Chapter 31 Verse 26

  26、

  At 8 o'clock in the morning, turn on the radio and tune into Nanjiang Radio Station. After a light and pleasant music, you can hear the gentle and moving voice of Xue Er, the host of "Warm Harbor", chatting with interactive listeners and helping them untie their knots one by one.

  "Warm Harbor" is a talk show that unexpectedly gained high ratings. On the one hand, the rhythm of urban life is getting increasingly tense, and people's mental burden is too heavy, so they need to find someone to confide in. On the other hand, Xue Er's hosting ability is also indispensable, her grasp and comfort of the audience's psychology makes people feel particularly comfortable.

  Qin Xue Man is Snowy.

  As usual, she walked into the broadcasting room when the clock hand just pointed to eight o'clock.

  Today, she chose to play the music of Polish female pianist Badajewska's "Maiden's Prayer". She created this piano piece when she was only 18 years old, in the prime of her youth, and the melody is filled with a girl's infinite longing and expectation for life. Unfortunately, six years later, at the age of 24, she left the world.

  Pure and light piano music gently knocks on the pure land in the heart. Qin Xue Man took a sip of tea, moistened her throat, and smiled at herself in the mirror.

  Music is so beautiful that she indulges in it. This piano piece makes her as if she were in the romance of youth, the dreams of love, like a bird flying freely in the sky, simple yet happy.

  The phone rang.

  "Hello, I'm your host Xue Er. Is there something you'd like to talk about?"

  Her voice is especially sweet and lovely, like a cartoon heroine's voice, with a kind of pure flavor.

  "Hello, Xue Er Jie Jie. I am a student of Nanjiang Medical College, my name is Xiao Min. I really like listening to your program, all the girls in our dormitory like listening to your program."

  Students of Nanjiang Medical College? So to speak, she is her own junior sister. Qin Xue Man smiled slightly in her heart.

  "Thank you, Xiaomin."

  Xiao Min's voice hesitated: "I... I want to tell you about my story."

  "Okay. Let's all listen to Xiaomin's story."

  Xiao Min said she was an introverted and shy girl who wasn't good at talking. She had a best friend, Si Ting, who was outgoing and cheerful. They went to middle school together, took the college entrance exam together, and even lived in the same dormitory. Xiao Min was pretty and had many boys chasing after her, but every time she was rejected by Si Ting. Si Ting always took care of her, protecting her with all her heart, not letting other girls bully her, and not letting those flirtatious boys deceive her, until Jie appeared. Jie was handsome, outgoing, and humorous, like a prince charming. He was also very talented and had many skills. Wherever he went, there would be laughter and chatter. Such an excellent boy, Xiao Min couldn't resist. Soon, the two became a couple. Si Ting entrusted Xiao Min to Jie with peace of mind and solemnly warned him to cherish Xiao Min well, otherwise she wouldn't forgive him.

  However, just three months later, Jie's doting and care for Xiaomin began to dwindle with the passage of time. More tragically, Xiaomin discovered that Jie was secretly flirting with other girls behind her back, leading a life of debauchery beyond imagination. She asked Jie in anguish why he had changed so much. Jie responded pompously, telling her that as a man, he had normal desires that needed to be satisfied. Since she couldn't fulfill them, he naturally had to find someone else. It turned out that Xiaomin had naively believed that love and lust could be separated, that loving someone meant not just loving their body, but also their soul. She thought that only after marriage could they engage in intimate behavior, which was a responsibility to oneself and a test of his love. However, in the end, Xiaomin succumbed to Jie's repeated transgressions and struggles, fearing that she would lose him if she didn't give in.

  Upon hearing this, Qin Xue Man let out a long sigh. The very naive and innocent Xiao Min did not understand that men are such complex creatures. For them, being attracted to new things and getting tired of old ones is almost an innate instinct. When Xiao Min agreed to Jie's sexual demands, her fate was already sealed.

