"Ah Shu, look back, don't you miss grandpa?"
Behind Qin Shu, the familiar voice that had been dead for many years sounded again.
She moved stiffly and turned her head mechanically.
When Qin Shu saw the old man standing under the tree, her eyes suddenly turned red and tears welled up in her eyes.
“Plop!”
Qin Shu jumped into the stream barefoot and ran towards the figure standing under the tree.
"grandfather!"
The old man's face, which showed the vicissitudes of life, showed a kind and loving smile.
"Slow down, slow down. You're already married with kids, why are you still so childish?"
Qin Shu ignored the stones hurting her feet, ran quickly to Old Man Qin and hugged him tightly.
"Grandpa, you're not dead? Why did you fake your death? You made me cry so many tears..."
Qin Shu started out crying in a tone of grievance, then broke down and cried, her tears pouring out like water bursting a dam.
Old Master Qin hugged Qin Shu and rubbed the top of her head: "You haven't grown up at all in these years, and you are still so crybaby."
"No way!" Qin Shu snorted proudly.
She wiped her tears somewhat embarrassedly and looked at her grandfather with a rosy face in front of her.
"Grandpa, why did you fake your death? Did something happen to you?"
Old Master Qin avoided talking about this topic and asked with a smile: "A Shu, is the Xie family boy good to you?"
A gust of wind blew, and the old man's body swayed slightly like a paper man.
When the moonlight falls on a person's body, it should reflect a shadow, but there is no shadow on the side of Mr. Qin.
Qin Shu nodded: "Xie Lanzhi is very good to me."
She was so excited to see her relative come back to life that she didn't notice that there was no shadow under the old man.
The smile on Mr. Qin's face deepened: "That's good. If the Xie family kid dares to bully you, you should divorce him."
"I arranged this marriage for you so that you would have someone to lean on. The Xie family shouldn't make things difficult for you because they saved your life."
Qin Shu smiled and said, "Commander Xie and Madam Xie are both very kind to me and have never made things difficult for me."
She reached out to hold her grandfather's hand.
When the two hands were about to touch, Mr. Qin dodged.
He turned around and looked at the rushing waterfall, and said to Qin Shu: "Girl, no matter how far you go in the future, don't forget to come back to worship your ancestors."
Qin Shu thought he was talking about the ancestral graves, so she nodded obediently: "I know, I go back to the village to worship my ancestors every year."
Old Master Qin shook his head and said earnestly: "What you really need to worship is this nameless mountain in Yushan Village."
Qin Shu looked surprised and asked in confusion: "Why?"
The old man smiled and said, "Because this mountain is our true ancestor."
"..." Qin Shu was speechless.
She suspected that her grandfather might have been drinking too much again.
Qin Shu frowned and asked, "Are you drinking too much again? The Qin family's ancestral tomb is clearly underground."
Old Master Qin smiled without saying anything. He walked to the huge rock where Qin Shu had been sitting before and pointed to the water level halfway up the rock.
"Ah Shu, one day, the water will submerge this huge rock. You must be prepared."
Qin Shu subconsciously asked: "What preparations are you making?"
The old man's tone was still kind: "Be prepared to face death and leave this life."
Although it was a kind tone, the words that came out of it made people feel creepy.
Qin Shu laughed dryly: "Grandpa, stop joking."
If the water level rises tomorrow, she will die tomorrow, which is a bit ridiculous.
Old Master Qin sighed softly: "Ah Shu, rebirth goes against the law of cause and effect. In this life, you have enough time to make up for your past regrets, but the stolen time will disappear one day."
Qin Shu's eyes dodged, pretending to be puzzled: "Grandpa, what are you talking about? I don't understand."
The old man continued, "Girl, you lived to 64 in your previous life, but you can only live to 34 in this life. This 30 years of shortened lifespan is the price you pay for your rebirth."
"!!!" Qin Shu looked horrified.
Shortening one's life by thirty years, isn't that too exaggerated?
If this is true, doesn't it mean that she only has 12 years left to live?
Qin Shu froze in place, feeling a chill rising from her feet and moving straight up to her forehead.
When she was distracted, Old Master Qin almost floated to her.
"Ah Shu, the most important thing in life is to be happy. Go all out for the rest of your life. Don't leave any regrets for yourself. Enjoy the next 12 years."
Qin Shu asked with a dry smile: "Grandpa, are you kidding?"
Old Master Qin looked at her lovingly and said, "Girl, you are very lucky to have lived your life again and gained 15 years. You should know how many people in this world die with regrets. They never had the chance to go back to the past to make up for their regrets."
Qin Shu's heart trembled, and she cried, "I'm very greedy, I want to live a hundred years."
In fact, she couldn’t bear to leave... her family and children.
Qin Shu's heart ached when she thought that she would not be able to see the four clever children grow up.
Old Master Qin stroked her hair and sighed, "Ah Shu, you should be content with what you have."
There was a hint of hostility and a strong sense of unwillingness in Qin Shu's eyes.
"I won't accept it, there must be a way!"
Old Master Qin knew that she was about to lose her temper, so he remained silent and looked at Qin Shu with sad eyes.
Qin Shu gritted her teeth and said, "If I had never had it, I wouldn't feel so bad. How could I be willing to give up everything I have now!"
All the grievances in her heart were concentrated in her heart, making it hard for her to breathe.
“Kuuuuuuuuuu——!”
The sound of pheasants crowing could be heard in the forest.
Old Master Qin's expression changed slightly, and he opened his arms and hugged Qin Shu.
"Girl, there is a saying that goes, 'You can only survive if you are in danger, and you can only stand if you don't break."
Qin Shu blinked and asked in surprise: "What do you mean? Could it be that I was reborn again?"
Mr. Qin smiled and said, "You have to find the answer yourself."
Qin Shu was just about to act coquettishly and get to the bottom of the matter when her eyes revealed fear.
"Grandpa, why are your legs gone?!"
Old Master Qin's legs began to disappear, and the remaining upper body was gradually becoming transparent.
"Grandpa has to go, Ah Shu, you have to take care of yourself—"
As the old man uttered his last words, his body completely disappeared.
"grandfather!!!"
Qin Shu screamed and rushed forward.
As expected, she missed and began to fall.
“Bang, bang, bang—!”
There was a rapid knock on the door.
"Ah Shu, what's wrong with you? Are you having a nightmare?!"
Qin Hairui's anxious voice came into the room through the crack in the door.
Qin Shu, who was lying on the bed, suddenly opened her tearful eyes and sweat flowed down her temples.
"Ah Shu? Ah Shu, are you awake? Open the door!"
Outside the door, Qin Hairui's voice became more and more violent, as if he was about to break in at the next second.
Qin Shu took a deep breath and said in a hoarse voice: "I'm fine, I just had a nightmare, wait for me to calm down -"
The knocking on the door stopped abruptly.
After a long while, Qin Hairui half-jokingly asked, "I just heard you calling him grandpa. Did you dream about him punishing you again?"
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