—Later I discovered that there really is a God in this world, and she will give me back the love I lost.
It's quite a tearjerker.
Xu Qingzhu is not someone who can easily immerse herself in movies. As someone who is unfamiliar with film and television dramas, she usually watches highly rated ones, which rarely make her cry, even though the comments section is already filled with: "Tears are flowing like a river," and "My hands are shaking from crying."
She still didn't react.
She once watched a tearjerker with Xu Qingya. Xu Qingya cried her eyes out, but she remained unmoved.
Xu Qingya said she was cold-blooded.
But this time, perhaps because of the added influence of her past memories, she couldn't stop crying halfway through the movie.
It incorporates almost all of my childhood memories.
Her eyes were still red when Liang Shi knocked on the door to call her for dinner.
When the door opened, Liang Shi was startled. "What's wrong? Did I do something to upset you?"
Please, please, it can't be.
Otherwise, the system will add bad luck points to her.
Xu Qingzhu said expressionlessly, "No, but it has something to do with you too."
Liang Shi's heart jumped into his throat.
“I watched the movie you just mentioned,” Xu Qingzhu added.
Liang Shi was relieved. "I haven't watched it in a long time. That film is a masterpiece in my heart."
Xu Qingzhu glanced at her, "When did you become so fond of watching movies again?"
Liang Shi: "..."
She remained silent for a long time before retorting with a quote from Xu Qingzhu: "Perhaps you've never truly understood me either."
Xu Qingzhu: "?"
//
Xu Qingzhu was going out to meet a client in the afternoon, leaving Liang Shi alone at home.
Their department was also working overtime. She, Li Ran, and Zhou Li held an online meeting to discuss the interview with Zhao Ying. Li Ran was responsible for drafting the interview transcript, while Liang Shi assisted her, mainly by checking for typos.
After Li Ran logged off, a child appeared in Zhou Li's camera lens.
Rainbow greeted her, "Sister Liang, do you have any sci-fi movie recommendations? I'm having a movie drought."
Liang Shi: "..."
She still couldn't get used to Rainbow, this genius girl.
With a youthful face, he spoke to her indifferently as an equal.
However, Liang Shi still responsibly gave her a list of movies.
Rainbow was very polite, saying, "Thank you, Sister Liang."
Liang Shi said no.
After hanging up the video conference, Liang Shi had nothing to do. Li Ran's manuscript was not yet finished, so it was naturally not her turn to proofread it.
Bored, she reread "The Lonely Island".
In her memory, it was indeed a movie she watched when she was ten years old.
But the film was released when she was five years old.
But she has no memory of anything before she was eight years old.
Few people actually know about this. Liang Shi never mentions it to anyone. Apart from her grandparents, she has hardly had any other close relatives around her.
Although her agent and assistant treat her very well, and she is the most likable person in any environment, she is used to being alone.
According to her grandparents, her parents passed away when she was eight years old.
When she was eight years old, she fell seriously ill and then lost all her memories.
She doesn't remember her parents or what she experienced before she was eight years old, but her grandparents were very good to her. Despite the family being poor, her grandparents did their best to give her the best and provided her with a lot of warmth.
When she was in elementary school, many people would ask about her parents, and she would say, "My parents went to a very far place."
For a long time, Liang Shi was very sad.
She wasn't sad because she didn't have parents and lacked parental love compared to others; rather, she was sad because she had lost all memories of her parents.
Her parents must be very sad.
She had told her grandmother this before, but her grandmother comforted her, saying, "Your parents would be very happy to see you like this now."
She then asked, "What was I like before?"
Grandma smiled without saying a word, patted her head and said, "You've always been the best child."
Liang Shi was reminded of some unpleasant memories, and feeling a tightness in his chest halfway through the movie, he turned it off.
Liang Shi ate a few bites of food hastily that evening, washed up early, and went back to his room to sleep, without even meeting Xu Qingzhu.
