Chapter 25: Life is Like a Flower 3

  "What?" Ling Wei slumped into her chair, she had never thought things would be so serious.

  Guān Xuě sat beside Líng Wēi Yī: "Wēi Yī... are you okay?"

  Ling Wei looked at Guan Xue with a sympathetic gaze. She had come to comfort Guan Xue, to be her support, but instead found herself being comforted by Guan Xue: "Xiao Xue! I... Qian Er is like my own daughter, and Ming Yin has also been raised by me since she was young..."

  "I know, don't mention you anymore. When I think of her little face, my heart aches uncontrollably."

  Guansu saw two women comforting each other, so he looked around and finally saw Mingde and Ling Shuiyue standing together in the distance. Mingde was actually holding a cigarette to Ling Shuiyue's lighter, but the two of them were shaking all over, neither able to light the other's cigarette.

  Guan Sheng walked over to Ming De and Ling Shuiyue, took the lighter from them, lit their cigarettes for them, then lit one for himself. They stood there in silence together. He knew that at a critical moment like this, being able to survive was the greatest victory. Just now he had heard Guan Xue say... The police came over: "Which of you is the person involved? We need..."

  "Get up, Guansu," he said in a low voice. "What's going on? Can't you see the situation we're in now?"

  The police officer looked at Guan Sheng with a stern expression, his voice low but authoritative, and turned to leave.

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  "Xian'er, don't move, you're hurt, can't move!" Dr.! Doctor! My daughter woke up! She's awake!" Guan Xue forgot the intercom and shouted loudly. She wanted to tell everyone that her daughter was awake; she wanted to tell the whole world that her baby girl was calling for mom; she wanted to tell herself that her life had started again...... Xia Xian looked at the doctor: she was injured. Her foot was suspended, and her arm seemed unable to move either. The woman called herself Xian'er, saying she was her daughter, no, she must speak up.

  Ow! It hurts so much! Xia Qian Ning gently tugged on the doctor's collar. The doctor was puzzled: "Do you want to say something? Your jaw is injured, it might be very painful to talk now." Seeing Xia Qian Ning's determined gaze, the doctor leaned down, and with great effort, Xia Qian Ning lifted her arm and placed her hand on the pen in the doctor's breast pocket.

  The doctor smiled: "Want this?"

  Xia Qian Ning gently shook her head.

  Want to write?

  Xia Qian Ning closed her eyes with difficulty.

  The doctor put the pen in Xia Qian's hand and helped her hold it tightly, then placed the paper on the bed.

  Although her hand holding the pen was also in severe pain, Xia Qianying still persisted in writing three words on paper.

  Guan Xue and Ling Wei looked at the scribbles on the paper, puzzled as they gazed at the doctor. The doctor picked it up and placed the paper in front of Xia Qian's eyes. Xia Qian looked at those messy and blurry 'characters', tears bursting out.

  "Don't be impatient? If I were to write like you, I would have written it this way too. Let me guess, let me guess, if I'm right, close one eye, and if I'm wrong, close two eyes, okay?"

  Xia Xian closed her eyes for a moment.

  "Bei Ri Da, quan?" translates to "Northern Daily University, all?"

  Xia Wenjing denied it.

  Beihao...

  Xia Wenjing denied it.

  Ling Wei took over the paper, her fingers tracing the sequence of strokes on the paper: "I... am, what is it?"

  Guān Xuě watched as Líng Wéi's fingers moved swiftly across the paper, and she turned to Xià Jiāo in astonishment. The girl's eyes were filled with questions. Good heavens! Guān Xuě sat down on the ground with a thud.

  Ling Wei Yi and her husband were startled, the child woke up, the mother should be happy, how... Is it excessive excitement? Or has the time of guarding been too long, seeing the child safe and sound, leading to a complete relaxation of the spirit causing syncope?

  "Xiao Xue! Xiao Xue!" Ling Wei Yi saw that Guan Xue's eyes had started to tear up again: "What's wrong? Xian Er has woken up, how... you've seen something, haven't you? You've figured it out, right? You read it out, didn't you? Speak quickly!"

  Guan Xue stood up with the help of Ling Wei Yi's strength, she plucked up her courage and looked at Xia Qian Jing: "Qian Jing! Don't you recognize Mom anymore? Have you forgotten about Mom?"

  Ling Wei Yi and Da Fu stared at Xia Xian Rong in shock: "Who am I?"

  Xia Qian's eyes closed quietly and stiffly.

  Guān Xuě's body fell straight back.

  Xia Zhi Bei rushed in. Seeing Guan Xue falling down, he instinctively stretched out his hands to catch her, but it was too late...

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  Yi Ge gently closed the door to Pei Yichen's room. Ming knew that Pei Yichen was currently practicing dance, but Yi Ge's heart was jumping up and down nervously. He had never stolen anything before in his life, let alone something that belonged to a good friend he treasured like his own life.

  "Yi Ge! What are you doing?" Pei Yichen exclaimed as he saw Yi Ge walking out of his room.

  Scared to death, three souls lost two souls: "You didn't practice dance. How did you come back? Oh, no, nothing, I lost a sock, come to your room and see if it was thrown in your room at some point..."

  "Lies! You've been checking my schedule since yesterday, and you never enter anyone else's room alone. You chose to come to my room while I was practicing, so speak up."

