A thin but strong arc of electricity enveloped her, keeping the flames out. Ye Buqi sat on the ground and reached out his hand to her.
Xiao Changle threw herself into her arms, but Ye Buqi held her tightly: "I knew...you would come...I've been waiting for you..."
Xiao Chang Le was still in shock when she was horrified to find Ye Buqi covered in blood, with a knife still stuck in her abdomen, the handle of which was mostly inside.
"Ye, sister..." Xiao Changle's voice was trembling and filled with sobs.
"I don't have much time left..." Ye Buqi struggled to keep breathing, "Listen to me."
“I never had a future. I was someone the world didn’t accept. I was a monster. But you are different from me. You are pure... an angel... free. You can have a future.”
Ye Buqi pressed her forehead against Xiao Changle's: "Sister...I'll teach you, you must...learn...to live alone...alone...everyone will leave...so you have to cough cough..."
"I don't want to..." Xiao Changle sobbed, trying to pick her up, but she couldn't muster her usual strength.
"I'll take you away, sob sob, let's go to the hospital!"
"Don't cough cough cough..." Ye Buqi took a deep breath and smiled as he placed a kiss on Xiao Changle's forehead.
"Lele will be happy."
"One should always be happy and never cry."
Ye Buqi rested her head on Xiao Changle's shoulder, her face filled with tenderness and reluctance, while a smile and a sense of relief graced her lips.
"Buzz—"
A sharp, long cry pierced Xiao Changle's brain; the red world was bone-chillingly cold, colder than the temperature of the person in his arms.
That day, Wang Yao, who was supposed to return early in the morning, was unable to come back due to an accident;
That day, Xiao Changle, who had just celebrated her first birthday, witnessed the fire all by herself.
That day, a fire killed a family of four, revealing the couple's inhumane acts.
That day, people from the orphanage came because of the news and adopted Xiao Changle, who had been homeless for a year.
In the chilly spring, a fire devoured a tiny life, but the flames illuminated a dark corner unnoticed by anyone, propelling another little life toward a new and happy future.
...
Chang Le clutched his heart, which was throbbing with pain, and knelt down helplessly. He couldn't tell if it was sweat or tears that soaked the dry road.
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