Hollywood Domination Chapter 335: One Thousand and One Nights

"You mean, traditional East Asian farmers often have a kind of fanaticism for sons? So they don't like daughters?"

"Uh, yes, you know, because for East Asians... how do you say that? There are three kinds of unfilial things, and the most important one is not being able to pass on the blood, and like the Middle Ages in Europe, daughters can't get up. To the role of passing on bloodlines—I know what your expression is saying, yes, in this regard, perhaps the concept of East Asia 20 years ago was still similar to that of Europe in the Middle Ages—and it was because of me...because they entered modern times Social time is late!"

"Ok, ok, I'm not judging anything..." Cesare's face briefly showed sincere confusion, and this was indeed quite rare for him-you know, when he should In the field of practice, he has always been very calm and composed. Even if there are moments when he is not good at it, he will properly hide it. It is impossible to show it so honestly. However, at least on this point, Jenny has confirmed her authority. , so he did not hide his thirst for knowledge, but asked curiously, "Is this a common feature in East Asia, or is it a unique feature of China?"

This way of talking about the past as an outsider is also very special to Jenny-on the one hand, her emotions seem to be fermenting, but on the other hand, she is still talking about the matter objectively with Cesare. Discussing the patriarchal characteristics of the East Asian cultural circle in a tone of voice, bridging the cultural gap-this can be directly put on an experimental drama.

"It should be a commonality." She was glad that they only turned on a small light, so that she didn't have to modify her expression, since Cesare probably couldn't see clearly anyway. "But in China, this phenomenon is more obvious, because there are not many poor people in China. Generally speaking, when resources are abundant, the contradictions will not be too sharp, but if the resources can only provide one child, parents must face choices. This has also extended a lot of contradictions."

"It's logical." Cesare nodded, "Assuming this, because of poverty and low level of agricultural mechanization, farmers pay more attention to boys than workers. This is also a choice they have to make in order to survive—— This also coincides with the principle of infanticide in the European Middle Ages.”

"Yes, and in China, the time of modernization is relatively late, and workers will not appear for more than a hundred years, at least not on a large scale... I think..." The more Jenny said, the more guilty she became. There is a sense of guilt: I really should have studied hard back then, but now I don’t even know the history of my own country. "In short, at the time when the story happened, patriarchy was a common sense in society, especially if your previous generation came from rural areas, it was very strange that you didn't value men, and the social environment at that time made this contradiction It's even more intense, because China has implemented the family planning system since that era... Don't show this face, it's not as horrible as the death penalty if you conceive another child, in most areas, as long as you are willing to give up your public office and pay a fine, You can still continue to have children."

This system has always been one of the main black spots in China for Western countries that have always encouraged childbearing. Cesare did show a puzzled expression, although he did not express disgust or disgust, at least not on the surface. But Jenny couldn't help feeling deeply the difficulty of this kind of cross-cultural communication. She even doubted whether Cesare could understand the whole story, because it was too Chinese.

However, the narration has already begun, and if you give up halfway just because you doubt whether Cesare can understand it, it may also be a kind of humiliation to his IQ and understanding ability. Jenny took a breath, "In short, this policy It has a very strong positive meaning, otherwise the number of 1.3 billion people that scares you now will become 2.3 billion or 3.3 billion. God knows how China will feed these people in a state of peace. When the time comes to nuclear war. The shadows will be heavier, which is good news even for most girls, and I think you can understand the logic of that.”

"Of course, in the case of limited resources, if a girl is lucky enough to become the first and only child of the family, then she will get all the resources of the family, and her fate is very likely to happen. A big change.” Cesare nodded, and his reaction has always been very fast, “But this will also bring about a very serious gender screening phenomenon, and the public will definitely have a reaction against the national regulations——China must Prohibition of B-ultrasound, considering the huge agricultural population's desire for males, once they retain their gender selection methods, the whole country will have an extremely serious gender imbalance in a few decades."

"You're very right—China did ban B-ultrasound later, but even so, the gender imbalance should be the number one in the world." Jenny couldn't help but smiled bitterly. These unfamiliar words and familiar meanings, It gave her a feeling of doubt and illusion, which somewhat diluted the heaviness of the past, but those nightmarish memories still filled her heart with heavy emotions, "However, in the era when the story happened—the eighth century of last century, In the 1900s, China had just opened its doors. Many people did not have the habit of performing B-ultrasound at all, because this policy has just begun to be implemented, and most people are quite ignorant, at least the parents of this girl are like this, they are not pregnant In this way, the precious birth quota is wasted on the daughter. And soon, when the girl is 6 months old, the local policy is strengthened. As public officials, if they want to keep their jobs, they must not Policy violation, which was not the case before."

