Chapter 223: Scene 10 (Inverted V) Humanity will never surrender...
"'This tsunami is abnormal,' she said. Then, with a 'boom,' the waves rose behind her, one after another, sweeping away the few remaining high-rise buildings behind her. Then..."
"What happened next? What happened next? Grandma He, what happened to them? Are they still alive?"
"Shh, this is a secret. We have to wait until tomorrow to reveal it."
"Ah!" The children all sighed in regret.
"Grandma He, please perform for me a little longer. This story is really interesting!"
"Yeah, yeah, it makes my blood boil. I want to fight a sea monster too!"
"Haha," He Fangying heard the children's chattering, but she didn't stop them. She just smiled and pulled the curtain down. "Then work hard on your training. Who knows, there might even be a sea monster for you to fight in the future."
"Really?" The girl who'd said she wanted to fight a sea monster was immediately excited. "I'll train hard!"
"Okay, okay, that's it. Our second act, the tsunami apocalypse, ends here. We'll continue the rest of the story tomorrow."
"See you tomorrow, Grandma He!"
"See you tomorrow, Grandma He!"
"See you tomorrow kids, I hope you'll enjoy tomorrow's story too."
"Okay, kids, now that you're done with the show, tonight's dinner is chicken leg rice. Everyone line up and follow Aunt Sun to eat." Jiang Ruoshi had been sitting at the back of the group of kids. When he saw the show was over, he stood up and told the kids to leave the activity room in an orderly manner.
"Great! It's chicken leg rice!" The children cheered, but still lined up obediently and followed a middle-aged woman who was obviously dressed as a chef outside the activity room to a certain direction.
"Oh, Lao Jiang, the kids here are really hard to please. Didn't you hear what they said about the play I performed to warm up the audience?"
He Fangying was packing her things for the performance. She was so exhausted that she leaned against the box and wiped the sweat off her face. She looked at Jiang Ruoshi, counted on her fingers, and said, "There's no originality in the beginning, no excitement in the middle, and what's more, there's a rotten ending!"
"Oh my, I'm so angry, I can only bring out my old repertoire from the bottom of my box. I really don't know what stories you usually tell them that make them so eager to tell them!"
"If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have come!"
"Your visit won't be in vain. Here, I've increased your reward." Jiang Ruoshi tossed a bag of tokens to He Fangying and said with a smile, "Also, He Fangying, has anyone ever told you that when you're anxious, you always like to yell 'I-I-I'. You really sound like a chicken."
"Jiang Ruoshi!!!!!" He Fangying was so angry that she jumped up and down. "Insulting me is a different price! You actually want to insult me for such a small amount of money! Dream on! I'll make your hair into a mess!!!!!"
"Get out!!! Don't touch my hair! He Fangying! You lunatic! Stay away from my hair!!!!"
He Fangying stretched out her claws towards Jiang Ruoshi, and Jiang Ruoshi grabbed her hand in horror, and the two of them entangled together.
"Jiang Ruoshi, you're done for today!!! I'm going to make your hair pay dearly for your mouth!!!"
"He Fangying, you're already old, can you please stop being so picky!!!"
"What do you mean I'm old too?!" He Fangying was even more furious. "Jiang Ruoshi, you're obviously the same age as me. I think you're just trying to piss me off!!!!"
“Who deliberately pissed you off!!!”
“Who else could it be but you?!!!”
"He Fangying, if you don't let go, I'll complain to Old Sun right away, and you'll end up unemployed!!!"
"You threaten me?!"
"Who told you to mess with my hair?"
"Jiang Ruoshi!!! I——"
"Grandma, and Grandma Jiang, you guys...?"
The girl held the doll, held her mother's hand, and stared at the two elderly women in the activity room in amazement.
The two elderly women loudly explained the reason for their fight, and then started fighting again while talking.
The girl's mouth twitched, and she had no choice but to step forward and separate the two people: "...Can you two be more mature? You are so old and still fighting over such a trivial matter."
"Xiaobao!" He Fangying held the girl's arm aggrievedly, "That's not a trivial matter! It's a huge matter, a matter of life and death for our family!"
"Hmph. That's no reason for you to try to pull my hair." Jiang Ruoshi took out an extremely exquisite and antique comb from somewhere and combed her hair, which had become a little messy due to the quarrel.
Come to think of it, Xiao Shu always carries a comb and fabric softener with him probably because of Jiang Ruoshi's influence.
He Yuezhe was held by the girl. He yawned tiredly and lay lazily in her arms.
"Alright, alright, both of you, stop arguing. It's not good for your health." The girl held down her grandmother, who was furious again, and stroked her back. "Grandma, calm down too."
"...I know. Since our little treasure has spoken, I won't bother with her." He Fangying pouted, "Oh, did you find the running doll? Where did you find it?"
"That's good to know. You guys take your time to pack up. I'll start the car first. When you come out later, I'll be waiting for you at the door." Jiang Ruoshi shook the car keys in his hand and walked out of the activity room.
