Chapter 87
Half a beat later, the girl said awkwardly, "I forgot to sneak out the lighter."
Ling Chujin shook her head.
"...Fine." The girl seemed a little sad, "I was thinking of having a birthday before I die, but forget it, we're both going to die anyway, so one more birthday doesn't make a difference."
"It's your birthday today too?" Ling Chujin was surprised.
"Too?" The girl was also shocked, "It's your birthday today too? What a coincidence!"
After speaking, the other girl's eyebrows drooped down again, "It's a pity we didn't meet earlier, otherwise two poor souls could have celebrated birthdays together." Yôur favorite stories at novelhall.com
Ling Chujin was silent for a moment, looking at the other's disappointed expression, she uncontrollably felt compassion.
"We can still celebrate now."
This girl looks so pitiful, she was beaten up, and spending her birthday alone...she's even more miserable than me!
Ling Chujin softened a little, since they were both suicide jumpers, having a simple birthday together wouldn't be too much, right?
"Really?" The girl's eyes lit up, but she waved her hand and said,
"Forget it, don't waste your time, I've lived through so many bitter days, one more birthday doesn't make a difference."
After speaking, the girl took a deep breath, and gave her a bright smile, the fingerprints on her face even more obvious.
"Let's go, I'm ready, let's jump together!"
After saying that, Ling Chujin saw the girl turn her head and quickly rush in the other direction—
"Wait a minute!!"
Ling Chujin subconsciously called out to stop her.
"What's the matter?" The girl stopped, puzzled.
When she turned back, there were still traces of red blood on her teeth that hadn't been wiped clean.
What's the matter?
Ling Chujin couldn't help but start asking herself, why did she call out to stop her? Was it sympathy? Or—
It was reluctance.
Reluctant to see the lively girl end her life just like that.
At that moment, the thought to help the girl appeared instantly.
So she tentatively said:
"Um...I'm not in a rush either, why don't we celebrate our birthdays together first!"
After speaking, the leg that was outside the wall slowly retracted back in.
"Really?" The girl was a little suspicious.
"You're not trying to trick me right? Don't say we'll celebrate and then jump by yourself when I'm not paying attention!
And so, starting that day, Ling Chujin had a celebrity friend born on the same day of the same month of the same year.
"As for me, I'm an orphan without any family or friends. From now on, we can rely on each other!"
"Don't worry, I'll always be here, always with you!"
"If you're bored, you can be my fan! I don't have any fans yet..."
"When you're sad or upset, go check in and post on my super topic, and I'll reply and leave you messages when I'm free, okay?"
"Let me tell you, you're my first fan, you can't think about ending it all anymore, or else I won't have any fans left!"
"Rest assured, I'm very principled, I definitely won't let you down!"
"It's settled then!"
"Hey hey—little fan, why are you crying again? Don't cry, you have to be happy!"
......
"Mom, why are you crying again? Don't cry, you have to be happy! Dad and I will always be by your side!"
At that moment, Ling Chujin couldn't even speak. She just hugged her daughter and nodded.
She wondered, how could she be so fortunate?
In her youth, she met someone so amazing who gave her strength.
Now she could even have such a warm and kind little angel.
She really must have saved the Milky Way in her past life like people say online...
Ling Chujin didn't know if she had saved the Milky Way or not, Ji Ruochu only knew that without the Ling family, she would have disappeared long ago.
So, whether it was for their past relationship, or gratitude for her new life, she could not ignore Ling Chujin's recurring depression.
As a baby, Ji Ruochu saw Ling Chujin standing in her room, staring blankly out the balcony and floor-to-ceiling windows more than once.
She also saw her staring blankly at the knife blade more than once when cutting fruit with a paring knife.
So she started finding ways to make this couple work, doing everything slower than other children her age, lazy all the time.
As long as she could get them to do the work for her, she resolutely refused to do it herself, giving Ji Mochen more reason to stay home and discover his wife's abnormality.
And so, when Ling Chujin was staring blankly out the window, 6-month old Ji Ruochu suddenly rolled over, and let out a loud "Ah" towards her on the balcony.
When she was shocked by her own agility, she hurriedly went in to coax herself to do it again, then lazily held up her milk bottle and didn't move.
When Ling Chujin subconsciously started gesturing the paring knife towards her hand, she kicked an apple over, and let out another "Ah", signaling her to peel it.
In addition, after noticing something was off, Ji Mochen pushed away most of his work with the excuse of "needing to take care of my daughter at home", and Ling Chujin's condition gradually improved day by day.
Now, four years have passed, it's time to completely eliminate this illness.
"Mom, from now on you can only be my fan!"
Ling Chujin, it's time for you to get better...