  As expected, Xiaomin said that at first, Jie was very enthusiastic about making love with her. But soon, he felt bored. He even told another girl after getting drunk that Xiaomin was like a piece of wood, not cooperating with him at all, and had no meaning. Coincidentally, the girl repeated this sentence to Xiaomin verbatim and told her that Jie was absolutely untrustworthy, as he was simultaneously dating several girls.

  No matter how beautiful the dream is, there will be a day when it shatters. Everything disappears into thin air, leaving only wounds that bleed. Xiaomin completely collapsed, she didn't eat or drink, hiding under the bed without moving, as if dead, lying like this for three days until Siting arrived. Siting patiently took care of her, comforted her, and tried her best to make her happy again. She even hit Jie with a hidden fist, almost knocking him unconscious, sending him to the hospital, reportedly with mild concussion.

  Xiao Min gradually regained her vitality under Si Ting's guidance. Although, sometimes, when she saw Jie, her heart still ached, but she could already smile and face life like ordinary people. Time was the best medicine for healing wounds, and the scars of love were slowly healing. Then, she met another excellent boy: Ru. Ru was also introverted and shy, liked reading, had excellent academic performance, and gave her a sense of security. However, this time, Si Ting strongly opposed it. She said that men were no good, and Ru was no exception, they only liked her body under the drive of lust. Then, Si Ting said something that made Xiao Min dizzy: In this world, only her love for Xiao Min was the purest and most sacred.

  Qin Xue Man doubted she hadn't heard clearly: "Xiao Min, are you saying that Si Ting has fallen in love with you?"

  Xiao Min's voice was full of exhaustion: "Yes. I had no idea that Si Ting had a homosexual tendency."

  "Did you refuse her?"

  "I can only refuse her. I'm a mentally normal girl, and in the future, I still want to fall in love, get married, have children, and live a happy and perfect family life."

  "Your choice is correct."

  "But...” Xiaomin's voice was tinged with a sob, “But Siting refused to let go. She clung to me like a madwoman, and no matter where I went, I could see her shadow. I really couldn't take it anymore, and I begged her desperately, even threatening to die, before she finally agreed to stay away from me."

  "Since she has agreed, shouldn't the matter be settled?"

  This time, Xiaomin really burst into tears: "Xueer sister, you don't know that what she said about leaving me is actually suicide! She lay on my bed in the dormitory when no one was around and cut her wrist to kill herself. The blood flowed like a river. She also left behind a curse, saying that her greatest wish in this life was to be with me, and since we couldn't do it while alive, she would haunt me as a ghost!"

  Curse? Qin Xue Man didn't think so. She estimated that Si Ting had watched too many horror movies and ghost films, and actually believed in these things.

  "Don't be afraid, most of the so-called curses are fabricated by humans, and apart from making people scared, they have no other effect."

  "These days, I don't dare to go back to the dormitory! I keep dreaming of her, dreaming that she's pulling me into another terrifying world. Today is the seventh day after her death, and I'm really afraid that she'll come back tonight to find me."

  "Xiao Min, don't be afraid. Let me tell you, I'm also a student at Nanjiang Medical College. How about this, I'll go with you tonight, okay?"

  "Really? That's great!" Xiaomin's voice was noticeably more cheerful, "Xueer sister, I'm currently at the medical school's playground. Come find me after you finish your program, okay?"

  "Okay." Qin Xue let out a sigh of relief. Just as she was about to hang up the phone, Xiaomin's shrill cry came through: "Siting!"

  Qin Xue Man was startled and quickly picked up the phone: "Xiao Min, what's wrong?"

  "Si... Ting..." Xiaomin struggled to utter these two words. Then, Qin Xue Man could only hear the sound of heavy breathing, getting heavier and heavier, like an old ox.

  Xiao Min, is she having trouble breathing?

  Qin Xue Man stared at the brilliant sunlight outside the window, and was stunned.

  Thousands of meters away at Nanjiang Medical College playground, a beautiful girl who was making a phone call with her mobile phone suddenly fell to the ground silently like a piece of wood.