The person on the other end of the phone quickly told Li Zhien about the situation.

After hearing this, Li Zhien pleaded: "Aunt Chi, please help me help my grandmother to lie down on the bed at home, and then give her some medicine, okay?" The medicine is on the cabinet next to the bed. I'm a bit farther away now, but I'll get back quickly and take my grandmother to the clinic for an infusion. ”

"Okay." Aunt Chi said.

The phone hangs up.

Li Zhien hurriedly said to Jiang Liuxing: "Meteor Oba, can you please drive me home quickly?" ”

Jiang Liuxing nodded immediately, and he was standing next to him when Li Zhien answered the phone, knowing that it was her grandmother who had an accident.

Immediately, Jiang Liuxing and Li Zhien quickened their pace.

Jiang Liuxing couldn't help but ask: "Is the matter very strict?" ”

Li Zhien explained briefly.

It turned out that Li Zhien's grandmother suddenly fainted at the staircase just now, and was discovered by the neighbor's Aunt Chi, so she called Li Zhien's phone. However, according to Aunt Chi, Grandma was not unconscious, but fell to the ground due to dizziness and unsteady standing. And this has happened twice in recent days.

"Why don't the girl's parents care?"

Jiang Liuxing was puzzled, but he didn't ask.

Soon, the two returned to the dirt road where they came, and Jiang Liuxing drove a sky blue car with Li Zhien and galloped quickly.

After 40 minutes, Jiang Liuxing sent Li Zhien to her residence.

Li Zhien admired Jiang Liuxing's car so fast and controlled it very well, just like a racing driver.

After the car stopped, Li Zhien hurriedly got out of the car, and Jiang Liuxing also got out of the car.

"Meteor Oba, ...... you" Li Zhien wondered.

"Let me come with you, maybe there's something I need help with." Jiang Liuxing said calmly.

Li Zhien was stunned for a moment, the situation was urgent, and she couldn't take care of it anymore, so she nodded shamefully.

It's an old street.

There are some dilapidated residential buildings on both sides of the old street, all of which are thirty or forty years old, all of them are five or six stories high, and the people living in this old street are all poor people living at the bottom of the society, and many of them have come to Seoul from other places to work and earn money.

Such a dwelling, though not a slum, is not much better, and not far away, there are bustling high-rise buildings, which contrast sharply with the scene of this old street, and it seems to be a great irony.

Jiang Liuxing is not surprised that there is still such a place to live in Seoul, he clearly knows that South Korea is a country with a significant social gap between the rich and the poor, and most of the money is controlled by a very small number of big conglomerates.

Even in Seoul's most prosperous Gangnam district, there is a slum that looks like a third world slum: Kowloon Village.

The origin of Kowloon Village is the 1988 Seoul Olympics, in order to beautify Seoul, the South Korean government relocated the entire city of poor people here, and now most of the elderly people living alone in old age, living in simple squatter houses, lack of electricity supply, no heating equipment, and the bustling high-rise buildings in Gangnam District are only separated by a road, completely hidden under the prosperity of Gangnam District, and they are not even found on the map.

Whenever Jiang Liuxing passed by Jiulong Village, looking at the bleak scenes, he would feel the reality and cruelty of this society, and it also made him feel that he should really live a good life in the world, even if it was just to not let himself live in such a place.

Jiang Liuxing is not surprised that Li Zhien will live on this dilapidated old street, and he also clearly knows that the family background of many artists in South Korea is not good, especially those Gagman, in South Korea, the social status of artists is not high, and some artists are actually forced to embark on the road of artists out of helplessness.

Following Li Zhien, Jiang Liuxing walked into a dilapidated residential building, even the staircase was dark and damp, even with the smell of garbage, and the walls on both sides of the stairs fell off very mottled.

