When they emerged from the thick fog, the three were momentarily stunned.
Because their current location was not at the foot of the mountain, but halfway up the slope.
Li Cancan realized something and quickly ran to the mountaintop to look down. When she saw the familiar village at the foot of the mountain, a bewildered expression flashed in her eyes. “It’s Gentle Village, we’ve come back again.”
Sun Ning and Bai Lixin caught up. They had just steadied themselves on the mountaintop when Li Cancan suddenly shouted, “God Xin, Sun Ning, we took the wrong path. Let’s go back, we have to find Ah Jing, we have to help her.”
Bai Lixin: “We can’t go back into the fog right now. It’s because we want to help Ah Jing that we need to return to Gentle Village first.”
Li Cancan: “Why?”
Bai Lixin explained, “The reason Ah Jing and Tingting’s souls have not found peace is that they haven’t found Pan Pan. We have to bring Pan Pan to them. What they truly need is not a hairpin or memorial tablet but Pan Pan herself. Pan Pan is here in Gentle Village now, we have to bring Pan Pan to them.”
After he finished speaking, his long eyelashes flickered slightly, covering his gloomy eyes.
He remembered Pan Pan’s wish.
Pan Pan has always been in Gentle Village. One reason might have been that she couldn’t leave, but the other reason was probably that she didn’t want to face her mother and aunt.
From Pan Pan’s wish and the conversation with her at that time, it was clear that Pan Pan considered her own birth a sin.
If she hadn’t existed, perhaps her mother would have left her father a long time ago, and her mother wouldn’t have suffered so many inhumane torments.
She regarded herself as a sin, a sin that harmed her mother.
So she would rather disappear from this world than let her mother marry her father.
This kind of Pan Pan might be hard to bring out.
Unless…
A flash of inspiration crossed his mind, and Bai Lixin’s gaze suddenly fell on Li Cancan and Sun Ning.
He scrutinized the two of them, his eyes thoughtful.
Li Cancan was confused by Bai Lixin’s actions, and Sun Ning was too.
The two of them exchanged a bewildered glance, then both looked back at Bai Lixin.
Bai Lixin looked at Gentle Village and asked, “Can both of you act?”
Li Cancan: “Huh?”
Sun Ning: “Huh?”
What?
Act?
What was God Xin up to now?
Bai Lixin continued, “I’m afraid Pan Pan won’t leave Gentle Village unless her emotional issues are resolved. Suddenly, I feel that both of you, well… look a lot like Liang Tingting and Ah Jing.”
“If Pan Pan doesn’t want Liang Tingting to marry Huang Songwei, then we won’t let her marry Huang Songwei.”
“But time is irreversible, how could events that have happened before be changed? Pan Pan’s wish can’t come true, but it’s possible to make it come true.”
Sun Ning seemed to understand Bai Lixin’s meaning. “But how can we make it come true?”
Bai Lixin: “What if it’s a dream? Let’s go down the mountain and gather all the players. We’ll prepare the sweetest dream for Pan Pan.”
Pan Pan was awakened by the sound of firecrackers.
She frowned, rubbed her eyes, and heard the bustling noise outside.
Gongs and drums resounded, and firecrackers popped.
“Bow to the heavens and the earth!”
Pan Pan instantly woke up.
Was someone getting married outside?
No, why was the sound of the wedding so close to her house?
No one dared to get married so close to their house.
Pan Pan rubbed her eyes and walked out of the door, suddenly stunned by the scene before her.
The yard was filled with people.
In the center of the yard stood a couple wearing red wedding clothes. The woman had her head covered, and the man wore a big hat, with a red veil covering his face, making it difficult to see his face.
Outside the yard, there were villagers watching the commotion. Occasionally, their conversation could be heard.
“This couple is really great. We envy Ah Wei, he’s marrying such a good wife.”
“That’s right, she’s a college student from the city. She came here to support education. She’s educated, beautiful, and look at that figure, she can definitely give birth to sons.”
“Ah Wei is really lucky. He just lost a wife, and now he found such a good one.”
“Shh, keep your voice down. The new bride doesn’t know there was one before her.”
