"I saw Ah Chou go up that mountain, so she must know where the Wanmian Buddha Temple is!" the patriarch's daughter-in-law told Chen Qingqiu excitedly with a twinkle in her eyes.

When Chen Qingqiu heard this, joy also appeared on his face.He nodded to the patriarch's daughter-in-law, then turned and ran quickly towards Ah Chou's house.

Ye Li and Shen Minghua looked at each other, and they both saw shock in each other's eyes. They didn't expect to miss such an important thing.

The two quickly followed.

Chen Qingqiu ran to A Chou's house to look for her, but he didn't see her, so he searched around the village several times, and finally saw A Chou in the field in front of Grandma Li's house.

Ye Li and Shen Minghua followed, but they saw Yu Youyou, Lu Keming and Fang Ziang sitting in a row by the field, as if they had been waiting for the show for a long time.

Ah Chou was picking beans in the field, and he didn't seem to expect that Chen Qingqiu would come to her, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.

She quickly put down the beans, wiped her hands on the clothes, looked at Chen Qingqiu nervously, but heard Chen Qingqiu say:

"Do you know where the Wanmian Buddha Temple is located on the mountain? Can you tell me how to get there?"

Ah Chou, who was still happy at first, heard Chen Qingqiu's words, the smile on his face gradually disappeared, and fell silent again, listening to Chen Qingqiu's speech without saying a word.

"It turned out that the girls who asked for leave these days were all taken to the mountains by the villagers. Today, the patriarch's daughter-in-law came to see me, and I didn't know the reason."

Chen Qingqiu talked for a while, seeing A Chou's expressionless face, his excitement gradually calmed down, staring at A Chou, and asked: "You know?"

Ah Chou didn't answer, she looked away, took out a neatly folded letter from her pocket, and said in a calm voice:

"Teacher, I know you're leaving in a few days. This is the last letter. I won't bother you again."

Chen Qingqiu looked at the letter she handed over, with disbelief in his eyes, pushed her letter aside, and continued: "Tell me where the Buddhist temple is, those students are all on the mountain, and there is not much time left."

Ah Chou was silent for a second, but as if he didn't hear it, he sent the letter to Chen Qingqiu again, and said as if talking to himself:

"You said that the student has retracted his confession, and you can clear up your grievances immediately. No one will insult you again, and you can go back to being a teacher. That's very good."

"There are only two days, you can leave right away, forget everything here."

"A Chou!" A Chou was still muttering, but Chen Qingqiu suddenly interrupted her, "Those children are still on the mountain, as long as I leave, there will be only a dead end for them, how should I go?"

Hearing Chen Qingqiu call her name, Ah Chou was stunned for a second, a crystal tear flowed from the corner of her eyes, she shook her head, and stuffed the letter into Chen Qingqiu's hand.

"Let's go, let's go, teacher, don't worry about things here, leave early, the sooner the better!"

As if he couldn't bear it anymore, Chen Qingqiu pushed Ah Chou's letter to the ground and raised his voice.

"The only thing I can find now is you. Those are your classmates. They are all children who are about your age, but now they are going to be killed. Why don't you want to tell me where the Buddhist temple is?"

A Chou looked at the letter that had been knocked down on the ground, held it tightly with both hands, his body trembled, and suddenly raised his head to look at Chen Qingqiu.

"What does the life and death of those people have to do with me! What does it have to do with you!"

"They're dead when they die. Why should I help them? Why should you save them? Those people are plotting and scolding you behind your back. Now they're dying. They asked for it. They deserve it!"

Chen Qingqiu listened to Ah Chou's words, his eyes became more and more unbelievable, as if he didn't know her, and said:

"That's the lives of dozens of girls. Is it because they said a few words about me that I'm going to watch them die?"

"So what, will you be rewarded for doing good deeds?" A Chou looked at Chen Qingqiu's shocked eyes, but his mouth was merciless, pointing at his broken leg, and said angrily:

"Did you forget why you became like this? What did you get in return for saving that female student? She slandered you in turn and turned you into a beast that everyone shouted and beat. Who will condemn you? Ever? Does anyone believe you!"

