Chu Qianli woke up to find Feng Dingchu gone.
A'chu was missing!
She startled and sat up immediately.
The bedding was cold; he had left some time ago.
Chu Qianli, frightened, scrambled out of the covers. A gust of cold wind hit her, making her sneeze involuntarily.
"A'chu!"
No one answered.
It was too cold. She casually threw on an outer robe and immediately began searching the small path at the edge of the village: "A'chu—"
Still no response.
It was probably too early, and this was a rather secluded spot at the village edge. No villagers had come by yet.
"A'chu!" Chu Qianli felt a pang of panic.
The thought of him standing amidst a pile of corpses, bathed in blood, made her increasingly uneasy.
This fellow, could he still be unable to overcome his despair and intend to abandon her?
"A'chu..."
There seemed to be some movement by the small river.
Chu Qianli hurried over, and from a distance, she spotted that figure in plain white.
Half his body was submerged in the river. The river, which didn't look deep, surprisingly reached his chest in the middle.
If he went further towards the center, the depth would be enough to drown him!
Chu Qianli's eyes turned red with urgency. She leaped up, splashing down beside him, and grabbed his arm.
"Are you crazy?"
The river water was icy cold. After falling in, the chill felt like knives, piercing deep into her flesh and bones. She shivered so much she could barely speak.
But she was truly angry, her face flushed red, her eyes turning bloodshot.
"Why? Why can't you just get better on your own? I've done everything I could, why are you still like this?"
"Is what I've done not good enough? What else do you want? Whatever you want, I'll find it for you, okay? I'll give it all to you, alright?"
"Why can't you just live? Why must you be so self-destructive! Do you think no one in this world cares about you anymore? Then what am I?"
"Does my constant companionship, day and night, mean nothing in your eyes? Can't all of us, in exchange for your will to live, achieve anything?"
"Why are you doing this? What else do you want me to do? I have no more options! I truly have no more options!"
She felt wronged!
She truly felt wronged!
She had tried every possible way, all she wanted was for him to live.
Why, even now, did he still want to die?
"What else do you want me to do?"
Chu Qianli's nose stung. She didn't quite know why she felt so wronged.
But the moment she saw him standing in the middle of the river, about to drown himself, her heart trembled violently.
She was inexplicably trembling with anger, her eyes turning bloodshot, and tears were almost falling.
What else did she need to do for him to be willing to live?
She had never felt so powerless. She truly had no way out.
She felt so desperate too!
Feng Dingchu looked at her face, his gaze finally settling on her eyes.
A thin mist seemed to cover her pupils.
This girl, who had always been strong, so strong that she wouldn't shed a single tear even when breaking up with the man she loved most, was actually crying now.
Feng Dingchu was somewhat unable to react.
He only knew that the moment he saw the mist clouding her eyes, his icy heart finally found a sliver of warmth.
"I..."
"I'm asking you a question!"
Chu Qianli's emotions had been suppressed for days.
Now, they could no longer be contained!
"What else do you want me to do?"