Pan Pan stood frozen at the doorway, staring blankly at the marrying couple.
A sign was placed in the corner, bearing a few words.
Groom: Huang Songwei
Bride: Liang Tingting
Happy Wedding.
Pan Pan’s pupils dilated. “!!!”
Was this her father and mother’s wedding scene?!
No, they couldn’t marry. If they did, they wouldn’t be happy!
Mom, you can’t marry him!
Pan Pan hurriedly ran to the bride, wanting to pull off her red veil and tell her to escape quickly.
But she was too short, she couldn’t reach the veil.
She could only grab the bride’s hand, shaking it hard while shouting, “Mom, Mom, don’t marry him, don’t marry him!”
But no matter how much she shouted, the bride couldn’t hear Pan Pan’s voice, as if Pan Pan didn’t exist at all.
Didn’t exist?
Pan Pan suddenly froze.
She staggered back, looking at the wedding scene still proceeding as planned.
Of course, at this time, her mother had just gotten married, hadn’t given birth to her, how could she appear? How could she persuade her mother to leave?
She looked at the two about to perform the ceremony and the crowd of onlookers.
Despair filled her heart.
“No, don’t get married. Who can save my mom?” Pan Pan cried helplessly, “Who can save my mom! Auntie, Auntie, come out quickly, come out and save my mom, wuwuwu, Auntie!”
“This wedding can’t happen!”
Just when Pan Pan was about to fall into despair, a stern female voice suddenly interrupted the wedding.
The voice was very familiar to Pan Pan; she looked excitedly toward the direction of the door, her eyes filled with hope.
It was Auntie’s voice!
Soon, a figure forcefully broke through from behind the crowd.
This figure was incredibly fast. She rushed to the front and grabbed the bride’s wrist. Before everyone could react, she grabbed the bride and ran through the crowd, heading outside.
Pan Pan covered her mouth in shock, too excited to speak.
Auntie had really come!
She saved her mother!
That’s great, hahaha, Auntie is mighty! Long live Auntie!
It wasn’t until the two women had run far enough that the crowd finally reacted.
Someone shouted, “The bride has run away, chase her!”
After this shout, everyone ran outside.
Pan Pan was afraid they would catch up, so she followed them outside.
Soon, she saw the two slender and agile figures running swiftly into the green mountains.
They were much faster than the people behind them.
No matter how the people behind chased, they couldn’t catch up.
Soon, those two figures merged into the green mountains and disappeared.
The villagers stomped their feet in anger.
“Damn, the duck that was in our mouths flew away.”
“How could she be taken away, and successfully at that, it’s not fair.”
“Our village finally had a big happy event, and it’s gone just like that.”
“Sigh, let’s disperse. The bride is gone, what’s the point of this wedding?”
“Ah Wei, you unlucky kid. It seems you’re not worthy of Teacher Tingting. Even the heavens want to take her back. Alright, Ah Wei, hurry back to live your single life, don’t go messing around with others anymore.”
The groom stomped his foot angrily and returned to the room.
Pan Pan watched the dispersing crowd, picked up some fireworks debris from the ground, and threw it into a corner absentmindedly.
The sky above was getting slightly bright. She glanced at the sky, then at the silent courtyard, murmuring, “This dream today felt so real, as if it was reality.”
After saying that, she stretched lazily and went back to her room to sleep.
…
The next day, when the first rays of sunlight illuminated the room, Pan Pan slowly opened her eyes.
She got up, quickly dressed herself, then skillfully braided two pretty little braids. Finally, she stepped on a tall stool and began to wash her face.
When she finished, Pan Pan patted her cheeks in front of the mirror, supporting her chin, and began to recall last night’s dream.
Last night’s dream was so good. Auntie saved Mom from the fire pit, and the two of them looked so carefree and happy as they ran towards the mountain.
If only Auntie had really taken Mom away.
Thinking about this, Pan Pan, who was originally cheerful, felt a bit lost for a moment.
But soon, she cheered up again.
She walked out of the room and into the courtyard.
The courtyard was quiet, without any firecrackers or bits of paper.