Li Zhien's home is on the third floor, saying that it is home, in fact, there are only two rooms, the total area is only about 30 square meters, the slightly larger room is both the living room and the kitchen, and there is a small room is the bedroom, which is crowded with two beds. There are three people living in this family, in addition to Li Zhien, there are also her grandmother and younger brother, Li Zhien sleeps in a bed, and the younger brother sleeps in a bed with his grandmother.

The walls of the home are also mottled and dark, damp, and the furniture is old.

One thing that is slightly conspicuous should be a computer placed in the corner of the big room, but it is only a very old second-hand computer, which was specially bought for her by Li Zhien's father when he came to visit her, because Li Zhien is not qualified to find a professional teacher to learn music, and usually can only learn by himself online.

A woman in her forties was sitting on a shabby sofa and was Aunt Chi, who lived next door.

Seeing Li Zhien walk in, Aunt Chi hurriedly stood up: "Zhien, you are finally back......"

She stopped in the middle of speaking, because she saw Jiang Meteor who was walking in.

He ...... He's an Oba I know, and he's a famous singer. Li Zhien gave a quick introduction, and then put the acoustic guitar and yellow schoolbag on the sofa.

Jiang Liuxing nodded to Aunt Chi and greeted respectfully: "Hello, Aunt Chi." ”

"Ah...... Hello, the young man is so handsome! Aunt Chi praised and asked curiously, "Are you a famous singer?" ”

Jiang Liuxing was embarrassed, although he has become famous on the Internet, he is not a famous singer for the time being.

Jiang Liuxing suddenly saw the dilapidated computer in the corner, thinking that Li Zhien should have paid attention to his situation on the Internet recently, and his heart couldn't help but feel sour.

Seeing this, Li Zhien hurriedly said, "Aunt Chi, I'm going to see grandma." ”

Aunt Chi reacted at this time and said embarrassedly: "Yes, yes, this matter is important." ”

Immediately, Li Zhien, Jiang Liuxing, and Aunt Chi walked into the small room together.

An old man with a yellow face and thin muscles was lying limply on a bed.

Li Zhien walked to the side of the bed, bent down and shouted, "Grandma, are you okay?" ”

The old man opened his eyes and squeezed out a smile: "It's Zhi'en, grandma is fine." ”

At this time, the old man saw Jiang Meteor.

Jiang Liuxing hurriedly bowed and said respectfully, "Hello, grandma, I am a friend of Li Zhien." ”

"He's an Oba I know, a famous singer." Li Zhien explained again, afraid that his grandmother would be worried, so he specially added: "He is very good, and he taught me to learn music." ”

The old man nodded.

Li Zhien immediately said, "Grandma, I'll take you to the clinic for infusion." ”

The old man shook his head: "No need, your Aunt Chi has already let me take medicine just now." ”

Li Zhien said: "But I still have to have an infusion, so that I can recover quickly." ”

The old man shook his head again: "Don't waste money, and it will be very tiring for you to help me go." ”

Li Zhien said: "This kind of money cannot be saved. ”

At this time, Jiang Liuxing stepped forward and said to the old man: "Grandma, look at your face is very bad, Li Zhien is right, you need to go to the infusion, let me carry you, then you don't need Li Zhien to support you." ”

Jiang Liuxing squatted down beside the bed and glanced at Li Zhien.

Li Zhien felt ashamed, but he couldn't care about it, so he immediately helped his grandmother up and let her lie on Jiang Liuxing's back.

"I'm too much trouble for you." The old man said to Jiang Meteor.

"It's okay, I'm a friend of Li Zhien." Jiang Meteor responded.

Immediately, Jiang Liuxing carried the old man on his back and went to a nearby clinic under the guidance of Li Zhien.

The clinic is on another street at the end of the old street, which has a bit of a commercial street feel.

The distance was not short, nearly 200 meters, and Jiang Meteor spent some energy on the railroad tracks in the afternoon, and when he carried the old man to the clinic, some beads of sweat appeared on his forehead and face.

"Zhi'en, your grandmother fainted again." Said the clinic doctor.

