The long winter night in Gangcheng was not as cold as that in Beicheng.

When they had a walk in the square, a little girl in a red dress came to them with a basket of roses.

Just like the scene in the film and novels, the girl went to Song Shuang and looked at him with her beautiful eyes.

Gu Baisheng thought this girl would call Song Shuang uncle in a sweet voice, like the old style, and asked him if he wanted to buy a bunch of roses for his wife.

However, the girl didn't act as Gu Baisheng thought.

The girl looked only five or six years old. She was like a fairy from the tale when she stood in front of Song Shuang.

She said to Song Shuang in her sweet voice, "Sir, you are so handsome."

Gu Baisheng was amused by her words.

She looked at Song Shuang with a smile. Then she bent down and said to the girl, "You are flattering him."

Then she glanced at Song Shuang again.

Song Shuang was already thirty years old.

But even the little girl thought he was still handsome.

After Gu Baisheng said this, the little girl shook her head, "But my mom said I should be honest."

"Your mom said that?"

Gu Baisheng asked her.

The girl nodded, "Yes. I should listen to my mom."

Gu Baisheng thought the girl's mother must also be here, since she asked the girl to sell flowers alone.

Gu Baisheng asked, "Where is your mom?"

"Over there."

The little girl pointed at a woman behind her subconsciously. The woman was sitting in a wheelchair.

She wore a gray down coat and had a blanket on her knee.

Gu Baisheng couldn't see her face clearly, because she was wearing a big knitted hat.

It seemed that she was not in good health, but when her daughter pointed at her, she smiled and waved at her daughter.

Gu Baisheng was stunned when she saw that woman.

She knew the girl who had to sell flowers on New Year's Eve must be from a poor family.

However, she didn't expect that her family was so poor.

Her mother must be ill.

"Handsome gentleman, do you want to buy a bunch of roses for your wife?"

The little girl asked Song Shuang.

Gu Baisheng touched her little nose and asked, "You called him handsome gentleman, but why don't you call me beautiful lady?"

"My mom is the most beautiful lady in this world. Though you are also beautiful, I can't call you beautiful lady. That's my mom's unique nickname."

Gu Baisheng was amused by the little girl's funny words and serious tone.

But meanwhile, she felt a little depressed.

"Alright, I will buy your beautiful flower."

Gu Baisheng reached out and wanted to take the flower from the basket.

But the girl retreated and said, "My mom said it is love only when this handsome gentleman buys the rose for you."

"Your mom knows a lot."

Gu Baisheng smiled at the woman in the wheelchair.

The woman smiled back when she saw this.

Gu Baisheng nodded with a smile.

Hearing their talk, Song Shuang squatted down and said to the little girl, "I will buy all the flowers in your basket."

"Really?" The little girl was surprised. She looked at Song Shuang with her bright eyes.

"Yes," Song Shuang nodded.

Then he took out some cash from the wallet.

It was much enough to buy the flower.

He handed the money to the girl, "Take this to your mom."

The girl took the money and gave Song Shuang the basket. She smiled happily, "Thank you, sir."

"Good girl. Go back to your mom."

The girl was smart. After she said thanks to Song Shuang, she looked at Gu Baisheng and said, "Your husband will love you forever."

"Thank you for your blessing."

Gu Baisheng touched her hair with a smile.

The little girl went back to her mother with the money.

Gu Baisheng and Song Shuang stood there and watched her go to her mother.

The woman in the wheelchair was also surprised after Song Shuang bought all the flowers.

She smiled at them and nodded with gratitude. Then she turned the wheelchair and left with her daughter.

Gu Baisheng saw that the woman only had her daughter from beginning to end.

Gu Baisheng didn't see any other members of her family even after the woman left, which made Gu Baisheng feel pity for her.

"It seems that she only has her daughter."

On such an important eve for the reunion, that woman had no husband but only her daughter with her.

And she was sitting in a wheelchair.

Obviously, she was living a miserable life.

"Perhaps she has other family members. We just don't see them."

Song Shuang held Gu Baisheng's hand.

Gu Baisheng felt warm when he held her hand.

She turned around and looked at him.

She didn't speak.

But many complicated feelings gushed from the bottom of her heart.

Song Shuang had noticed her gaze and her complicated feelings.

He smiled and asked, "What's wrong?"

"I had a naive hope when I was young."

She thought Song Shuang would ask what it was.

However, Song Shuang just spoke it out, "To devote yourself to the medical charity and help those poor people?"

