After that, He Qianshan remained as busy as ever, so occupied that his feet hardly touched the ground each day.
Wu Pengpeng's energy form was getting weaker and weaker. Even in non - enclosed spaces, she couldn't bear being around too many people. Thus, she had no idea what He Qianshan was up to.
Recently, He Qianshan seemed to have suddenly gained great popularity. There were often girls chasing after him to give him gifts. It took Wu Pengpeng a long time to find out that he was busy with the movie's roadshow. With just his good looks, he had amassed a large number of fans.
On the day of the movie's premiere, when Wu Pengpeng and He Qianshan arrived downstairs of the cinema, they unexpectedly ran into an old acquaintance they hadn't seen for a long time.
Wan Qianxun spotted He Qianshan and walked up to him familiarly. She peeked around behind him and said in surprise, "Where's your little girlfriend?"
He Qianshan seemed to be stabbed by her words and paused slightly.
Wan Qianxun saw a brief moment of absent - mindedness in his eyes hidden behind the lenses.
She was confused. They used to be inseparable, as if they would never part in this lifetime. How come everything seemed to have changed after she'd been abroad for just a year?
She asked tentatively, "Were you dumped?"
He Qianshan gave her a cold look but didn't say a word.
Wan Qianxun felt a chill run down her spine under his gaze. She quickly raised three fingers as if swearing, "I'm serious. I'm not interested in your little girlfriend."
"Even if you were interested, it wouldn't matter. She only likes me," he said. Then, with a long stride, he walked straight into the cinema.
Wu Pengpeng couldn't go in. She sat dejectedly on the steps at the entrance, longing to attend the premiere of her own movie.
After an unknown amount of time, there suddenly came a burst of screams from behind.
Wu Pengpeng turned around and saw He Qianshan coming out. His face still showed little expression.
"Mr. He!" A reporter chased after him and blocked his way, "Can I ask you a few questions?"
"Sorry, I have to go home," He Qianshan refused expressionlessly, "My wife is waiting for me at home."
Hearing the words "my wife", Wu Pengpeng's heart skipped a beat.
She stood there stunned, watching He Qianshan walk straight to his parking space and drive away in a hurry.
Unexpectedly, this time He Qianshan didn't go back to his own home but returned to the castle.
He greeted Aunt Tang and then went straight upstairs into her bedroom.
"I'm back," he said with a gentle smile to the air.
This was the first time he had talked to the air in the past three months.
Wu Pengpeng was a bit surprised and stared blankly at him.
She saw He Qianshan reach into his collar and pull out the pendant with her urn. He gently stroked it, a tender smile on his face.
He just sat silently in her room. As the sky gradually darkened, he didn't turn on the light, and the room was completely dark.
"Our movie was released today," he said. The only response was the silence in the room.
After a long silence, a stifled sob sounded in the pitch - black room.
"Miss Wu, I'm in so much pain..." he said tremulously, "Why does it hurt so much to lose you?"
Wu Pengpeng felt as if her soul had been torn into countless pieces and then glued back together. Her whole body ached as if it was being burned by a raging fire.
So he hadn't forgotten her at all!
After the first snow, he had never talked to the air again.
She thought he was slowly moving on, but it turned out he just thought she had left.
It must have been Wu Junchen who told him the far - fetched reason she had made up. He was afraid that his sadness would cause her to disappear completely, so in the last week, he had tried his best to act as if he had recovered.
She was so slow - witted that she really thought he was getting better.
How could she have failed to see his pain and despair from his moments of absent - mindedness?
Just when Wu Pengpeng was about to be swallowed by self - blame and regret, the Heavenly Dao cub pointed at her glabella. A cool sensation poured into her mind, and the burning pain suddenly disappeared.
"You're crazy!" the Heavenly Dao cub scolded angrily, "You're just an energy form now. If you're swallowed by negative energy, you'll be trapped in darkness for all eternity."
Wu Pengpeng looked at He Qianshan curled up on the sofa. A surge of hatred suddenly welled up in her heart, "I'm about to disappear completely. Do I still need to be afraid of being trapped?"
The Heavenly Dao cub floated in front of her and silently stared into her eyes, "Wu Pengpeng, an eternity of darkness is much more terrifying than disappearing completely."
Wu Pengpeng seemed to be hit right in the sore spot. She stood there stiffly, looking panicked.
Yes, living in darkness was much scarier than dying.
It was she who had trapped He Qianshan in eternal darkness, with no end in sight.
Suddenly, she reacted and grabbed the Heavenly Dao cub's hand, pleading, "Can you help me erase his memory? I regret it. I don't want him to remember me anymore."
The Heavenly Dao cub looked at her pityingly and gently shook his head, "I can only erase your memory."
Wu Pengpeng felt as if she had been splashed with a basin of ice - cold water. Her whole soul dimmed, as if she would disappear the next second.
