Xie Luo helped Xi Jin to come to Shangguan Ba's tombstone, lit the incense candle with his own hands, and bowed as a courtesy to his peers.
Then he said to Xi Jin, "Jin'er, I'll wait for you over there. Call me when you're ready."
"Yes." Xi Jin nodded and lit the paper money in his hand with the candle.
One after another, as the paper money burned away, her heart that she had longed for for many years was also burned.
The past events replayed before her eyes one after another, as if they were very recent and yet seemed to have happened a long time ago.
It wasn't until she finished counting the paper money in her hand that she dared to look up at Shangguan Ba's tombstone. The five words "Shang Guan Ba's Tomb" blurred by tears deeply hurt her heart.
Over the years, she had envisioned meeting him again countless times, and had also imagined a future where she would grow old with him.
But I never thought that saying goodbye to the capital would be like this.
She traveled thousands of miles regardless of everything, hoping in her heart that she had received false news.
She thought maybe God would give her a chance to see her again for the sake of her long wait.
Maybe Shangguan Ba was just injured or missing...
Xi Jin raised her hand and traced the cold words on the tombstone with her fingertips. She knew in her heart that Shangguan Ba would never come back again, and all the years of waiting were in vain.
"Ziyuan..." Xi Jin cowardly pursed his lips and called out this hoarse and painful voice for a long time.
He once said that this was a name given to him by his father, and only his family and her could call him.
But out of etiquette and shame of the relationship between men and women, she always refused to call him, and always called him Prince in a polite manner every time they met.
He also always smiles and says there's no rush, and you'll always hear it when you get married.
But no one expected that when she heard her call "Ziyuan", the two of them were already separated by yin and yang.
"Shangguan Ba, you are so stingy. You have been gone for so long and you still don't come into my dreams. I almost forgot what you look like."
Xi Jin leaned quietly on his tombstone and said bitterly: "Look, I walked more than a thousand miles and my feet were blistered to see you. You just lie like this and ignore me. Hello. So cruel!"
As Xi Jin spoke, he choked up and couldn't talk any more. A gust of wind blew up and picked up the burned paper money in front of the tomb, and floated forward...
"I don't know who buried you here so that I can find you easily. However, you must like it very much. You have always loved climbing high. The scenery here is so beautiful and no one will bother you..."
Xi Jin didn't know how long he kept talking, but finally he fell into a drowsy state and passed out.
When she woke up again, she was already lying in a cave.
Xi Jin rubbed his swollen eyes and saw Xie Luo sitting not far away roasting a pheasant.
Seeing her waking up, Xie Luo quickly stood up and walked over: "You're awake!"
"Why am I here?" Xi Jin sat up and felt a heavy pain in his head.
"You fainted just now, and it rained again. Fortunately, we found this cave." Xie Luo came over, sat next to her, and asked with concern, "Are you hungry? Do you want to get up and eat something?"
Xi Jin shook his head. He was so sad and mournful just now, but now he just felt weak and weak, with no appetite at all.
Xi Jin looked vainly outside the cave. During spring and summer, the rain would come at any time, without any warning. It was so heavy that it seemed like it was pouring down. The sky was so dark that it was hard to tell the time.
"What time is it now?" Xi Jin turned around and asked Xie Luo.
"It's been raining for a long time around You time. I don't know when it will stop?" Xie Luo handed the water to Xi Jin, "If you don't want to eat, just drink some water."
Xi Jin nodded, took a sip of the water, looked at the concerned look in Xie Luo's eyes, and didn't want him to worry, so he said, "Smelling this fragrance makes me a little hungry."
"Okay, it'll be ready soon." Xie Luo quickly walked to the fire and continued to roast the pheasant.
Xi Jin took a closer look and found that his clothes were soaked, but her outer clothes were only a little damp, but not wet inside at all. He must have used his own clothes to cover her up.
"Your clothes are wet. You'd better take them off and dry them quickly, otherwise you'll get cold."
"It's okay, I..." Xie Luo sneezed loudly before he could finish his words.
"Take it off quickly." Xi Jin stepped forward, took the roast chicken from his hand, and continued to roast it, "Thank you!"
"Thank you for what?" Xie Luo said while taking off his clothes, "I have said before that there is no need to say thank you between you and me."
"Okay, then I'll keep it in mind." Xi Jin raised his eyes and glanced at him. Seeing that he had not taken off the last piece of clothing, he said calmly: "Take off your clothes. Don't forget, I am a doctor. Look. I have passed countless lives, and you are not the least of them."
"Seriously?" Xie Luo just wanted to bake clothes while she was sleeping, but he didn't know when she would wake up. He was afraid that his shirtless appearance would make her misunderstand his intentions, so he wrapped himself in wet clothes. Until now.
"Of course it's true." Xi Jin didn't take it seriously. Isn't it just a man's body?
When she was studying medicine, her cousin forced her to look at a lot of people, some were thin, some were strong, some were young and some were old, there were all kinds of people.
My cousin always said that doctors do not distinguish between men and women. Only by seeing the body itself can we see through the underlying disease.
Therefore, Xi Jin is not as shy and ignorant about men's bodies as ordinary women in a boudoir.
She thought that Xie Luo was also an ordinary man, so how could it be any different?
Xi Jin smelled the aroma of roast chicken and relaxed. He was really hungry.
She took a branch and poked the roasted chicken to see if it was cooked. She accidentally burned her hand by the fire underneath and couldn't help but scream.
"Jin'er, are you okay?" Xie Luo hurried forward, took her hand, and looked at it carefully.
Xi Jin looked in the direction of his hand. Xie Luo hadn't had time to take off all his clothes, and his strong upper body was half exposed.
Those strong abdominal muscles fell into Xi Jin's eyes, and she instantly felt that her face was a little hotter than her hands...
In her mind, she couldn't help but think of Big Beard's words, "How can I be as strong as Brother Xie, don't you think so, Mrs. Sister-in-law?".
Only now did she realize that the bearded man was really immodest!
"Jin'er, what's wrong with you?" Xie Luo saw Xi Jin's face flushed, and touched her forehead worriedly, but it wasn't hot at all, "Are you okay?"
"It's nothing." Xi Jin concentrated his attention and tried to look a little calm and calm like a doctor, "I didn't expect you to be stronger than the bearded man. No wonder you are so good at it, and your sword moves are also steady and steady. And neat.”
Xie Luo looked down at his body, showing some confidence: "Do you like it, Jin'er?"
When Xi Jin heard this, he felt that his ears were burning. This Xie Luo really knew how to climb up the pole.
Xi Jin could only pretend to be calm and said: "No doctor would dislike a strong body. If everyone in the world were like you, there would be nothing for us as doctors."
Xie Luo looked at Xi Jin's earlobes that were as red as blood, covered his lips and said with a smile, "As long as Doctor Mu likes it."
After saying this, the rain suddenly stopped outside the cave, and the cave suddenly became quiet.
Xie Luo stood up, looked outside, and said to her: "Jin'er, look, the rain has stopped and everything will be fine!"
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