C24 Sporadic Memories of Conspiracy and Crisis
The next day, Tianming and I followed Lin Batian to the Milan International Airport, preparing to board the plane and return home.
Before we left, I asked Tianming to drive me to the cemetery to see Xia Qing.
Right now, I have accepted the truth and behaved very calmly.
I asked Tianming to buy the cemetery for me. Tianming also arranged a simple funeral for me. He did it very well and did not ask me why I buried this stranger who I did not know.
I gave Xia Qing her favorite violets and said goodbye to her in front of the tombstone. I also said goodbye to my past.
*
Lin Yuan and Zhuang Sen went to America with Linglan last night. Lin Batian felt much more at ease with their hot-tempered mother.
*
Lin Dalee and Lin Meier did not appear again.
Lin Dalee might be dealing with some matters.
I do not know how Lin Batian handled that matter yesterday. But after returning to Beijing, I never saw that woman again.
*
Beijing, I'm back!
I've only been away for a month, but I feel like a century has passed.
Breathing in the slightly dry air, looking at the familiar scenery along the way. My heart was in turmoil, as the saying goes, things are different, people are different.
The car that picked us up stopped in front of a villa.
Although this place was not as vast as the Milan, which was covered in green grass, the European garden that looked like a garden was refreshing.
Standing in front of the modern mansion on the third floor and two floors below the ground, I could not help but estimate its value from its location and area.
Lin Batian patted my head and interrupted my train of thought. "Our princess is home! What, can't you remember anything?"
I didn't comment.
This isn't my first time coming to this villa.
The last time I came, I was Lin Meier's intern assistant. Once, I was in charge of sending her home safely. Lin Meier proudly showed us this villa worth hundreds of millions.
Of course, I didn't have the right to go in at that time. I just took a look outside and said a few "wow" with the others.
Things are unpredictable. I never dreamed that I would return here as the owner of this villa.
"Mr. Lin is back!" Auntie Xue welcomed him eagerly and handed him his slippers. "Young Master Ming is also back. Miss Lin has become more beautiful. She has changed a lot!"
I am somewhat at a loss.
The new home is too big and too luxurious. I have not gotten used to it yet. I don't even know the east, west, north, and south.
I remind myself in my heart not to be nervous or panic. You are Yuv now. This is your own home. What is there to be afraid of when you return to your own home?
Lin Batian instructed, "Auntie Xue, Yuv is tired. Take her back to her room and have a good sleep. She needs to fix the jet lag these few days. The house must be absolutely quiet and no one is allowed to disturb her. Tianming, come with me to the study room."
Auntie Xue picked up my simple luggage. Yes, Mr. Lin. "
I walked straight to the marble staircase with a thick carpet in the hall. Auntie Xue called out, "Miss Lin, there is an elevator here."
I was stunned. "An elevator?"
Auntie Xue smiled. "Since Miss fell down the stairs four years ago, not only did Sir ask someone to spread the carpet on the stairs, he also installed an elevator in the house. He said that he would only let Miss take the elevator in the future."
My heart warmed up. As the saying goes, fatherly love is like a mountain.
But I still went to the stairs by accident.
"Miss..."
"It's alright. I just want to return to my old home. You can take my luggage back to my room first."
Auntie Xue hesitated for a moment, but still did as I asked.
I stood in the large living room that is spacious enough to host a medium-sized banquet. I looked around and said to myself, "Lin Yuv, Xia Qing, we are finally back."
The carpet on the stairs was very thick. Even if it fell on the floor, it was as if it fell on a quilt and would not feel any pain.
I suppressed the excitement in my heart and carefully stepped onto the first step.
I waited until I had a firm footing before taking the second step.
I walked up step by step, careful and cautious, as if I was climbing the stairs of life.
Suddenly, I heard some sounds in my ears, like quarrels, but also like crying. They were very far away, yet they could not get rid of.
Halfway up, I looked back at the hall, and suddenly I felt a splitting headache, and I saw some confused images, and then the world spun, and I lost my balance, and I couldn't help but fall...
In my trance, I saw Tianming, who had just come out of the study room, rushing towards me like he was flying. The moment I fell to the ground, he used his body to support me.
After that, I didn't know anything.
*
I had a very long dream. It was as if I was dreaming about Lin Yuv, who was ten years old. She had two ponytails and held her beloved doll in her arms. It was as if she was looking for something in the garden.
Finally, she saw a crying little girl behind the purple vine flower rack.
The little girl was very thin and very black. She had a plaited pigtail that looked like it was made of dirt. The floral shirt that did not fit well had been washed until it was white. Some of the patterns could not be seen clearly. There was a hole in the cloth shoes on her feet.
The girl was at most two years older than Yuv. But she looked very mature. She looked more like a 14 or 15 year old girl, crying until her eyes were red and swollen.
"Sister Mei, why are you crying? Did someone bully you?"
When the girl saw Yuv, she cried even harder and turned her back to ignore her.
"Sister Mei, tell me who offended you. I will let Brother Tianming take revenge for you!"
The girl's cries became softer. She sobbed and said, "My classmates look down on me. They say that I'm a child of your Lin family's servants. I don't deserve to sit with them. Sob, sob, sob..."
Little Lin Yuv blinked her big pure eyes. She thought for a while and said, "Sister Mei, don't cry. You're not a local at all. As long as you put on a beautiful dress, you can turn from a grey lady to a princess."
The girl stopped sobbing and opened her eyes wide. "Really?"
"Really! Actually, Sister Mei is very pretty!"
"But, I don't have any pretty dresses..."
I do! I can give it to you!"
"You? Are you willing to give it to me?"
"Dad said that your mother is gone, so that I can take care of you like family. Since you are my sister, my things are yours! "
"Are you willing to give me your things?"
"Yes!"
I want your pink princess dress. "
"No problem, give it to Sister Mei."
"I want to live in the same room as you. The layout inside is exactly the same."
"I'll ask them to do it tomorrow."
"I want your doll."
"Well..." Yuv hesitated. "But without them, I won't be able to sleep. I will have nightmares."
"And you even said that yours is mine. I can't bear to part with it!" The girl was angry.
"Alright, alright, I'll give half of my doll to older sister!"
The girl thought for a moment and said, "Alright, you're sincere. But, I still want something."
"What is it?"
"I want your brother Tianming," the man said.
"Huh?" the man asked.
"Yuv, you have everything," Yuv said. "You have two brothers to protect you when you go out. " As for me, I am all alone. There is no one to protect me. You only have one older brother, Lin Yuan. Give Tianming to me!"
"I... I'm afraid that won't do." Yuv seemed to be in a difficult position.
"I knew you didn't treat me well from the bottom of your heart! You didn't treat me as your sister at all!"
"No, Sister Mei, listen to me. Brother Tianming is a human being. He is not a thing. " I don't have the right to give him to you. "
"Is that so?"
"Yes," Wang Yao said. "But Tianming is very gentle. If you treat him well, he will protect you as he will protect me," Wang Yao said.
"But I see that he is cold and doesn't care about me at all."
That's because you are not familiar with him. As long as you are good to him, he will know. " In fact, he's cold on the surface and warm on the inside. "
"Alright, I'll trust you for once." The girl finally broke into a smile. "Also, I want to change my name. They all dislike my name. I don't want to be called Lin Mei. I want to change my name to 'Lin Meier'!"