Chapter 217

As evening approached, a light rain began to fall, and the pattering sound of the rain drifted in through the half-open window, sounding particularly soothing.

Ye Yan glanced at Qin Su and saw that she was still lying there on her side, just like half an hour ago, idly stroking the smelly cat sleeping next to her. He slowly moved closer to her and enveloped her in his arms.

After waiting for a while, seeing that Qin Su didn't move at all and seemed completely unaware, he couldn't help but rub against her leg a couple of times.

Qin Su finally came to her senses: "...Are you trying to push me out of the picture?"

Ye Yan nodded smugly, gesturing for Qin Su to look over: "How could that be? You can't fall down."

Qin Su's gaze moved downwards and she saw the tail tightly wrapped around her waist.

Under her gaze, the tip of its tail wagged obsequiously twice, as if greeting her.

Qin Su couldn't help but smile.

When Ye Yan saw her smile, he was overjoyed and quickly nuzzled her, asking, "Are you happy now?"

"Hmm?" Qin Su asked curiously, "You can tell I'm unhappy?"

Ye Yan said, "I'm not stupid. You've seemed a little unhappy ever since those two left."

Qin Su rubbed his ear and teased, "Yes, you're not stupid."

He's just a little slow.

Ye Yan seemed to understand her unspoken meaning, gently biting her lips and grumbling in dissatisfaction, "It doesn't matter if I'm silly, as long as Su Su likes me, I'm willing to be a fool."

Qin Su chuckled, grabbed his hair, and kissed him.

The indoor temperature was damp and stuffy on a rainy day, and there were faint sounds of water between our tightly pressed lips and teeth.

During a pause, Ye Yan mumbled softly, "...Su Su...hasn't said...why she's unhappy."

Qin Suping caught her breath: "...I remembered something that happened a long time ago."

Ye Yan's nose touched hers, and he looked at her with moist eyes: "Does this have anything to do with me?"

Qin Su's eyes crinkled slightly: "I don't think so."

Ye Yan said dejectedly, "Oh..."

Qin Su said softly, "What? Are you quite disappointed?"

“Yes,” Ye Yan readily admitted. “I hope that, whether in the past, present, or future, I can play an important role in your story.”

And whether you're happy or unhappy, it all has something to do with him.

However, he also had a conflicting hope that she would never be unhappy.

"..."

Qin Su gazed at Ye Yan, who was so close to her, feeling their intimate breaths mingling. Instead of responding to his question, she suddenly asked an unrelated one.

"If you like me, will you always follow me?"

Ye Yan immediately retorted, "What do you mean by 'if'? Remove the word 'if'."

At the same time, she grabbed Qin Su's wrist warily, "Are you going out? Where are you going? Are you taking me with you?"

Qin Su stared at him without saying a word.

Yes, given how closely Ye Yan has followed her through these past few worlds, why hadn't she encountered him before?

Did you not encounter them? Or did you encounter them but not recognize them?

Qin Su seemed to understand something, and kissed Ye Yan reassuringly: "I won't go out, and I'll definitely take you with me wherever I go."

***

Qin Su and Ye Yan remained in this world until Qin Lide passed away.

Qin Lide lived to be ninety-eight years old without suffering from any serious illnesses. However, he felt that the human body would eventually decline and reach its end, and that he had lived a long enough life and had lived a fulfilling life.

His early life was not happy; he lost his wife and son, leaving only his granddaughter to depend on. However, his later life was smooth and worry-free, and he witnessed his granddaughter grow up, get married, and establish her own career.

—Although the fact that his grandson-in-law was a dragon made him a little conflicted, he thought again that good men in this world are extremely rare. Since he couldn't find a suitable person, finding a suitable dragon wouldn't be bad either.

On the day he passed away, as if sensing something, he got up early to tidy himself up, offered incense and burned paper money for the memorial tablets of his wife, son and daughter-in-law, went out for a walk with Qin Su, and when he returned, he smiled at Qin Su and said, "I'm tired and want to sleep for a while. Take care of yourself."

Then he fell asleep and never woke up again.

After sitting quietly on a chair outside his bedroom door for two hours, Qin Su helped him with the funeral arrangements.

Qin Lide helped and saved countless people throughout his life. Some he met only once, while others still remembered him with gratitude. Therefore, many guests came to mourn him at his funeral.

One of the young couples presented flowers to Qin Su and then gave her a red envelope.

Qin Su didn't recognize her at first and asked in confusion, "Who are you?"

"Don't you remember? More than twenty years ago, you did a fortune-telling live stream for a while. There was a high school girl who was switched at birth by her parents and twin sister. She was resentful and almost wanted to commit suicide." The person smiled at Qin Su. "That girl was me."

Qin Su suddenly realized, remembering her name: "Cheng Yue?"

She glanced at the man next to Cheng Yue again, "Wang Linyan, the boy who used a pseudonym to subtly confess his feelings?"

Wang Linyan scratched his head and said embarrassedly, "I have to thank you for pointing this out to me back then, otherwise Yueyue and I might have missed each other."

Cheng Yue said to Qin Su, "Back then, you said you would come to me for the divination fee after I started working. I waited and waited like an idiot, only to find out that you had stopped live streaming a long time ago. I almost thought I would never have the chance to pay the divination fee."

Qin Su then accepted the red envelope from her and smiled, "It's alright, look, Guajin came to me on his own initiative, didn't he?"

Cheng Yue bowed deeply to her and said shyly, "I owe you a lot back then... I was young and impulsive, prone to getting stuck on things, and would act like I was going to die whenever something happened, hating everything and everyone."

"Later, I continued my studies and after graduating with a master's degree, I did a job that I liked. Although there is some distance between me and my parents, and we are not as close as they are to my sister, we still maintain a good relationship."

"I've already talked things out with my sister. She's always been a good person. I'm the one who wronged her before. I'll cherish this family bond from now on, and I also have my own family now..."

At this point, she gripped Wang Linyan's hand tightly, "Looking back now, the past is nothing more than that; the light boat has already passed ten thousand mountains."

...

yes.

The light boat has already passed ten thousand mountains.

Looking back, many memories have become blurred.

Qin Su stood on a cloud, holding a lazy cat licking its fur in her arms.

The cat thought she was looking for Ye Yan and meowed, "Su Su, stop looking. His soul disappeared the moment you left this world."

It also took the opportunity to badmouth him, saying, "He's acting all mysterious. I think he's up to no good. Su Su, you should interrogate him properly in the next world."

Qin Su replied, "I won't go to the next world."

The cat opened its eyes wide and asked in surprise, "Why? Where are we going?"

Qin Su's gaze passed over the flowing clouds and countless invisible rules and laws, landing on the distant starting point of spacetime.

"Let's go to the first world we've ever been to."