imperial psychologist

Chapter 614

On this day, Bo Ling and several other people who were waiting for questioning waited until late at night, and they did not wait for Yuan Zhen's second summons.

But Bo Ling saw Turtle Claw walking towards the Golden Pavilion carrying boxes after boxes of ledgers.

Come to think of it, that should be what Yuan Zhen and a dozen or so mothers-in-law of Lanzihao were sorting out today. Yuan Zhenzheng took a group of cronies in his ceremonial supervisor to go through all the accounts of Lanzihao in the past five years.

The sound of abacus calculation came from the Golden Pavilion, and it didn't stop until midnight.

After midnight, the palace people next door came slowly and told Bo Ling that those who had been waiting in the nearby house could go back to rest temporarily tonight, and that they would have to come here again to wait for questioning at dawn tomorrow morning.

Bo Ling followed the crowd and filed out, but did not go back to his own house, but went directly to the Lanzijiao Tower - the house where Nian Nian and Bao Yuan used to live.

She knocked lightly on the door first, but no one answered, so Bai Ling tentatively pushed, and the door creaked open.

The room was pitch black, and it seemed that Ai Songqing and Niannian had already fallen asleep.

Bo Ling stepped into the house and stepped out again. Since they are already asleep, let the two of them have a good time——

A small hand suddenly stretched out from the crack of the door and grabbed the hem of Bai Ling's skirt.

A familiar immature face walked under the light of the corridor, Nian Nian's eyes were red, and when he saw that it was Bai Ling, he let go of his hand in disappointment.

Bo Ling was startled, and squatted down, "Why haven't you slept yet? Where's your sister Songqing?"

Nian Nian pointed to the bed - Ai Songqing was sleeping there.

"I can't sleep." Nian Nian said softly, "I want to wait for my mother to come back."

Bo Ling couldn't speak for a moment, and he opened his mouth after a while, "...Have you been guarding the door?"

Nian Nian did not answer, but nodded silently.

Bo Ling suddenly felt a sore nose, and his vision blurred.

Nian Nian looked at Bo Ling with some doubts, she lowered her head, pulled out her small handkerchief from her waist, and lightly pressed Bo Ling's eye sockets a few times.

In the room, Ai Songqing who was on the bed seemed to hear the noise here, and turned over slightly.

"Let's talk over there, shall we?" Bo Ling pointed to the steps not far away.

Nian Nian nodded.

In the second half of the night, the world of the turret was silent, only the chirping of cicadas could be heard.

The two sat on the steps, Nian Nian lowered her head and played with her belt, muttering something softly, but Bo Ling couldn't hear clearly.

"What are you talking about?" Burling asked.

"I tore my clothes again." Nian Nian's voice was a little louder, but still very small, "...so my mother is angry with me and won't come back. I will be obedient in the future, and my mother can Come back and see me..."

Bo Ling shook his head, "No."

"Sister Songqing said that my mother is asleep, but she will never wake up." Niannian lowered her head and whispered, she suddenly looked up at Bai Ling, "Will I fall asleep and never wake up again? "

Burling shook his head again.

"...how can I get my mother back," Nian Nian sighed, and pouted again, "I don't want my mother to become a star, a flower, or something else, I want her back."

Become a star, become a flower...

Bai Ling already wanted to say something, and she had been trying to adjust her breathing for this reason.

"Sister Awan said that my mother went to a far away place, but I clearly saw that they buried my mother." Nian Nian suddenly sobbed, "Sister Songqing also said later that my mother went to a far away place... But why didn't she take me?"

Niannian wiped away her tears, then looked up at Bai Ling again, "Does Sister Bai Ling know where my mother has gone?"

Burling nodded.

"I want to go too." Niannian pursed her lips, "Sister Bai Ling, can you take me to find my mother?"

Bai Ling finally calmed down her breathing. She gently held Nian Nian in her arms and said in a low voice, "Your mother didn't go far away, and she didn't fall asleep."

Burling's voice was very soft.

"Your mother died in an accident, and she will not come back."

Nian Nian thought for a while.

"...what is 'dead'?"

Burling took a deep breath.

To explain what death is to a three or four-year-old child is a long process and requires long-term patience.

"Death means that the body stops working." Bo Ling held Nian Nian's hand and said softly, "A dead person will no longer have a heartbeat, talk, walk, or feel pain. Sad, can't laugh."

Nian Nian opened her eyes wide, "Will she never talk to me again? What if I never make her angry? Will she ignore me?"

Bo Ling brushed the hair next to Nian Nian's ear, "Your mother is not angry with you, and Nian Nian has done nothing wrong. She can't talk to you because she is 'dead'."

This unfamiliar concept made Nian Nian quiet down.

She looked at Bo Ling, and the hand that had been picking at her belt slowly stopped.

"She won't feel anymore, she won't be able to eat anymore, and she won't continue to grow and grow old." Bai Ling said softly, "Dead people can't come back to life."

Bo Ling felt that Nian Nian suddenly grasped his hand tightly.

"Why?" Niannian sniffled, "...Then, will Sister Bai Ling die too?"

"Well, I will too." Bo Ling said softly, "But if I protect myself well, it will happen a long time later."

"Are you sure you're going to die?"

Bo Ling nodded, "People, birds, cicadas, these trees...all live for a while, and then die."

Tears suddenly welled up in Nian Nian's eyes.

She thought for a while, then asked again, "If you die, can you never live again?"

"Yeah." Bo Ling nodded again.

She suddenly hugged Bai Ling's arm tightly, and said with a sob, "...but I don't want my mother to die, I still want her to come back to life."

Bo Ling gently touched Nian Nian's head, "Nian Nian is crying, is it because Nian Nian is afraid?"

Nian Nian shook her head.

"Is it because of sadness?"

The little girl nodded, she thought about it carefully, and said in a trembling voice, "I...I miss my mother so much..."

Bai Ling sighed and held the child in his arms.

"Me too, I miss her too..." Bai Ling's voice was so low that only Nian Nian could hear it, "...I am also very sad."

This night, when Nian Nian fell asleep again, the little girl's whole face was crying again.

Bo Ling carried her back to the house, and carefully put her back beside Ai Songqing.

She didn't go back to her room that night, she used some chairs here to make a small bed, and then fell asleep on her side.

Early the next morning, Ai Songqing woke up first. Seeing that Bo Ling was also in the room, she was startled at first, and then quickly got up and called Bo Ling to get up and go to bed.

It's just that after waking up, Bo Ling felt that he couldn't fall asleep again.

The maids quickly brought breakfast, and the three of them ate at the table together.Niannian set aside her own bowl, peeled an egg and put it in, but did not move.

"Sister Bai Ling," Niannian picked up another egg and peeled it off by herself, "Will I die in the future too?"

When Ai Songqing heard the word "death", the chopsticks in his hand were not steady for a moment and fell on the table.

(End of this chapter)