Chapter 25: Happiness

She cried in silence, drop by drop, each tear fell into the stream, and after melting into layers, small vibrations gradually disappeared in the water.

“Have you ever experienced regret? Have you ever tasted punishment? For seven thousand years, I have always dreamed that that year I was always watching over my mother's body, waiting for the hunter to come, an arrow would kill me. Then I fell beside my mother, blood staining her white fur… Regrettably, all could not choose again.”

He sat down next to her, watching the clouds drift by reflecting in the water, listening to the sound from the bottom of her heart, his bright eyes slowly turning gloomy. “Yes, if all could choose again, how good it would be, then I would rather be shot dead by an arrow, then there would be no shame and no regrets…”

“Are you also being chased by fearsome hunters?”

“It is very scary, but the scariest thing is not the sharp arrow, but the cold heart… Stop talking about it, or talk about your business!”