Because this has happened twice recently, the clinic doctor is also used to it, and while talking to Li Zhien, he inserts needles and infusions for the old man.

Li Zhien let out a "hmm" and glanced at Jiang Meteor next to him with his spare eyes, feeling ashamed.

"Alright, take good care of your grandma." The doctor inserted the needle, smiled and said a word, and walked out.

"Grandma, you can sleep for a while." Li Zhien said to his grandmother.

Grandma nodded and closed her eyes.

Li Zhien immediately pulled the corner of Jiang Meteor's clothes, Jiang Meteor understood, followed her out of the ward, and walked to a quiet window outside.

Li Zhien said: "Meteor Oba, give me a tissue." ”

Jiang Liuxing was stunned, took out a tissue and handed it to Li Zhien.

Li Zhien took the tissue, stood on tiptoe, and helped Jiang Liuxing wipe the sweat beads on his forehead and face.

Jiang Liuxing was moved, thinking that it was such a time, she still cared about herself.

While wiping, Li Zhien said ashamedly: "I'm sorry, Meteor Oba, I'm sorry for bothering you." ”

Jiang Liuxing felt the touch of her fingertips and said, "Don't bother, the first two times your grandmother fainted, did you help her to come here for infusion?" ”

Li Zhien had already helped Jiang Liuxing wipe his sweat, withdrew his hand and said, "Yes." ”

Jiang Liuxing nodded, thinking of the scene where the girl supported an old man and walked nearly 200 meters to get an infusion, he was a little distressed.

Li Zhien, who was physically and mentally tired, suddenly squatted in the corner.

Jiang Liuxing squatted down and said softly, "Can you tell me what the specific situation is in your family?" What about your mom and dad? Why aren't your mom and dad around? ”

He knew that it was inappropriate to ask like this, it involved **, but he still couldn't help asking, because he really cared about Li Zhien.

He would only ask this once, and if Lee was unwilling to answer or evade, he would not ask again.

To Jiang Liuxing's relief, Li Zhien was willing to confide in him about this kind of thing.

Li Zhien immediately explained.

……

Here's the situation.

Li Zhien's mother once worked as a guarantor for someone else, but the borrower fled, and he needed his mother, the guarantor, to take responsibility, and the family went bankrupt and owed a lot of debts. So, my father, mother, Li Zhien, and younger brother separated to avoid debts, and in the process, they had days under the fence and were despised by relatives and friends.

After the debt situation eased somewhat, his parents still lived separately and worked separately, while Li Zhien took his young brother to live with his grandmother.

Now that his parents have been working outside for a long time, they don't have much time to take care of Li Zhien, because they still have to pay off their debts and don't have much money to give her, so Li Zhien's life with his grandmother and younger brother is very difficult.

Because the room was always cold and the food was always insufficient, Lee and his younger brother sometimes had to rely on their grandmother to sell their jewelry to survive.

So Li Zhien already has a kind of consciousness, feeling that she needs to rely on her talent and ability in music to come out as soon as possible to make money, so far, she has participated in the trainee selection of entertainment companies more than ten times, including JYP Entertainment Company, but she has been eliminated, and now she is struggling to become a trainee of LOEN Entertainment Company.

Because there are more places to spend money to participate in these interviews, Li Zhien and his grandmother are more frugal in life, and sometimes the two only eat two meals a day. Li Zhien can bear it, but grandma can't bear it, her face is yellow and thin, and she is malnourished, so including today, she has fainted three times recently.

……

After a while, Jiang Liuxing listened to the explanation, and he finally understood why Li Zhien was so nervous and scared when he hit his car that day, Li Zhien's poor family could not afford to be held accountable or even compensated.

Recalling that Li Zhien, a young girl, was so happy and free when she was strolling on the railroad tracks before, compared to the lonely and sad appearance of her squatting in the corner now, Jiang Liuxing was very distressed.

