After hearing what she said, Su He didn't know what to say.
After that, the two fell silent, neither of them speaking.
It wasn't until Qiuyun finished her meal that this continued.
It was really clean; not a single grain of rice was left.
After finishing her meal, she returned the lunchbox to her and said with a smile, "Thank you, Officer Su. I really enjoyed this meal."
Su He nodded, took the lunchbox, and said nothing more. She turned to leave, but was stopped by her.
Finally, Qiu Yun said one thing to her.
Then, under Su He's questioning gaze, he turned and went back to bed, then picked up the blanket and covered his face, clearly not wanting to say anything more.
Su He didn't know what she meant by those words, and seeing that she didn't want to talk about it anymore, she could only turn around and leave.
On her bed in the prison cell, in the darkness, Qiu Yun finally shed tears.
It's such a pity I didn't meet you sooner. If... could we have become friends?
...
Su He didn't go when Qiu Yun carried out the execution. She thought that Qiu Yun probably didn't want her to go either. She was such a respectable person, she even dressed up for herself, she certainly didn't want others to see this side of her.
She took half a day off that day and went to Beihai Park alone.
Because the last thing Qiu Yun said to her was, "When I was little, I loved going to Beihai Park. There's a really big Chinese scholar tree there, and there's a rockery underneath it. Whenever I played hide-and-seek with my family, they could never find me if I hid there. You should go and see it sometime, it's really great!"
Su He thought that she wouldn't say these things for no reason, so she decided to come and see for herself.
The ancient Chinese locust tree in Beihai Park is very famous; even Su He from later generations had heard of it. However, it was already protected and people were not allowed to get close to it back then, but it is still there now.
So when she arrived, she started rummaging through the artificial rocks below.
It was winter, and it was morning, so there were very few people at Beihai Park, and no one saw her strange behavior.
Before Su He arrived, she wondered if she was overthinking things, but soon she found a small box under a rock in a hidden little hole.
The box wasn't big, but it was well hidden. If she hadn't guessed there was something inside, she probably wouldn't have found it.
When I received the box, I found it to be quite unusual because it wasn't locked; it was completely sealed. I don't know how it works, but it was very heavy, and there was clearly something inside.
Since she couldn't open it, Su He could only observe the exterior of the box, and then she realized that this box was not simple. The material was reddish with black stripes, and if she wasn't mistaken, it should be sandalwood.
She wasn't surprised, after all, it was something Qiu Yun left behind, possibly something her family had left for her before, so it probably wasn't that simple.
But Su He didn't intend to keep it for herself. After returning, she handed the box over to Captain Yu.
Captain Yu was somewhat surprised upon receiving it, "What is this?"
"This was left by Qiu Yun." Then, without hiding anything, she told him about what happened yesterday.
The captain's expression turned complicated after he learned what had happened, and he picked up the box again to examine it carefully.
"This should have been left to you by Qiuyun. Are you really planning to hand it over? Aren't you going to check what's inside before you say anything?"
The box seems to be nailed shut; the only way to open it is to pry it open. However, judging from the situation, it probably contains quite valuable items.
Su He shook her head. "No, these things don't belong to me. I'm not very familiar with Qiu Yun either. It would be too much trouble for me to handle them. I'll just hand them over to the country."
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