The Strategy For The Yandere Movie Queen Failed And Was Marked. Chapter 46
byChapter 46 Chapter 46 Finale
The white light dissipated, and the surrounding scene seemed to have pressed a switch button.
In front of them is no longer Ye Qinglan’s living room full of their memories, but Su Jin’s familiar, slightly deserted single apartment.
She fell down on the sofa in the living room in a somewhat awkward posture, as if she was struggling with some invisible force one second, and was forcibly pushed back to her original position the next second.
It was eerily quiet.
The second hand of the clock on the wall… stopped.
No, not still.At an extremely slow, almost struggling speed, it “rubbed” forward very slightly, and then, as if it had broken free from some kind of restraint, it started to beat regularly again “tick, tick, tick”.
mobile phone!
She panicked and grabbed the phone that was thrown on the coffee table. The screen lit up, and the date and time displayed… was the date in her memory of the day she “died” or was bound to the system!
The time was accurate to the second. Under her gaze, the number of that second jumped, seamlessly connecting with the moment of her “leaving”.
Time… during the time she left, to her original world, it seemed that only a moment had passed, or in other words, it was forcibly suspended by some force, and it did not start flowing again until she returned.
This realization brought not happiness, but a sense of absurdity that almost engulfed her.
Everything familiar in front of her – the beige sofa, the green plants on the windowsill, the poor landscape painting she drew on the wall – seemed so strange, even fake, at this moment.
There is no cold cedar scent from Ye Qinglan in the air, only her own scent after living alone for too long, and a lingering smell of dust.
Qinglan…
That name ran through my heart, bringing a sharp sting.
Her desperate eyes, her tear-stained face, and those words when they finally parted…
“Our daughter…”
Su Jin jumped up from the sofa, as if grasping the last straw, rushed to the computer, turned on the computer with trembling fingers, and connected to the Internet.
She must find evidence to prove that it was not a dream!Prove that Ye Qinglan existed!Proof…their daughter is really somewhere!
She frantically searched for the name of the novel in her memory on major literary websites and entered various possible keywords.
no.
Nowhere.
Search engines return results that are either irrelevant or simply say, “What you’re searching for doesn’t exist.”
Cold sweat soaked her back.
She found the column of the author in her memory and clicked on it. The author’s name and avatar were still there, but the column was empty, with only a cold system prompt: “This work has been temporarily removed from the shelves for some reason. We apologize for your understanding.”
“For some reason? What’s the reason?!” Su Jin muttered to herself, trying to contact the author through in-site messages and possible social accounts, but all the messages came to nothing and there was no response.
Two days later, when she refreshed the author column again, the page changed to “The user has logged out.”
All traces have been erased.
It seemed as if that thrilling time travel, those unforgettable love and hate, the person who made her willing to sacrifice her life, and the daughter she had never met… were all just a long and absurd hallucination that she had because she was seriously injured and on the verge of death.
A huge sense of nothingness and absurdity overwhelmed her like a tide.
She slumped in front of the computer, losing all her strength.
In the days that followed, Su Jin was like a zombie.She applied for a long leave from the company.
She locked herself in her apartment, not answering communications or seeing anyone.
The room always has heavy curtains drawn, making it difficult to tell the difference between day and night.
Sometimes she would stare at the air in a daze, and sometimes she would caress her belly unconsciously. It was as flat as ever, with no trace to prove that a life had ever existed.
She had no memory of giving birth.
In other words, that child was born from Ye Qinglan, who was once an omega.
But how was she going to prove the existence of that child.
No name, no age, no identifying information. Before this, she didn’t even know the child existed.
Asking her to look for the child was like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Su Jin closed her eyes in despair and continued to sink.
Until one day, while she was sleeping, she once again dreamed of Ye Qinglan’s last tearful but determined eyes and the words “go find her”.
“Daughter…”
Su Jin sat up from the bed, her eyes empty, but a faint spark ignited deep in her eyes.
No, she can’t go on like this.
The opportunity that Qing Lan bought with her life was the last hope she entrusted to her… She must, must find her daughter.
Even if it was all just a dream, even if the search was like looking for a needle in a haystack, she would still go looking for it.
