Meng Yan's Transformation

Zhan Mengyan subconsciously ran to the abandoned well at the east end of the village. She squatted alone, her sleeves soaked, tears dripping onto the cold soil at her feet, each drop like a heartbroken pearl, her eyes lost their former brilliance! As if all hope and joy were drained away, pain enveloped her world like thick ink. She clenched her fists, trying to suppress the pain in her heart, but sadness overflowed from the corners of her eyes. Endless regret and struggle made her breathless, and the pain in her heart swept over like a rolling flood. She tried to cover up the pain in her heart with silence, but the tears in her eyes could not be hidden, and each drop carried the pain that he could not tell.

Not far from the well, Zhang Xincheng saw Zhan Mengyan's pain. He didn't know how to comfort her, so he just clenched his fists tightly, his knuckles turned white, and his nails pierced deeply into his palms. The pain was intertwined with the pain in his heart. His eyes were deep and silent. Tears flashed in the corners of his eyes, but they never fell. His lips were tightly closed, as if he was holding back a cry of pain, as if he was trying his best to bear all the unbearable things...

Zhan Mengyan stopped crying and touched the cold cement edge of the well with both hands. She looked up with a hint of coolness in her eyes. She climbed to the edge of the well with her arms open, her mind seemed to be flying. She stepped on the cool air, wanting to walk towards the abyss. The hazy blue reflected her quiet and haggard face. Everything was as gentle and quiet as a painting...

"Time seems to have stopped. I am the only one here. If I jump, no one will ever say that my admission quota was taken by someone else. I will never see Zhang Bao's ugly face again. I will never see my father's angry face again... All the pain will be over..." Zhan Mengyan thought. She felt as if she was suspended in the air, omnipotent, able to fly, climb, run, and even see farther...

Zhan Mengyan was calm and took a light step resolutely. A thin and rough hand grabbed Zhan Mengyan, and in an instant, everything stopped...

Almost at the same time, the black abyss was about to swallow up Zhan Mengyan's body. Zhan Yingying let out a sad wail in the air. She shouted, "Zhang Xincheng, come and help! Are you a wooden man? Are you standing there "watching" Mengyan being forced by your father to jump into the well and commit suicide?"

Zhan Yingying's cry was like a loud collapse and the earth splitting, which broke Zhang Xincheng free from his pain and fear. He rushed forward to grab Zhan Mengyan, and the two of them worked together to pull Zhan Mengyan's body out of the well.

When Zhan Mengyan was thrown to the ground beside the well, Zhang Xincheng's legs went limp and he almost collapsed to the ground. His heart was beating violently, as if it was about to burst out of his chest. There was a look of fear in his eyes. He tried to shout, but his voice was hoarse and he could only whimper faintly. He clutched his chest tightly with both hands, as if he was looking for some reliable strength. At this moment, he was completely swallowed by fear and heartache, and his body was shaking in trembling...

Zhan Yingying saw Zhang Xincheng trembling and said incredulously, "Zhang Xincheng, why are you trembling? You weren't beaten, nor were you forced to jump into the well. My dad asked your dad to help dig the well, and your dad also asked my dad to treat your uncle's herpes and scabies. You all volunteered to help, do you feel that your family has lost more than you have gained? It's not worth it? Do you have to force my sister to death and repay your family's favor with my sister's life?"

"I'm... sorry... Mengyan... I'm... sorry, Yingying..." Zhang Xincheng said stutteringly.

Zhan Mengyan saw Zhang Xincheng was timid and trembling with fear, so she said angrily: "Zhang Xincheng, I was born one month older than you, you have to call me sister, you can't call me Yingying. Besides, is my sister's life worth just a simple "I'm sorry" from you? If I hadn't arrived in time today, would you have just watched my sister jump into the well and drown like a piece of wood, so that you could go back and report to your father gloating over her misfortune? Mengyan bit your father, and you wanted to avenge your father and Zhan Mengyan, but you didn't save her, which is equivalent to a murderer!"

Zhang Xincheng walked up to Zhan Yingying with grievance, bowed his head and said, "Sister Yingying, it was my father who was drunk and immoral. I didn't blame Mengyan for biting my father. I wanted to chase her out to comfort Mengyan, but I was not good at speaking and didn't know how to comfort her. I just stood by and watched her. I was also very sad for Sister Mengyan. I thought she would cry for a while and vent her emotions, and then she would be fine. I would accompany her home. I didn't expect her to want to jump into the well to commit suicide. When I saw her standing on the edge of the well, I was scared and my mind was blank. I didn't know what to do. How could I watch her die and want Sister Mengyan to die? Fortunately, Sister Yingying arrived in time and woke me up from the panic. It was also Sister Mengyan's kindness and innocence that moved God and made Sister Mengyan's life not end. In short, it was my father and I who were wrong. Sister Yingying can punish me however she wants. I will criticize my father when I go home. I sincerely hope that Sister Mengyan can come out of the pain, face life strongly, and prepare for the high school entrance examination."

"You still say you can't speak, but you're trying to make yourself out to be a sensible person, a hero who favors right over personal interests, and who is willing to sacrifice his relatives for the sake of justice. I won't argue with you about right and wrong for now. It's getting dark, so let's take sister Mengyan home first." Zhan Yingying said.

Zhan Yingying and Zhang Xincheng carried Zhan Mengyan, who looked like a walking corpse without a soul, towards home.