"How many newborn innocences have been crushed by his huge body, and the soul of his former has stood in the distance and watched indifferently, and the prosperity he has painstakingly shaped has become an illusion to disguise the dark side, and the beauty he has destroyed has become madness in the near future."

Jiang Liuxing couldn't help but think of the lyrics he wrote in "Dusk", and felt that the surface of this world was rendered to be prosperous and splendid, but there were dark sides everywhere that were difficult to erase, and Li Zhien's experience was just one of them.

"Will this girl become a kind of madness in the near future?" Jiang Liuxing suddenly thought in his heart, "Yes, I believe she will, but her madness will be like a kind of phoenix nirvana, she will be like a fire phoenix, she has been tempered by darkness, and in the future, she will spread her wings and soar, blooming with brilliant and dazzling light!" ”

Jiang Liuxing couldn't help but reach out and gently touched Li Zhien's forehead.

"Shooting Star Oba, are you taking pity on me?" Li Zhien looked up at Jiang Meteor, his eyes were already a little moist.

Li Zhien sighed and said: "Yes, I am quite pitiful, you told me before, that each of us is a wanderer in the world, we live in this world, like a wandering child thrown by God on the earth, I was thinking, I am like a poor wandering child!" ”

Jiang Liuxing shook his head and said sincerely: "No, you are not pitiful, you are just a little unlucky, you have encountered a kind of darkness in the world, I just feel sorry for you, not pity you." ”

Or moved by these words, Li Zhien's moist eyes began to shed tears, but she couldn't hold back and didn't cry, this is a silent tear, but it is also a strong tear.

Jiang Liuxing took out a tissue and helped Li Zhien wipe it up, but this time it was not sweat that was wiped, but strong tears.

Li Zhien was even more moved, and he was more willing to confide in Jiang Liuxing.

So she said: "I rarely have the opportunity to meet and talk to my parents, I often feel lonely, and when I am lonely, I comfort myself and say, 'It's okay, I still have grandma,' and if I don't cheer up, I have nowhere to go." Aside from my grandmother, the only thing that makes me feel at ease is music, so I've always been escapist in music, and I've become more and more fond of music. ”

After a pause, Li Zhien said again: "I must not take the wrong path, because I don't have a stable home, unlike those girls who have a home, although I hate my mother and hate her for destroying the beauty of our family, but I still hope that with my own efforts, we can reunite our family as soon as possible, so I keep going to interviews and strive to become a trainee in an entertainment company." ”

Jiang Liuxing withdrew his hand to wipe his tears, nodded, and said sincerely: "You are already very strong, and I believe that you will not only become a trainee by Shun, but also become a very famous singer in the future." ”

Li Zhien said "um", stopped crying, and stared into Jiang Liuxing's eyes: "Thank you, Meteor Oba." ”

Jiang Liuxing paused and said, "I also want to thank you." ”

Li Zhien was puzzled: "Thank me for what?" ”

Jiang Liuxing touched Li Zhien's head and said with a smile: "Thank you for letting me know such a cute girl as you!" ”

Li Zhien sneered, the gloom in his expression seemed to be dispelled all at once, and he felt warm and happy in his heart.

Jiang Liuxing stood up: "Get up, you haven't eaten dinner yet, I'll take you to dinner." ”

Li Zhien stood up, but shook his head and said, "Don't bother. ”

Jiang Liuxing said: "But you always have to buy something to eat for your grandmother." ”

Li Zhien was stunned for a moment, and secretly blamed himself in his heart, on weekdays, grandma cooks at home, but today grandma fainted, the meal was not done, obviously grandma didn't eat dinner.

"Okay then." Li Zhien nodded.

Jiang Liuxing said: "You wait here for a while, and I'll go to the clinic to go to the toilet." ”

Li Zhien sneered: "Hmm." ”

Jiang Liuxing immediately ran into the clinic, but instead of going to the toilet, he found the doctor and paid the medical expenses of Grandma Li Zhien.

But Jiang Liuxing knew that this was far from enough to help Li Zhien, so he had already made other preparations.