Our Lady of Salvation

Entering July, the imperial capital ushered in the rainy season. Due to the typhoon, the sweltering heat of midsummer disappeared, and only continuous rain shrouded the sky above the imperial capital.

In the past two days, Zhuang Linfei was very busy. Because of the new round of Congress, "Emperor Capital Weekend" also ushered in the busiest season of the year.She goes out before six o'clock every day, and doesn't come back until after ten o'clock in the evening, and sometimes she doesn't even come home at night, living in the magazine office.But Dudu is the opposite of her mother. Kindergarten is on vacation, and Dudu has a lot of free time. Unfortunately, her mother has no time to play with her, and Dudu has never been very happy.

Zhuang Linfei has no relatives in the imperial capital, only Xiao Qing is a friend she can rely on.Therefore, the task of taking care of Dudu fell to Xiao Qing who was also on vacation.Xiao Qing is very happy to be able to take care of Dudu. Xiao Qing's parents are getting older, and it was the time when they loved children the most.Because she has always been accompanied by Teacher Xiaoqing and Grandpa Xiao and Grandma Xiao, after the holiday, Dudu is doing well, but I just miss my mother.

The second elder sometimes looks at Dudu, a little girl who doesn't know much about the world, with sentimentality in his eyes.Such a young child has never met his father, and can only depend on his mother. Although he is still young, he is already precocious and sensible. He always wrongs himself and is considerate of his mother. The two elders inevitably feel distressed.The second elder also asked Xiao Qing, where is the father of the child Dudu, Xiao Qing just shook her head, but couldn't answer at all.Even Zhuang Linfei couldn't answer this question, and it had always been Xiao Qing's heart disease.

Zhuang Linfei was an orphan herself, and had no relatives in her family.Before she was ten years old, Zhuang Linfei had a father. Her father was Zhuang Yunsheng, a biochemical engineer at the Imperial Pharmaceutical Research Institute, but he was not Zhuang Linfei's biological father.Zhuang Linfei was an orphan adopted by him. I heard that Zhuang Linfei seemed to be the child of Zhuang Yunsheng's dead friend.Zhuang's family is thin, and Zhuang Yunsheng has only two relatives, his parents.He has never been married and adopted Zhuang Linfei who was still a baby at the age of 45.Zhuang Linfei gradually grew up. Originally, Zhuang Yunsheng's parents were still alive, but they also passed away one after another due to old age, leaving only the father and daughter to depend on each other.But God seems to want Zhuang Linfei to be the lone star of the evil spirit. Zhuang Yunsheng died of illness when Zhuang Linfei was ten years old, and Zhuang Linfei has no one to rely on ever since.

Zhuang Yunsheng left Zhuang Linfei an inheritance, although it was not much, but with some savings, it was enough for her to use it until she graduated from university.Zhuang Linfei was taken to St. Mary's Church, lived with the head nun, and transferred to St. Mary's Primary School.It was at that time that Zhuang Linfei and Xiao Qing met.

Zhuang Linfei is very sensible, and her academic performance has been quite top-notch since she was a child, and she never wants to be worried about.In order to be able to accompany her all the time, Xiao Qing spent a lot of effort to barely catch up with Zhuang Linfei's grades. The two studied in the same school and class from the fourth grade of elementary school until they graduated from high school.

Zhuang Linfei was the most rebellious when she was in high school.Although rebellious, he just likes to spend money to dress himself up, but his grades have never fallen.At that time, Zhuang Linfei was the darling of the whole school and a princess. She was proud and never felt inferior because of her background. Perhaps it was the shadow of Zhuang Linfei's childhood when she lived with the kind and kind dean and nun all those years. Diluted by her kindness, the noble and proud potential in her bones was discovered. She was so confident and so eye-catching. Xiao Qing admitted that for a while, she didn't even dare to look directly into her eyes.

Until she was admitted to the Bioengineering Department of Imperial National University and received a scholarship.At that time, the money that Zhuang Yunsheng left to Zhuang Linfei was also spent by her, and there was not much left.After paying the tuition fee for the first year, there is not much left.Zhuang Linfei wasn't worried either. She began to work part-time to earn living expenses while earnestly studying at the university. She didn't have to worry about her tuition fees. The scholarship was enough, but the living expenses were also quite a fortune.But the confident Zhuang Linfei will never be overwhelmed by the hardships of life.She still has enough energy to shoulder her studies and work, and she still looks so dazzling in college.

