"How are you?" Jieyuhua was always observing the child's condition.

Ling Xiao immediately kissed him and said, "Being with you is the best thing. Let's go inside first."

"We ran all the way down the mountain and almost tumbled off the cliff. Luckily, my sister made us cotton-padded clothes." Ling Xiao entered the woman's house, and the woman quickly boiled water for them and asked them to sit down. Ling Xiao then told her how they got down from up there, which made the woman laugh.

"It's strange, isn't it? For the first few days after you went up there, the wind was howling, but then it stopped, it just disappeared all of a sudden."

My heart was pounding with worry. You're so small, how could such a strong wind have blew you away? I was so anxious, I almost wanted your older brother to go up and look for you too. It's been over a month and you still haven't come down. Your brother comforted me, saying you went down another way, which makes sense. There are police on Changbai Mountain, and staff at the scenic area, but I was still worried. Without any news, my heart was filled with anxiety. Now that I see you're back, I'm relieved. We'll wait, and tonight we'll have dumplings. I'll make dumplings for you.

"Oh, how many people are there? Did Shunzi come back with you too? Did you find his father? Let me count the number of people so I can make the dough," the woman asked, somewhat excitedly.

Xie Yuhua choked up for a moment, but Ling Xiao spoke first: "We found them. We found them as soon as we entered the mountains. His father built a simple wooden house deep in the mountains. They were both there. They weren't with me. We were caught in a blizzard, and they were taken away by the rescue team. We found a cave, and when we came out, we saw the tail of a helicopter. Now it's just the two of us."

"Oh dear! So you were trapped up there? Oh dear, I was wondering why my eyelids kept twitching and my heart was pounding. Oh dear, you're really lucky to be alive. You've survived a disaster. Thank God! I'll go make you some dumplings. Let's celebrate and get rid of this bad luck." The woman sighed repeatedly, and while making dumplings, she cursed Shunzi: "You good-for-nothing Shunzi, you've found your father and now you don't recognize your mother. You don't even know how to help others."

Ling Xiao offered a few words of help, but the woman quickly said no, told them to sit down, and then told her husband, Dazhu, to chop firewood. Dazhu was all smiles when he saw the two of them return, told them to sit on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), and then went to the backyard to chop firewood.

"What's wrong? Can't bear it?" Ling Xiao peeled an orange and put it in Jie Yuhua's mouth, asking in a low, somewhat indifferent voice.

"They might be the last people who remember Shunzi." Xie Yuhua suddenly felt a little sad.

"Oh! Brother Xiaohua is so kind-hearted." Ling Xiao, holding an orange in one hand, hooked his arm around Xie Yuhua's neck, then went behind him and stroked his heart, asking, "Then why don't you expose me? Are you trying to say that Shunzi and his father died there because they followed us?"

Ling Xiao stroked his cheek with the back of his hand and said, "Compassion is what a Bodhisattva should do. Shouldn't we also create value for the dead?"

The fairy tale ends with Shunzi and his father living happily ever after, and that's enough. The story is only for those who need to believe; don't get too caught up in it yourself.

Xie Yuhua held his hand, her eyes red as she looked at Ling Xiao. Ling Xiao reached out and touched the corner of his eye, coaxing, "There's no turning back for us. You're not Wuxie. You should understand what the consequences are of revealing some truths. Some relationships are deceitful from the start, so the best ending is deception."

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