It was all just her dream.
Pan Pan chuckled at herself, turned around, and went back inside.
However, the moment she turned around, she suddenly caught a glimpse of a piece of shredded paper in the trash bin from the corner of her eye.
Pan Pan’s breath caught in her throat.
She quickly took out the shredded paper from the bin and was shocked to find that it was the same shredded paper from her dream last night.
The shredded paper from her dream, why was it here in her house now?!
Just as Pan Pan was shocked, there was a sudden knock on the door from outside.
Pan Pan carefully put the shredded paper into her pocket before walking to the front door and opening it to look outside.
Outside the courtyard, the handsome young man from before and the two beautiful big sisters were standing there.
“Why are you all here so early? What do you want?” Pan Pan was a bit impatient. “I’ve already told you everything you want to know. Can you stop coming to my house all the time?”
Bai Lixin: “Sorry, but I’m here to tell you some good news.”
“Good news? Did you find the hairpin?”
The handsome young man nodded. “Yes, we found it. But besides that, there’s another piece of good news.”
His words piqued Pan Pan’s curiosity. “What’s the good news?”
“We entered the past through the fog,” Bai Lixin explained. “Then, we found Ah Jing before your parents got married. We told her some things, and she rushed to their wedding scene and took your mom away. They ran very fast at that time, and no matter how the villagers chased them, they couldn’t catch up. In the end, they could only watch Ah Jing take your mom away. So, at that time, your dad and your mom didn’t get married.”
Pan Pan stood there in shock.
Marriage, Auntie’s intervention, rushing into the mountains, taking Mom away.
Wasn’t this exactly the dream she had last night?!
Pan Pan’s voice rose unconsciously. “Is what you’re saying true?! Did you really do it?”
But then, she calmed down. “If you did it, why do I still exist? If Mom didn’t marry Dad, I shouldn’t exist.”
The beautiful big sister who had been silent all along suddenly spoke, “Maybe because the influence is gradually taking place. Because you have consciousness and a soul, your disappearance is slow. Those unconscious things, like photos and such, might have disappeared already.”
Upon hearing this, Pan Pan immediately ran towards the main house.
She first looked at the wall. A there should have been a family portrait hanging, there was now a painting of a luck doll.
She thought for a moment and then rushed into her bedroom, opening the small locked box.
The books and notebooks she got from Bai Lixin were all gone!
The lock was intact, so they definitely weren’t stolen.
So, it had begun. The influence had truly started!
Auntie really did take Mom away!
Pan Pan was so happy she started dancing with joy and she spun around in place. “Great, Mom was rescued by Auntie. That’s wonderful, wonderful!”
“Oh right, Pan Pan,” Li Cancan said softly. “Do you want to go see your mom and Auntie?”
“Do you want to see them one last time before you disappear?”
Pan Pan suddenly stopped in her tracks, looking at the three people with hesitation. Then, she pointed at herself. “But I look a bit ugly.”
Li Cancan: “How could you be ugly? You’re very beautiful.”
Pan Pan hesitated for a moment and then spoke reluctantly. “I might look fine in this village because this village has a built-in beautifying effect. But my appearance before I died was very ugly.”
Li Cancan, who had been smiling, suddenly froze.
She remembered the fragmented and broken corpse.
After two seconds of silence, she continued gently, “So, that’s why you don’t want to leave this village? You’re afraid that Auntie and Mom will see your appearance and won’t like you?”
Pan Pan nodded, then quickly shook her head. “I’m afraid of scaring them, but I truly wish my mom hadn’t given birth to me back then.”
Li Cancan crouched down, showing great patience as she spoke softly. “Pan Pan, we actually found your remains on the mountain. But we we’re not afraid. Can you tell big sister what happened at that time?”
Pan Pan pressed her lips tightly and thought for two seconds before making up her mind. “Auntie left, and Mom disappeared too. I asked Dad where Mom went, and he said Mom got lost on the mountain.”
“So, I went up the mountain by myself to find Mom. But halfway up, I encountered a pack of wolves.”
