Chapter 58: Chapter 34 Shawen Kindergarten
Song Xiu suddenly stood up the moment he saw Ji Sang, unable to hide the joy in his eyes.
“Sister Ji, are you healed?”
Perhaps Song Xiu’s eyes were too infectious, Ji Sang also slightly pursed her lips into a smile.
“Yeah, it wasn’t serious.”
If it weren’t for the deputy director and Fu Yisi both insisting that she rest at home for a few days, she would have returned to work sooner.
“How about you? Why didn’t you go to City First Hospital? Isn’t today the last day? Did it finish so quickly?”
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Hearing this, the light in Song Xiu’s eyes dimmed a bit.
“Sister Ji… I’ve withdrawn from the project.”
“Why?”
Ji Sang furrowed her brows, Song Xiu had put a lot of effort into this project, and he was the one who drafted the initial proposal. She didn’t understand why he suddenly pulled out at the last moment.
Song Xiu’s eyes flickered, and he chuckled,
“Sister Ji, I’m your assistant. With you not around, why would I still go?”
“Wouldn’t that affect your work?”
She wasn’t on the permanent staff of the TV station and wasn’t quite clear about the requirements for interns to become regular employees here. But such a good opportunity, Song Xiu just let it go, she still felt it was a bit of a pity.
However, Song Xiu shrugged his shoulders without any concern.
He originally joined the TV station because of his uncle. He didn’t want to obey his parents’ wish to work for the Ji Family’s company, so he came here to avoid it.
Being able to meet Ji Sang, who agreed to come as a special appointee, was truly fortunate for him.
He had a passion for photography since he was young, and four years ago, he accidentally saw Ji Sang’s work and became obsessed. He loved the utter blackness visible in Ji Sang’s work, but even more, the pure beauty it depicted.
Back then, he wondered what kind of woman could have such two completely opposite ways of looking at things.
“Sister Ji, can I ask you a question?”
“Mhm?”
“You… How did you get started on the path of photography?”
In the photography circle, there are many opinions about Ji Sang, and even more rumors. The core of it all is that people don’t quite understand what she must have experienced to produce such works.
Hearing this question, Ji Sang fell silent for a long time, so silent that Song Xiu thought his question had offended and hurt her.
“I’m sorry, Sister Ji, I didn’t mean to pry into your privacy, you don’t have to answer me.”
Ji Sang shook her head.
“I don’t know.”
“What?”
“I don’t know.”
Ji Sang walked to the window, looking out at the blue sky, the white clouds, the high-rise buildings, the crowds. How had she come to fall in love with photography?
She was just a child who had struggled in the orphanage for nearly four years, but after being adopted by the Ji Family, a DSLR camera was the first gift she actively asked for.
It felt as though it was destined to be.
Ji Sang’s brows furrowed, and suddenly a blurry figure flashed in front of her eyes, too quick for her to catch any features.
Darkness, obscurity, double images, distance.
Ji Sang raised her hand to rub the suddenly aching spot on her forehead. Recently, she didn’t know why, but she often thought of some strange people and events, yet she was unable to clearly see their faces each time. As if shrouded in a fog.
What exactly had happened back then in the orphanage?
Noticing Ji Sang’s movement, Song Xiu’s brow furrowed, subconsciously thinking that his question had reminded her of some unpleasant memories.
“Sister Ji…”
Song Xiu pressed his lips together,
“Do you want to go see Xiao Zhi?”
“Xiao Zhi?”
Song Xiu nodded.
“Yeah, he’s back in Shawen Kindergarten now.”
“Kindergarten?”
Ji Sang looked at him in surprise.
“Wasn’t it said that his mother’s funeral was just held?”
She could hardly imagine how such a small child would come to terms with the passing of his mother.
Song Xiu tugged at the corner of his mouth,
“It seems that his father hasn’t told him yet, and the funeral was just a simple process.”
The light in Ji Sang’s eyes flickered, thinking of the child she had met a few times, yet each time she saw his resilient demeanor, she nodded.
“Let’s go and see.”
On the road, Ji Sang learned from Song Xiu about Xiao Zhi’s family situation.
His father, Cheng Jianwen, had married into Xiao Zhi’s mother’s family. A few years later, they had Xiao Zhi. The couple had always wanted a daughter, so they chose to risk a late pregnancy. Xiao Zhi’s mother was the director of the kindergarten he attended.
She used to be.
Now, it was Cheng Jianwen.
Ji Sang pursed her lips,
“Is he at the kindergarten now?”
Song Xiu was startled for a moment before realizing the ‘he’ she referred to was Cheng Jianwen.
“Yes.”
This was something he couldn’t understand; how the man who caused a huge commotion in the hospital for his wife could return to work so quickly just a few days later.
Ji Sang cast her eyes downward, tapping her fingers unconsciously on her leg,
“Hurry up.”
She felt that something was not quite right.
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At Shawen Kindergarten, in the principal’s office.
Cheng Jianwen had just finished signing some documents and leaned back in his chair, exhaustedly massaging his sore brows. There was a photo frame on the desk with a picture of his family of three.
No, more precisely, four people.
Cheng Jianwen caressed his wife’s belly in the photo with a loving touch, his eyes gradually reddening,
“Shasha, Shasha, my Shasha.”
“Dad, has Shasha come out yet?”
Suddenly, a little head popped up at the door; Xiao Zhi looked at Cheng Jianwen with eyes full of surprise,
“Dad, where is Shasha?”
Cheng Jianwen stood up with reddened eyes and hugged Xiao Zhi inside,
“Xiao Zhi, our Shasha has gone to another planet. The doctor sent her to another planet. It was the doctor who made it so we can’t see Shasha anymore.”
Xiao Zhi blinked, not quite understanding what his father meant, and reached out to wipe the tears from the man’s face,
“Dad, is it because the planet Shasha went to is too far away?”
“Yes, it’s too far.”
“Can she still come back?”
“Xiao Zhi…”
Cheng Jianwen choked up a bit,
“Shasha she…”
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Just as Cheng Jianwen was searching for words, the phone rang suddenly.
It was a call from an unknown number.
“Hello?”
The person on the other end said something that made Cheng Jianwen’s face freeze.
“Xiao Zhi, can you go out and play with them for a bit? Daddy has some work to do here.”
After Xiao Zhi obediently left, Cheng Jianwen’s face turned completely grim,
“What do you mean by saying that my daughter could have lived? What does that mean?”
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The car stopped at Shawen Kindergarten. Ji Sang and Song Xiu had just gotten out when they saw Xiao Zhi sitting on a swing.
They exchanged glances and walked over,
“Xiao Zhi.”
Song Xiu squatted down, meeting Xiao Zhi’s tear-streaked face,
“Xiao Zhi, what happened?”
Hearing them, Ji Sang also squatted down.
Xiao Zhi raised his hand to wipe away his tears,
“Dad… Dad said that Shasha was sent by the doctor to another planet and can’t… come back.”
“Who is Shasha?”
“My little sister.”
Ji Sang blinked and suddenly looked towards the kindergarten’s nameplate.
Shawen Kindergarten.