I didn't cry or make a scene. To be precise, I didn't have the strength to do anything extra.

Just having 17 tombstones standing neatly halfway up the mountain was enough to break my heart.

I stayed in the cemetery for a long time, and was about to leave. But before I took a few steps, I suddenly saw Faye and Zion.

"Sister, do you think my dog's death is because of me?"

Zion's tone was sad, holding an urn in his arms.

"How could it be your fault? Don't think too much. The monk said that as long as we give it a grand funeral, it will have a better life in the next reincarnation."

If it weren't for the fact that the voice was too familiar, I would have thought it was an illusion.

Can someone as ruthless as Faye also believe in gods?

But all of this was no longer related to me.

I wanted to avoid her, but Faye had already seen me.

"Why is it you again?"

There was a clear interrogation in her tone, and she was just about to say the word "stalk".

It was really unexpected to meet them in a cemetery. Considering their love for the dog that day, it made sense to bury the dog in an expensive cemetery.

"Just pass by," I responded lightly, not wanting to waste time with them.

As I was about to leave, I was stopped by Faye.

The warm and dry touch of the palm made me feel nauseous, so I immediately shook it off.

"Don't touch me!"

Faye did not expect my reaction to be so intense. She was stunned for a moment, with her eyebrows furrowed.

"Ryan Holman, what are you going crazy about!"

My eyes were bloodshot and as soon as I saw Faye's face, the sound of death from hospital equipment filled my ears.

"Get lost, I don't want to see you."

Zion held the box and spoke in a self-reproachful tone, "Ryan, are you still angry about that day? That day, both my dog and I had a car accident. The situation was urgent. That's why she delayed delivering the medicine to you. You can be angry with me, but please don't be angry with Faye."

So pretentious!

I laughed out of anger.

"Yes, it can be considered a minor car accident when you had a slight collision with an electric bike. The situation was urgent. My whole family of 17 people were in the intensive care unit, which was neither painful nor itchy.

"Faye is my fiancée. It's only natural for me to be angry with her. Who are you? Why do you want to take her place and bear the anger?

"You're nameless and insignificant. Don't fucking flatter yourself!"

I almost shouted the last sentence.

17 lives!

The medicine had already arrived in Birmingham...

Just a little bit, really just a little bit.

If it was not for the person in front of me and that pet dog, Faye wouldn't break her promise, and my family wouldn't have died.

Zion cried, tears kept rolling down.

"I'm sorry, Ryan. I don't want to become like this either."

Looking at Zion's sad look, as always, Faye protected him behind, as if I bullied him.

"Ryan, do you have to be so aggressive?"

I sneered, "Of course not, so I'm leaving."

I used to argue with Faye, telling her about Zion's instigation and trap one by one.

She said I was targeting Zion and told me not to have such great hostility towards the same sex. Men should be generous and not always argue with a younger brother.

But now I wanted to give up. Even the desire to talk to her had disappeared.

I left without any nostalgia, and behind me, Faye looked at my back with a strange expression.

This was the first time I didn't argue with her because of Zion.

Faye, for the first time, left Zion behind and caught up with me.

"How have you been recently? Did you bring the medicine that day?"

It had been a week since my family passed away. If she had contacted me halfway or paid attention to my family's condition, she wouldn't have asked me so calmly.

But she didn't, she still acted superior.

I looked at her, with a very serious expression.

"Faye, do you really like me?"

Faye looked away and didn't speak.

The answer was obvious.

I carefully feel my heart and don't feel sad or upset.

I understand. I don't like Faye anymore.

The ten years that revolved around her had become a story, and I could calmly tell everyone about it after getting drunk.

"Cancel the engagement, Faye."

I didn't want to waste any more time. Leaving these words behind, I passed by Faye without looking back.

She immediately grabbed my hand, her tone still a bit stunned and unresponsive.

"What did you just say?"

I didn't answer. My cold attitude was obvious.

Faye finally panicked.

"Last time I neglected you. From now on, I will send the medicine to the hospital as soon as possible. Don't make a fuss, okay?"

She probably still thought I was upset about the medicine incident, so she unexpectedly lowered her stance and tried to coax me for the first time.

Before, even ten days ago, I would have gladly accepted and even considerately said that I was also at fault and shouldn't be angry.

But now, my heart had been buried with 17 bodies.

I didn't say anything, but forcefully pried open her hand holding mine.

"I don't make a scene, but I'm more serious than ever."

Faye looked at her hand that was pulled away, a layer of gloominess covered her eyes.

"Ryan, I will pretend that you didn't say what you said today."

I couldn't take it anymore.

"Who are you trying to show this deep affection to all of a sudden? You don't like me, but you want to marry me. Faye, who do you think you are?"

Faye had never been shouted at in public before. Her face darkened, and her tone became extremely cold, "I have already apologized to you, what else do you want? Zion and I are just siblings. Don't compare yourself to him. The feelings are different, and... the one who will get hurt will only be you."

