Episode 134 Are You Willing?

Once past the city gate of Fuzhe County, there was the official road. Although it was spacious, there were no streetlights in that era. At night, everything around was engulfed in darkness with heavy shadows of trees, which looked somewhat intimidating.

Meng Yuhuai put all his belongings on the horse's back. It was he who had offered to escort Hua Xiaomai back to the village, yet he still walked five steps ahead of her in silence, just as before. Hua Xiaomai followed behind him, also not in the mood to speak, so she simply lowered her head and kept walking forward.

Now and then, the hooting of an owl came from the woods and whether it was a grasshopper or a cricket in the deep grass by the roadside, their cries were heart-wrenching. Other than that, there were only the rhythmic "clop clop" sounds of horseshoes striking the hard road, which somehow made the surroundings feel even more silent.