The Fire of Destiny Chapter 1 The Encounter in Shanghai
A burst of rapid and piercing girl's shouts pierced the dust, and Bai Xue Sakura immediately opened her blood-red eyes and knelt on the floor full of ruins and fallen leaves. Looking at the exotic buildings around her, she knew she was in a dream again.
"Help me! Sakura, Concubine Qing save me! Ahh
At this time, Bai Xue Ying was kneeling outside the door, and saw her dirty little face, mixed with a very complicated expression, panic and anger occupied her whole body. She curled up slightly, covered her ears with her hands, and shook her head vigorously. She tried to resist all sounds, but this scene appeared in her dreams countless times, like a nightmare that would never wake up. And she is powerless. I just hope that I can wake up from reality sooner.
Eventually, she couldn't bear it anymore, and her palm-sized hands slowly clenched into fists, and she immediately got up from the ground. Picking up a stick, he rushed towards the door of sin...
After the Spring Festival, the weather in Shanghai gradually warmed up, and it was the day of school in a blink of an eye. On the blue tin staff building of a construction team, a petite, cute and sweet-looking girl, Bai Xueying, stretched her waist lazily. Scratched his long, unkempt black hair. A yawn, tears glistening on his long eyelashes. The snow-like skin is extraordinarily pale.
She subconsciously covered her chest, shook her unconscious little head and walked out of bed, unscrewed a bottle of heart-treating medicine on the table, poured out two, and ate it with water.
Pushing open the window, the afterglow of spring slipped in with the wind, gently caressing her slightly flushed cheeks, feeling warm. Bai Xueying couldn't help but have a trace of emotion flowing in her heart... Gradually, I don't know what wet her little hands that are as white as jade. My heart was empty, as if something had been lost.
In the dream just now, I retreated again...
Every time I fall asleep, I suggest that if I dream of this kind of scene again, I must rush into it as soon as possible. And I'm so useless, am I a demon? I can't save her in real life, even if I really save her in a dream, what can I do? It's not empty rejoicing yet....
At this time, the door was pushed open, and a middle-aged man in his forties stood in the doorway, looking a little tired and wearing a work coat, which was covered with dust. He looked like he had just gotten off work. "Sakura girl, have you woken up?" The middle-aged man said with concern as he stood at the door and took off his dirty overalls.
"Dad, you're off work." Bai Xueying hurriedly passed away the tears in her eyes, not wanting her father to find out.
The middle-aged man is Bai Yong, Bai Xueying's adoptive father, and is the foreman of a construction team in Shanghai, known as Lao Bai.
Lao Bai found Bai Xueying's appearance, and hurriedly walked over and asked with concern, "What's wrong?" Feeling uncomfortable again, huh? β
"No, I'm just..." Bai Xue Sakura didn't want her father to worry, and turned around and closed the window.
"I miss you two friends again..."Lao Bai patted her shoulder clearly and said, "It's been almost two years." I know you're worried about Su Qingge and Concubine Jiang Qing, no one wants that kind of thing to happen before. Qingge was taken to the country of Little Stick by her mother for treatment. As for Concubine Jiang Qing, didn't she go back to the Jiang Clan Martial Arts Hall opened by her grandfather, the knot in her heart can't be spared now, and when Su Qingge comes back, you will be reconciled at that time! β
"Well, I'll wait for the day Qingge comes back!" Her large, dark eyes showed a determined gaze.
"Hungry, Daddy will take you out for dinner." After saying that, the two of them put on their clothes and hats and walked down the workers' dormitory building. I met a lot of workers along the way, and they all greeted Bai Xueying warmly. Looking at the simple and kind migrant workers, Bai Xueying was very down-to-earth.
The two walked into a Lanzhou ramen restaurant, and Bai Xueying ordered her favorite fried knife. "Dad, I want to go back to school tomorrow." Bai Xue Ying raised her head and said, the red sauce was mushy.
"Is your body rested?" Lao Bai's father drank a few sips of mutton soup and handed it to his daughter with a tissue.
"Don't worry, great!" Bai Xue Sakura wiped her mouth and slapped her chest a few times.
Lao Bai's father said worriedly: "You have always wanted to go to Sioux City School before, such an expensive aristocratic school. Dad doesn't have that much money, but fortunately he has your master's logistical support. After what happened to Su Qingge last time, you also had a heart attack and had bypass surgery to get your life back. I stayed in the hospital for more than half a year, and I couldn't go to Sioux City University. Do you still insist on going to that school? β
"Dad, don't worry, I've been recuperating for more than half a year, and my studies have not been wasted and I've been studying on my own. Senior Li Xinze said that there is no problem in going directly to the sophomore year with my grades, and the tuition fee has been halved for me. In the past six months, I have helped out in the sweet cake shop and saved some money. A cute and confident smile appeared on his round cheeks.
