Su Mingan raised his head. The sky was gray and heavy rain was falling towards the earth, as if swallowing up the world.
“Boom boom!”
He saw dilapidated unfinished buildings, with bricks and stones falling down like sand towers blown away by the wind, and the residents fled in panic, not having time to take anything with them.
He lowered the little girl's head so that she couldn't see the scene.
When everything returned to silence, the only sound was the dripping rain, so quiet that I could hear my own breathing.
Then, people's cries of grief rose up.
"——My home! My home!!"
"—my things are still in there, my money, my notebook..."
"——Mom, Mom..."
The only property they had was this unfinished building, and now that it has collapsed, it is equivalent to depriving them of everything.
People shouted, wailed, cried, and vented. No one cared that an old lady died in the building, and no one cared about the justice she sought. They only knew that everything was gone, all gone.
When the last inch of the roof that covered their bodies was blown away, how could they survive?
Su Mingan touched the little girl's head and slowly put her on the ground.
The heavy rain fell on her loose black hair, and the water fell down in strands. Her eyes were still blank, as if she didn't understand why the building collapsed, nor did she understand the sad look in her grandmother's eyes when she looked at her. The wet hair hung stickily on her neck, and the rain slid down her cheeks.
She looked around, trying to find someone she knew, even just one person, but all she saw were strangers with sad faces, nothing else.
"Mother?"
She held the bear cub and tried to call out.
——The hard-working and beautiful woman had died in the bricks and stones five years ago.
So no one responded to her.
"dad?"
She looked around, her eyes blank.
——The honest and simple man was already sleeping in the blood-stained closet.
So no one responded to her.
Her eyes became anxious, her fingers clenched the little bear in her arms tighter, and her whole body was shivering with cold.
"……grandmother?"
She looked up at the heavy rain, her voice choked with sobs.
——The old man who was eager to get a response has disappeared in the cold rain.
So no one responded to her.
His body was shaking slightly and he shuddered.
The calling sound floated in the wet air, like a wisp of smoke, and quickly dissipated.
She didn't understand what the heavy rain had brought and what it had taken away. She was still young and didn't understand what the world was like or what she was fighting against. She could only shout over and over again, trying to find the person she was most familiar with, because her grandmother had told her that as long as she shouted for her grandmother loudly, everything would be fine.
...But why.
Now she called out loudly, but couldn't see them?
Why is there nothing in front of me except the gray rain? They were sitting together for dinner a few days ago, and they said they would cure the disease and live happily as a family. But why did this tall building suddenly collapse?
Su Mingan squatted down, slid his fingers across her bruised cheeks, and wiped her face clean.
He was about to withdraw his hand, but his wrist was tightly grasped. The young girl looked at him with confused and sad eyes. She seemed to have not yet realized that she had no relatives. She just subconsciously grabbed the last straw and didn't want to let him go.
"Big brother...?" the girl called tentatively.
There was no response to her previous calls. Her voice was trembling and her fingers were cold due to the low temperature.
Su Mingan responded to her gaze and murmured "hmm".
——So, in the silence, someone finally responded to the girl.
"I'm here."
He responded to the girl's call.
He held the girl's hand and held up an umbrella with his other hand.
With a "rustle", the bright red umbrella surface opened up, like a drop of bright red blood in the rain.
Under the umbrella, the girl finally felt a moment of peace. Her body was heavy, soaked with rain, dripping down her ankles to the ground, and she almost thought she would fall to the ground. The rain was pouring outside the umbrella, and the two people under the umbrella were extremely quiet. The girl silently held Su Mingan's slightly warm hand, and the cold and warmth were transmitted inch by inch.
The sounds of people crying and shouting were everywhere. They dug the stones with all their might, but they could not keep anything.
At this time, officials in round hats and guards surrounded and approached Su Mingan.
"This matter is the responsibility of your City Guard Department." The round-hatted official said this right away.
Su Mingan tilted his head.
"If you hadn't been so determined to get an explanation from the government, we wouldn't have come all the way to present Grandma Lin with the Medal of Honor. If we had told her the truth, she wouldn't have been emotionally stimulated and her condition would have worsened." The round-hatted official pointed to the ruins and said, "So many people have lost their homes. You bear a great responsibility. Who allowed you to interfere in our city's government? I will file a report with the City Guardian Department and criticize your behavior!"
"……?"
Su Mingan felt confused.
He was not wondering about the thickness of the officials' skin; he was just wondering what kind of examination system gave birth to such people who occupied positions but did nothing but eat, and what made them so corrupt.
But he soon realized that since the world is full of the "silent majority", as long as he is good at criticizing others, he will appear more "upright and noble".
"You call this honor?" Su Ming'an said, "A son's last love for his mother, a white-haired old man willing to deceive himself but forced to regain his lucidity - you call this death certificate she received in such a painful way - honor?"
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