Resolving previous doubts

Author: Ling Linling

Resolving previous doubts

Jiang Sheng didn't take a step out of the bedroom door all afternoon.

The old man and young man downstairs also knew that she needed time to digest the sudden influx of memories, so they did not disturb her.

It wasn't until two minutes to seven o'clock that there was a knock on the door.

Jiang Yan tapped the door twice with his index finger and then said, "It's me."

On the other side of the door, Jiang Sheng, who was half-reclining on the velvet sofa, was holding a soft pillow and looking at the ceiling in concentration.

When she heard the voice, she turned her head suddenly. Her thoughts were still confused, so she responded: "Huh?"

Jiang Yan didn't ask her anything, just said: "It's almost seven o'clock. There is freshly cooked porridge downstairs, as well as steamed dumplings and waffles."

Jiang Sheng was in a trance, his thoughts were confused, and he didn't hear what he said clearly, but he still went over and opened the door.

The girl standing in front of him had messy hair and a gloomy look on her face, as if she hadn't come back to her senses yet.

Jiang Yan slowed down his voice and asked with a smile as if nothing had happened, "Or would you like to eat something else?"

Jiang Sheng shook his head and coughed hoarsely: "Let's go downstairs."

Grandpa was sitting in the leisure area of ​​the living room. The TV was on, but it was a children's channel. When he saw it, he didn't watch it carefully.

He didn't turn around when he heard the movement behind him, he just said to the front: "Come down."

Jiang Sheng didn't respond. He walked over slowly and squatted down in front of his grandfather's knees: "I want to ask you a few questions."

Grandpa smiled calmly and said: "Ask."

Jiang Sheng took a deep breath: "First, is my sister's death destined?"

Grandpa was stunned, not knowing how to answer: "This..."

Three steps away, the TV screen was showing Spongebob using scissors to cut off a corner of his head.

He happily transformed into a smaller version of himself, and the cut hole grew back with a "chirp" sound.

Patrick also followed suit, raised his hand and pulled his head, turning into a mini Pie.

But no one pays attention here.

Jiang Sheng looked into his grandfather's eyes: "When the news of my sister's sudden death reached home, I was worried that you would be in a bad mood and have an accident, so I asked for two weeks of leave to deal with the funeral arrangements with you."

Spongebob on the screen said: [Okay Patrick, we will never be separated again.]

"But you didn't look sad and decadent at all. You even comforted me by saying that my sister had gone to another world."

Spongebob then added: [It’s the same if we’re not together.]

"How could I believe your childish words? I just thought you were trying to make me feel better... and you laughed at you for treating me, who is almost an adult, like a three-year-old child."

Patrick was very happy: [It’s really great.]

"Now that I think about it, I should be the one who should be laughed at. Everything you said was true, but I didn't take it to heart."

At this time, Patrick was waving away with little Sponge: [Goodbye forever, SpongeBob.]

Spongebob also left from the other direction, holding Patrick in his hand: [Yes, goodbye forever, Patrick.]

Seeing that his grandfather remained silent, Jiang Sheng lowered his eyes and said softly: "You don't have to answer this question, but please answer my second question."

Grandpa moved his hand on the remote control and pressed the pause button, and the living room fell silent for an instant.

The scene stays at the moment when SpongeBob returns to the Pineapple House with Pie.

"Second question." She then spoke, word by word, "Who am I?"

"When I was in the orphanage, you insisted on adopting me. Why?"

"You must know the reason why my sister and I went to another world, right?"

grandfather:……

He chuckled: "Xiao Sheng, you have more than one question."

Jiang Sheng raised his eyes and looked at him stubbornly: "It's the same, you know it's the same."

Grandpa sighed and helped her up: "Sit down first, your legs should be numb from squatting."

Jiang Sheng stood up and sat on the sofa.

Looking at the girl he had brought up, his grandfather slowly spoke: "It's not that I didn't tell you, it's that you were too young at that time and knew too much, so you were afraid that you wouldn't be able to raise her."

"Back then, I was traveling because I lacked a merit, and I happened to meet you who were just born and had incomplete souls. I'm afraid you would die soon..." Grandpa slowly recalled, "It's fate, no matter me, you, or your sisters.

between."

