During this sleep, Wen Xin slept very deeply and had a very long dream.
In the dream, when she was a child, she had a father and a mother who loved her very much. At that time, she felt that she was the happiest child in the world.
On her seventh birthday, her mother gave her a beautiful emerald necklace as a gift.
Mom said: "Wen Xin, this necklace is yours from today on. You have to keep it well. Maybe one day, when you encounter difficulties, it can help you."
"I'll keep it, Mom." She liked the birthday gift very much.
Her father bought her her favorite chocolate cake. When she made a wish, she silently said in her heart: I want to be happy with my parents forever.
That night, her father had a very important cocktail party. Because it was her birthday, he took her there so that she would not be alone at home.
She still remembered that the house they went to was very big and beautiful. There was a large garden behind the house with many lilacs planted in it. The trees were full of flowers and the fragrance was fragrant.
There, she met a big brother.
He was sitting alone in the shadow of a tree, and it was so quiet around him that it startled her at first!
It seemed that someone had made him angry, and he ignored her when she spoke to him.
In order to make him happy, she said to him: "Brother, can I dance for you?"
He was still cold, just looking at her and not speaking.
The birthday girl was in a great mood. His indifference not only did not dampen her enthusiasm, but instead strengthened her determination to make him happy.
She studied ballet, and in the dance class, the teacher praised her as the best dancer.
On a midsummer night, a little girl in a white skirt danced gracefully under the moonlight. The petals of the flower of heaven were flying in succession, and the sky was filled with rain of flowers to accompany her.
Since she was not wearing ballet shoes, her performance was affected. Her foot suddenly twisted, and she screamed and fell miserably.
It hurts when my butt lands on the ground!
The eldest brother came towards her and stretched out his hand to her.
She was grinning in pain, but when she saw that he finally reacted, she was so happy that she forgot about the pain. She smiled at him stupidly and put her little hand into his.
"Thank you, brother." Her voice was sweet.
He was very tall, with his back to the moonlight, and the shadows of the trees were mottled. She could never clearly see what he looked like. The only thing that impressed her was that he had a pair of beautiful eyes.
He picked her up.
Inexplicably, she was not afraid of this stranger at all. Instead, she giggled in his arms, "Today is my birthday. I am seven years old. How old are you, brother?"
"..."
"Who made you angry?"
"..."
"I have already made a birthday wish, but today is still my birthday, so let me make one more." The simple little girl said this.
"I hope that my brother can be as happy as me every day, with all his worries gone."
His steps faltered.
Then she heard her mother calling her name. She ran out secretly. Her mother must have been anxious when she couldn't see her.
She asked him to let her go.
He did so.
After walking a short distance in a hurry, she suddenly remembered something, stopped, turned around, and waved to him with a smile, "Brother, my name is Wenxin, Wenxin, it's easy to remember."
She thought he was a guest at the party like herself, and thought she would see him again later.
Not long after returning to the banquet hall, her foot began to hurt. She had sprained it after falling down just now.
Worried about injuring her bones, her parents hurriedly took her to see a doctor, so in the end she was unable to meet her brother.
Although it was a pity, she was very happy that night.
If a person has too much happiness, will it arouse the jealousy of God?
The day after her birthday, her mother suddenly fainted. After a check-up at the hospital, she was diagnosed with acute leukemia, and her condition worsened rapidly. She died just two months later.
That year, she lost her mother.
She became less fond of smiling.
The next year, my father remarried, and there were new members in the family: Aunt Su, eldest brother, and sister.
There are more people at home.
Her smile was even less.
But no matter how her new family treats her, at least she has a father.
But in the blink of an eye...
She stood in the cold hospital, and someone told her that her father was dead, dead!
"Wen Xin, look at the good things you have done and what harm you have done to your father!"
"Your father died, and he died because of you!"
"From now on, our Wen family will not have an unfilial daughter like you!"
No, no, no!
She held her head in her hands, trying to drive away the voices in her head.
Her father is still alive, and anyone who lies to her is lying to her!
"Wen Xin, I am your father, why do you want to harm me, why, why...!"
She saw her father, and there was a lot of blood on him.
He kept asking her why.
Wen Wen wanted to explain to him.
No, dad, I didn't, no, you believe me.
But her father is getting further and further away from her.
No, dad, don’t go, don’t leave warmth behind, don’t go!
"Dad...Dad...don't leave me..."
"Wenxin, wake up, Wenxin, open your eyes and look at me."
Who is calling her? Who is it?
In the dream, her father said to her: Wen Xin, you disappoint me so much!
It's not like that, it's not...
You disappoint me so much...
No, no...
"dad--!"
She opened her eyes suddenly, and saw the man's worried face in her field of vision. The light hit his face. In that moment of trance, his face overlapped with that of the boy. She seemed to have returned to that beautiful midsummer night, with the night breeze.
It's cool and the lilac flowers are fragrant.
She is very happy.
******
"Wenxin, you have a nightmare." He said softly, wiping the cold sweat on her forehead with a tissue.
Wen Wen's breathing was rapid and her whole body was cold. It took her a while to realize where she was.
She moved her lips, but she felt that her throat was burning with pain and she couldn't make a sound.
Rong Li seemed to have telepathy, "I'll get you a glass of water."
Her heartbeat was still a little fast, and her watery eyes followed his figure.
He came back with a cup of hot water, held her in front of him, and fed her water.
She drank a little too fast, choked, and coughed repeatedly, but her cheeks, which lacked blood, finally regained some light redness.
Due to the effect of the sedative and the fact that she had barely slept a wink in the past two days, and perhaps the familiar comforting embrace, she slept for more than ten hours. It was now six o'clock in the morning the next day.
Pass.
The sky is bright and clear.
When the glass of water reached the bottom, Rong Li asked her: "Do you want more?"
She shook her head in reply.
"Would you like something to eat?"
"I don't want to." She closed her eyes and lay on his shoulder, "What time is it?"
"Six-fifteen."
"Um……"
Rong Li stroked her silky-smooth hair, and after a few struggles with his eyes, he spoke in a deep voice.
"Wen Xin, your father will be buried today."
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The memories in this chapter basically describe the first encounter between Mr. Rong and Wen Xin.
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