Chapter 52: Heart Returns Like an Arrow

  After the green smoke dissipated, Hua Gu took out a small bottle from her bosom and respectfully handed it to her mother-in-law. Her mother-in-law aligned the mouth of the porcelain bottle with the small bottle, slowly pouring out its contents - a stream of black sticky liquid flowed slowly into the small bottle.

  Finally, my mother-in-law sealed the small bottle and handed it to me, saying: "The green smoke has already floated away to calm down the Gu poison. Within seven hours, you must give her the things in the bottle. The thing you promised me, you have to come back and complete it within three days."

  I took the bottle with a thousand thanks, but I didn't know what she wanted me to do. I was about to ask carefully, but time was pressing and I had to hurry back. It takes eight hours to drive from here to Xiangcheng, and now there are only seven hours left, so I have to speed up and not stop.

  The village head had asked someone to drive the tractor to the door, and our luggage was already packed and placed on it. As soon as we left the courtyard of my mother-in-law's house, Wang Jue and I got on the tractor and rattled along the gravel road towards the village entrance.

  When I came, there was a beautiful scenery, but when I left, there were only people. This sentence best describes the psychology of Wang Ju and me at this moment. My heart is thinking of my older sister, and my heart is like an arrow returning home; he is thinking of Hua Gu with a heavy heart, and his parting sorrow is thick.

  I patted him on the shoulder and comforted him, saying, "Don't worry, we'll be back in three days."

  He nodded silently, gazing at the surrounding mountains.

  The tractor took us to the side of the car, which was already full of bird droppings and dust. Wang Jue took out a rag from the trunk, wiped away the bird droppings on the windshield, and then opened the wiper to clean it for half a day.

  After saying goodbye to the driver, we got into our own car. Wang Jue was still driving, and we sped towards Xiangcheng all the way.

  The road back was much easier to walk than the way here, thanks to the guidance of a tractor driver, we avoided the winding mountain roads and galloped straight to the highway. It's said that taking the highway would take only five hours to reach Xiangcheng.

  Wang Jue drove in silence, I knew his heart was still in the village. So, I deliberately teased him to speak: "Who do you think Hua Gu resembles?"

  "Hua Gou?" Wang Jue asked curiously, "Who does she look like? She seems to resemble a certain movie star."

  Some topics are always so classic that as soon as they are mentioned, they attract high attention. I smiled secretly in my heart, "She looks exactly like my older sister when she was young."

  "Oh, I hadn't noticed!" Wang Jue chuckled, "Your older sister's explosive hairstyle is quite trendy. I thought she always had this style."

  "Alas!" I sighed, "If life were only like the first acquaintance, she was also as simple and pure as Hua Gu when she was young. Since my parents left, it was I who ground away all her simplicity and youthfulness."

  "It can't be said that way, people always have to grow up. Having experiences is what makes one mature, and still being so innocent at the age of thirty is a sad thing. You shouldn't feel too guilty either, who didn't do something that hurt their family when they were young?"

  "Haha, hearing you speak is better than reading ten years of books!" As the saying goes, "Those who are close to vermilion become red, and those who are close to ink become black", it's reasonable. After being with Wang Jue for a few days, I've also become more eloquent.

  Just as we were chatting, there was a traffic congestion ahead. The cars were stuck one after another near the entrance of the highway, not moving an inch for half a day. My heart skipped a beat, could it be a traffic jam?