"Later, I calculated that there is your center here, the two souls of Linghui, so I brought you here, leaving only a touch of spiritual consciousness in the original body, so as not to completely lose cognitive ability and to be able to go back in the future."

"But I was still young at that time and my knowledge was not very good. I successfully brought your sister here, but I didn't know where you had gone. I didn't find you until six years later."

Grandpa smiled and said, "I have made you suffer for six years, but I still can't forgive you."

Jiang Sheng frowned, but still shook his head.

Grandpa continued: "After all, you are not from here. You will go back to your own place when you become adults, but I don't know exactly when until the bad news of your sister comes..."

"I went back to see her."

"Xiao Zheng has a strong temper and is smart. She started her own business and started a company before she graduated from college. When she arrived in a strange place, her business was booming, so I felt relieved."

He has trained his two children on the premise that they will go back in the future since childhood, hoping that they will still have the means to stay by that time when they are not so comfortable.

Looking at it now, this meritorious deed is quite complete.

"Last summer, after I got up from my morning exercise and came back, I found that you hadn't gotten up yet, so I didn't pay much attention to you... It wasn't until noon was approaching and I didn't hear any movement that I began to have doubts."

"No one answered the call... I went to your room and found that your eyes were closed but you were still breathing. I just couldn't wake you up, so I sent you to the hospital."

"You also know what happened next... You have been there for nearly a year. In April, I found that your physical condition was very unstable and it seemed that you were about to wake up... so I tried to summon your soul back."

"Xiao Sheng." Grandpa finished telling the story and let out a long sigh.

He watched Jiang Sheng grow up and down until now, being kind, optimistic, and sensible. Although they were not bound by blood, their relationship was better than that of family members.

"This world does not reject you, and you can't go back there, so I hid your memory so as not to worry about it in the future... And although you are a bit clever, you are actually simple-minded. Compared to that world, maybe

This world is better for you."

"But since you are obsessed with getting to the bottom of it, and now there is a way to go back, no matter what decision you make, you should think it through yourself."

Having said that, it’s all said and done.

Silence returned to the living room. Grandpa looked at the young man who had been leaning quietly beside him. He glanced back at the TV screen that was still on, then picked up the remote control and pressed the power off button.

Jiang Sheng said "hmm" and smiled calmly: "If I don't go back, will I be able to see my sister again?"

Grandpa didn't say anything, but his meaning was obvious.

Separated by that invisible and intangible parallel line, people from the two worlds will naturally never see each other again in this life.

Jiang Sheng asked again: "What will happen to 'her'?"

"Live a day is a day." Grandpa knew who Jiang Sheng was talking about. "Perhaps one day his organs will fail or he will die from complications due to infection. This is something in the future."

"What about you?"

Grandpa didn't react for a moment: "What?"

Jiang Sheng said: "If I don't leave, will you always be here?"

"If I leave, where will you go?"

Grandpa was stunned for a moment before replying: "Silly girl, you don't care what I do."

"You have grown up and can live a good life with or without me in the future."

Jiang Sheng said lightly: "No."

"I don't know your identity, nor do I understand your so-called 'travel' and 'merit'."

"But Yuqing, you raised me and taught me etiquette. I hope I can honor you well in the future."

"Yu Li." Jiang Sheng thought for a while, "You gave me a second life. No matter what the original reason was, I hope to have a chance to repay you."

She turned her head and glanced at Jiang Yan,

He leaned against the wall, resting his elbows lightly on the cabinet, with his head slightly lowered, showing no expression.

Feeling Jiang Sheng's gaze, he raised his lips and smiled at her.

Jiang Sheng turned around and curved his lips slightly: "So your answer is very important to me."

Her tone was sincere and gentle, with a hint of coquettishness. The old man in front of her smiled and sighed again.

He had always felt guilty about Jiang Sheng before she was six years old. Fortunately, the shadow of her childhood did not have a great impact on her character, and the little girl still grew up well.

He gently patted the back of Jiang Sheng's hand and comforted him kindly: "No matter where you choose to stay, grandpa will be with you."

"Grandpa still wants to see Xiao Sheng get married and start a business."

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