Chapter 1403

If one day I die, how long will you remember me?

Baili Xia asked casually, but God knows how nervous she was after asking.

Actually, she shouldn’t have asked it, but couldn’t resist the curiosity.

The tall man walking beside her still pursed his thin lips, saying nothing.

The golden sunlight fell on him, casting a long shadow on the ground.

Lonely, desolate, cold…

Looking at this shadow, Baili Xia couldn’t find more adjectives.

It seems that no matter which word is used, it all brings such sadness.

She looked up at him again.

His face appeared even more rugged in the sunlight, lines of indescribable coldness.

Walking in the small village, he had already taken off his sunglasses, but even without them, Baili Xia still couldn’t understand his expression at this moment.

I die, how long will you remember me…

Can’t such a simple question be answered?

She felt a bit disappointed, just about to step forward, when the man beside her spoke.

“I have a bad memory, probably, won’t remember for too long.”

Mu Xiaojiu said lightly, his words faint, his demeanor faint, so faint that it brought an indescribable depression, a mix of feelings.

She didn’t want to hear it anymore, why couldn’t he just tell her a comforting lie, even if he couldn’t remember for long?

Women are so dramatic, asking when they shouldn’t, and when they don’t get the answer they want, they start feeling hurt.

Actually, what does she really want?

“Forgetting isn’t bad, at least life’s not too hard going forward.”

She smiled at the sunlight, ignoring him, and stepped quickly to another end of the small village.

Mu Xiaojiu walked behind her, looking at her in the sunlight, yet her silhouette still seemed dull.

This kind of question, how long will one remember, what’s the point in asking?

With him around, he wouldn’t let her die.

If she really died, perhaps he wouldn’t be around either?

Does she think he would still have a so-called life if she died?

Such a foolish question…

…

They didn’t return that day, having lunch in the village’s only small restaurant.

By afternoon, encountering Mrs.

Hong again, Baili Xia was reluctant to leave.

Mostly because Mrs.

Hong would talk about You’er and Fengjin, though Mrs.

Hong didn’t know much, listening warmed Baili Xia’s heart.

Bei Fengjin and Bei Qingyou ultimately didn’t end up together, maybe due to societal views.

After all, although they didn’t have blood relations, they were ostensibly brother and sister.

Yet, Baili Xia felt from the bottom of her heart that Bei Fengjin wasn’t someone who cared about societal norms.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t choose to stay in his small courtyard and avoid attending even Old Madam’s birthday banquet.

He’s not that kind of person, but why did he separate from Bei Qingyou?

Bei Qingyou went missing for two years, she must have given birth to her during those years.

So, what exactly did Bei Qingyou experience in those two years?

Baili Xia couldn’t understand, and Mrs.

Hong couldn’t provide her answers.

That afternoon, Baili Xia followed Mrs.

Hong to the fields to dig sweet potatoes, dragging Mu Xiaojiu along, handing him a hoe.

If it were a weapon or any of the eighteen types of magical items, Mu Xiaojiu could handle them without a problem.

But a hoe…

Looking at this dull tool in his hand, a faint blush appeared on Mu Xiaojiu’s handsome face.

This thing… no matter how wise he is, he can’t wield it…