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The damp heat of the rainy season in Diannan left a deep impression on him.
Just like that little girl who wore cotton linen short sleeves and capris, her skin tanned by the scorching sun, he would think of her whenever he had nothing to do.
On the border of the Three Kingdoms, along the banks of the Mihesha River, poppy fields were everywhere.
It was in that sea of flowers that an 11–year–old girl dragged him ashore.
The girl wore a red string on her left wrist, and as she treated his wounds, the dangling end of the string swung back and forth.
At that time, the dark bloodstains had soaked through his military camouflage at his waist.
Seeing her taking scissors out of a rattan basket and squatting next to him to cut open his T–shirt near the wound, her small mouth slightly pursed, her face serious in a way that did not match her age, he asked while leaning against the wooden bed: “Aren’t you scared?”
“Uh–huh,” she didn’t even look up, “When Ah Xi was injured by a hunting gun, my mom treated it this way.”
“Who’s Ah Xi?”
“My family’s mongrel.”
She said, lifting her youthful little face.
Because she snuck into the shabby hut, her cheeks were smeared with
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some mud.
The little girl was looking at him with an eye of seeing a fool.
As if he couldn’t guess who “Ah Xi” was, he had made a very basic mistake.
Song Baiyan looked into the girl’s dark, gleaming deer–like eyes and noticed her subtle pout; he felt amused and suddenly forgot the pain in his abdomen, reminding her: “You have mud on your face.”
Even the youngest girl loves to look pretty.
She lifted her arm, wiping her cheek while asking him, “Where?”
Seeing that she couldn’t wipe it off after a long time, Song Baiyan leaned forward, and with the pad of his right thumb, he wiped away the bits of dirt on her cheek—it was a very light touch, yet it made her instinctively tilt her head and dodge.
The calluses on the man’s hand, from holding guns all year round, felt rough and painful on the girl’s delicate skin.
Over the years, Song Baiyan had long forgotten many details of his military life.
But he could still vividly recall the incident when he was saved.
Ji Ming stood behind and did not disturb them.
After who knows how long, Song Baiyan spoke softly, “Next time Xiao Si sends you to school, ask around to see how she’s doing at school.”
This “she” naturally referred to Miss Tang.
On the first night that Tang Li moved into the Qishan dormitory, she had a
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lengthy nightmare.
In the dream, she saw the familiar and fierce faces of the Lai Family People, as well as Han Jifeng’s indifferent turn. She dreamed of herself caring for Han’s mother day and night, exhaustion immediately spread through her body.
When the gunshot exploded in her mind, Tang Li woke up.
Her whole body was drenched in sweat.
She reached out her hand to turn on the light but only touched a wall.
It dawned on her later that she was in the dormitory at the school.
Not in the prison that trapped her.
After 10:30 pm, the dormitory would cut off power and lights.
Tang Li picked up her cellphone, it was already past 2 am.
She casually opened the new message.
[Xiao Tang, you haven’t come over for a long time, and Auntie is worried. I remember to message Auntie back if nothing’s wrong.]
The message was received around 11 pm last night.
Looking at the sender, Tang Li hugged her knees tight.
Whether in her past life or in this one, she had already privately visited Qin Yueru.
In her past life, Qin Yueru wanted her to be her daughter–in–law. Lai Wenyan was a very important reason for her father, even if she was just the Lai family’s illegitimate daughter.
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When she was locked up by Han Jifeng, in the first half–year, Qin Yueru visited her every week.
Apart from sighing, Qin Yueru never blamed her own son.
Let alone stand up for her, his wife–to–be.
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