A curtain of dream

A month and a half later.

My mother and I stood at the door of Chu Lian's ward, watching Aunt Chu and Chu Yi put prosthetic limbs on Chu Lian, while Uncle Chu was watching. Tao Jianbo stepped forward to help Chu Lian stand up from the hospital bed. With a smile.

Mother smiled and took the fruit basket from Butler Cheng, handed it to Tao Jianbo beside Chu Lian, and said to Chu Lian, "Congratulations on your recovery and discharge from the hospital!"

Chu Lian looked pretty good, nodded to his mother, and said with a smile, "Thank you, Aunt Li."

Mother put her hand on his arm lightly, and said apologetically, "You are so polite, I am so embarrassed, Chu Lian, you are a good boy, I hope you will be safe in the future, okay?"

Chu Lian nodded and smiled: "Okay! I will definitely." As he spoke, he looked at me.

I nodded slightly, smiled and said to him: "I won't repeat what my mother said. In short, it's good to be healthy and healthy!"

Chu Lian looked at me firmly, smiled sadly, and said, "Okay! I will. Thank you, Luping, I am very happy that you can come!"

"Chu Lian!" A weak female voice came from behind us. I turned around and saw a petite girl in a pink coat with bangs and shawl hair. She was holding a bunch of flowers in her hand and was facing us. Come here, with a smile on her beautiful and delicate face.As I watched her approach, I felt that this girl had a kind face, and I couldn't remember where I had seen her before.

She walked up to Chu Lian, and said with a smile, "Even though you told me not to come, I still came cheekily. Don't be angry with me!"

Seeing her, Chu Lian showed a gentle expression on his face, and smiled: "How could that be! I'm glad you came!"

She tilted her head to look at the Chu family standing behind Chu Lian, stuck out her tongue, and shouted with a smile: "Mother Chu, Father Chu, Chu Yi, oh, and Tao Jianbo, hello everyone! Hello everyone!"

The Chu family has obviously seen this girl more than once. Auntie Chu smiled almost immediately. She stepped forward to take the flowers in her hand and said, "Why are you here? Lian'er just said you I can't come to work today!"

Chu Yi pulled Aunt Chu's hand and winked: "Oh, Mom, you don't know this, you just said this to surprise Chu Lian!"

The girl nodded with a smile, turned her head and stuck out her tongue at Chu Lian, and said, "Hey! Lianliankan, are you surprised?"

Chu Lian smiled brightly. At that moment, I seemed to see Chu Lian again, the enthusiastic and sunny boy before the car accident.He smiled at the girl.

The girl suddenly said ah, turned her head, nodded politely to my mother and me, and said with a smile: "Although I don't know you, it's okay, we know each other now, Chu Lian's friend is me My friends, hello! My name is Fan Zixuan." She stretched out her hands to us, and looked at me with bright and clean eyes.

I finally knew why I felt kind-hearted when I saw her, because she looked at me like that, and I saw Zi Ling in a daze. The former Zi Ling, the two people are so similar.I subconsciously took a step back.

Mother stretched out her hand, held hers, and said gently: "Hi, we are friends of the Chu family."

Fan Zixuan stuck out her tongue again and said embarrassingly, "Ah, that's how it is, how rude, hello, auntie!"

Aunt Chu walked up to her mother with a smile, and said, "This kid was a little rude just now, but he is very lively and has always been like this. Don't you mind!"

Mother smiled and shook her head, "Why! I look good, really good!" After finishing speaking, she stared at Fan Zixuan, but stopped talking.

Aunt Chu took her mother's arm and said, "By the way, I'm very happy that you can come to the hospital today!"

Mom smiled.

Aunt Chu turned to Chu Yi and Chu Lian and said, "Let your father pay the bill, let's go downstairs first! Stop standing here!"

Uncle Chu nodded and said, "That's good! Hold the car key, go and wait in the car!" After saying that, he handed the car key to Tao Jianbo, walked out of the ward, smiled at his mother, and said, "It's almost noon. Let's all have a light meal together."

Mom responded.

Uncle Chu was ready to pay the bill with the discharge slip. When he passed by Chu Lian and Fan Zixuan, Uncle Chu touched Fan Zixuan's hair and said, "Little girl, you can help my Chu Lian!"

Fan Zixuan laughed and saluted mischievously: "Yes, sir!"

