NOVEL NEXT Chapter 85: Whose life doesn't have regrets?
Soon, her younger brother or sister would be born, and then they would still be a happy family of three. But at this moment, Lan Zhi realized that her departure would always be a scar in their hearts. Lan Zhi couldn't help walking forward and hugging them, just as they used to hug her, and said softly, "Dad, Mom, I'm okay. I just returned to the place where I belong..." Her arms were empty. Lan Zhi stared blankly at her hands, as if the warm touch that belonged to them still lingered on her fingertips. She slowly clenched her hands, wanting to hold onto that warmth, but they disappeared, and the street gradually vanished too. She was once again standing on the spotless ladder to the sky. Lan Zhi crouched down and covered her face. This was indeed the best result— She said to herself silently in her heart. Life is like a banquet. There's a time for gathering, and there will also be a time for parting. She just left a bit earlier and exited the banquet ahead of time, leaving them with concerns and regrets. However, whose life can be free from concerns? Whose heart doesn't have a few people they want to see but can never see again? And whose life can be completely without regrets? Sorrow makes happiness more precious. Parting makes gathering more valuable. Learning to cherish in joys and sorrows, in separations and reunions, and growing up in regrets and guilt, that's the real life. Lan Zhi wiped away the tears on her face and looked up at the top of the ladder to the sky. At this moment, she was still far from the end. Looking up at the huge hourglass hanging above the ladder to the sky, less than one-fifth of the time had passed. Although she was still far from the end, no one had surpassed her yet, and they were all still quite far away from her. She didn't want to just keep walking forward like this, so she sat down on the spot, took out paper and a pen from her storage bracelet, and drew the people she had just seen. She had learned painting in a certain world before and quickly sketched out their outlines, capturing their every smile and frown on the paper. After finishing drawing, she admired it for a while. Just as she was about to put the things away, she suddenly heard a shrill cry from behind. "Ah—" Lan Zhi turned her head to look in the direction where the sound came from and vaguely saw a figure falling from the ladder to the sky. She wasn't surprised at all that those who couldn't get past their own psychological barriers would end up like this. During the time when she was drawing, the other examinees had gotten much closer to her, and from time to time, fearful voices reached her ears. "It's all your fault! You were clearly in such poor health, yet you insisted on hogging so many resources. If you hadn't died, I wouldn't have gotten anything—" "Don't come over! Ah!" "I'm sorry. I really didn't know you only had one steamed bun. Really! I thought you had another one hidden!" Lan Zhi didn't want to hear others' guilty confessions, so she got up and continued walking upwards. The road ahead was probably twice as long as the road she had already walked. She guessed that all three assessments were hidden in this ladder to the sky, so she became a bit more cautious as she walked forward. Unexpectedly, just as the scene changed, she saw someone she really didn't want to see. Tianyi Fengyi! Tianyi Fengyi was wearing a long skirt with pink clouds interwoven with gold threads and flower patterns. She stood in front of Lan Zhi, smiling and raising her hand to show her the simple and ancient bracelet on her wrist with a faint flowing light: "Do you see this bracelet? It's a symbol of the heir of the Tianyi Family. It should have been yours, but now it's mine. It's such an ugly color. I didn't even want it at first, but they insisted on giving it to me, saying that only I was qualified to use it." Lan Zhi's face instantly darkened.