She paused, took a deep breath, and then let out a long breath, "The couple are both from peasant families. Written in the blood, they blamed themselves very much - hastily used up the first place, and also blamed their eldest daughter very much, if it wasn't for her, they could have had a son. Of course, basic human nature kept them from doing it Get rid of this little life - this is what this girl should be grateful for, at least that's what many people say, because it may be hard for you to imagine, but in some families in China, in order to have a son, the parents have to You can really abuse and kill baby girls."

"It's not surprising," Cesare commented in an academic tone, as if sensing Jenny's concerns, "it's also a stress response in a situation where resources are limited. People often overestimate the morality of society. But in fact, if you look at human history, you will find that morality, humanity, and order are actually a luxury. Especially with a base of 1.3 billion, when national policies and traditional culture conflict, extreme events almost It is a necessity."

"Yes, just like in the United States where people are free to hold guns, extreme gun-related cases are almost inevitable." Jenny said, she was slightly displeased with Cesare's tone— But she also knew that this was her hypocrisy. If Cesare behaved unbelievably towards China's ignorance and backwardness, she would also have the urge to argue, but now that he began to calmly analyze the reasons, she couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable. Comfortable," but that doesn't make a shooting victim feel better, does it? It doesn't really matter to the girl how many people across the country are in a similar situation, or worse, because it doesn't change her The fact that she grew up in a very unfriendly environment. The difference between her and you is that - like you said, your parents didn't have subjective malice towards you, they just didn't care, but she...but that The girl's parents, on the other hand, did harbor ill will toward their child because she took away their chance to have a son."

The busier people are, of course, the easier it is to forget things, especially for people who are as busy as Jenny, even just her life when she just traveled over in 2001—when she was performing "Chicago" stage play Her life has gradually become blurred, but as the topic deepens, more scenes that seem to have been forgotten reappear before her eyes. Jenny took another deep breath and tried her best to suppress the choking in her voice, "More The bad thing is that the girl's parents are public servants, and she lives in a town, not a country - unlike you, she doesn't live among her own kind, she doesn't live where a girl is inherently inferior: no inheritance, no Homestead, of course, does not have any rights and interests enjoyed by male villagers. If she lived in the countryside, she would not have such a deep sense of misfortune, because all girls and almost all sisters have to make way for their younger brothers, and according to the policy at that time, Rural residents can have two children, so her parents should not focus all their hatred on her, after all, they have another chance. But she lives in the city, in an environment where most public officials are Educated, they are not so obsessed with boys or girls, if they can choose, maybe they will also have a boy, but since they can only have a girl, of course the girl is also the apple of their eye.”

"I guess the girl must have suffered some mental abuse." Cesare said, his tone was a little heavy, and after a while, he added, "If there is no physical abuse."

"If your neglect was emotional abuse," Jenny said, "then hers was a little bit deeper, there wasn't that kind of dramatic beating, but... it's just... children are the most vulnerable. Sensitive, you will obviously find that something is wrong, especially when your friends are obviously favored, you will instinctively desire the same treatment, from this point of view, your view is very correct, you need to understand , needs to understand that you could have, needs to want you to get hurt, and for her, as she continues to grow, she is also constantly aware that her demands will not be answered-she can't get other children easily What you can have, a smile, a favorite dish, a new clothes, an umbrella or even a warning, this kind of neglect and disgust is all-round, they didn't abuse you, you can eat and wear warm , if you don't pay attention to quality, but you will feel that any of your needs is a burden to your parents, they have too many excuses to fight against your requirements, the most common one is probably to describe how difficult the family economy is , how exhausting the work is, and how hopeless life is, all because of her birth."

