The environment here was already quite cold, and for her to speak to her in such a cold tone was simply making things worse.

Qiao Xi was surprised by what she said and asked, "You also believe in an afterlife?"

"You are not me." Jun Jiuge glanced at her, completely distancing herself from the conversation.

An ordinary person would probably be driven crazy by this conversation, but Qiao Xi was already used to it. She couldn't help but sigh and say, "Sigh, it's a kind of fate to die together."

Jun didn't say anything more; she simply closed her eyes as if resigned to her fate.

Qiao Xi sat down next to her. Although she kept talking, she couldn't ignore the cold. All they could do now was move closer together to keep each other warm.

Jun Jiuge did not stop her, letting her stay close to him.

"Since we're all going to die anyway, let's have an open and honest chat." Qiao Xi started another topic. If they didn't say anything, it would really be no different from waiting to die.

However, she thought Jun Jiuge would ignore her, but to her surprise, Jun Jiuge actually responded, "What do you want to talk about?"

"Are you really the third young lady of the Jun family?" Qiao Xi didn't know what she was thinking, but the question just slipped out.

Jun Jiuge hesitated for a moment before replying, "I guess so."

Upon hearing her answer, Qiao Xi frowned slightly and said, "What's the difference between your answer and not saying anything at all?"

“I don’t know if it is, they told me,” Jun Jiuge continued.

"Who?" Qiao Xi asked hurriedly.

Jun Jiuge suddenly fell silent again. Her eyes, which had been closed, slowly opened and were covered by a layer of dim sorrow.

After a long pause, she finally said, "My grandmother and aunt."

Jun Jiuge stopped there, and Qiao Xi didn't press further.

After waiting for a moment, Jun Jiuge continued, "When I was very young, before I had any memories, my mother passed away. My aunt took me back to the countryside and never married in order to take care of me until a serious illness took her away."

“My grandmother knew she was too old to continue accompanying me, so she contacted the Jun family.” At this point, Jun Jiuge paused again, her originally dim and sad eyes now filled with anger. “They didn’t find me until two years after she passed away.”

After speaking, Jun Jiuge's lips curled into a rare smile, but this smile had nothing to do with happiness.

Qiao Xi could also sense the anger in her tone, as if... she resented the Jun family for not finding her sooner. If they had found her sooner, perhaps her grandmother and aunt wouldn't have left her so early.

Jun Jiuge slowly suppressed her anger and said calmly, "I came here because I have no more attachments. The most important people to me in this world have all left."

Qiao Xi could completely understand her feelings. In this life, without A Jin, her life would only be filled with hatred.

He sought revenge for his past life, for his mother, and then he was free of all attachments.

During the two years after losing her grandmother and aunt, she must have experienced a lot, which is why she possesses a maturity and indifference that is not common among people her age.

But they also have many things in common. Perhaps it was these similarities that initially attracted her and made her want to become friends with her.

Shivering from the cold, Qiao Xi comforted her with a chattering voice, "Their starting point is that they all hope you can live a good life and have a complete life."

Even though they were about to freeze to death, they had to have the will to live until that moment came.

"And what about their lives?" Jun Jiuge's lips, also pale from the cold, "They were all ruined because of me."

Qiao Xi shook her head, trembling all over, and said, "You love them, but they love you even more."

“You wouldn’t understand,” Jun Jiuge said with unusual firmness.

Qiao Xi shook her head in disagreement. "The day before my tenth birthday, my dad took my mom out to buy things, but they got into a car accident on the way. My mom passed away, and my dad only suffered minor injuries. Three months later, he came to my house with my stepmother and my stepmother's daughter."

“Although I’m only ten years old, I’m very sensible. I know my dad is in a lot of pain; he blames himself for killing his wife. So I accepted that mother and daughter and took good care of my little sister, but…”

At this point, a surge of hatred welled up in Qiao Xi's heart as well. Her mind became somewhat hazy as she said, "Not long ago, I had a dream in which I fell in love with another man. That man conspired with my dearest family to kill me and also caused the death of the man who loved me the most."

“I started to recall some things, the car accident, the bits and pieces of the past few years…” As she spoke, Qiao Xi leaned her head weakly on Jun Jiuge’s shoulder and murmured softly, “Maybe I will get the answer I want soon.”

"Sit still," Jun Jiuge said, raising her voice and emphasizing her tone.

Qiao Xi couldn't hear a word she was saying; her whole body was trembling uncontrollably, and she could no longer use her brain to control her body.

Jun Jiuge was in much better physical condition than Qiao Xi. She knew Qiao Xi couldn't hold on any longer, but she was too busy taking care of herself to do anything else. All she could do was encourage her with words, "Don't you want to avenge your mother?"

What she just said was simply to say that her father killed her mother, and given her personality, she would never let her mother not seek revenge.

"I will definitely find evidence and avenge my father," Qiao Xi murmured softly.

"How do you plan to get revenge?" Jun Jiuge started to chat with her, something Qiao Xi used to do.

Qiao Xi suddenly said firmly, "Kill him."

"Then pull yourself together. How can you kill him like this?" Jun Jiuge's tone was also somewhat weak. If this continued, she would soon reach her limit.

Qiao Xi, having regained some of her senses, said, "Sometimes, living is more painful than dying."

After saying that, Qiao Xi closed her eyes again, let her hands fall to her sides, and her breathing became weak.

Jun Jiuge could feel all of this because she was leaning on her shoulder.

"Don't close your eyes, you'll die," Jun Jiuge said, forcing out her last bit of willpower.

Qiao Xi was unwilling to give up, but her body was completely out of her control, and her mind was also completely blank.

Fuyuan.

Qi Jincheng was frantic, but he had searched everywhere he could think of, and he hadn't received any kidnapping calls, nor had he heard anything from the Qiao family.

His Xi'er couldn't possibly disappear without a reason, unless she encountered an emergency or a sudden danger!