Chapter 664: Chapter 335: The Future
The scene was still that of a howling cold wind, but at this moment, the wind and snow were not cold; an inexplicable warmth enveloped the entire world.
Every snowflake was so beautiful and magnificent, and the disaster at this moment was no longer fatal.
Baiyi looked around, realizing that the temperature here was not entirely due to the weather, but more so because of Luoning’s state of mind at the time.
"Qin Mei, take good care of Luoning. I’ll go see Elder Ma again."
A somewhat muffled male voice sounded, and nostalgia appeared in Luoning’s eyes.
She held Baiyi’s hand and walked forward, pushing open the wooden door of a small cabin. The creaking sound did not interrupt the warmth inside.
There was a young man with a blurry appearance, facing a woman who was extremely clear, but with an expression of bitterness.
In the woman’s arms was a weak little girl about four or five years old, sleeping soundly.
Her face was now incredibly flushed, peacefully lying still in her mother’s arms.
She responded gently, "Be careful on the road, don’t be reckless. If it doesn’t work, we’ll borrow a little and go to the Inner City..."
"No, everyone is barely making ends meet, no one would lend. I can take care of you all."
The man turned around, waved his hand, and walked out.
"Father... don’t go..."
A low murmur sounded, and the surrounding temperature began to plummet.
Baiyi frowned at the man’s back, as if...
Luoning’s father paused slightly, looked back, saw the little girl still asleep, his eyes showed some complexity, he hesitated no longer, and walked out the door.
Luoning tightened her grip on Baiyi’s hand, then let go, slowly walked to her mother’s side, thought for a moment, reached out, and touched her mother’s head.
Then she turned and led Baiyi outside, and not long after, she saw the young man squatting in a corner, covering his face with his hands, his body trembling continuously.
Luoning released Baiyi’s hand again, walked forward, reached out... but then withdrew, looking at the man very complicatedly.
In the previous order, besides the Law Enforcement Team, there were very few other institutions in the Outer City District.
There were simply no Transcendents willing to open clinics in the Outer City District.
And in the Inner City District, the lowest Bronze Level potion for treatment was paid in Silver Coin.
So a fever alone could crush a Dawn Resident.
Luoning was silent for a while, still reached out and touched the man’s head, then walked back.
After about five minutes, the man stopped trembling, and his extremely blurry expression seemed to change a bit in temperament.
He silently walked into the alley.
Luoning closed her eyes, feeling relieved as she led Baiyi into that alley.
After several twists and turns, a building appeared ahead, where voices of people were fervently shouting something.
Luoning’s father hesitated at the doorstep of the casino, pacing relentlessly.
Time slipped away rapidly, and the surrounding snow grew heavier.
Baiyi pursed her lips, seemingly knowing the outcome to follow.
For someone nearly driven to desperation, what brings money the fastest?
When this man fell by the roadside, a stone dagger he had carved plunged into his chest, the surrounding temperature dropped even more.
After this man’s death, the temperature seemed never to have risen again.
Mrs. Qin Mei took care of young Luoning alone for six years, during which Luoning’s academic performance was actually very good, with strong learning abilities.
But on the eve of her first academic knowledge-based exam, while sleeping at home, she had a dream...
In the dream, she achieved first place, but this first place did not bring her any luck.
In this world, children from single-parent families do not receive special care...
Or rather, this ’care’ would only crush the family.
In that dream, she saw the absolute malice born of jealousy.
As long as she achieved first place, like in the dream, then her mother’s job would be gone, and the originally admitted Beastman would push her into true despair.
Back then, commoners couldn’t resist the oppression brought by the era.
The Federation was eager for talent, but the upper echelons truly craving talent couldn’t pay attention to every single commoner, and humanity’s inherent flaws would create more loopholes in extreme laws.
She instinctively wanted to protect herself and her mother, so the girl who should have been radiant dimmed through repeated Dream Realms.
The corruption in the Outer City exceeded Baiyi’s original estimation; Luoning did not have Baiyi’s... Luck?
The misfortune of most commoners in this era weighed down upon that small figure.
This misfortune reached its peak one night when she was twelve, as that forever gentle, forever encouraging woman finally fell.
The same fever, on that cold winter night.
The surrounding chill was more biting than natural ice and snow, chilling to the soul.
At the time, Luoning took all of this little home’s money and wandered through all the clinics she could find in the bitter wind, but to no avail.
Medical supplies were also in the hands of the Transcendents, aside from whom, the winter malady could take every poor person’s life.
Sadness appeared in Luoning’s eyes as she went up again, touched the heads of the little girl and the rigid corpse.
Time began to accelerate.
The encounter just witnessed, when the young boy’s clean and tidy hand without disdain covered the dirty little girl’s head, began to push away the winter cold.
Each time that gradually growing hand covered the top of her head, the temperature around would rise a bit.
And through such intimate, almost doting actions, Luoning truly felt reassurance and... happiness.
As Baiyi’s light grew more dazzling, her world seemed almost unable to contain any other figures.
