When the group arrived at the front door, Ping'an had already left. Zhao Renshu rushed into the street and called out her name.
Zhao Renshu madly grabbed Guo Baiyu's collar, "If something happens to her, I will kill you." He pushed Guo Baiyu back.
A lady in a green costume shouted, "Someone jumped into the river. Someone jumped into the river!"
Zhao Renshu and Guo Baiyu ran to the river bank. Guo Longtong followed Zhao Renshu and Guo Baiyu.
The Two men jumped into the water. Under the water, it was dark and nothing could be seen. Today is a gloomy day without sunshine. Zhao Renshu summoned a fire talisman and sent it down into the water. They saw Ping'an unconscious in the water. Guo Baiyu grabbed Ping'an's upper body, while Zhao Renshu untied the belt from her ankle. The two men grabbed the sides of her arms and pulled her up. When they came to the surface, Zhao Renshu grabbed her body, and Guo Baiyu grabbed her legs.
They lay Ping'an's lifeless body on the riverbank. Guo Baiyu began to resuscitate Ping'an while Zhao Renshu given her breaths.
Guo Longtong knelt near to Ping'an, feeling her pulse. She has no pulse and has been in the river for too long. It only takes four to eight minutes for someone to drown. It took them half an hour from the Guo resident to the riverbank. Guo Long Tong could see that Ping'an's lips had turned purple. Ping'an died long ago.
Guo Longtong sadly grabbed Guo Baiyu's hand, "Baiyu....Stop...Baiyu....Stop...."
Guo Baiyu looked at Guo Longtong. Guo Longtong shook his head in tears.
Guo Longtong, "Baiyu stop. She is gone."
Guo Baiyu stopped what he was doing, thunder and lightning roared in the open sky, and the rain covered his tears.
Zhao Renshu panicked, "What are you doing? Don't stop."
Guo Longtong grabbed Zhao Renshu left shoulder, "Zhao-xiong." He shook his head. "She is gone."
Zhao Renshu shouted, "You shut your mouth, don't say that." He pushed Guo Baiyu away and pressed on Ping'an's abdomen. "I will do it myself." He stubbornly continued to work hard to save Ping'an.
Guo Baiyu grabbed Zhao Renshu's sword, but Guo Longlong stopped.
Guo Longtong, "Baiyu you can't do this."
Guo Baiyu said with tears, "This is my fault. If I were..."
Zhao Renshu, "This is my fault."
Guo Longtong took Zhao Renshu's sword from Guo Baiyu's hand.
Many people gathered at the scene. The lady in green stared at the lovers and shook her head. Then, she sent out a tiny light orb to Ping'an's dead body, and then she vanished.
The two men pulled Ping'an's corpse up and they embraced her. She coughed.
Both men, "Ping'an." They hug her again. They cried and refused to let her go.
Guo Longtong, "This is a miracle. How is it possible?"
Zhao Renshu looked at Guo Baiyu, "Baiyu, do you agree to stay in Peach Blossom Valley with Ping'an and Me?"
Guo Baiyu kissed Ping'an's cheek, "I am not afraid of what other people think. I am most afraid of losing you." He kissed her forehead and nodded at Zhao Renshu.
Ping'an cried inside the two men's embraces and she weeping in theirs embrace.
Guo Baiyu held her right hand, and Zhao Renshu held her left hand, lightning and rain began to pour down. The lovers stand outside the main hall. The Wu family came from the back door of the residents and joined the Guo family.
Master Wu, "Master Guo, what does this mean?"
Madam Wu, "Can someone explain to me what happened? Today should be the two weddings of my two daughters. Why is Baiyu standing there holding that woman's hand?"
Wu Xiangmei, "Baiyu, we are getting married today. What does this mean?"
Guo Baiyu, "Lady Wu, I can't marry you."
Master Guo with anger shouted out, "What do you say?"
Zhao Renshu, "Are you deaf, old man?" He rolled his eyes at Master Guo.
Guo Baiyu, "Father, I am asking your permission to marry Ping'an with him today?"
Grand Lady Guo, "Nonsense. This is ridiculous. Baiyu! You are the heir of the family. You are the eldest son. This is your responsibility."
Guo Baiyu, "I want to pass that responsibility. I am sure that my other five brothers up there want that responsibility more than I do."
Master Guo, "You have two choices. One is to marry Lady Wu according to the schedule, and be my heir, continue the family name." Master Guo madly stared at Ping'an, "The other is, you pick her and you lost everything." He was so angry that he felt his face burning. "I will disown you, and for the rest of your life, you will never set foot in this home again in."
First lady Guo, "Baiyu, think clearly. Remember how you achieve to this point in life. Is she worthy of you to destroy your future?"