“They were very hungry, just staring at me intently…”
When they emerged from the thick fog, the three were momentarily stunned.
Because their current location was not at the foot of the mountain, but halfway up the slope.
Li Cancan realized something and quickly ran to the mountaintop to look down. When she saw the familiar village at the foot of the mountain, a bewildered expression flashed in her eyes. “It’s Gentle Village, we’ve come back again.”
Sun Ning and Bai Lixin caught up. They had just steadied themselves on the mountaintop when Li Cancan suddenly shouted, “God Xin, Sun Ning, we took the wrong path. Let’s go back, we have to find Ah Jing, we have to help her.”
Bai Lixin: “We can’t go back into the fog right now. It’s because we want to help Ah Jing that we need to return to Gentle Village first.”
Li Cancan: “Why?”
Bai Lixin explained, “The reason Ah Jing and Tingting’s souls have not found peace is that they haven’t found Pan Pan. We have to bring Pan Pan to them. What they truly need is not a hairpin or memorial tablet but Pan Pan herself. Pan Pan is here in Gentle Village now, we have to bring Pan Pan to them.”
After he finished speaking, his long eyelashes flickered slightly, covering his gloomy eyes.
He remembered Pan Pan’s wish.
Pan Pan has always been in Gentle Village. One reason might have been that she couldn’t leave, but the other reason was probably that she didn’t want to face her mother and aunt.
From Pan Pan’s wish and the conversation with her at that time, it was clear that Pan Pan considered her own birth a sin.
If she hadn’t existed, perhaps her mother would have left her father a long time ago, and her mother wouldn’t have suffered so many inhumane torments.
She regarded herself as a sin, a sin that harmed her mother.
So she would rather disappear from this world than let her mother marry her father.
This kind of Pan Pan might be hard to bring out.
Unless…
A flash of inspiration crossed his mind, and Bai Lixin’s gaze suddenly fell on Li Cancan and Sun Ning.
He scrutinized the two of them, his eyes thoughtful.
Li Cancan was confused by Bai Lixin’s actions, and Sun Ning was too.
The two of them exchanged a bewildered glance, then both looked back at Bai Lixin.
Bai Lixin looked at Gentle Village and asked, “Can both of you act?”
Li Cancan: “Huh?”
Sun Ning: “Huh?”
What?
Act?
What was God Xin up to now?
Bai Lixin continued, “I’m afraid Pan Pan won’t leave Gentle Village unless her emotional issues are resolved. Suddenly, I feel that both of you, well… look a lot like Liang Tingting and Ah Jing.”
“If Pan Pan doesn’t want Liang Tingting to marry Huang Songwei, then we won’t let her marry Huang Songwei.”
“But time is irreversible, how could events that have happened before be changed? Pan Pan’s wish can’t come true, but it’s possible to make it come true.”
Sun Ning seemed to understand Bai Lixin’s meaning. “But how can we make it come true?”
Bai Lixin: “What if it’s a dream? Let’s go down the mountain and gather all the players. We’ll prepare the sweetest dream for Pan Pan.”
Pan Pan was awakened by the sound of firecrackers.
She frowned, rubbed her eyes, and heard the bustling noise outside.
Gongs and drums resounded, and firecrackers popped.
“Bow to the heavens and the earth!”
Pan Pan instantly woke up.
Was someone getting married outside?
No, why was the sound of the wedding so close to her house?
No one dared to get married so close to their house.
Pan Pan rubbed her eyes and walked out of the door, suddenly stunned by the scene before her.
The yard was filled with people.
In the center of the yard stood a couple wearing red wedding clothes. The woman had her head covered, and the man wore a big hat, with a red veil covering his face, making it difficult to see his face.
Outside the yard, there were villagers watching the commotion. Occasionally, their conversation could be heard.
“This couple is really great. We envy Ah Wei, he’s marrying such a good wife.”
“That’s right, she’s a college student from the city. She came here to support education. She’s educated, beautiful, and look at that figure, she can definitely give birth to sons.”
“Ah Wei is really lucky. He just lost a wife, and now he found such a good one.”
“Shh, keep your voice down. The new bride doesn’t know there was one before her.”