"After 8 years of this kind of life, when the girl began to remember things, began to understand that other than her, the rest of the family did not live like this-and began to accept that her life would continue like this. There was also a change, and by paying bribes, she legally became a... mentally handicapped," Jenny said, "so that her parents could thus have a second child—"

"Wait, this is..." Cesare interrupted her, his eyes widening for the first time, "I think this is a very serious matter- let's not talk about why you It is described that this low-class family is capable of bribery to accomplish such a feat, but the whole world should be the same on this point. If you are mentally handicapped, you should go to a special school, or not at all You can’t go to school—”

"Yes, of course through some social connections, she still stayed in the city to finish elementary school, but she was sent back to her hometown in the countryside after a few years, because her existence would indeed affect her parents' public office, and , of course, her parents didn't have enough energy to take care of her. She and her brother just lived together for 4 years, and these 4 years didn't develop much affection. At that time, the girl thought she was a vicious person , because the whole world—you can imagine relatives on both sides of her parents being ecstatic about this boy—are emphasizing that this boy is the hope of the family, and that as an older sister she must love her little brother, but all she can feel is The hatred for this baby, the fear and anxiety about the future, more than once, she hoped that he would die in an accident, and this kind of thought made her bear a heavy psychological burden, she really felt that she was a bad person, sometimes Instead, she feels that she is not worthy of living in this world... Unlike your childhood, her childhood feelings were extremely intense, full of hatred, and even extremely dramatic. Her mood was always ups and downs, and she thought more than once To die, I have wondered more than once where the problem lies, whether she herself is not worthy of being loved..."

Jenny closed her eyes, and let out a deep and long breath——she suddenly realized that this was the first time she talked about her childhood in 20 years, and before that, this memory had really become hers. Taboo, even she herself forgot that she had lived like this, "The irony is that when her younger brother was born, her life was better than before, the parents had a son, contented, and the hatred for her was melting, There was even an expression of guilt at times, she started to have new clothes, and even occasionally had ice cream with her brother, which was an absolute luxury treat in her childhood, at least for her, as long as she remembers Since then, every summer has been an embarrassing time because..."

The strange thing is that even though she can almost buy a day's production of ice cream in the world, and she no longer eats this kind of junk food that causes weight, she still feels deeply when she mentions this. She was so wronged that she even had to bite her lip to restrain her urge to cry and continue to tell the story—among all those sad and rough memories, what hit her the most was a popsicle. "Because every summer, someone will push a bicycle to sell popsicles, and all the children playing in the yard will go to buy them. For their families, this is an affordable expense every now and then, and every time she comes here I have to find a place to hide, and I hope that I will not be discovered by anyone, and I will not be questioned by anyone... Her parents never gave her pocket money because 'the family can't afford it', but after having more younger brothers, when Her mother stayed at home for a long time because of several miscarriages and the need to take care of her younger brother. When the family income shrank and expenses increased, they had the money to buy popsicles for the younger brother, and the family could afford it. From time to time, she could actually get such rewards ..."

Cesare moved a bit, but Jenny didn't pay attention to him anymore, she closed her eyes and immersed herself in her emotions, "Let me tell you one thing, the food that girl hates the most when she grows up is Ice cream, not only does she hate ice cream, but she also hates herself who was happy for this kind of reward back then."

"This is her childhood, when she finished sixth grade—by the way, there are only sixth grades in primary schools in China, followed by junior high schools, which is the case in most of East Asia—when she left home alone , she understood this: her life, for her parents - the meaning of keeping her alive was so that she could contribute to the family...she could make life easier and better for her brother, in After the younger brother was born, they treated her better, because she was no longer a hindrance, on the contrary, she would be the person to take care of the younger brother in the future, so they should treat her better, and they even planned to let her finish high school, although this It will be a burden on the family's finances - the tuition fee of hundreds of yuan a year is enough to buy a small bicycle for the younger brother. However, the girl who has finished high school is more popular, and she is also very beautiful, which is enough to exchange for more The dowry gift—her parents were very far-sighted, and they expressed these considerations very clearly. She took the long-distance bus home alone, and the mother who was scheduled to accompany her did not go because her younger brother suddenly caught a cold and needed help. Take care, and she condensed these words in the five minutes before getting in the car. All the emphasis has only one meaning: the family has paid a lot for you, you need to repay the family, you need to take your responsibilities, take care of your younger brother, and serve your younger brother. build wealth for your future, and that's the price you pay for continuing your education. And when I... when she got in that car and saw her mother's face going out the window, she cried, it was her The most desperate moment of her life - not because she left home, no, not at all, but when she realized that although she left that suffocating place, she did not leave her life at all, and she would never have any hope of escaping This kind of life... She is willing to give everything, she even hopes that someone in this car can take her away, and hope that no one will come to receive her when she arrives at the destination, but she knows that none of this will happen, and she will return to her hometown , finished high school, then found a job under the arrangement of her parents, married someone, and used the dowry to contribute to her younger brother's future. This is her future. She can't find any way to escape, and she can't even take the college entrance examination. Because she is legally disabled, with this first-class disability certificate, she cannot be admitted to the university... That should be the most desperate moment in her life, can you imagine? The lowest moment of a woman appeared in her At the age of 12, it sounds like a joke."

