nownovels Chapter 18 The Gentlest Anchor
Chapter 18 The Gentlest Anchor
As the glass door opened, Lingjiu instinctively wanted to get into the car.
Jiang Yun didn't understand what kind of emotion she was experiencing.
Anticipation? Or trepidation? Or fear?
The mother's gaze remained stubbornly fixed on a corner of the blue carriage, and her feet unconsciously moved forward with the crowd, as if she were being led by an invisible thread.
Just as Ling Jiu was about to step onto the connecting area between the carriages, a hand reached out and blocked her way.
"Madam, this is the men's carriage. Please proceed to the women's carriage next door. Otherwise, I cannot guarantee against harassment or whether the accusation is false."
The person who stopped her was a subway security guard in a dark blue uniform. The entry above his head was clearly visible: [Mercenary Third Job Advancement: Auxiliary Police Officer] [Blood Refining Realm Eighth Level (Martial Arts Second Realm)].
His voice was neither humble nor arrogant: "For your safety and to avoid unnecessary disputes, please go to the subway station next door."
Jiang Yun had just noticed that the light rail carriages were painted in alternating blue and pink, indicating that men and women traveled in separate carriages.
"Huh?" Ling Jiu was stunned, as if she had been forcibly pulled back to reality from some kind of daze.
She subconsciously glanced back at the blue carriage, and sure enough, all the people walking into that carriage were men, while the girls slipped through the crowd and entered the pink carriage next to it.
"I'm sorry, this is my first time riding the light rail, I didn't know there was such a rule." She said apologetically in a soft voice, then turned and walked towards the pink carriage next to her.
But as soon as he said that, the atmosphere around him became even stranger.
Several passersby who were also waiting for the bus subconsciously moved half a step to the side upon hearing this, their eyes filled with scrutiny and wariness. Two middle-aged women who were about to walk towards the pink carriage began to whisper among themselves, just loud enough for her to hear:
"What do you mean, 'first time riding'? It's the Fourth Age, how could anyone have never ridden the subway?"
"If you're going to stage an accident, then do it. Why pretend you don't know anything? People these days have no shame. If it weren't for young girls like you who stage accidents and make false accusations every day, I wouldn't have to be separated from my son just to take the subway."
The older woman made no attempt to hide her resentment.
Ling Jiu's fingers curled slightly. She didn't say anything, but simply pulled up the shoulder strap of her canvas backpack, lowered her head, and quickly walked into the pink carriage.
The interior of the carriage was painted light blue, with soft lighting, and slogans were displayed on the electronic screens above.
[In the year 372518 of the Star Calendar, which is also the year 2127 of the "Xingyou" cycle, according to the rules, the pink outer layer and blue inner layer represent a woman, and the roles will rotate the following year.]
[In the first year of Xingyou, the Daoist Master of Tongquan obtained the Youjin Xuan position and became the You Xuan Master. Dao and Xuan became one, and Heaven and Earth returned to oneness. He became a Starry Sky Saint, and commerce and mineral veins in the Fifth Star Realm flourished!]
Ling Jiu found a spot near the door and stood there, grabbing the handrail above her head with one hand and unconsciously placing the other hand on her chest.
That brief eye contact was like a pebble thrown into a long-silent pool, stirring up all the silt she thought had long since settled and that she dared not touch.
"Jiang Rang..."
She whispered the name.
He must have seen me.
"He was chased and accused again, and he saw it. How embarrassing..."
The subway slowly started moving, and the light and shadow outside the window began to flow. Ling Jiu looked at her blurry silhouette reflected in the glass, her thoughts churning uncontrollably.
"But I don't have to go through an arranged marriage anymore," she gently touched her lower abdomen, "The baby must want to be Daddy's, right? Should I send him a message?"
"But I slept with him once, two years ago. Normally, babies are born after ten months. If I tell him I'm pregnant now, will he think I'm trying to scam him?"
"No, I must have hurt his pride that time. And then there's the impression I've left on him. Skipping class, skipping competitions, getting into Playboy's car, and now getting on the wrong subway... He must think I'm terrible."
"Given his personality, even if a paternity test proves it after the birth, he will definitely take responsibility... he'll just despise me even more."
