Chapter 112 p2
Xia Wenzhou had said that the leader had given countless orphan girls a chance to live. She had also formed twelve armed forces in this world that were solely subordinate to her. The abandoned and dying children would grow up in expectation to become the backbone of changing the world.
In front of them was a great future, enough for all of humanity to strive for their ideals.
Fang Yi had once been one of them. She had always been able to complete those tasks very well, no matter what the cost.
But it was so tiring, so tiring.
Leader.
She could not talk about this kind of thing with anyone. To retreat meant weakness. The seed of doubt had quietly sprouted in her heart, and had been crushed by the day-to-day killing.
She had become cold, numb, and she could not feel happiness.
Before she had closed her eyes for the last time in her past life, she had felt a deep peace in her soul for the first time. Her thoughts had floated up lightly, and it was an indescribable ease. It was like the feeling of sitting on the ground after a night of fighting and suddenly seeing a brilliant starry sky.
Lin Shuxing had once asked her, what is the meaning of life?
To this day, Fang Yi still could not accurately answer her question.
What is meaningful?
“I want to go shopping with my lover on the weekend, watch a movie, or do nothing, just walk by the river and enjoy the breeze. That would be very good.” Fang Yi lowered her eyes and said softly.
Not to fight for life, not to fight for the leader, and not for the so-called great future.
Tonight, she just wanted to protect this small and peaceful wish.
She wanted to hold hands with Lin Shuxing, to watch the stars with her, to play in the snow with her, to share a piece of cookie with her, to break the long time in half, and to exchange the part that belonged to each other.
Even if it was just such a small wish, she was willing to give everything for it.
This was what she herself, what her soul longed for.
Xia Wenzhou ruffled her hair in frustration. She struggled for a long time and could not find a suitable word. She could only say with exasperation, “So pathetic!”
“Everyone’s choice is different. I respect your choice. Please—”
“You respect my ass! The first time I wanted to leave, wasn’t it you who told Grandma to come and get me?”
Fang Yi shook her head. “Times are different. You can’t just join the army like an illiterate person. Otherwise, how can you be a general, how can you think independently, how can you command tactics? Sister, you actually don’t lack me. It’s just that you also get lonely sometimes, right?”
“Lonely my ass! What are you chattering about!”
Xia Wenzhou was stunned by her sudden clap of thunder. She rubbed the goosebumps on her arms in disgust and was so annoyed. But when she met Fang Yi’s firm gaze, she knew that she had probably made up her mind. She could only compromise and punch her hard, and said in a muffled voice, “Fang Yi, don’t die!”
“Yes, I know.” Fang Yi paused, raised her face to look at her. “Many people are helping me. I want to try.”
She did not say “I will definitely succeed” as she had before, but a very calm “I’ll try.” She had melted from a hard piece of ice into water, and had peacefully accepted everything that had happened.
Xia Wenzhou frowned. “Then if, I mean if, if you fail, and Lin Shuxing insists on seeing you, what then?”
Fang Yi blinked. “Just say I’m at work, on a confidential military project. I won’t reply to messages during working hours. She’ll get used to it slowly. Her life… has just begun.”
“But this is the worst-case scenario.”
“I’ve prepared three documents. One for Lin Shuxing, one for the company, and one for you.” Her tone was so calm it was almost indifferent, as if these were just routine matters.
“Although Genesis still has many flaws, my information is very detailed. Wang Haoyue is a good child. I’ve talked to her. She’s very willing to participate in the cooperation with the military. You can train her. She learns a little slowly, but she’s quite clever. Don’t scold her. Take it slow. Give her some time to grow.”
“We’ll talk in detail after the basic part is completed. Leave some for the company. Don’t bully Wang Quan.”
“The only one I miscalculated was Elara. Although she’s a spy, she has also helped me. If you catch her, give her a chance. You can also consider letting her do research in the military and atone for her crimes.”
“…”
Xia Wenzhou felt that she had been tricked.
Being taken away by her was also a part of her plan?
She stared at the black-haired woman with a normal expression in front of her, as if she were looking at a calm and extremely cold chessboard. Fang Yi was making her moves step by step, and had even paved her retreat long ago. No one could say where she was wrong, because she had blocked all of everyone’s responsibilities in front of her.
“You’re a lunatic,” Xia Wenzhou exclaimed sincerely.
Fang Yi said, “Thank you.”
