At 7:37 pm, in a food court behind Erling Church, a cafe was packed with people. This month happens to be an important time for Taiwan's youth baseball team to compete with players from all over the world. Among the national teams from the rest of the world, Taiwan's biggest competitor -
- Team USA, Team South Korea, and Team Japan. The game started at 6:30 this evening. As the South Korean team was staying at the hotel in Taoyuan and preparing to go to the competition venue, the Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium, they were blocked by an accidental car accident that caused the car to hit the Separation Island.
The news was urgent. After a quick notification, the organizers temporarily changed the schedule, changing the match between Chinese Taipei vs. South Korea originally scheduled at 6:30 to 7:30.
Taiwan's U12 is famous in the world, so this driver who didn't look at the road and was embarrassed was not only scolded by netizens, and was also criticized to death, even uncovered the background, and ended up in the news.
This coffee shop happens to be equipped with a 64-inch super large LCD TV, one on the first floor and one on the second floor. It was suddenly overcrowded with people who didn’t want to go home after get off work and came to cheer for the their representative team.
The three of them chose this place, and with the help of a noisy and lively theme, they started the "Third Kind of Encounter" openly and in a perfect place where the content of the conversation would be least noticed.
The outdoor coffee table was empty, and the Long brothers and "Yu Ruoling" sat at a table without an ashtray.
"Tell me, what happened to her？"
"I...can I ask？"Long Junxi carefully considered his words and said, "What is your name...？"
"Okay, introduce myself."Fong Xuan leaned on the back of the chair, put one hand on the armrest to support her head, followed the habit she learned when she was still doing bodyguard, crossed her legs, and placed her other hand on her abdomen.
"My name is Fong Xuan."
The Long brothers looked at each other. Even though they expected that the name would be different, the reality was far more incredible and shocking than they imagined.
But they were willing to believe it, after all, the actions and habits of the person in front of them were completely different from the sister Ruoling they knew. To say that sister Ruoling is casual, informal, and sometimes elegant, the person who calls herself Fong Xuan has a more terrifying rationality and frozen aura than sister Ruoling.
It is like a artificial intelligence of fusion of Catherine the Great and Napoleon.
"What about sister Ruoling...？"
"She was driven back to bed."
"Where did you come from？"
"She" sighed in “her” heart.
"I was 'born' when she was sixth grade in primary school. As a protective personality, I gradually developed my own self until the junior high school stage of her, and then evolved into a second personality, which is what you know now, and have witnessed."
Long Junyuan stared at "her" for a long time. Those sharp peach-flowered fox-like eyes were still impressive, but now there were some changes.
"Your eyes color is...burgundy？"
"There is everything in the mind world. This is part of self-evolution. ""She" was silent for a few seconds, "Anyway, you are her relatives, so there is nothing wrong with telling you."
Fong continued, "Nine years of campus bullying, a word of 'useless', a small regret, losing a part of her body, traces of being scratched on back by a branch, every second she thought that she had lived enough and could be ready to die at any time. Committed suicide twice, but held back because she couldn't bear to make that person sad, dual personality, PTSD - which is post-traumatic stress disorder. And HFD - which literally means High Function Depression."
Long Junyuan looked at "her" subconsciously, "What does 'losing a part of the body' mean？"
Fong Xuan rolled up the trouser of “her” right leg, revealing a thick scar on right knee that was about 3 centimeters long and 2 centimeters wide, caused by excessive cell proliferation.
"The large kitchen of Star Elementary School has a drainage channel made of steel sheets. When she was in the third grade, she was 'accidentally' stepped on her shoelace and tripped. She happened to be kneeling there, and the man standing behind her made a laughing sound. And you absolutely don’t want to see the original wounds.”
No wonder sister Ruoling's reaction was so intense, Long Junyuan was silent. It turned out that he was standing in the wrong position...
As for why she yelled 'shut up', the answer is obvious.
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"So that cell phone shouldn't be ringing at all. "Long Junxi said, "We were wandering around outside, and we happened to see sister Ruoling suddenly squat down and throw the cell phone aside."
"We didn't notice it when we went there, and we said sister Ruoling didn't look like a high school student but a primary school student. I wanted to return her phone, but I was told to 'go away', and then my brother asked me if we had said anything wrong just now. I told what I had said again, and sister Ruoling just exploded."
Fong Xuan frowned and rubbed the index finger and thumb of “her” right hand on “her” abdomen unconsciously, "Is there anything on the phone？"
"The calendar reminder on the phone says 'buy high school uniforms tomorrow'."The Long brothers said in unison, and then their faces were full of realization.
That's right, "she" thought to “herself”, it seems that Yu Ruoling, who "understood responsibilities, obligations, rights and freedoms" during the past period in junior high school and therefore slept for two months, understood what she needed to know, but “she” didn't know what went wrong in the middle. Thus leading to the generation of fog clusters.
Since her daily life is quite stable, there are few troubles, but recently... senior high school is about to start, and PTSD makes her extremely avoid contact and think of Hanchung High School.
