Cyberpunk 2074: Shadows of the Past

2074, January 17, 19:00

There are still five hours until little Laura's birthday ends.

Perhaps, this is also the countdown to her life.

Sitting in the high-end restaurant that she longed for, Laura swallowed big gulps and cleared all kinds of delicious food on the table wantonly.

"Eat slowly...don't choke." An Xianyuan sat next to her, looking at the little girl devouring the food, her nose felt a little sore.

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

"Don't be in a hurry to eat your fill. There will be cake later."

An Xianyuan stroked the little girl's long, shiny black hair without disdain, and patiently pinched the little bugs for her one after another.

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

"Does it hurt?"

Cleaned fingertips gently touched the scars on Laura's face, and An Xianyuan asked softly, with a gentle tone.

"It doesn't hurt..." The corners of Laura's eyes twitched, and her voice was trembling, but she just said it didn't hurt.

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

She waved her hand and signaled the waiter to bring the makeshift birthday cake.

"Happy 18th birthday, Laura."

An Xianyuan said softly.

Under the dreamy light, sitting in the noble and elegant decoration, the dirty little girl looked at the gorgeous swan-shaped cake in front of her, and she was in a daze.

She clasped her hands together and gently closed her eyes.

2074, January 17, 20:00

"Laura?"

The gentle voice in her ear woke the little girl up from her drowsiness.

"Sister Xianyuan..." She murmured, and couldn't help but stretched out her hand, stroking the itches 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 damaging the healing of the wound.

"Just wait ten minutes." The mature man dressed as a doctor smiled softly and reached out to adjust the surgical couch so that Laura could wait in a more comfortable position.

"Thank you, Doctor Victor." An Xianyuan bowed to the doctor and expressed her sincere tone.

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

He wisely left, leaving the two women alone.

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

"Sister Xianyuan..."

"Um?"

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 did not answer, but quietly stared at the confused pair of green lakes.

"elder sister?"

Five minutes passed, and Laura shouted softly, breaking the silence.

"Experiment. Human experiment." An Xianyuan said 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 that simple."

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

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

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

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

"..."

An Xianyuan stood silently, her whole body tense, trying her best to control the unstoppable trembling.

She didn't want to feel what it was like to lose her sister again.

But she had no qualifications and no way to resist.

"Ding!"

Ten minutes were up, and Dr. Victor paced and walked in from the door.

"Can it be dismantled?"

She asked, but stood beside Laura without leaving.

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

He just focused on using the exoskeleton surgical hand to remove the medical bandage on the little girl's face.

"Recovering well." Victor nodded, took a mirror from the operating table, and handed it to An Xianyuan, who had a look of concern on his face.

"Laura, look at this mirror, look at yourself." She clutched the mirror tightly and came in front of the little girl.

"Is this...me?"

Laura stared blankly at the unfamiliar face in the mirror.

The straight bridge of the nose, the pretty green eyes, the cute curve of the lips...

It turns out this is me.

She novelly made all kinds of strange and exaggerated facial expressions in front of the mirror, staring at the mirror intently, and the strange and beautiful girl complied with the same actions.

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

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

"Thank you, doctor..." An Xianyuan rubbed the red and swollen corners of her eyes and handed over a full share of the compensation to this competent doctor.

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

"Okay." An Xianyuan nodded and gently rubbed the little girl's long black hair.

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

After saying goodbye to the doctor, she took the little girl in hand and slowly left the clinic.

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

On the road, they passed by two men and two women, each heading in the opposite direction.

2074, January 17, 21:00

The warm water gently wrapped around the small body, and an unprecedented sense of laziness spread from the depths of the bone marrow to the whole body.

Laura lay relaxed in the bathtub, eyes half closed.

"Comfortable?"

The more mature and sexy body was pressed tightly against her, and her fair hands came around from behind, carefully cleaning Laura's body.

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

She hummed, awkwardly enjoying An Xianyuan's thoughtful cleaning.

"Wash it well and go buy new clothes beautifully later." An Xianyuan said softly, cleaning the little girl's body one last time.

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

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

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

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

"I feel a lot lighter." Laura stepped on her little slippers and walked around in the bathroom.

Looking at her cheerful child appearance, Ahn Hyun-won couldn't help but smile softly and dotingly.

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