The unattainable beauty was driven to depravity and madness by a wicked seed.

Chen Yunting was hospitalized, and Fang Chi took him there that day. After that, a caregiver took care of him. She could swim and followed the police every day to look for Chen Jingmo, even if he was dead, she would find his body.

Every time she surfaced from the river after a fruitless search, she regretted sitting in the car. She should have stood next to Chen Jingmo so she could have pulled him up if he jumped, or at least swam him ashore with him if he fell in.

When Chen Ziqiu heard the news about Chen Jingmo, he woke up and felt dizzy repeatedly. He sat next to Chen Yunting's hospital bed, feeling regretful and reflecting. The two of them sighed one after another. Seeing Chen Yunting crying so badly, he got annoyed and went back to his own ward.

Shi Qianqiu suddenly regained his composure and told the police that Chen Jingmo could swim, and asked them to look for footprints on the banks of those branch rivers.

Osmanthus Village.

"Hey Boss Jing, are you going fishing in the river again today?"

Erdan squatted beside the recliner, and the person on the recliner was Chen Jingmo. He irritably pulled his straw hat over his face. "Fish is a 'heaty' food, you can't eat it because your leg is injured."

"A small wound..."

"Just tell me, are you injured?"

"...Hmm." Erdan looked listless, but his hands deftly wove a grasshopper for Chen Jingmo out of goosegrass.

"Oh, by the way, could you go to the east side and see if my phone is fixed yet?"

Erdan paused for a moment, then asked, "Are you leaving after you've fixed it?"

Chen Jingmo removed the straw hat from her face, glanced at him sideways, and said, "So, my phone is fixed now?"

"……Um."

"When was it fixed?"

"I just got it back for you."

Chen Jingmo stretched out his hand. "Give it to me."

Erdan struggled, "Are you leaving?"

Chen Jingmo clicked his tongue, tapped him on the head with his straw hat, and said, "Where can I go? I'm all alone and have no home."

"Then you can live here forever from now on."

"Give me the pistachios you hid first."

"Okay!" Erdan stood up and went to find the pistachios. Although he had them in a plastic bag, they were damp in the summer. Chen Jingmo didn't mind at all. He watched Erdan swallow his saliva and then ate them all right in front of him. It was quite despicable.

After finishing his meal, he took out a new bag from his pocket and tossed it to him, saying, "Look at how stingy you are. I'm generous, so I'll give you back the whole bag."

"Hey, Boss Jing, why are you wasting money again? This bag costs over ten yuan!"

Chen Jingmo's face darkened. "Do you want it or not? I didn't spend your money."

"...If you do that, won't we be even less able to afford the train tickets?"

"Erdan, didn't you just say you'd let me live here forever?"

"That's just my opinion. Boss Jing is so fair-skinned and handsome, he must have been born into a very wealthy family. We're too poor here, there's no good future for us—"

"So what if you're poor? Once you master a skill, you'll definitely have a good future. Come on, let's continue teaching you how to repair cars today. In the future, you can open a car repair shop and never have to worry about food or clothing."

After half an hour.

"Did you learn it?"

"Can't understand."

"...Never mind, I'll go fishing first."

riverside.

Chen Jingmo returned Erdan's stick to him. There was a simple fishhook on it, with catfish bait mixed in with the hook. He told him to hold on tight.

Erdan asked, "Boss Jing, aren't you afraid of water?"

"Why be afraid?"

"Other people get scared when they fall into the water and just walk away when they see it. When I saw you, I don't know how long you had been floating on the water. Aren't you scared?"

"I didn't fall into the water, I jumped in myself." Chen Jingmo raised an eyebrow and asked, "Isn't that cool?"

"...This is nothing to brag about. What if you die?"

"I never thought about it. I felt confident that I would survive."

Erdan held the stick between his legs and continued to weave butterflies for Chen Jingmo with goosegrass. "I don't believe you. You sound guilty."

"..."

Even though you jumped down yourself, you must have been scared.

"...You're only six years old, is it really a good thing to be so good at guessing what others are thinking?"

"I don't understand. Boss Jing, please don't do such dangerous things again. Your family will worry."

Chen Jingmo chuckled self-deprecatingly, "They'll only feel happy, except..."

Except for Shi Qianqiu.

Does he now realize he jumped into the river?

What kind of reaction will there be?

Chen Jingmo dared not think about it, fearing that Shi Qianqiu would also jump into the river. At the same time, he felt that Shi Qianqiu's feelings for him were not that deep at all. Besides, the kind of thing that happens to lovers only appears in novels. Where would it happen in reality?

Erdan paused for a moment, then handed the butterfly to Chen Jingmo and remained silent.

Chen Jingmo held the butterfly up to the light and said, "If you had woven it a little more delicately, one of these could have sold for at least twenty-five yuan in our area."

"So many?"

"Hmm." Chen Jingmo thought of Erdan and his lame grandfather relying on each other for survival, and said, "Why don't you make up more, and I'll help you sell them online."

"No way, it's too much trouble. If we sell online, we'd have to go to the courier station every day."

"That's true, none of you know how to do it, and besides, you don't have a phone. I can't exactly buy you another one, can I?"

Chen Jingmo said there are a lot of keyboard warriors online who take advantage of his kindness to make a big fuss and stand on the high ground to criticize homosexuals. He had already built up his emotions and was getting more and more excited as he spoke. Erdan suddenly asked what homosexuality was. Chen Jingmo said that girls like girls and boys like boys. Erdan laughed and said, "I like the girl next door."

"...The neighbor's little flower is a dog, you really have to admit it."

"Xiaohua is very smart and never scolds me."

"It can't talk at all!"

Erdan looked up and around, and was about to pick some more goosegrass when he felt the stick shake. He pulled it up and found a fish the size of his palm.

"Wow! Boss Jing, Boss Jing, I'll sell the fish later and buy you candy."

"I don't like sweets." Chen Jingmo said as he took the fish off the bucket and threw it in. "We're having fish tonight. I'll make you a milky white soup to nourish your little body."

"Didn't you say that fish is a 'trigger food' and shouldn't be eaten if you're injured?"

"It's just a small wound."

"..."

This morning's catch was great; they caught four fish, the smallest weighing five ounces and the largest three pounds. Chen Jingmo led Erdan home and saw an old man lying on the ground in the yard. He quickly went over to help him up.

He frowned deeply. "Grandpa, your legs aren't good to begin with, why are you running around like that?"

Li Dezhong dusted himself off, took out a few candies from his pocket, and said, "Here you go."

"Where did it come from?"

"The neighbor next door is getting married, and they were scattering candy on the ground. I caught a few." He said with an embarrassed smile, "I can't bend over, otherwise I could have picked up the ones on the ground too."

Chen Jingmo said, "I really don't know what to do with you... Erdan, go get my phone, let's go to a restaurant to eat now, and then go to the hospital."

Li Dezhong asked, "Why are you going to the hospital? Are you injured?"