"I will!" Salfani hardly hesitated.
She even took the initiative to take off the silk gloves loved by noble ladies, revealing the soft, white and delicate palm.
Then he reached out his hand and held it tightly with Li Wei.
Then, in a few seconds, a layer of cold sweat oozed from Salfani's clean forehead.
Her pupils were shrinking, her breathing became heavy, and sweat quickly soaked her cheeks, leaving strands of hair stuck to her face in disorder. It was like something weighty was weighing heavily on her body and her heart.
"Take a deep breath... take it easy." Liwei released his hand in time.
He had anticipated Salfani's reaction.
Because when he first came across the original memory, he was so painful and shocked.
There was almost only despair and pain in that memory, and just a quick glance from the perspective of a bystander was enough to overwhelm people.
But Salfani is more innocent and delicate than him, and she may be shocked even more.
It is true.
"Huh, huh --" Sarafani shook off Liwei's support and stood still.
She saw many things that were unimaginable before.
For example, Salfani had no idea that she was an apprentice in her own factory What kind of experience is it.
It turns out that every gold coin she eats, plays, and spends is soldered out by the workers in this painful life, one device at a time.
In the eyes of those Zu'an apprentices, this job that Salfani could not bear just by imagining was still a kind of luck. Because their memory of Zu'an is even more tragic.
"Now, do you understand?" Li Wei just shared some clips with her, but that's enough.
"Hmm..." Salfani nodded slightly.
She finally understood how foolish she was before - she always sympathized with the suffering people she saw, but she didn't even understand how bitter they were.
And Liwei didn't take the opportunity to preach anything.
The reality is more persuasive than all great principles. And Salfani, she has the courage and determination to face the reality.
"Let's go." Those painful memory fragments obviously brought severe mental burden to Salfani. Liwei was worried that something would happen to her, so he wanted to take her away.
But Salfani shook her head: "Mr. Liwei, would you wait?"
"I want to hear more about the voice of Zu'an people." She turned to look at the beggars:
They were also immersed in the beautiful music just now, and their expressions were as peaceful as those of the saints bathing in the Ganges River.
Suffer hardships quietly without complaining.
"Can I shake hands with you?"
Salfani summoned up her courage and went to the beggars.
Perhaps it is her singing that has really influenced people. Of course, it is more likely that the influence of magic has not dissipated - these beggars have an inexplicable worship and respect for Salfani.
It's like fans meeting stars.
"You, you want to shake hands with us? How can it be... How can a noble person like you... shake hands with us?" The beggars were all flattered.
They instinctively worship Salfani, but they are ashamed and dare not approach.
"Please," Salfani offered her hand.
But the beggars were even more afraid to approach - they even felt that touching the girl with their dirty hands was a blasphemy to the "idol".
"I, I come..."
Finally, a female beggar hesitated and stood out excitedly. Her hands are a little cleaner than those rough men, and she is the best one to show them to people.
But even so, when that one is full of calluses, full of cracks, dust and skin grow together, black mud and nails melt into one, a poor beggar's hand
When the hand reached Salfani's face, she instinctively resisted.
This is totally different from the experience of shaking hands with Liwei. Although Li Wei's hands are calluses, they are clean; Moreover, they are slim and slender, with well-defined knuckles, and are naturally beautiful.
Even if it is not for the purpose of "experiencing life", Salfani is willing to hold such a hand.
But this beggar's hand
It's too dirty.
Just taking a close look, Salfani, who was slightly clean, immediately got goose bumps.
"No, I'm sorry, miss..." The beggar seemed to notice something, and she blushed and shrank her hands.
This action, on the contrary, awakened Salfani.
"No! It's me who should say sorry..."
Salfani was extremely ashamed.
She suddenly realized that she was "hypocritical"!
It is clear that she sympathized with beggars since childhood and hoped to help the poor.
She always treats herself as a half Zu'an person. Every time she hears her parents say something bad about Zu'an, she can't help crying out for her imaginary hometown.
But now, after Salfani really stood in front of these poor people in Zu'an, she finally realized that
It turns out that she has always disliked them!
Even she could not detect this kind of rejection.
Her father is right, she is not Zu'an at all Never!
"Sorry, really sorry..."
Salfani overcame her discomfort and shook the palm of the beggar's hand with guilt. With just such a grip, her hands seemed to be covered with a layer of dirt.
Salfani did not loosen her grip, but held it firmly, then looked up at the beggar and asked:
"Can you remember how you came to Picheng from Zu'an and became like this now?"
This question has no magic power, but like a needle, it suddenly pierced the magic dream.
"Ah --" It was almost an instant, and a painful memory just like a flash of light rushed into Salfani's mind.
She saw a girl struggling to grow up in Zu'an by selling her parents' bodies and eating gutter mice. It was not easy to save enough money to buy the place of apprentice. I dreamed of working in Picheng, but I lost everything due to a factory accident, was expelled from the factory, expelled by the landlord, and repatriated by the law enforcement officer. I tried my best to escape, but I couldn't find a job because I lost my legal identity The woman who has fallen to this place even dreams of becoming a J-girl, but because she lost her face in Zu'an's alchemy gas in the early years, no one even wants to sell herself. In the end, they can only become beggars, surviving on petty theft, turning over garbage dumps and begging for alms
Innocent Salfani never thought that for a woman, being a J-girl could become an extravagant dream.
