Xiao Yunying was taken aback: "You brought it back?"

She's been quite busy lately and had completely forgotten about it.

Now, being suddenly brought up by Luo Sheng, and recalling everything he had said to her before, she felt a tightness in her chest.

"I'll go take a look."

Luo Sheng probably didn't want others to know about this, so he didn't let Wan Jun and Wei Xun into the courtyard, but instead had them wait outside the gate.

After Xiao Yunying came out, she closed the door and looked at Wei Xun holding a wooden box in his arms. She remained silent for a long time.

Wei Xun spoke first: "The army doctor once said that a rotting corpse might cause an epidemic, so I can only cremate Shi Sheng's body before bringing his ashes here. I don't know if he will blame me for not letting him rest in peace even in death..."

Xiao Yunying touched the wooden box: "He won't blame you. When a person dies, all that's left is a pile of rotten flesh and bones. It has nothing to do with the concept of reincarnation. In our area, people are cremated after they die. Only in remote areas where there are no other options, is burial taken."

Wan Jun, standing to the side, didn't understand: "Girl, where is your place? I've never heard of it. Don't people say that burial brings peace?"

Luo Sheng reached out and took the small bundle from Wan Jun's hand: "You've only been to a few places, there are many things you don't know. Isn't burying him in the ground after cremation the same as letting him rest in peace?"

Wan Jun nodded: "Master is right. I was too stupid. It's not like I'm hanging the ashes on a tree to be exposed to the wind and sun. That would be disturbing..."

Before he could finish speaking, Luo Sheng kicked him in the butt: "Go and rest, go see your mother, and stop talking nonsense."

Wan Jun didn't know what he had said wrong, but although he was stubborn, he was also obedient.

"Then I'll go see my mother first. Master, if you need anything, have Wei Xun call me."

"Go quickly."

Luo Sheng unwrapped the bundle: "What's this?"

Xiao Yunying withdrew her hand and looked over there, where the top letter caught her eye.

This letter should be the one that Luo Sheng received, the one Shi Sheng wrote to the original owner.

Below the letter was a purse. Xiao Yunying recognized the purse; it was the one the original owner had given him on the night of their wedding. It originally contained her dowry money.

Next to it was a handkerchief embroidered with fine cotton cloth.

Xiao Yunying unfolded the handkerchief and looked at it. The bottom right corner of the handkerchief was embroidered with two cherry blossoms. They looked familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen them before.

At the bottom was a very ordinary dark blue coarse cloth garment, probably worn by a boy of seven or eight years old.

The clothes, like the handkerchief, had been washed until they were faded and were torn in some places, as if they were from many years ago.

Xiao Yunying neatly folded everything and put it back: "Are these all the belongings of that bodyguard?"

Wei Xun seemed to have misunderstood: "Our master treats us very well and gives us a good monthly allowance. Shi Tou is always reluctant to spend it and saves it up to exchange for silver notes to carry with him. It's just that he used it all up during that period..."

"That's not what I meant... Never mind, just give me these things."

Xiao Yunying wanted to take the wooden box, but Luo Sheng handed her the bundle first: "This is heavy, let me take this."

Wei Xun asked, "What does the young lady wish to do with Shi Sheng's ashes?"

Xiao Yunying gave him a strange look: "Of course, I'll give him a proper burial. What else can I do?"

Luo Sheng said to him, "This is none of your business. Go down."

Wei Xun roughly guessed what his master wanted to do by bringing Shi Sheng's remains, so he didn't say anything, bowed, and withdrew.

Xiao Yunying retied the bundle and carried it on her back: "Give me this, I'll go up the mountain now."

"I'll go with you," Luo Sheng said, worried about her going up West Mountain alone. "I can help you dig the pit."

Digging a hole is indeed hard work, and Xiao Yunying agreed: "Then let's go together."

She went back to the courtyard and told Zheng Yunwan, then she and Luo Sheng went into the West Mountain.

After entering the mountains, she put her bundle and wooden box in the supermarket, which would make climbing the mountain much easier.

When they arrived at their destination, Xiao Yunying looked at the withering plants around her and felt a headache coming on.

That's how it is in the North: wildflowers and weeds grow wildly in spring and summer, but wither and fall in autumn and winter, creating a stark contrast.

Xiao Yunying first walked to the small grave mound without a tombstone, cleared away the weeds in front of it before she had a chance to speak.

"Yun Ying, I've come to see you."

Luo Sheng walked over: "Do you have a shovel? Give me one."

Xiao Yunying took out two shovels and silently started digging a hole together.

With Luo Sheng joining the effort this time, the digging was indeed much faster than last time.

She opened the lid of the wooden box, first taking out the wooden box containing the original owner's wedding dress, placing the ashes of the guard underneath, and then putting his belongings and the original owner's wedding dress back in.

Xiao Yunying moved very carefully and meticulously, and not a single piece of dirt or stone fell into the box.

After closing the box, Luo Sheng said, "Let me do it. You must have a lot to say to her."

Xiao Yunying hummed in agreement, walked to the seat, and placed the fruit on the ground.

"I've come here to tell you something... The person you married back then wasn't the Luo Sheng you thought he was. He was Luo Sheng's bodyguard, just disguised as him."

As they were talking, it suddenly occurred to them that the original owner of this body had never seen the true appearance of this bodyguard.

She muttered to herself, "I wonder what he looks like, and whether he's handsome enough."

Then he remembered that he had already moved the ashes of that bodyguard over, and it wasn't appropriate to cricket in front of someone's grave, so he quickly shut his mouth.

Luo Sheng stopped what he was doing and said, "Shi Sheng and I look six parts alike, otherwise I wouldn't have deliberately trained him to be my substitute."

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