In fact, after more than 40 years, even wounds that are difficult to heal have already become scarred. Jiang Xin has long been numb from the pain of regret and longing again and again. As she gets older, she can't even remember what her sister looked like when she was a child.
However, looks can be forgotten, but love cannot.
She will always remember the joy when her sister was born, and she will always remember the little figure staggering towards her every time she came home from school.
She remembered every "sister" that Xiao Jiangqin called out, and she also remembered the joy that burst into her heart when she heard that "sister".
And these joys, after Xiao Jiangqin's death, turned into a thorn, quietly piercing her heart.
The pain is not excruciating, but the thorn cannot be pulled out and it will torture the person for a lifetime.
Jiang Xin's eye circles were a little red.
She stared blankly at the willow in the photo.
Suddenly, his eyes froze.
"Xiao Qi..." Jiang Xin stared at the photo, her lips trembling as she opened and closed her lips, "Is that patch on your mother's chest a birthmark?"
Ruan Qi didn't notice Jiang Xin's abnormality and leaned over to take a look at the photo.
In the photo, the charming Yang Liu is wearing a bright red tube top dress. The bright color of the long skirt made her skin as white as snow. And on the snow-like skin, a petal-shaped red birthmark reflected brightly on the left chest near the shoulder.
Ruan Qi glanced at the birthmark, nodded and said, "Yes, that's the birthmark my mother has had since she was a child. It's in the shape of a five-petal flower, very beautiful!"
Jiang Xin's head suddenly buzzed.
A five-petal flower-shaped, red birthmark, growing on the left chest near the shoulder... Jiang Xin's eyes turned white, and suddenly, she seemed to have returned to that afternoon forty-six years ago——
The little girl wore a newly purchased pink princess dress and stood in front of the mirror happily.
Behind her, eleven-year-old Jiang Xin looked at her with a smile.
The little girl looked beautiful in front of the mirror for a while, then turned around and happily threw herself into Jiang Xin's arms.
"Sister, does my new dress look good?"
"Good-looking." Jiang Xin hugged the little girl with squirting milk, and smiled broadly on her young and tender face. "Qinqin is the prettiest. She looks good in anything she wears."
The little girl immediately kissed her happily.
"Thank you sister. I like this skirt very much, but there is a red thing on my chest. It looks ugly and not good-looking at all."
The little girl said, pouting and pointing to her chest.
The princess dress was a suspender style. Jiang Xin lowered her head and saw at a glance the birthmark of little Jiang Qin near the left button exposed outside the suspender belt.
She raised her hand, touched the birthmark lightly, and said with a smile: "Qinqin, this is a birthmark."
"Birthmark?" Xiao Jiangqin tilted his head in confusion, "What is that?"
Jiang Xin: "It's a mark that belongs only to you. Look at this birthmark, does it look like a little flower? It's red and beautiful. It's not ugly at all, it's as beautiful as Qinqin."
"Really?" Xiao Jiangqin expressed doubt.
Jiang Xin nodded affirmatively: "Really. Only the most beautiful little girls will bear this kind of birthmark when they are born. This is unique and belongs to Qinqin alone."
The little girl believed in her elder sister the most. When she heard what her elder sister said, she immediately no longer doubted her, and her beautiful peach blossom eyes curled up.
"Yes, this only belongs to me. If I get lost in the future, my sister will use this birthmark to find me!"
"Okay, sister will definitely find you."
——Long-dusted memories, like old yellowed photos, vaguely appeared in Jiang Xin's mind at this moment.
An incredible guess, as if it were a fantasy, rolled into my heart like exploding magma.
Her hand holding the phone was trembling, and her face turned pale due to excessive emotional fluctuations.
Ruan Qi noticed that Jiang Xin was in something wrong and immediately held her shoulders.
"Aunt Jiang, what's wrong with you? Relax, relax."
Ruan Qi comforted her while massaging her acupuncture points with his hands.
Jiang Xin grabbed the little girl's hand tightly and forcefully.
"Xiao Qi..." She looked at Ruan Qi, her eyes red, as if she had a thousand words to say.
Ruan Qi was afraid that she would be too excited, so she quickly responded: "I'm here. Aunt Jiang, are you feeling uncomfortable in any way?"
Jiang Xin opened her mouth and wanted to speak. But when the words came to her lips, she hesitated again.
What should she say to Ruan Qi?
Say 'your mother's birthmark is very similar to my deceased sister's birthmark'?
Or 'I suspect your mother is my sister'?
But this is just a birthmark.
There are so many people in the world who have flower-shaped birthmarks on their bodies. It would be too hasty to determine someone's identity based on just a birthmark.
Jiang Xin thought like this and could no longer say the words that were on her lips.
She hesitated to speak and looked at Ruan Qi, feeling extremely tangled in her heart.
Seeing Jiang Xin not speaking, Ruan Qi thought she was feeling unwell again. She felt Jiang Xin's pulse. Her emotions were indeed ups and downs, and her heartbeat was much faster than usual.
"Aunt Jiang, let me help you go to the bedroom to rest, and I'll give you an injection by the way."
Jiang Xin looked at the little girl blankly and nodded blankly.
"Okay, let's go back to the room."
Jiang Xin let Ruan Qi help her up from the sofa. The moment she stood up, she suddenly said: "Xiao Qi, can you get me a cup of hot water? I'm a little cold."
Upon hearing this, Ruan Qi immediately ran to the water dispenser in the living room with a cup in hand.
Jiang Xin looked at her back, hesitated, then quickly took out her mobile phone, turned on the camera mode, and took a photo of the family photo on Ruan Qi's mobile phone.
After the candid filming was over, Ruan Qi just finished collecting the water, turned around and walked back to her.
"Aunt Jiang, drink some water."
"Okay, thank you Xiaoqi."
Jiang Xin took the water glass, drank a few sips, and then returned Ruan Qi's phone to her.
"Xiao Qi, put your phone away, let's go upstairs."
Ruan Qi didn't think much, took the phone and put it back in her coat pocket, then helped Jiang Xin turn around and go upstairs.
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In the next half day, Ruan Qi carefully adjusted Jiang Xin's body.
After the conditioning was completed, she adjusted the prescription and prepared to stand up and leave.
But Jiang Xin insisted on keeping her to have lunch with her. She was obviously a very weak woman, but her grip on Ruan Qi's wrist was surprisingly strong, as if she was dragging Ruan Qi to the restaurant.
Ruan Qi was shocked by her enthusiasm. Unable to resist the hospitality, we had to have lunch here again.
After lunch, Jiang Xin no longer had any reason to keep Ruan Qi.
She reluctantly walked the little girl to the door and watched her leave in the car. She didn't look back with nostalgia until the butt of the car disappeared from sight.
The nanny at home came up at this time.
"Madam, would you like to go to the bedroom and take a nap?"
Jiang Xin looked away and shook her head: "I'm not going to sleep today. Ma Xu, call my elder brother and ask him to come here right away. Tell him that I have something very important to tell him."
(End of chapter)