Pan Pan stood frozen at the doorway, staring blankly at the marrying couple.
A sign was placed in the corner, bearing a few words.
Groom: Huang Songwei
Bride: Liang Tingting
Happy Wedding.
Pan Pan’s pupils dilated. “!!!”
Was this her father and mother’s wedding scene?!
No, they couldn’t marry. If they did, they wouldn’t be happy!
Mom, you can’t marry him!
Pan Pan hurriedly ran to the bride, wanting to pull off her red veil and tell her to escape quickly.
But she was too short, she couldn’t reach the veil.
She could only grab the bride’s hand, shaking it hard while shouting, “Mom, Mom, don’t marry him, don’t marry him!”
But no matter how much she shouted, the bride couldn’t hear Pan Pan’s voice, as if Pan Pan didn’t exist at all.
Didn’t exist?
Pan Pan suddenly froze.
She staggered back, looking at the wedding scene still proceeding as planned.
Of course, at this time, her mother had just gotten married, hadn’t given birth to her, how could she appear? How could she persuade her mother to leave?
She looked at the two about to perform the ceremony and the crowd of onlookers.
Despair filled her heart.
“No, don’t get married. Who can save my mom?” Pan Pan cried helplessly, “Who can save my mom! Auntie, Auntie, come out quickly, come out and save my mom, wuwuwu, Auntie!”
“This wedding can’t happen!”
Just when Pan Pan was about to fall into despair, a stern female voice suddenly interrupted the wedding.
The voice was very familiar to Pan Pan; she looked excitedly toward the direction of the door, her eyes filled with hope.
It was Auntie’s voice!
Soon, a figure forcefully broke through from behind the crowd.
This figure was incredibly fast. She rushed to the front and grabbed the bride’s wrist. Before everyone could react, she grabbed the bride and ran through the crowd, heading outside.
Pan Pan covered her mouth in shock, too excited to speak.
Auntie had really come!
She saved her mother!
That’s great, hahaha, Auntie is mighty! Long live Auntie!
It wasn’t until the two women had run far enough that the crowd finally reacted.
Someone shouted, “The bride has run away, chase her!”
After this shout, everyone ran outside.
Pan Pan was afraid they would catch up, so she followed them outside.
Soon, she saw the two slender and agile figures running swiftly into the green mountains.
They were much faster than the people behind them.
No matter how the people behind chased, they couldn’t catch up.
Soon, those two figures merged into the green mountains and disappeared.
The villagers stomped their feet in anger.
“Damn, the duck that was in our mouths flew away.”
“How could she be taken away, and successfully at that, it’s not fair.”
“Our village finally had a big happy event, and it’s gone just like that.”
“Sigh, let’s disperse. The bride is gone, what’s the point of this wedding?”
“Ah Wei, you unlucky kid. It seems you’re not worthy of Teacher Tingting. Even the heavens want to take her back. Alright, Ah Wei, hurry back to live your single life, don’t go messing around with others anymore.”
The groom stomped his foot angrily and returned to the room.
Pan Pan watched the dispersing crowd, picked up some fireworks debris from the ground, and threw it into a corner absentmindedly.
The sky above was getting slightly bright. She glanced at the sky, then at the silent courtyard, murmuring, “This dream today felt so real, as if it was reality.”
After saying that, she stretched lazily and went back to her room to sleep.
…
The next day, when the first rays of sunlight illuminated the room, Pan Pan slowly opened her eyes.
She got up, quickly dressed herself, then skillfully braided two pretty little braids. Finally, she stepped on a tall stool and began to wash her face.
When she finished, Pan Pan patted her cheeks in front of the mirror, supporting her chin, and began to recall last night’s dream.
Last night’s dream was so good. Auntie saved Mom from the fire pit, and the two of them looked so carefree and happy as they ran towards the mountain.
If only Auntie had really taken Mom away.
Thinking about this, Pan Pan, who was originally cheerful, felt a bit lost for a moment.
But soon, she cheered up again.
She walked out of the room and into the courtyard.
The courtyard was quiet, without any firecrackers or bits of paper.
