They set out again at night.

We drove all night under the stars.

Before departure, they drew lots again, and Tu Wan was unlucky enough to draw the driver's seat again. She still drove her Bugatti, and this time Xu Yang was still in her car, and there was also Ye Kong.

It was Qu Wu who drew the driver's seat of the Lamborghini.

This time she did not complain that she did not get to ride in the same car with Ye Kong, but happily went to drive the Lamborghini.

"I didn't realize Qu Wu really likes driving." Tu Wan said, looking in the rearview mirror.

"She likes luxury cars." Ye Kong sat in the passenger seat, propping up his face and speaking casually.

"Then let's go?"

"Set off."

The silver-gray Bugatti slid into the night like a swimming fish, and they were getting closer and closer to the flower box.

·

They stayed in two cities for one day each along the way, and it was not until the fifth day that they finally embarked on the last leg of the journey.

This is a long winding mountain road that stays on the edge of abandonment, so there are not many cars on the road.

It had rained a little the night before, and the leaves of the trees swaying from the edge of the cliff on the mountain were covered with water droplets. When the wind blew, the water droplets fell down one after another, splashing on the glass windows like marbles.

“The air here is really nice.”

On the last day, Xu Yang was driving, Tu Wan and Ye Kong were sitting in the back seat, and Wei Zhiyu in the passenger seat opened the window and caught a handful of transparent rain water.

Ye Kong was sitting at the window near the cliff. She turned her head to take a look, then lowered the window as well.

The wind and moist water vapor came together, and after a few seconds, a few yellow fallen leaves fluttered past her hands and fingers, and she gently caught one of them.

She brought the leaf in and looked at it silently for a while.

Tu Wan turned to look at her and asked, "What kind of tree is this? Do you know it?"

"do not know."

As she said this, she stretched out her hand again, spread her five fingers, and let the fallen leaves be blown away by the wind.

The trees by the roadside rustled.

After driving on the wet winding mountain road for a while, Ye Kong suddenly said, "Pear tree."

Tu Wan turned to look at her.

"I just remembered it too." Ye Kong said, "I ran away from home at the age of fourteen. I walked this road. It was spring at that time, and the wind was filled with white pear blossoms."

"You ran away from home?" Tu Wan was surprised for a second, but then she felt that she shouldn't be so surprised, so she just asked her, "You walked all the way alone?"

"I didn't finish the journey." Ye Kong retracted his hand and said calmly, "I encountered a car accident on the way."

"...car accident?"

"It's not me, it's someone else." She didn't seem to want to mention this matter, her expression was quite indifferent, so Tu Wan didn't ask any more questions.

Ye Kong himself fell into a long, thoughtful silence.

·

Two sports cars sped past on the streets of the county town one after another, and half an hour later, they stopped in front of the Flower Box Orphanage, which was in the middle of nowhere.

Ye Kong didn't ask for help in advance, and kicked the iron gate directly after getting off the car.

Through the rusty door, you can see two little radish heads popping out of the security booth: "Who is it?!"

Ye Kong had no expression on his face: "I, Ye Shiyi."

"Ah ah ah ah ah!!!!"

The two children burst into passionate and shrill shouts, ran out wildly, jumped to unlock the door, opened it, and were about to pounce on Ye Kong, but immediately braked after seeing her face, running and jumping around her while chattering excitedly.

Ye Kong looked disgusted: "How come you are still so short after not seeing you for a few months? Get out of the way, don't block me from walking."

A few city dwellers who thought that even if they didn’t cry, they would at least see the reunion scene of their loved ones hugging each other: …

Zhou Song stared at the girl walking inside without recognizing her relatives. The two children followed her like little dogs. He grabbed Qu Wu who was about to follow them and asked, "Why... is she treating the little girl in the orphanage like this?"

"What else?" Qu Wu turned around and gave him a strange look. "Ye Shiyi has always been the bully of Flower Box. Everyone has been afraid of her since they were young. If you want to see some tender scenes, you can give up the idea now."

Qu Wu pushed his hand away and slowly walked into the old orphanage with a complicated expression.

·

A building so familiar that you won’t even bump into it with your eyes closed.

Wherever Ye Kong passed, there were children's screams and cheers. More and more people followed her, forming a long trail behind her like an eagle catching chicks.

Amidst such noisy and boisterous shouting, before Ye Kong could reach the dean's office, she had just turned the corner when she bumped into an old man who was hurrying down.

The old man's hurried steps stopped the moment he saw her.

Then he carefully looked at Ye Kongzi who had also stopped, and after confirming that she was not thin and had no missing limbs, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then frowned: "I told you to come back quickly, but you didn't listen at all! It should have taken you two hours to get there, but it took you five whole days! Ye Shiyi! Are you deliberately trying to piss me off?!"

"So what?"

Before she finished answering, someone suddenly rushed out of the classroom like a tornado, threw himself directly onto Ye Kong's legs, and hugged her tightly.

Ye Kong looked down and saw the little girl, who was about seven or eight years old, didn't even raise her head.

"Xiao Cao! Xiao Cao, don't run! You can't run because of your heart condition!"

The adults' anxious shouts came from far away and Ye Kong looked up. Two men and women in ordinary clothes were rushing out of the classroom. They were stunned when they saw the scene in front of them. They looked at Ye Kong carefully and then gradually put away their surprised expressions.

"Are you Ye Shiyi?" The relatively young woman with curly hair came forward, frowning slightly. She tried to pull the little girl back to her side while speaking, "I heard that Xiaocao has been very cared for by you over the years. As a mother, I want to thank you."

The girl let her mother pull her collar and refused to let go of Ye Kong's legs.

Ye Kong lowered his eyes and looked at her, saying without any expression: "Take care of her? I didn't take care of her."

She pulled the girl's braid impatiently: "Let go, who allowed you to hug me?"

The girl, who couldn't be pulled away by her mother no matter how hard she tried, gradually loosened her hands and instead grabbed Ye Kong's clothes, then quickly shrank behind her, hiding from her mother as if she were avoiding a flood or a beast.

As soon as the woman's hands were empty, her face immediately turned ugly.

But after a moment, she still managed to put on a smile: "I'm glad you're back. Xiaocao insisted on seeing you before she was willing to go with us. We only took two days off, thinking you could come back as soon as possible, but we didn't expect you to be delayed for a week..."

There was something else in her words, and she glanced at Ye Kong subtly: "Now that you are back, can you persuade my daughter as soon as possible and let her go back with us? I am... in a hurry to go to work. If I delay for a day, I will be charged 200 yuan."

Ye Kong was originally trying to pull the little girl's hand that was pulling at her clothes, but when he heard this, he paused and raised the end of his eyebrow slightly.

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