Sigh, I guess I'll start myself.\In a remote and secluded little village, more than ten families lived there. Two shadows kept moving back and forth in front of these homes.\“Brother Xiaofeng, we're going to get married, right?” Lin whispered.\“Yes! We're going to get married. Look, I've even prepared a ring.” Xiaofeng pulled a round stone out of his pocket. But the stone had been hollowed out at its center for some reason.\Lin looked at the boy in front of her with happiness. She stretched out her hand and took the stone ring from Xiaofeng. She felt that this moment was the happiest moment in her seventeen years of life.\She put the stone ring on a thin red string around her chest.\They secretly ran into the woods and worshiped the so-called heaven and earth. They foolishly went through a wedding.\However, this happy time did not last long.\A month later, Xiaofeng brought a girl Lin had never seen before to her.\“Lin, let me introduce you, this is my fiancée, Juan.” Before Lin could speak, Xiaofeng began introducing the girl beside him.\“What? She's your fiancée?” Lin looked at Xiaofeng in shock. She couldn't imagine that her childhood playmate, who had grown up with her, was someone else's fiancé.\“You heard right, she is my fiancée,” Xiaofeng said to Lin earnestly.\“Why did you hide it from me?” Lin's face went pale. She couldn't bear to look at him; if she did, the last line of defense in her heart would completely collapse.\“I wasn't really hiding it from you, you just never asked,” Xiaofeng said indifferently.\“You…” Lin didn't say anything else. She covered her face with her hands, not wanting anyone to see her expression or her vulnerability.\“Let's go! Don't mind this crazy woman,” Juan, standing next to Xiaofeng, couldn't take it anymore and shook Xiaofeng's arm.\Xiaofeng nodded and took Juan's hand, leaving Lin behind.\“Why? Why?” Lin muttered to herself, bitterly laughing. Her voice carried an incomprehensible bitterness.\She walked directly to the place where they had worshiped heaven and earth and entered the bridal chamber. She had originally wanted to tell Xiaofeng some good news—she was pregnant. But after learning that he had a fiancée, she swallowed those words back down her throat. She gently touched her flat belly and sighed softly: “Child, your father no longer wants the two of us.”\Perhaps there was a sense of regret in this sigh, which made it feel especially desolate.Lin took hold of the rope that could take her life. She put it around her neck.
She spoke to her belly, saying, "Child, I'm sorry that your mother couldn't allow you to come into this world."
Unintentionally, the stool under Lin's feet slipped, leaving her feet suspended in the air. The rope around her neck tightened, preventing her from breathing. After struggling in vain, Lin departed from this world.
After an unknown amount of time, people discovered Lin's skeletal remains. Her flesh had completely decayed, leaving only the pale white bones. The only person who could recognize her was the one she loved most in life—Xiaofeng—because there was a black stone ring among her bones. It was the one he had personally given her.
Xiaofeng clutched the bones, sobbing constantly. He regretted not cherishing the person who once loved him. He regretted agreeing with his mother to break up with her. He regretted the bad things he had done to her.
After an unknown period, Xiaofeng left the small village and walked toward the desert. The reason for his departure was her. Because every time someone mentioned the word "Lin," he would think of her.
