Come Across
Announce : The Exam
Notice : The exam will be on 5/11 till 21/11 , please be ready for the exam and good luck students.
Jiang Xuan
JinJie, aren't you nervous?
Jiang Xuan
The exam is coming, it will be our only hope for the next step. if we failed...
Ling JinJie
if we failed, our life will be doomed...
Ling JinJie
come on, why must you use the doomed word? it won't be that bad if we failed, just find a job that doesn't require the exam results.
Jiang Xuan
we are living in the 21st century my dear JinJie...
Jiang Xuan
every job needs that exam result. There are no other jobs that doesn't require for the slip.
Ling JinJie
Then work hard.
Ling JinJie
why are you still here? go and study, you're really silly sometimes.
Jiang Xuan
[sigh]... Yeah let's go.
Ling JinJie
I'll skip, I'll do my revision at home.
Jiang Xuan
Alright, fighting!
Every school in the city, banners about the big exam can be seen, almost every school is hanging the banners and readying for the preparation. Ling JinJie doesn't really worry about the exam as she thought...
Ling JinJie
(Why must we take the exam anyway?)
She arrives home and she went inside.
Ling JinJie
Mom, I'm home.
Mrs Ling
Jie er, I've got you some snacks, they're on the table.
Ling JinJie
Thanks mom, how's your body today?
Mrs Ling
Its fine, even if I do need to go, then you mustn't feel sad about it.
Ling JinJie
WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?
Ling JinJie
No, nothing will happen, I'll take good care of you.
Ling JinJie
let's go inside and have some snacks.
Ling JinJie's mother had a cancer, there is no cure, even doctors could only say about her time left, for her mother's cancer, it's too hard to be treated, she doesn't want to think about other things and spend time with her.
Mrs Ling was watching the TV, the news about the up coming exam are big news that no one couldn't possibly didn't know about it.
Ling JinJie came to the living room with a plate of pears that she had cut for her mother.
Mrs Ling
JinJie, how's your preparation for the exam?
Ling JinJie
Good of course.
Mrs Ling
Aren't you nervous?
Ling JinJie
Mom, don't worry, I'm fine.
Ling JinJie
I will definitely achieve excellent results.
Ling JinJie
Wait till the day when the school will be helding the excellent awards ceremony, you'll be very proud.
Mrs Ling
I hope you will make me proud...
Mrs Ling
but don't push yourself too much, its okay if you failed, what's important that you've did your best.
Mrs Ling
You can always take another year, I'll wait.
Ling JinJie
mom, wasting another year just for the exam is a waste of time.
Ling JinJie
I'll definitely will do better.
Ling JinJie has confidence outside but is actually worrying inside, she doesn't want her mother to be upset, the exam is in a month, she believe that she could prepare herself in a month.
Ling JinJie
Mom, its late, let's go to bed.
Mrs Ling
alright. Goodnight.
Ling JinJie went to her room, with nothing to think of she could only worry.
she looks outside of the window, sigh in despair.
Ling JinJie
Is the exam really that important? I don't want to take.
Ling JinJie
If only I could run away from it...
Old Book (1)
A week has gone in a blink of an eye, Ling JinJie and Jiang Xuan grab some ice cream after school.
Jiang Xuan
What flavour do you want?
Ling JinJie
chocolate chip
Jiang Xuan
alright, on me.
Ling JinJie
hehehe thanks Ah Xuan
Ling JinJie waits outside while Jiang Xuan went into the ice cream shop to buy ice cream.
Ling JinJie was looking at the things around her, she has nothing to do, when she look at a corner near the garbage can, she saw a book. old and dusty.
Ling JinJie
erm? what's that?
She picks up the book, gaining intrest in it, she saw the name of the book is written in chinese characters called 神奇花园.
Ling JinJie
Magical Garden?
Ling JinJie
what is this book?
Jiang Xuan
JinJie, your ice cream.
Ling JinJie
oh wow, thanks Xuan
Ling JinJie
hm? oh, I found it, I think its a Geographic Book.
Ling JinJie
but its not thick and it looks like a story book too.
Jiang Xuan
Then I won't want to see, I have no interest in Geographics.
Its 9pm, Ling JinJie dried her hair and tie it up, she went to her desk and clean up the mess.
she saw the book she found earlier, the mysterious book.
Ling JinJie
Hah, looks like it is a story book.