Jenny laughed, and she spread her hands, "I know this is hard for you to understand, maybe you never thought that many people in the world lived like this-but, anyway, this is her childhood , a tragic, dreary and hopeless story that can make your troubles pale in comparison, can't it?—Indeed, just looking back like this once, you can find that it does have an impact on her emotional life..."

She didn't want to say that she was stupid or overestimated Maggie, but Jenny had to admit that, at least for her, counseling was quite effective. It was all over, and she had left the past behind long ago, but after talking about it, she really felt a lot more relaxed—maybe this is what Maggie has been emphasizing, and being able to speak out is also a step in healing. After hearing Cesare's story, she couldn't help but reflect on herself: Did all this really pass? Is everything in her childhood still affecting her? Is she, like Cesare, never successfully built a mechanism of feeling and giving back love, just like the relationship between Cesare and Lilian finally went astray, Was there never a normal interaction between her and Chris? Did her mutilation inadvertently hurt the innocent Chris?

After immersing herself in her thoughts for a while, she noticed that Cesare hadn't moved, and was obviously still staring at her, as if the conversation wasn't over, which made her a little embarrassed, but couldn't help it It's a little funny, "what? If you want to say something, you can just say it."

"The story is over?" Cesare didn't make any comments on the whole story, but asked with some dissatisfaction - after reading so many scripts, it seems that this is the first time he has been so invested in the story.

"At least the childhood is over - don't look at me with this expression, what else do you want to know?"

"You should at least tell me, um... did this girl really marry according to her parents' arrangement in the end-this is obviously very important."

"Why?"

"Because it feels like she's supposed to be well-educated—college-educated, and it doesn't look like she's going to stay in the bourgeoisie...well, destiny. Her destiny doesn't look like it's going to stay forever In the native class..."

Seeing Cesare's rare embarrassment and his careful choice of words, Jenny couldn't help laughing.

"Well," she shrugged, "there is indeed a twist in this story—of course you can guess it, after all, as I said before, it was the most desperate time in that girl's life. If she Really obedient to the arrangement, got married in high school and found odd jobs, and then found the best husband she and her parents could find with their good looks—according to their parents' arrangement, preferably an official My son, this will bring great convenience to my younger brother's development in the local area in the future—"

"But the story did have a turning point. In fact, after returning to her hometown, the girl's life was much happier. She stayed at her uncle's house. In East Asia, uncles are more likely to love their nieces than fathers. The relatives are even less partial, because the surnames are different. For the uncle, the surnames inherited by the nephews and nieces have nothing to do with her. In addition, her cousins ​​and cousins ​​have both gone out to work, and she is the only child living at home. , so those six years were a kind of healing for her, and she was able to stop going further and further on the extreme road. Of course, the pressure is still there, and fate is still waiting for her at the end, but she can temporarily enjoy a little relaxation and happiness ——At that time, what she was most afraid of was the winter and summer vacations, because that also meant that she was going home.”

"It was also during these six years that she became determined to change her destiny. She didn't know how to do it, but she knew she would do it. She even thought about running away from home after graduating from high school and going to the coastal areas. Singing in karaoke halls—for East Asia, this is probably equivalent to being a stripper here in the United States, but the moral criticism is heavier, but she doesn’t care about this, as long as she can get rid of that kind of life—then Sometimes she seems to be possessed."

Thinking of the naive but firm determination at that time, Jenny couldn't help laughing, "Girls can be very simple sometimes. She never thought that if she couldn't become a singer, if she just entered the complicated society like that, she What would become of just practicing singing day in and day out—and it really changed her world, her cousin found out about her hobby when she came home to visit and joked with her, 'You She’s so pretty, why didn’t she go to an art school’, that was the first time she knew that there were art schools in this world, the first time she realized that she could still go to an art school—she really had a safer way A way to change your own destiny.”

