When Song Shuang and Gu Baisheng got to the mountain top, they spent dozens of minutes finding the graveyard of the Zhang Family.

They finally found it in this big mountain.

It was very scary to visit a graveyard at night.

They used their phones to light the road ahead. And it was frightening to see the graves.

It would easily remind people of the horror movies they watched before.

Song Shuang held her hand and asked, "Are you scared?"

"Yeah."

Gu Baisheng held Song Shuang's arm and got closer to him by instinct.

Any woman would feel scared in this situation.

She was no exception.

Luckily, Song Shuang was by her side.

Even if she was scared, Song Shuang got her back.

"Let's go."

Song Shuang lighted the road ahead with his phone and held her arm to comfort her at the same time.

Gu Baisheng moved ahead with him like this.

Even if the graveyard was cleaned regularly, the weeds couldn't be completely removed.

Gu Baisheng stepped on the weeds and stones and couldn't find Zhang Ye's grave, "There're so many graves and I don't know which is Zhang Ye's."

"There's a fire ahead!"

Song Shuang stopped and looked ahead.

Gu Baisheng looked up, too.

About ten meters ahead, there was a bonfire.

"Is that Xiao Rong?"

Gu Baisheng felt a little uncertain.

"Let's get closer and have a look."

Song Shuang walked ahead and Gu Baisheng followed him.

They got closer to the bonfire as they walked on.

When they got close enough, Gu Baisheng found that someone was sitting next to the bonfire.

That person kept staring at the bonfire.

If his face hadn't been lighted by the bonfire, people would have mistaken him for a statue because he was sitting still.

"Xiao Rong?"

Gu Baisheng called his name.

Her voice was extremely clear in the quiet night.

Xiao Rong suddenly looked up when he heard her voice near the bonfire.

He looked in the direction of the sound.

Gu Baisheng let go of Song Shuang and walked to Xiao Rong quickly.

And Xiao Rong seemed to be finally woken up and suddenly stood up to walk to Gu Baisheng.

"It's really him!"

Gu Baisheng was a bit surprised.

When Song Shuang saw Gu Baisheng rushing to Xiao Rong, he followed her lead.

Xiao Rong couldn't speak, so he couldn't talk to Gu Baisheng with words.

So many things had happened lately.

Gu Baisheng walked to Xiao Rong and grabbed his arms.

Xiao Rong's tears streamed out of his eyes.

His tears were very obvious in the firelight.

"I know you've gone through so much lately."

Xiao Rong shook his head and opened his mouth to speak but failed to utter any words but some syllables.

It sounded like some weird noises made by young children.

Gu Baisheng felt worse when she heard the weird noises he made.

"It's fine, Xiao Rong. I'm here and I will take you out of here."

She used to wish that Xiao Rong could leave Beicheng.

But when she saw Xiao Rong who was very skinny and untidy, just like a stray cat in the graveyard, she realized that Xiao Rong could not change his miserable life even if he left Beicheng.

Xiao Rong looked at Gu Baisheng and gestured emotionally.

Gu Baisheng could understand his gestures.

"I know Tiantian is dead."

Gu Baisheng told him.

Xiao Rong gestured to Gu Baisheng in tears.

But the gestures were too complicated and too fast, so Gu Baisheng couldn't understand Xiao Rong's meaning quickly.

"Take your time. I'm listening."

Gu Baisheng said.

Xiao Rong shook his head.

He suddenly gave up his chaotic gestures and slowed down, "I killed them."

Gu Baisheng was shocked at it.

Xiao Rong continued, "If I hadn't come to Gui Town, Tiantian wouldn't have died. She died because of me."

"It's not true, Xiao Rong."

Gu Baisheng explained, "It's not your fault. It's the murderers'!"

Xiao Rong still blamed himself.

Song Shuang frowned when he saw Xiao Rong's face.

"Enough for now. Let's go downhill first."

Gu Baisheng remembered what she was here for after being reminded by Song Shuang.

She was here because she wanted to persuade Xiao Rong to go downhill.

Living on the mountain wasn't a choice.

"Xiao Rong, you can't live here forever. We're here to pick you up."

Xiao Rong heard Gu Baisheng's words.

He pressed his lips and raised his hands to gesture, "Are you picking me up to the village or Beicheng?"

Gu Baisheng understood his meaning and paused.

Whether to send Xiao Rong back to the village or home was a good question.

