Don't think of rebirth.

The sound of the dripping rain is endless, which is the perfect white noise to help people sleep indoors.

Gu Qinghuan has been living a very fulfilling life recently. She listens attentively in class, is busy dealing with Wei Xiao after class, and inquires about Lin Zhulu and Yu Yuan's situation from time to time. After school, she either goes to learn Sanda with Song Yi or goes to Su Lin for extra lessons.

She even used the systems as her secretary to remind her what she had to do today.

Being so busy naturally has its rewards. Apart from other things, my academic performance and physical fitness have improved a lot, but it's a bit tiring.

Without having to deal with Wei Xiao at noon, Gu Qinghuan went straight to the office after lunch, lay down in his own doghouse, wrapped himself in a small blanket, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Wei Xiao was not here today, and Yu Xin and Jiang Chuchu also came. Gu Qinghuan was sleeping soundly at the moment, but the two of them couldn't sleep, so they huddled together and talked in a low voice.

"Qinghuan has been too busy lately," Yu Xin lowered her voice, "I feel like she has lost weight."

"Rather than being thin, it would be more accurate to say he's strong, right?" Jiang Chuchu said. Gu Qinghuan never mistreats her mouth and stomach. The snacks she brought recently were skinless chicken legs, beef jerky, soft-boiled eggs, chickpeas and the like.

Yu Xin thought about it and nodded: "Yeah, strong and muscular." Yu Yuan is the same recently. After practicing Sanda, her steps are much steadier when she walks.

"But she is really busy," Jiang Chuchu gritted her teeth, "It's that cockroach that's to blame."

When it comes to Wei Xiao, Yu Xin and Jiang Chuchu share the same hatred for the enemy.

"Why don't we find a place to go this weekend and just relax," Yu Xin suggested.

Jiang Chuchu looked at the sky outside and said, "It's been raining recently. Let's find an indoor place?"

Before the two of them could figure it out, Gu Qinghuan invited them the next morning: "This Sunday morning, Xie Xiangxue is going to participate in a dance competition. Do you want to go with her?"

"Dance competition?" Jiang Chuchu was surprised. She didn't expect Gu Qinghuan to be interested in this.

"Yes, before the New Year's Eve party last year, didn't Xie Xiangxue say that it would be better to prepare for the competition at the beginning of this year rather than participate in the New Year's Eve party?" Gu Qinghuan said, "I asked about the time, and it's this Sunday."

"Can I go and watch this kind of game in person?" Yu Xin was very interested, but she didn't know if she could get in.

"Xie Xiangxue said that she could bring a few friends in, so I wanted to invite you to go with us. Everyone has been very busy recently, so take this opportunity to relax." Gu Qinghuan replied.

Jiang Chuchu was not very interested in the dance competition, but since Gu Qinghuan wanted to go, she and Yu Xin were also discussing finding a place for Gu Qinghuan to relax, so it would be better to listen to her arrangements.

In order to maintain her best condition, Xie Xiangxue arrived in the neighboring city on Saturday afternoon, booked a hotel, went to the venue to confirm the situation, and made final preparations.

Gu Qinghuan and her friends went shopping, and when they returned to the hotel, everyone was full.

Xie Xiangxue was shocked: "Ahhh, I'm nervously preparing here, and you guys are going to eat delicious food!"

"In order to ensure your performance, you should not eat these today. What if you get diarrhea?" Gu Qinghuan said seriously, "We have already tried them for you. We can tell you which ones are tasty and which ones are not. We will eat them after your game is over tomorrow."

Xie Xiangxue was speechless: "Wipe the sesame seeds from the corners of your mouth first."

Gu Qinghuan licked the corner of his mouth, got some sesame seeds on it, and swallowed them into his mouth and chewed them.

Xie Xiangxue was amused by her and turned to look at Jiang Chuchu and Yu Xin: "How much did she eat?"

Yu Xin burped a little: "I ate candied haws, roujiamo, fried chicken strips, plum cake, grilled cold noodles, takoyaki, starch sausage... and drank a glass of fresh orange and pear."

Xie Xiangxue closed her eyes, fell back and fluttered on the bed: "I want to eat too!"

Xie Xiangxue's mother Li Zhiying, who was accompanying them, was standing beside them, watching them making noise with a smile on her face.

Xie Xiangxue was originally quite uneasy and couldn't sit still in the room at all, but now that her friends were here, all her nervousness disappeared.

