Chapter 168: Scene 33 (Inverted V) Shaking Another Big Tree...
"Meow."
"……cat?"
"Meow."
"Hey, how are you?"
"Meow."
"Little Black Cat, why are you still wandering around outside alone so late?"
"Meow."
"You're rubbing me."
“…”
"Little black cat, you look a lot like the cat I had when I was a kid."
“…”
"Same black fur, same yellow eyes, and both very clingy."
“…”
"You, do you want to go home with me?"
"Meow!"
"I'm sorry, I don't remember where my home is, so there's no way I can take you home."
"Meow……"
"Little black cat, you look so good and clean, you don't look like a stray cat, how could you..."
“…”
"Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore. I have to hurry and find my way home."
“…”
“…”
“…”
"Don't follow me."
"Meow?"
“…”
“…”
"You're so annoying, could you please stop following me?"
“…”
"I...I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be mean to you..."
“Tick-tock.”
Tears streamed down the woman's face and dripped onto the stone road, like a marble from the old times, gurgling and knocking open the stone slabs.
The woman's trouser legs were immediately soaked by the mud. She squatted down, curled up with a sad face, and buried her head in her arms.
The sobs of children, old people, tender yet filled with the dust of time, rang out one after another.
It was late at night and there were no pedestrians around. The dim light of the street lamp shone on the woman.
The short shadow beneath her looked like a child or a hunchbacked old man.
“…” Zhang Luo hugged herself and said nothing.
She was wearing a professional suit, fragrant with perfume, and her collar, which was always ironed flat, was turned up. The greeting cards given to her by the children fell one by one from her tilted bag.
"ah……"
Zhang Luo stretched out his hands, wanting to pick up the wet greeting cards, but his hands were shaking, shaking, shaking...
"Stop, stop..." She slapped her hands hard.
"Please..." She looked at her hands helplessly, "Stop..."
The picked up greeting cards fell to the ground again, and the mud and water soaked them, corroding the lovely patterns and words on them completely.
“No, no…”
"thump!"
Zhang Luo knelt on the ground, her hands stroking the greeting cards.
——"Happy holidays to Teacher Zhang!"
She tried to salvage the cards.
"No, no... I should remember whose handwriting this is... I should remember... I should remember..."
Tears fell like raindrops, but it was not hysterical crying. There were only soft sobs and the helpless sound of memories being peeled away bit by bit.
Memory is probably like some kind of metal.
You can spend a lot of time carving your own marks on it, but in just a moment, a moment, those marks can be burned and melted along with the metal, and eventually become hard and brand new.
He Yuezhe saw countless memories melting away along with this woman.
Happy, painful, angry, sad, those who looked forward to their mother and father coming home in childhood, those who went to school while helping with housework in their teenage years, those who struggled in the vast ocean of knowledge in their youth, and finally stood in the position they had always dreamed of as adults.
“Why can’t I remember… Why can’t I remember…!!!” This always strong woman is now beating her head and questioning herself.
"Whoosh..." An ambulance whizzed past on the road.
Zhang Luo then turned around and looked at the ambulance.
Unfortunately, she didn't know that the person in the ambulance was her mother. She just suddenly remembered something.
"I... go home..." Zhang Luo stood up.
Maybe she was thinking of her father who died in the ambulance.
"Yes, yes... go home... go home..." She staggered, "go home..."
“…”
"go home……"
"go home……"
The scattered greeting cards were left behind as the woman stumbled forward.
In the thick darkness, she occasionally tripped over the raised cobblestones, but was able to get up quickly.
"go home……"
"Go back..."
"Little Lolo!!!!"
"Home……"
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"I want to... go home..."
"Little Luoluo, this is your home. Look, your mother is here too."
"No... not... home..."
"Little Lolo, little Lolo, look at mommy, look at mommy, I am mommy!"
“…”
"Little Lolo?! Little Lolo!!!"
“…”
"W-What's wrong with you?!"
“…”
A week after being taken home by his mother, Zhang Luo became completely speechless.
From the beginning, she kept repeating "go home, go home", but now she can't say a word.
The black cat squatted quietly on the desk, watching Zhang Luo's mother carefully hold Zhang Luo, comfort her, and gently carry her back to bed.
"Little Luoluo," the old hand touched Zhang Luo's face, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, Mom is here, Mom will protect you."
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. If you get sick, we'll get you treated. No matter what the disease is, no matter how much it costs, as long as I can see you well, Mom will be happy."
The woman picked up the bowl of porridge from the desk and said softly, "Come on, little Luoluo, eat something first. Eat something. You can't let your body..."
“Ah!!! Hiss…”
Zhang Luo spilled the porridge uncontrollably, and the porridge, which had not yet completely cooled down, poured all over the woman, scalding her and making her shiver.
"It's okay, it's okay," the woman forced a smile and soothed, "Mom is fine. Look at you, why are you still as naughty as when you were a child?"
