Give Her Hope
Lena's home was rented on the 28th floor.
At the end of the corridor, there was a staircase leading to the emergency exit.
On the other side, there was an open window for ventilation, and adults could easily jump over it with a slight leap.
Kellen had already sensed the despair and lifeless determination in her eyes when Lena's mother uttered her first words.
So, at the very moment when Lena's mother rushed out, she took a step forward and stopped her.
Lena's father was shocked and quickly hugged Lena's mother!
"Let go of me... Let go of me!"
"I want to accompany the baby and go together. Let me go, I don't want the baby to walk that dark and long road alone..."
"What if she gets scared, what if she gets lost, what if she can't find Charlotte, all alone..."
It is said that ghosts had to pass through the Golden Chicken Ridge and the Evil Dog Ridge. The chickens would peck at the eyes of the ghosts, and the dogs would bite off their hands and feet.
The ghost ran desperately forward...
Lena was pecked by a chicken when she was a child. She got scared and developed a fever, so she was admitted to the hospital for emergency treatment. The big rooster became her psychological shadow.
As soon as she thought about her baby, who had been nurtured in her arms since childhood, having to walk these roads alone, and the little child who had rarely been outside having to face the chasing chickens and dogs all by themselves, she couldn't accept it, her heart ached so much...
Lena's mother cried until her tears dried up. She cried in despair, her eyes becoming increasingly swollen and red, making one wonder if she would shed tears of blood in the next second.
Lena's father tightly held Lena's mother and dared not let go of her hand.
At that moment, his crazed mind suddenly became much clearer.
After Lena's death, he and his wife went crazy and plunged into a delusional world in an attempt to "resurrect" Lena.
When their daughter was no longer there, their world seemed to have lost its purpose all of a sudden, and they no longer had the motivation to live.
So, finding a way to revive Lena became their new motivation to keep going...
In this process, it was also a neglect of the wife.
I didn't comfort her properly, but followed her into a dead end.
Lena is no longer here, and if his wife also committed suicide...
Lena's father tightly embraced her mother, and even a grown man couldn't help but burst into tears.
"Let the baby go..." his voice hoarse, "This is fate... Are we really doing her a favor by forcing her to stay?"
"Perhaps in her next life, she will be reborn into a good family, with wealth and prosperity... having a healthy body, living a peaceful and healthy life..."
Like other children, I grew up smoothly, went to kindergarten, went to school...
Growing up, getting married, having children...
"Didn't we just delay her?"
Shouldn't have forced her to stay, until her soul scattered, and in the end, nothing was left. It shouldn't have been like this!
Lena's mother lay paralyzed on the ground, but she eventually regained consciousness.
She cried heartbreakingly, lying on her back, clutching her chest, hating herself for being powerless and not being able to protect her child.
As Susie looked on, she couldn't help but feel a sense of sadness.
What if one day, she also left like this?
Did grandma also feel this way, overwhelmed with grief...
Susie shuddered and withdrew her thoughts.
She steadied her emotions and said, "Auntie, if you were to commit suicide, even if you die, you cannot accompany Lena."
"Suicide is considered as a 'wrongdoing' towards oneself, and one will be taken away by Ox-Head and Horse-Face, and also face judgment... You may think that suicide can accompany Lena, but in reality, it cannot."
Lena's mother was truly desperate this time.
The so-called heart like ashes means realizing that one cannot do anything.
I could only watch my own child, just like that, watching her leave...
"I'm sorry, baby..." Lena's mother cried as she held her. "It's mommy's fault for not protecting you, I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."
Lena touched her mother's head and whispered, "It's okay, Mom."
"I was very happy because my parents always loved me," Lena said with a sincere smile. "Thank you, Mom and Dad, thank you very much..."
"I also loved my mom and dad very much, loved them so much!"
Lena gently kissed her mother's face and then kissed her father.
She nestled in the arms of both parents for the last time, cherishing the embrace of her mom and dad.
Susie looked at the time and said, "Let's go!"
In the past, it was inevitable to separate, as staying together for too long had no meaning and only made Lena's mother more reluctant.
Lena waved her hand and walked towards the elevator with a smile, just like a grown-up child who finally had to leave home.
She turned around and said to her parents, "Goodbye mom and dad, take care of yourselves!"
The elevator arrived, and Lena followed the guidance of the spirit to return to the hospital morgue, where she retrieved her half-face.
Then, a person embarked on the road to the underworld.
From beginning to end, she walked this path all by herself. She was very strong.
Lena's parents sat silently for a long, long time. Susie whispered, "Sir and Ma'am, please go and bring Lena back for the funeral. This way, she can quickly reach the hell and find Charlotte smoothly..."
Mommy Lena stayed silent, Daddy Lena stood up and whispered, "Thank you all..."
He glanced at his wife and said, "I will go now."
He had already accepted the reality of his daughter leaving, feeling devastated, but he had to support this family...
To handle the aftermath well, to console my wife, to support and move forward with this family.
Susie watched as Charlotte and Lena bid farewell to their families.
Two different families, two different sorrows...
She finally spoke up and comforted them, "Sir and Ma'am, you have to be well. The reincarnation time for Lena and Charlotte is three years. Maybe Lena will come back after three years."
This sentence is like a beam of light that struck in the dark and desperate world of Lena's mother.
Although she remained silent and dull, a glimmer of hope flickered in her eyes.
If the previous madness was due to a lack of motivation to survive, then there is now a new motivation.
After leaving, Wade asked, "Sister, can Lena really be reincarnated again?"
He remembered that there had been a similar precedent before. There was a girl named Tang Tang, and his sister said she would be reincarnated in the next life.