Chapter 264 This time we are together

The war is going on.

Prince Ren Anzhi was dragged away by the horse in the cloud of dust.

"What on earth is he doing here!!" Cui Mingzhi shouted, and his dagger stabbed at a night demon that was rushing towards him. After a few shrill screams, the night demon was torn into pieces by a fierce gunfire. Wei Hongzhuo's gun barrel was emitting white smoke, and he was surrounded by night demons that had been knocked down but were still twisting and struggling.

He stole my monster, Choi Mingzhi thought.

The president in the real world has already raised his gun and continued to shoot at other enemies, just like a gang leader in a Hong Kong era gunfight movie. Cui Mingzhi now understands why he insisted on agility. On the battlefield, speed means seizing the initiative. This teammate has robbed several of his monsters with his super firepower weapon that is not in line with the times. Although he is an excellent teammate, he is also extremely hateful. As a thief with agility as an advantage, how can he sit and watch a mere priest rob his monsters. Cui Mingzhi took out a hidden weapon, turned around and flashed into the group of night demons, and the green silver light pierced into the bodies of the night demons like drizzle.

Sheng Shihua rushed forward, the mist around her dyed scarlet, her battle axe was stained with the flesh and blood of the Night Devil. Her comrades behind her could only see the remains of the Night Devil being chopped and exploded beside her.

The blue lightning ball was galloping. That was Granny Lin's magic. The magician's ultimate move was always so brilliant and powerful. Under a series of dazzling flashes, most of the night demons around were swept away. After the hissing magic sound and the screams of the monsters, the square showed an uneasy silence.

"Did we defeat these monsters?" Choi Ming-chi asked.

"No." The little octopus on Liu Xingquan's shoulder shook his head. As soon as it finished speaking, the shadows of the night demons that had been silent on the ground began to twist. They gathered in an incredible posture and then descended again. In just a few breaths, hundreds of night demons reappeared in the square. The fighting just now did not seem to cause any damage to them. They attacked the crowd ferociously.

They were once again in a tough fight.

Suddenly, the giant black shadow not far away let out a painful howl. The black fog was shaking abnormally as if it was being pulled by space. The irregular shape formed by the black shadow was like a claw of a limb, scratching the air strangely. It was suffering from some kind of pain. The black shadow struggled and screamed in the trembling.

…

Bright flames sprayed from the muzzle of Wei Hongzhuo's gun. Cui Mingzhi saw Wei Hongzhuo's face in a state of burning anger. Because of the endless resurrection of the night demons around him, because he was so close but couldn't get close to his daughter who had turned into a blurry black mist, the superimposed pain made him almost violently angry. His gun barrel was red, and his hand kept pressing the trigger. He had never stopped sweeping shots from the beginning.

"Aunt Sheng, Uncle Wei!!" the little octopus spoke.

In an instant, Sheng Shihua and Wei Hongzhuo asked almost at the same time: "What should we do next?" "What should I do?" Their voices pierced through the howling of the night demons, rapid and anxious.

"Hurry up and go to Wei Jingjing. Don't worry about these night demons. The closer you two get, the better. Let her hear you!! The closer the better!" the little octopus shouted, "Everyone else, cover Aunt Sheng and Uncle Wei!"

At Xiao Zhen's call, everyone gathered around Sheng Shihua and Wei Hongzhuo. Granny Lin's magic flames rose around them, and bright magic lightning danced under their feet.

Sheng Shihua ran forward, and a night demon rushed towards her. Just as Sheng Shihua subconsciously swung her axe to fight back, an arrow suddenly ignited the night demon's body. Liu Xingquan shouted to her: "Aunt Sheng! Go to Wei Jingjing quickly!!"

The Night Demon screamed in the flames, and another bolt of lightning from Granny Lin struck it, completely turning it into nothingness.

She continued to rush forward.

Go to Jingjing quickly.

Go to Jingjing's place.

The shadow was breathing heavily.

In everyone's eyes, it was a dark shadow, burning black smoke, and shapeless terrifying fog. In the darkness, it was as if countless pairs of demonic eyes were staring at her.

She heard her own heartbeat.

The cries of the Night Demon and the sounds of his companions fighting with weapons and magic all gradually faded away.

…

In Wei Jingjing's memory, she has never seen her mother smile.

In my mother's room, there are photos of her when she was young, of her studying abroad, of her on vacation at the beach, and of her young parents' wedding photos. In the photos, my mother is always smiling, her eyes slightly drooping, and she looks completely different from now. In the wedding photo, my mother looks a little shy, and my father looks very reserved, but their expressions are the most peaceful and happy that Wei Jingjing has ever seen.