This is the only meaning she can still hold on to in her life.
Su Jin took action.
She forced herself to return to her normal schedule, exercise, and learn all kinds of knowledge that she might need – including child psychology, ways to find relatives, and even some basic metaphysical induction theories.
She began traveling aimlessly, visiting many cities, towns, and even remote villages.
She participated in various volunteer activities, especially charity projects related to children, and contacted as many children as possible, observing secretly, with a faint hope in her heart: maybe one day, at a certain street corner, she could recognize her flesh and blood with a maternal intuition.
Three years passed quietly amid endless searching and repeated disappointments.
In order to make a living, and to give herself more opportunities to contact people from different places, Su Jin began to try making short videos.
She recorded her travel experiences and shared the customs and customs of various places. She gradually accumulated a large number of fans and became a somewhat famous travel blogger.
She invested most of her income in charity, especially in aiding students and helping orphans.
This time, she came to a small town with beautiful scenery but relatively backward economy to participate in a live broadcast project to help local farmers sell unsalable specialty fruits.
The live broadcast went smoothly, fans responded enthusiastically, and orders continued to flow.
With a professional smile on her face, Su Jin skillfully introduced products and interacted with netizens, but there was a desert of silence in her heart.
This scene has been repeated too many times, and hope has long since flowed out from between the fingers like fine sand.
Just as the live broadcast was coming to an end and she was about to give her concluding remarks——
[Zhi…detected…target…signal…]
A weak, intermittent electronic sound that seemed to be extinguished at any time suddenly sounded in the depths of her mind!
Su Jin froze, the smile on her face instantly solidified, and her blood seemed to have stopped flowing.
This voice… is the system?
No, not right, weaker, more…familiar…
[Energy… is about to be exhausted… host… daughter… coordinates… have been delivered… nearby… time gap… out of sync… arrival time… estimated… tonight… around midnight… location… east of town… “Sunflower” Orphanage… entrance…]
The information was intermittent, but it was delivered with great clarity.
daughter!It’s nearby!Tonight!
The huge impact caused Su Jin’s eyes to darken and her heart to beat so fast that it almost jumped out of her throat.
She gritted her teeth so as not to lose her composure on the spot.
“Teacher Su? Teacher Su? What’s wrong with you? Are you so pale?” the staff member next to him asked worriedly.
Questions also appeared in the comment area of the live broadcast room.
Su Jin suddenly came back to reality, suppressing the excitement and panic that almost broke through her chest, she tried her best to put on a smile that was uglier than crying: “No, it’s okay, maybe a little hypoglycemia… Let’s continue, thank you all for your support…”
With her strong willpower, she mechanically completed the final live broadcast process, and her voice was even smoother than usual. Only she knew that the hand holding the phone was filled with cold sweat.
As soon as the live broadcast ended, she immediately declined the celebration banquet warmly invited by the local person in charge. She didn’t even have time to explain, saying only that she suddenly felt very unwell.
Returning to the simple hotel room where she temporarily settled, she locked the door, slid to the floor with her back against the door panel, and then allowed herself to breathe heavily, and tears came out without warning.
Is it hope?Or another phantom of nothingness?
That voice… was Qinglan’s final guidance for her?
She didn’t dare to think deeply, she just hugged herself tightly and watched the sky outside the window getting darker little by little. Every minute and every second was as long as torture.
At half past eleven in the night, the town had already fallen asleep, and the streets were deserted. Only the dim street lights stretched her lonely shadow.
Based on the memory of the day and the map on her mobile phone, Su Jin came to a relatively quiet street in the east of the town. The signboard of “Xiangyanghua Orphanage” looked a little blurry in the night.
Her heart was beating in the silence, her hands and feet were cold, and her eyes were staring at the closed wrought iron door without blinking.
The chimes of midnight seemed to come from a distant church.
Just when the lingering sound of the bell was about to dissipate, under the dim light at the entrance of the orphanage, the air seemed to be slightly distorted.
A small figure suddenly appeared there.
It was a little girl of about three or four years old, wearing an exquisite white dress made of excellent material but somewhat unfamiliar in style, with a small light pink coat on top.
