After Su He had cried enough, Su Ruanruan stood up and hugged her.

"This is not your fault. Being beautiful is the best gift your parents gave you, but that's not a reason for them to hurt you."

"Don't be afraid. They've been caught. With so many people guarding them, they won't come out to hurt anyone again, let alone you."

"If your mother is still alive, I think she would cry for joy that you are still alive rather than for losing her innocence."

"If you want your mother to die peacefully, you should live well so that she has no regrets and no worries."

Su Ruanruan looked into Su He's eyes and asked softly, "If time could go back to that night, which would you choose between innocence and life?"

Su He stared blankly ahead, muttering, "Who to choose..."

If time could really go back, she would swear to protect her innocence to the death, so that she could leave the world with a clear conscience and go to the Naihe Bridge to find her mother.

Seeing her increasingly painful appearance, even if she didn't say anything, Su Runrun knew that she would choose innocence and give up her life.

In this era, a woman’s chastity is taken too seriously.

Su Ruanruan gently patted the back of her hand, "If they had chosen me that night, I would have chosen to live."

"I don't want to be the girl who died tragically at the hands of the devil. I still have a lot of things to do. I can't die. I still want to see the mountains, rivers and seas in the distance."

"If I die, I won't be able to see anything, right?"

Su Ruanruan asked again, "Do you have anything you want to do? Do you have any unfulfilled wishes?"

Su He thought about it, as if recalling something from long ago.

"I have an aunt who treated me very well when I was a child. But later she married and lived far away from here. We kept in touch through letters. Whenever I received a letter, my mother would take me to the market to find the gentleman who wrote the letter and read it to me. But I haven't written back to her for a long time..."

"I miss her. She is the closest person to me in this world..."

Su Ruanruan smiled and said, "If you are not happy here, can you go out for a walk?"

“Go to a place where no one knows your past and meet new friends.”

"After several years, you will find that you are still you, but not the same you as before!"

"You are still you, but a different you."

……

The sun was setting when Su Ruanruan came out of the house.

She left the meat she bought at the market.

Su He declined again and again, "I didn't invite you here just for them. I really want to talk to you."

Su Runrun had no choice but to pick up the meat again. She knew that although the girl in front of her was thin, she was a strong-willed person.

Before leaving, Su Ruanruan joked, "You should have heard what Captain Huo, who saved us, said just now."

"You know what? I owe him a lot of money now just because I lost a gem."

"Do you know how much it is?"

Su He shook his head.

Su Ruanruan stretched out a finger and laughed so hard that her body shook.

"Three thousand taels!"

Su He covered his mouth in shock.

Three thousand taels? She had never seen even two taels of silver in her life.

Now, she is so poor that she only has a few hundred coins.

Su Ruanruan waved her hand, looking nonchalant, "Even I can survive tenaciously, so you should live well. At least you don't owe anyone anything!"

Su He looked at her leaving back and fell into deep thought.

When Su Ruanruan returned to Mu Bai's house, she found that the door she had locked was opened and ajar.

Her intuition told her that Mu Bai had returned.

My steps also became much lighter.

When she pushed open the gate, she saw the tall and graceful Mu Bai in the courtyard. She was wearing a half-new academy uniform, which could not hide her elegance and beauty, and exuded a scholarly air.

At this moment, Su Ruanruan was at a loss for words. She really couldn't find a word to describe the throbbing in her heart at the moment.

Even though she had not been apart from him for long, she couldn't stop thinking about him.

Some people say that you should not meet someone too amazing when you are young, otherwise you will ruin your life once you meet Yang Guo.

Thinking back to the first time she walked on the road in the county town carrying the original owner's body, someone called her name from behind.

A startling glance, life is like a dream. I fell in love at first sight, and I still feel the same when I see you again.

Only now did she understand that the accelerated heartbeat at the first sight was not due to the remaining consciousness of the original owner.

But it comes from herself.

Mu Bai is the young man who amazed her youth and also her sweetest first love.

She wanted to hold his hand and grow old with him.

Su Ruanruan felt her scalp was itchy, and something called "love brain" had grown.

She threw everything in her hands onto the stone table.

She quickly ran over and threw herself into Mu Bai's arms, whispering, "Brother Mu Bai, I miss you so much."

Mu Bai stood frozen in place, looking at the rich dishes and the piece of pork on the table.

He didn't know where Ruanruan got so much money to buy these things.

The home she didn't want to return to would not allow her to save any pocket money.

At this moment, Mu Bai realized that he didn't know Ruanruan at all.

Mu Bai's lips trembled.

He looked down at the girl who was acting coquettishly in his arms.

Were these all given by that Captain Huo?

I thought of the two people in the dark alley, even though I couldn't see them clearly.

But he knew they were kissing each other.

I feel so bitter and sad in my heart.

Su Ruanruan noticed that something was wrong with Mu Bai, so she came out of his arms and looked up at him.

"Brother Mu Bai, are you feeling unwell?"

It rained last night. I wonder if the ginger soup will work.

She stretched out her hand and was about to take Mu Bai's pulse, but she saw a person standing in the yard staring at her blankly.

"Qin...Qin Bei, why are you here?"

Su Ruanruan saw that he was sweating all over and had a sweat towel on his shoulders.

Standing at the door of her room with tools in hand.

She suddenly had an idea and thought of the broken door.

She forgot to ask Mu Bai how the door broke.

But now he also knew that Qin Bei was the master invited by Mu Bai to repair the door.

There are not too many craftsmen in the county town, but not too few either. It is not uncommon to come across such people, and they are quite skillful.

Qin Bei wiped the sweat from his forehead with a sweat towel, looking at the two figures standing close to each other in the yard, feeling a little lost.

He had never seen her look at someone with such soft and loving eyes, and he noticed her as soon as she entered the door.

But all she had in her eyes was that gentle scholar.

Before Su Ruanruan came in, he had a conversation with Mr. Mu.

He knew that he had passed the examination for a scholar and would soon take part in the provincial examination.

I also know that Mr. Mu has a lover who he wants to be with for the rest of his life. Although I can feel the hint of sadness in his eyes, his deep love cannot be hidden.

What a coincidence, he also has someone he likes.

However, his mother had been bedridden for many years, and most of his salary was spent on buying medicine.

Fortunately, my mother's health has improved a lot recently.

Wait until he has saved enough money for the betrothal gift, and then ask her if she is willing to be with him.

But at this moment, he realized that she was gone.

He hadn't seen Ruanruan for a long time. Today, he took a ox cart from the town to the county early in the morning and went to the tofu shop where Ruanruan told him about working to look for her, but was told that she was not there.

But if she's not there, where could she be?

He could only search aimlessly, but he met Mr. Mu who needed a carpenter.

At this moment, Ruanruan was looking at him with a smile.

His hand couldn't help but touch his waist, where there was a silver hairpin. He had been looking at it for a long time in the market today, and thought that Ruanruan would like it, so he bought it.

But there is no need to take it out now, she already has a better choice.

He should be happy to see that she is happy and has a better home.

For a while, his mind was tossed around many times, but he finally felt relieved.

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