Countdown to Awakening

Qi Yuanyuan still had a painful expression on her face after she stood up. Zheng Haifeng looked at her again and asked worriedly, "Yuanyuan, can you still walk? If not, I'll carry you down."

Zheng Haifeng thought to himself, since Qi Yuanyuan fell like this because of him, it would be okay for him to carry her down. It would be his way of admitting his mistake. Besides, if anything happened to her, Zheng Haifeng would also be responsible.

Qi Yuanyuan looked at Zheng Haifeng, then waved her hand and replied, "No, no, I can walk. Why are you carrying me? I didn't break my leg. It's nothing. Zheng Haifeng, please don't curse me."

Then she took a few steps forward. Zheng Haifeng nodded, feeling relieved. But Sun Pandi, standing by, was still worried. "Yuanyuan, are you... really okay? Something seems a little off to me. Does it hurt a lot? Is something wrong?"

Seeing her worried look, Qi Yuanyuan smiled and replied, "No, it hurt just now, but it doesn't hurt anymore. Don't worry, it's really okay. Look, I'm fine, aren't I?" Qi Yuanyuan spread her hands and smiled, indicating that she was fine and nothing was wrong.

Actually, it's really nothing. I just bumped into that tree, nothing serious, and it doesn't hurt that much now.

People these days have thicker skin, so it's not that serious. Maybe just a few bruises. But who would look at her back? Only she knows.

Even though she said that, Sun Pandi still felt inexplicably guilty. She wondered, if anything happened to Qi Yuanyuan, what would she say when her parents asked about it? Wouldn't she just say it was her fault?

If she got hurt, her family would blame them.

Sun Pandi wasn't afraid of anything else, but she was just afraid that her parents would come to her to complain. After all, Chen Juan and Sun Degui were not easy to talk to, and they would definitely try to make things difficult for her.

The last time I went to Zhang Mei's house, I almost didn't make it. Chen Juan and Sun Degui tried to stop me, saying that Sun Pandi was the daughter of their Sun family, so how could she live in someone else's house?

If Qi Yuanyuan really got hurt this time, they would definitely say that Zhang Mei's family had bad feng shui, and then they would have to go back to the Sun family and live that kind of life again...

Alas... If she had held Qi Yuanyuan back then, she wouldn't be like this now.

Seeing that she was still very worried, Qi Yuanyuan seemed to have understood her thoughts and knew what she was thinking. After all, children raised in such families are mostly sentimental and tend to think a lot.

So she smiled and said, "It's really okay, Panpan. Look. I just have a few minor scratches, it doesn't hurt that much. It's really nothing else. Are you just thinking about the bad things? Let me tell you, don't worry, I'm not that fragile."

She has experienced the ravages of nuclear wastewater, so it is impossible for her to become fragile because of a little physical damage.

After hearing this, Sun Pandi still looked incredulous. She had just bumped into that tree, and she had seen the pain on Qi Yuanyuan's face with her own eyes. How could it not hurt now? Could she be lying?

"Really? You didn't lie to me? You can't lie to me. Things like this...if something really happens, we can't delay."

"Don't worry, it won't happen."

She opened her mouth again, but still didn't ask any more questions. Seeing Qi Yuanyuan's condition, she could only feel relieved. After all, it looked like there was nothing wrong.

So the three of them prepared to descend the mountain. They chatted and laughed all the way down, as if the terrifying atmosphere just now hadn't even existed.

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Only after the three of them got down the mountain did Qi Yuanyuan turn around impatiently and ask Zheng Haifeng what he had seen in the tower.

Zheng Haifeng said, "There are bones in here... I'm telling you, I saw scattered bones. There were also the little girl's clothes, and dried blood on the ground... and there were also burn marks on the walls inside. There was also a foul smell. You couldn't smell it from far away, but I could. It was really smelly... It felt very strange... That's why I asked you to come down quickly."

Zheng Haifeng speculated that after these little girls were thrown in, some were eaten by wild animals in the mountains. Others were left to die, but their situation wasn't much better.

He'd heard that in the past, people had been sent in to set fire to the Anling Pagoda. They said someone could hear the wailing on the mountain... They also said they were afraid the baby girls would come back to seek revenge on their parents... It was so cruel just thinking about it... I really didn't know how they could do that.

"White bones?... I thought you saw a ghost and were possessed by it." Qi Yuanyuan said.

"How could that be? I've never seen such a scene before. I was scared, wasn't I? Seeing ghosts is all fake, made up by the older generation. I'm not afraid of ghosts. How could a brave person like me be afraid of ghosts?" Zheng Haifeng said.

"Aren't white bones scary? I think they are very scary..." Zheng Haifeng shook his head.

"It's scary... No wonder it's so desolate there. No one dares to live there. It's like this... Who would dare to live there..." Qi Yuanyuan sighed.

If it were her, she wouldn't dare live nearby. Just hearing about it makes her feel terrified. She's even afraid she'd be frightened to death if she lived here at night...

Besides, there aren’t many people living at the foot of the mountain, so I guess they are all brave ones.

Who knows if you'll hear crying at night while living at the foot of this mountain? If you do, it would be so creepy...

But when he thought of those abandoned baby girls, he still felt pity and sympathy for them. After all, she herself was a girl, and her parents had also abandoned her to be raised by her grandmother. Although she had not been abandoned in such a place, it was enough to kill her.

Looking back, if she had been abandoned at birth instead of being raised by her grandmother, she might not be where she is today. If she had been left somewhere to fend for herself, how could she be where she is today?

Her fate was similar to that of these girls, so she could empathize with them.

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Although her parents were divorced, fortunately she had her grandmother, who did not despise her for being a girl and refused to raise her. Instead, she treated her very well and loved her very much.

Thinking of this, she recalled the dream she had last night. She had dreamed of her grandmother. It felt so real. It was as if her grandmother had really appeared.

But compared to her, those abandoned baby girls were actually even more pitiful. Not only were they born without anyone to love them, but they were also inexplicably looked down upon. And when they were abandoned, everyone agreed, not a single one objected...

Think about it, a newborn girl has no decision-making power, her life is in the hands of others... Even if a girl is not abandoned, she is just free labor at home. Give her food and expect her to repay you in the future.

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