"No, this will definitely ruin the baby's happy family life. I have to be careful for the baby's sake."
"First, salvage his public image, then slowly build rapport, and finally tell him the truth."
"Okay, that's settled."
She took a deep breath, as if she had made up her mind, and her eyes gradually became firm.
As soon as she finished speaking, she nodded vigorously, as if to encourage herself.
"Baby, do you think Mommy's idea is right?"
Inside his stomach, Jiang Yun felt like slapping his forehead.
No, Mom, isn't your thought process a bit too convoluted?
Normal guys don't think that much. If you just explain the misunderstanding and difficulties, and then slowly cultivate the relationship, wouldn't that be easier?
Why hesitate?
He tried to activate the "mother-child connection" to correct her obviously off-track thinking.
Whether it was because Ling Jiu's idea was too "opinionated" or because the mindset of "you must prove yourself before you can be loved" was too deeply rooted in her heart, when Jiang Yun's stream of consciousness touched her, it was like water hitting a dam and being silently bounced away.
The bond between mother and child is no longer effective?
Helpless, Jiang Yun could only choose the most primitive method. He gathered his strength, stretched out his little hand, and suddenly grabbed the placenta.
Ling Jiu gasped softly and instinctively clutched her stomach.
The next second, a gentle smile appeared on her lips as she looked down at her belly and whispered, "Baby, you support me too, right? Yes, Mommy knows. Let's cheer each other on!"
Jiang Yun: "..."
He silently withdrew his little hand from the amniotic fluid and patted his forehead.
Hopeless.
At the same time, the feedback from Shenji Tianyan arrived as expected.
Faced with your mother's misconceptions, you chose to offer a gentle reminder, but Lingjiu misunderstood. Ultimately, however, she decided to fight for you to have a loving family.
[Evaluation: A lucky accident]
[Computing power +3]
Jiang Yun: "..."
彳亍口巴.
With computing power, it's not a loss.
He was about to close the notification when his gaze fell once again on the evaluation description.
"She decided to fight for you so that you can have a loving family."
These words made Jiang Yun pause in his process of withdrawing his thoughts.
A loving family?
In his previous life, he was born in the icy and snowy Northeast, a land of plenty with plenty of free time. His mother was always playing mahjong or video games and rarely paid attention to him. It is said that when he was three years old, he fell to the ground while sleeping alone at home and slept there for an entire afternoon.
His father was an alcoholic and a womanizer, and the two of them always shirked responsibility.
But Ling Jiu, his biological mother in this life, is 20 years old. She is still a child herself, but she thinks about his future. She helps him to improve his physique by practicing martial arts and gives up driving so that he can become wise as soon as possible. She takes the subway by herself and doesn't complain when she embarrasses herself because she doesn't know the basics of the subway.
Now she plans to face her embarrassment and guilt head-on, salvage the relationship, and build a harmonious and complete family for him.
An indescribable emotion suddenly welled up in Jiang Yun's heart.
……
Finally, we arrived at Jiangda University.
The subway station is right at the school gate. Besides the densely packed list of transfer students, the most impressive thing is the antique stone pillar gate, with a jade plaque above it bearing the words "Jiangcheng University" in traditional Chinese characters. Two gilded couplets are also engraved on the pillars beside it.
[The Five Paths Heritage Continues to Thrive]
Only faith can build our rivers and mountains.
There was also a large banner above—
Congratulations to Shi Yan, a student from Beijiang University, for winning first place in the Starry Sky Myriad Races Genius Battle!
Even more miraculously, under the gaze of the Butterfly God's Eye, one could clearly see an extremely dense power empowering this campus.
It seemed that even from a distance, his comprehension improved dramatically.
He quickly used the Divine Calculation Heavenly Evolution to sense his Dao Wisdom status.
[Dao Hui: 69 (Rapidly increasing)]
[Level 7 Building Upgrade: Current Rate, 1.5x]
[Level 7 Building]: School buildings designed by 7th-level architects. Depending on the Dao wisdom and learning ability, they increase the learning speed of all cultivators by 1.2 to 5 times.
[Because you are only a first-level Body Tempering Realm martial artist and do not have 'student' status, your current speed is 1.5.]