Chapter 322: 322
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âXiao Pingguo is a good kid, very understanding, extremely intelligent, and loves learning. Ah, if only⊠if only she could see⊠she should have had a promising future.â
Whenever he mentioned his niece, Li Sheng could not help sighing, even considering cursing the heavens. Such a good child, born blind, then lost her mother shortly after. Damn, the gods are indeed blind.
However, his female colleague Liu Ying said: âHonestly, if you hadnât told me about Xiao Pingguoâs condition before, when I saw her this afternoon, I couldnât tell she was blind at all. Moreover, in Professor Liâs house, the way she walks and does things, everything seems very natural. During our conversation, she could clearly judge where the speaker was. Even when pouring water or taking things, she doesnât need anyone to help, her ability to act independently is quite strong.â
Li Sheng said: âXiao Pingguo has lived in that house for over a decade, sheâs very familiar with every nook and cranny. Sometimes she knows where something is better than my brother. Whatâs more, her hearing is outstanding. She can hear many details that we regular people canât, so at home, thereâs not much difference between her and someone with normal vision.â
Speaking of which, he laughed and said: âTechnology is truly amazing nowadays. My brother told me that Xiao Pingguo canât do anything without her computer and cell phone. She even posts her cover songs on a platform called something like bibulu.â
Liu Ying laughed and said, âWhat bibulu? You mean Bilibili, right? Thatâs the B-site young people use, itâs not bibulu, are you blowing bubbles?â
âHa! I said it wrong on purpose, wasnât that funny?â Li Sheng laughed.
Liu Ying then said: âXiao Pingguo must have a lovely singing voice. Listening to her talk, it seems like she has a beautiful voice. If sheâs interested, why not try sending her to a professional school? My aunt is a teacher at the music collegeâŠâ
âThatâs been tried when she was little, but Xiao Pingguo is clearly more interested in studying birds.â Li Sheng replied.
âThatâs true. The canary Xiao Pingguo keeps, called âShining Goldâ, is indeed charming! Watching their interactions, it really seemed like it had a sense of consciousness.â Liu Ying exclaimed, âNo wonder Xiao Pingguo calls âShining Goldâ her âguide birdâ. I remember you told me your niece speaks âbird languageâ and can communicate with birds directly. But tonight, when she gave âShining Goldâ instructions, she just spoke in Mandarin. It felt like the bird has learned human languageâŠâ
âThat bird is indeed magical.â Li Sheng agreed, âBut Xiao Pingguo is just looking after it for a friend who went home for the New Year. Speaking of this friend, he is quite the character. Hey, have I ever told you about the barefoot Bald Man we picked up when my brother, Xiao Pingguo, and I were coming back from the mountains?â
âNo, you havenât. Whoâs the barefoot Bald Man?â Liu Ying asked curiously.
Li Sheng then vividly recounted to Liu Ying the incident from last year when he, his brother, and Xiao Pingguo gave Xiang Kun a lift on their way back from the mountains.
âThis guy is quite a character. He ran up to the mountains on his own, completely barefooted, like an ascetic monk. I guess without us, he would have kept walking down the mountain and no one would have dared to pick him up. I only met him that once, but my brother and Xiao Pingguo are quite close to him. Heâs been to my brotherâs house several times. I hear this guy not only cooks well but is also good at woodcarving. He gave Xiao Pingguo a minion wood carving and even carved some computer components. Iâve seen them, they really are quite impressiveâŠâ
As the two of them were chatting about this, they reached the bureau.
Both of them worked at the city bureau but in different departments. Their presence there that night was required as Liu Ying was on duty and Li Sheng was accompanying her.
However, as soon as the two walked into the office, Li Shengâs phone rang and it was his niece Xiao Pingguo, whom they had just said goodbye to.