Ling JinJie
long time ago... there was a beautiful garden, full with flowers that could dance, trees that has shimmering fruits, magical creatures that flies up and down, it was indeed a magical garden.
Ling JinJie
wow, dancing flowers? this story is cool.
Ling JinJie
The magical garden is located in a forest near a place called ShenMi Village, the villagers there were the protectors of the garden, but they all died because of infectious disease. It was already 200 years, the garden might still be there, or maybe not.
Ling JinJie
200 years? of course it will extinct without people taking care of it for those years.
The door suddenly knocks and startled her.
Ling JinJie
mom? what's wrong?
Mrs Ling
ouh, I just wanted you to help me out with something.
Mrs Ling
the clothes need to be fold up.
Mrs Ling
Did I disturb you?
Ling JinJie
oh no, I was just... reading a book.
Ling JinJie
come on let's go.
Ling JinJie
I'll spend all my time with you.
Ling JinJie wanted to continue reading the book but she was tired so she decided to continue tomorrow.
Jiang Xuan
JinJie, I'm not going to the library today, my dad wanted me to take care of grandma.
Ling JinJie
Sure, I'm also not going to the library today, I have things to do.
Jiang Xuan
Okay then, see you tomorrow, bye!
Ling JinJie
okay, off you go.
Ling JinJie
(now, let's go shop some groceries!)
cabbage, hot dogs, carrots, eggs, chocolate cubes, chips...
Cashier
Everything is $30.
She looks for her purse in her pockets but she couldn't find it, she opened her bag and search, she finally found it.
When she paid the things and put her purse back she realize that she brought the storybook with her.
Cashier
please come again.
She went to the bust station to wait for the bus, while waiting she took out the book and continue where she stopped last night.
Old Book (2)
Ling JinJie
Alright... where was I last night...?
Ling JinJie
...or maybe not. The garden has a rock that shape like a door in the middle of the garden, it takes people to another world if anyone goes through it.
Ling JinJie
portal? why do I feel like this is a myth?
Ling JinJie
In the other world, is a more mysterious world, totally a different world, where people could...
she put the book inside her bag and quickly took her things to the bus. after she paid the fee and sit. She continues reading.
Ling JinJie
...where people could use magic?
Ling JinJie
every view in that world is an unbelievable sight, beautiful and amazing. The people there are a bit old fashioned and almost everything uses magic.
Ling JinJie
Not all people could go through the door to the world, the garden has the little creatures to test out the human who visit there.
Ling JinJie
if the person could gain the magical creature's trust, then they will open the gate to the other world...
Ling JinJie
Wow, amazing... that's all I guess...
Ling JinJie
huh? what's this paper?
A paper was in the book behind the last empty page. It's seems to be...
Ling JinJie
This... is a... map...? wait, a map to the garden?
Ling JinJie
this is insane but I am so amaze
Ling JinJie, who's already in the kitchen to prepare dinner with her mother. Her brain is full about the garden and the map.
Ling JinJie
what if... you find a...magical garden?
Ling JinJie
well, what will you do?
Mrs Ling
I don't know... look around and have a tour maybe.
Ling JinJie
what if you suddenly teleport to a another world? or go across the universe?
Mrs Ling
JinJie, there is no such thing.
Mrs Ling
if there is, I might explore the world.
Mrs Ling
what's wrong? did you dream about it?
Ling JinJie
nah...just asking cause I'm bored.
after dinner, and finish washing all the dishes, she went to her room and lie on her bed.
thinking of things that might be crazy
Ling JinJie
what if I explore a bit?
she took the book out from her bag and look at the map.
lucky for her, the map shows the map of where she is, from the farest ChangJin City all the way to YongZhen City.
Ling JinJie
lucky me, it's just nearby...
Ling JinJie
I'm in ShengXin City, the garden is located in DeHai.
Ling JinJie
It might take 3 hours by bus to get there, then walk into XinHai road then...
Ling JinJie
Then ShenMi Village, into the forest and then the garden...
Ling JinJie quickly went out from her room and look for her mom.
She saw her mother was lying on the floor, unconsciously.
Ling JinJie
phone... phone...
She look for her phone and called for the ambulance.
In the hospital, the nurses and the doctor are moving fast. They bring her mother to the emergency room and she was following them too.
Ling JinJie
mom, hang in there, you'll be fine.
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