Her hair was black and slightly curly, tied into two cute little buns, and her face was as white as jade and seemed to glow under the light.
The little girl seemed to be looking at the unfamiliar environment around her in confusion. Her mouth was slightly deflated, but she did not cry.
Then, as if she sensed something, she turned her head sharply and cast her eyes precisely on Su Jin, who was hiding under the shadow of a tree more than ten meters away.
The moment when their eyes met.
The little girl’s big, clear and bright eyes instantly burst out with astonishing brilliance and indescribable closeness and joy.
The shape of the eyes, the look in the eyes… look very much like Ye Qinglan!
But the slightly raised tip of the nose and the outline of the lips carry the shadow of Su Jin herself.
Without any hesitation, the little girl opened her mouth, showing a smile with a missing front tooth, opened her short arms, and shouted in a clear and childish voice: “Mom——!”
She stumbled and ran in the direction of Su Jin.
That call was like the first ray of morning light that split through the chaotic night, instantly shattering all Su Jin’s hesitation, doubt and hard shell.
She couldn’t hold it back any longer, tears welled up in her eyes, and she rushed out from behind the shadow of the tree where she was hiding. She almost staggered towards the little figure, opened her arms, and held her firmly in her arms.
Her petite and soft body, with the unique warm fragrance of a child, truly filled her arms.
“Baby…my baby…” Su Jin choked with tears and buried her face deeply into her daughter’s soft, milk-scented hair. All her searching and all her waiting were melted by the real warmth in her arms at this moment.
The little girl also hugged her neck tightly and nuzzled her dependently, as if she had found the harbor she had finally reached after wandering for a long time. She called out again in a babyish voice: “Mom, Little Moon has found you.”
Little moon…
“If we have a child, let’s call it Little Moon.”
‘Sister, you are the sun that redeems me, and our daughter is my moon’
Ye Qinglan’s voice echoed in her ears.
Su Jin hugged her daughter tightly and raised her eyes to look at the deep starless night sky. Amid the blur of tears, she seemed to see that gentle and decisive face again.
Qinglan, I found it.
Our daughter, I found her.
Did you…see it?
The little body breathed evenly in the arms, carrying the fragrance of milk and the warmth of peace of mind.
Su Jin hugged her daughter, as if hugging the whole world that had been lost, and walked back to the hotel step by step.
Without disturbing anyone, she carefully wiped Little Moon’s face, hands and feet with warm water, put on the soft pajamas she bought temporarily, and placed her in the clean bedding of the hotel.
Little Moon was very obedient. She opened her big eyes that looked like Ye Qinglan’s and looked curiously at this strange room. Her little hands kept holding the corner of Su Jin’s clothes tightly.
It was only at this moment that Su Jin calmed down her turbulent mood and began to try to communicate with her daughter.
“Baby…” Her voice was still choked, and she gently touched her daughter’s soft cheek, “Do you… remember… what happened before?”
“Remember!” Little Moon’s voice was clear and clear, with the unique innocence of a child, “I used to live in a big and beautiful house with my mommy! Mommy is amazing, she can do everything! She will make delicious snacks for me, tell me stories, and teach me how to read!”
“Mommy…is it Ye Qinglan?” Su Jin asked cautiously, her heart clenching again.
“Yeah!” Little Moon nodded vigorously, with bright eyes, “Mommy said, I have another mother, named Su Jin, who is my real mother. Mommy showed me the photo! It’s you, mom!”
She stretched out her little hand, touched Su Jin’s face gently, and giggled, “Mommy said that the mother in the photo works far away, and one day she will come to take Little Moon home! Mommy also said that when Little Moon sees her mother, she must listen to her mother’s words and protect her, just like Mommy protects Little Moon!”
“Mommy…did you say anything else?” Su Jin couldn’t help but shed tears again, dripping on the back of her daughter’s hand.
Little Moon tilted her head and thought for a while: “Mommy said that she had to do something very important and could not accompany Little Moon anymore. She said that her mother would find Little Moon and take Little Moon to a safe and good place so that Little Moon could grow up happily.”
At this point, the little girl’s eyes were also covered with mist, but she tried hard to hold it in and did not cry. “Mommy said, don’t cry, be brave. Little Moon is very brave! So Little Moon is waiting for her mother to pick her up!”
