Chapter 88
Ji Rang would tear off a small star every day, and that became his motivation to persevere.
He was even reluctant to take down too many of them, fearing that one day all the little stars would be taken down, but she still didn't wake up. What should he do then?
He bought two glass bottles, folded the little stars he had taken apart, and put them in another glass bottle. He watched them increase in number day by day, but Qi Ying still showed no signs of waking up.
At the end of the month, the college entrance examination results came out.
There was no doubt that Qi Ying would get into B or Q university. Ji Rang's scores were slightly lower than hers, but he could basically choose any key university in China.
Everyone did very well in the exam. Yue Li's score was enough for her to apply for the directing department of the Communication University, and even Qu Dazhuang just reached the score line for a second-tier university.
They should have been celebrating together at this time.
He should have given her a unique and unprecedented confession.
But no one was happy. Class 2 students sent many greeting cards and fruits to visit. Yue Li heard Qi Ying say that making wishes at Hexi Temple was very effective, so she climbed the mountain for several hours to make a wish at Hexi Temple, hoping that her good friend would wake up soon.
Soon it was time to fill in the application form. Qu Dazhuang ran to the hospital with his computer and asked him, "Brother Rang, which school are you going to? I'll help you apply."
Ji Rang didn't even look at him. He lowered his head and folded little stars. His voice was indifferent: "No."
Qu Dazhuang was anxious: "You can't do this. You worked so hard to get these scores. You worked so hard to get into university. You can't just give up like this!"
Ji Rang paused for a moment, then whispered, "I worked so hard, not just to get into college."
But for her.
I don't want to go to college, I just want to go to college with her.
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When Qi Ying regained consciousness, she found herself standing in an old community courtyard.
The paulownia fluff was floating all over the sky. In front of me, a group of children were chasing each other, looking up and playing with the paulownia fluff.
The rules of the game are that whoever's paulownia fluff falls first loses.
All the children were having a great time, except for a little girl with twin ponytails and a mask who was standing timidly under the sycamore tree, looking at them with envy.
A fat little boy took a deep breath and blew the catkins high up. While the catkins were flying, he turned around and shouted to the little girl, "Yingying, come and play with us! The winner will get strawberry candy!"
Qi Ying was stunned for a moment and looked at his little self blankly, not knowing whether this was a dream or something else.
The little me was shaking my head, and my voice was soft and gentle: "I'm sick. Mom said I can't let the catkins get into my nose, otherwise it will make things worse."
Another naughty little boy made a face at her: "You are so squeamish! We won't play with you anymore."
When she heard this, she suddenly felt embarrassed and worried that no one would play with her anymore.
After hesitating for a long time, he took off his mask and joined them.
But she didn't play for long before the fluff of the sycamore tree got into her nose and mouth. She bent down and started coughing and sneezing, choking and choking with tears all over her face.
The children were all panicked, stopped playing games, and gathered around her, not knowing what to do.
There was a horn outside the community gate, and a man in police uniform came back from work on an electric bike. The children were very nervous when they saw him. The fat boy said, "Uncle Qi is back! If he sees Yingying crying, he will arrest us all!"
The little girl rubbed her eyes and nose with the back of her hands and retorted softly: "No, my dad only catches bad guys."
The electric bike came to the side and stopped. The man in police uniform saw the little girl's red eyes from coughing, and said in a dignified manner, "You bunch of brats, are you bullying my Yingying again?"
A group of children stood in a row with their hands behind their backs, shaking their heads nervously.
The little girl took out a handkerchief and wiped her eyes, then ran to the electric car and said softly, "Dad, they didn't bully me. It was the sycamore fluff that got into my nose, like little bugs." As she spoke, she sneezed.
The man reached out his hand to brush away the sycamore fluff on her hair, laughed and kissed her on the forehead: "Wait for Dad to cut down all these sycamore trees tomorrow. Come on, go home with Dad to have dinner."
The little girl responded, climbed up and stood in front of the electric bike, then waved to her friends.
Qi Ying chased after him for two steps, wanting to shout something, but no sound came out.
She realized that she was indeed dreaming.
Dreaming about the past.
That ordinary and warm family of three.
Those scenes that once made her heart ache whenever she recalled them, replayed before her eyes like slides, one by one.
She saw the little girl grow up little by little, having all the love from her parents, being soft and kind, and never experiencing the pain of the world.
She saw that the policeman father solved one drug case after another, and the families he saved would visit him every New Year to express their gratitude for his kindness.
She saw that her mother took good care of the family and handled all the matters inside and outside the home properly. Her father only needed to focus on his work and she only needed to focus on her schooling.
Until that accident happened.
Qi Ying watched the explosion happen. She was like a bystander, heartbroken but helpless.
She knew that the owner of this body would commit suicide next.
The little girl who always smiled gently now had no life in her eyes, as if her soul had been crushed out of thin air, and she became an empty shell puppet. One day, she swallowed all the sleeping pills she had secretly saved.
Qi Ying was so anxious that even if it was a dream, she couldn't help but rush over to stop her.
Suddenly, everything went dark in front of my eyes.
The whole world fell into darkness, silence and stillness, like the vacuum of the universe.
She heard sad sobs behind her.
Turning around, she saw a little girl who looked exactly like her squatting on the ground crying.
Qi Ying walked towards her and squatted in front of her.
The two looked up and saw each other in the eyes.
"Who are you?"
"I'm Qi Ying."
"I am Qi Ying too."
"Why are you crying?"
"I lost my parents. I have nothing left in this world. I am so scared."