Everyone laughed, and after watching Uncle Chu go to pay the bill, Aunt Chu smiled and said, "Have you got everything? Then let's go!" Then she walked to the elevator with her mother on her arm.

Fan Zixuan stepped forward to hold Chu Lian's arm, and the two smiled and whispered from time to time, while Chu Yi and Tao Jianbo followed behind with their luggage.

I didn't move, I stood there watching the large army marching forward, and whispered to Steward Cheng beside me, "Look, does she look like Ziling?"

Steward Cheng was silent for a while, and said, "Mr. Chu's aesthetics haven't changed at all."

I laughed, yes, actually it has nothing to do with Ziling, Chu Lian likes this type of girl, even if there is no Ziling, there will be red and green Ling, as long as it conforms to Chu Lian's aesthetics, who looks like whom , are all nonsense.

Not long after Chu Lian was discharged from the hospital, Ziling's intentional injury case was also tried in court. The judge combined witnesses, evidence, and her own surrender, and finally sentenced her to three years in prison, which was to be executed immediately.

When the verdict was pronounced in court, my mother suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and my grandfather patted her hand, and the two looked at Ziling silently.

Zi Ling raised her head and looked towards us. She stared at us deeply, and at the moment when the bailiff was about to take her away, she suddenly turned to the direction of our seats with tears in her eyes, bowed deeply, and followed obediently. The bailiff went out.

Mother stood up abruptly and cried out, "Zi Ling!"

Grandpa grabbed the mother who was about to rush out, and said calmly: "Shunjuan, Ziling is only in prison for a few years, not an execution."

Mom shook her head, tears streaming down her face, unable to speak.

I reached out to support my mother and whispered, "Yeah, and three years will pass quickly."

Mom covered her face and shook her head in pain.

Grandpa looked at me, and he shook his head at me, so I had to gently stroke her back and said nothing more.

We sat in the empty courtroom for a long time before my mother raised her head, her eyes were red, and she said to grandpa with a choked voice, "Dad, I'm so sad!"

Grandpa sighed, put his arms around her shoulders, and said slowly, "We've talked about it many times, and this is the best way to deal with her."

Mom wiped her tears, nodded, and said in a hoarse voice: "I know, but, did you see Ziling do that just now? She finally realized she was wrong! She really knew she was wrong!"

Grandpa was silent for a while, and said: "Then you should be happy instead of crying, Li Shunjuan, cheer me up!"

"Grandpa!" I couldn't help shouting, "Let Mom take it easy!"

Grandpa glanced at me and said seriously to his mother: "Do you remember what I taught you before?"

Mother nodded silently, and sighed for a long time: "Crying is a cowardly act. I understand that the next step is to prepare for Ziling's coming out in three years."

Grandpa nodded in satisfaction, got up, and walked out slowly.

I looked at my mother without saying a word.She wiped away her tears, combed her hair with her hands, adjusted her clothes, took a few deep breaths, turned her head to look at me, showed a faint smile, and said, "Let's go."

I nodded.

My mother stood up, straightened her back, walked out calmly, and said to me as she walked: "The matter of Ziling has come to an end. Cheng Yi said that we should be able to see Ziling once when the court's verdict reaches the detention center." , when she is transferred to the prison, I can only visit her according to the prescribed time. I didn't plan to see her, but now..." She sighed, "I think I should go and see her, how about you? You want to go together go?"

I was silent for a while, then nodded.

A few days later, when the notification was received, my mother immediately submitted an application for a meeting, but on the day of the meeting, my grandfather did not agree with my mother's meeting. After talking for two hours in the study, my grandfather came out and called Cheng the housekeeper. , without any expression on his face, told him to prepare the car.

I looked at my grandfather, and then at my mother who was slowly coming out of the study. I was a little puzzled, but it seemed that my grandfather had agreed to let my mother go to see Ziling.

However, what I didn't expect was that grandpa also set off with us to see Ziling in the detention center.Along the way, he looked out the window expressionlessly, and didn't talk to his mother, while her mother was holding the bag of Zi Ling's clothes, thinking about something absent-mindedly.I met Butler Cheng's eyes from the rearview mirror, and he smiled at me with a comforting expression.

Butler Cheng's consolation didn't work for me. The panic in my heart became stronger, maybe because I didn't know what kind of Ziling I was going to see, and I was always a little scared that day in court, bowing to us with tears in my eyes Ziling is just a phantom, afraid that she will resent her grandfather and mother for not helping her escape or mitigating punishment.