Su Jin couldn’t bear it any longer, hugged her daughter tightly in her arms, and burst into tears.
Qinglan… you actually taught your children so well… you actually… shouldered everything on your own.
From Little Moon’s intermittent and childlike descriptions, Su Jin pieced together some information: her daughter is six years old and has been raised by Ye Qinglan alone since she was born.
Ye Qinglan seemed to have expected that there would be a day of separation. He showed his daughter Su Jin’s photos in advance, instilled the existence of “another mother” in her daughter, and carefully prepared for this “delivery”.
Therefore, Little Moon did not show excessive panic or discomfort about suddenly coming to a strange world and being separated from her mother. She was more excited about finding her mother and curious about the new world.
This is probably the best Qinglan can do to protect her daughter’s young mind.
Little Moon chattered excitedly most of the night, talking about how delicious the strawberry cake made by “Mommy” was, about the flowers planted in the yard, and about a little rabbit she had secretly raised…
Su Jin has infinite patience with her daughter and always looks at her with gentle eyes.
It wasn’t until late in the night that the energetic little guy finally couldn’t resist the sleepiness and fell asleep under Su Jin’s gentle caressing, with a sweet smile on his lips.
Su Jin was not sleepy at all.
She sat on the edge of the bed, looking at her daughter’s peaceful sleeping face with the faint moonlight coming in from the window.
That little face, a fusion of her and Qinglan’s outlines, is the most precious crystal left behind after they once loved each other, stayed together, and even were separated by life and death.
It wasn’t until she saw her daughter with her own eyes that she confirmed that it was true.
Qinglan’s last words were not to lie to her, not to comfort her, but to really give her a reason to live.
In the past three years of almost desperate searching and countless self-doubts, she even set a time limit for herself: this is the last year.
If a year later, there is still no clue about her daughter, she will give up this world without Qinglan and even her memories will be swallowed up by nothingness, and use her own way to “find” Qinglan.
No matter life or death, it is better than suffering in this endless loneliness and absurdity.
Now, this plan has been completely shattered.
The daughter was real, lying next to her, needing her protection, her love, her upbringing.
She had no reason to die.
Instead, she must live, live better, be stronger.
She wants to raise Little Moon to grow up and make her happy, safe and smooth as Qinglan hopes.This is her promise to Qinglan, and it is also her responsibility to herself and to this lost and recovered miracle.
When it was dark, Su Jin closed her eyes and fell asleep for a while.
After waking up, looking at her daughter’s sweet sleeping face, she felt unprecedented strength and determination in her heart.
She didn’t leave town right away.
She explained the situation to the event party and extended her stay.She took Little Moon to live in a small town, and patiently guided her to adapt to this new world – from getting to know the currency, food, and transportation here, to learning the language and habits here, gradually eliminating her sense of strangeness.
However, there is not much difference between the two worlds, and Little Moon quickly integrated into this world.
Little Moon is smart and lively, adapts quickly and is full of curiosity about everything.
Su Jin took her to the market in the town, to see crops in the fields, taught her how to use simple electronic devices, and told her fairy tales from this world.
Seeing the smiles on her daughter’s face getting more and more, and her eyes getting brighter and brighter, the hole in Su Jin’s heart seemed to be filled little by little.
After more than a month, Su Jin felt that Little Moon had basically adapted and it was time to take her back to her real “home”.
She booked a return ticket, packed her simple luggage and bought various gadgets for her daughter, and set out on her way home.
Familiar city, familiar streets.
Su Jin’s heartbeat quickened as she felt timid about being close to home.
She didn’t know how to explain the appearance of Little Moon to possible acquaintances, but no matter what, she wanted to give her daughter a stable home.
Holding her daughter’s soft little hand, Su Jin climbed up to the slightly old apartment building and stood in front of the familiar door. Su Jin took a deep breath and took out the key.
With a “click”, the door lock opened.
She opened the door——
Then, the whole person seemed to be frozen in an instant and froze at the door.
In the living room, the windows are bright and clean, and the faint, familiar aroma of food wafts in the air.
