Beauties in Simulation Cross over into Reality

Chapter 71: Chapter 62: Xiao Mo, I’ll Wait for You to Come Back…

Bai Ruxue ran out of the courtyard.

Xiao Qing chased after her, but her sister’s Realm was simply too high. Soon, she vanished from sight.

Walking through Shiqiao Village, Bai Ruxue looked at her surroundings. The more she saw, the more familiar it all felt.

Without realizing it, Bai Ruxue found herself in front of the courtyard of Shiqiao Village’s late old chief.

She pushed open the wicker gate and stepped inside. Reaching out, she wiped a hand across the windowsill, which was already covered in a thick layer of dust.

Leaving the courtyard, Bai Ruxue continued to wander aimlessly.

After some time, Bai Ruxue came to a stop before a grave.

“Tomb of Wang Can—Clerk of Qingshan County, Chief of Shiqiao Village.”

“Tomb of Chen Hong—Wife of Wang Can.”

Seeing the familiar names, a dull ache throbbed in Bai Ruxue’s head again, and a pang of sorrow arose in her heart.

’I know them.’

But…

’I’ve forgotten them…’

’I’ve even forgotten a very, very important name.’

’A name more important than my own life.’

Turning away, Bai Ruxue continued to walk.

The sun, like molten gold, sank heavily toward the western mountains, dyeing the horizon in soft hues of orange and crimson.

The evening mist spread silently like a thin veil. The enormous setting sun stretched the woman’s shadow long and thin across the ground, like a river of ink flowing silently over the quiet grass and cold gravestones.

In front of the gravestone lay a few fresh wildflowers the woman had just picked.

Bai Ruxue started up the mountain, choosing a small path that felt familiar.

Halfway up, Bai Ruxue stopped in her tracks.

A rock came into Bai Ruxue’s view.

It was just an ordinary rock, yet the longer she looked at it, the more her head ached.

She pressed her forehead as a series of strange yet familiar images flashed uncontrollably through her mind.

…

[“Hey! Young scholar, you’re here! I’ve been waiting for you for so long.”

A girl in a white dress, seeing the boy riding a large black ox up the mountain, happily stood up.

“Are you going to ride the ox again today?” the boy asked with a smile.

“Mhm! Quick, quick, I want to ride the ox with you.”

“Alright.” The boy patted the large black ox, and it walked over to the girl and lay down.

The girl climbed onto the large black ox’s back, sitting behind him.

He read his book.

She swung her small feet beneath her dress, listening to him read.]

…

[“Where are you…?”

“You big jerk.”

“Why haven’t you come back yet?”

“I’m giving you one last chance. If you don’t show up tomorrow, I’m going to get really angry.”

“I’m never speaking to you again!”

One night.

After waking up, the young girl sat on the rock, waiting for a certain scholar.

The scholar had said he was going to take an exam and would be gone for a while.

But he had promised he would return when spring came next year.]

…

[“I carved this hairpin in my spare time to apologize to her, but it seems she didn’t wait for me. It’s not needed anymore.”

“Who says it’s not needed? I want it!”

“Miss, this hairpin is for Miss Bai Ruxue.”

“But I am Bai Ruxue…”

“But you just said you weren’t, Miss…”

“Did I say I wasn’t Bai Ruxue?”

The young girl’s smile bloomed like a flower as she held out her hand.

“Quick, help me put it on.”]

…

[“I don’t want to go cultivate!”

The grown-up young woman looked angrily at the man before her.

“Become an Immortal? So what?”

The woman clenched her fists tightly.

“A path to immortality without you is not the path I want to walk!”]

…

“Who is he?”

“What’s his name?”

The fragmented images flashed through Bai Ruxue’s mind one after another.

Bai Ruxue stared at the rock before her, her eyes trembling violently.

In the broken memories,

his figure was so familiar.

But Bai Ruxue just couldn’t recall his face, couldn’t remember his name.

After a long while, Bai Ruxue’s headache gradually subsided.

Bai Ruxue sat on the rock for a long time, trying to remember something more.

But her memories remained blurry.

She stood up and continued walking up the mountain.

The curtain of night had already fallen across the sky.

By the time Bai Ruxue reached the summit, countless stars already dotted the night sky.

Bai Ruxue stood on the summit, the river of stars directly overhead, seemingly within arm’s reach.

She gazed out at the mountains and the myriad lights of the homes not far from the mountain’s base, and her headache struck again.

Again, images flashed through Bai Ruxue’s mind.

…

[“Go on, shout. Shout!”

“You’ll feel better if you shout it out.”

“You need to cheer up, or I’ll be unhappy too!”

The woman had brought him to the summit because he was in a bad mood.

She didn’t like seeing him with such a long face.

“Do I really have to shout?” The man was a little embarrassed.

“Mhm! You have to!”

“Alright.”

The man summoned his courage and shouted, “A hundred years… is so short…”

“Huh? Is that what’s bothering you?” The woman walked forward with a smile and shouted in the same direction, “How is a hundred years short?! A hundred years is a very long time!”]

…

“Who in the world are you?”

“Why… why can’t I remember your face?”

“Why can’t I remember your name?”

Bai Ruxue sat on the grass, hugging herself tightly as tears gradually soaked the hem of her dress.

After crying for some time, as Bai Ruxue stood up, a brocade box fell from her sleeve.

Bai Ruxue picked up the box and opened it.

Inside was a golden ring, engraved with patterns of Purple Sun Grass and Cyan Dragon Flower.

…

[“I went to Qingshan Town this time to have this ring made. Ruxue, will you marry me?”

The woman looked up, her eyes like ripples on a spring lake:

“Next spring, when you return from your exams.”

“Come and marry me.”

“And I will marry you.”]

…

“Xiao Mo…”

On the summit, Bai Ruxue slowly uttered the name.

“Xiao Mo!”

“Xiao Mo!”

“Xiao Mo!”

As if she were afraid of forgetting it again.

The woman chanted it over and over.

[“Xiao Mo, will you teach me how to read and write?”]

[“Xiao Mo, will you come play with me again tomorrow?”]

[“Xiao Mo, I want to go down the mountain with you.”]

With each repetition, the memories in her mind pieced themselves together, one by one, like fragments of a puzzle.

“I remember… I remember everything…”

The woman turned and ran down the mountain.

[“Xiao Mo, my cooking is delicious!”]

[“Xiao Mo, look, new clothes for you.”]

[“Xiao Mo, you have to eat more lamb so you’ll have the strength to study.”]

Branches tore at the woman’s dress.

She paid no mind, just kept running down the mountain.

[“Xiao Mo, can I keep this ring?”

“You’ll keep it then?”

“Of course, I’ll keep it.” The woman turned away, muttering under her breath, “What if you give it to some other woman…”]

A branch tripped Bai Ruxue. She scrambled back to her feet and continued running down the mountain.

[“Xiao Mo, what does ’to hold one’s hand, and with them grow old’ mean?”]

[“Xiao Mo, can we grow old together?”]

[“Xiao Mo…

I’ll…

wait for you to come back…”]