Come against the wind, exchange your glory

Bingci didn't know that Han Wu was going out after her, let alone that he was looking for Tang Jiang to come back, so he knelt down to him for this.

She walked alone to Qiu Fan's Begonia Garden. The fire that night almost burned the place clean.

There will no longer be crabapple petals flying out of the wall that has been blackened by smoke, and the people who live here year after year will also be unable to get out.

Bingci pushed open the creaking door, and saw a desolation. Yesterday's heavy rain washed the wreckage everywhere, and the scorched branches and petals of the yard were buried in the soil.

The grand scenery of the past has faded to this point, which makes people feel regretful and melancholy.

Suddenly, Shen Muting, wearing a straw hat, rolled up his sleeves, and wearing a black armband on his right arm, appeared dragging a large trash can.

He paused for two seconds when he saw Bingci, and then pretended not to notice and continued dragging the trash can, picking up some large pieces while dragging.

He and she were originally two people who had no intersection, and the only connection was Qiu Fan, and now that Qiu Fan was gone, there was no need for him to pay attention to her.

In the long silence, Bingci spoke first, her tone was so sad, she said: "I heard that you set up a mourning hall for Aunt Qiu and Fanfan here..."

"If you have nothing to do, please come back!" Bingci was interrupted by Shen Muting before he finished speaking. He suddenly burst out as if he had been restrained for a long time, and issued an expulsion order in an impatient tone.

After saying that, he raised his sleeves and wiped his eyes, then continued to pick up things.

Bingci stood silently, a little at a loss, she just wanted to go in and pay homage to them.

But Qiu Fan's last death was because of her, so what face would she have to meet them.

The wind blew quietly, and Shen Muting found that she was still standing there, and realized that what he just said was unkind, but as long as he thought of Qiu Fan's death, he could not look at Bing Ci from an ordinary person's perspective.

He was full of contradictions.

"Go in!" Finally, he stopped what he was doing and said without any emotion.

Bingci suddenly raised his head, his eyes were full of longing, but his body was stiff and he did not dare to move.

"She wouldn't want me to come."

After saying this, she turned and left.

"Wait a minute," Shen Muting called to stop her, "that night, she sent me away to find you, there must be something she didn't want me to know, I know her, maybe she chose to end her life because she knew something, but She will protect you even to death."

It was Shen Muting's words that made Bingci feel even more tormented.

She stared at the ground absentmindedly, her lips turned white, and she murmured hesitantly: "Fan Fan, she..."

Even Bingci couldn't understand the deep meaning of this, maybe since a certain day six years ago, she had been unable to see her clearly.

"Shen Bingci, there are too many strange things about the deaths of Aunt Qiu and Fanfan. For example, where did Aunt Qiu go when she separated from you? How did she know about Fanfan? Who told her? Or the period when I went out , Fanfan has been resting in the room all the time, and he suddenly collapsed and chose to kill himself after seeing someone, there are many doubts in it."

Shen Muting's analysis was very logical. He had been immersed in sadness since Qiu Fan's self-immolation, and he only woke up when he saw Bing Ci's helpless state.

At that time, he was thinking: Why is Shen Bingcifan's appearance different from his current appearance?
His keenest judgment and his most sane thinking were lost by grief.

So he went on to say: "All these incidents, one after another, are intertwined, which shows that the person is thoughtful. I can't easily conclude that the person is dealing with you, but it must have something to do with you."

"Suffice it to say,"

After Shen Muting finished speaking, he took off his straw hat, and the slump in his eyes disappeared and was replaced by determination.

The gloom in his heart also gradually dissipated. He originally planned to go with her after dealing with the funeral of Qiu Mu and Qiu Fan, but now, he wanted to live, and he couldn't die yet. (end of this chapter)