Revelation of the Way of Heaven

Chapter 448 Lin Xia

Du Cheng first saw Lin Xia when she was 5 years old. She was standing in the small courtyard of the orphanage as punishment. Although she was being punished, she was looking up at the white clouds in the sky, lost in thought. Du Cheng sat by the window on the second floor and looked at her face, which was full of sunshine and smiles. It was a face as beautiful as an angel that he had never seen before.

Lin Xia noticed him quickly. She blinked and looked him up and down curiously, then beckoned him over. Since arriving at the orphanage, he had been isolated because of his special abilities and ominous label. Everyone kept their distance from him. This was the first time someone had taken the initiative to greet him. Although he was excited, he had been abandoned too many times and quickly calmed down. He did not respond to the girl's greeting. In the end, the girl glared at him fiercely.

The girl was made to stand as punishment until dinner time. The look in her eyes when she glared at him lingered in his mind until dinner time, and at the end of dinner, he secretly stuffed a steamed bun into his pocket.

Du Cheng walked into the courtyard as if nothing had happened. The girl was obviously tired, but the punishment was not over. She squatted on the ground listlessly, drawing on the ground with a twig, unaware of his arrival.

Du Cheng hesitated for a long time before finally pretending to cough. His cough successfully caught the girl's attention. While he was still thinking about how to greet her, Lin Xia stood up and said to him in a commanding tone, "Come here."

He didn't know why, but he obediently walked over, only to hear the girl ask in dissatisfaction, "Why didn't you acknowledge me when I greeted you?"

Du Cheng couldn't answer; he just looked down at the drawing she made on the ground.

Seeing that Du Cheng remained silent, the girl didn't press the matter further, but instead asked, "What's your name?"

"Du Cheng," he answered in a low voice.

"How old?" the girl asked again.

Five years old.

"Then I'm a year older than you, so you'll have to call me 'older sister' from now on," the girl said happily.

Du Cheng kept his head down and remained silent.

The girl was clearly dissatisfied with his attitude, frowning as she asked, "What, you don't want to acknowledge me as your older sister?"

Du Cheng picked at his fingers for a while before answering softly, "I'm willing."

"That's more like it." The girl smiled brightly and asked, "I've been watching you for a long time, and I've noticed that everyone is distancing themselves from you and not talking to you. Why is that?"

The boy didn't answer her; his head hung even lower, and his hands kept moving. .

"Don't lie to your sister," the girl reminded her. "And don't not answer either."

"I can see... I can see special things," the boy mustered his courage to answer, but his voice trailed off as softly as a mosquito's buzz.

"What do you see?" the girl asked, frowning.

"See things that others can't see." The boy could only repeat it again.

"Things you can't see?" The girl looked puzzled, then suddenly realized and exclaimed excitedly, "You mean those spirits and ghosts?"

"Hmm." The boy's voice was barely audible.

"Really?" The girl grabbed his arms, her eyes shining as she looked at him. "That's so cool! It's a gift from heaven. I'm so envious of you."

"Huh?" The boy looked up in surprise at the girl with a happy smile. It was the first time he had seen her up close, and he found that she was even more beautiful and radiant than she had been from a distance, so bright that it was almost dazzling.

Just then, a strange "gurgling" sound came from inside. The girl's smile froze, and she glanced at him awkwardly before covering her stomach with her hand.

"Here you go." A white steamed bun was suddenly handed to Lin Xia. It was the one the boy had hidden away earlier, and it had shrunk a bit from being in his arms for so long.

But the girl didn't care about any of that. She immediately grabbed the steamed bun, stuffed it into her mouth, and started taking big bites.

Du Cheng watched her wolf down her food and smiled for the first time since arriving at the orphanage.

The next day at noon, Lin Xia suddenly found him and took out a notebook, spreading it on the table. When she opened the notebook, he saw all sorts of strange and interesting pictures drawn on it. The girl turned to a blank page and said to him earnestly, "Tell me quickly, what do those things you saw look like?"

"Huh?" Du Cheng looked at her in confusion.

"Tell me what those elves and monsters look like, and I'll draw them," Lin Xia explained impatiently.

Du Cheng stared at her in disbelief; this was the first time someone had ever made such a strange request of him.

"Hurry up and tell me, why are you looking at me like that? Do I have rice grains on my face?" Lin Xia urged.

"No..." Du Cheng's gaze became curious, so he described in detail what he had seen.

Watching Lin Xia intently drawing, Du Cheng couldn't help but ask, "What's your name?"

"Lin Xia." The girl didn't even look up.

"Why were you punished by standing in the corner yesterday?" the boy asked again.

"Did I pull the thumbtack off the headmaster's butterfly specimen yesterday?" she said casually.

"Why?" the boy asked, even more curious. In his mind, the principal was a high and mighty figure, and no one dared to offend him.

"Because I want to let it fly away." Lin Xia seemed completely unconcerned.

"Did it fly away?" the boy asked.

"It's dead, it can't fly away anymore." The girl's voice suddenly became very low.

The boy could only remain silent. The girl said, "Why do you think they locked it up? It's so free. I want to fly freely like a butterfly too."

The boy couldn't answer her question; he just watched quietly as the lines under her pen gradually took shape. To be honest, the picture the girl drew didn't look much like what he saw, but he liked it very much because what she drew was much more beautiful than what he saw.

Lin Xia first tried to fly freely when she was 12 years old. She tried to escape from the orphanage, but was quickly caught and brought back. He saw her being dragged into a closed room from a distance across the corridor. It was a room specifically used to punish disobedient children.

After locking the door to the secret room, Teacher Wang said to Teacher Liu beside her, "This child is really disobedient and always causes us trouble."

Teacher Liu replied, "I heard her father has a mental illness, maybe it's genetic. We need to be careful in the future and make sure she doesn't hurt other children."

"Whether she's mentally ill or not, as long as we lock her in this room for a few days, any illness can be cured, and they'll definitely become obedient."

Du Cheng watched the two teachers walk past him, and subconsciously lowered his head, wanting to approach the room but hesitant.

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