The Spirit World

Chapter 78 reality
"You wait here for a moment..." The deputy dean's wife said to a middle-aged couple as she entered Lin'er's room. The middle-aged man was wearing a neat suit and a black hat, while the middle-aged woman was wearing a neat white dress. The white lace flowers on the hat still brought out her charm.

"Okay..." They both answered at the same time. The man looked into the house politely, but he was tilted and couldn't see inside. The woman wanted to see more, so she put her hand on the door and watched the vice president walk gently to the bed, following the rabbit-shaped alarm clock, pink sheets and pillows, and a small bulging quilt. Inside was their adopted child, whom they had already seen. In the face of such a big event, the two had hesitated for a long time. Today was the day they would take Lin'er back.

They were eager to have this little cutie become a member of their family. Just as they said, they felt Lin'er was friendly, sensible and well-behaved the first time they met her. When they made up their minds, they were so happy that they couldn't sleep all night. They had even thought about every day this petite girl would be by their side, caring for her and loving her.

The vice-president gently lifted the quilt. Lin'er was awake but did not respond to her. The vice-president was stunned for a moment. Lin'er's tears had soaked the pillow. Her hair was sticky and stained with tears. New tears were still flowing from the corners of her eyes. She stared at the ceiling blankly. She did not make a sound even though she was choking. There was a plum-like scar on her forehead that was shocking. The tear marks on her tender face had not yet dried. A speechless heartache was revealed on the vice-president's face, but she could not speak. She did not know why Lin'er was like this. She could only pick her up and pat her on the back. She could not say anything.

Lin'er was weakly picked up by the vice president, her sadness was beyond words, her eyes were red, even the woman outside the door was blurry.

"What's wrong?" The woman outside the door came in like the wind. Looking at the girl who was about to come into her family, her haggard face made her mouth open in surprise. She wanted to try to comfort her, but she could only put her hands behind the vice-president's back awkwardly and had no way to touch her.

"Why is this happening? What happened?" The man outside the door was so angry that he wished he could bite his teeth off.

"What's wrong with her?" The woman looked at Lin'er with heartache. She was not angry, but her voice was very soft. She looked at the child who was crying like this, she half-knelt and slowly put her hands on her head.

"Lin'er, what's wrong with you? Can you tell grandma?" The vice president patted Lin'er's back gently. It was the first time she saw Lin'er like this. She was always sunny, and that kind of sad expression seemed to never appear on her face.

"No..." Lin'er wanted to stop sobbing, she was so hoarse that she couldn't make any sound. She wanted to cheer up, but she couldn't smile. The vice president wiped her tears, turned around and said to the woman and the man: "I'm sorry, she can't leave with you in this state..."

"Has anyone bullied her?" The man took off his hat, walked into the room, and half-knelt in front of the woman. He looked at Lin'er's red eyes, feeling so distressed that he couldn't look at her directly, so he could only turn his face away.

"Last night, we were all looking for her. I don't know if she was scared or not. There was a kid-like person who led everyone to surround her. Although we stopped them in time, we still had no idea how much damage it had done to her..." The vice-president's tears fell little by little: "I'm really sorry, I didn't expect it to be so harmful..."

"Bang!" The man punched the wall, and the alarm clock was shaken up and shifted.

"Let me go see that little bastard!" The man put on his hat angrily, his eyes and eyebrows almost tangled together in anger, and motioned the deputy dean to lead the way. It was obvious that he had never been angry before, so his expression was not so serious, and his fists were not clenched so tightly, but this feeling like his own daughter was being bullied made him directly furious.

"Ah, don't be like this..." The woman was also a little annoyed. She stood up and looked at Lin'er and said, "Can you take us to see the child? We need some explanations."

"...I'm really sorry. It was obviously the last night here, but I still couldn't protect Lin'er..." "It's not your fault... Vice Dean, I really want to go find that child and argue with him...I know that it's not an adult's thing to mess with children, but doing such bullying is no different from what the prisoners in the cell do. Lin'er is such a good child. What if she is left with a psychological trauma that follows her for the rest of her life? That child must get the punishment he deserves!" The woman stood up and looked at the vice dean. Lin'er's red eyes were even a little dull. She didn't seem to hear their speeches. She looked outside the door and a golden little man came into her sight. The golden little man tilted his head and looked at her. His golden eyes were not wide open because of heartache. He didn't come in, but just looked at her like that. No one knew why he appeared, and no one could see him, except Lin'er.

Lin'er looked at him, still as if her heart was dead, tears gathered in the corners of her eyes, crystal clear, she no longer had any strength, could not speak, could not do anything. She looked at the man and the woman, the two people who were about to become her parents, and her tears still did not disperse.

"I have no way to excuse myself. I didn't rush to stop the bullying last night. As for that child, he refuses to change his ways. No punishment can make him correct his behavior. We have tried... He is still young, and we don't have any way to deal with him... He has given up on himself, and even if you see him, there is nothing you can do..." The vice president could only touch Lin'er's head over and over again. What happened on the Internet yesterday had shaken her heart. The fat boy named Chang Yufeng brought a group of people to grab Lin'er's hair and they even beat her with punches and kicks. This was beyond her cognition. She had no way to rush over and slap the group of kids away. The security guard had gone somewhere, and the young nurse was not there either. Sometimes, when this feeling of powerlessness really happens, no one can be spared.

"We can't let our children bear his sins! What a little beast!" The man punched the wall again in anxiety. It seemed that this was the only way for him to vent his anger.

"I don't know how Lin'er was threatened or bullied by that boy last night. I only know that my Lin'er was surrounded and bullied by them! I must do something! I can't bear to see the poor child like this. I feel very uncomfortable. As the child's adoptive mother, I must teach those who bullied her a lesson. This is my responsibility!" The woman's eyes were red, and she motioned to the vice president to lead the way.

The vice president held Lin'er in his arms, and Lin'er held her tightly. She stood up, but her back could no longer be straightened. She looked at the man and woman, whose faces had turned black, and walked out of the room step by step. The man and woman followed behind her, unable to say anything.

The moment they walked out, the little golden man stretched out his hand to hold Lin'er's hand, but the golden hand passed through like smoke. The little golden man was sad and surprised, and his sad golden pupils were full of her sadness.

The golden man chased after her and came to the room. He watched the woman grabbing the bucktoothed girl's ear and scolding her, and watched the man and the fat boy wrestling with each other. He suddenly felt that this absurd world was so absurd.

He slowly walked to the side of the vice president. He looked at Lin'er's face and stroked it. Lin'er looked at him with a smile on her lips, but she was still too tired to raise her lips.

She smiled sadly. He saw it, but he could do nothing.

Which of these three chapters are Lin'er's ancient memories, which are close to reality, and which are Lin'er's imagination...

I don't know... I only know that in the next chapter, the fat boy in the if line will die...

(I think it’s a bad writing habit to switch angles too frequently… the coherence will be very poor, so frequent revisions are necessary, but I’m very busy now, which can be seen from my update time… so, thank you very much for reading!)
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