Su Nanyin was from the south and had rarely seen the beauty of heavy snowfall before settling in Sijiu.
Let alone seeing such a grand snowfall, with her alone dressed lightly on the Great Wall, which had few tourists.
"It's beautiful."
Su Nanyin, with her hands in her pockets, gazed at the end of the Great Wall, which wound its way into the snowy distance, and murmured to herself in awe, "For the heavens to send down a snowstorm just for me before I die, that's quite kind."
She stood at a battlement, looking towards the end of the Great Wall, motionless.
The snowflakes gradually "buried" her, covering her waist with snow, obscuring her porcelain-like skin.
She must have been cold.
But she felt no cold at all.
In fact, her blood began to boil the moment she stepped onto the Great Wall.
During her daze, more than ten tourists passed by her.
Climbing the Great Wall in heavy snow was quite dangerous.
Hence, few people came.
However, the Great Wall in the snow was one of the most spectacular sights in the world. kuAiδugg
Especially with the holiday break, people had plenty of time to enjoy themselves.
Thus, even though climbing the Great Wall in snowy weather carried some risks, tourists who were "not afraid of death" still came to witness the beauty of the snow-covered Great Wall, holding up their phones or professional cameras, marveling with exclamations.
"Sigh."
After an unknown period, Su Nanyin, who had turned into a snowman, let out a long sigh and "came back to life."
As the accumulated snow fell off her, she finally felt the cold.
But she still didn't care.
She was about to die, wasn't she?
She took out her phone from her pocket, turned her back to the falling snow, held it high, and took seven or eight photos in quick succession.
She picked the best one and posted it on her Moments.
The caption read: "The last snow of 2022 has finally arrived. I wish those I love, and those who love me, good health and prosperity in the New Year."
A beautiful photo.
Ordinary words.
But Su Nanyin regarded it as her farewell to the world.
Then.
She opened her document.
It contained the suicide note she had edited after waking up this morning.
Su Nanyin bit her lip, her icy thumb caressing the cold screen.
One last check of the farewell messages she had prepared for them.
"Yaoya, Mom is gone. Remember, never investigate the cause of Mom's death. You must do everything you can to secure your position as the village chief's wife in Li Family Village!"
"Chongchong, Mom is gone. Remember, never investigate the cause of Mom's death. You must protect the person you love to earn his deep affection."
"Maomao, Mom is gone. Remember, never investigate the cause of Mom's death. Take good care of yourself and don't miscarry from crying. I hope that on this day next year, you can hold my little grandchild and talk to me at my grave."
"Li Wujiang, this old lady is gone. I'm sorry, I can no longer play the villain for you against those despicable people. Please remember that my death has nothing to do with Qianfan. I just feel it's time for me to leave. I have lived in this world, I have been happy, I have been joyful. I have also fought with all my might for love and my career! To end my life for Qianfan's future is my final duty."
There were a total of five farewell messages in the document.
The last one was for Mr. Zhao.
It was also the longest one.
Su Nanyin couldn't help but read softly, "Mr. Zhao, by the time you receive this message, I will have left this world. I apologize, I have disappointed you. I was ultimately unable to bear the important responsibility you entrusted to me. After I'm gone, I suspect the Shen family and others will covet this position."
After reading this, Su Nanyin gave a scornful smile.
She continued reading, "I suggest that the rising star of the Sijiu Helan family, Helan Tingmei, who doesn't have a great relationship with the Li family but also doesn't lean towards the 13 wealthy families, take over my position. When you advised me to secretly observe this woman, I felt she was quite suitable. Originally, I wanted to talk to her personally after the New Year. Now it seems you'll have to handle it yourself. Mr. Zhao, please do not thoroughly investigate the cause of my death. For the sake of overall stability, just pretend I never came to Sijiu."
Five farewell messages.
Three were written to her daughters.
Two were related to work.
Su Nanyin left no message for Shen Yue.
Because on the eve of Shen Yue's decisive retreat, they had talked all night.
They both had to do what they had to do!
Life and death were both factored into their plans.
For their respective missions, they had both come to terms with life and death.
"If one day, you leave this world, please don't tell me. Lest my heart be unsettled and affect my mission."
This was what Su Nanyin had said to Shen Yue directly, just as the sun was about to dispel the darkness of that night.