“Ding-ling-ling-ling-ling-ling——!!!”
"Hey, who's calling?"
Zhang Luo's cell phone buzzed, and the woman picked it up and answered it.
"Hello?"
“…”
"Oh, yes, I'm Zhang Luo's mother."
“…”
"Oh, she needs to get something from school. Can I get it for her?"
“…”
"No, no, she's been sick lately, and the doctor said it's best for her to stay home and rest."
“…”
"Okay, okay, thank you. I'll be there in a moment."
“Beep…”
"Xiao Luoluo, you won a prize!" The woman put down her phone, an unstoppable smile on her face. "You won the prize in last month's lecture competition!!"
"Oh, even though mommy doesn't understand these things, but that's the first prize, little Luoluo, how can you be so awesome!!"
The woman held Zhang Luo's hand and said with great joy, "Thinking back to the time when I saw you staying up late to do your homework under the streetlights, and now that you can stand on the big stage and teach children under so many lights, Mom is so happy!"
"He was so little back then, but now he's grown up and is a teacher, and he's so amazing!"
“…”
“…”
“…”
The woman's words stopped abruptly.
She loosened her grip and pulled the quilt up.
"Little Luoluo," she said softly, "wait for your mother at home. She will be back soon."
"Don't run around! And be careful at home! Little black cat, help me watch her!"
"Bang!"
“…”
“…”
"Meow……"
“…” Zhang Luo didn’t say anything.
She got up, took out a wallet from the closet, and with trembling hands, she placed the cards and cash inside on the ground one by one.
Then he took out the jewelry box and scattered the jewelry out.
Then he stumbled over to sit down at the desk, took out a piece of paper with the school's name printed on it, and started writing.
——"Thank you, Mom. Thank you for raising me. Thank you, thank you."
"I will always be your child, but I also want to protect you. I will try my best. From now on, you must trust me and don't give up on me."
"I'll give you all my money so you can buy good food and nice clothes."
"To be honest, I used to hate you because you loved your brothers more than me, but I loved you, so I chose to protect you."
“My work isn’t hard because some of them look down on me and don’t give me work.”
"Fortunately, you cook for me. I feel that even if they look down on me, it doesn't matter. As long as I have my mother and she loves me, that's enough."
"Mom, I send money to my brothers every month. I've also looked for them, but they look down on me and won't come. Mom, I listen to you, so please don't blame me."
"I like your fried eggs the most because I seldom ate eggs when I was a kid."
"Mom, am I stupid, ugly, and naughty? That's why you don't like me."
"Now, it's okay. I'm gone and will leave the money and the house to mom. Mom, won't you be happy?"
"Thank you, Mom, thank you. Thank you for raising me. Thank you, thank you. Mom, I love you, thank you for raising me. Thank you, thank you, Mom, thank you, thank you, thank you..."
“Chi!!!”
The tip of the pen pierced deeply into Zhang Luo's neck.
Blood dripped onto the paper.
Zhang Luo smeared the paper a few times in panic, but the more he smeared, the more stains appeared.
"Ah..." I couldn't speak.
She had no choice but to continue writing: "Mom, don't be angry, don't be angry, blood, I didn't mean to, don't be angry, don't be angry..."
But it was not until she had written page after page that she seemed to realize something. She lifted her pen, and the blood-red tip startled her so much that she jumped up from her chair.
"Ah! Ah!!" She threw the pen away anxiously and slapped herself several times, "Ah!!"
"Bang!!"
Zhang Luo fell to the ground. She wrapped herself in the carpet and bumped into the corner of the bed again and again.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
Blood soaked the carpet and flowed all over the floor.
"Bang!"
"God really likes to play jokes."
"Bang!"
“…Zhang Luo.”
"How come this disease doesn't happen to anyone else, but it happened to me?"
"Bang!"
"Besides, I just became the head teacher, and I just received my first greeting card from my students."
"Bang!"
"God, I don't blame you for what happened before, but why are you so cruel this time?"
"Bang!"
"Forget it, where is God in this world?"
"Bang!"
"Zhang Luo, this is just a way for you to escape reality."
"Bang!"
“It’s okay to fall this time. Just get up next time, get up, and keep moving forward, forward.”
"Bang……"
"Zhang Luo, you are already very impressive."
"Thank you."
“…”
"This is Zhang Luo's world, where I grew up."
"Now, I have grown up and have enough strength."
"I will grow into a towering tree, and for my country and my ideals, shake another tree."
He Yuezhe took Zhang Luo's hand and pulled her up from the ground.
"Thank you, Zhang Luo."
"From now on, you must work harder and dedicate yourself to the people. Remember, this will be your lifelong pursuit. Continue—"
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"Ding Dong! Event Amnesia Completed!"
"Ding Dong! Please decide whether to stay in your current household or go to another one!"
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