Why? I have never seen my parents look so happy.

From the time she could remember, her father and mother almost never appeared at the same time. She even thought that the father and mother of every family were separated, until she went to kindergarten and her teacher read her a fairy tale, "In the end, the princess and the prince lived happily together." She suddenly realized that her father and mother were probably not a normal couple.

When I was in primary school, there were students from single-parent families in my school. But the way they looked at their classmates was completely different from the way their parents looked at them.

She didn't understand why this happened.

In kindergarten, the teacher taught them to play a little game with their parents. They blindfolded their mother from behind and asked her to guess who it was. After returning home, her mother was sitting alone in the living room. She always looked so depressed. Wei Jingjing tiptoed forward and blindfolded her mother. Before she could ask any questions, her mother screamed and shook her hand away.

Her face turned blue and her breathing was rapid. She stared at Wei Jingjing with an almost terrified look, as if she was some kind of monster.

Wei Jingjing looked at her mother anxiously. Her mother looked so bad that she almost thought she was going to lose her temper. Then Aunt Tan came over and gently comforted her mother. She turned back and said to Wei Jingjing, "Your mother can't stand being frightened now. Don't scare her like this in the future."

Wei Jingjing whispered an apology to her mother, but when she looked up, her mother had left the living room without even looking back.

Why.

I saw my classmates blindfolded their mothers, and their mothers were all smiling happily.

I just wanted to make my mom smile.

One day when she was in primary school, Wei Jingjing came home early from school. She got full marks in her math test, which was rare. She happily picked up the test paper and wanted to show it to her mother. When she walked to the door, she heard her mother talking to Aunt Tan. Her mother's voice was fast and sharp, "Sometimes, sometimes I wonder, if there was no such child..."

Aunt Tan said something softly.

But the mother said, "I am so sad. I wish she had not been born."

If only she had never been born.

Wei Jingjing stood at the door in a daze. After standing there for several minutes with her consciousness almost blank, she returned to her room silently. So that's how it was. Her mother had hoped from the beginning that she would not be born into this world.

She thought again of her father's always evasive gaze. Although her father was very gentle, his attitude was more like treating a guest, a stranger who should be treated with gentleness and courtesy, rather than a family member.

I think dad has the same idea as mom.

I see.

Wei Jingjing shouldn't have been born from the beginning.

She has been a source of trouble for her parents since she was born.

Wei Jingjing is destined to never be the sweet and caring little cotton-padded jacket for her parents.

Her mother avoided her at home, and so did her father.

She had understood it a long time ago.

My parents had a business marriage for the benefit of the family, and they had no feelings for each other from the beginning.

They are fed up with each other.

Therefore, I am a burden, a nuisance, and a trouble born without love.

There was no place for her either at her mother's or her father's place.

But, I really hope that the sadness on my mother's face can disappear.

How I wish mom and dad could live happily together forever, just like in a fairy tale.

But this is impossible.

So Wei Jingjing can only seek happiness in her dreams.

In her dream, she was a real princess.

In the dream, there was no more sadness on my mother’s face.

In my dream, both my parents love me.

In the dream, mom and dad are loving and happy.

Yes, just stay in the dream.

I can be happy in my dreams.

I don't need to wake up from the dream either.

…

Sheng Shihua stepped into the black fog. Everything in front of her was pitch black and she could not see the road ahead at all.

She continued to walk forward, and in the darkness, she heard her own heartbeat, like an uneasy drumbeat, filled with guilt and regret.

Jingjing, are you here?

She started to scream.

Jingjing?

She cried out loudly.

Suddenly, a series of bombs exploded beside her, and a night demon who tried to sneak attack her fell to the ground with a howl. Wei Hongzhuo was standing behind her with a gun. She couldn't see his face in the dark, but she knew the expression on this man's face, which must be full of anxiety and worry.

He doesn't know.

The Night Demon, a scary monster that appears outside the house at night, is Jingjing's fantasy and the retribution for her irresponsible behavior.

Jingjing was afraid of the dark because when she was very young, she always ran out to find her at night. In order to make Jingjing stay in the bedroom, she told her a story to trick her, saying that if she didn't stay in the room at night, there would be terrible night monsters coming out of the dark. These monsters have long sharp teeth and will bite and eat people who don't sleep at night. Since then, Jingjing has been particularly afraid of the night and never dared to run out at night again.

