Chapter 109
Chapter 109
Why did everyone say she was Jiang Yueli?
If "Jiang Yueli" is dead, why do they want "Jiang Yueli" to live?
At this moment, is she a real person in the world—or a person who once existed, or is she just a ghost from another world?
Zhong Yulan was more rational and considerate than Jiang Yueli imagined, she froze for a moment, but did not show any aggression towards her.
Jiang Yueli then asked: "Then, who do you think I am?"
Zhong Yulan lowered her head and stirred the cold barley tea with a spoon, as if she was thinking about whether the person in front of her was trustworthy and whether it was worth revealing more "secrets".
After a moment, she smiled wryly.
"The Jiang family has nothing to do with me." Zhong Yulan said, "But I guess, maybe it's a double or something. In order to cover up their crimes, they pretended to be calm. It's really disgusting."
Jiang Yueli asked, "What crime did they commit?"
Zhong Yulan was silent, and it took a long time before she turned her face away, and said softly: "I don't know. But Ah Li's... has something to do with them."
In the end, Jiang Yueli waited until Zhong Yulan spoke.
This is not surprising. If Zhong Yulan really didn't want to talk about anything, she would not choose to come here—just like she would send a meeting message to "Jiang Yueli" every year, and go to "Jiang Yueli" every month. It's like charging money into the long-abandoned mobile phone number, but never expecting her to reply to her letter.
Maybe it's because I really missed him too much, even though I knew that the other party was not the person I missed, I still came here following that familiar voice with a glimmer of expectation.
Zhong Yulan lowered her head, avoiding Jiang Yueli's gaze, and concealed the trance on her face.
"Your voices are alike—almost identical, but your voices are different. …"
Zhong Yulan started with this sentence pattern, telling the unknown past between her and Jiang Yueli.
In Zhong Yulan's mouth, "Jiang Yueli" is a gentle and introverted person, who is a bit dull in most things. When facing someone she really cares about, she will only hold her whole heart in front of the other person.
But the Jiang family, whom she had hoped for, threw that heart to the ground, trampled on and ridiculed recklessly, angry people satirized with words, silent people watched with cold eyes, and some were superior and obliterated her dignity with a charity attitude.
Zhong Yulan has known her since she was a child, and watched her step by step from quiet to restrained, and finally became autistic and sensitive, not even daring to raise her head and meet people's eyes.
Even though Zhong Yulan was there to accompany her and encourage her, it still couldn't compare to the harm her "relatives" had done to her.
After graduating from high school, Zhong Yulan and "Jiang Yueli" parted ways because of some things.
After that, the two didn't contact each other for a long time, and occasionally they could only make a hasty phone call across the ocean to greet Anhao.
By the time Zhong Yulan realized something was wrong, it was already last autumn.
After three years, the relationship between Zhong Yulan and "Jiang Yueli" has eased, and the phone calls between them have gradually become more frequent.
In the second half of the semester of junior year, "Jiang Yueli" said that she planned to leave the Jiang family. Zhong Yulan naturally agreed with this, and said that she would go back and pick up "Jiang Yueli" to go with her. If she didn't want to go abroad , they can also go to other cities to settle together.
"Jiang Yueli" said that he would look for her after graduation.
Zhong Yulan was always more happy than disappointed, so she agreed and said to wait for her abroad.
But just after that summer vacation, "Jiang Yueli" suddenly called Zhong Yulan, saying that her parents had recently changed their attitude, treated her a lot more kindly, and expressed support and appreciation for some of her ideas, which made her feel afraid I believe it, but I can't help being happy about it.
Zhong Yulan felt something was wrong, but in the face of her friend's joy, she could only suppress her inner disappointment, and she didn't even dare to mention the reunion after graduation.
"Jiang Yueli" has been indulging in her parents' kind fantasies for more than a month. Since then, Zhong Yulan seldom receives calls from her. Even if she takes the initiative to call back, it is often for a long time. busy tone.
The last call Zhong Yulan received was at the beginning of winter.
"She said...if she hasn't come to me in spring..." Zhong Yulan started to choke up when she said this, "she just...she It's already, already..."
Jiang Yueli handed Zhong Yulan a pack of tissues.
"Thank you." Zhong Yulan rubbed her eyes vigorously to ease her mood before continuing, "Later, during the Chinese New Year, I came back and heard with my own ears that Jiang's family said that Ah Li had... died."
When she said the last two words, Zhong Yulan's voice was very soft, as if she was afraid of pricking some froth accidentally.
Of course, she would not define "Jiang Yueli" as death just because of these two sentences.
Until she hurried through the streets and alleys of City K, no matter where she was familiar or not, there was no sign of "Jiang Yueli".
At the same time, Mrs. Jiang also went crazy because of the death of "Jiang Yueli".
Zhong Yulan finally despaired.
"Later, I met Ah Li's grandmother, and she also said that Ah Li was no longer here." Zhong Yulan said, "Maybe others will curse Ah Li to die, but her grandmother would not tell such a lie, she told me not to come back .”
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