  "I'm telling you, I'm telling you, don't you dare lay a hand on me."

  "I won't lift a finger." Pei Yichen said impatiently.

  Yue Gang took out an MP4 from his pocket: "You said no... ah!" Yue Gang let out a miserable cry and fell to the ground.

  Pei Yichen picked up the mp4 and fell to the ground.

  "Time's running out! We're about to lose our chance. Haven't you seen how much more popular Mingzi has become since she appeared on that variety show?"

  "I know! I know that such an opportunity will never come again in my life. But I just can't do it, I ruined her family and can't use her as a stepping stone for my own success!"

  "You don't use her as a stepping stone, others will use you as a stepping stone. This society is so realistic! Do you still want to live in the past? Was it easy for you to struggle to get where you are now? Was it easy for me to struggle to get where I am now? Alright, you've already ruined her life, but if in the future, you have the ability to give her a better home, can't you do that? Besides, you've already used her as a stepping stone once, and doing it twice is still using!"

  "At least this time it was without my knowledge!"

  "Is it possible? Do you think it's possible? She is the wings God gave you, if you don't use her to fly well, you will only fall more miserably!" Yige wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and stood up to leave.

  She was the wings sent by heaven to him, no, she wasn't wings, she was an angel! An angel sent by God. He didn't cherish her well, so he and she fell into hell together, eighteen levels deep, or even deeper...

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  Guan Xue looked at her daughter, who had a blank expression on her face, and was consumed by self-blame and regret. It was all her fault, she was too stubborn, Xia Zhi Bei didn't want to divorce, why did she have to insist on it? Who doesn't make mistakes, she should have given him another chance. Now look what happened, her daughter not only suffered serious injuries but also lost her memory, and both body and mind were tortured.

  She asked many doctors, asking them why her daughter had become so sensitive and nervous. All the doctors replied to her with the same words. The reaction of amnesia is different for everyone, some people become timid, some suffer from severe depression, and some people don't change at all, just like before they lost their memory. But most people will get better after a year or two, basically the same as before, maybe with some minor changes, just like how we all change a bit after experiencing things. What she needs is patience. It's like when kids enter puberty, after this period everything will be fine.

  She wanted to be patient, but her daughter wouldn't give it to her. Every time she saw her daughter's indifferent eyes, her heart broke, and she couldn't bear it - such a lovely and obedient daughter, how did she become like this overnight?

  Xian'er doesn't care about her own injuries at all, refuses to cooperate with the doctor, refuses to undergo physical therapy, and sometimes even refuses to eat.

  These days, she has been reflecting a lot. What she thinks about the most is that if she hadn't insisted on getting divorced back then, none of this would have happened, and her daughter wouldn't have suffered so much. In order to maintain her pale and pitiful self-esteem, she paid such a huge price.

  At first, she should have been like other women, treating her husband's infidelity as if she were blind and deaf, and it would have passed after a few years. Why insist on divorce? The world is so big, the earth is so big, why didn't she go anywhere else, but instead went to Huayang?

  If it wasn't for her stubbornness at first, if she hadn't pursued perfection so much at first, how good would it have been if that damn self-esteem had died.

  When was it that self-respect became the most precious thing in her life?

  Bitterly smiling, she self-deprecatingly smiled wryly: even now, she still thinks so, dignity is the bottom line of life!

  Ling Wei's phone rang, and Guan Xue mechanically picked it up. She knew what she had to say, she had to do this, only then would her daughter have a warm home.

  Guan Xue said that since Qian Er has lost her memory, she cannot let her lose a complete family again. She even believes this is an opportunity given by God, an opportunity for her to have a home again. She made up her mind to make amends with Xia Zhi Bei, and if he doesn't agree, she will persuade him until he does.

  Guan Xue said that Qian Er is now very sensitive and even a bit neurotic. She doesn't want to force her to remember, she just wants to give her a warm home, and she believes that a good family and new environment will help her walk out of the shadow of amnesia. She plans to temporarily cut off all contact with Hua Yang's side, at least for a year, and won't let Qian Er talk to Ling Wei Yi. She hopes that the impression she gives Qian Er now is that she and Xia Zhi Bei have never been divorced, Qian Er has always had a happy and beautiful home, and the only misfortune is that she was in a car accident. She hopes that Ling Wei Yi can understand her difficulties, forgive her selfishness, and wait until Qian Er stabilizes before mentioning Hua Yang's life to her again.

  Ling Wei listened to Guan Xue's words, and tears fell from her eyes. She didn't say anything, just nodded frantically, "Hmm, hmm, hmm". The proud her made such a choice, it must have been so difficult for her. She could imagine how many sleepless nights she had spent thinking about these words before speaking them out. She agreed with Guan Xue, and initially thought that Guan Xue was too stubborn and shouldn't have divorced hastily. She also believed that Xia Zhi Bei would agree, their love was something she had witnessed all along, and it was the most perfect love she had seen in her over 40 years of life.

  About Xia Qian Ning's disfigurement, apart from Xia Zhi Bei knowing, Guan Xue didn't tell anyone else. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't convince herself and couldn't bring herself to say it out loud. She couldn't utter such words, and even now, she still can't believe the fact of Xia Qian Ning's disfigurement. After all, her daughter's beauty was once her pride, the perfect combination of her and Xia Zhi Bei.