Ping'an pulled her hand away from Guo Baiyu, "Renshu." She looked at Zhao Renshu. "Let's go home."
Zhao Renshu, "Ping'an, remember what I told you. I don't want half-dead Ping'an."
Ping'an, "I promise I won't do that again. Let's go."
Guo Baiyu held her hand tightly, "I won't let you go." He looked at Wu Xiangmei. "Lady Wu, even if we get married today. You will never get my body or love, because they both belong to Ping'an. What you get is only the title. Are you satisfied with it? Even if I am with you, I will never stop thinking about Ping'an."
Wu Xiangmei, "Guo Baiyu, don't look down on me. What benefits does she have that I can't compare with her?"
Guo Baiyu looked deeply into Ping'an's eyes. He smiled and said, "You are better than her in every aspect, but you are not her."
Master Guo, "Tell me what your choice is."
Guo Baiyu, "Please don't let me choose."
Master Guo, "You ungrateful son."
Zhao Renshu, "Stop it old man! What's wrong if Baiyu want to have this kind of relationship? As a father, you should consider the happiness of your child."
Grand Lady Guo, "What's wrong with this relationship? Do you dare to ask? A woman with two husbands is unnatural."
Zhao Renshu, "Hey, old lady, the whiter your hair, the more stupid you become. As long as we love each other, why bother you?"
Ping'an, "Renshu, let's go."
Zhao Renshu turned to Ping'an with a stern voice, "No, I have already said that today Baiyu will either go with us or we will be with him."
Master Guo, "If he walks out that door with you two, I will disown him."
Zhao Renshu walked to Guo Baiyu, "You don't want your family to disown you. You also want to be with Ping'an but, your family does not want it. You are not sure, but I have a perfect solution for you." He took out a small Bottle, pour out a small black pill. "The solution to your problem is death. Once you die, you don't have to marry someone you don't love. You don't have to betray Ping'an's love. You don't have walk out of here with us, which mean your family have not disown you. So, what do you say?"
Ping'an, "Renshu, please let us go back. Leave Baiyu."
Guo Baiyu smiled and said, "Ping'an, it's the same to die today or die tomorrow. I will die anyway. Why not die today?" He took the pill from Zhao Renshu's palm, put it in his mouth, and swallowed it. "Ping'an, I will wait for you in the netherworld." He felt his eyes become heavy, and then closed his eyes.
Guo Baiyu fell into the arms of Guo Longtong. The two men slowly fell to the ground.
Ping'an slapped Zhao Renshu and she shouted fiercely, "Why can't we leave him alone." She bent down and snatched Guo Baiyu's body from Guo Longtong's arms. "Baiyu." She cried.
Thunder roar and lighting flashes in the late morning sky.
Master Guo, "Let announced that the young Master Guo has died of a fatal disease. We will hold the funeral in two days. Drag his body out, and do not bury him in Guo cemetery."
First Lady, "But he is a Guo."
Master Guo, "I don't want his body to taint our ancestors."
Zhao Renshu laughed, "Wow....As soon as he is no longer useful to you, you tossed him aside like a piece trash." He clapped. "Master Guo, you are fantastic."
Fourth Lady Guo, "He has done a lot for this family. Master Guo did express his love for him to bury his body. If not, do you think Master Guo will even bury his body?"
Two servants came to Ping'an and Guo Longtong.
Ping'an tightly grasped Guo Baiyu's body, "Don't touch him. I won't allow you to touch him." Ping'an embraced his body and cried.
Zhao Renshu, "Master Guo, to save your time, we will bury that body."
Master Guo, "Be my guest."
Wu Xiangmei, "Wait. Yingyu, please go check him."
Guo Yingyu checked Guo Baiyu's pulse and breathing. He could feel Guo Baiyu's shallow breathing.
Guo Yingyu, "He is dead."
Master Guo, "Yingyu, from now on, you will be my heir."
Fourth lady of the house and Guo Yingyu faces brighten up.
Zhao Renshu, "Master Guo, we will take our leave. Are you sure we can take him?"
Master Guo, "I have already said it. The young Master Guo Baiyu died of a fatal infectious disease. We will hold his funeral in two days."
Zhao Renshu walked to Ping'an and Guo Baiyu, "Childe Guo, help him on my back."
Guo Longtong said, "Baiyu." His eyes was wetted with tears.
Zhao Renshu, "You don't have to walk out with us."
Zhao Renshu carried Guo Baiyu on his back and Guo Baiyu's arms dangled from Zhao Renshu's shoulders.
Ping'an held Guo Baiyu's waist, "Baiyu, let's go home."