Zion was brought into the Lewis family by Faye's stepmother and was considered a nominal sibling.

Faye doted on him so much that I, as her fiancé, couldn't find a point to overly blame her even I had some objections.

They were siblings, so Faye unconditionally stood on his side. People would only say that siblings had a deep bond and made fun of me for thinking too much.

But was I really thinking too much?

How could a brother ask for hugs, love and everything from his sister every day?!

Zion's possessiveness towards Faye was terrifying, surpassing that of siblings.

I used to love Faye and could force myself to endure it.

But now, I didn't love her anymore. I just felt disgusted.

I nodded indifferently. Anyway, I was ready to leave Birmingham, so I didn't care what she said.

Faye was angered by my reaction. She threatened fiercely, "Ryan, don't make me angry anymore. Don't you want imported medicine anymore?"

"I don't want it anymore," I said lightly.

Taking advantage of Faye's stunned moment, I quickly shook off her hand and walked further and further.

Faye was restless and had a gloomy face.

She unconsciously touched the fingers that had just touched my wrist, always feeling that there was something she was about to lose forever.

Faye dialed the assistant's phone.

"Deliver a month's quantity of medicine for Ryan's family, and be quick."

I met Faye in high school.

At that time, she was a cold and aloof goddess, a second-generation rich, a true princess, and the campus belle... Countless dazzling halos surrounded her.

I considered myself handsome and wealthy, with good grades and a good personality, worthy of Faye.

I used all the chance encounters in idol dramas, used countless ways of pursuing a girl, and worked hard day and night to get into the same school as her.

My friends around me made fun of me for being enchanted by Faye.

I didn't think so.

Faye was very good, so I wanted someone like her to be with me.

It took me five years to get close to her, and in my sophomore year, she finally agreed to be my girlfriend.

I was so happy that I cried my pillow wet.

Later, I graduated, worked, and integrated into her life, and I met Zion.

I didn't know why, but the life I had longed for countless years was suffocating me.

"The birthday banquet can be held every year, but Zion is sick."

"The anniversary can be celebrated at any time, but Zion is sick."

"I won't be home for dinner. You can go first. Cancel the date..."

"Why?"

"I've to accompany Zion."

I thought love was about tolerance and compromise, so I never cared, which made them more and more presumptuous.

My family members were sick, but she was still with Zion.

I am wrong.

I shouldn't have fallen in love with Faye in the first place...

As I walked back, memories of the humble love of the past ten years flashed through my mind like a revolving lantern.

When I just walked down the mountain and out of the cemetery, I received a call from the cemetery management office, saying that someone wanted to demolish my family's grave, and they couldn't stop it no matter what.

I watched excavators constantly digging up the mountain.

I was extremely anxious.

"Child, we have lived a very difficult life in this lifetime. We don't want to be plagued by illness in the next life. Let's have a tombstone with no words."

I just buried my family with 17 tombstones with no words.

"Sister, my dog said he wanted to be buried here and didn't want to be disturbed by others. Let's rebuild this place to look like his little nest.

"We can offer double the price to the family of the deceased, and they will definitely agree."

Zion pulled Faye and acted spoiled, and Faye indulged him as always.

She nodded slightly, and the excavators started working.

"What are you doing?!"

When I ran out of breath and reached halfway up the mountain with my feet worn out, three excavators had joined forces to destroy the tombstones, turning them into ruins.

Some ashes had been dug out and scattered on the ground, dyeing the land pink.

"Stop! Stop!"

The excavators were buzzing so loudly that what I was saying couldn't be heard.

I didn't care about the danger and rushed forward, embracing a tombstone that was about to be shattered.

"Stop!" Faye shouted loudly.

A large pointed shovel hung over my head, just a hair's breadth away.

"Who allowed you to do this?!"

Zion didn't care. "It's not your family buried here, why are you in such a hurry? This whole cemetery belongs to our Lewis family. It's not your business to worry about compensating for money."

I pushed Zion angrily, like crazy, and with weak strength, I picked up the scattered ashes and buried them in the soil.

I cried helplessly, "Don't be afraid. The sun hasn't come out yet, and the soul won't scatter. You can reincarnate..."

But the more I picked up, the more turbulent the tears. The tears dropped into the soil, and the ashes and the soil were integrated. I couldn't pick ashes up.

How could this be...

The more anxious I became, the more chaotic my actions became. In the end, I was tripped by the tombstone, and a white porcelain urn was shattered into pieces. With a gust of wind, the ashes scattered in all directions.

"It's just a grave, what madness are you going through again, Ryan!" Faye held me back.

"Sister, this land is a good place for my dog. It cannot be delayed."

The tenderness in Faye's eyes fled.

"Continue!"

Zion walked up to me. "Ryan, since we have already dug the wordless tombstones for the wandering ghosts, we might as well compensate the family some money. Perhaps they would be happier."

I couldn't bear it anymore.

Pushing away Faye's hands, holding the sharp porcelain piece in my hand, I stabbed it straight into Zion.