Hearing Lily's question, Shanshan shook her head. "Forget it. You don't need to know these things. Even if you did, it wouldn't help. Just focus on what you need to do."
As she finished speaking, a white light began to shimmer around Shanshan's body. Lily had seen this before—Shanshan was about to leave.
"Wait!" Lily reached out instinctively, only to find her hands passing straight through Shanshan's body.
"Since Father wasted a wish for you, don't let his sacrifice be for nothing." With those words, Shanshan disappeared in an instant.
Lily stared blankly at the empty bench, her expression wavering as uncertain thoughts flickered through her mind.
When she finally came to her senses and went to the school gate to pick up her sister, she was told her sister had left crying after being picked up by their father.
This string of events left Lily in a gloomy mood. Silently, she hurried home. As she turned a corner, a nearby graveyard caught her attention.