In this way, with complicated emotions, I entered the reception room with my grandfather and mother.The so-called interview room is not a room for the detainees and their family members to meet alone, but a spacious large room, which is divided into two parts, the inside and the outside, by a wall. The wall is not high and is equipped with explosion-proof glass. Similar to a bank counter, there are 7 separate windows, and there are small telephones inside and outside each window, one inside and two outside.

When we went in, two windows were already in use. My mother sat down at the designated window No. 2 and looked at the middle-aged woman who was crying not far away. Not far behind the man, a policeman was sitting, looking at the man and his family indifferently. Thinking of coming to such a place, he had seen such scenes.

My grandfather and I stood beside my mother, and after waiting for a while, the door inside opened, and Zi Ling, who was in handcuffs and wearing a light blue prison uniform, appeared outside the door. The policeman behind her pointed to our side, He pushed her in, closed the door neatly, followed her to the window and stood there.

Ziling walked slowly in front of us step by step, and her mother stood up, staring at her closely.There was no expression on her face, and her face was very haggard. She stood at the window with her eyes downcast for a long time, but she didn't take the microphone in front of her.

Mom couldn't help but patted the glass and shouted: "Zi Ling!"

Ziling raised her eyes, her eyes swept over us one by one, and finally fixed on my face, I looked back at her.

Grandpa said lightly: "She can't hear you like this!"

Mom picked up the microphone, patted the glass again, and signaled Ziling to take the microphone, but she didn't move, just looked at me like that.

I asked suspiciously, "Does Ziling have something to tell me?"

When my mother heard this, she turned to look at me and said, "Then come here and see what she has to say!"

I took a few steps forward, reached out to pick up another microphone, and saw that Ziling picked up the microphone as expected. The two of us stood facing each other, but she still didn't say a word.I thought about it and said, "The meeting time is limited. If you have something to say, I'll listen."

Ziling looked at me with complicated eyes, for a long time, bit her lips, and asked hesitantly: "Did he not want me anymore?"

I was taken aback, "Who?"

"Father!" Zi Ling looked at me pitifully, "He didn't show up the day the court opened, and he won't come to see me now."

I smiled weakly, "Didn't you already see clearly?"

Zi Ling lowered her head, tears slid down her face, and said in a low voice: "It turns out that what he said was lying to me. He said he would help me, he said he would not let me go to jail, he said he would protect me, he said... ..." She began to cry, sobbing: "Daddy lied to me! He doesn't want me anymore!"

"Cry, cry, cry, what's the use of crying!!" Mom said angrily, "Do you think your good father will help you? He wants to get the money and fly away. How can he care about you? Why did I give birth to you? Such a headless daughter!"

Listening to her mother's words, Ziling changed her usual style, and didn't even refute, nor did she say anything in defense of Wang Zhanpeng. She just wiped her tears with her sleeves and remained silent.

After my mother finished scolding, she sighed deeply and said, "Okay, let's not talk about Wang Zhanpeng. Today, we are here to give you some clothes and money. After you go to prison, take care of yourself."

Zi Ling raised her eyes, looked back at her mother, and said softly, "Thank you, Mom."

My mother and I exchanged a surprised look. It has only been a few days since the court pronounced the sentence, and Wang Ziling's current behavior is like a different person.

She sat down on the opposite side, looked at her mother, and said with tears: "I saw the expressions on your faces, and now I have surprised you, so you can see how much I used to go too far! I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that My son is ignorant, because my ignorance will make my mother sad, and Lu Ping annoyed, and it may even cause grandpa a lot of trouble, I know I was wrong."

We looked at Zi Ling and didn't speak.

Ziling choked up and said: "From entering the detention center, to being released on bail, to now being sentenced, I have thought a lot, not the way I used to think, I think it is the first time I have seriously thought about it in my life. , not from my own point of view, but from the point of view of a bystander, I realized how much I did before, and Lu Ping did not scold me wrongly. Moreover, I am still a super fool who is invincible in the universe. Believe Zhu Wanqing's words, believe what she said, Chu Lian has never loved me from the beginning to the end, and he would believe her words and fall in love with someone I shouldn't love." She covered her mouth, sobbing hard. "I was wrong...I was wrong, sorry..."

"The person you shouldn't love is Luo Dongjie?" I asked.

Zi Ling cried and nodded, saying, "I'm so stupid!"