"But there are still many obstacles in front of her. Her first-class disability certificate, the cost of taking the exam, the difficulty of getting into an art school, and the necessary support from her family, she knew that she had to convince her parents to get it. Support, but what should she do?" The corners of Jenny's lips curled up, and she tapped her temples, "Thinking, she can only think, how easy it is for her parents to be persuaded, she must use all her wisdom, from her Looking for clues in the limited information she knows, think about what her parents value most—"

She said briskly, "She made a plan, and during her family visits home every summer, she asked her parents to let her try it out, and told them that a girl in an art school could easily meet a rich man, think about it Look, if she finds a rich man, how bright and easy it will make her brother's future, and how much change it will bring to their future..."

"Of course, this plan is not smooth sailing. After all, her parents have basic experience. They doubt that she can find an unmarried rich man who is willing to marry so easily, but this is not a problem. She asked her cousin to tell them that Art How easy it is for a school girl to make rich friends - knowing that all this is not her fantasy, but the real reality that happened in Beijing, she can see that her The parents were really moved... what hindered them was their instinctive miserliness towards money, their family was indeed not rich all the time, and the travel expenses to Beijing was also a figure that made people think twice."

"The summer vacation is over, and there is still no reply from her parents. She knows that she has to find another way-she begged her cousin to lend her money, and asked her cousin to persuade her uncle to allow her to secretly go to Beijing to take the art test... and the cousin She actually agreed." Jenny smiled, "In fact, she later understood that my cousin was more out of sympathy, and my uncle's family was well aware of her plight, and they didn't think she could really do it." She passed the exam, but she couldn't bear to shatter her last hope and destroy her last struggle. Uncle really asked for leave for her and kept it from the family—it was not difficult—she put on a new suit given to her by her cousin. Clothes, walked into the art test class..."

"The art test felt like it was completed in a dream. She didn't know what she had done. Her dream seemed extremely absurd in the face of reality. Could she act? Her singing voice was not as good as other candidates', When the examiner called her into the office and made it clear that she would be admitted, she even thought she was dreaming—there was no great sorrow or joy, because she hadn't recovered from the trance during the exam, and she was really admitted ——Although this is the expectation she has been thinking about day and night, but when it comes true, she can't believe it at all—she finally has a chance, a chance to change her destiny."

"My uncle's family is happy for her. However, there is still an obstacle in the whole thing: her parents are very angry because of her self-assessment, and they threaten to never support her to go to school, even though my uncle has persuaded her many times and even promised to pay for her. The "relationship fee" of the first-level disability certificate was revoked, and the parents insisted that they would not continue to pay for her studies. "It was hard to support her after graduating from high school. It is time to repay the family. I contacted a store and the next I will go to work in a month, and I have to pay for another four years, how can my family afford it?"

"After several persuasions, my uncle was tired, and my younger brother was playing computer games in the corner of the living room. She will fall back to her current life and have no chance to escape—it’s like being possessed by some ghost. At that moment, she didn’t panic at all. She knelt down and kowtowed to her parents. She said she really She is very grateful. She knows that it is not easy for her family to support her. She wants to take responsibility for the family. "I just want to give the family more money, so I want to go to Beijing. Dad, mom, you don’t know, I am watching at the school gate. There are so many good cars, and there are some very young boys in the cars. At that time, I thought, when my brother grows up, I also want to give him a car to drive. My sister is not in vain... ...'"

Jenny almost instinctively recalled her soft voice at that time, she raised the corners of her lips, and sneered slightly, "She never felt that she had acting talent before, and she didn't even know how she was accepted by the Drama Academy. Accepted, maybe because she's beautiful and hasn't had plastic surgery - anyway, on that day, she realized that she does have acting talent, and when she needs it, she can really act very naturally..."

"Her words worked. She knew that words and performances can really change people's hearts. Her parents gave in and paid for her tuition. At the same time, they also issued a death order: they must find a wealthy spouse within these four years. , worthy of the expenses of these four years, it would be better if she could get a hundred times or a thousand times the reward. It is not for ordinary people to marry. They are always ambiguous with many big bosses, so their parents are worried about her future and urgently remind her that she only has four years to find a financial backer for herself. And she, she Saying yes, she knows her life has changed since then - of course she'll find a mate, she doesn't need anyone to remind her, and she's so confident of it, she knows her luck has turned, she's caught Opportunity to escape that hopeless life.”

In Cesare's rare wide-eyed expression, she clasped her palms together and smiled, "As she thought, of course she met a very suitable partner in college—although She knew that someone would come to chase him. This is a temptation that every classmate has to face, but this man's conditions are much better than the best she ever imagined. , Character preparation-for a girl who is desperate enough, these are luxury considerations, but it does not mean that she does not want to have a normal identity and life, all of this is just too good and too far away for her, So she didn't allow herself to look forward to it, but when this opportunity came to her..."

