Back then, beneath this little Bamboo Forest, there had been three people. Today, there were three once more.
Du Pingsheng, the Phoenix Woman, and Su Jingyan.
A thousand years had passed, yet nothing seemed to have changed.
The Phoenix Woman had undergone nirvana again and still looked as she had back then. Su Jingyan, too, looked just as he had when he left. Only...
...Du Pingsheng had grown older.
Du Pingsheng gazed at Su Mo, his long white beard trembling as he smiled with tears in his eyes.
"As long as you're all right... as long as you're all right..."
The Phoenix Woman simply watched Su Jingyan, then suddenly turned. Her long dress danced lightly with the movement, stirring feelings beyond words.
She soared into the sky and vanished into its boundless expanse!
Su Jingyan watched her retreating figure. He opened his mouth, but no words came.
Du Pingsheng looked at the two of them and let out a deep sigh, his heart filled with tangled feelings.
Amid the endless joy of their reunion, it was beautiful to him. But for the Phoenix Woman, it was complicated. When the person she had missed for a thousand years truly appeared before her, she could barely contain herself...
Du Pingsheng understood this, and so did Su Jingyan.
It was just that...
Su Jingyan sighed and turned back to Du Pingsheng. Trembling, Du Pingsheng sat down at the stone table again.
Su Jingyan slowly sat down opposite him as well.
Clad in white, he rolled up his sleeves, lit the stove, and brewed tea.
The wind rustled the bamboo leaves, and the scent of grass and trees mingled with the fragrance of tea, lingering before the hut's door.
Du Pingsheng watched Su Jingyan's every movement with a smile, tears of joy brimming at