Going back to being twenty, taking her heartbroken son to a massage parlor.

Jiang Yiyao panicked, took off chasing after her, and blocked her way.

"Guo Rong! Where are you going!"

"Xia Yiyi's leg is broken! You're the only one who can drive now! You can't walk!"

Guo Rong stopped in her tracks.

She was actually startled by that push.

But at this moment, that stubbornness kicked in and turned into indifference.

She flung Jiang Yiyao's hand away.

"I'm never riding in this beat-up campervan again."

"The moment I slapped you, our decades-long sisterhood was severed. You guys figure it out yourselves. I'm going back to Jiangcheng on my own."

After saying that, she walked past Jiang Yiyao and continued walking forward.

Jiang Yiyao panicked completely.

How can this be allowed?

In this vast grassland, far from any village or shop, even cell phone signals are intermittent.

If Xia Yiyi's injury is left untreated for too long, she might end up with one leg shorter than the other. How will she be able to go square dancing in the future?

Jiang Yiyao shouted at the top of her lungs from behind.

"Hey! Guo Rong!"

Guo Rong didn't stop walking; in fact, she walked even faster.

Jiang Yiyao's voice was trembling with sobs as she chased after him, panting heavily.

"Guo Rong! Can't you stay?"

Guo Rong scoffed, "Not leaving? If I don't leave, my daughter will die!"

Her mind is a complete mess right now.

She just wants to discipline her daughter, is that wrong?

Why are they all siding with her and not a single one of them is on her side?

Why do even best friends of several decades end up like this?

Guo Rong felt increasingly wronged and angry as she thought about it, and decided that she had to return to Jiangcheng this time.

She's going to lock Shang Xiuyan up at home and make her drop out of school for two years! Let's see how that old scoundrel Su Mu will manage to do anything then!

Jiang Yiyao was almost out of breath chasing after him, running and shouting:

"But will she listen to you if you go back now? The child is grown up; you have to let go!"

Although Jiang Yiyao herself wasn't a very reliable mother, she felt that Guo Rong's treatment of her daughter was wrong.

Guo Rong suddenly stopped in her tracks.

She started to feel conflicted.

Yes, my daughter is different now.

[If you can discipline someone when they're young, will it backfire if you try to discipline them when they're older?]

She used to only think about making her daughter study hard and get into a good university, but it seems she never taught her how to live a happy life.

Guo Rong raised her head, put her hands in her pockets, and looked at the boundless sky.

【and……】

Are the sisters just going to give up on their travel and living dreams like this?

We promised each other we'd go crazy together, make a ruckus together, and live our youthful, carefree lives to the fullest.

[Are you going to break up just because of this little setback?]

【No.】

How did things end up like this, withering away in your hands?

Guo Rong turned around abruptly and shouted angrily:

"Jiang Yiyao, can you please stop giving me inner monologues? Get out of here!"

"They even started singing it."

When Jiang Yiyao saw that she had stopped, she immediately went up to her with a fawning smile on her face.

"You've finally turned back."

Guo Rong tilted her head and stubbornly said, "I didn't."

Jiang Yiyao: "Guo Rong".

Guo Rong ignored her and looked at the cattle and sheep in the distance.

Jiang Yiyao was so anxious that she scratched her head and cheeks, wondering how to persuade her to stay.

Suddenly, she remembered.

That was a song they sang when they were in a band during their university years.

Back then, when they were drunk, they made a vow with their fingers linked: if anyone sang this song, even if they had stolen each other's boyfriends, they would unconditionally reconcile.

This was their agreement.

"Sisters~"

Jiang Yiyao cleared her throat and sang with deep emotion.

We promised we'd never separate~

"Let's stay together forever~"

Even if it means fighting against time~

Jiang Yiyao sent a link invitation: "Sister, have you forgotten?!"

Hearing this familiar melody,

Guo Rong's body stiffened abruptly.

She sniffed, and the pent-up grievances she had been holding back for so long finally burst forth, and tears welled up in her eyes.

She regretted it.

Yes.

It's not like her husband was stolen; it's just that her daughter was pursued by Jiang Yiyao's ex-husband.

Why did it come to this?

She turned around, looked at Jiang Yiyao, and sighed:

Even if it means turning your back on the whole world.

Jiang Yiyao's tears streamed down her face as she wiped them away and cried out:

"Sister Guo Rong!"

Guo Rong looked at her with a helpless expression.

"Sister Yiyao."

"Can you please stop lip-syncing? Can you turn off the original audio playback on that phone you're carrying in your pocket?"

..........

Five minutes later.

on the RV.

Seeing Guo Rong back in the driver's seat, Liao Yaqin breathed a sigh of relief.

Xia Yiyi, who was lying behind, cried even harder, whether from pain or emotion, it was hard to tell.

"Guo Rong, I thought you really didn't want us anymore."

Guo Rong didn't say a word, walked straight to the driver's seat, and smoothly shifted gears.

"A sister's bond is stronger than anything else."

"Sisters for a day, sisters for life."

Xia Yiyi hugged Guo Rong's chair back, deeply moved.

"Guo Rong, I knew you were the best!"

"Don't worry, I will definitely help you find your eldest daughter!"

Guo Rong looked ahead, her eyes sharpening.

"No."

"Your two younger sisters are no good, but I have a truly reliable younger sister."

"I'll handle this myself."

"Now is not the time to talk about this."

She glanced at her phone's navigation, and her brows furrowed instantly.

"The 100-kilometer stretch of the Bayinbuluke Highway to the county hospital is entirely a winding mountain road with countless twists and turns."

"Even for experienced local drivers, it takes at least two hours to drive this route."

She glanced back at Xia Yiyi, who was sweating profusely from the pain and whose face was as white as paper.

"Your injury can't be delayed any longer; if it is, you may have to have your leg amputated."

"I have to get there within half an hour!"

At that moment, the aura emanating from Guo Rong was just like that of a female general about to go to the battlefield.

So cool!

Jiang Yiyao immediately raised her hand.

"I'll be your guide! We sisters will get through this together!"

"good!"

Guo Rong nodded, pressed the clutch with her left foot, shifted gears with her right hand, and subtly felt the accelerator with her toes.

In that instant, her eyes narrowed.

"Sit tight, everyone!"

"Let me show you what a true female racing legend of Jiangcheng looks like!"

Before she finished speaking, she slammed the accelerator to the floor, deftly shifted gears with her right hand, and released the clutch.

The movements were fluid and seamless, executed in one go.

"Get out of here!"

"boom--!"

The engine roared.

Followed by.

"Whoosh!"

The huge RV suddenly lurched backward, its tires screeching violently on the grass.

The people in the car were caught off guard and were thrown about by the sudden push against their backs—no, it was a push against their chests.

Jiang Yiyao slammed her head against the windshield.

Liao Yaqin rolled directly under the bed.

Xia Yiyi screamed and almost flew off the bed.

The car reversed five or six meters and crashed hard into a dirt slope, leaving a dent in its rear.

Guo Rong gripped the steering wheel tightly with both hands, staring at the dashboard in shock.

"What happened? Is the car broken?"

"Why are you running backwards?"

Jiang Yiyao, clutching her bruised forehead, climbed up from the passenger seat, glanced at the gearshift, and let out a cry from the depths of her soul.

"Guo Rong!!!"

"You've put it in reverse, you idiot!!!"