Chapter 57: Another Timeline
June 8, 2020
The construction site where He Ping works has been suspended.
The boss Song Jianren smoked cigarettes one after another, and he wanted to die now. Yesterday, Lao Chen fell off the scaffolding and is still in a coma. The doctor said that he was still in a dangerous period, and whether he could wake up was only five or five.
Song Jianren doesn't want to see this situation the most, it's better if a person dies, it's a hundred, and he loses a lot of money, if he becomes a vegetative person, wouldn't he have to support Chen for the rest of his life?
This incident was enough of a headache, but who knew that something would happen again.
Song Jianren had just finished dealing with Lao Chen's side when the phone suddenly rang.
"Boss, something is wrong!"
It was Liu Fenglan, who was in charge of cooking, and her brainless words scared Song Jianren into a rage.
Song Jianren wiped the sweat from his palms, took a few deep breaths, and said calmly: "I was shocked, say, what's the matter?"
"That He Ping is gone!"
Song Jianren laughed secretly in his heart, that's all there is to it? Needless to say, that kid is tired and running. Without Lao Chen, the work tasks were all added to He Ping. At the end of such a day, even he, Song Jianren, will be tired, not to mention a student who has just graduated from high school and has not dried his meat.
"That's it, you know!"
Song Jianren was about to hang up the phone.
"No, boss, come quickly!"
Liu Fenglan's voice was eager, as if she was about to cry.
Song Jianren drove to the construction site. Where is this tired running, the area where they are working, there is nothing left, only a deep ravine, like a knife, smooth and abnormal. It's really gone, I'm afraid there is not even ashes.
The construction site was cordoned off, and Song Jianren and the workers were given a gag order.
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In 2028, City B, Xishan Villa District.
In a villa, a beautiful woman stood in front of the window, looking out of the window fixedly.
The woman's skin is like condensed fat and her figure is exquisite, which is much better than those so-called celebrities who have used countless layers of filters and have gone through several P pictures.
The woman kept standing like this, like a statue.
Sunlight slanted into the room, like the hands of a clock, slowly gliding across the mahogany floor.
The woman sighed softly and slowly walked to the other side of the room, where she sat down at a square table.
The woman took herself a cup of tea, took a sip of it, and stared fixedly at a photo on the wall.
In the photo, she is smiling, and she is almost like two people now.
The picture was seven inches in size, and she was the only one standing alone on the right. The middle and left sides of the photo are empty, as if something had been lost.
The woman did not speak, and two lines of tears slipped silently down her cheeks.
She didn't wipe it, and let the tears flow slowly. One drop, two drops, and slowly, a small pool of water gathered on the table.
She stared blankly at the photograph for some time, and after some time, the corners of her mouth rose slightly, revealing a smile, even though the tears on her face had not dried.
The woman wiped the tears from the table with a tablecloth, her face froze, as if she had made an important decision, and walked quickly to the study. I quickly wrote a letter, folded the letterhead, and put it in an envelope.
The woman hesitated and made a phone call.
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At dusk, a tall girl in a white school uniform with long hair and a shawl got off the bus.
The girl moved her heavy schoolbag to make herself more comfortable on her back.
The bus started slowly, and at this time, the window suddenly opened a gap, and a round-faced girl poked her head out, waved her hand, and said, "Goodbye Li Ling!"
The girl raised her head and waved at the bus: "Goodbye!"
It was a beautiful face, with a creamy skin, curved eyebrows as black as ink, eyes as bright as stars, and long and curved eyelashes. The straight nose, with the cherry mouth, is indescribably cute.
Li Ling walked alone on the street, and the high school entrance examination was going to be taken in half a year, and they had to make up classes almost every day in the third year of junior high school.
Li Ling doesn't have to worry about her studies, she is the first in her class every time she takes an exam, but she has never been proud, she has always worked hard, it is this kind of dedication that makes her academic performance always maintain such results, right?
There was a joke in the class: a classmate asked her how she could get a score of 148 in mathematics, and she said, "Wouldn't it be better to do one less multiple-choice question?" She did score 148 points, just once, it wasn't that she didn't do a multiple-choice question, it was that she understood the wrong question! She actually understood the wrong question, damn it! She still likes 150 points, hehe.
Think all the way, go all the way. A person in front of her walked towards her, Li Ling went around to the left, that person also went to the left, she went to the right, and that person also went to the right. Li Ling frowned, raised her head, and saw a cold face.
Before Li Ling could speak, a white-gloved hand suddenly covered her mouth. At some point, a person appeared behind her, and he immediately controlled her, his big hands were like iron hoops, and no matter how hard she struggled, he couldn't break away.
Li Ling was terrified and wanted to shout, but she could only make a whining sound in her mouth.
Thinking of the terrible things that might happen, Li Ling struggled desperately, but it didn't help at all. The hand of the man behind her was too strong, and the man in front of her also came over to help hold her.
