After Su He finished crying, Su Ruanruan got up and hugged her.
“This is not your fault. Being beautiful is the best gift your parents gave you, but that is not a reason for them to hurt you.”
"Don't be afraid, they've been caught. There are so many guards around, they won't be able to harm anyone again, and they won't have a chance to hurt you."
"If your mother were alive, I think she would be more overjoyed to see you still alive than to lose her innocence."
"If you want your mother to leave this world in peace, you should live a good life so that she has no regrets and no worries."
Su Ruanruan looked into Su He's eyes and asked softly, "If time could turn back and you could go back to that night, would you choose your innocence or your life?"
Su He stared blankly ahead, muttering, "Who to choose..."
If time could truly turn back, she would surely defend her innocence to the death, so that she could leave this world with a pure heart and go to the Bridge of Helplessness to find her mother.
Seeing her increasingly pained expression, even if she didn't say it, Su Ruanruan knew that she would choose to remain innocent and give up her life.
In this era, a woman's chastity is taken far too seriously.
Su Ruanruan gently patted the back of her hand, "If they had chosen me that night, I would have chosen to live."
"I don't want to be that girl who died tragically under the devil's blade. I still have so many things to do, I can't die, I still want to see the distant mountains, rivers and seas."
"If I die, I won't be able to see anything, will I?"
Su Ruanruan then asked, "Is there anything you want to do? Is there any unfulfilled wish?"
Su He thought for a moment, as if recalling something from a long time ago.
“I have an aunt who treated me very well when I was little, but later she married far away, very far from here. We kept in touch by letter. Whenever I received a letter, my mother would take me to the market to find a letter writer to read it to me, but I haven’t written back to her in a long time…”
"I miss her. She's the closest person to me in this world..."
Su Ruanruan smiled and said, "If you're not happy here, you can go for a walk outside?"
"Go somewhere where nobody knows your past, and make new friends."
Years later, you'll find that you're still you, but not the same person you were before!
"You are still you, but you are a different you."
...
As the sun began to set, Su Ruanruan finally came out of the house.
She left the meat she bought at the market for her.
Su He declined repeatedly, saying, "I didn't invite you here because of them; I genuinely wanted to talk to you."
Su Ruanruan had no choice but to take the meat back. She knew that although the girl in front of her was thin, she had backbone.
Before leaving, Su Ruanruan joked, "You must have heard what Officer Huo, who saved us, said back then."
"Do you know what? Because I lost one of his gems, I now owe him a huge sum of money."
Do you know how much that is?
Su He shook her head.
Su Ruanruan held up one finger, laughing so hard she was shaking.
"Three thousand taels!"
Su He covered her mouth in shock.
Three thousand taels? She'd never even seen two taels of silver in her entire life.
Now, she is so poor that she only has a few hundred coins left.
Su Ruanruan waved her hand dismissively, "Even I can survive so stubbornly, you should live on even better. At least you don't owe anyone anything!"
Su He watched her departing figure, lost in thought.
When Su Ruanruan returned to Mu Bai's house, she found that the door she had locked was open and ajar.
Her intuition told her that Mu Bai had returned.
My steps became much lighter.
When she pushed open the courtyard gate, she indeed saw Mu Bai standing tall and elegant in the courtyard. He was wearing a half-new academy uniform, which could not hide his refined and elegant demeanor, and he exuded a scholarly aura.
At this moment, Su Ruanruan was at a loss for words; she simply couldn't find a single word to describe the throbbing in her heart.
Even though they had only been apart for a short time, she couldn't stop missing him.
Some say that one should not meet someone too amazing when young, otherwise, meeting Yang Guo will ruin one's life.
Back then, when she first walked on the streets of the county town in the body of the original owner, someone called her name from behind.
A fleeting glimpse, a life like a dream. Love at first sight, and still there upon second meeting.
Only now does she understand that the initial rush of her heart at first sight was not due to the lingering consciousness of the original owner.
It came from herself.
Mu Bai was the boy who captivated her youth and was also her sweetest first love.
She longed to grow old with him, hand in hand. Their love was harmonious and peaceful.
Su Ruanruan felt an itch on her scalp; something called "love brain" had sprouted.
She threw everything she was holding onto the stone table.
She ran over quickly and threw herself into Mu Bai's arms, whispering, "Brother Mu Bai, I missed you so much."
Mu Bai stood frozen in place, staring at the abundant dishes on the table and the slice of pork.
He didn't know where Ruan Ruan got so much money to buy these things.
The home she didn't want to go back to wouldn't allow her to save any money on the side.
At this moment, Mu Bai realized that he knew absolutely nothing about Ruan Ruan.
Mu Bai's lips trembled.
He looked down at the girl who was snuggling in his arms.
Did that Constable Huo give them all?
I thought of the two people in the dark alley, though I couldn't see them very clearly.
But he knew they were kissing.
My heart is filled with unspeakable bitterness and desolation.
Su Ruanruan noticed that something was wrong with Mu Bai, so she got out of his arms and looked up at him.
"Brother Mu Bai, are you feeling unwell?"
I got caught in the rain last night; I wonder if ginger soup will help.
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