Just as she was about to fall, Yong Shanling grabbed her. Bai Ling stiffly raised her head, looking at the slender hands in front of her and the face showing signs of struggle.
"Who... are you?"
Yong Shanling didn't know why she could catch Bai Ling. She exhausted all her strength to pull her up.
"What were you doing just now! Go call someone quickly!" Yong Shanling shouted at her anxiously.
Bai Ling, however, seemed to have all her strength drained away. She sat on the ground, holding her head in pain.
"It's useless, it's all useless! This is a cliff. Once you fall, you'll disappear. If it weren't for me, if it weren't for me, Gu Li wouldn't have fallen. I'm going down to find him. I'm going down to find him."
Bai Ling murmured to herself. Then she walked towards the cliff. Yong Shanling hugged her tightly. "Don't be stupid. If you go down, both of you will die."
"So what... If it weren't for me, Gu Li might not have died. So... I'm going to accompany him."
"Come to your senses. Think about your grandma."
"Who are you... Why do you care about me? Let go of me! Let go of me!"
Bai Ling's emotions were out of control. She just wanted to rush towards the cliff. Since Yong Shanling was holding her, they struggled and fell to the ground. Bai Ling's hands dug at the soil constantly. Her fingernails and fingers were all covered in dirt.
But nothing could stop her from moving forward until a voice came into her ears.
"Ling'er... What are you doing?"
Bai Ling raised her stunned head and looked at A Xu in the distance. The words she wanted to say were stuck in her throat like a fishbone. She suddenly didn't dare to look at A Xu.
A Xu had already walked up to her and slowly helped her up. At that moment, Yong Shanling seemed to become invisible again. A Xu looked at the disheveled girl in front of him worriedly.
"Ling'er, what on earth happened to you?"
Bai Ling bit her trembling lips. She slowly stretched out her hand and pointed forward tremblingly. A Xu looked in that direction. Looking at the slightly broken cliff, he had a bad feeling in his heart, but he still smiled at Bai Ling.
"Did something fall down? Alright, let's go. By the way... Gu Li also came to look for you. Have you seen him?"
"He's over there..."
"Where?"
A Xu still looked at Bai Ling in confusion, while her hand still pointed forward. A Xu suddenly felt that he knew something.
He opened his mouth with a tremor and confusion. "No way... Did Gu Li fall down? Tell me quickly, Bai Ling."
"It's all because of me, all because of me..."
Bai Ling seemed to be unable to hear anyone. She kept repeating this sentence. A Xu shook off Bai Ling and rushed to the cliff, shouting.
"Gu Li! Gu Li! Gu Li!"
The only response he got was the endless cold wind and the cries of a few solitary birds.
A Xu suddenly didn't dare to look down at the bottom of the cliff. He walked back to Bai Ling, put his hands on her shoulders and shook her wildly. His eyes were full of bloodshot, and his pale face made him look a bit scary.
"Tell me, what exactly happened to Gu Li! If he's dead..."
It seemed that the word "dead" made Bai Ling come back to her senses. "He... fell off the cliff because of me. I asked him to pick flowers for me. Then, then, he fell down."
A Xu's hands on her loosened slightly. At that moment, he stared directly at Bai Ling and couldn't say a word for a while. He felt that his body was as heavy as if it was filled with cold lead. He took two steps back and fell to the ground.
"You killed Gu Li. Why! Why! You always like to be so willful. It's the same when you run away! It's the same when you're willful! Do you know how worried Gu Li was when he was looking for you..."
By the end, A Xu was already sobbing.
Yong Shanling also sobbed as she looked at A Xu. At that moment, she realized that she had forgotten someone and something. She should have spent her whole life redeeming her sins. But she actually forgot about it. Yong Shanling stood up in a daze and walked towards the cliff.
The wind blew gently and softly, but in her heart, it was like a tsunami sweeping through her heart. She turned around and looked at the surprised young man and the crying girl. Tears welled up in her eyes again. She took a step forward and fell down.
The sense of weightlessness and fear suddenly invaded her body. It was only now that she felt the fear of death.
"Whoosh!" Yong Shanling woke up again. Looking at the clean ceiling, tears welled up in her eyes uncontrollably. The pillowcase beside her was already soaked. The tear stains on her face were so vivid. She looked at the empty space beside her.
Then she looked at the time. "Uncle Shu, hasn't he come back yet..."
The moment she got out of bed, for some reason, her legs suddenly went weak. She tried to support herself on the bed, but she felt weak all over and was still shaking.
"Miss Yong Shan, are you okay!" The maid knocked on the door and came in. Seeing her fall to the ground, she immediately helped her up.
"Has Yi Jie left?"
"Mr. Mu had something to do this morning and left first."
Hearing this, Yong Shanling suddenly felt sorry for him. Clearly, he was so good to her, but she was going to leave him again. There was more reluctance in her heart, but the obsession in her heart told her that she had to redeem her sins. She knew that Gu Li wasn't dead yet, but the things that happened back then had to be clarified.
The maid looked at her who was silent and quietly left the room. Yong Shanling picked up the phone and made a call.
"Uncle Shu... Where are you?"
Mu Yijie looked at the person who called him so early in the morning. A smile couldn't help but appear on his lips. "What, do you miss me?"
"Yeah."
Mu Yijie thought she wouldn't be so straightforward. For a moment, he was stunned on the spot. Then he slowly walked onto the plane.
"Alright, there's something in Country M. I may need a week to handle it and then I'll come back."
"Can't you come back earlier?" She said coquettishly.
"Four days should be okay."
"Four days..." A hint of disappointment appeared in Yong Shanling's eyes again.
"What's wrong?"
"It's okay. Uncle Shu, come back quickly. Also, take good care of your body. Don't always be so busy and ignore your own body."
Listening to the warm words on the phone, the doubts in his heart just now were washed away.
"Okay, go back to sleep. It's only a little after five. I'll hang up the phone first."
Looking at the hung - up phone, her face was already covered with tears. She covered her mouth, trying to make herself look normal.
After packing up her luggage, she asked for paper and a pen. The butler looked at her in confusion. "Is Miss Yong Shan going somewhere?"
While writing the letter, she replied to his question.
"Uncle Shu has gone on a business trip, right? I just want to go there and give him a surprise. By the way! Don't tell Uncle Shu secretly!"
Yong Shanling looked up at the butler with a smile and then lowered her head again.