This was just a casual remark of hers, but it was the most terrifying psychological shadow in Jingjing's childhood.

Because she just wanted to push the girl away and make things easier for herself.

This is her karma.

Because she was so absorbed in her own pain that she refused to open her eyes and look around her.

The breathing in the darkness became heavier, but mixed beneath the heavy and distressed breathing was another sound, a faint, tiny whimper.

Her heartbeat began to speed up.

"Jingjing?" she called.

"Is it Jingjing?" Wei Hongzhuo beside her shouted.

"Jing Jing!!"

Then the black fog in front of her eyes twisted into strange shapes, sometimes a terrifying ghost face, sometimes strange claws, and in a moment it turned into a blurry shadow that pounced on her and Wei Hongzhuo. Sheng Shihua was hit hard, her lungs seemed to be filled with flames, the piercing pain spread in her chest, and she staggered back several steps. In these few seconds, Wei Hongzhuo tried to shoot at the shadow. In the interval of hesitation, the shadow wrapped around the barrel of the gun, and with a few creaking sounds, the barrel was twisted into a knot. The shadow screamed at him, and Sheng Shihua heard the sound of Wei Hongzhuo colliding and fighting with the shadow, and then he was thrown heavily to the ground. The claws extended from the shadow tightly pinched Wei Hongzhuo's neck.

Sheng Shihua rushed forward and swung her battle axe. In a flash, she turned the battle axe around and smashed it down with the back of the axe. The black shadow let go of Wei Hongzhuo, but gathered again and knocked her to the ground. The huge impact made her dizzy. She heard the sound of her bones breaking.

Because of the severe pain, even consciousness began to become a little blurry.

"Jingjing..." she murmured.

There were only irrational , and the black shadow condensed into a long sword and stabbed at her. "Shihua!" Wei Hongzhuo, who was lying on the ground, shouted. He panted and cast a dispel spell, but this only made the black shadow sword stagnate for less than half a second, and it approached Sheng Shihua again.

"Shihua!"

Wei Hongzhuo called out urgently.

She tried to roll over to avoid the blow, but the pain made her body slow and weak. The shadow's sword almost cut into her body.

She gritted her teeth.

A soft white light suddenly ignited.

Although it was a light that suddenly ignited in the darkness, she did not find it dazzling.

In the soft light, a mushroom elf is floating.

Its body had been pierced by a sword formed from black shadows.

The mushroom elf blocked the attack with his body.

Sheng Shihua raised his head and stretched out his hand towards the mushroom elf in a daze.

The warm white light began to spread.

The images before my eyes changed like mist.

The golden sunlight shone through the French windows onto the oak floor. It was a room she was very familiar with, the home she and Wei Hongzhuo once shared.

Next to the French window, a young girl was playing the piano.

The melody flows like clear water, and the girl's fingers move deftly between the black and white keys, like a breeze passing over a spring, like sparks dancing on ashes, like heavy rain suddenly falling during a thunderstorm, the notes slide over the pebbles in the clear spring water, linger in the flickering sparks, dance in the heavy rain, and then return to the quiet spring water.

When the last note fell, tears quietly welled up in her eyes.

This piece of music, Canon in D major, was the piece of music she gave to Jingjing’s music box. It was also the only birthday gift she gave her.

The girl looked up and smiled at her. She looked like Jing Jing but not like Jing Jing.

"Who are you……"

Just like the musical notes just now, the girl who looked like Jingjing, the piano, and the room all disappeared.

Sheng Shihua's eyes widened.

The illusion disappeared, and she remained where she was.

The mushroom elves turned into specks of dust that dispersed in the air. She reached out to touch them, but touched nothing.

Click.

A wooden deer fell to the ground.

Sheng Shihua lowered her head and carefully picked up the deer.

The warm white light is still bright.

Wei Hongzhuo came to her side.

The two of them looked in a state of disarray. Wei Hongzhuo's gun was broken, and Sheng Shihua's battle axe had been lost in the fight just now. They were both seriously injured. But the soft light made the black shadow shrink and timid, and the song of illusion seemed to still echo in the air.

“Jingjing…” Sheng Shihua said softly.

Wei Hongzhuo held her hand. They looked at each other.

"We'll do it together this time."

"Um."

"Jing Jing."

“We are here.”

"Give us your hand, Jingjing."

"Mom and Dad are here."

They reached out their hands toward the cowering shadow.

"Jingjing, wake up."

Outside the black fog.

Liu Xingquan looked at the words that suddenly appeared in front of him, and he looked at Xiao Zhen: "This, this is impossible!"