A black sedan was parked next to it at some point, and the door was open. The two men lifted Li Ling up and walked to the car door.
Seeing that she was about to be stuffed into the car, in desperation, Li Ling bit hard at the hand that covered her mouth. The man snorted, shaken all over, but didn't let go of his hand.
Li Ling was stuffed into the car, the black sedan slowly opened, and the windows were closed. The hand that covered Li Ling's mouth was soaked red, but she still held her tightly. Looking at the two tall men on both sides of her body, Li Ling's face turned pale, and she didn't dare to think about what would happen at all.
"As long as you don't shout, I'll let you go!"
A cold voice sounded in Li Ling's ear, it was the man who covered her mouth.
Li Ling nodded hurriedly.
The man still didn't seem at ease, and said, "The windows are bulletproof glass, and your voice can't be heard at all." ”
After speaking, the hand covering Li Ling's mouth finally let go.
Li Ling was squeezed in the middle, she knew that she couldn't run, so she could only plead in a low voice: "Uncle, please let me go! I am only thirteen years old." ”
The corners of the man's mouth seemed to bend slightly, but he didn't speak, just handed over an envelope.
Li Ling hesitated and didn't dare to pick it up.
"Don't ask why, you need to memorize every word in the letter, and then we'll send you back. You can't tell anyone what is going on here. It was the person who handed her the envelope that spoke.
"Really?" Li Ling didn't believe her ears.
The man nodded. Li Ling opened the letter, there were not many words in it, only a few hours and a few simple things that needed to be done. What she didn't understand was that the earliest time the letter was written was in 2016, when she was only two years old.
"That's all?" Li Ling asked.
The man nodded again and said, "With your IQ, it's not difficult to remember this." I need you to memorize every word. ”
Li Ling read the letter again, thought she had written it all down, and looked at the man.
The man took the letter and lit it with a lighter.
When Li Ling was wondering, she suddenly felt a pain in her left arm, but she saw the man who had bitten the palm of her hand remove a needle from her arm.
"What are you going to do?"
Li Ling only asked these words, and then fainted.
When Li Ling woke up, she found herself sitting on the ground against the wall, and the street lights were already on. Through the light, Li Ling saw that her schoolbag was placed next to her, and the location she was now in was near her home. Li Ling picked up her schoolbag and stood up in a trance.
Not far away, a black sedan suddenly accelerated, whined, and disappeared into the distance.
In the villa, the woman sighed softly. By this time, it should have been done, but why hadn't anything changed? She glanced at the photo, which showed her alone.
The phone rang, and the woman pressed the answer button. A man's voice came from inside: "Sister Ling, it's done." ”
"Thank you!"
With a few polite words, the woman put down the phone. Something suddenly crossed her mind: eight years ago, she was standing on the edge of that construction site, staring at the terrible ravine, silent.
She was a step late and failed to save He Ping.
Li Ling had two completely different memories, as if they had happened at the same time.
In my memory, it shouldn't be her alone in that photo, but also him, her mentor, and her husband, as well as their child Tiantian.
"Mommy, Mommy, why hasn't Dad come back yet?"
There seemed to be a sweet voice ringing in my ears again.
"Dad is busy, wait a little longer!" Li Ling stroked her daughter's long hair.
"But I want to hear my dad tell me stories!"
"Mom will tell you, okay?"
"No, no, I want to hear my father tell 'The Little Tailor's Tale.' ”
......
"Mom, wasn't the sky gray when you were a child?" Tian Tian asked, tilting her head.
"No, it was blue at that time. ”
"What about the sea?"
"The sea is blue too!"
"Wow, that's beautiful!"
In her memory, people lived in a very bad environment, but she felt happy until that day......
In the laboratory, only Xiao Lin, Li Ling and a middle-aged man in a white coat with messy hair remained, and that person was He Ping.
He Ping's eyebrows were tightly locked, and he paced back and forth restlessly.
"Mr. He, do you really plan to do that? The leaders will not agree. ”
Kobayashi said cautiously.
"No way, look outside, maybe we can survive, but what about our children?
"If there was no time machine, wouldn't we see each other?
"I can't watch this world ruin, let alone things happen because of me!"
He Ping's face was full of sadness, for the sake of this world, he not only had to sacrifice his future, but also his family, is it worth it?
All three fell silent.
After a long time, Li Ling said: "Otherwise, I'll go back to my student days first, and let me go back at that time, isn't it okay?"
He Ping's eyes lit up, maybe this is really a good way.
In Li Ling's other memory, He Ping disappeared after graduation, and she finally found out about He Ping, but found that it was someone else.
Until that day, she saw that terrible ravine. At that time, she was still thinking that anyway, the task was completed, and He Ping would die if he died.
Little did she know that at that time, she had lost the most important thing!