In the endless darkness, a ray of white light gradually spread from afar. The little girl's eyes showed fear and grief, and she hurriedly hid in the darkness: "I don't want to go out, there is nothing there, I'm so scared." She looked at her pleadingly as if she had grabbed a life-saving straw: "You are also Qi Ying, can you go out for me?"
Such a desperate and painful look.
Qi Ying heard herself say, "Okay."
White light covers everything.
She subconsciously closed her eyes, and when her eyes adjusted, she found herself standing in a void. There was nothing, it was boundless, and even if she ran around, she couldn't find a way out.
She was a little annoyed, not knowing where she could go or where she should go. After staying there for a long time, she began to feel bored.
She lay down in the void and began to pass the time by recalling the past. She recalled her past life and her present life, and many vivid and bright pictures flashed before her eyes.
She met a desk mate who was like a little sun, met a group of heartless classmates who entertained themselves every day, met a police officer who was as great as a father, and the boy who regarded her as his life.
As long as I think of him, I won’t feel afraid even if I’m here.
Fog gradually rose around, and in the white fog, a small figure was walking away.
Qi Ying didn't know how long she had been here. She quickly chased after her and grabbed her hand from behind.
The little girl turned around, and with the same facial features as hers, she smiled at her with her eyes bent: "It's you, why are you back?"
She held her cold hand: "I'll come back to find you. Yingying, let's go out together."
She shook her head, her body trembling: "No, there is nothing there, I'm scared."
"Don't be afraid, someone will protect us."
"Who is it?"
"His name is Ji Rang, and he is the best person in the world. Can we go out and meet him together?"
The white mist behind me dissipated, and gradually a warm light spread over me.
She leaned over, hugged herself tenderly, and whispered, "He loves you like your parents do. He will send you strawberry candies every day and secretly learn to make small cakes. He is very smart. He promised to go to college with you, and he really kept his promise. He is also very powerful. He will keep out all those who want to hurt you. He gives all his love to you alone. So, don't be afraid anymore."
"Really?"
"real."
That boy loved her as his life.
She knew that only if she lived well could he live well.
So, I have to wake up quickly and not let him worry.
She held her hand and walked towards the warm light, step by step.
A tear rolled down the corner of her eye.
Qi Ying slowly opened her eyes.
The heart that always felt empty and aching finally seemed to be filled.
She remembered.
She is Qi Ying, and also Qi Ying.
She was the Qi Ying who hanged herself because she lost the general, and she is also the Qi Ying who ended her life because she lost her parents.
In both lives, she chose the same weak method to face the cruel reality.
The intense stimulation in the same situation caused her to awaken her memories of her previous life while she was in a coma.
She couldn't accept the tragic reality and tried to escape from it all, so she closed herself off, pushed out the memories of her previous life to take over her body consciousness, and hypnotized herself into thinking that she was not herself.
She thought, as long as she was not herself, it wouldn't be so painful.
This is her inner demon.
Now it's finally over.
She was willing to love the world again for that boy.
There was a faint smell of disinfectant in the air, mixed with the sweet scent of strawberry candy.
She slowly sat up from the bed and saw a bunch of strawberry candies beside her pillow. The room was filled with flowers and fruits, and there was a pile of greeting cards on the bedside table.
The window was half open, and the night breeze and moonlight came in gently.
In the half-open doorway, the young man stood with his back to her.
Outside, Qu Dazhuang held his computer and said earnestly for the last time: "Brother Rang, this is the last hour. After twelve o'clock, there will be no chance to apply for admission."
Ji Rang said coldly: "How many times do you want me to say it? Go back."
Qu Dazhuang's eyes were filled with helplessness and sadness, and he slowly closed the computer.
Ji Rang was about to turn around and go back when he suddenly felt the corner of his clothes being gently pulled behind him.
His body stiffened and his whole body began to tremble, but he didn't dare to look back, for fear that it was an illusion.
Until I heard the soft voice of a little girl behind me: "What major are you going to study?"
He turned around little by little like a puppet with rusty joints. The little girl looked pale, but her eyes were bright and her smile was sweet.
He reached out his hand and gently touched her cheek, then pulled it back abruptly, fearing that he was dreaming and that she would disappear as soon as he touched her.
Qi Ying grabbed his hand and placed it on her face.
The warm touch passed through his palm to his heart.
The shriveled and dried up heart finally came back to life.
Ji Rang wanted to cry, but he didn't want the little girl to see his tears, so he closed his eyes, held back his tears, and forced a smile: "You finally woke up."
The little girl smiled with her eyes crooked: "We agreed to go to college together." She said, "I can't break my promise."
Ji Rang leaned down, avoiding the wound on her head, and hugged her gently, his voice low and warm; "Well, baby is the most trustworthy."
Qu Dazhuang was so excited that he burst into tears outside.
She cried and shouted, "Hurry up! Fill in the application form quickly! I'll give you a kiss and a hug after you finish filling it out!"
Qi Ying already had her favorite school and major in mind, and applied to the medical school of University B.
Ji Rang stared at the application page without making any move.
Qi Ying didn't rush him and just looked at him obediently.
After a while, Ji Rang turned around and asked her, "Can I go to City B too?"
Her eyes sparkled: "Of course."
Ji Rang smiled, looked at the computer, and slowly typed the name of the school.
——Mom! Mom! Today we wrote an essay about ourselves when we grow up!
——Varang is so amazing. What does Valang want to do when he grows up?
——Police!
——Why?
——I want to catch all the bad guys!
——Well, Valan is awesome, mom is proud of you.
He once gave up his dream, but now, he picked it up again for her.
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