Chapter 239 Scene 26 (Inverted V) "Because I love you."...
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"squeak……"
"arrive."
"Um."
"Hey, Old Jiang, you're still taking her back so late at night. You've worked so hard!" He Fangying stood up from the chair at the door of the small house and hurried over to meet him. She leaned against the car window and smiled, "I heard Shi Liu say you took the kids to see the sea. Can you take me there too?"
"Okay, I'll take you there whenever you're free, you busy man." Jiang Ruoshi unbuckled his seatbelt and got out of the car. "Otherwise, I don't want you to ask me for money after I've been so kind to take you to see the sea."
"Hehe." He Fangying smiled without any embarrassment.
He Yuezhe jumped from the car onto her arms, then climbed onto her shoulders, sat down, and leaned against her neck.
"Oh my," He Fangying said, surprised as she looked at the colorful silk scarf wrapped around He Yuezhe. "Old Jiang, did you give your scarf to my Shi Liu?"
"She said she was cold," Jiang Ruoshi replied, stretching while leaning against the car seat. "By the way, remember to take those things out of the back seat."
"Oh, well, you're quite generous."
"If you weren't generous, I would have cut off ties with you long ago."
"'Break up'? Hey, Lao Jiang, we're all old men now, why are you still telling such childish jokes?"
"Has it become another childish joke?" Jiang Ruoshi glanced over through the car window. "He Fangying, do you need me to help you recall how many times you said 'break up' the last time I called you?"
"What? What about 'breaking up the friendship'? I wouldn't say that, right?" He Fangying nudged He Yuezhe with her shoulder.
He Yuezhe immediately nodded in agreement: "Yes, grandma would never say such a thing."
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"You have two good granddaughters." Jiang Ruoshi said.
"What? Well, of course, our Xiaobao and Shiliu are both my good grandchildren!" said He Fangying.
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"He Fangying."
"What's wrong?"
It was dark at night, and He Fangying was leaning against the car window, and could only see Jiang Ruoshi's chin.
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"Hey, what do you mean by calling my name but not saying anything?"
"..." After a moment of silence, Jiang Ruoshi finally spoke, "Nothing, just a reminder to remember to prepare your things tomorrow. I'll come pick you up after lunch."
"Roger that, sir!"
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"hey-hey."
"come out."
"Ah, ah! Don't pull me, I can get out by myself!" He Fangying finally climbed into the car, but was kicked out by Jiang Ruoshi again. "I was just trying to tease you, why are you so boring!"
"You're not young anymore, and you're still crawling around. Aren't you afraid you might get stuck one day?" Jiang Ruoshi expressionlessly pulled He Fangying up from the fallen floor and brushed the dust off her. "I don't want to be someone's corpse."
He Fangying smiled awkwardly upon hearing this. "I, I'm just trying to make you happy. It's okay, you see, I'm fine. I'm in great shape! It's definitely not your turn to collect my body. If anyone needs to collect it, I'll do it for you!"
"...Oh, alright then. Now that I've delivered the person, I'll be leaving first. Bye."
"goodbye!"
Jiang Ruoshi got into the car, closed the door, combed her messy hair again, tied it up, and started the car.
The humming sound of the car was particularly loud in the wilderness. Jiang Ruoshi looked at his grandson and grandmother silently.
"Hey, hurry up, Shi Liu, don't fall asleep yet, say goodbye to your Jiang, Grandma Jiang!" He Fangying gently shook the doll on her shoulder that was sleeping with its eyes closed.
The puppet woke up, looked at Jiang Ruoshi, and waved: "Goodbye."
"……goodbye."
"Goodbye, goodbye! Jiang Ruoshi, don't stand me up again!"
"Know."
"Goodbye! Be safe on the road!"
How many times do you have to say "goodbye"?
"……goodbye."
"goodbye!"
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"goodbye!"
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"goodbye--"
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He Fangying seems to be different from before.
Jiang Ruoshi held the steering wheel with one hand and supported his face with the other. Outside the car, the night passed by.
The high beams cast two beams of light, illuminating the road ahead. Jiang Ruoshi suddenly felt hope for the "future" and for this city again.
goodbye……
"Goodbye." She murmured, "If only we could see each other again."
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"Ah, Pomegranate, how was your day? Did you have fun?"
"Well, the sea is beautiful, and the children gave me a lot of things."
"Gululu..." He Fangying rinsed her mouth and wiped it with a towel. "So those things were given to you by them. I was wondering, with Lao Jiang's personality, how could she possibly give me so many shells?"
"Um."
"By the way, what about that little boy who bumped into me at that time? How is he?" He Fangying walked out of the house, sat on the recliner outside, and squinted her eyes lazily.
He Yuezhe was placed on the windowsill beside her: "He's fine. He stayed in Hongri."
"Ah, that's good."
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The wasteland was a little chilly at night. He Fangying was wearing a floral dress with a big woolen coat on the outside and a blanket covering her. She lay with her legs crossed, chatting with He Yuezhe.
