The man's eyes were red from crying. He squatted on the ground for a long time to calm down. "Ruan'er, don't worry, I won't let them bother you. I know you like peace and quiet and you definitely don't want to see these people."

“Your aunt was talking about you yesterday, saying that you are sensible and attentive, and that she has less to worry about when you are at home. Your aunt is too embarrassed to come see you, so she asked me to pass on a message to you, saying that she was sorry for you in the past, and that she shouldn’t have ignored you because of the rumors outside.”

"Uncle, we don't ask for your forgiveness, we've all let you down."

He covered his face with his hands and sobbed uncontrollably. The tough man cried like a child. "I'm a real beast. I brought you out but didn't take good care of you. You're only 22 years old. Your life has just begun."

Lin Ruanruan stood not far from the man, sobbing and desperately wiping away her tears with both hands.

As the sun began to set, the man kept talking to the tombstone, telling her about recent events in her family and how her brother had started his internship at the police station.

“Your brother is not very talkative. He used to bully you when you were little, and he became rebellious when he grew up. Now that you are suddenly gone, he has suddenly become sensible. He was supposed to come with me today, but he didn’t dare to come over when he was about to leave.”

"He said he went too far, that he didn't deserve to be your brother, that he only knew how to bully you before, and that when he wanted to protect you, you were no longer there..."

The temperature gradually dropped, and the middle-aged man rambled on for a long time before slowly standing up. "Ruan'er, we've all let you down."

His back, which was usually ramrod straight, was now hunched over.

Watching her uncle's retreating figure, Lin Ruanruan shouted desperately, "Uncle, thank you for pulling me out of hell!"

"I am very happy now, so very happy. Thank you..."

The man paused, then turned his head in disbelief, only to see nothing but a gust of wind blowing across his haggard face.

The man's eyes welled up with tears again. "That's good, that's good..."

...

"Baby, baby, what's wrong?"

A familiar voice called out to her, and Lin Ruanruan was summoned back from afar.

When she opened her eyes, she saw Huo Qi's worried gaze, "Qi..."

Huo Qi hugged her tenderly, "Baby, are you feeling unwell? You've been crying for so long, and I couldn't wake you up no matter what I did."

Lin Ruanruan snuggled into Huo Qi's arms and said, "I think I had a dream. I dreamt about someone who was very important to me. He pulled me out of hell, and I've always been grateful to him."

Huo Qi held Lin Ruanruan tightly, as if the person in his arms was a fairy from the moon palace, about to leave him and return to the moon. "And then?"

“Then,” Lin Ruanruan looked up, leaned in and kissed Huo Qi’s chin, “then I said thank you to him, and that I am very happy now.”

“I now have a loving family and a loving husband, who is also the hero who rescued me from the abyss.”