Xia Wenzhou didn’t like to sigh. Sighing always made one feel very powerless. She just wanted to light a cigarette and let the pungent and stimulating smell roll through her lungs. But just as she had taken one out, Fang Yi had a nagging look on her face again. “Don’t smoke. Smoking is not good…”
Xia Wenzhou cursed under her breath and got up to leave.
She never looked back to reminisce about anything. Unnecessary emotions would affect the speed of drawing her knife. But this time, in the moment the main door closed, she still subconsciously slowed down a little and saw the woman’s slender and tall back standing in the sacred, pure white halo, and she bent down to plant a bronze leaf, which suddenly grew into a towering tree. A fluffy fox jumped down from her shoulder, holding a bouquet of light pink lotuses, and its mung bean eyes turned to look at her.
Smack. The main door was completely closed.
Xia Wenzhou did not think that Fang Yi would succeed. She only thought that she was foolish, but this was the path that Fang Yi had chosen herself.
A brand new, unknown path.
…
After a long while, the adjutant hurried forward and whispered in her ear, “Sir, Yanjing—”
Xia Wenzhou was standing in a closed long corridor, her face annoyed, and she said coldly, “No entry! I said, all visitors from Yanjing are not to be received. Even if the Iron Lady comes, she will be sent back—”
“It’s the head of the family. She’s already in.” The adjutant interrupted in a low voice.
How could she be so fast? Too many people should not be in Z City. Xia Wenzhou’s face changed drastically, and cold sweat broke out on her forehead. She immediately pressed down the brim of her hat and strode out. “Why didn’t you say so earlier!”
A black sedan slowly stopped in front of the base’s main gate. The bulletproof glass was lowered, and a hand in a white glove gently tapped, and said coldly, “Let them go.”
Xia Wenzhou gave a salute and saw a wisp of red hair in the backlight of the car, and she cried out inwardly.
The young lady had actually dared to rush into a military restricted area with a handgun, especially when she was pointing the gun at the head of the family. Xia Wenzhou’s scalp tingled, and she couldn’t stop her at all.
But the head of the family was slowly following behind her, with no intention of stopping her, and even the gaze that fell on the young lady had a hint of appreciation.
Xia Wenzhou’s face was twisted. She couldn’t imagine that the kind-faced bear parent in front of her was actually the great boss of Yanjing who was on equal footing with the leader.
In the southwest of the base, underground, the locked main door could not be opened even with a key. The vibrant scent of plants and trees overflowed from the cracks.
Xia Wenzhou braced herself and took out Fang Yi’s “confidential military project” excuse, but the young lady didn’t listen to her at all. She bent down and pressed against the door panel, her fingertips sliding over the cracks, and her nose moved slightly.
The Lin family had worshipped Shui Wuding’s shrine for many years. Special spices and incense sticks were always needed for special rituals. She was very sensitive to smells and could easily distinguish them. What on earth is Fang Yi trying to do?
She thought of Fang Yi’s various abnormalities recently, from the group photo to that hot kiss. It was as if she had carefully prepared a grand farewell.
Xia Wenzhou turned the doorknob hard and almost slammed into the door, but there was a terrifyingly strong force inside, like a barrier, firmly canceling out their strength.
The head of the family lowered her eyes, her gaze on the young lady’s tear-filled eyes, and said in a low voice, “Get out of the way. I’ll do it.”
She gently pulled the young lady back a step. Before Xia Wenzhou could react, she had already strode forward with her long and powerful legs. In an instant, a dazzling light burst out from the center of the main door, and it was thrown open with a boom.
Xia Wenzhou was caught off guard and fell into the green grass. A sacred and gentle halo, as if a god had descended, slowly enveloped them.
Xia Wenzhou looked up in a daze and saw that the bronze divine tree was towering into the clouds. Many white foxes were squeezed on the tree, their fluffy bodies stacked together.
The leading fox was wearing reading glasses, its whiskers twitching. It was holding a white jade pipe and was about to insert it into the treetop. It was startled by the sudden movement and almost fell.
The head of the family narrowed her eyes. “The Qingqiu fox clan?”
Lin Shuxing’s gaze touched the center of the flower bush, and the heavens and the earth suddenly became quiet. The black-haired woman was lying in a sea of flowers. Under her was a simple, deep green Kun trigram totem. The lush flowers surrounded her layer by layer. Only that exceptionally cool and detached face was still lying peacefully in the sunlight, as if she had fallen into a dream from which she could not wake.