"We won't have our memories erased...right？"
"She" looked up blankly, "What？"
"We just discovered something that we shouldn't have discovered..."
Fong Xuan couldn't help but smile, "This is reality, not Hogwarts. I am a second personality, not a magical girl. Since you know it, it means you have a place to act. She will understand. When Ling wakes up, I think That One will tell her something too."
"Can't you just... uh... heal her？"
"It's stupid, brother, it's already a reality."
"This is a process that Ling must go through, whether it is the nine years or the healing journey that is about to begin. ""She" looked at the reflected light on the table, obviously speaking to the Long brothers, but seemed to be talking to herself, "As long as that person is there, everything has a reason. This is her mission and mine."
"Wait a minute, "Long Junyuan interrupted, "what？Who is that？"
Fong Xuan looked at him intently and said every word seriously, "As long as you believe in The One you can believe with all your heart, that's enough. He loves Ling more than anyone else, and He loves you more than anyone else."
Otherwise, He would not have exchanged Ling's life and soul in such a cruel, painful, humiliating, and unbearable way.
"She" looked at the doubtful eyes of the two brothers, and couldn't help but think of his incomparable love, which was so heavy, but so warm that it made people want to sink.
The conversation this night ended peacefully, but when they left, the two brothers who were originally happy were no longer in the mood to bicker.
*
Freshman training at Hanchung High School is coming soon.
After a week of recovery and rest in the mind world, and another week of buffering before returning to reality, Yu Ruoling's condition the night before the new training was better than that of two weeks ago. A lot of. Although this level still caused another chain to break out in the mind world.
He and Fong Xuan had agreed that fog clusters' matter would be left to "her" to investigate. If she couldn't bear the burden, “she” would call Him, and He would hear it anytime and anywhere. As for Yu Ruoling's own untimely bomb nature, let Him be responsible.
At this time, it was also time for Him to take action.
Fong Xuan asked Him more than once why He didn't come earlier. Not only is it a perfect combination of time and things, but it is also an inevitable experience in Yu Ruoling's life. Even if there are some things that He does not allow, He still watches them happen, because it will inevitably have a certain impact on the future.
These influences are exactly what she needs, whether it is fate, personality, or other difficulties. He made Yu Ruoling more perfect and cleaner. Through this, she was able to stand firm in the world and not be knocked down.
He knew where her limits were, and although He watched them happen in silence, He knew she would be able to get through them.
Because those things are far from overwhelming her limit, she will expand even more, like an endless ocean；more brilliant, like precious and rare mineral deposits that are better than fine gold after quenching.
She is one of the sharpest swords in His hand and His most elite military force. He want to do the works with her in this world.
He wanted to work with her. And He loved her more than anyone had ever loved her.
"Rise up, "He said softly, "the road lies where I have left its mark."
…
Yu Ruoling packed the lunch box.
Freshmen training lasted until two in the afternoon. How she should spend her lunch break was a very important decision.
The sound of sound waves could be heard in the quiet surroundings. Several students were playing mobile games in the seats at the back, constantly mumbling about who had to fill their positions, who should cover, and who had to do what.
These whispers naturally penetrated into her ears, turning into an unbearable numbness like ants gnawing at her heart and bones.
Not just her ears, but her entire body felt restless, rushed, and anxious, so uneasy that she almost went crazy.
The tyrannical mood of wanting a dynamite to completely destroy this place fluctuated. She wanted to keep out of sight, so she silently walked out of the classroom of Class 9th with her mobile phone, quickly walked to the women's toilet.
She felt much better shutting herself down. She took a few deep breaths. The stiffness in the back of her head and shoulders and neck gave her a headache. Yu just had lunch, but now she feel so nauseous that she want to vomit her stomach all out and stuff it back in again.
No matter how hard she tried, Yu Ruoling couldn't relax herself, and her jaw was tense due to the interconnected muscles and veins, it was as if there were drums installed inside her temples to beat vigorously, and the heavy pressure on her chest seemed to be forced to bear a hard and stubborn mountain rock.
She leaned against the wall, and her phone dinged, which was a scheduled reminder of the weather forecast. Looking at "Xiaogang Area" on the screen, then "Sydney", "Texas", "New York", "Chicago" sliding down the screen, and then the last one is "Jerusalem".
This single word hit her heart like a heavy hammer, her eyes sore, and tears quickly slid down her cheeks and dripped on the ground. Yu's vision was so blurred that she could no longer see "Jerusalem" clearly.
She clutched the phone tightly and squatted down, burying her face deeply into her knees, letting the expression she tried to maintain calm collapse in the dark.
The mask she was so proud of was completely defeated on the first day of freshman training at Hanchung High School.
She have to admit, the black-haired girl thought desperately, she is afraid of school, afraid of students, afraid of all words related to education, she does not want to stay here at all... Is there anyone who can get her out...
Is there anyone who can take her to a safe place...？As long as it's not a school, anywhere is fine.
“Why is it different from junior high school..."In fact, she already knew the answer to this question.