The next morning, when Xie Xiangxue entered the competition venue, she became nervous again. Gu Qinghuan did not say anything, but just stood beside her, looking at Xie Xiangxue with heavy makeup in the mirror, and suddenly said, "Comfort me."

Xie Xiangxue was stunned, suspecting that she had heard it wrongly: "Comfort you?"

"Yes," Gu Qinghuan said confidently, "I want to do something very important, but I don't know if I can accomplish it. I'm so nervous."

Xie Xiangxue endured for a few seconds, but couldn't help but complain: "This is what I want to say!"

"There is a person who has suffered very severe torture and is in great pain. I have thought of many ways to help her get relief." Gu Qinghuan's gaze still stayed on the mirror.

"Should I let her see that her tormentors have been punished? No, I don't know how deep her hatred is, and whether the punishment will be enough to satisfy her."

"More importantly, even if she saw the retribution of her enemies, she would have nothing left."

"I hope she can be at peace and have the most beautiful dream for her."

Xie Xiangxue seemed to understand what he said, but she inexplicably understood the last sentence.

The staff was at the door of the lounge, shouting to the dancers who were about to perform to get ready, and Xie Xiangxue's name was among them.

She stood up, and relying on her height, she rubbed Gu Qinghuan's head: "The most beautiful dream, right? Wait, I'll show you."

……

It was a lively phoenix bird.

Xie Xiangxue's consciousness was already hazy, but perhaps the phoenix was too dazzling and it gave her some strength.

She couldn't help but stretch out her still-moving right hand towards the "Phoenix".

At this moment, the "Phoenix Bird" standing quietly moved.

It was as if a bolt of lightning had split open her long-gloomy and chaotic mind, and Xie Xiangxue's thoughts became clear.

That's not a phoenix, that's a person.

The bird's head is a palm raised high, its slender neck is an arm as soft as boneless, and its golden-red skirt turns into nimble wings.

She was there, living on the stage in the form of a phoenix.

The face painted with gorgeous makeup was one that Xie Xiangxue was very familiar with—her own face.

She opened her eyes almost obsessively, and she was reluctant to blink even when the rain falling from the sky hit her eyes.

How beautiful! Every peck of the phoenix is ​​so flexible and graceful. Every flap of its wings seems to be about to fly into the air.

After all, that is a phoenix, how could it crawl on the ground? It should soar in the sky.

As the dance came to an end, as the lights on the stage changed, she turned from a bird into a human. She bent down to take a bow and calmly welcomed the warm applause that belonged to her.

The raindrops that fell into Xie Xiangxue's eyes flowed out along with her tears.

Through the blurry water curtain, she saw herself running towards her mother with a bright smile.

She suddenly remembered that she used to be like this.

The vague memories that had been there for a long time seemed to be washed away bit by bit by a gentle stream of water and slowly became clear again.

She remembered herself who once loved dancing, remembered the sweat she had shed in the dance studio, and remembered the dance inspirations that had flashed through her mind.

Ever since she was imprisoned, her world has gradually collapsed and lost all its colors.

The place where the heart should be is empty, unable to sense the passage of time. Like a puppet, being manipulated, living day after day.

What is the purpose of living? She no longer knows the meaning of life, and even the monthly visits with her family have gradually failed to bring her mood.

She just put on a hypocritical smile and repeated "I'm fine" and "You guys should be fine too" to reassure her family.

When she was driven out by Yan Zhengqing and hit off the cliff by a car, she even felt a sense of relief.

Great, I don't have to live anymore.

Severe pain, loss of body temperature, what remains at the end is - panic.

Death is bad, right? She shouldn't have died, right? Her family will be sad, right?

Wouldn't you feel that she had finally had the chance to leave Yan Zhengqing and get a new life, but died at this time, and that fate was too unfair to her?

But what is the meaning of living?

She couldn't find it, nor could she remember it, just like a person who is about to embark on a journey but finds that his luggage is lost.

She was useless even in the face of death.

Until this moment, the Phoenix ignited her soul.

Xie Xiangxue, lying at the bottom of the cliff, looked at the sky full of dark clouds, smiling and crying.

She remembered.

No need to be afraid or panic, she can finally face death calmly.

She found herself.

With the dream of the phoenix in her heart, she finally found peace.

[Personal rewards have been distributed. ]

【Good night, Xie Xiangxue. 】