"Sacrifice has existed for so many years, how many girls tried to escape, but how many of them succeeded! Those who failed to help them escape were beaten to death. You will soon be cleared of your grievances and have a bright future. Why do you want to mix this muddy water!"

"These people are not worth saving at all!"

Chen Qingqiu heard Ah Chou's hoarse words, his body trembled, as if he couldn't accept what A Chou said, and seemed extremely disappointed, he asked tremblingly:

"Is that how I taught you? Have you forgotten what I told you before?"

A Chou looked at Chen Qingqiu's disappointed eyes and wiped away the tears on his face, "You taught me well, but I'm such a selfish person, I've already rotted into the quagmire, no one can pull me out .”

"You should have ignored me back then, and let me live on my own without any hope, which is better than what I am doing now!"

Chen Qingqiu looked at A Chou's self-abandonment, his eyes gradually turned red, he gritted his teeth, and slowly raised his palm, intending to slap A Chou.

Several people on the field ridge here saw Chen Qingqiu's raised palm, but they didn't step forward to stop it like last time.

Fang Ziang coughed lightly in embarrassment, this time he was closer, and finally heard the conversation between Ah Chou and Chen Qingqiu clearly, remembering that he was really a bit reckless last time.

Yu Youyou turned her head to look at Fang Ziang, and then looked in the direction of Chen Qingqiu and A Chou.

A Chou raised her head, closed her eyes, and waited for Chen Qingqiu's slap, but Chen Qingqiu's hand didn't come down for a long time, and when the sound of the slap sounded, the pain wasn't on her face either.

Hearing the slap, A Chou immediately opened his eyes, only to see Chen Qingqiu's slap that should have slapped A Chou on his own face.

"Teacher!" Ah Chou's pupils dilated and his eyes widened.

The tears in Chen Qingqiu's eyes finally fell, he shook his head, and murmured: "It's my fault."

"You have only had me as your teacher for 18 years. Now that you say something like this, it is because I did not teach you well. It is my responsibility, not your fault."

Ah Chou's tears rolled down big and big, and his voice broke down: "It's not my teacher, it's my fault."

"I have been your teacher for two months, and now I will teach you the last lesson." Chen Qingqiu took a step back, with tears still in his eyes, but his voice was firm:

"You said they insulted me, so they deserve to die, they don't deserve to be saved."

Chen Qingqiu shook his head, "But they never know the truth of the matter. In their eyes, I am a teacher who molests students. And it is precisely because there is justice in their hearts that they will be angry when they see evil deeds, and will be angry when they see evil deeds. accuse me."

"But that doesn't mean they have become villains, they are just ordinary people who have been deceived."

"Furthermore, when you say that they are not worthy of being saved because they insulted me, you actually think that those words of insulting me are worth their lives."

"But this kind of value logic is wrong. Everyone's life is too heavy, so heavy that those few insulting words can't be compared with it."

"As for whether it's worth it or not, everyone has their own criteria for judging, but for me it's enough."

Chen Qingqiu's words caught my ears, just as he forgave her so tolerantly, but Ah Chou couldn't speak anymore.

"I know that what you said is for my own good, I am very grateful to you, but I have to do this." Chen Qingqiu closed his eyes, turned and walked towards the entrance of the village.

The sky turned gray again, the dark clouds gathered above the head, and the cold wind blew across the fields where the wheat ears had been harvested, and A Chou who was still standing there was bleak.

The rain gradually fell again, exactly as it had rained the day before backtracking.

After listening to the conversation between Chen Qingqiu and A Chou at the edge of the field, the few people were silent for a long time. The cold raindrops from the sky dripped on their bodies, drawing circular water stains drop by drop on the cloth.

Lu Keming withdrew his gaze lightly, picked up Yu Youyou who was still staring at Ah Chou, and was about to go back to Grandma Li's house, his eyes casually glanced at the opposite mountain forest, but his footsteps suddenly stopped.

On the opposite side, the dead leaves had already fallen, and only the dead branches were left in the woods, but yellow leaves grew again.

He originally thought that the traceback would start tomorrow, but he didn't expect it to start when Chen Qingqiu left.

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