Wu Pengpeng's drunk mind reacted half a beat slower. It took her a while to turn her head and ask, "What did you say?"
He Qian Shan looked at her innocent look, and the smile in his eyes grew stronger. "It's nothing."
She was so drunk now that she would surely have no memory of this when she woke up tomorrow. Even if they hugged and cried and recognized each other now, she would surely forget it all.
Moreover, he didn't know how she had come to this world, whether she had made any deal with the gods, or if there were any secrets she couldn't tell...
He was so afraid of losing her that he didn't dare to act rashly.
He was willing to wait, until one day in the future when she trusted him enough and was willing to tell him everything.
Then he would tell her that he had been waiting for her for many years.
He Qian Shan glanced at Wu Pengpeng, who seemed to be in a daze, in the rear - view mirror. His heart softened completely. "I didn't expect you to still remember him."
"Of course I remember!" Wu Pengpeng looked at the neon lights outside the window. Her voice was so soft that it seemed to come from the sky. "He was a ray of light in my miserable childhood!"
But He Qian Shan felt as if this sentence had hit his heart with the force of ten thousand jun. His heart suddenly twitched in pain.
Wasn't she also a ray of light in his miserable childhood?
The story started when he was eight years old. One day on his way home from school, he was kidnapped. When he woke up again, he was in a strange mountain and had become the son of a middle - aged couple.
He tried to escape, but every time he didn't go far before he was caught and beaten, and punished with three days of fasting.
After that, for a long time, he didn't try to escape again because he was planning a perfect escape plan.
His plan was carried out secretly, but it was accidentally discovered by the "sister" in his "adoptive parents'" family. The "sister" promised not to tell anyone, on the condition that he take her with him when he escaped.
He knew that the "sister" was also bought, and he softened his heart and agreed.
They planned very carefully. It took them a whole half - year to survey the route, gain the trust of the villagers, and make everyone think that he had given up and would not escape again.
He thought he would succeed this time, but unexpectedly, he was betrayed by the "sister". He was caught on his way to escape. His angry "father" hit him on the head with a wooden stick, and he fainted on the spot.
When he woke up again, he was in an orphanage, with a strange face and a strange name.
At that time, he was too young to understand what had happened. He begged the dean to send him back to the Song family in Jincheng.
The dean shook his head with pity and just sighed.
Later, he learned that there was no Jincheng here, and this place was not called Yun Country.
As an outsider from another world, he didn't fit in here. The kids in the orphanage didn't like him and even isolated and bullied him.
Once, he was locked in the toilet again. In the cold winter, his clothes were soaked. Cold and hungry, he finally put down his little "manly" dignity and squatted in the toilet, crying softly.
Just when he was about to faint from crying, the door of the toilet cubicle was opened from the outside, and a blinding light suddenly shone in.
He looked up blankly and saw a little girl with two braids standing in front of him.
After seeing his appearance, she frowned slightly, took off her shabby pink down jacket and put it on him, then reached out her hand to him. "Come with me!"
He reached out his hand as if in a trance and let her lead him forward.
"My name is Xiaoyuan. You can call me Sister Xiaoyuan like everyone else."
This was the second sentence she said to him. He stubbornly didn't want to be like everyone else, so he called her "Sister".
She really seemed to regard herself as his "sister" and was nicer to him than to other kids in the orphanage.
Because of her, he was never bullied again.
She became the only ray of light in his gloomy life. He chased that light every day and was willing to be the shadow behind her.
Gradually, they became good friends who could talk about anything. He was willing to share all the joys and sorrows in his short life with her, but he didn't dare to mention his origin.
He came from a place called "Yun Country", but there was no such country in this world.
He was afraid that if he told the truth, she would also regard him as a madman and stay away from and reject him like others.
He carefully guarded that secret, looking forward to the day when he was strong enough to tell her everything.
However, he left that world before that day came. He returned to that big mountain again. He tried to tell others his experience, but the whole village thought he was crazy.
Later, when he returned to Jincheng, he also tried to find that welfare home, but no one knew a place called "China".
It seemed like just a big dream from his childhood. When the dream ended, there were no traces left, and the past was like smoke.
But he still deluded himself by putting the name "Yuanshan" in his life, as if to pay tribute to his dream.
Now this dream had finally become a reality. She had come to his side across time and space.
He Qian Shan's throat was a bit choked, and his eyes were hot. He swallowed several times before finally squeezing out the words from his chest. "The person who made an appointment with you disappeared later. Do you miss him?"
"Of course!" Drunk Wu Pengpeng was extremely honest. "I want to know if he's doing well after being adopted, if his adoptive parents abused him, and if he's happy in his new home."
He Qian Shan silently answered this question in his heart. He hadn't been doing well.
Actually, it was okay at first. The young couple who adopted him from the orphanage were quite kind. They sent him to school, provided him with food and clothing, and never abused him.
Not long after, his adoptive parents had a younger brother. Actually, their attitude towards him didn't change much, but the look in their eyes when they looked at the younger brother was full of love and joy, a look he had never received.
He was actually envious in his heart, but not jealous. He just wanted to grow up well in this family and then go to his little girl for their appointment.
The younger brother grew up in love and became a spoiled child. Every day when he came home from school, the younger brother would ask him to play with him.
Once, when he was helping his younger brother pick up a toy at the stairway, the younger brother pushed him from behind. He rolled down the stairs and died on the spot.
When he opened his eyes again, he was back in Yun Country, still in that tall and scary mountain.
He had lived in China for five years, but only five days had passed in Yun Country.
This time, he didn't try to escape again. He spent ten years gaining the trust of his "adoptive parents" and gradually walked from the mountain to Jincheng and back to the Song family.
Then he used the power of the Song family to send the real culprit who had abducted him to prison. He didn't let go of his "adoptive parents" or the accomplices in the village.
Only the "sister" who had betrayed him, he couldn't bear to take action against.
Because of her, he had that adventure.
He Qian Shan looked at Wu Pengpeng in the rear - view mirror, his eyes gentle. His voice was so soft that it seemed as if he was afraid of disturbing something. "Did you look for him later?"
Wu Pengpeng nodded. "Yes, I did."
She seemed to remember something embarrassing and blushed shyly. Then she turned to look at him. "Actually, I used this name as my pen - name and wrote many novels. Maybe because my novels weren't popular, he didn't see them and didn't come to find me."
Her drunk eyes were misty, as if dotted with stars. He Qian Shan's heart skipped half a beat.
He licked his dry lips. It took him a long time to finally find his voice. "Do you... like him?"