Just at this critical moment, a bright light illuminated the forest, and a stern voice rang out.
"Police! Don't move!"
"Mengmeng!" Xie Yumin's voice came from afar.
Mengmeng reacted the moment she heard the sound, and the heart that had been hanging in suspense finally settled down.
She knew very well that her parents had not given up on her, and had even come looking for her.
The kidnapper cursed, pulled out a pistol and aimed it at Mengmeng, intending to take this opportunity to fight to the death. After all, if it weren't for this brat, his plan wouldn't have failed.
In a flash, a figure rushed forward and stood in front of Mengmeng—it was Gu Yinshen!
"Daddy!" Mengmeng screamed. At the same time, a gunshot rang out. Gu Yinshen groaned, but still held his daughter tightly.
Police quickly subdued the kidnapper, and paramedics rushed to the scene.
Holding Mengmeng in Xie Yumin's arms, she struggled to look at Jiang Minglang, whose face was pale, and cried out, "Daddy! You're hurt!"
Mengmeng's voice was already choked with sobs as she spoke, and her whole body was trembling, but she didn't know what to do.
The little girl was clearly terrified.
Gu Yinshen's face was pale, but he managed a weak smile. Not wanting to frighten the child in front of him, he spoke softly and reassuringly, "It's just your shoulder... it's alright... I'm just glad you're safe..."
"It's the stars!" Mengmeng suddenly exclaimed, as if she had just realized something. "The stars told you I was here, right?"
Xie Yumin nodded tearfully, reaching out to hug the child tightly, feeling a sense of relief at having lost and found him again: "He drew what this warehouse looked like... and the direction of the moon outside the window... based on this, the police narrowed down the search area..."
"Where's Xingxing? How is he?" Mengmeng asked anxiously, remembering how Xingxing had been seriously injured when she was kidnapped.
Upon hearing her daughter's question, Xie Yumin's expression became complicated: "He... is still in the hospital. He only briefly woke up once after falling into a coma..."
Mengmeng's face turned deathly pale instantly, and she was consumed by self-doubt: "It's because of me...it's all my fault...If only I hadn't gone out to play, if we had gone home together, or gone somewhere else, we wouldn't have separated. It's all my fault."
“No, baby,” Gu Yinshen endured the pain, reached out and touched his daughter’s cheek, a comforting smile on his face, and spoke softly.
"It's the fault of those bad people. The stars will be alright, and you'll all be watching the moon together again..."
Mengmeng nodded deeply, wanting to say something more, but perhaps due to the severe shock, she eventually fainted.
Xie Yumin reached out and hugged the person even tighter, then quickly got into the police car and went to the hospital with the other party.
Back at the hospital, Mengmeng had some minor injuries, but nothing serious.
Gu Yinshen's gunshot wound has stabilized after surgery.
Everything turned out alright, with only close calls.
But Xing's condition was worrying; he had returned to that closed state and was almost unresponsive to external stimuli.
Until now, he has been in a deep sleep and shows no signs of waking up.
Jiang Minglang and Lin Minmin stayed with Xingxing in the ward the whole time, often reminiscing about the wonderful times they spent together, but Xingxing still didn't wake up.
"The doctor said this is a self-protective mechanism after extreme trauma," Gu Yinshen said, his face showing concern as he came to the ward to look at the stars.
Seeing the fox-like look in Gu Yinshen's eyes, Lin Minmin couldn't help but whisper an explanation, "His consciousness has chosen to temporarily shut down to avoid enduring too much pain..."
Having said this, Lin Minmin didn't know how to continue. Tears streamed down her cheeks again, and she couldn't say anything more.
“Actually, I have always felt guilty. If I had taken good care of Xingxing, none of this would have happened. I have harmed this child and made her suffer.”
"Now that we've finally found our child, things have turned out like this. I really don't know how to make amends. I'm a terrible mother."
Lin Minmin's tone gradually broke down, and even Jiang Minglang, who was standing next to her, couldn't bear to watch any longer. He reached out and hugged her, gently comforting her.
"You should know very well that this is not something any of us can decide, so don't blame yourself too much."
"Besides, I was also at fault back then. If you say that, then we're both sinners."
Listening to Lin Minmin's words, Mengmeng sat silently beside Xingxing's bed, gently holding his pale hand: "Xingxing, I'm back... I'm alright... Please open your eyes and look at me, okay?"
At this point, Mengmeng couldn't help but shed tears again.
“After you wake up, we’ll go out and play together. Where do you want to go? I’ll go with you, okay? Don’t shut yourself off. You still have me, don’t you? You’ve suffered a lot before, but I’ve always been by your side since then. Why won’t you wake up and see me?”
No matter what Mengmeng said, Xingxing just lay quietly, his breathing as steady as if he were asleep, with only the occasional slight trembling of his eyelids suggesting that he was not sleeping normally.
In the days that followed, Mengmeng stayed by Xingxing's bedside almost every step of the way.
She read him their favorite picture books, told him about their time at "Starry Home," and even brought him art supplies so they could continue their collaborative painting in his hospital bed.
"Do you remember the first time we met?" Mengmeng said one evening while combing Xingxing's hair, a wistful smile on her face.
"You've got paint everywhere, I thought you did it on purpose..."
Outside the window, a full moon slowly rose, and moonlight shone through the window onto the hospital bed.
Just then, Mengmeng, who was still muttering to herself, felt that Xingxing's finger seemed to move slightly.
"Star?" She held her breath and leaned closer to Star's face, but she was so nervous that she couldn't help but tremble slightly.
Mengmeng worried that all of this was just her imagination, and couldn't help but stare intently at the person in front of her.
Xingxing's eyelids trembled slightly, and then she slowly opened her eyes.
His gaze first wandered aimlessly before finally focusing on Mengmeng's face.
“Meng… Meng…” he uttered the word with difficulty, his voice so weak it was almost inaudible.
But this reaction was enough to tell everyone that he had woken up and that the star had been reborn.
Upon hearing the voice, Mengmeng couldn't hold back her tears and burst into tears instantly: "It's me! I'm here! You're back!"
Xingxing's eyes gradually regained their sparkle. He slightly raised his hand and gently touched the scratches on Mengmeng's cheek, his eyes filled with heartache.
Mengmeng seemed to understand what the other person meant.
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