The camel carried Bi Fang toward the distance, moving slowly in the desert, swaying back and forth until it disappeared into the sands.
He had only told everyone the direction and distance of the well, aside from that, he asked for nothing, wanted nothing, as if Professor Gu and the others never existed.
"I lie on my back in the world, without need for a house, without need for a tent, so free, without worries, my life deserves such moments," Song Yanning watched the figure disappearing into the horizon, her eyes deep with emotion.
"What?" Gu Qingyuan was startled.
"Thomas Bernhard's 'In the Summer,' just sharing my thoughts," she replied.
Gu Qingyuan savored the previous statement and agreed, "I didn't expect him to refuse so decisively, I had wanted to persuade him."
But Bi Fang had convinced him with just a sentence.
"If I got on the car, how would that be different from calling for rescue? Just being alive is lucky enough, please let me have a neat ending!"