And on the sofa that should have been empty, there was a figure sitting on it.
The man was wearing simple home clothes, with long dark hair hanging loosely. He was holding an open book in his hand. When she heard the door open, she raised her head and looked over naturally.
That face was the face that Su Jin had thought about deeply and painfully for countless days and nights, and finally buried it deep in her heart.
It’s Ye Qinglan.
She looked thinner and her face was still a little pale, but her eyes were calm and her lips had an almost invisible gentle curve. She was quietly looking at the petrified Su Jin at the door, and…
“Mommy——!!!”
Before Su Jin could recover from the huge shock and disbelief, the little moon beside her had already burst into earth-shattering cheers.
She slammed Su Jin’s hand away, like a happy little cannonball, rushed straight to the person on the sofa, plunged into her arms, hugged her neck tightly with her little arms, and jumped up and down with excitement: “Mommy! Mommy! You are really here! Little Moon misses you so much! Mommy brought me back! Mommy!”
Ye Qinglan put down the book and steadily caught her daughter who was coming towards her. A true and warm smile instantly appeared in her eyes, and that smile dispelled the last trace of coldness between her eyebrows.She hugged her daughter back gently and patted her back gently. Her voice was the softest and most nostalgic voice deep in Su Jin’s memory:
“Well, Mommy is here. Little Moon is good, have you listened to Mommy?”
“Yes! Little Moon is the most obedient!” Little Moon raised her little face and expressed her gratitude eagerly.
Ye Qinglan then raised his eyes, looked over the top of his daughter’s hair, and looked again at Su Jin, who was still frozen at the door, with a pale face and empty eyes, as if her soul was out of body.
Eyes facing each other.
Time seemed to stand still again.
Su Jin opened her mouth, but no sound came out of her throat.
She looked at the almost illusory scene in front of her, at the person who should have “disappeared” in the restart of the world, at her daughter acting coquettishly in her arms…
The huge impact made her mind go blank, and she even wondered whether she had the most realistic hallucination due to excessive longing, or… she had simply gone crazy.
Ye Qinglan looked at her devastated look, and a trace of indescribable distress and apology flashed deep in his eyes.
She patted her daughter gently and said softly: “Little Moon, can you go and play for a while? Mommy and Mommy say a few words.”
“Okay!” Little Moon responded obediently, slipped out of Ye Qinglan’s arms, ran back to Su Jin, and pulled the corner of her clothes, “Mom, Mommy is back! Come in quickly!”
Then she jumped up and ran towards the bedroom inside, which she had not seen yet.
The door was gently closed.
They were the only two people left in the living room.
Ye Qinglan slowly stood up and walked to Su Jin, who was still standing at the door like a sculpture. He stretched out his hand and gently touched Su Jin’s cold cheek with a slightly cool temperature on his fingertips.
Real touch.
“Sister,” she said, her voice as soft as if she was afraid of breaking a dream, “I’m back.”
These words finally broke the curse on Su Jin.
She trembled suddenly, her pupils contracted violently, and tears burst out without warning.
She stared at the person in front of her, as if to confirm every detail, her voice trembled:
“… Qinglan? Is it really you? You… how could you… aren’t you… hasn’t the world restarted? You…”
She was incoherent, the huge surprise mixed with the deeper fear, making her almost unsteady.
Ye Qinglan took a step forward, hugged her trembling body into his arms, and wrapped her tightly with his warm embrace and familiar breath.
“It’s me. I’m back.” She repeated in a low voice, with the joy of surviving the disaster and the treasure of regaining something. “It was the system. It used up the last of his energy and sent me out. It’s just that the time flow rate in the two worlds is different, so I was so late. I’m sorry for making you worry. But sister, this time, I won’t leave again.”
In her arms, Su Jin felt this unbelievable reality. She couldn’t control it anymore and cried loudly, as if she wanted to cry out all the hesitation, despair, search and the earth-shaking ecstasy of the past three years.
Ye Qinglan hugged her tightly, letting her tears soak his clothes, gently rested his chin on the top of her hair, and closed his eyes.
It’s not bad.
Caught up.
Her sun, her moon, her whole world… finally returned to her.
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