Chapter 271
William leaned back with his broad shoulders, his eyebrows slightly closed, and the cold light at the bottom of his eyes formed an abyss, which made Chen Ran suffocated: “Say the point.”
Chen Ran didn’t treat him as an outsider. After seeing Mary Kinson twice, he began to talk about the past.
On a rainy night fifteen years ago.
After waking up in the Guohong orphanage, he put on his old pajamas donated by the public welfare, opened his eyes in a daze and walked out of the small room.
At the gate of the courtyard, the dean was holding a black umbrella, followed by Ziqi in a small floral skirt.
She hung her head, and there was no light on the standard beauty’s face.
The dean pushed Zhang Ziqi to his side, and the meaning flashed in his eyes: “You and Ziqi usually play well, sleep with her at night, and comfort her well.”
appease?
He understood in a trance that this was the fifth year after she was claimed by the family and sent back.
The children in the orphanage all want to find a warm family, so they are careful to please the new family and are afraid of being sent back.
It is better to never feel the warmth of home than to be sent away.
Chen Ran carefully took Zhang Ziqi’s small hand and returned to the girls’ dormitory.
At that time, there were not many children in Guohong Orphanage. The girls’ dormitory was only Mary Kinson and Yaoi. Mary Kinson, who was awakened by the noise, looked at Zhang Ziqi in surprise.
However, when she was young, her mind was much more delicate, and she understood in a moment. She came over and hugged Zhang Ziqi, and gently comforted: “It’s okay Ziqi, and there will be a better family.”
However, Yaoi was naive and confused, and simply said, “What is the reason why the family didn’t want you this time?”
Zhang Ziqi slowly raised her eyes, and her eyes were dim: “They said I was not good at playing the piano, and I said I could learn, but they said I was too old to start again.”
At that time, she was only six or seven years old.
Several small partners patiently accompanied Zhang Ziqi until she felt sleepy, and then everyone went back to bed.
Later in the night, Mary Kinson suddenly woke up with anxiety. In the moonlight outside the window, she saw Zhang Ziqi’s bed was empty.
She screamed in panic and woke up Yaoi.
Yaoi opened her eyes dimly and saw Mary Kinson roll down from the bed and walk outside barefoot, shouting his name as he walked: “Ziqi! Zhang Ziqi!”
She glanced at Zhang Ziqi’s bed, quickly turned down from the bed and followed Mary Kinson to call out: “Ziqi, Ziqi, where are you?”
Chen Ran, who was in the opposite dormitory, didn’t sleep well. He rolled out and caught up with them: “Is Ziqi missing?”
“Yes, but we searched the bathroom and other rooms and didn’t see her.”
Chen Ran suddenly raised his head and looked at the upper floor: “Let’s go up and have a look.”
Yaoi frowned: “The stairs on the fourth floor are locked by iron doors. You can’t enter.”
Chen Ran said in a deep voice, “You can climb in from the side.”
Sure enough, the iron door is only locked on the front, but you can still climb in from the side of the stairs, just a little dangerous.
Chen Ran and Zhang Ziqi are a little older and have no difficulty climbing up, but Mary Kinson and Yaoi are relatively short in arms and legs.
“Why don’t you two look elsewhere? I’ll go up and see if Ziqi is there.”
“No, we have already looked for other places, and we need to go up!” Mary Kinson said firmly, and reached out to climb the stairs.
Ziqi! You must not have an accident!
The feeling of uneasiness and confusion in her heart became more real, which made her heart beat faster and faster.
Yaoi climbed in together, and the three of them ran upstairs like sprinting in the track.
After running to the fourth floor, there was still no one. When the three of them ran to the fifth floor breathlessly, they just saw Zhang Ziqi standing on the railing.
The moonlight passed by her side, reflecting her tearful face. The night wind raised her long hair, and her short nightgown showed strange marks.
She is thin and looks like a ragged doll hanging there, which will be swept away by a gust of wind at any time.
“Don’t do silly things, Ziqi!”
The three of them were shocked. They didn’t know what had happened when they were young. They only knew that their best playmate would leave them forever!
“Don’t come here!”
Zhang Ziqi paused and said, “Come here, I will jump down now!”
Chen Ran could not stop his steps, looked up at her, and his voice trembled a little: “Come down, let’s talk about what’s going on. If you want a good family, let’s think about it tomorrow.”
Yaoi nervously hugged Mary Kinson’s arm and cried, “There is a family who wants to claim me. I heard the dean say that their family is ordinary a. They won’t have many requirements. I will give you the quota. Would you like to go to their home?”
But Zhang Ziqi’s eyes only fell on Mary Kinson: “Mary , can you promise me one thing?”
Mary Kinson opened her lips without making a sound.
She guessed what it was.
Zhang Ziqi looked at Chen Ran again and said, “We are four of the strongest friends, right?”This text is property of Nô/velD/rama.Org.
Chen Ran just wanted her to come down and nodded: “Well, the four of us are forever friends and best friends! Come down first, no matter whether there is a family to adopt you or not, we are all your family. When I get older, I will take care of you three.”
Zhang Ziqi smiled and shook head, and said in a soft voice, “Since we are family, you must help me keep it secret. I don’t want to be considered a coward by others.”
She is very strong. She always refuses to lose when playing with others.
The children in the orphanage have to study everyday and learn some other talents by themselves. They want to be adopted by a good family and grow up to be stars in the future.
Chen Ran didn’t want to understand the sadness in her eyes, “keep secret… what do you want us to keep secret?!”
Zhang Ziqi turned , jumped down, and the last sentence fell into their ears with the wind: “Don’t let others know that I’m afraid of the world, and I committed suicide…”
“Ziqi!”
“Sister Ziqi!”
The three of them rushed up and tried to catch her body, but they were all one step late.
When they ran to the edge of the railing, they saw her fall like a falling meteor, and hit the ground with a “bang”. The plasma splashed all over, blooming like an irregular flower.
Yaoi broke down, grabbed her hair and cried, watching her friend jump off the building, bringing devastating damage to their three young hearts.
So far, Yaoi can’t face up to the past.
But the three of them also remembered Zhang Ziqi’s last words and decided to keep the last bit of dignity and pride for their friends anyway.
So in those years, no matter how the police questioned them, they kept silent and did not say how Zhang Ziqi died, so the case became a pending case.
At the end of the story, Willam’s dark eagle eyes glanced at Mary Kinson quietly: “Let me tell you about the current situation.”
Mary Kinson had a cold and faint breath all over her, and her pink lips were gently pressed into a straight line.
Chen Ran’s eyes sank and nodded.
Weilam’s tone was slightly cold and somewhat objective: “Yaoi’s family has been saved. According to their statement, the group they started was disciplined and organized.”
Chen Ran nodded and said calmly, “Well, today’s reporter interview let Yaoi come to reveal information, which is also part of their plan. It seems that they have a lot to come.