Thinking of the story after that, and thinking of the changes in her life at that time of meeting, Jenny's smile faded away, leaving only endless melancholy: Yes, at that time, in When they first met, everything was so beautiful. Cinderella finally met the prince who saved everything. How satisfied, how satisfied, how, how happy she was...

"After graduating from university, she was going to get married, and she really did it—soften the attitude of her future in-laws, and hold her fiancé's heart firmly. She is about to marry into a wealthy family... and the story of her and her parents has come to an end: she told her parents not to be too greedy in the dowry, everything depends on the future—it also depends on after she gave birth to a son. , the position of a woman is still stable after giving birth to a son. Of course, her parents also deeply agree with her logic, they only took 100,000 RMB - she always has an account in her heart, the living expenses sent to her uncle by her family every month , the expenses sent by the university for four years, plus inflation, in the 10 years when she was 12 years old, this is all the money her parents have spent on her.”

"She didn't invite her parents to the wedding, and her uncle was the representative of the woman's family. Then she sat down and wrote a letter to her parents, telling them that the support payments had been paid off, and that they should not disturb her life in the future, until they got old. If she has no ability to support herself, she can go to the court to sue, otherwise she will not give another penny. She changed her surname and preferred to add her husband's surname before her surname. Her residence in Beijing is not close to them. Afterwards, they and her other relatives tried many times to enter her life, but they were never successful. The only connection she had with her original family was with her cousin's family. She tried her best to help them. She finally understood that she was not malicious, just her She is very narrow-minded, whoever treats her well, she will repay a hundredfold, and whoever hurts her, she must make the other party pay the price—and this is the story of her and her parents."

Seeing that Cesare seemed to be about to speak, she shook her head and said preemptively, "As for her married life, that's another story entirely - we can talk about this story next time."

Cesare was a little embarrassed, closed his mouth and stopped trying to speak, but Jenny sat up straight and forced herself to be amused by his attitude-indeed, when you approach him with a more withdrawn attitude When dealing with this matter, even laughitoff, the matter itself will become easier, "Okay, even the epilogue is over-what do you think?"

Cesare was still as calm as he was on the night of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, with a slightly cracked expression on his mask. When he heard Jenny's question, he paused——paused again.

"Then I think..." he said slowly, "Then I think, if she can even change such a fate, if she can really recover from that ignorant—I know it will draw your protests." , but I still want to say—that ignorant one, I don’t know—to go to...mmm, to, um, to an international stage..."

His rare incoherence was really entertaining, and Jenny bit her lip, looking expectantly at the way he searched—maybe that scene alone was worth the price of admission—

Then Cesare paused again, and he stared at Jeanne—in the dim yellow light, his blue eyes were bright and gentle, and he smiled lightly.

"Then she must be very, very lucky...she really lives up to her nickname, 'Miracle Girl'..."

Jenny froze—literally, she froze, it was a response she wasn't expecting, it was a pattern she wasn't familiar with, her past, her childhood, her family, it meant Repeated attempts, failures, anger, and resignation mean the overwhelming hatred and incomprehension, it means——means those thick black things, she never thought—

Staring at the corners of Cesare's slightly curved lips and narrowed blue eyes, staring at this shallow and sincere smile, Jenny slowly, involuntarily, jerkyly raised the corners of her lips——

"Yes," she said, throwing her head back and laughing, "it's true—you're right—she was—she was a very, very, very lucky girl— —”

Her words stopped suddenly, because Cesare leaned forward, shortening the distance between them, his hand took Jenny's shoulder, and brought it to his arms, just like last time, his The movements are a bit jerky and stiff, but...

Familiar salty sea water rushing towards your face, and the lukewarm body heat leaning against your shoulders, this is indeed a hug.

"And, for some reason, I wanted to give this girl a hug," Cesare said, his voice unnaturally relaxed, as if he was trying to adjust the mood—as if he He actually gave up his ruthlessness on his own initiative - he actively showed his emotions and expressed his support, "I think this is her and me... This is an element that we generally lacked in childhood."

Compared to him, Jenny is not so unfamiliar with hugs, almost instinctively, her hand slid on his shoulder blades, and buried her eyes in Cesare's polo shirt——

How strange, this is obviously a very touching and warm moment, but for some reason, she couldn't help but want to cry...