"Okay." He Fangying responded, and then made a face at Jiang Ruoshi's back as he walked out.
Turning my gaze back to the activity room, the girl's mother was sitting on a bench with graffiti on it, reading a book, seemingly with great interest.
The girl sighed, handed the doll to He Fangying, and began to pack up the things that He Fangying had not yet packed. She said, "I found it. I found it under a big tree. It's the same tree where I found the girl."
"Oh...oh???" He Fangying nodded calmly, then looked at the doll in her hand in surprise as if she had finally realized what was happening. "You know that girl?"
"That's about right." He Yuezhe was squinting his eyes and planning to take a nap when he was woken up by He Fangying. He answered lazily.
"So you were so anxious that you even crawled through the dog hole just to see her?"
"Not to see her, but to find her."
"You, no, you're not right, you're really not right!" He Fangying poked He Yuezhe's nose with her finger, "Who is that girl?"
"Didn't Dean Jiang bring her here? Didn't you see her?"
"Oh, I saw her. She's quite normal. I don't think she's... No, why do you keep changing the subject?!" He Fangying was a little dissatisfied. "When I came here today, you still didn't tell me what was going on with the nuts in that guy Lao Jiang's car. Now you're getting involved with that girl who was almost mistaken for one of them. Aren't you a salvation master? How come you have acquaintances everywhere in this world? And it's all so abnormal."
"Well, maybe it's just luck. It's a chance encounter." He Yuezhe said with a smile, "Besides, isn't it good to be abnormal?"
"You're fine, I'm the bad one!" He Fangying covered her head. "Oh, by the way, when I went to the bathroom, I saw your nut friend eating people. It scared me!"
"It really ate it!" He Yuezhe was surprised.
"What do you mean by 'really ate it'? Is it reasonable for nuts to eat people?!" He Fangying covered her head again. "Forget it, I won't tell you this. I can't argue with you. You should tell me first. Why don't you come and watch my show?"
"Oh, your performance."
"Oh, my show, you, ugh, I'm so sad."
"Grandma, mother, everything is packed, let's go." The girl was very quick and efficient, and she packed the things neatly in the box.
She took He Fangying's hand, then took the woman's hand, turned off the lights in the activity room, and walked into the twilight.
The sun sets on the wasteland directly opposite the courtyard nestled in the ravine. The red halo spreads out, dyeing the surrounding weeds crimson, creating a desolate yet festive atmosphere.
In the sunlight, a car with a somewhat funny shape was humming and stopped at the door of the orphanage without stopping for a moment.
Jiang Ruoshi was still wearing her sunglasses, steering with one hand. When she saw a few people coming out, she patted the car door and said, "Get in."
Seeing the little Walnut waiting for him on the stone at the door as promised, He Yuezhe slid the little Walnut out of He Fangying's pocket and down her trouser leg, put the exhausted-looking Walnut on his back, and then climbed up again.
"Uh, uh, cough cough." After getting in the car, He Fangying still sat in the front seat with Jiang Ruoshi, and she coughed a few times.
Jiang Ruoshi's driving skills were very steady, and this road was rarely used, so she turned her head and looked at He Fangying: "What's wrong, are you carsick and want to vomit?"
"Are you not angry with me anymore?" He Fangying asked tentatively.
"Ha, what's there to be angry about? Just fix your hair if it's messy. We've been friends for decades, how could you possibly..."
"real?"
"……Fake."
"Oh, oh, I won't do it anymore! I won't do it anymore!" He Fangying withdrew her hand that was about to touch Jiang Ruoshi's hair and changed the subject awkwardly. "Old Jiang, you have a good temper. The children should like you very much, right?"
"Yeah." Jiang Ruoshi's answer was brief.
"So, what about that thing you told me before? Or...?"
"no."
"Why? That's too risky!"
"Lao He, you know I'm not someone who wouldn't do something just because it's risky, otherwise I wouldn't be there now."
"But, hey, I know you asked me to come because you were leaving and wanted me to distract the children, right?" He Fangying put her hands on her knees, feeling a little uneasy. "But, honestly, for the sake of the children and yourself, Lao Jiang, let's just forget it."
“…”
The car was completely silent, with only the rumbling sound of the engine.
Lying in the pocket on the car door, He Yuezhe listened quietly to the two people talking, and thought of Dean Jiang who left and never came back.
In the past, because of the embezzlement issue, He Yuezhe, who was not sure what would happen, reported Dean Jiang in order to protect the children.
It was not until that day when she saw Dean Jiang being taken away by the Execution Bureau that she suddenly came to her senses.
"For the future of mankind, this matter cannot be wavered in any way."
Jiang Ruoshi's eyes were firm.
The wheels of the car crushed the shorter weeds, and soon after, they stubbornly climbed up from the mud on the ground again.
"Humanity will never surrender."
She said very softly.
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