"Yebai, it's been nine years, let the past be the past," Lun You's voice lowered, "If something really comes out after an investigation, what will you and Meng Xi'er do?"
...
Lu Yebai fell silent, lifting his head to look toward the profound night sky, his gaze distant.
Lun You continued, "You're about to marry her, don't complicate things further."
Lu Yebai sighed deeply, "I know."
He and Meng Xi'er, after so much difficulty, were finally able to be together. But if that incident from nine years ago was dug up again, then...
There would be no future.
The dead cannot be brought back to life, and what happened cannot be undone. She had indeed done wrong, but she also paid a painful price for it, and it all depended on whether Meng Xi'er really hit someone with the car.
Back then, he was too young to accept that Meng Xi'er could do such a thing. He hated her ruthlessness because, in his eyes, she wasn't supposed to be that kind of person.