âXiao Pingguo, we just arrived at the office. Your dad drank quite a bit, he should be asleep, right?⊠What?! What did you say? Whereâs your dad? What, youâre alone⊠Go back right now, find your dad, Iâll immediately inform colleagues nearby, you donât need to worry about anything else⊠Youâve already called the police? Thatâs good then, make sure you stay safe, and go back home right now! Leave the rest to the police. Iâll rush over too!â
Seeing the way Li Sheng flipped from casual to tense, worried, and rushed as he answered the call, Liu Ying, who rarely saw him this way, asked with concern: âWhat happened? Did something happen to Xiao Pingguo⊠or your brother?â
âIâll go over and check it out, then Iâll let you knowâ Li Sheng left as he was speaking.
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After Uncle Li Sheng and his girlfriend had left, Xiao Pingguo chatted with her father for a while, sitting together on the living room sofa.
But, since Professor Li Yang had learned at dinner that Li Sheng and Liu Ying had decided to get married, he was overjoyed and had a few more drinks than usual. Since he wasnât good at handling his liquor, he fell asleep while they were chatting on the sofa.
Xiao Pingguo then went to fetch a blanket to cover him, and then went back to her room to play with her phone. But tonight Sister Nana and Sister Zhenâer were having dinner with their families, and Sister Xiao Bing and Uncle Xiang might have been busy too, none of them were in the group chat.
âJin Shanshanâ, who somehow got out of its cage and perched on Xiao Pingguoâs shoulder, chirped twice.
Xiao Pingguo tilted her head slightly and laughed, âYou want to go out and play? Hmm, I know youâre bored, but daddy is asleep nowâŠâ
Since Aunt Yang also went home for the Spring Festival, it has only been her and her father Li Yang at home. Her father has been busy and needs to prepare for the New Yearâs Eve, basically, he doesnât have much time to accompany her to the park outside the community. She hadnât been out for three days.
Xiao Pingguo chatted quietly with âJin Shanshanâ for a whileâto outsiders, it would seem as though she was talking to herself. Then they made a decision, grabbed the bird cage that was never locked, took her phone, Minion Wood Carving, and Lucky Coin, grabbed her keys, and left with Jin Shanshan.
Before, Xiao Pingguo would never leave the house by herself.
Even if she was very familiar with the community, the small park outside, and the environment around it, even if through Professor Xiang Kunâs âObject Sensingâ training, she could now walk through a crowd without worrying about bumping into people, she would still never dare to venture out on her own.
Because she knew it would worry her father and Aunt Yang, and the people who cared about her would be frantic with worry. And if she were to fall or something happened to her, they would feel guilty and blame themselves.
She knew that raising a blind child like her wasnât easy for her father. She didnât want to add to his worries.
And previously, even though her âObject Sensingâ abilities allowed her to use her hearing and smell to greatly assist her, allowing her to move around her own community and the nearby park quite freely, she would still feel a bit uneasy when she was alone.
But today she wasnât alone, she had âJin Shanshanâ with her.
She recently noticed that through her âObject Sensingâ ability, she has formed a unique communication channel with âJin Shanshanâ. It wasnât just that she could understand the birdâs intentions and make it understand her, she was even able to hear certain sounds through âJin Shanshanâ to some extent.
For the time being, she isnât sure if this is her own illusion or if it is really possible, so she also wants to find an opportunity to experiment and confirm it.
Anyway, with âJin Shanshanâ by her side, Xiao Pingguo was certain that there would be no problem just going to the park next to the community for a little walk and rest.
Previously, she told her future sister-in-law and police officer Liu Ying that âSparkleâ, her canary, was her âguide birdâ, and she wasnât joking.
When she went out, âSparkleâ immediately flew ahead and perched in a tree, chirping twice to guide Xiao Pingguo.
She didnât use her white cane as she was very familiar with the surroundings. If anything new appeared in her path, âSparkleâ would alert her, enabling her to sense where the obstacle was.
Xiao Pingguo managed to reach her usual small park without difficulty, and sat down on her regular wooden bench.
She wasnât wearing sunglasses, so if any strangers saw her on the way, they wouldnât think this pretty girl was blind. Apart from her gaze appearing a bit vacant, everything seemed normal.