Gu Baisheng was surprised, "How do you know that?"

Song Shuang looked at her calmly and said, "My ex-wife also had such a naive hope when she was young."

Gu Baisheng was more surprised, "She has told you that?"

She remembered that she had always had such hope when she was young.

But she hadn't told so many people this.

She thought she shouldn't have told Song Shuang.

"Yes," Song Shuang held her hand, raised his head, and looked at the sky. The wind blew his hair, and the hair on his forehead was sent to his eyes.

All of a sudden, he looked like the young man at the college.

He was handsome, cold, and gentle. When he spoke, his smile would warm everyone.

"She told me this when she was drunk."

Gu Baisheng lowered her head when she saw the smile on his face, "She likes drinking?"

"No."

"Then how did you see her get drunk?"

"A coincidence."

Song Shuang looked at her with a smile, "Why do you ask so much? Do you still wanna eat the baked sweet potato?"

"What does this have to do with the baked sweet potato?"

"If you keep asking, the vendor will close the stall."

As he spoke, he raised his chin and motioned Gu Baisheng to have a look.

Gu Baisheng followed his guidance to have a look.

Indeed, the vendor was going to close the stall.

"Hey, please wait! I want to buy it!"

Gu Baisheng had no time to talk to Song Shuang anymore.

She turned around and went to the stall.

Song Shuang shook his head with a smile and then followed her to the stall selling the baked sweet potato.

...

In Gui Town.

Song Shuang was woken up by the sound of firecrackers at midnight.

He frowned and got up.

His coat slid down from the bed as he moved.

He kneaded his eyebrows with tiredness.

Then he turned to look at Zhang Tiantian.

Zhang Tiantian was still sleeping.

He was a little thirsty.

He got out of bed, took the thermos, and wanted to get some water.

But he found that there was no water in the thermos.

The night was still long.

The morning would come after a long time, but he was so thirsty.

Xiao Song went to open the door with the thermos.

The door was closed and then opened.

Zhang Tiantian was woken up by the sounds. She opened her eyes sleepily.

She wanted to check if Xiao Rong was still here with the light.

But just after she opened her eyes, the light was off.

"Xiao Rong?"

Zhang Tiantian called Xiao Rong's name with unease.

No one answered her.

Zhang Tiantian frowned, got out of bed, and wanted to turn on the light.

However, just after she got out of bed, she felt that someone had grabbed her wrist.

"Xiao Rong, is that you? Why don't you turn on the light?"

Zhang Tiantian asked.

But the person in the darkness didn't answer her.

She was reminded that Xiao Rong couldn't speak. She breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Let's talk after we turn on the light. I'm fine."

Hearing that she was fine, the person who grabbed her wrist hesitated for a while and then reached out the other hand.

He held her waist with the other hand.

That was an intimate action.

Zhang Tiantian was shocked when someone held her waist.

She looked at the figure in the darkness and asked, "Xiao Rong, what's wrong?"

The person didn't answer.

But after she finished her question, the person pushed her to the bed excitedly.

"Xiao Rong..."

Before Zhang Tiantian could finish her words, the person pressed her on the bed and kissed her with his lips full of the smell of alcohol.

"Em... Xiao Rong... Let go of me..." Zhang Tiantian struggled.

But the man who was pressing her was so excited that he grabbed her hands to stop her struggling.

It seemed that he was also annoyed by her refusal.

He stuffed the pillow cover in her mouth.

Zhang Tiantian had just woken up, so she was weak.

Such rude behavior gave Zhang Tiantian a bad feeling.

"Em... Em..."

Zhang Tiantian couldn't speak because her mouth had been stuffed, so she could only struggle hard.

But the man was in a hurry to rip her clothes.

He had stripped her in an instant.

Zhang Tiantian was scared, and tears streamed down her cheek.

The smell of alcohol and the man's heavy breath made her hopeless.

Zhang Tiantian was scared and confused.

She didn't know why Xiao Rong had drunk so much and why he suddenly treated her like this.

He was so rude.

What happened to him and why did he become like this?

Zhang Tiantian couldn't break free.

The man became more and more violent in the darkness.

She still tried to struggle.

Her struggling had displeased the man. He slapped her on the face fiercely.

Zhang Tiantian was shocked by his slap.

It was not Xiao Rong...

It was absolutely not Xiao Rong!

Xiao Rong wouldn't do this to her! And he wouldn't slap her!

Then who was this man?