Zhu Jingxian retreated in fear, only to be grabbed by a pair of ghostly hands.

"I want to eat...this young lady is mine..."

"Get out of my way, he's mine..."

Several evil spirits began to fight over Zhu Jingxian, trying to devour her.

Zhu Jingxian screamed and resisted.

Even though she had used all her strength, she could not escape the grasp of these ghostly hands.

Am I going to die here?

However, she has not yet found the remains of the Fourth Master.

Just then, a golden light descended from the sky.

Her husband rode in on horseback, against the light.

In the dark forest, he was the only color. At the same time, behind him stood the other members of the Shen family, armed with weapons, who drove back the ghosts.

"Grab my hand."

Zhu Jingxian hurriedly reached out her hand, and the man pulled her onto the horse with a slight force.

Zhu Jingxian hugged the man's lean and strong waist with a mixture of surprise and greed.

"My husband! You've come."

The biting wind blew against Zhu Jingxian's cheeks, making them sting a little.

But it was precisely this pain that made her feel a sense of reality.

"My husband..."

She leaned against the man's back as if she were holding a lost treasure that had been found again.

Staring at the man's broad back, her previously empty heart gradually filled with warmth.

I wish I could stay in this moment forever, holding Fourth Master in my arms.

Even the gloomy mass grave no longer terrified her.

The horse slowly came to a stop, and the man dismounted and opened his arms to her.

"Get down, I'll catch you."

The man's eyes were filled with tender affection, and her image was reflected in his deep eyes.

Zhu Jingxian's heart began to pound wildly.

She jumped off the horse without hesitation and was caught steadily by the man.

The man gently bounced her around and said regretfully.

"You've lost weight."

"Didn't you eat properly?"

"Are you starving because your family is broke?"

Zhu Jingxian stared at the man greedily.

"No, it's just that without Fourth Master, the food is as bland as chewing wax."

The man reached out and pinched her cheek, chuckling softly.

"Now that I'm older, I've become more tactful in my speech."

Zhu Jingxian followed him for a few steps before realizing that there was a cliff in front of her.

Below the cliff are towering mountains and magnificent scenery.

She wasn't scared at all, and happily took the man's hand and sat down.

Looking at the view below, she murmured.

"I'm speaking from the heart. Without Fourth Master, I feel so bored and listless."

"I tried to act like I didn't care and kept busy at the stove, but actually I was thinking about you all the time. I wanted to go down to find you several times, but I was worried that if I left, no one would take care of Mother for you."

"You're such a filial son, if something happens to our mother, you'll definitely blame me."

The man pulled her into his arms and laughed.

"Actually, I've always been by your side. I see that you're doing very well. You've grown up, you're braver than before, and you don't cry as much as you used to."

Zhu Jingxian shook her head, her voice muffled.

"I still cry easily. I've cried all my tears lately, but Fourth Master hasn't come to comfort me. After a while, I got annoyed and didn't want to cry anymore."

The man gently stroked her soft hair and said softly.

"Who said I wasn't trying to comfort you? I was so anxious, you just couldn't see me."

Zhu Jingxian hugged the man tightly and burst into tears.

"Fourth Master, Fourth Master, I really miss you so much."

"You've only been dead for a year, and I already can't recognize your remains. What if it's ten or twenty years from now? Will I even remember what you look like?"

"I'm so scared, Fourth Master."

Zhu Jingxian grabbed the man and cried out in grief.

"I've been searching so hard, but I just can't find it. What should I do, Fourth Master..."

The man gently stroked Zhu Jingxian's hair.

"Fool, so-called corpses are just containers for souls. My soul is with you, so why are you so attached to a container?"

Zhu Jingxian disagreed with the man's words.

"That's not a container, that's Fourth Master's body. I must find it."

"I will never leave Fourth Master alone in this place."

Her eyes were lowered, and tears dripped down her eyelashes.

"If I really can't find one, I'll build a thatched hut nearby and stay by Fourth Master's side every day."

The man sighed softly, cupped her cheeks, and gently kissed her eyelashes.

"Silly girl, ...why do this?"

"I'm giving you a divorce certificate in the hope that you can find someone who loves you and grow old with them."

"If you remain so stubborn, you are going against my good intentions."

Zhu Jingxian stubbornly leaned on the man's shoulder, refusing to let go.

"I must find Fourth Master and stay with him forever."

At that moment, the cries of wild beasts could be heard from afar.

The man's expression changed slightly.

"It's time for you to go. You should head back now."

"My remains and those of the others are right where we just met."

Before Zhu Jingxian could speak, the man reached out and pushed her off the cliff.

A strong feeling of weightlessness came over her, and Zhu Jingxian suddenly opened her eyes.

Zhu Jingxian was unconscious for three days and three nights.

Everyone was startled.

Shen Zhaoning touched Zhu Jingxian's forehead.

"Auntie, are you alright? Is anything bothering you?"

Zhu Jingxian threw off the covers and rushed out without saying a word.

Shen Zhaoning looked at her chubby little hands.

"Was it because my hands were too cold that I scared my aunt?"

Zhu Jingxian arrived at the stable, took a horse, and ran out without saying a word.

Seeing this, everyone was worried that something might have happened to Zhu Jingxian, so they hurriedly followed her.

Shen Zhaoning was carried on horseback by Shen Yu, and the group followed Zhu Jingxian all the way to the mass grave.

The mass graves during the day were already terrifying enough.

It gets even scarier at night.

Crows flapped their wings and flew over the heads of the crowd, making unpleasant cries, like a child screaming and crying.

Following her memory, Zhu Jingxian arrived at the place from her dream, staggered off her horse, and continued searching for the corpse.

Hua Zhuyue hurriedly stepped forward to dissuade him.

"Jingxian, stop looking for her. You were unconscious for three days and just woke up. You're still weak. Your body won't be able to handle this."

Qin Su also came forward to persuade them.

"Yes, fourth sister-in-law, we've waited a whole year, what's a few more days?"

"I've hired a lot of homeless people to help with the search; we're sure we'll find it."

Zhu Jingxian looked at the bones on the ground and murmured.

"Right here, right here!"

Seeing Zhu Jingxian's seemingly insane appearance, Hua Zhuyue gave Qin Su a wink, signaling Qin Su to use the same trick again, knocking Zhu Jingxian unconscious and taking her away.

Just as Qin Su raised her hand to chop, she saw Zhu Jingxian pull a sachet out of the bosom of a skeleton.

"Found it."

"This is a sachet I embroidered myself for Fourth Master!"

Zhu Jingxian picked up the remains and burst into tears.

Everyone stepped forward to examine the sachet.

Hua Zhuyue's expression was solemn.

"This really is the fourth brother's sachet. When the fourth brother got this sachet, he was extremely vain and even came to show it off to me."

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