The Little Duck 62p2

Chapter 62 p2

The moment she woke up, Jian Xin’s first reaction was that it was strange, and her second reaction was—this should also be considered a beautiful dream, right?

No matter where she fell from, there was always a person who would gently catch her. Compared to the once-distant dream, perhaps this was more unattainable.

Although she was still very afraid that something would happen, she was indeed much more at ease because of this dream.

She and Yan Lu finally went to another temple to pray again—on the day before she went to record the program, because she was really worried, she had made this decision at the last minute.

This time, Yan Lu had specially asked for a consecrated bead bracelet for her in the temple, which was said to be able to ward off evil.

It was really hard to imagine that two people who had never believed in ghosts and gods before would be so superstitious because of a duck.

Although from a mother’s point of view, Cauliflower couldn’t possibly be some evil spirit, but if it could really prevent it, then of course it would be even better.

And so, with this bead bracelet, she boarded the plane to Lintai.

After the plane landed and she arrived at the hotel, the first thing Jian Xin did was to open her phone, take out a picture of Cauliflower, and place it vertically on the bedside table, and pray seriously.

—Great Duck Spirit, I’m not asking for your blessing, just don’t cause any trouble.

After praying to the duck, she lay on the bed and scrolled through her phone.

She was sleepy after scrolling for a while, so she just closed her eyes and went to sleep.

Not long after she fell asleep, Jian Xin suddenly jolted, opened her eyes, and saw that she was still in the hotel. She couldn’t help but let out a sigh of relief.

She didn’t know if this bead bracelet was useful, or if the promise she had made with Cauliflower was effective—in short, it was good that she hadn’t suddenly crossed over.

Jian Xin ordered a takeout, and casually looked at the messages in the recording group, and confirmed the gathering information.

—Gather at three in the afternoon tomorrow. Someone will come to the hotel to pick her up an hour in advance.

Jian Xin very cautiously set ten alarms, as if she were afraid that she wouldn’t be able to wake up.

But in fact, if she really turned into a duck, a hundred alarms would be useless. This thing would at most have a psychological effect.

At this thought, Jian Xin took out the picture of Cauliflower and prayed again.

After praying, she touched the bead bracelet on her hand, and after eating, she chatted with Yan Lu for a while, and watched Xin Xin and Cauliflower for a while through a video call.

Before the video call was hung up, she once again confirmed with Cauliflower, “At least during the program recording, you won’t grab me back, right?”

Cauliflower was held up by Yan Lu’s camera, and with a tilt of its little head, it looked back at Jian Xin with a pair of wise beady eyes.

“If you don’t say anything, I’ll take that as a yes?”

“Quack!”

“Uh…” Jian Xin was choked for a moment, and changed her words, “Are you saying ‘yes’? You can’t go back on your word!”

“Quack quack quack quack!” The little duck quacked, and even gently bumped the video with its beak.

Yan Lu rubbed Cauliflower’s duck head and translated seriously, “It said—you can record with peace of mind, I won’t bother you.”

Jian Xin: “When did you learn to understand duck language?”

Yan Lu: “Maybe today.”

Jian Xin couldn’t help but laugh.

She thought, how could Yan Lu possibly know duck language? It was just to put her at ease.

Since Yan Lu had said so, there was no point in her being so nervous. Then let everything take its course!

On the bright side, although the timing was uncertain, most of the time she turned into a duck was from late at night to noon. In the afternoon and evening, she was energetic, and it would happen a little less—actually, if there were no accidents, then it would just happen to avoid the program recording time.

With this thought, Jian Xin was finally a little more at ease.

—I hope everything goes well!

She breathed a sigh of relief, hung up the video, and made a voice call. She listened to the sound of Yan Lu typing and slowly fell asleep.

Jian Xin had fallen asleep, and the voice call had been cut off at some point.

When she woke up again, it was a little after ten in the morning.

The phone alarm was very annoying. She opened her eyes and saw a ray of light coming in from outside the curtains.

She was still in the hotel, which was great!

Get up, get ready, it’s her first time on a program, she can’t be too rough!

…

The moment Yan Lu opened her eyes, she saw the message Jian Xin had sent.

The first one was—I woke up successfully!