This memory
It hurts! It hurts too much!
"Ah --" It really hurts.
"What's the matter, Salfani?"
"My ability... was, was stimulated out of control." Salfani covered her ears with a headache: "The voice, everywhere is... the voice of pain! Ah ah ah ah!"
This is the Zu'an community, of course, full of painful melodies. Moreover, there are almost only painful melodies.
Mr. Elvin didn't let her come here because he was afraid that his daughter's ability would lose control in such a place.
"Salfani!"
Seeing that she was almost dying of pain, Liwei finally felt a little panic.
He could no longer ignore other things, and immediately supported the tottering Salfani and held her in his arms. Salfani leaned her head against his chest feebly, as if she was going to faint.
"Hang on, I'll take you out now!"
Liwei picked her up and wanted to leave quickly.
But Salfani, with her final awareness, looked at the beggars with blurred eyes:
"You can go to the factory area to find Mr. Elvin from the Hicks Audio Factory and ask him to give you a job to help you resume your apprenticeship status... Don't forget to say my name, my name is..."
"Salfani!"
.........................
Sarafani woke up from the darkness.
When I woke up, it was already a clean and bustling street in Piltwoff.
The sky here is so clear and the sun is so bright. It seems that everything I just saw in Zu'an people's community is just an illusion in a nightmare.
As for Salfani herself, she was being held carefully by a man and carried steadily on her back. The man's shoulders are very wide, just enough for her to sleep comfortably there.
"Oh, it's Mr. Levi..." Sarafani vaguely recognized the man's identity, and then leaned back on his shoulder with confidence.
Then she vaguely "heard" that Li Wei was singing for her in his heart and had been singing all the time.
The melody of that piece is soft and sweet, and the rhythm is gentle and elegant, giving people a sense of peace of mind that can't be expressed.
This is not a piece by Pieterwolf. It was another song that she had never heard before.
"Mr. Liwei?" Salfani woke up excitedly, "What is this music?"
"Are you awake? It's OK, I haven't fainted for too long..." Li Wei sighed with relief.
And he finally shared music with Salfani as she wished:
"This is the" lullaby "- you said that your father's nursery rhyme can help you ease your pain. I think this song may also be able to do so."
"Hmm..." Salfani felt the gentle melody carefully, and her mind was really relaxed.
The melody of this song can really help her.
"Thank you, Mr. Levi."
"Is this" Cradle Song "also your work? Your style is so rich and varied that it seems that you can master any subject matter... This is a genius!"
"No, it's not my song - it's Schubert's."
"Schubert?"
"You don't know? But don't you know mind reading?"
"No... Mr. Liwei, your soul seems to be 'protected' by some force. I can't read some things at all."
"I see..." It seems that Salfani can't read the memory that can reveal his identity as a passer.
In this way, he tried hard to concentrate and only recalled part of the original owner's experience to Salfani, which was totally unnecessary.
"So what is Schubert?"
"... It's hard to explain... Just think of it as my creation... In short, you can listen to the songs. No matter what style you want to listen to, I can 'play' it for you."
"You mean... you also know a lot, and there are such beautiful songs?" Salfani's eyes were shining.
"Hmm." Liwei nodded. As an amateur, his music library is quite rich.
"Would you like to teach me all of them?"
"Of course."
"Thank you, Mr. Levi! You are so kind to me!"
"Well... OK?" He didn't know how many times he had scolded her for being a fool.
"Better than before." Salfani smiled contentedly.
That's true.
Salfani is willing to admit her naivety and innocence, go down to the cloud and communicate directly with the bottom people, and even reflect and feel guilty for her previous ignorance.
And at the last moment, she also held up the spirit of almost collapse and pointed out a way for those beggars.
I ran away without being touched by myself, slipped away after giving alms, and didn't come up with "Let me sing a song for you", which is an unimaginable poverty alleviation method.
Instead, they thought from the reality and gave them the help they needed most - learning the identity of an apprentice and a job.
Salfani's performances exceeded Li Wei's expectations at the beginning After all, he regarded her as a fool at first.
So Liwei's impression of this innocent young lady also changed a lot unconsciously.
"It's not just a change of outlook..." Suddenly, Li Wei found that Salfani was breathing in his face, and he felt hot.
She was lying on his shoulder and stammered:
"Mr. Liwei, you, you seem..."
"I'm starting to like me a little bit."
Li Wei: "..."
"Nonsense! I..."
Fuck me! He didn't realize it, but she knew it first.
This girl is terrible.
There is no privacy at all. Whoever marries home will go to prison!
"Mr. Li and Mr. Liwei, why do you want to get married? It's so... so ungrateful... we've only known each other for a long time!"
Li Wei: "..."
"Salfani, you are inferior to Sona."
"Sona?" Li Wei's memory of the game story also belonged to the content that Salfani could not read: "Who is Sona?"
"A girl with the same ability as you."
"Hey? Then why am I inferior to her?"
"She is mute and can't speak."