Resplendent and magnificent, carved beams and painted buildings, symmetrical pointed buildings stand quietly in front of them.

Easter on April 2nd, all countries, people, and churches in the West who believe in Christ Jesus are watching in such an atmosphere. At one o'clock in the afternoon, the solemn bell of St. Mary's Cathedral rang, startling the white pigeons that were leisurely looking for food in front of Hyde Park Square.

The three members of the Yu family arrived at Sydney Airport in Australia on time at 9:30 in the morning. After taking a taxi to the hotel, the first thing Yu Ruoling and Yu Xiaoyu, the aunt and niece, went to the nearby supermarket to buy breakfast.

What kind of breakfast？

Two whole, piping hot rotisserie chickens packaged in an insulated freezer bag. And Li Qiao ate very happily, because she was really hungry.

After resting in the hotel for at least two hours, the three finally started their first journey in Sydney - St. Mary's Cathedral.

Walking on the sidewalk outside Hyde Park, Yu Ruoling listened to the bell, holding a box of blueberries bought from the supermarket in her hand, eating while walking.

"Wait, if we gonna go in, haven't we bought tickets？"

"That's right, "Li Qiao echoed, "we don't seem to have bought tickets for the attractions."

"The church doesn't need tickets. I have already booked other tickets online, "Yu Xiaoyu took out her mobile phone and clicked on gmail, "it's all here."

"It's really advanced."

After a while, the long steps outside the gate of the church were already under feet, and there were a lot of tourists standing on the steps, each with a camera and mobile phone.

Under the bright sun, they finally stepped into the inner sanctum of the church. Different from the fiery atmosphere and noise outside, the calm, quiet and solemn pace of the inner hall hits immediately upon entering.

A cross hangs high on the podium, and Christ hangs on it in the image of redeeming all mankind by sacrificing.

Spikes pierced His hands and feet, and blood dripped down the wood, like roses on the ground.

Holy and pure scapegoat.

Yu Xiaoyu lit a candle. Although she is not a Christian, she has always respected and admired this belief. She had been in the choir as a student, and that memory never brought her a bad feeling.

They circled the church a few times and bought ice cream from a nearby ice cream truck before leaving.

"I have a question, "Li Qiao slightly raised the vanilla milk-flavored ice cream in her hand, the pointy tip fell slightly, forming a cute little hook, "isn't Australia in the southern hemisphere？It should be winter now. Why is it still so hot, so hot that I actually want to eat ice to cool off."

"But it's not winter yet, it's just autumn, right？"

"No, no, I think I have the answer to why it's so hot. "Yu Ruoling wiped off the melted mint chocolate with a toilet paper, "Because there is a tropic passing here？Well, I'm actually not sure."

"What's tropic？Are you talking about the one at 23.5 degrees north latitude？"

"Mum... this is the southern hemisphere, at the southern latitude."

Yu Xiaoyu took a bite of the ice cream, smacked her lips, and said, "It seems that Chiayi also has the Tropic of Cancer passing through it. So it means here in the southern hemisphere, and it's… tropic of capricorn."

"Huh？It should be possible to say that, "Yu tilted her head and looked up at the sky, thinking, "And there is an Eastern Australia current here in Sydney, which may also be the reason."

"A warm current is warm sea water, right？"

"It's just that the temperature here will be higher than that in other places. "Li Qiao suddenly said loudly, with a look of sudden realization, "Coastal areas are greatly affected by sea water."

"That's it."

What kind of strange people are they in their family. Wiping off the melted drop of mint chocolate ice cream again, Yu twitched her mouth, sure that this kind of scene would never happen in other people's houses.

Most of them are "What to eat later", "Have you finished your homework", "Remember to take out the trash", "Where to go tomorrow", "The boss is so annoying, and the colleagues are so cheap".... In short, like her family, the upper and lower generations join together to discuss academic issues, or the elders complain to the younger generation that someone in the company has offended too many people, or what to do if she was an officer, etc., will never appear in others.

Unless that family is like theirs, she doesn't want to say… weird.

Yu looked enviously at her aunt ordering a glass of bartending in the coffee shop. Although don't understand why there is one in the cafe, just want to try it.

She was not curious because she had never drank wine, but because she really liked it.

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Yu Ruoling stared at the iced caramel macchiato in her hand and thought silently, when she has the opportunity in the future, she will definitely open a wine cabinet in her home.

"Ling, do you want to drink~"Yu Xiaoyu pursed her lips and raised her eyebrows, and said provocatively.

Seriously？Her eyes lit up, and she glanced at Li Qiao from the corner of her eyesight, only to see that mother was also very curious.

Li Qiao is not very good at drinking, so just watch her daughter's performance.

"..."Yu took a sip.

The taste of passion fruit was relatively strong, and it seemed to be a low-alcohol cocktail.

"Does it have whiskey？"

"You can taste it？No way！"

"Really, "Yu Ruoling turned to look at her mother, "wanna try？"

"Thank you, no need. After I drink, you have to carry me back alone."

"Hah！Qiao, you are too exaggerated！"Yu Xiaoyu said.

Yu Ruoling bit the straw, looked at the phone with some confusion, and finally made up her mind after a while, "Speaking of which, when are we having for dinner？I'm hungry."

"You hungry？！It's only half past three in the afternoon！"

*

In the dead of night, the streets were already deserted. All the stores close their doors at eight o'clock sharp, and only the products displayed in the stores are still there.

A rustling sound came from a remote alley, mixed with indistinct Australian accent English. Listening carefully, it seemed to be the footsteps of two people.