"We..." Gu Baisheng took a second thought before she spoke up, "We'll send you back to the village and you can decide whether to stay or go back to Beicheng."

Xiao Rong shook his head.

He stopped gesturing and refused to go downhill.

He sat back on the grass next to the bonfire.

He took a branch and put it into the bonfire.

Gu Baisheng and Song Shuang frowned when they saw how depressed he was.

"Xiao Rong..." Gu Baisheng squatted to talk to him, "You can't stay here forever. You can't just run away from things."

Xiao Rong remained silent without looking at her.

He shut himself off.

He didn't want to hear people talking or look at things.

Gu Baisheng bit her lip and turned around to look at Song Shuang.

She had no choice but to ask for Song Shuang's help.

Song Shuang looked into Gu Baisheng's eyes and squatted to ask Xiao Rong, "Zhang Tiantian's murderers are dead. Do you want to stay here to guard the graveyard of the Zhang Family forever?"

Xiao Rong was quiet.

He did not look at him, either.

Song Shuang nodded, "If it's your decision, we respect it."

Song Shuang grabbed Gu Baisheng's arm and pulled her up after saying so, "Let's go."

Gu Baisheng was a bit upset, "But..."

"Follow me."

Song Shuang signaled her to stop talking and leave with him.

Gu Baisheng didn't understand Song Shuang's intention.

But she could tell that Song Shuang was sure about Xiao Rong's reaction through his eyes.

She chose to believe him.

She followed Song Shuang to leave.

When they walked a few steps, Xiao Rong suddenly stood up and shouted out a harsh syllable, "Eh!"

Gu Baisheng looked back immediately as soon as she heard the sound, "Xiao Rong's calling us!"

"Don't go back."

Song Shuang grabbed Gu Baisheng's hand to prevent her from going back to Xiao Rong.

Gu Baisheng was worried, "What if he doesn't come to us?"

"He will."

Song Shuang was sure.

Xiao Rong noticed that Song Shuang and Gu Baisheng stopped but didn't go back, so he hesitated for a second and ran to them.

Gu Baisheng was relieved, "He's coming."

Song Shuang was really good at reading people.

Song Shuang watched Xiao Rong rushing to them in the firelight and became deep in thought.

As long as Xiao Rong came to them, it meant that he didn't want to stay in Gui Town.

He guessed it right.

The first sentence Xiao Rong gestured was that he wanted to go back to Beicheng.

"Go back?"

Gu Baisheng bit her lip, "Are you sure?"

The Xiao Family had been living a peaceful life ever since Xiao Rong left.

But Xiao Rong would threaten Xiao You's position in the Xiao Family, so Xiao You wouldn't go easy on him.

Xiao Rong gestured, "If I can't live in Beicheng, I can't live anywhere else."

He added, "Gui Town is Tiantian's hometown and where she is buried. I don't want to live here."

Gu Baisheng felt sad and understood his feelings.

Gui Town used to be the second hometown for Xiao Rong.

But when Zhang Tiantian died here, every beautiful plan just died out with her.

It was not only because the beautiful plans died out but also because Zhang Tiantian's death would remind Xiao Rong of the beautiful memories here.

"But if you go back..."

Xiao Rong looked firm, "I'm ready."

Gu Baisheng knew that he was serious after seeing his face, so she nodded, "Let's go back together."

Xiao Rong looked at Gu Baisheng and nodded.

Gu Baisheng couldn't expect that Xiao Rong's return to Beicheng was a twist for himself and for everyone else.

...

When Qu Xiaobo woke up from her long dream, it was only dawn.

She felt a bit absent-minded.

She couldn't help recalling her memories.

She remembered that Zhang Kai and she went to an island in Pengcheng together last autumn.

They swam in the sea at night.

They promised to go to the beach again the next morning.

They got up at dawn.

Zhang Kai held her hand. He wore colorful shorts and was shirtless when he held a red bucket and a small shovel and followed her to the seaside.

They picked up shells and marine products on the beach.

Zhang Kai said, "When we have a kid, we should take our kid here."

She agreed carelessly.

She ignored Zhang Kai's desire for kids in his eyes as if she hadn't found it.

Now she really regretted it.

She buried her face in the pillow and couldn't help crying in silence.

It would have been so nice if she had said yes to him.

If she had accepted his proposal, agreed to have his baby, and fulfilled all his wishes, he might not have died.