Su Nanyin had thought—
That Shen Yue, who bore a perilous mission, might leave before her.
But she truly hadn't expected it!
Su Nanyin, who could have lived a longer life, was about to leave helplessly only a few months after Shen Yue had to permanently stay in Piaomiao Township.
Thinking of Shen Yue—
Su Nanyin felt no sadness, not even longing.
Only an indescribable peace.
Because she understood him, and he understood her!
Su Nanyin copied the farewell message to Mr. Zhao and was about to send it individually when she hesitated.
"Alas, even at the brink of death, I still can't let go of you."
Su Nanyin sighed softly and quickly typed: "Qianfan, I'm gone. Remember to treat them well. If, in the afterlife, you mistreat them. I will curse you day and night with the most venomous words, both in heaven and on earth!"
After quickly finishing typing, Su Nanyin began sending the farewell messages.
Six farewell messages.
They were sent individually and successfully.
Then she turned off her phone.
After sending the farewell messages to the people she cared about the most, Su Nanyin felt a sense of relief and exhaled deeply, turning to look back the way she came.
A hundred meters away, there were a sparse seven or eight tourists.
Su Nanyin gave a slight, cold smile and turned to walk briskly north.
Stepping on the thickened snow.
She knew that among those tourists, there must be people from the 11 wealthy families.
She had also calculated!
The moment she went out alone dressed provocatively, the eyes and ears of the 11 wealthy families would have reported to their respective patriarchs.
Su Xin, that foolish girl, might have mistakenly thought she was going on a date with a "lover" upon seeing her dressed provocatively and going out alone.
But Su Nanyin was certain—
Those old foxes from the 11 wealthy families would definitely have deduced from her being ignored by Li Qianfan yesterday that her provocative attire and solo outing today was a farewell to the world.
This would save them the trouble of devising assassination plots.
The 11 wealthy families would raise a toast!
They would even send people to secretly follow her, using cameras to capture her death and ensure it was unrelated to the 11 wealthy families.
Su Nanyin didn't care.
What was there to care about for someone who was about to die!?
Even.
She no longer harbored resentment towards that heartless scoundrel.
Otherwise, when she was typing the farewell message to Li Qianfan just now, she would have only "threatened" him to treat Maomao, Chongchong, and Yaoya well, instead of saying things like, "You good-for-nothing coward, I've done so much for you, and I wish I could give you everything."
Su Nanyin walked north alone.
Facing the biting cold wind and the goose-feather-like snow.
Her trench coat fluttered.
Her voluptuous waist swayed.
Crunch, crunch.
The sound of her small boots on the accumulated snow was very pleasant to the ears.
As she passed a beacon tower, she suddenly stopped.
A disheveled, bearded old man in a dirty yellow coat was huddled under a battlement, drinking from a bottle.
A vagrant.
There were very few vagrants in the East.
Su Nanyin had not expected to see a vagrant on the Great Wall.
She wondered how he had gotten past the ticket gate.
After thinking for a moment.
Su Nanyin took out all the paper money she had, bent over, and placed it in the vagrant's arms.
The vagrant was stunned, his dull eyes staring at this sexy and fashionable beautiful benefactor. His lips curled, and saliva dripped down.
Su Nanyin was not surprised at all that a man would drool at seeing her, especially such a sexy version of herself.
She didn't blame the vagrant for "a toad wanting to eat swan meat." She simply patted his arm and said softly, "It's cold. Go back to the city early. This money should be enough for you to have a warm and well-fed Spring Festival."
After speaking, she straightened up and continued north.
Heh, hehe.
The vagrant chuckled foolishly for a long time, picked up the money, slowly stood up, and was about to follow her.
The beautiful benefactor had given him a lot of money, so he had to follow her and personally say thank you.
However, as the vagrant stood up and was about to chase after Su Nanyin, who was already tens of meters away, he sat down again.
He huddled back under the battlement, watching a young man walking quickly from the south, and took a swig from his bottle.
He cursed indistinctly, "You brat, you've finally come. Good. You haven't disappointed me. It's just those mad dogs barking all over the place about your rumors with that little woman, right? Damn it, what's that matter!? If you really cared about those crazy dogs barking, you wouldn't be a man of the Li family."
Whoosh!
A gust of wind blew, sealing the chattering mouth of this vagrant.