However, in her sophomore year, around April in the second half of the semester, Zhuang Linfei suddenly disappeared. She seemed to have evaporated from the world, and Ren Xiaoqing couldn't find her no matter how hard she searched.Xiao Qing once went to her university to inquire and said that she dropped out suddenly, and no one knew why.Her grades are so excellent, she has been admitted to graduate school in her sophomore year, and her future is bright, how could she drop out of school suddenly?Xiao Qing's mind was filled with disbelief, but no matter how she tried to contact Zhuang Linfei, she couldn't.She also called the police, but the police searched for more than half a year, but there was no news.All she knew was that a man who claimed to be Zhuang Linfei's uncle came to help her with the withdrawal procedures, and brought the withdrawal application and certificate written by Zhuang Linfei himself.The man was extremely inconspicuous, so even though the school had doubts, it still respected Zhuang Linfei and her family's opinions, went through the formalities, and paid no attention to this matter after that.

It was not until Dudu's arrival four years later that she saw Zhuang Linfei again.At this moment, she has completely lost the pride and self-confidence of the past, lost her glory, and became ordinary and mediocre.She no longer dresses herself up, dresses plainly, takes care of the housework and takes care of Dudu all day long. If you don't look carefully, you think she has entered middle age.

What made that confident little princess become like this? What happened in those four years?Xiao Qing didn't dare to ask, or even think about it.Zhuang Linfei kept saying that Dudu was her own, but Dudu, with blond hair and blue eyes, completely looked like a foreigner, except for her face shape and facial features, she didn't look like her at all.Xiao Qing couldn't think of who the child's father would be.But now, under Xiao Qing's persecution, Zhuang Linfei actually told her that the child had no father, and that she was still a virgin and had never had sex with any man.This made Xiao Qing feel unbelievable.

In any case, it has been five years since Dudu was born in this world, and it is a done deal. Now Xiao Qing only hopes that such an ordinary life can continue, that Dudu can grow up quickly and take good care of her mother.But she still hopes that Zhuang Linfei can find support, find a good man, and take care of their mother and daughter for the rest of their lives.

Since Dudu was on vacation, Xiao Qing would take Dudu to play in the children's park not far from the community every afternoon, then buy her snacks on the way, and lead her home.However, on the afternoon of July [-]th, she and Dudu encountered a small accident.

The weather was gloomy that day, and Dudu played until 05:30 in the afternoon, and the sky began to drizzle finely.Xiao Qing took Dudu home to shelter from the rain. Because of the rain, Dudu was not able to enjoy himself and was a little unhappy.Clutching teacher Xiaoqing's hand, she walked with small steps in an aggrieved manner.Xiao Qing still bought lollipops for Dudu on the way. With something to eat, the innocent and lovely Dudu would not be so sad.

When one big and one small walked into the alley of the community, from a distance, they saw a figure squatting under the streetlight outside the main entrance of the community. The man was wearing a hoodie and the hat was on his head. The light rain hit him, forming an outline.Xiao Qing didn't care, she just treated Dudu as a passer-by, and she wanted to lead Dudu into the community.But Dudu broke free from her hand suddenly, and ran towards the passerby with his calves.

Xiao Qing was startled, and hurriedly chased after Dudu, but saw Dudu standing in front of the squatting man, staring at him motionless.In her big blue eyes, there was a curious light, as if she had seen some magical treasure, and she stared at that person in a daze.The squatting person raised his head slightly and saw the small figure in front of him, but he remained motionless and did not say a word. The big and small looked at each other like this, which seemed a bit strange.

Xiao Qing's heart was pounding, she stepped forward and tried to hold Dudu's little hand, and said softly:

"Dudu, don't disturb others, let's go home."

Dudu didn't hold back, but just took one last look at the man reluctantly, and obediently followed Teacher Xiaoqing into the community.Xiao Qing looked at this little guy and couldn't help asking:

"Dudu, what happened to that uncle?"

Dudu shook his head, looked up at Xiao Qing with his small face, and said seriously:

"Mr. Xiaoqing, that person is not an uncle, but an aunt, a very beautiful aunt with blue eyes like Dudu."

Xiao Qing was surprised when she heard this. The man was wearing men's clothing and was squatting there, so she couldn't see her figure clearly, so Xiao Qing misunderstood her as a man.However, Xiao Qing was really puzzled that this person actually had blue eyes that only foreigners had.Imperial City is an international metropolis, so it's not surprising that there are foreigners, but the old community she lives in is a bit out of touch with the ever-changing metropolis outside, and few foreigners come in and out.It is really strange that there is a foreign woman squatting at the gate of their community now.

