Chapter 1: Mom's Gift
(Parallel world, please do not substitute)
The sun is scorching, and the weather in Urumqi in June this year is already extremely hot.
Urumqi No. 3 Middle School is one of the examination sites for this year's college entrance examination. At that time, the crowd at the school gate was already bustling. The last exam of this year's college entrance examination was about to end, and the gate was full of parents who came to pick up the candidates.
Soon, the ringing bell of the end of the exam rang throughout the campus. The parents waiting at the gate became agitated, and the campus was also filled with restless noise.
A boy with glasses shouted "freedom" and ran out of the examination room, followed by a surging crowd of examinees. The breath of youth mixed with the concerned questions of parents, the future of this group of senior high school students began to diverge from this moment, and they were about to embark on different life journeys.
A small white flower floated out in the crowd. At this time, Bai Tang was wearing a blue and white school uniform and white shoes. She had a furry bun tied high on her head. She had big eyes and a small face. Beads of sweat hung on her pale face. She was just over 1.6 meters tall and was carried out of the school gate by the crowd.
Ten minutes later, Bai Tang, who had squeezed out of the crowd and left the examination room, let out a long sigh. This was too scary. He quickly patted his heart, put on his helmet, got on his beloved little pink electric bike, and swayed slowly back home.
In Wenyayuan Community, in a small two-bedroom apartment of more than 70 square meters, Bai Tang had just finished lunch. After living alone for so many years, he didn't know how to cook at the beginning, and always used too much salt and too little sugar or cooked half-cooked. Now he has good cooking skills and can cook a few simple vegetables in a variety of ways.
At this time, Bai Tang was tidying up the house. He was holding a photo frame and wiping it carefully. In the frame was a black and white photo of a gentle and clear woman.
"Mom, I miss you so much." Tears dripped onto the ground, creating ripples in my heart...
Five years ago, Song Wei in the ward of the First People's Hospital of Urumqi was already in the advanced stage of liver cancer. The pain of the disease made this once bright and clear-looking woman look haggard and no longer the same as she used to be. With a withered and skinny hand, she took the tearful hand of Bai Tang, her eyes full of reluctance.
"My Tangtang will grow up bravely and happily." After saying this, Song Wei turned her head with difficulty and looked at the haggard man on the other side, remaining speechless for a long time.
Bai Wengang was so nervous when Song Wei looked at him that he stammered, "Don't worry, Tangtang is our daughter. I will take good care of her and raise her to adulthood."
"Bai Wengang, remember what you just said. There are some things I don't want to say anymore, but you have to be nice to Tangtang."
After that, she ignored the man and turned back to look at her daughter. "My dear Tangtang, mommy can't bear to leave you, but mommy can't do anything." She held her daughter's hand tightly with her left hand, as if she had used up all her life's strength, but it only tightened slightly.
As the mother and daughter were talking in low voices, Song Wei suddenly began to breathe rapidly and her body became stiff and trembling. The monitoring device beside the bed began to beep rapidly!
Death came so suddenly. Just as Bai Tang was holding her mother's hand and crying, and Bai Wengang was urgently calling for medical help, Song Wei used up her last bit of strength to touch Bai Tang's little head, her eyes full of tears and reluctance, "Tangtang, I'm sorry, I'm leaving."
"Mom, don't leave me, I'm scared. Woo~"
"Tangtang, promise mom that you will grow up bravely and live happily. Mom will bless you in heaven."
As soon as the intermittent words fell, in the midst of Bai Tang's crying, his right hand slowly slid down from Bai Tang's head and fell to the side of the bed. His eyes gradually closed, and the last trace of light in his eyes disappeared.
After battling the disease for half a year, the woman finally passed away amid her daughter's crying. Just as she came alone, she left alone now.
Just three months after taking care of Song Wei's funeral, Bai Wengang brought home a woman and a little boy of three or four years old. After telling Bai Tang that this was her stepmother and brother, he packed his luggage and took away most of his savings, and took the mother and son south to a southern city, completely forgetting what he had promised Song Wei before she died.
Before leaving, he informed his parents, that is, Bai Tang's grandparents, who occasionally came to take care of Bai Tang. Since then, there has been no news from them, and there has been no news for all these years.
Bai Tang's mother Song Wei's parents died before she got married, so Bai Tang has been without grandparents since she was a child. Her grandparents also disliked her because she was a girl and basically never paid any attention to her. Bai Tang also didn't like her grandparents.
So for so many years since Bai Wengang left, Bai Tang and his grandparents have basically been out of touch and do not bother each other.
Over the years, Bai Tang relied on the meager savings left by Song Wei, occasional help from kind people, and secretly worked odd jobs, distributed flyers, and took extra classes. With the help of the community and school, he grew up strong and healthy, and studied very well.
In the five years since her mother passed away, she has spent countless days and nights missing her. Countless difficulties have not knocked down this little girl. Bathed in hardships, she has thrived and grown up in her mother's blessings.
[Drip drip drip drip… drip drip…]
Just as Bai Tang wiped away her tears, showed a warm smile to her mother's photo and told her mother that she was fine, a rapid electronic sound suddenly rang out deep in her mind, making Bai Tang instantly stand up and become extremely nervous.
[Ding——The target host is detected. 】
[Drip - Encountered time and space turbulence, the timeline was disrupted]
[Correcting the timeline——Insufficient energy, unable to correct——]
[Ding——It’s five years late, it can’t be corrected, and it’s going to go dormant due to lack of energy]
Bai Tang's eyes were blank at this time. He scratched the hair on his head with his little paws and thought to himself, "What's in this brain? It's chattering nonsense about time and space and hibernation."
[The system is running low on energy and is about to go into sleep mode. The backup energy bank subroutine is activated——]
[Ding——The backup energy storage subroutine has been activated——]
[Ding——The system is about to go into hibernation, the backup subroutine is activated, the authority is reduced, and the daily sign-in is reduced to a monthly sign-in. ]
[Host Bai Tang, the system is deeply sorry for not being able to perfectly fulfill Ms. Song Wei's dying wish. ]
[Give the host Bai Tang's identity background gift pack. Ding——The system is in hibernation, goodbye host. 】
After a chaotic electronic sound, her mind finally calmed down. Bai Tang still stood there with her mother's photo in her hands, her eyes blank. She heard something, she heard her mother's name, and heard the voice talking about her mother's last wish. So, is this system a gift from her mother? Thinking of the last time her mother looked at her on the hospital bed five years ago, she was so reluctant to let go. Bai Tang burst into tears.
"Mom, I miss you," Bai Tang murmured again, sitting on the sofa with his knees bent and his legs folded, burying his head. He remained motionless and silent for a long time.
Time does not stop because of emotions. Just when Bai Tang was feeling sad, the buzzing sound of her phone came. Bai Tang wiped her tears and adjusted her mood, then picked up the phone beside her. It was an unknown number.
After hesitating for a moment, he clicked to answer the call.
"Hello? Hello."
"Hello, are you Ms. Bai Tang?"
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