"Tomorrow is my last day here, and he's not okay," she suddenly covered her eyes with her hand and cried desperately and stifledly, "What will he do in the future?"
The Heavenly Dao cub didn't know how to answer her. He could only accompany her silently.
They silently accompanied He Qianshan like that, sitting in a daze in Wu Pengpeng's room for the whole night.
When dawn broke the next day, He Qianshan went to wash his face. When he came out again, he had returned to his usual invincible self.
Wu Pengpeng accompanied him to the downstairs of the company. She watched him enter the elevator and then turned to the Heavenly Dao cub and said, "Let's go."
She didn't want to disappear completely in front of He Qianshan. Even though he couldn't see her, she thought it would be too cruel.
The Heavenly Dao cub understood her thoughts and didn't force her. He took her back to the sea of consciousness.
With a wave of his hand, the whole world disappeared in front of Wu Pengpeng's eyes, leaving only a vast expanse of white sea.
They walked along the white sandy beach for a long time. When they reached a small island, the Heavenly Dao cub finally stopped. He looked up at her and smiled, "Just accompany me here. Thank you, you bitch."
Wu Pengpeng knew that it was time for the final farewell. After six months of living together day and night, to be honest, she was really a bit reluctant to part with this arrogant but kind - hearted little cub.
"Thank you for accompanying me here, you little brat," she bent down and stroked his head, smiling as she said goodbye, "You have to be good from now on. I wish you success soon."
The Heavenly Dao cub stared at her silently. His expression was both merciful and doting. He didn't look like a six - year - old child at all, but rather like an elder who had seen through everything.
Wu Pengpeng was secretly startled by his look. She collected her thoughts and smiled casually, "What should I do? Should I just disperse directly, or do you have a unified method?"
The Heavenly Dao cub didn't answer. He just stretched out his hands towards her, in a gesture of a child asking for a hug.
Wu Pengpeng smiled helplessly and reached out to pick him up.
As two soul forms, they could really touch each other.
The Heavenly Dao cub wrapped his arms around her neck and buried his head in her neck. After a long time, he let go of her and motioned for her to put him down.
Wu Pengpeng put him back on the ground. Just as she was about to say goodbye, she heard him say, "You can go back."
Wu Pengpeng was confused, "Back where?"
With a wave of the Heavenly Dao cub's hand, the thick fog in front of her eyes disappeared. They were still standing downstairs of He Qianshan's company.
"I've found a girl whose fate is compatible with yours. You can live on in her body," he said as casually as if he had just bought a cabbage at the market.
Wu Pengpeng was terrified when she heard this, "You're not..."
"It's not me," the Heavenly Dao cub understood her thoughts, "She had an accident while climbing a mountain and her lifespan is up."
That meant that even if she didn't use that girl's body, the girl wouldn't be able to survive.
But Wu Pengpeng knew that each world had its own rules. If the Heavenly Dao cub helped her, he would surely be punished.
"But if you do this..."
"It doesn't matter," the Heavenly Dao cub interrupted her carelessly, "At worst, I'll disappear completely!"
"You're so stupid!" Wu Pengpeng was so angry that she tapped his head, "What kind of relationship do we have that makes you do this for me?"
Instead of getting angry, the Heavenly Dao cub smiled after being tapped on the head, "My obsession is to be a human. I've already experienced that feeling."
He looked at the girl in front of him. She was a crybaby, naive, talkative and mischievous, a grown - up full of bad habits.
But it was this girl full of flaws who would apologize to him on behalf of others, tell him that even the Heavenly Dao should be happy, and give him a hug when she was worried that he was tired...
He floated in front of Wu Pengpeng, looking directly into her eyes and saying word by word, "The existence of the Heavenly Dao is to bring miracles to humans. And my existence is to bring a miracle to you."
Wu Pengpeng knew what he was going to do. Her heart suddenly panicked, and she pretended to be cold, "Who wants your miracle!"
He knew exactly what she was thinking, so he smiled, "But I want to give you a miracle!"
Wu Pengpeng grabbed his wrist, scared and annoyed, "Why do you all want to interfere with others' lives like this? Jiang He did it, and now you're doing it too. Do you think..."
"Let me tell you a secret," the Heavenly Dao cub suddenly leaned over and whispered in her ear, "Jiang He is living well in another world."
He winked at the stunned Wu Pengpeng, looking like an innocent child, "The Heavenly Dao sometimes has privileges."
He stretched out his small hand and pointed at her glabella. Wu Pengpeng felt as if her whole body was tied up by an invisible rope and couldn't move.
The sea of consciousness began to collapse. Wu Pengpeng couldn't break free and tears streamed down her face anxiously, "What about you?"
The Heavenly Dao cub smiled at her. There was a tenderness in his eyes that she had never seen before, "Don't cry. I'll turn into stars in the sky and watch over you."