"You don't have to worry about tuition, keep your money for living expenses." After speaking, Daddy Bai took out a card and handed it to Bai Xueying.
"Okay, thank you, Dad." Bai Xue Sakura didn't say much.
At this time, Bai Xueying's mobile phone rang, and the strange ringtone attracted curious eyes from the surroundings. Bai Xue Sakura quickly slid down the answer button.
"Sakura-chanβ" a deep voice came from the phone.
"It's me, junior brother, is there something wrong?" Bai Xue Sakura replied.
"When will you be back?" The other party's tone was very kind.
"There's news, right?" Snow Sakura's eyes widened in disbelief.
"It's time to start school, and there's a little news...", the other party replied helplessly.
"Okay, I'll try to get back tonight." Bai Xueying hung up the phone before Lin Xiu could finish speaking, put on her pink hat, and looked at her father expectantly.
"Is it Lin Xiu's phone?" Daddy Bai said without thinking.
"Dad, I want to go back to Sioux City now." Bai Xue Sakura said in an inaudible voice.
Daddy Bai glanced outside, and the last slanting sunset had gone down from the mountain.
"Won't it work tomorrow?" Lao Bai's father knew that he couldn't resist his daughter. Bai Xue Ying looked at her phone and was silent.
"Let's go." Old Bai's father paid the bill, and Bai Xueying walked behind him.
"Didn't your master allow it, did you investigate the things of the year privately?" The two of them walked in the direction of going back.
"We just want to get to the bottom of the matter." Bai Xue Sakura replied with a weak heart.
"Dad, don't tell my master!" Bai Xue Sakura's tone is half timid, half coquettish.
"Since your master doesn't want you to interfere, this case must be very tricky, and the main thing is to worry about you!" Daddy White seems to know a little bit about the situation.
Bai Xueying nodded helplessly, and said: "I'm really worried about Qingge, I'm afraid of losing her, thinking about everything she faced at the time, I really want to replace her to suffer." I just want to know what happened back then, why it was like this, why! It seemed that the emotions that had been suppressed for too long were awakened, and her big eyes were full of crystal tears.
Lao Bai's father comforted worriedly: "Child, don't be too sad, you will find your own answer." The most important thing for you now is to take care of your body. β
Soon, the two had returned to the second floor of the dormitory of the construction team and began to pack their backpacks, and many workers began to eat dinner, and the yard was particularly noisy, which seemed to dispel the coolness of the early spring night.
"Really, do you want to go back now? It's already dark. Daddy Bai looked at the sky that was getting gloomy.
"Dad, don't worry, Shanghai is only about thirty minutes away from Sioux City, and it will be there soon by train." Bai Xueying didn't look up and continued to stuff daily necessities into her backpack indiscriminately.
"Sit down, son, and listen to me." Daddy Bai sat at the messy table and said very seriously. Bai Xue Sakura stopped and turned her gaze to her father.
"Man is a curious animal, and the closer you get to the truth, what you often get is not an answer, it may be disappointment, or even danger... Lao Bai's father wanted to dissuade him, but he was worried, and his expression was very complicated.
Bai Xue Ying continued the movement in her hand, stopped for a while and returned: "I know what I'm doing, I'm just doing what a friend should do." The tone is firm and cannot be refuted.
Daddy Bai let out a low voice, got up and walked to the bunk bed, bent down and pulled out a dusty suitcase under the bed, and pulled it to the door to clean up the dust on it. Open the zipper and take out a black short leather jacket with a lot of value, and a very ordinary red jewelry box, and walk in front of Bai Xue Ying. Bai Xue Sakura had already packed her belongings and was about to put on her backpack.
"This is?!" Bai Xue Ying asked curiously.
"This dress is the clothes of a drunk boy you brought back when you left last summer, you forgot"
"It's him!" A wicked smile flashed in Bai Xueying's mind, a hint of imperceptible shyness flashed in her eyes, and her round cheeks were flushed.
"You girl." The old white father gently rubbed his daughter's forehead, and his eyes were full of doting.
"Dad." Bai Xue Sakura's face flushed with disgust.
"Where's this?" Bai Xueying carefully put away her black leather jacket and looked at the red jewelry box expectantly.
