Lin Jinran carried her suitcase up to the second floor. She lifted her eyelids and glanced at the other girl casually. "I advise you to drop your savior complex, or you'll get breast nodules."
Lin Tingnian: "???"
What kind of crazy nonsense was this?
Lin Jinran took out her key and bent down to unlock her room.
Lin Tingnian was so angry that her teeth itched. She gritted them and stared at Lin Jinran's back fiercely. "So what if you're back? This will never be your home."
The door opened smoothly. Lin Jinran first pushed her suitcase in, then turned to look at Lin Tingnian sideways and chuckled. "After not seeing you for half a year, your mouth has become even more piquant. Hmm?"
Lin Tingnian: "!!!"
She was just about to say "Who do you think you are" when with a loud "bang", the door slammed shut, kicking up a cloud of dust in her face.
Lin Tingnian quickly patted the dust off her clothes. After tidying herself up, she stared at Lin Jinran's room like a hungry wolf, as if to tell herself, "Anyway, you don't have many good days left. I'll just let you enjoy yourself for a while."
After saying that, she went into her own room and also slammed the door hard, as if to vent her pent - up anger.
Lin Jinran entered her room and took a quick look around.
No one had been in for half a year, and there was a layer of dust everywhere.
She was the only one with the key to this room. She didn't trust Yang Jinzhi and Lin Tingnian with it.
What if those two were peeping toms?
After almost two hours of hard work, the room looked brand new.
Lin Jinran went to sleep peacefully.
However, she had a nightmare that night.
Maybe it was because after being away for half a year, when she came back, the once - familiar home had lost every bit of its former appearance.
In the dream, she was standing beside the villa, walking around aimlessly, as if she had forgotten something very important.
As if sensing something, she suddenly looked up at the roof of the villa.
A figure floated down lightly, falling helplessly like a butterfly, and landed right in front of her.
The woman looked very familiar.
Blood began to spread in all directions instantly.
Her shoes got wet for no reason. When she looked down, she saw that the blood had already stained them.
Strangely, the blood started to spread up her legs.
First her shoes, then her calves, and then her thighs.
It was only then that the stunned Lin Jinran came to her senses. She let out a shrill scream and took several steps back.
But the blood was spreading much faster than she had expected. In a short while, her chest was also covered in blood.
Lin Jinran looked at herself turned into a blood - covered figure. Her vision went black, and she fainted.
She didn't know how long she had been lying on the ground when she woke up. Slowly opening her eyes, she saw Yang Jinzhi and Lin Tingnian.
Yang Jinzhi and Lin Tingnian were walking straight ahead in Wannanshi, looking for something but didn't seem to see her.
Lin Jinran thought it was strange and followed them.
She saw them go to the Rehabilitation Center Hospital in Wannanshi and then enter the ward where her mother was.
They pushed open the door.
Lin Jinran rushed in front of her mother, spreading her arms in an attempt to stop Lin Tingnian and Yang Jinzhi, but it was no use.
Yang Jinzhi and Lin Tingnian passed through her body. Yang Jinzhi let out a laugh and showed a vicious look in her eyes. She took out a pillow and pressed it hard on her mother's face.
She also heard Lin Tingnian's smug voice. "Old hag, as long as you're dead, my father won't have to pay such a huge medical bill for you every year."
"No, no, don't do this! You'll get your just deserts!"
Lin Jinran woke up from the nightmare with a start. Her glass - like eyes still showed the fear and terror from the shock.
Everything in the dream was so real that she thought it had actually happened.
The warm air was swirling around, but Lin Jinran felt a chill on her back. When she touched it, she realized that her back was soaked from the nightmare.
Her heart was still pounding violently.
Lin Jinran leaned against the pillow, pulling her legs up and hugging them with both hands. She buried her head deeply.
So many years had passed, but from time to time, she would still remember those fragmented memories from that year.
It was her nightmare.
A nightmare she could never get rid of in her life.
After a while, Lin Jinran calmed herself down. She took her phone from the bedside. It showed six o'clock in the morning. She had only slept for four hours last night.
There was a new WeChat message. Lin Jinran clicked on it and found it was from Su Qinian.
He had sent a photo of the snowscape and said, [The snow in the imperial capital is really beautiful.]
It was sent ten minutes ago.
Lin Jinran's pupils shrank suddenly, and her heart started pounding wildly.
Su Qinian was in the imperial capital?
Why did he suddenly come here?
Lin Jinran quickly replied, [Are you in the imperial capital?]
Su Qinian: [Yeah, I just arrived. Why are you up so early?]
Lin Jinran: [I had a nightmare. Where are you now? I'll come to you.]
Su Qinian sent a location. Lin Jinran clicked on it and found it was twenty kilometers away.
Lin Jinran: [Wait for me. I'll come to you.]
Su Qinian: [Wait a minute. I just got off the plane. I'm far from the city center. Let's meet in the city center. It'll be too much trouble for you to come all the way here.]
Lin Jinran blinked and sent her location to him.
After exiting the chat box, Lin Jinran hesitated for a while and then opened the chat box with Aunt Ying. "Auntie, could you please take good care of my mom? I'm afraid someone might do something bad to her."
Since the decline of the Xiang Group, Aunt Ying seemed to have a very weak relationship with them.
She hadn't heard any news about the Xiang Group from Song Langqing.
She also sent a message to Duan Dongwei to ask about the recent situation.
Then she got out of bed to take a shower and change clothes.
Almost seven o'clock, Lin Jinran quietly left home and took a taxi to the city center.
They had agreed to meet at a breakfast shop full of local flavor. Before her mother became a vegetable, she often came here for breakfast with her mother, and the boss knew her.
Lin Jinran arrived first. She greeted the boss with a smile and was surprised to find that the boss was now preparing lunch and dinner. "Boss, I remember you only sold breakfast before, right?"
The boss gave a bitter smile and shook his head. "Business has been bad recently. I can sell more if I offer lunch and dinner. Do you want the same as before? Are you alone?"
"The same as before, a bowl of rice noodles with an egg. I'm here with a friend today. He'll have the same."
Su Qinian sent a message saying he was almost there. Lin Jinran smiled slightly. After asking about his taste, she ordered for him and paid the bill.
Five minutes later, Su Qinian rushed in, looking tired from the journey.
Lin Jinran looked up and saw him coming in from outside. Against the backdrop of the snow, stepping on the bright ground, he walked towards her step by step.
Lin Jinran remembered the classic line of the Purple Cloud Fairy.
"My lover is a hero. I know that one day he will appear in a grand way, wearing golden armor and stepping on colorful clouds to marry me."