The next morning, she saw Xu Qingzhu when she got up.
And... Xu Qingzhu is in the kitchen.
Liang Shi immediately ran inside and asked in surprise, "What are you doing?"
Xu Qingzhu calmly replied, "Make breakfast."
Liang Shi: "?"
"I've decided to prove my culinary skills to you." Xu Qingzhu, wearing heat-resistant gloves, had steaming rice porridge cooking in a pot. "Although there's no fancy meal, I can still make simple dishes."
Liang Shi: "Okay."
I just don't know if it's safe to eat.
Liang Shi felt that he might become a guinea pig.
Xu Qingzhu ladled the rice porridge into a bowl and placed it on the table before saying, "If my words yesterday caused you any harm, I apologize."
Liang Shi: "...?"
"I was too impulsive yesterday," Xu Qingzhu said. "I remembered some unpleasant things."
Liang Shi shook his head, "It's nothing. Did anything happen yesterday? I've forgotten."
"Are you a fish?" Xu Qingzhu teased, and then dropped the subject.
Xu Qingzhu ate quietly; the rice porridge was sweet, and she could barely eat it.
After the meal, Liang Shi washed the dishes.
I still can't help but ask, "Did that sentence remind you of anyone?"
Xu Qingzhu shrugged. "I thought of a very brave older sister who also liked to say that phrase."
"So you suspect I am her?" Liang Shi asked.
Xu Qingzhu nodded, "But I think that sister has already passed away."
In her heart, it will never exist again.
Yesterday is gone and cannot be retrieved.
She shouldn't have had any hope.
Upon hearing this, Liang Shi simply offered a word of comfort: "Please accept my condolences."
Xu Qingzhu: "..."
"By the way, I have a friend coming over this afternoon, is that alright?" Xu Qingzhu asked.
"Is it Sally and Lin Luoxi?"
“There are the two of them, and my psychiatrist,” Xu Qingzhu said. “She’s coming to check on my living environment, which is like a follow-up visit.”
“Sure, do you need me to leave?” Liang Shi asked.
"No need," Xu Qingzhu said. "Just pretend we don't exist."
Sally and Cherry came for work, but Dr. Gu wasn't just there for a follow-up examination.
But Liang Shi didn't need to know that much.
The two were talking when the doorbell rang.
No guests had ever visited this house before, so the doorbell rarely rang. The sudden ringing surprised Liang Shi and Xu Qingzhu, and they exchanged a glance.
"Is it Sally and Lin Luoxi?" Liang Shi asked.
Xu Qingzhu shook her head, "They were working on their sketches very late last night, they probably haven't gotten up yet."
As she spoke, she went to open the door. When she opened it, there was a little girl with princess braids. Xu Qingzhu recognized her at a glance, "Lingdang?"
Lingdang, holding a panda plush toy, bowed and greeted her in a childish voice: "Hello, Auntie."
Xu Qingzhu smiled. "Why did you suddenly come here? Did you come alone?"
"No, my mother brought me here." Lingdang pointed behind her, where a gentle-looking woman was standing.
"Second sister-in-law," Xu Qingzhu greeted her, and the other woman replied gently, "Sister-in-law, it's been a long time."
"Is Ashi here?" Second Sister-in-law said, "I need to go back to my mother's house. Her father is away on a business trip, and Lingdang keeps insisting on coming to her aunt's house to play, so I can only bring her here. If you have time today, could you please look after Lingdang for me?"
When Liang Shi came out of the kitchen, Lingdang's eyes lit up, and she called out, "Auntie, play games with me!"
Liang Shi was also surprised by this, and rushed over to hug Lingdang, "Why are you here?"
"Aren't you going to welcome me?" Bell pouted.
"I'm so happy!" Liang Shi hugged her and spun her around.
Xu Qingzhu, standing to the side, watched quietly.
Once again, I'm questioning my existence. When did Liang Shi start liking to play with bells?