It was all just her dream.
Pan Pan chuckled at herself, turned around, and went back inside.
However, the moment she turned around, she suddenly caught a glimpse of a piece of shredded paper in the trash bin from the corner of her eye.
Pan Pan’s breath caught in her throat.
She quickly took out the shredded paper from the bin and was shocked to find that it was the same shredded paper from her dream last night.
The shredded paper from her dream, why was it here in her house now?!
Just as Pan Pan was shocked, there was a sudden knock on the door from outside.
Pan Pan carefully put the shredded paper into her pocket before walking to the front door and opening it to look outside.
Outside the courtyard, the handsome young man from before and the two beautiful big sisters were standing there.
“Why are you all here so early? What do you want?” Pan Pan was a bit impatient. “I’ve already told you everything you want to know. Can you stop coming to my house all the time?”
Bai Lixin: “Sorry, but I’m here to tell you some good news.”
“Good news? Did you find the hairpin?”
The handsome young man nodded. “Yes, we found it. But besides that, there’s another piece of good news.”
His words piqued Pan Pan’s curiosity. “What’s the good news?”
“We entered the past through the fog,” Bai Lixin explained. “Then, we found Ah Jing before your parents got married. We told her some things, and she rushed to their wedding scene and took your mom away. They ran very fast at that time, and no matter how the villagers chased them, they couldn’t catch up. In the end, they could only watch Ah Jing take your mom away. So, at that time, your dad and your mom didn’t get married.”
Pan Pan stood there in shock.
Marriage, Auntie’s intervention, rushing into the mountains, taking Mom away.
Wasn’t this exactly the dream she had last night?!
Pan Pan’s voice rose unconsciously. “Is what you’re saying true?! Did you really do it?”
But then, she calmed down. “If you did it, why do I still exist? If Mom didn’t marry Dad, I shouldn’t exist.”
The beautiful big sister who had been silent all along suddenly spoke, “Maybe because the influence is gradually taking place. Because you have consciousness and a soul, your disappearance is slow. Those unconscious things, like photos and such, might have disappeared already.”
Upon hearing this, Pan Pan immediately ran towards the main house.
She first looked at the wall. A there should have been a family portrait hanging, there was now a painting of a luck doll.
She thought for a moment and then rushed into her bedroom, opening the small locked box.
The books and notebooks she got from Bai Lixin were all gone!
The lock was intact, so they definitely weren’t stolen.
So, it had begun. The influence had truly started!
Auntie really did take Mom away!
Pan Pan was so happy she started dancing with joy and she spun around in place. “Great, Mom was rescued by Auntie. That’s wonderful, wonderful!”
“Oh right, Pan Pan,” Li Cancan said softly. “Do you want to go see your mom and Auntie?”
“Do you want to see them one last time before you disappear?”
Pan Pan suddenly stopped in her tracks, looking at the three people with hesitation. Then, she pointed at herself. “But I look a bit ugly.”
Li Cancan: “How could you be ugly? You’re very beautiful.”
Pan Pan hesitated for a moment and then spoke reluctantly. “I might look fine in this village because this village has a built-in beautifying effect. But my appearance before I died was very ugly.”
Li Cancan, who had been smiling, suddenly froze.
She remembered the fragmented and broken corpse.
After two seconds of silence, she continued gently, “So, that’s why you don’t want to leave this village? You’re afraid that Auntie and Mom will see your appearance and won’t like you?”
Pan Pan nodded, then quickly shook her head. “I’m afraid of scaring them, but I truly wish my mom hadn’t given birth to me back then.”
Li Cancan crouched down, showing great patience as she spoke softly. “Pan Pan, we actually found your remains on the mountain. But we we’re not afraid. Can you tell big sister what happened at that time?”
Pan Pan pressed her lips tightly and thought for two seconds before making up her mind. “Auntie left, and Mom disappeared too. I asked Dad where Mom went, and he said Mom got lost on the mountain.”
“So, I went up the mountain by myself to find Mom. But halfway up, I encountered a pack of wolves.”
“They were very hungry, just staring at me intently…”