Daddy Bai slowly opened the lid of the box, and inside was a transparent pendant resembling an oval heart, the crystal clear surface refracting a strange and eerie light in the top light. Bai Xue Ying instantly felt a strange power in her heart, prompting her to touch this strange pendant.
"What is this? Dad! Bai Xue Sakura looked intently at the oval heart-shaped pendant in her hand, and carefully found that underneath the transparent crystal was a layer of faint pink rock mass. It is covered with cracked fine lines that stretch out like the branches and leaves of cherry blossoms. Staring at those cracked lines, Bai Xue Sakura seemed to see a very familiar little girl with white hair of six or seven years old beckoning and smiling at herself under the cherry blossoms in the sky, and when she wanted to get close to her, she felt like she was stuck in an endless abyss and couldn't move.
At this time, the old white father instantly took away the pendant in Bai Xueying's hand. Bai Xue Sakura woke up like a dream, only to find that her forehead was full of sweat, and her breathing became short. With wide eyes and puzzled questions, he asked, "Dad, what's wrong with me, I feel like I've had a long dream!" β
The old white father walked to the door of the aisle, slowly lit a cigarette, and without saying a word, looked at the dark world that had been lit up by neon. Bai Xue Ying also walked out, and Bai Xue Ying could see that her father seemed to be recalling something, and she couldn't help but get nervous.
"Alright, here's the car." At this time, a dusty three-wheeled convertible electric car drove downstairs, and an old man about sixty years old came down from it.
Bai Xue Sakura looked at her father in surprise, eager to get the answer she wanted from his mouth.
"You take this cherry blossom pendant with you first, don't stare at it for too long, it's generally fine, and wearing it regularly will be good for your body. Remember, don't show it to anyone, take care of it. Daddy Bai's serious and serious voice spit out along with the smoke.
Bai Xue Sakura took the cherry petal pendant and said, "Why do I look familiar?" β
"It may have something to do with your background." Daddy White took a deep puff of his cigarette.
"My background?" Bai Xueying had long known that she was not born to Lao Bai's father, but she had no memory of what happened before she was five or six years old. What happened 15 years ago, where were their parents and family, and why did they abandon themselves? Bai Xue Sakura subconsciously clenched the cherry blossom petal pendant in her hand.
"I don't know the specifics, you were brought back by your master twelve years ago, when you had a high fever and a high degree of coma, and when you were sent to the hospital, the doctor said that you had congenital heart disease. You may die at any time, and your master and I will do everything we can to save your poor little girl. Thankfully, you survived, and you don't remember anything after that, and you don't know what your name is. Fortunately, you are smart and sensible, so we simply kept you by our side. β
Bai Xueying has a vague memory of her childhood, and she can't remember anything, and the more she thinks about it, the more she has a headache. The only thing left by me is this cherry blossom petal pendant and the cherry blossom mark imprinted on the body. This cherry blossom mark is about the size of a quail egg. On the left side of your waist. The position of the pattern is closer to the hips and more private, and it only appears when your body temperature rises, so basically no one knows about this cherry blossom mark except for your family. This is also where her name comes from.
"Sakura girl, can you go?" At this time, an amiable voice came from downstairs. It was an old man in the grade, driving a dilapidated electric car, happily looking at a father and daughter upstairs.
"Soon, Grandpa Shang!" Bai Xueying grabbed her mobile phone and put on her heavy backpack and planned to go downstairs. At this time, the reluctant voice of Lao Bai's father sounded behind him: "It's cold at night, put on your hat, and send me a message back when you arrive in Suzhou City." β
"Well, goodbye Dad!" Bai Xueying waved her hand to her father upstairs, showing a bright and lovely smile. The big eyes shimmered like crumpled starlight in the eyes.
Bai Xueying sat in a swaying electric car and looked at the countryside at night, her thoughts wandering in the cold wind of early spring in the south of the Yangtze River. Bai Xue Sakura pulled the pale pink woolen knitted hat on the puller's head. The car quickly drove to the side of the high-speed rail station. Suddenly, the car came to a halt. Bai Xueying poked her head out of the car window and saw that there seemed to be a section of construction in front of her, leaving a high mound of dirt in the middle of the day. It's already very narrow and blocked.
Grandpa Shang also got out of the driver's seat and complained: "Who is this, I won't let the road go." In a blink of an eye, he looked at Bai Xue Ying with a smile: "Sakura girl, look at this?" β
"It's okay, Grandpa Shang, it's almost there anyway. I can walk over it myself. Bai Xueying looked at the high overpass, took out 20 yuan from her body and handed it to the old man.