"Who told you Luo Dongjie's identity?" I continued to ask.

Ziling sobbed for a while, and said: "He told me himself. God, I almost did such a terrible thing! How could I, Zhu Wanqing also encouraged me to pursue her actively."

"Okay, no matter what, those things have nothing to do with you anymore. What you need to do now is to stay in it and start your new life when the time is up!" Mom frowned slightly and interrupted her .

Ziling nodded, looked at her mother for a long time, hesitated for a while, and said, "Chu Lian, he..."

"Chu Lian is fine. He was discharged from the hospital a while ago, and his injuries have almost recovered." Mom replied, "It seems that he is dating a girl named Fan Zixuan. But this has nothing to do with you, you have already divorced."

Zi Ling stared blankly at her mother for a long time, then suddenly gave a smirk and said with a sigh: "Well, that's good, that's good..."

Mom turned her head and looked at grandpa who hadn't spoken all the time. Grandpa shook his head.

Following her mother's movements, Zi Ling looked at her grandfather, with a guilty expression on her face, and said timidly: "Mom, is my grandfather unwilling to talk to me? A bad boy like me must make him very angry, right? "

Mom sighed and said, "No, he just doesn't talk to people very much in this environment."

Zi Ling looked at her grandfather with a sad expression, "Can I talk to him? Just talk to him alone."

My mother and I put down the microphone at the same time and turned to look at grandpa.

Grandpa approached slowly, took the microphone from his mother, coughed lightly, and after hearing what Zi Ling said, he said gently: "Be good, try to get parole early."

Ziling nodded, and said something in a low voice. Grandpa nodded and said, "Okay, I promise you."

A reassuring look appeared on Zi Ling's face.

Grandpa put down the microphone and didn't want to say anything anymore.

Mom picked up the microphone again and said, "What do you want your grandfather to do? If there is something to do, just tell me or Luping!"

Ziling shook her head, said with a wry smile: "It's nothing, really." After a pause, she looked at me and said seriously: "Luping, my dream has woken up, really, there will be no more Youmeng from now on."

I stared at her for a long time, and said softly: "Zi Ling, do you know? How much I loved you back then, and now I hate you so much! I hate you for breaking my mother's heart. But now you say you woke up from a dream , Maybe you will think that I should say a few words to comfort you, sorry, I can't say it, because I still can't let go, can't forgive you for your Yilian Youmeng, such ignorance, such unreasonable troubles, such Hysteria. You have caused so many things, please don’t expect to beg everyone’s forgiveness because I was wrong, I am ignorant, and I woke up from a dream. There is nothing so cheap in the world. There is a price to pay. So, I hope that after three years, I can see a brand new Wang Ziling." Tears welled up in my eyes, "Do you understand what I mean?"

Ziling stared at me silently for a long time, then nodded heavily.

The policeman behind her stood up and pointed to his watch.

Time is up!

I watched her being taken away from the interview room by the police. My mother stood up, sighed, looked at me, nodded and said, "You're very good. You can't make her feel that she can be forgiven if she says something wrong and is ignorant." .Zi Ling..." She covered her face and left the audience room with a sigh.

Grandpa put his hands behind his back and followed her away calmly. After I walked out of the reception room with them, I couldn't help but look back again. Inexplicably, I remembered the little poem written by Zi Ling, and I suddenly remembered that a passage in it was It was written like this: "Flowers fall into graves tonight, springs come and go without a trace, leaving only a curtain of dreams."

When Zi Ling first wrote this little poem, she had so many dreamy reveries, so many girls' sorrows and affections, but she never expected that the words would be right, after all——

Spring comes and spring goes without a trace, leaving only a curtain of dreams!

The author has something to say: Tomorrow is my birthday, it’s great, I can tell those who are still reading this fanfiction with certainty, that I will finish this article completely with one more chapter, and fill in the long gap A huge pit that lasted eight years.In fact, this chapter originally thought that this chapter would be the ending chapter. It ended with Ziling's small poem, which seemed perfect to me. Luping, Shunjuan and Wang Zhanpeng's divorce case, and Zhu Wanqing's ending, Balabala's, I forgot to write them all, and I was drunk too, these must not be put on the sidelines, it will make people think that the author is a eunuch, what? I stopped cooking before I finished talking, so! ! ! ! !

One more chapter to write! ! ! ! !

Well, it is estimated that the update will be on the birthday!It's a special commemoration!