Sat on the bench, Xiao Pingguo let âSparkleâ move freely. In one hand she held the âLucky Coinâ that Xiang Kun had given her to practice âobject sensingâ, and in her other, she held a âminion wood carvingâ that she had a magical connection with. She then started trying to establish a connection with âSparkleâ, in order to share its sense of hearing.
At first, the details of the surrounding sounds seemed richer. Then, all sounds suddenly disappeared, as though she was in a perfectly silent space. The next moment, all sorts of noises flooded her sense of hearing, as if a rock concert had started in her head.
Xiao Pingguo wrinkled her brow instinctively, but she soon became accustomed to the noises and started picking out various pieces of information.
That was the sound of cars.
That was the sound of a TV from someoneâs home.
That was the sound of someone arguing, parents hitting their child.
That was the sound of someone drinking and playing finger-guessing game.
That was the sound of a mouse. No, wait⊠that was the sound of people kissing⊠Where on earth had âSparkleâ flown off to?
Although the sounds were chaotic and far from pleasant, Xiao Pingguo was delighted to hear them all and listened attentively. It was a different kind of pleasure than her usual delight in listening to the birds singing, it was like travelling across the sky through her sense of hearing.
It was exhilarating!
She was now almost certain that she could gain all sorts of auditory information through âSparkleâ. It was absolutely amazing!
She was now eager to share this with Uncle Xiang.
Just as she was about to recollect âSparkleâ, a certain sound made her furrow her brow deeply.
The sounds were somewhat unclear, but Xiao Pingguo quickly inferred from the information she gathered that several men were bullying a girl who had lost consciousness!
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Xiao Pingguo immediately stood up and hurried towards the exit of the park. She summoned âSparkleâ back and asked it to lead her to the source of the sounds.
The sounds came from outside the park, in a remote area beside an artificial lake, which was pitch black and deserted due to the absence of street lights.
Guided by âSparkleâ, Xiao Pingguo stopped a several tens of meters away from the source. Thanks to her sense of hearing and the information relayed by âSparkleâ, she knew that the noises were coming from a small sedan where three men were assaulting an unconscious girl.
Xiao Pingguo quickly took her phone out and dialed 110 (emergency police number). She whispered her location using very simple phrases. She knew the addresses of her home and the park she just came from, could roughly judge the distance from these places, and could describe the buildings around her. She did this all so that the police could find the location as soon as possible.
After hanging up, she called her uncle, who was also a police officer.
The reason why she didnât call her Uncle Li Sheng first was that he worked at the city police department, which was quite far away. Informing him would only result in him notifying his colleagues nearby.
After explaining the situation to her uncle, Xiao Pingguo had planned to wait at the scene for the police to arrive.
However, within a few seconds, she could not help but act. âSparkleâ flew to the car again and she heard the noises inside the car. She knew the bad guys had already started undressing the unconscious girl.
Clenching the minion in her hand, Xiao Pingguo hesitated for a moment before squatting down, picking up a small stone, and hurled it towards the car from distance of five or six meter.
With a sharp sound, the stone hit the windscreen, leaving only a small white mark.
The three young men inside the car who were molesting a girl were startled.
The man in the driverâs seat quickly turned around and switched on the carâs headlights.
Under the glare of the high beams, the people in the car saw a beautiful young girl in a blue down jacket, a short skirt, thick leg warmers, and short boots, standing about five or six meters away from them, staring straight at them.
Under the glaring high beams, the girl didnât shield her eyes, and did not even squint. With wide, beautiful eyes, she stood there unblinkingly under the glare, looking straight at them.
âAm I the only one seeing this⊠or do you all see it too?â said the young man from the driverâs seat, baffled.
The two young men in the backseat, who had stopped their advances on the girl with disheveled clothes and without consciousness, looked at the lonely girl standing in front of the car and wondered, âShe looks pretty good. Sheâs a beauty, isnât she?â
âLook at you, scaredy-cat. Do you think youâre seeing a ghost?⊠What the hell?!â
Suddenly, an object struck the car hood, giving the three men inside another fright.