The lovers walked out of the back door of the Guo resident. They walked into the street. Zhao Renshu put Gou Baiyu's lifeless body in the carriage. Ping'an held Gou Baiyu's lifeless body in her arms. Zhao Renshu drove them out of Capital City.
Ping'an heard Zhao Renshu calling her name. She slowly opened her eyes. Ping'an felt Zhao Renshu wiped her face with a cold towel. She slowly opened her eyes and realized that she was in the room in Peach Blossom Valley.
Zhao Renshu, "Eat something, so you can drink the medicine."
Tears flowed from Ping'an's eyes. She said, "Renshu, let me go. I don't want to live anymore. I'm half dead. I'm a curse, everyone close to me is dead. My mother, grandmother and now Baiyu. I don't want to make you the next one."
Zhao Renshu, "Who said I was going to die? I don't believe those nonsense. Baiyu always says something like..." He scratched his chin. "Oh, yes. Ridiculous."
Ping'an, "Baiyu...what do you do to his body?"
Zhao Renshu, "I didn't do anything." He grabbed a wooded spoon and stirred the spoon to cool the rice congee. "Open your mouth and eat this." Ping'an looked the other way. "Don't be silly, I promise I won't put a spell on you, but if you don't behave yourself, I will."
Ping'an, "Do you dare?"
Zhao Renshu said sternly, "If I have too. Open your mouth now."
Ping'an closed her eyes.
The door opened gently, and Guo Baiyu walked into the room with a bowl of medicine. He went to the table, grabbed a chair, and sat down by the bed.
Guo Baiyu, "Has she not eaten yet?"
Zhao Renshu scoffed impatiently, "I am losing my patience." He handed the bowl to Guo Baiyu. "You try."
Ping'an opened her eyes.
Ping'an, "Impossible. You are dead. Baiyu." She sobbed and asked, "Are you a spirit?"
Zhao Renshu laughed, "Nonsense. Spirit will not come out during the day. Spirit has no shadow."
Ping'an, "But....I saw him died."
Guo Baiyu put the medicine and the rice congee on the bed. He held her hands, "Ping'an, I am no longer the heir of the Guo family. I have no money and no home. All I have is the clothes on my body and a heart that loves you so much. Will you look down on me?"
Ping'an burst into tears and shook her head, "Not at all."
Zhao Renshu, "Now you have to be obedient, eat and drink the medicine. By the way, I'm thinking about it."
Guo Baiyu, "What?"
Zhao Renshu, "Ping'an, are you not allowed to use your father's surname, correct?"
Ping'an nodded.
Zhao Renshu, "You can use one of ours surname. Any one is fine. Although, I prefer you to use Zhao."
Guo Baiyu, "How about... Guozhao?"
Zhao Renshu, "No, Zhaogou?"
Guo Baiyu, "I think Guozhao sound better."
Zhao Renshu, "How about rock, paper, scissors?"
Guo Baiyu, "One go."
Zhao Renshu, "Fine. One go."
Guo Baiyu, "One."
The two men stared at each other.
Guo Baiyu, "Two."
The two were still staring at each other fiercely.
Guo Baiyu, "Three."
Zhao Renshu and Guo Baiyu both let go at the same time. Zhao Renshu made a scissors while Guo Baiyu made a fist.
Zhao Renshu shouted, "You cheated!" He pointed at Guo Baiyu with his finger.
Guo Baiyu, "How?"
Zhao Renshu, "You were going to open your hand."
Guo Baiyu, "But I didn't."
Zhao Renshu, "Let's do it again."
Guo Baiyu, "As a man, you should not betray your own words."
Ping'an smiled at Zhao Renshu and Guo Baiyu, "So, it is Guozhao."
Zhao Renshu, "I guess so." He shook his head.
Guo Baiyu looked at Zhao Renshu, "How about we expand your bedroom? I don't feel right sleeping here in your master's bedroom."
Zhao Renshu, "We will start in three days, and let Ping'an rest." He began to feed her. "You need to be stronger and help us."
Ping'an, "You don't have to feed me so quickly."
Zhao Renshu, "Don't talk, just concentrate eating."
The lovers laugh happily inside the small bamboo shed.
The lady in green staring into the magic mirror and shook her head.
Jiutian Xuannü, "Why do you keep repeating the same mistake?"
Yue Lao, "Jiutian Xuannü, what are we going to do?"
Jiutian Xuannü frowned, "We have tried many times, but failed. The strings are indestructible. It must be the will of heaven."
Yue Lao, "That promise is a curse. A promise that will never be broken."
Jiutian Xuannü, "How could it be broken, Yue Lao? Nuwa still love mortals. The mountains are still full of trees, and the river is still running towards the sea. How could such promise be broken?"