Sunuo doesn't like gossip very much, nor does she like being someone else's close sister.
Even when he was in school, he and Zheng Mingming never talked about too personal topics.
But now after listening to Jiang Pingwan say all this, Su Nuo's heart actually twisted. I feel sorry for Jiang Pingwan and for my brother.
Because my brother didn't know about Jiang Pingwan's past, he thought he just met an ordinary widowed woman.
My brother doesn't care that she has a child, or that she was abducted before, or what kind of past she has.
But Jiang Pingwan knew that it was difficult for a man to face a woman's past, especially when those terrible pasts turned into clear and terrifying scars all over the body.
Sunuo is a doctor and doesn't even know how to treat this kind of trauma.
What is separated between Jiang Pingwan and Su Yang is not the past, but a wound that will never heal.
"I'm sorry, I understand." Suno took a deep breath: "I will advise my brother."
"Thank you for understanding me." Jiang Pingwan regained her composure. There were tears on her face, but she slightly curled her lips and said, "You helped me by persuading him. I really don't know how to say it." Tell me clearly, and I don’t know what to do so that he won’t be hurt.”
"But, are you really not going to come out? You are still young. You can leave here and find a life that is more suitable for you. That would be good for Xiao Wang," Suno advised.
Jiang Pingwan shook her head: "Before I was sixteen, I experienced hardships that others could not even imagine. So now I just want to stay here quietly. This is really the place that makes me feel at ease the most. Guarding him, just like he is guarding me, is enough."
At this time, Su Nuo saw a glimmer of light flashing in Jiang Pingwan's always gentle eyes, but then the light turned dim, making people feel that all the beauty had withered.
Su Nuo shook Jiang Pingwan's hand. This is the first time she has taken the initiative and sincerely held hands with Jiang Pingwan since she came to this village.
The temperature of their palms is not high, but they have the same slender hands, one hand is delicate and smooth, and the other is rough and calloused.
When Su Nuo left Jiang Pingwan's house, Jiang Pingwan's words to her were still ringing in her ears: "Dr. Su, actually I really want to be friends with you. Is that okay?"
Su Nuo replied at the time: "Okay. Now I don't want you to be my sister-in-law at all, so just be friends."
The snow fell earlier this year than in previous years. It was only mid-November and there was already a light snowfall.
Although the snow on the ground was dried by noon the next day, the temperature dropped sharply, and the room was so cold that ice shards were frozen on the bones.
Su Yang had to decide to return immediately, because the mountain might be closed if it gets colder.
So, after nearly two months in the mountain village, Suno and the others set off again with the pack team.
Although everyone was eager to go back as soon as possible, they could not resist the cold invasion, which made their steps become extremely heavy.
When leaving the village, Jiang Pingwan brought Li Siwang to see her off.
She handed Su Nuo a bag of tea leaves, saying they were made by picking the tenderest buds of old tea trees and drying them.
Su Nuo gave Li Siwang a stethoscope because he said he also wanted to be a doctor in the future.
Su Nuo smiled and said to Li Siwang, "You have such a good relationship with Teacher Su. I thought you also wanted to be a good teacher like Teacher Su in the future."
(End of chapter)