The young lady rushed over like the wind, half-knelt by her side, and held her hand tightly.
The sparkling white light was like fireflies, sparkling and flying. The eight-tailed fox scratched its head in distress, handed her a leaf to wipe her tears, and coaxed her, “Fiancée, don’t cry!”
The foxes on the side also whimpered in agreement. “Don’t cry!”
Lin Shuxing looked up and stared at this huge fox for a long time with her wet eyes. “I know you. You are… Jiang Wan. The one who pretended to be Fang Yi during the college entrance exam, was it you?”
Jiang Wan nodded awkwardly.
The young lady choked and continued to ask, “That time, you transferred my illness to Fang Yi, right?”
The big fox immediately shook its head like a rattle. “No, no, that wasn’t me. It was Shui Wuding. It has nothing to do with me!”
The young lady’s face darkened. “So, the transfer of illness is real?”
Jiang Wan immediately looked away guiltily. Oh no!
“You all never tell me anything, and you also think I don’t know anything!”
The young lady looked at the towering bronze tree behind them with resentment. It was densely covered with special patterns from ancient sacrifices. Threads of light pink were flowing up the branches, past the white jade pipe, and gradually spreading into gold.
The twin lotuses that Shui Wuding had given her were pressed under the woman’s dark hair, and a soft halo was emitted.
Jiang Wan said in a small voice, “Don’t cry. Grandma said that the twin lotuses can connect and communicate, and simulate the divine consciousness, which is the soul, and then…”
Before she could finish, the bouquet of lotuses seemed to have been drained of its last bit of life, and it quietly withered. The petals curled up at the edges, and the color also gradually dimmed. Even the surrounding flower bush also dimmed.
Lin Shuxing stared blankly, and her tears could no longer be held back. They fell on the faded petals, drop by drop, and it made one’s heart ache.
“Fang Yi!!”
The young lady sobbed, and lay on her chest, her body trembling like it was enduring the first downpour of a summer night. The raindrops splashed heavy ripples, and the duckweed was unstable.
“Don’t leave me, okay? I won’t be willful and make you angry anymore. You can do whatever you want, as long as you stay… without you, I’m really lonely. I don’t want anything. I just want you, I just want you to be with me…”
“You lied to me again. You clearly promised me…!”
Xia Wenzhou turned her face away in forbearance, took off her hat, and crumpled it in her palm.
Lin Shuxing wrapped her arms around Fang Yi, just as she had comforted herself countless times before, and buried her face completely, as if this could get her a little closer, to her leaping heart, to her warm palm.
“Fang Yi, Fang Yi, wuwu… Fang Yi…!”
The woman’s doting tone seemed to still be echoing in her ear. As long as she called her name over and over again, she would gently hold her in her arms, gently caress her long hair, and from the side of her neck, she would caress her quietly trembling pulse, and then hold up her face, and say in a low voice:
“I’m here.”
As if a dream had overlapped for a moment, a sky full of fresh flowers fell. The woman’s eyes, which had been opened at some point, silently patted the young lady’s thin back, and carefully held her face, and her thin lips kissed away the tears at the corners of her eyes.
Lin Shuxing looked up abruptly, her tears falling blankly.
The snow-white fox wriggled and pulled back a little distance, and muttered in a very small voice, “It’s just… I didn’t say it failed.”
The beauty mark at the corner of Lin Shuxing’s eye trembled. She widened her eyes, and her vision was blurred by the tears, but she could still see the woman’s exceptionally gentle eyes.
She was always fully prepared before she dared to take the next step. The hastily advanced plan had still landed with a boom under the support of her friends, and she had narrowly won against fate by half a step.
The young lady pinched Fang Yi’s face.
Fang Yi took off her glasses.
After confirming that this was not a dream, the young lady immediately pounced on her like a little beast and threw her into the flower bush, startling a garden full of fallen flowers.
The gentle breeze swayed, and the curled red hair and the scattered green silk intertwined. Time seemed to have stood still at this moment. A small flower turned and passed between their foreheads, the ends of their hair, and was lightly pressed under them.
The two of them kissed as if no one else was around. In the dead silence of the room, only the head of the family, with a grim face, had an exceptionally wonderful expression.
Jiang Wan noticed the faint blue veins on her forehead and immediately and very humanly rushed up and hugged her before she could take a step, and her eight fluffy, large tails swayed coquettishly.
“Fan, run! This one is so fierce I can’t beat her!!”
