongqing was initially unwilling. She believed that someone who could heartlessly abandon her more than ten years ago would not want to contact this "stranger" daughter whom she had not contacted for more than ten years. At the same time, she also wanted to refuse the cell phone that her mother gave her for communication.
However, Xu Yongqing's biological mother was so pleading with her, she was in tears, asking Xu Yongqing if she could fulfill her small wish. In the end, she had no choice but to accept it.
Because Xu Yongqing was controlled by her adoptive parents since childhood, she knew very little about how to use a smartphone, and could even say that she basically didn't know how to use it. On the night she accepted it, she thought about it and decided to return it to her biological mother when she had the chance. However, she was discovered by the dormitory supervisor before she could do so.
What appears before Ning Yanzhao again now are fragments of memories flashing by rapidly.
One day during Chinese class, Xu Yongqing's adoptive father suddenly appeared and kicked down the classroom door in a terrifying scene;
There are images of Hsu Yung-ching being subjected to an unprecedented joint beating at home;
There is a scene of Hsu Yung-ching smiling at her roommates in the dormitory and saying that she is fine;
There is a scene of Xu Yongqing meeting her biological mother again on the day Ning Yanzhao was following her. Through Xu Yongqing's perspective, Ning Yanzhao realized that Xu Yongqing had actually discovered her long ago, but she just didn't say anything.
The final image freezes on the scene of Xu Yongqing being taken by her adoptive parents to attend the one-month celebration of Ning Yanzhao's aunt's granddaughter's child.
Although this event occurred earliest in this fragment of memory, it ultimately lingered at this moment and remained there for the longest time, so it must have held significant weight in Xu Yongqing's consciousness.
"Why? Why am I the only one like this?" Ning Yanzhao actually heard Xu Yongqing's inner thoughts at this moment.
"I thought I had stopped caring about these things a long time ago, but it turns out that was just my opinion."
Xu Yongqing had seen many happy families before, but this time, seeing someone she knew seemed to trigger something. When she looked at Ning Yanzhao being carefully cared for by her parents, a complex expression of envy and resentment inevitably appeared in her eyes. This was the first time Ning Yanzhao had seen such a clear change in Xu Yongqing's expression.
In a moment, Ning Yanzhao suddenly realized where things had gone wrong.
Previously, I was determined to find out the deeper reason why Xu Yongqing ran away from home. In addition, I unconsciously thought that I was going to attend a full moon celebration. So this was the first time in my life that I attended the full moon celebration of my aunt's granddaughter-in-law's child. And the key point is that this change led to an unexpected discovery. I found out that Xu Yongqing was related to my aunt's granddaughter-in-law. Finally, I found out about Xu Yongqing's family by contacting Ling Lianxu.
In the end, she just didn't expect that her plan would backfire and unexpectedly spurred Xu Yongqing to try to get back to her biological mother. She didn't leave her phone in the classroom that day but took it to her dormitory, perhaps because she wanted to contact her mother. Normally, there are cameras in the classroom, which would make it easier for the teacher to find out.
Ning Yanzhao once heard while burning incense and praying at a temple that, in the darkness, a person's fate is bound to encounter some inescapable tribulations, especially some major events that affect one's life.
So Xu Yongqing's phone was still discovered, her adoptive father still came to the school and humiliated her, and she was still beaten after the dormitory supervisor found her phone. She suffered a double blow to her face and body, which became the last straw that broke the camel's back. In the end, she still went to her biological mother for help, only everything happened earlier, including the car accident.
As for why the car accident shifted from Xu Yongqing to Ning Yanzhao, it's because Xu Yongqing had a vague feeling that someone was following her that day, so she didn't leave the house after arriving at her biological mother's house.
Thus, as fate would have it, the person who got into the car accident ended up being Ning Yanzhao...
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