"Hey, pomegranate."
"I am here."
"You've been following Lao Jiang for most of the day, haven't you?"
"Well, what do you want to ask?"
"Why did you try to stop her from infiltrating the Enforcement Bureau? According to what you said, you came here just to help the girl grow up well. Then, why did you stop Lao Jiang?"
“…” He Yuezhe didn’t say anything, just looked at He Fangying.
He Fangying's eyes were brown and she always smiled gently, but now there was a void in her eyes. He Yuezhe could not see any emotion in them, as if she was just an empty shell without a soul.
"He Fangying," she cried, "I'm doing this for you."
"What……?"
"You knew this world and Jiang Ruoshi long before you came to this world, right?"
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"I just wanted to show you another possibility."
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"Just like I stopped you from dying."
"……Why?"
Why?
There was silence, and He Yuezhe's ears were filled with a sharp and piercing buzzing sound.
"Because I love you." She said very softly.
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"What did you say?" He Fangying turned around and looked at He Yuezhe in confusion.
He Yuezhe shook his head and smiled, "Nothing. I mean, I don't want you to fall into despair. You know, it's a rare thing to meet a companion in so many worlds. And you don't want her to go either, so I'm just helping you."
"Oh, oh..." He Fangying lay back on the recliner.
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Neither of them mentioned the matter again, as if He Yuezhe's somewhat puzzling answer really answered He Fangying's doubts.
"Hey, grandma."
"……What's wrong?"
"What were you doing before you entered the platform?"
"Yes, I was shopping on the street, and then there was an earthquake, so I came in."
"Oh, I see."
It wasn't a tsunami. It seemed this was her second time on the platform.
"...What about you?"
"I was hit by a huge LED sign."
"Does it hurt? That thing is huge, right? If it hits you, you'll probably feel the pain for a long time before you die, right?"
“…No, it doesn’t hurt at all.”
"Is this true? Don't lie to me."
"How could I lie to you? Really, it doesn't hurt at all."
"Wow, you're pretty strong then?"
"Yes, I eat well and drink well, so of course I'm strong. It's impossible not to be strong."
"That's good."
"Yeah, it's good. I was very thin when I was little, but I started eating more and more."
"It sounds like your family treats you very well."
"Yes, very well." He Yuezhe said righteously, "My family treats me very well."
"How good?"
"Hey, I won't tell you."
"Oh, that's such a pity—" He Fangying said regretfully, "otherwise I could imitate your family and give you a surprise and warmth."
"I don't need that kind of thing."
"Is this true?"
"Of course, I've grown up now. I'm no longer the idiot I was when I was little who would cry and be moved by a little warmth."
"But a fool is still a fool when he grows up. At most, he'll hatch into... a foolish bird? A foolish chicken? A foolish duck? What else? A foolish goose? A foolish crocodile?"
"That, that idiot's grandmother is also an idiot! Old idiot! Old idiot bird! Old idiot chicken! Old idiot duck! Old idiot goose! Old idiot crocodile!"
"Hey!"
"snort!"
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“Meow—meow—meow meow—”
"Hey, where did this fake cat come from?"
"This one. It can meow like a cat."
"Ouch," He Fangying picked up the doll holding a broken communicator at the door and placed it on her knees. "You're not asleep? What is this, a communicator? Where did you pick it up?"
"I'm not sleepy. Yes, this is a communicator. Someone thought it was a recycling station here and left it at the door." The puppet answered the questions one by one.
He Fangying picked up the tattered communicator with two fingers and squinted her eyes to examine it. "Hey, it looks fine. How did it get lost? This thing is not cheap..."
"Meow--"
"Ouch!"
“Snap!”
"You threw me!?"
"Is, is this the communicator speaking?!" He Fangying was a little horrified, "Oh, no, no, although I have seen artificial intelligence before, but...oh, no..."
"Yes, it's talking."
The puppet jumped to the ground, picked up the communicator, turned on the screen, and a big cat face appeared in front of the screen.
"Why did you throw me?!" It glared at He Fangying and questioned her word by word.
"Oh, uh, no, I didn't drop you, my hand just slipped, my hand slipped!" He Fangying waved her hands quickly.
"Really?" The cat stepped back and asked doubtfully.
"Of course it's true! Why would I lie to you!"
"All right."
"Hey, as for you, let me be clear first. This isn't some scrap recycling station. Go back to where you came from. We can't afford to support you!"
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"Master, I want to keep it."
"What?! Wait, why?" He Fangying was puzzled. "You should know that normal communicators don't have such things, so, it, it——"
"It's okay, Master, I'll take good care of it," the puppet said. "I'm just curious about how it was born."
"Y-you want to study it?"
"Yes."
"Well, okay, but please be careful."
"OK."
"I knew my master was the best to me!" The cat's happy cheer came from the communicator.
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He Yuezhe looked at it, but his eyes gradually turned cold.
"Yes, you guessed it right," a voice in my mind said, "It is your system."
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