Although Dudu was still a child, he was very smart since he was a child, and he had the posture of a gifted child. In addition, Zhuang Linfei taught well. This child has always been honest and never lied. Dudu said that the person was a woman with blue eyes. Xiao Qing believed it without even thinking about it.But she didn't care too much, it was just a coincidence.

But, soon, this coincidence was broken.For three days in a row, every time Xiao Qing took Dudu home, she would see that person standing, squatting, or sitting under the streetlight at the entrance of the community, always covering her head with a hood. Show people with a full face.It was just a short while in the afternoon, and soon the man left, as if he was waiting for them there on purpose.Dudu became more and more curious about that person, and even ran to talk to him regardless of her objection.That person didn't seem to have any malice towards Dudu, but when Dudu talked to her, she didn't answer, but occasionally reached out to touch Dudu's head, and Dudu seemed to like her very much.An ominous premonition welled up in Xiao Qing's heart. She decided to tell Zhuang Linfei about this and discuss it with her. She was not afraid of ten thousand but just in case. Xiao Qing didn't want Dudu to be trapped because of her negligence. Danger.

So at 10:30 that night, Xiao Qing specially caught the exhausted Zhuang Linfei who came home from overtime work.Zhuang Linfei was so tired that she almost lost consciousness, she just wanted to take a good bath and sleep well, but after hearing Xiao Qing's words, she couldn't help shivering, and the hairs all over her body stood on end.Fear filled her face and her teeth were chattering.It was the first time Xiao Qing saw Zhuang Linfei who was so terrified. She was terrified and asked Zhuang Linfei if there was any problem.But Zhuang Linfei quickly calmed down, her expression became normal, as if the flash of fear never happened.Zhuang Linfei just avoided answering Ren Xiaoqing's questions, and comforted her by saying that it was nothing serious, and that she would take half a day off tomorrow afternoon to see that woman.

Xiao Qing was still worried, but she couldn't help Zhuang Linfei's stubbornness, and was persuaded by her in the end, believing that nothing serious would happen, so she went downstairs and returned to her room.

At noon the next day, Zhuang Linfei returned home from get off work early. Dudu saw her mother whom she hadn't seen for several days. She was so happy that she jumped into her mother's arms and acted like a baby.

After a nap, Zhuang Linfei took Dudu out to play in the children's park as usual.She didn't go out alone, but brought Dudu with her because she was afraid that if Dudu didn't show up, that person might not show up either.She didn't know what the origin of that person was, but she could be sure that it was definitely related to that incident back then.Why did it take so long to find her?

The weather was still gloomy, but fortunately it didn't rain. After playing until 05:30 in the afternoon, Zhuang Linfei took Dudu home.According to what Xiao Qing said, that person will definitely be waiting under the streetlight at the gate of the community at this time.When she led Dudu into the entrance of the alley, she was already nervous.After so many years of investigation, she had no clue, and now, she finally had a clue for her to find.She must grasp it carefully, and not let this clue be lost in vain.

Sure enough, she saw a slender figure leaning against the wall next to the gate, standing under the streetlight.The man was wearing a light blue short windbreaker with a hood and long sleeves, the zipper was pulled on the abdomen, the chest was open, and a black tight vest could be seen underneath.The hood was on her head, and her face could not be seen clearly. She was only known to be a woman with a very good figure, slender legs, slender waist, plump breasts, and tall stature, like a model.

As she got closer, Zhuang Linfei realized that this person was a full head taller than her. She was indeed a foreign woman, tall enough for her to look up to.Just when she was in a daze, Dudu had already run up to that person, raised her lovely smiling face, burst into a big smile, and asked that person:

"Auntie, are you waiting for Dudu again?"

The man didn't answer, just bent down, and touched Dudu's little head lovingly, and Dudu narrowed his big eyes, seeming to enjoy it.

Zhuang Linfei was terrified, and quickly pulled Dudu behind her, and asked the woman sharply:

"who are you?"

The man didn't respond, didn't answer Zhuang Linfei, and didn't even look at her.Zhuang Linfei frowned her delicate eyebrows and asked in a low voice:

"What is your relationship with the Bureau of Biochemistry?"

In an instant, the man suddenly raised his head, and Zhuang Linfei felt a blue light shoot into her eyes like a sharp sword, and she panicked instantly.