There were only two people left in the hall.
An Yin had questions in her heart, but seeing Shi Qing sitting there solemnly, she didn’t dare to voice the words that were stuck in her heart.
"Is there sothing you want to ask ?"
Finally, Shi Qing broke the silence and spoke first.
"..." Was she that obvious? An Yin blushed with embarrassnt; she was really not good at lying, "Do you know that man?"
Upon hearing An Yin’s question, Shi Qing hesitated, "I know him, but we’re not close."
In fact, An Yin really wanted to ask Shi Qing why she went to the hotel with a man yesterday, but this question involved the other’s privacy. After hesitating several tis, she still didn’t ask.
An Yin was naturally unable to hide her thoughts. Shi Qing could see through her shy deanor at a glance.
Shi Qing turned her head, and her eyes, hidden behind black-frad glasses, fell on An Yin’s pure and flawless face. She spoke slowly, "His na is Zeng Shun, introduced by my mother as a matchmaking candidate. Yesterday was the first ti I t him, and under his arrangent, we had a al. But as we were eating, I beca groggy and eventually fell asleep."
When An Yin heard the four words "matchmaking candidate," her pupils widened with disbelief. Yet she knew Shi Qing never spoke nonsense, nor did she joke, so everything Shi Qing said was true.
Clearly, they were still in school, still students, yet Shi Qing was being taken to a matchmaking session, which was incredible!
Until Shi Qing finished speaking, An Yin blurted out without thinking, "How could you fall asleep while eating?"
Seeing An Yin’s clear and bright eyes, Shi Qing’s expression gradually dimd, her slightly opened lips finally pressed tightly together, and she just shook her head silently.
So things, it’s enough that she knows!
Seeing her silent, An Yin thought she didn’t know either, so she turned to another question, "Does your mom want you to get married early?"
"Yes."
Shi Qing only answered with one word.
Shi Qing’s mother was money-obsessed, dreaming of Shi Qing getting married so she could receive a large sum of money from the groom’s family. Shi Qing knew this well.
Shi Qing’s response left An Yin speechless.
Even though she couldn’t accept such thinking from soone older, since it was Shi Qing’s mother, she couldn’t discuss Shi Qing’s mother’s thoughts in front of her, so she remained silent.
"Thank you for yesterday!"
Just as An Yin didn’t know how to start speaking, Shi Qing expressed her sincerity with her full face.
Shi Qing’s serious manner also made An Yin beco cautious.
"I’m just glad you’re okay, no need for such formality." These were An Yin’s heartfelt words.
After An Yin finished speaking, both tacitly didn’t bring up yesterday’s events again.
Raising her gaze slightly, An Yin noticed that from just now until now, Shi Qing’s expression remained unchanged, even when talking about Zeng Shun, her tone was calm, as if she were an outsider. An Yin realized Shi Qing’s composure was far beyond what she could achieve!
While admiring Shi Qing’s poise, An Yin felt an inexplicable pang of sourness, thinking Shi Qing shouldn’t be so unperturbed like "a mountain collapses in front without changing her face."
As An Yin was lost in thought, Shi Qing surveyed the surroundings with her cold eyes and then stood up from the sofa, "I’m leaving."
"Ah?" An Yin was stunned by her carefree deanor, "Aren’t you curious about why you’re here and who saved us?"
Logically, one would want to know! An Yin had already planned how to explain.
"You saved !" Shi Qing’s gaze flickered, her tone one of helplessness but sincerity.
"It wasn’t , the one who really saved us was..."
Before An Yin could finish, Shi Qing interrupted, "In my heart, it was you!"
An Yin was rarely confronted with Shi Qing’s stubbornness, and being interrupted by her, she forgot to argue!
Previously, there was a beam of light in Shi Qing’s heart, but later that light disappeared. Until these days, with more ti spent with An Yin, she seed like a warm sun in winter, a fire in an icy place, every glance and smile filled with sincerity and purity. The more ti spent with her, Shi Qing gradually forgot certain dark days.
At this mont, it was as if Shi Qing saw that light again!
Little did she know, behind the black-frad glasses, Shi Qing’s apricot eyes were already misty!
An Yin, lacking the ability to read others, naturally didn’t notice anything unusual about Shi Qing.
When Shi Qing suggested leaving, she said nothing, but the reason she stayed was to personally thank Bao Shaojin. Also, last night, she had promised to find him in the study after bathing, but in the end... she fell asleep! Just thinking about it, a wave of sha surged from deep within.
At the "Qin Land Club" downstairs, Shi Qing was invited into a luxurious car by an attendant. After sitting down, she gave the driver the na of a cetery, and the driver hesitated for a second before saying "okay." As the car sped along the road, Shi Qing was like a marionette, her eyes unfocused and unmoving.
Earlier, when she left the suite and opened the door, four attendants greeted her in the hallway. One politely said a car had been prepared for her and could take her wherever she wanted. Shi Qing intended to refuse, but her ntal defenses had reached their limit, and exhausted, she just wanted to be alone sowhere, so she agreed.
Led by the attendant, she took the elevator alone. Shi Qing, conscious and awake, noticed the special treatnt, indicating how distinguished the identity of the "lifesaver" An Yin ntioned must be!
Recalling just now, when An Yin was about to na the person who saved them, Shi Qing interrupted. Shi Qing knew very well that soone else ultimately saved them, but she understood more that if it hadn’t been for An Yin’s kindness and concern, risking herself, that so-called "lifesaver" wouldn’t have appeared at all.
Half an hour passed, and the car reached its destination.
Outside the outskirts of T City.
Cetery.
After getting out of the car, Shi Qing walked towards the familiar path with a face of numbness, staggering. The graves were lined up one after another, densely packed, exuding a sense of desolation and gloom. Many graves had unburned incense and other morial items, along with bright-colored plastic flowers, placed beside the lonely tombstones.
Shi Qing didn’t know how long she walked until she saw a tombstone with "Shi Chu" written on it. Her entire body went limp, and she sat on the hard cent floor.
With utmost devotion, she gazed at the small morial photo on the tombstone, Shi Qing opened her mouth, but before she could speak, the sourness in her throat made her voice very hoarse.
"Sis..."
"I’m so tired..."
At noon, the sun hung high in the sky, shining over the whole earth. In the air, there was a faint burnt sll, and occasionally on the street, half-burned paper money floated by. No one knew where it had co from or where it would go!
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