"How embarrassing that is," the old man grinned, scratching his graying hair.
"It's so late, and I asked Grandpa Shang to send me out, but I bothered me. You go back first, and I'll follow the path myself. With that, he carefully stepped over the high mound with a heavy backpack on his back.
She was so skinny that she had been gone for only a few minutes. Bai Xue Sakura felt her legs sore, and she gasped for breath. The underside of the overpass is full of piles of household garbage and foul-smelling sewage. Bai Xueying looked left and right to see if there was any shortcut to get to the high-speed rail station quickly, and her current location was below the overpass, and above was the high-speed rail station at her fingertips. Bai Xue Sakura couldn't wait to put on her wings and fly up immediately.
The only way to get to the station from under the overpass is through a concrete path by the river and then turn left into the underpass. On the left side of the concrete path is a high hillside with flowering oleanders, and on the right side of the road are a few flickering street lamps, and under the dim light are the fruits and vegetables of the farmers planted by the river.
The night was as cool as water, and a crescent moon had risen in the air.
Bai Xueying looked at the time and saw that it was almost 7 o'clock, and I didn't know if there was a car. I was very anxious, but I could only speed up the double 11 road under my feet. When Bai Xueying first walked to the middle of the concrete path, she found a brand-new motorcycle parked next to oleander on the side of the road, which seemed to be worth a lot of money. Look at the shape is very peculiar, like a mountain motocross bike. The car had not yet turned off, and black smoke was suddenly emitting from the exhaust pipe. Bai Xue Sakura was curious and stepped forward to take a look. At this time, Bai Xueying saw more than a dozen people in suits appearing in front of her, walking quickly towards this side, looking like people from the underworld.
Bai Xueying looked around, whether there was a movie nearby, and she strayed into the set. Just as he was about to hide, he suddenly heard a lewd laugh from the oleander next to him: "Hello, friends, I'm your little brother, Daystar." I don't forget to broadcast it to you on the way to escape now, I want to make it convenient now, you are not allowed to peek at it! As soon as the words fell, there was a sound of the faucet opening in the forest.
Bai Xue Ying felt a red face, as if she remembered who this voice was, and her heart couldn't help but start beating wildly.
When he was at a loss, he saw a black helmet hanging from the friction car, which was immediately put on his head. It quickly turned into an oleander forest. The young man, who had just finished zipping the front brake, noticed a big head squeezing behind him, and he was so frightened that he began to scream.
Bai Xueying hurriedly stepped forward to cover his mouth and turned off his mobile phone live broadcast. Signal for someone behind him to come. The dozen or so black-clothed people seemed to hear a movement here, and quickly rushed over in groups of black in two and three steps, shouting: "Er Shao! Two less! "They ran to the motorcycle, and were about to look around, when they noticed something unusual under the overpass and immediately chased after it.
Bai Xue looked at the young man with a disgraced face, and asked in disbelief, "You ran away from home again?!" β
He is so good-looking, Bai Xue Ying can't describe him too much. In a moment, the boy regained his composure, as if the lewd man who was peeing on the live stream of his eyebrows just now was gone.
"Who are you? You know me?! The boy stared at him questioningly.
"I... I don't know! Although she couldn't see each other's faces in the gray oleanders, Bai Xueying still lowered her head weakly, saying in her heart that you might not remember me anymore.
"Let's get out of here first!" The lean figure quickly cut through the woods, and the boy was already in the car in a blink of an eye. Bai Xue Sakura followed closely behind and came out. Bai Xueying saw the familiar and strange boy again, still dressed in black, but in the cold weather, she wore a long black windbreaker. It looks very smart and refreshing. His short black hair fluttered in the night breeze, and his bangs were slightly upturned, matching his slender and slightly upturned eyelashes, which looked beautiful. There is still an unstoppable smile on the corner of his mouth.
The young man saw Bai Xueying wearing a big helmet in a daze, and said with his eyebrows: "Don't get in the car?" β
"Ahh The face under the helmet seemed to be red again.
"You're going to drive?" The boy smiled as he looked at his small body with a man's helmet on top of it.
"I won't ride a motorcycle trailer." Bai Xue Sakura hasn't reacted yet.
At this moment, a loud shout came from behind him, "There! β
The boy shouted, "Get in the car!" Bai Xue Sakura struggled to climb into the back seat with her backpack.
"Hold on!" The boy immediately started the motorcycle, and the huge inertia made Bai Xue Sakura almost fall off, instinctively hugging the boy's slender waist.