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Chapter 176: The End

The executive said, "But you are human. After returning to the 21st century, sooner or later, your physical body will die."

"If you come to my world, I can transfer your consciousness into a machine so that you can enjoy endless life."

Xiao Jin laughed, "Are you talking about immortality?"

The executive fell silent.

"But in my opinion, having eternal life doesn't necessarily mean it's a good thing."

Xiao Jin said, "The reason why beautiful things are precious is often because they are fleeting. If every moment of life is perfect and smooth, even the most fulfilling moments would become ordinary."

The executive asked, "So, you don't want to attain eternal life?"

"Yes."

"Why?"

"Because endless life would make time lose its meaning."

Xiao Jin smiled, "I only seek happiness in the present moment and hope to have fewer regrets in this lifetime. That is enough."

At this moment, Xiao Jin stood still in the courtyard, hesitating.

What if the person she saw through the divination instrument was not her, Xiao Jin, but someone with a similar name, like Wang Jin or Chu Jin? It was not impossible.

As Xiao Jin was thinking this, she looked up.

She saw, in the temple, under the marriage tree, a figure in Buddhist robes.

Red silk was tied to the old locust tree, with wish cards attached.

The wind blew, and the bright red color dazzled the eyes, accompanied by a crisp sound. The wooden wish cards fluttered with the red silk.

The familiar person stood in the wind, accompanied by a white crane.

The familiar eyebrows and eyes, as free as the morning sun.

Holding a string of prayer beads, she approached and smiled at Xiao Jin, "I see that the benefactor has a kind face, and I believe we are destined to meet."

"Could the benefactor please tell me your name? So that I may pray for your blessings in front of the Buddha and seek a good karma connection."

Xiao Jin looked at her and replied, "My surname is Xiao, Xiao Jin."

Xiao Shuang paused for a moment and then smiled, "Jin, it's truly a wonderful name."

Xiao Shuang untied the prayer beads and wrapped them around Xiao Jin's wrist, holding her hand. Then, she turned around and walked back to her room, disappearing under the marriage tree.

The white crane followed closely, never leaving her side.

....

After some time had passed, with drizzling rain and spring breeze, it was the perfect time for an outing.

Xiao Jin and Chu Shao were on a boat, moored on the lake.

Passing through a bridge and by the riverbank, peach blossoms and willows bloomed, and light cotton fluff floated freely in the air.

There were two young girls selling flowers by the shore, their stall full. But because they were still inexperienced, they hadn't sold many flowers after half a day.

Xiao Jin stared at the faces of the two girls, memories surfacing in her mind.

The older girl seemed to notice Xiao Jin's gaze and looked up, meeting her eyes.

For some inexplicable reason, Xiao Jin impulsively picked up a dew-kissed magnolia flower and extended it towards the front of the boat, saying, "Sister, would you like to buy a flower? Two coins for each."

Xiao Jin looked at the flower in the girl's palm, then looked at the person beside her.

Chu Shao smiled at her, "Do you want to buy it?"

The older girl, clutching the corner of her clothes with the other hand, nervously stared at Xiao Jin.

Xiao Jin smiled and reached out to take the flower from the girl's palm, placing down a silver ingot, and said, "Thank you."

The girl held the silver and anxiously chased after them on the shore, but the small boat had already drifted away.

After another half a year had passed, a heavy snowfall occurred in the Qi Country.

Xiao Jin and Chu Shao found shelter in Yangjiao Alley, had two bowls of tofu soup, one sweet and one salty, and then braved the snow to return home.

Passing by the end of the alley, they saw a green figure buried in the snow.

The two exchanged glances and pulled the person in the green clothes out of the snow.

The person had pale lips and face, and Chu Shao reluctantly carried them on her back, while they trembled and said, "Thank you both, thank you."

Walking beside them, Xiao Jin couldn't help but ask, "Doctor Su, how did you end up in the Qi Country and buried in the snow?"

Doctor Su, already somewhat delirious, didn't know why the other party knew her name, and only mumbled, "I mixed up the medicine and accidentally poisoned myself..."

Xiao Jin's footsteps paused, then she burst into laughter.

At the end of the four seasons, on a snowy night.

The executive told Xiao Jin that Chu Shao's condition was stable, and they could start preparing to return to the modern era.

Xiao Jin looked at Chu Shao by her side but felt a bit nervous. "Shao'er, would you like to come back to the modern era with me?"

Chu Shao, with a smile in her eyes, said, "Your Highness, of course, I would."

"But this place, isn't it your hometown?"

"No, Your Highness."

"You are my home."

The snow fell heavier, and Xiao Jin held Chu Shao's hand, feeling that indeed, my wife's hand is the softest and warmest in the world.

On a fateful day, once you grasp it, you never want to let go.

With the heavy snowflakes floating in the air, the last words spoken by Xiao Jin in this world were:

"Good, let's go home together."

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 Translator's note: I feel like the ending was rushed by the author. I'm not quite satisfied with it, but this is how the story concludes. I don't have the right words to comment because I can't think of anything positive to say 😆. Also, I always feel empty when I finish a book or a novel. It's like I never want the story to end. Sigh... 🙂.

Anyways...

That's the end of the story with Xiao Jin and Chu Shao returning to the modern era. This book is officially signing off. As for me, I will be translating another book by this author. I really enjoy her other works, so I'm eager to translate it. With that, I am also officially signing off from translating this book. Goodbye and see you soon~.

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