Chapter 55: Goodbye is goodbye
Sansa Ran clutched the branch of the flower in her hand, and secretly vowed to keep the flower.
The two of them went back to Sansa Ran’s house and sat on the floor looking at the flower and thinking about how to keep it.
Sansa Ran’s parents came back laughing and talking, and were happy to see Bernie Bai in their house, saying, “Bernie, stay here for lunch today.”
Sansa Ran heard the sound and instinctively hid the flower behind herself.
Sansa Ran’s mother noticed that something was wrong with her daughter and went up and squatted down and said gently, “Sansa, show mommy what you are hiding behind you?”
Bernie Bai shielded Sansa Ran behind herself and stammered, “Nothing … nothing, auntie we’ll go play first.” Bernie Bai said Bernie Bai pulled Sansa Ran towards the room and ran.
Sansa Ran’s mother had a guess in her heart that the two little ones had made some kind of mistake, otherwise they wouldn’t be so nervous.
Sansa Ran’s mother sneaked up and opened the door to Sansa Ran’s room. The two people in the room were not expecting her to come in and the flower was naturally exposed to Sansa Ran’s mother.
Sansa Ran’s mother went up to pick up the Juliette rose that had fallen on the floor and immediately recognized it as one of Grandma Bernie Bai’s flowers. Pulling Sansa Ran over and slapping her hard across the face, she asked, “What’s going on here? How can you go and pick Granny Bai’s flower?”
Bernie Bai said with a serious face, “Auntie, it’s not Sansa’s business, I went to pick it.”
Sansa’s Mom noticed her daughter’s weak heart and bowed her head, and questioned sternly, “Sansa Ran, is that right? Mom wants to hear the truth and believes that you are a child who does not lie.”
Sansa Ran peeked up to look at her mom’s expression, and with both hands clutching her shirt tightly, she whispered, “Mom, it’s because I like Bernie Bai that I went to pick it.”
Sansa’s Mom was so angry that she reached out to hit Sansa Ran, Bernie Bai pushed Sansa Ran away and Sansa’s Mom withdrew her hand just in time.
Sansa’s Mom shook her head helplessly and looked at the flower in her hand and said, “Do you two know how important this flower is to Granny Bai? It was Granny Bai’s Juliet rose, which blooms only once every 15 years. Before Bernie Bai was born, Granny Bai was waiting for it to bloom, and you guys just picked it.”
Sansa Ran bowed her head in shame and said, “Mom, I was wrong.”
Bernie Bai, afraid that Sansa Ran would be hit by Sansa’s Mom again, hurriedly said, “Auntie, it’s my fault. My mom and them said that our family was moving away and I was afraid that I would never see Sansa again, so I wanted to send her flowers in case she forgot about me.”
Sansa’s Mom looked at the two little ones standing in front of her feeling headache and said, “The flowers are Granny Bai’s, since you know it’s wrong, go apologize to Granny Bai.”
Sansa’s Mom took Bernie Bai and Sansa Ran to knock on the door of Bai’s house.
Granny Bai looked at the tree with only the flower stalks left and cried.
Sansa’s Mom told the two little ones to explain themselves.
Granny Bai was furious when she learned that her grandson had led the way, and Bai’s father grabbed his son and spanked him severely.
Sansa’s Mom asked Sansa Ran to apologize to Granny Bai and said, “Grandma, I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have picked your flowers with Bernie Bai.”
Granny Bai, who was now sad, waved her hand and didn’t say anything.
The two youngsters’ trouble made the adults of both families angry and put Bernie Bai and Sansa Ran in solitary confinement respectively.
The two children had not seen their playmates for two days and missed each other. During the lunch break that day, Bernie Bai knew that Sansa Ran did not have the habit of taking a nap, so he called Sansa Ran from the phone in the living room while his parents were asleep.
Sansa Ran went to the toilet and heard the phone ringing in the living room, looking at the familiar number, her thoughts naturally flowed, Sansa Ran said worriedly, “Bernie Bai, your father didn’t do anything to you, right? Are you still in pain?”
Bernie Bai pretended to be strong and said, “Yes, what are you doing now? I want to go and play with you.”
Sansa Ran looked at the door of her parents’ bedroom, which was still closed tightly, and said reassuringly, “I want to go play with you too, but my mom says I made a mistake and won’t let me go out.”
Bernie Bai said sadly as she thought of how soon she would have to leave, “Then what? Our family will move in a few days, and I won’t be able to see you anymore.”
Sansa Ran was so scared that she was about to cry, but afraid of waking up her parents, she held back her sobs and said, “Do you really have to go? If you leave, what will I do?”
Bernie Bai looked out the window at the bright sun and said, “Can you climb the wall? I’ll take you out one last time. Even if we can’t see each other anymore, I still hope you will remember me.”
Sansa Ran was hesitant. She wanted to see Bernie Bai again, but was afraid of falling down if she climbed the wall.
Bernie Bai saw that Sansa Ran did not answer for a long time and said in a pleading voice, “Sansa, will you? Let’s go! Otherwise, we may not have the chance to meet again. Is it because you don’t want to play with me?”
Sansa Ran was very sad when she thought she would never see Bernie Bai again, and said, “No, I want to play with you. But what if I fall down? And what if they find out?”
Bernie Bai didn’t know what to do, but now he just wanted to see Sansa Ran and said, “Come out and let’s go over the wall together. I’ll go out and catch you first, so neither of us will fall. Then we’ll come back secretly, they won’t find out.”
Sansa Ran, though hesitant in her heart, said, “Okay then, you wait for me.”
Both of them went to their respective backyards, and Bernie Bai knocked on the wall near Sansa Ran’s house and said, “Sansa, are you here?”
Sansa Ran knocked three times on the wall by virtue of a code word, hinting that she had arrived.
Bernie Bai said happily, “Then I’ll flip out first, and I’ll catch you from below.”
Bernie Bai took the stool and tumbled out first. Although Sansa Ran climbed up to the head of the wall, she did not have the courage to jump down.
Bernie Bai persuaded from below, “Come on, you come down slowly, I’ll catch you.”
Sansa Ran clutched the wall with both hands and her body was trembling, not daring to jump down.
Bernie Bai was comforting her from below, but Sansa Ran’s feet slipped when she was about to jump down, and Bernie Bai was not prepared at all.Content is property © NôvelDrama.Org.
Bernie Bai looked at Sansa Ran, who was on the ground, covering her feet and crying out in pain, and knew something was wrong. I’m sorry, it’s all my fault.”
No matter how sorry things have happened, there is no room for redemption. Passers-by saw the two children hugging and crying, and learned what had happened and helped call 120.
The adults from both families arrived at the hospital, and Sansa Ran has not seen Bernie Bai since.
Jeffrey’s knock on the door disturbs Sansa Ran’s thoughts.