Cyberpunk 2074: Shadows of the Past

Chapter 37 Countdown
2074年，1月17日，19：00
There are still five hours before little Laura's birthday ends.

Perhaps, this is also the countdown of her life.

Sitting in the high-end restaurant that she was thinking of, Laura swallowed big mouthfuls, wantonly cleaning all kinds of delicious food on the table.

"Eat slowly...don't choke." An Xianyuan sat beside her, watching the little girl gobble it up, her nose was sore.

"Yeah." She didn't bother to answer, she just nodded, her mouth was still chewing.

"Don't rush to get full, there will be cake later."

An Xianyuan stroked the little girl's shiny black hair without hesitation, and patiently crushed one small bug after another for her.

"Yeah." Laura didn't know how to refuse her sister's kindness, but kept nodding.

"Does it hurt?"

Gently stroking the scars on Laura's face with the cleaned fingertips, An Xianyuan asked softly, with a gentle tone.

"It doesn't hurt..." Laura's eyes twitched and her voice trembled, but she just said it didn't hurt.

"Silly girl..." An Xianyuan sighed deeply.

With a wave of her hand, she signaled to the waiter to bring up an impromptu birthday cake.

"Happy eighteenth birthday, Laura."

An Xianyuan said softly.

Under the dreamy light, sitting in the noble and elegant decoration, the dirty little girl stared at the gorgeous swan-shaped cake in front of her, dazed.

She clasped her hands together and gently closed her eyes.

2074年，1月17日，20：00
"Lola?"

The gentle voice next to her ear awakened the little girl from her drowsiness.

"Sister Xianyuan..." She murmured, stretching out her hand involuntarily, stroking the itching on her face back and forth.

"Relax...relax...little Laura." An Xianyuan gently held Laura's two little hands to prevent her subconscious scratching from destroying the healing of the wound.

"Just wait for 10 minutes." The mature man dressed as a doctor smiled softly, and stretched out his hand to adjust the surgical recliner, so that Laura could wait in a more comfortable position.

"Thank you, Dr. Victor." An Xianyuan bowed and thanked the doctor with a sincere tone.

"You're welcome, this is just a doctor's duty." Doctor Victor. Victor shook his head with a smile, shaking his sore wrist, "Let's talk first, I'll go outside to smoke a cigarette."

He left wisely, leaving space for the two women, one big and one small, to be alone.

Laura sat slumped on the operating chair, staring blankly at the dark ceiling.

"Sister Xianyuan..."

"Ok?"

An Xianyuan stood beside her, still holding the girl's hands tightly.

"What do you need me to do? I want to be mentally prepared in advance."

"..." An Xianyuan didn't answer, but just quietly stared at the pair of confused green lakes.

"elder sister?"

Five minutes passed, and Laura broke the silence with a soft cry.

"Experiment. Human experiment." An Xianyuan spoke word by word, and took the initiative to look away, not daring to look at those flawless green eyes again.

"...Then why celebrate my birthday?"

"You remind me of my dead sister...I owe her a birthday...it's as simple as that."

An Xianyuan let go of the little girl's hands, turned her back to her, trembling slightly uncontrollably.

"Don't cry... sister." Laura smiled helplessly, and held the woman's loose hand again.

"Why?" An Xianyuan asked in a trembling voice, the slight warmth from her palm seemed to be directly attached to her heart.

"At least, there are still people who are willing to cry for me..." Laura smiled and drew a circle on her palm, "It's enough."

"..."

An Xianyuan stood silently, tense all over, trying her best to control the unstoppable trembling.

She didn't want to experience the feeling of losing her sister again.

But she has no right and no way to resist.

"Ding!"

When 10 minutes passed, Dr. Victor walked in from the door while pacing.

"Can it be dismantled?"

She asked, but stood beside Laura.

"Okay." Victor smiled understandingly, and did not let the flustered An Xianyuan leave.

He just focused on removing the medical bandages on the little girl's face with his exoskeleton surgery hands.

"He's recovering well." Victor nodded, took a mirror from the operating table, and handed it to An Xianyuan, who had a concerned expression on his face.

"Lola, look at this mirror, look at yourself." She clutched the mirror tightly and approached the little girl.

"Is this... me?"

Laura stared blankly at the strange face in the mirror.

The straight bridge of the nose, the pretty green eyes, the lovely curvature of the lips...

So this is me.

She made all kinds of strange and exaggerated facial expressions in front of the mirror in novelty, staring at the mirror intently, and the strange beautiful girl obediently did the same.

She smiled, but tears couldn't stop overflowing the beautiful emerald lake, gradually blurring the strange and beautiful face in the mirror.

"Almost all the scars on my face have been removed..." Victor looked at the little girl crying and laughing, and said softly to the silent Miss An.

"Thank you, doctor..." An Xianyuan rubbed the corners of her red and swollen eyes, and gave the competent doctor a full share of the reward.

"Well... I still have guests in a while, so I won't send them off."

"Okay." An Xianyuan nodded, gently rubbing the little girl's long black hair.

"Let's go, Laura, my sister will take you to take a shower and buy clothes."

After saying goodbye to the doctor, she led the little girl and slowly left the clinic.

Laura held that warm hand tightly, followed her step by step, and walked towards the unknown front.

On the way, they passed by the same man and two women, each heading in opposite directions.

2074年，1月17日，21：00
The warm water gently wrapped the small body, and an unprecedented feeling of laziness spread from the depths of the bone marrow to the whole body.

Laura lay relaxed in the tub, her eyes half-closed.

"Comfortable?"

The more mature and sexy body was close to her, and her white hands went around behind her, carefully cleaning Laura's whole body.

"Sister Xianyuan..." Laura's pretty little face was slightly rosy, and it was no longer as pale as before.

She groaned, enjoying An Xianyuan's caring cleaning with a little awkwardness.

"Wash well, and go buy new clothes later." An Xianyuan said softly, and washed the little girl's whole body for the last time.

She stood up from the bathtub, and pulled the little girl to sit beside the water.

She reached out and took out the towel that was set aside, and carefully wiped every corner of Laura's body.

"Sister Xianyuan..." Laura shook her little head shyly, her face was flushed, and she couldn't help shouting.

"Okay, okay." An Xianyuan gently rubbed the little girl's tender face, and dried her body with another towel.

"I feel a lot lighter." Laura stepped on the small slippers and turned around in the bathroom.

Looking at her cheerful child, An Xianyuan couldn't help showing a gentle and doting smile.

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