The second one was—the weather here in Lintai is not bad!

Next were three pictures.

Respectively, a portion of soy milk and fried dough sticks, a Corgi on a leash, and a blue sky and white clouds with a distant view of a river.

Perched by the Roadside: The weather is not bad, I wish you success.

Picked Up a Heart: I feel like I haven’t had soy milk and fried dough sticks in a long time since I graduated from high school.

Picked Up a Heart: I saw someone selling them on a cart when I went downstairs today, so I bought a portion.

Picked Up a Heart: I added a little more sugar to the soy milk, and it’s still the familiar taste.

Perched by the Roadside: [Thumbs up]

Picked Up a Heart: Look at this Corgi, so cute.

Picked Up a Heart: Of course not as cute as Xin Xin.

Picked Up a Heart: Xin Xin has a tail, and it wags back and forth, so well-behaved.

Perched by the Roadside: [Covers mouth and laughs]

Picked Up a Heart: Are you going to take Xin Xin and Cauliflower downstairs soon?

Perched by the Roadside: Mmm.

Picked Up a Heart: Say thank you to Cauliflower for me!

Perched by the Roadside: Okay.

Yan Lu looked at the chat history, and the corners of her mouth couldn’t help but lift.

—How can someone thank a duck?

Only Jian Xin is like this.

Yan Lu washed up, changed into a long dress for going out, and called Xin Xin and Cauliflower to go downstairs together.

Before she went out, she crouched down at the door to change her shoes, and seeing Cauliflower come over with its little wings on its back, she smiled and rubbed its head, and said softly, “Thank you, Cauliflower—Jian Xin asked me to say it for her.”

Cauliflower quacked a few times, and she didn’t know if it had understood or not, but it looked proud and clever.

Yan Lu took a picture of the proud Cauliflower and very smoothly sent it to Jian Xin, with the caption—I’ve thanked it for you, and it’s very receptive.

After sending it, she got up and opened the door, and called the two little ones to go downstairs by herself.

Suddenly, she felt that something was missing.

After a little thought, it turned out to be Jian Xin.

Ever since Jian Xin had come to her house, she would go downstairs with her every day to walk the duck and dog.

Even if she couldn’t get out of the duck’s body, Jian Xin, as a duck, would still unhesitatingly accompany her.

She had watched Jian Xin go from needing to lean on crutches, to struggling to follow behind these two little ones, to being able to throw away her crutches and limp to catch up to them, and finally, to walking without so much of a limp.

All of this seemed to be a very, very short period of time, but now, looking back, it had already been half a year.

And thinking back to the awkward and speechless reunion at the hospital last year, Yan Lu couldn’t help but sigh that the years were so silent.

She looked up at a clear sky, and the noon sun was strong. She squinted her eyes, a smile in her eyes, and took Xin Xin and Cauliflower all the way to the river.

Cauliflower was swimming happily in the water, and Xin Xin was anxiously chasing it on the bank, reaching out its paw several times to test the water, but was scared back by the ripples.

This cowardly look was recorded by Yan Lu, and with a backhand, she sent it to Jian Xin.

A short while later, Jian Xin also sent her a picture.

In the picture was Jian Xin herself, holding her phone, and taking a picture of herself in a full-length mirror with a grin.

She was dressed very beautifully today. The clothes she was wearing were from home, and they were very ordinary styles in her wardrobe, but with her matching, there was not a hint of a passerby. She really looked like a big star.

Yan Lu stretched out two fingers and zoomed in on the picture.

She was no longer the little girl who used to like to chase the light.

Despite this, she still felt that Jian Xin was dazzling.

No matter how much time passed, the smile in Jian Xin’s eyes was still the same as before, and it made her unable to look away.

Actually, she was very clear that she could live very well by herself.

With one more person, no one could say what the future would be like.

With a little better luck, perhaps they could have a stable life. With a little worse luck, they could get through a mess of trivial matters together.

The worst result could even be falling into countless arguments again, and in one after another of red faces and hysterical cries, they would reach a point that could not be reconciled.

If she were a smart enough person, she should have refused Jian Xin’s obviously very deliberate approach from the very beginning.

—But she just loved her.

She instinctively loved a her who, even if faded by time, could not be completely erased from her life.