Chapter 16

Returning to his residence, Chen Yingjian efficiently packed his essential belongings, preparing to leave. With heavy, slow steps, he walked to the courtyard gate and involuntarily turned back to look. Countless scenes from the past instantly surfaced in his mind. He remembered the carefree days of his childhood, when he was innocent and playful, running amok and playing with his friends in the small courtyard. That scene, filled with laughter and joy, still seemed right before his eyes... With a creak, the old courtyard gate gently closed. Chen Yingjian resolutely turned his head and walked outward without hesitation, bidding farewell to a place that filled him with both lingering affection and deep sorrow. With this departure, no one knew when he would return, and even he himself was unsure whether a day of return would ever come.