Chapter 85 Farewell Book
It had rained for several days and the grass outside the city was all wet.
The mountain road was sticky and wet, and the wheels and horse hooves were covered with thick yellow mud.
At the end of the dense forest is Jiang Susu's grave.
Chen Xiunian sat quietly with his eyes closed in the carriage. Beside him were many sacrificial items, including paper money, incense, candles, flowers, cakes and two pots of vegetarian wine.
Every year when this day comes, he feels the heaviest.
But, it’s not just because of Jiang Susu!
"General, there seems to be someone in front of the tomb."
Zhang Ke's words made Shen Xiunian open his eyes suddenly, and he subconsciously frowned.
Jiang Susu is an orphan, and no one except him will come to mourn her on this day.
"She looks like a woman, and she's wearing a long hat."
Hearing this, Chen Xiunian leaned forward and pulled open the front curtain of the carriage. Through the overlapping woods, he saw a woman wearing a hood and plain clothes standing in front of the tombstone diagonally opposite.
Perhaps she heard the sound of approaching carriages, and the woman turned back in panic.
The wind blew open the curtain of her hat, revealing half of her beautiful face.
Then, she turned and ran as if frightened.
Shen Xiunian was distracted for a moment, and only reacted when the figure disappeared, and hurriedly shouted to Zhang Ke to speed up and catch up with the woman.
"Faster, faster!"
The carriage and the horse, with two wheels and four legs, could never run faster than the delicate and frail woman. Soon they passed through the woods and caught up with the person who was running for his life. The pressure of pursuit always makes people panic. The woman couldn't help staggering in her anxiety. Maybe it was because the ground was slippery, she fell heavily to the ground, and even her hat fell off. She couldn't get up for a while.
The carriage stopped behind her, and Shen Xiunian immediately got out and jumped down.
The man without the hat didn't dare to look back. He crawled forward with his head lowered. After grabbing the hat, he tried to stand up, but the thick mud and water beneath him gave him no leverage, and he fell again.
Shen Xiunian had already walked to her side.
She held her head in fear and her body was shaking slightly.
However, after a long time, the person standing next to her did not make any movement, nor did she hear him say anything.
If the horse behind her hadn't been breathing heavily, she would have thought there was no one there.
Such torment was equally painful for Shen Xiunian.
He half-knelt on one knee, stretched out his hand but did not dare to touch and slowly withdrew it, wondering if he was dazzled and saw it wrong.
Until the person in front of him raised his head.
At that moment, memories that had been pent up for many years burst out like a flood.
"Su...Susu."
That person, that face, isn’t that Jiang Susu who was supposed to die in seven years?
Jiang Susu also had a frightened look on her face. She turned around and struggled to stand up to the other side, but the corner of her skirt was stepped on. She was about to fall before she could take a step forward.
It was also because of Shen Xiunian's quick reaction that he grabbed her waist and hugged her back.
"You're wrong, I'm not..."
"Susu!"
Jiang Susu struggled to run, but Shen Xiunian held her tightly and didn't care that Zhang Ke was still watching, he just held her tighter and tighter.
"Let me go, you're wrong."
"I won't let go."
Shen Xiunian's eyes were blurred with tears, and he actually felt a little broken when he saw it.
"You finally...finally came into my dream again."
He choked up and thought everything before his eyes was just a dream.
After hearing what he said, the person in his arms stopped struggling and let him hold her in his arms, snuggling in his chest and crying with her.
Zhang Ke turned his back on the carriage. The general thought it was a dream, but he saw it clearly.
Even if it is a ghost, it is impossible for it to come out in broad daylight.
Resurrection from the dead is not credible, and there can't be two people in the world who look exactly the same, so the Jiang Susu in front of him is most likely the real one, and she didn't die at all seven years ago.
But even if he didn't die, seven years have passed.
Why does it suddenly appear now?
What about the family? What about Madam Liu? And what about the old lady? She loves Madam Liu so much, how can she tolerate Jiang Susu?
Just as he was lost in thought, Zhang Ke was startled by a loud slap from behind and turned his head back.
His general was covering his left face in astonishment. It was obvious that he had been hit. The slap was just right and shattered his dream.
Zhang Ke looked at Jiang Susu a few more times seemingly casually.
Jiang Susu's face was full of sorrow and tears, which made her look adorable. She opened her mouth but said nothing in the end. She turned around and was about to leave.
In Zhang Ke's eyes, it seemed like he was playing hard to get.
"Susu!"
Look, his general suddenly realized what was going on and chased after him in panic.
"It's really you, Susu, it's really you."
"I told you that you are wrong. Jiang Susu died seven years ago in that fire."
These words are undoubtedly a recognition of one's identity.
Zhang Ke sighed and thought, well, since he's not dead, he'll have to face it anyway.
"Don't pull me, let me go!"
"Susu." Chen Xiunian held tightly, his eyes flushed and his heart full of doubts, "Since you are still alive, why didn't you come to see me for so many years?"
"Let go!"
"SuSu, why, tell me why?"
"Stop asking questions and let me go. The child is waiting for me!"
Speaking of children, Zhang Ke turned his head again.
Since she said so, the child must be the general's, otherwise she probably wouldn't have mentioned it.
This is even worse.
His general had never cared about Madam Liu's child. If he took Jiang Susu's child back, he didn't know what the situation would be for the other two children at home. I'm afraid they wouldn't have a good life.
It’s not that he hates Jiang Susu, and it’s not his turn to hate her.
But it has been seven years, and the Shen family has been stable for seven years. Mr. Liu has been managing the household affairs in an orderly manner. The old lady is in good condition, and the children are growing up slowly. It is a time of good weather and good harvest. Who would not want life to continue to be stable?
He didn't want to listen any further, not to mention that his general was the person involved and might be even more confused than him.
Not long after, Jiang Susu was taken to the carriage and headed back to the city.
The two people in the car were covered in mud, especially Jiang Susu, who had large patches of dirt in front of her body and a lot of mud on her face, which was washed away by tears, leaving heartbreaking marks.
"Did you write that farewell letter yourself?"
Shen Xiunian sat next to her, recalling the past and asked softly.
That year, he brought Susu back to Shangjing City to marry her. Later, she left without saying goodbye due to the instigation of her second uncle's family. He followed her to Yunnan and returned to the small courtyard where they used to live. The blazing fire that night still reappears in his dreams.
A big fire broke out in the yard that night, and Susu committed suicide in the fire.
Only a suicide note was left outside the yard, hidden under the pomegranate flowers that he and Susu planted together.
The words in the letter were filled with Susu's grief, and her desire to die was evident between the lines.
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