After comforting her mother and siblings who wanted to take a day off to stay home with her, Xia Xiang went to a cemetery early in the morning.

"Uncles and elders, I'm sorry I haven't visited you for six years. I'll try my best to come every year from now on."

Xia Xiang held a large bouquet of white chrysanthemums in her hands and placed a bouquet of chrysanthemums on each of the tombstones in this row.

"Well, I'd like to report to everyone that I've been living a healthy, strong, and positive life these past few years, and I haven't let you all down..."

A man and a woman walked side by side in the distance.

"Who is it today? Why are you here so early?" A short-haired girl dressed in punk-style clothing stopped in her tracks and asked in confusion.

"Judging from the voice, it's a girl," the boy, dressed formally in a black suit and carrying a large bouquet of white chrysanthemums, replied casually as he continued walking forward.

Xia Xiang was still rambling on and on, like she was giving an end-of-year summary, except that she had accumulated six years' worth of information.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw two people walking over, stopped, and turned to look.

Xia Xiang: Holy crap, it's someone I know!

The three stood facing each other in silence for a long while before Xia Xiang spoke first.

"Brother Jiuwu, Sister Qingqing, long time no see!" Xia Xiang greeted them with a smile, inwardly complaining, "Why aren't these two saying anything?"

Never mind, she's a child, she should be polite, let her speak first.

But she's socially awkward, so she just left after saying that.

"I've finished reporting to my uncles and elders, so I won't bother you any longer. Please continue with your work."

Jiu Wu's expression suddenly turned cold. Hu Yanqing, who was standing next to him, maintained an awkward smile and nudged Jiu Wu with his elbow, but couldn't move him... so he had to speak up himself.

"Xiangxiang, it's been a long time. I came to see my dad and met Jiuwu down there." Seeing that Jiuwu didn't speak, Huyanqing awkwardly explained, "The three of us are so lucky to meet here."

"Yes, yes, what a coincidence." Xia Xiang smiled awkwardly, raised her right hand (which wasn't wearing a watch) to check the time, "I have an appointment later, I'm running late, so I'll have to go now, bye-bye."

Seeing the two of them walking side by side, with the paths on both sides not very wide, Xia Xiang could only point behind her and exit from the other side.

"Hey, what were you trying to be cool about? Your childhood sweetheart misunderstood," Hu Yanqing teased. "But she really has changed a lot. She's still as lively and cute as before."

"Are you free tomorrow? Come to my house with me." Jiu Wu was a little angry, but it was unclear what he was angry about.

Ignoring Hu Yanqing, she placed bouquets on each of the tombstones in the row, just as Xia Xiang had done before.

"Yes, young master," Hu Yanqing replied, standing at attention.

Then I watched as Jiuwu read his year-end summary in front of the tombstone.

Hu Yanqing: "Are you two out of your minds? My father and uncles died fighting against the demonized humans in the Iron Dimension. Do you need to come here every year and recite these nonsensical things to them? You two stubborn mules!"

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Xia Xiang, who had run far away, was sitting on a large stone bench in the park, panting.

"Thank goodness, the couple was going to sweep the tombs together, and I, their sister who disappeared many years ago and whose relationship was not legitimate, was there to disturb them. I almost became the villainous supporting character in their love story. I was so scared."

My mind kept conjuring up a bunch of scenarios: the childhood sweetheart returns to China, discovers her childhood friend already has a girlfriend, various manipulative women cause misunderstandings between them, they reconcile, then misunderstand again, and reconcile again.

In the end, the male protagonist discovers that everything was orchestrated by his childhood sweetheart, and cruelly makes her pay a terrible price.

In the end, the male and female protagonists lived happily ever after and had four children!

"Wait, that's not right. I didn't do anything at all, and I was so far away from them." Xia Xiang realized. "Besides, I went there first! How was I supposed to know they would go?"

"Besides, the author's original intention was to write about a female protagonist who develops herself in a cunning and underhanded way, so they wouldn't do that to me."