The clear, crisp sound of glass being shattered came into her ears, and a few curses, obviously drunk, yelled even louder.

"What the fuck you doing here man？…Don't you see traffic... ficcj just like a... a shit…"

“What the hell you talking about dude…, there is… ooh… there is a beautiful glasses…”

She was lying sideways on the bed and was sorting out today's photos while reporting to the class group - she was asked questions crazily by the classmates - and planned to send a few photos to IG as a diary, but her ears kept paying attention to those voices.

What traffic like shit, what beautiful glasses. Her forehead was like full of black lines, and her mind was full of those strange words just now.

'！Yu Ruoling swears！'

'She said fuck you！！'

The phone vibrated suddenly, she regained her senses and clicked on Message, only to see a bunch of messages saying she was swearing.

Yu made a "huh" and slid up.

"..."

'What the fuck you doing here dude' was unconsciously typed by her.

'Sorry, I made a mistake, someone smashed a wine bottle downstairs outside the hotel and I accidentally typed out their conversation.'

'Wine bottle？！'Deputy squad leader - Wu Jiaying sent a series of exclamation points, followed by many of the same message, 'Wait, Ruoling, where do you accommodate？'

Yu Ruoling turned over and stared up at the ceiling. It seems... It seems that her aunt chose this hotel, and the location is on the edge of the red light district.

She tilted her head and typed a nasty sentence on the keyboard.

'We live in a place you'll like.'

The class was silent for a few seconds, and suddenly the messages exploded.

'Wow！Post some photos！'

'I didn't expect you to like this！'

'Oh my god is she hot？I really want to see them！'

...

This reaction was different from what she had imagined.

Are you really junior high school students？Yu twitched her mouth, decisively responded with a strange smile pattern and went offline.

Perhaps because of Liu Muxi and Su Hangyi, she felt that she quite liked the class she had been in for three years. Or maybe it was because of the blank class in the first grade, and the consultants of the youth team helped her connect with the class.

Although it feels a bit wrong to say that, it is true that without these things, it is impossible for her to have such a status in these people.

No matter it's popular or unpopular. She guesses so. Or it just has a higher sense of presence and is not annoying, but at least it is better than the six years in elementary school.

Fortunately, she doesn't have to be treated like that anymore, and she doesn't have to be trampled under the feet of those people like a beast. What she desperately resists in return is only more ravaged, torn, and trampled.

Fortunately, she hid it, and this matter was not exposed to everyone's eyes. She is still an ordinary but not so ordinary junior high school student - also a junior high school student who is working hard to prepare for the entrance examination -

Yu Ruoling clicked "Publish", and the diary post was uploaded successfully.

She continued to browse IG and thought, after graduating from junior high school this year, she has almost three full months to rest, and she has to think about what to do and how to do at that time. She can't just stay at home like a worm , wasting her vacation in vain.

And then after the holidays are over, waiting to take on the senior high school carnage.

She took a deep breath, feeling inexplicably conflicted and repelled by the matter of "going to senior high school". Or it’s not bad to live like this all the time. She would rather time imprison everyone, repeating the period from the summer vacation of the second year of junior high school to the end of the summer vacation of the third year of junior high school.

Suddenly, she felt a strange wave of anxiety and panic in herself. She is also willing to live again, even if she accepts another humiliation with all her memories, she doesn't care.

She had an inarticulate dread of entering a new school and facing so many new people with same age with her.

Yu Ruoling sat up, just as Li Qiao came out of the bathroom.

"Ling, you turn to take a bath~"

"Ok."

"Throw all your clothes into the plastic bag at the door！"Yu Xiaoyu added.

"Right！"

She piled the clothes she was about to change on the bed, and walked into the bathroom naked without any shyness.

"Tsk tsk, "Yu Xiaoyu looked up and down at her niece and said, "Can I give you some fat of mine？"

"Of course not."

She closed the bathroom door and opened the handle of the shower head, allowing the hot water to sprinkle on herself.

'PTSD, well. 'She echoed these words in her mind, hoping that someone could hear, maybe he could come to have mercy on herself, and then heal her.

'Please don't leave me behind, in this world, you are the only one who knows all my secrets. ’Yu Ruoling closed her eyes, and water droplets hit her face, ‘I am very happy now, I hope you save me from the abyss of death, walk out of the valley, and then run to your bright path.'

In the misty white mist, a slender and gentle figure slowly appeared, with a pitiful face and a sad smile, quietly watching Yu Ruoling in the mirror.

A faint golden light glowed behind him, piercing through the thick fog.

Fong Xuan followed his footsteps and stepped forward, reaching out to approach the mirror. As usual, “she” was stimulated by the tiny needle-like electric current and retracted “her” hand.

'I believe you, but what are you going to do？'"She" said, the eyes no longer flashed hostility and vigilance, replaced by dependence and trust, 'Tell me, I will do everything you say.'

The man turned his head and looked at "her", and gently stroked "her" forehead with his right hand, 'You must become one, so that you can be a complete one.'

Fong Xuan stared slightly, and said, 'How is it possible？At the beginning, she separated part of the memory to me, and made me… me, as a bodyguard to protect her brain. When I'm here, she can continue to remember those things；when I'm not, she'll forget them all. I always thought that my disappearance was the best result, both for her and for me. After all, I am not a standard person, and I can only be trapped in this place forever. ...I mean, ...how？You gonna grab me like a toast sticking on her soul…？'

'Don't worry, I know everything about you. 'He hugged Fong Xuan with steady strength and gentleness that made people feel at ease.

He patted "her" on the back and said softly, "Believe me, in me, nothing is impossible.”