Snowy Night

An hour passed, and no matter how hard they searched, they couldn't find the two. The initial high morale gradually faded, becoming as cold and heavy as shoes and socks soaked in snow water, and a sense of despondency silently permeated the crowd.

"The snow has stopped."

The sudden, heavy snowfall stopped instantly. Sanqi was certain that just moments before, snowflakes had been falling steadily.

"This snow is strange... just as strange as the snow thirty years ago," a slightly older man complained.

Most of the older people in Qingfeng Town knew about this matter. Although it was not mysterious or unpredictable, it was rarely mentioned to the younger generation because it involved a life, for fear of frightening them.

"Alright, alright, everyone, perk up and keep looking!" Uncle Chen waved his hand, urging the resting people to get back to work.

"Miss Lin is here!"

A joyful shout suddenly pierced the heavy air, instantly igniting hope in everyone's hearts.

The woman lay pale and lifeless in the snow, covered only by a thin layer of snowflakes. She was dressed in light-colored clothing, almost blending into the surrounding snow. The fact that she was found there speaks volumes about the discoverer's keen observation.

"I'll carry her." Sanqi often helped load and unload herbs at the pharmacy, and she was quite strong.

But she was not a reckless person. Sanqi first handed the torch in her hand to the person next to her, then took off her cloak and carefully wrapped Lin Yunwang tightly. With the help of others, she steadily carried him on her back. She did not forget to call softly, "Yunmei, Yunmei, Lin Yunwang, wake up."

Uncle Chen hurriedly instructed, "Two people, escort them down the mountain. The rest of you, come with me to continue searching for Doctor Sui."

Even through the cloak, Sanqi could still feel the coldness of the person behind her, which made her a little anxious, so she quickened her pace.

"Miss Sanqi, slow down! Watch your step, don't fall!" came the worried reminder from her companion behind her.

"Why isn't she awake yet? Is it really just a cold? What exactly happened?"

A series of questions left the doctor at a loss for words. To be more precise, he was helpless against this strange illness. Her pulse was steady, and her physical signs were all normal. He had no idea why she had not woken up for so long.

Lin Yun was deeply immersed in a dream of a snowy wonderland, completely unaware of everything happening outside the dream.

Let's turn back the clock to thirty years ago.

It was also a cold night with a raging snowstorm.

This time, she clearly saw the figure of a woman. Her intuition told her that this was the owner of the voice that had whispered to her in her "dream." Only this time, the woman did not repeat the phrase, "This village is covered by snow that never melts."

Instead, they climbed the mountain in the clouds barefoot with great difficulty.

With each step, a shocking bloody footprint was left on the snow.

It exudes a sense of desolation.

A profound sorrow instantly gripped Lin Yunwang's entire being, a sharp pain shooting through her heart. She desperately tried to break free from the shackles of this emotion and change the scene before her, yet her gaze was involuntarily drawn to the woman, following her closely, feeling her pain and sorrow as well.

Lin Yunwang was only able to hear her faint voice when the woman finally collapsed from exhaustion in the icy pool.

She said, "My child...where is my child..."

"Here it is!"

"The year is far away at the village entrance!"

Shortly after discovering Lin Yun, the search party finally found Sui Yuan at the entrance of Luming Village. He was lying in the snow, covered in blood, his clothes torn in many places, barely breathing, and looking extremely miserable.

He lay there quietly in the snow, his fate unknown.

Sui Yuan, just like Lin Yun, did not respond no matter how others called out to him.