The landlord was right; he wasn't a beggar, he was more like a homeless person.

The landlord handed me a cigarette, politely lit it for me, and said, "Several years ago, before the cable car was built on Cangshan Mountain, tourists all relied on horses to carry them up the mountain. He was a horseman... About eight years ago, it was raining heavily on Cangshan Mountain, and his pregnant wife was bringing him a raincoat..."

The landlord sighed again: "The mountain path is slippery, and his wife accidentally fell down the steps... As a result, neither the mother nor the child survived... Can you say that his wife was reckless?... Definitely reckless... But you really can't say that. If they weren't so inseparable, how could he let a woman with a big belly go to deliver a raincoat to him?"

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The landlord took a deep drag of his cigarette, then squinted and said, "After that, he stopped being a stable boy. He sold his horse... and built a thatched hut near his wife's grave, where he lived for a year. His father died young, leaving only his mother. Seeing him like this, she was heartbroken and died soon after. That's when he came down from the mountain... but his mental state had deteriorated. After his mother's funeral, he became like this... spending his days with these stray dogs and sleeping under bridges at night. He's been in the ancient city for so many years, and no one has ever heard him speak again... I think he feels guilty... even if he's really gone mad, he'll still remember things from the past for a while... what does he think at that moment?"

After a long pause, I replied, "You'll regret it... losing another person you deeply loved because of someone you deeply loved."

After I said that, another tourist handed him some change. He took it without saying thank you, neatly folded the money, and then stared blankly at the dogs… A gust of wind blew dust past him, and he seemed petrified. To chat with more like-minded people about "My Tenant Miss," follow "or" on WeChat to discuss your favorite books with other book lovers.