"Doctor, Doctor! An'an woke up!"

I slowly opened my eyes, my head aching.

In front of me was a white halo, surrounded by a group of people in white clothes.

"The patient has temporarily recovered from the life-threatening condition, but suffered severe head trauma and may experience partial amnesia symptoms."

"Okay, okay, as long as she's awake, thank you, Doctor."

A month later, I was discharged from the hospital, but as the doctor said, I couldn't remember many things.

My family said that I and my best friend went out for a trip to relax, but the bus overturned on the way and rolled down a cliff, landing in a lake below.

In that remote area, the chances of survival were almost nonexistent.

It was strange that when the search and rescue team arrived, I was the only one lying unscathed on the shore, holding onto Luo Qing's hand tightly.

"What about Luo Qing?"

"Oh, this child, the impact from the vehicle rolling down the cliff was too severe, she lost too much blood and didn't make it."

There was another strange thing, later when the police came to investigate and contact the relatives, they found that there was one person missing from the bus, searched within a radius of hundreds of miles, but the body could not be found, dead or alive.

So far, I was the only one who survived from the entire bus.

A few days later, the police station came to notify us and asked if there were any family belongings that needed to be taken away from the accident site.

I went and took a backpack, which Luo Qing had prepared to give me, it was her only memento left for me.

I opened the backpack, and inside were two dolls, smiling brightly, just like both of us.

For some reason, looking at them gave me a strange sense of familiarity.

But what was it?

I couldn't remember.

That day, I went to see her.

But I was outside, and she was inside...

I will not leave you behind, I will always be with you.

These were the words she used to say most before, but now, she broke her promise.

"Luo Qing, you broke your promise..."

A gentle breeze passed, lifting the fallen leaves off the ground, dropping something in front of me.

I looked down, it was a red string...

Extra:

The road to the mountain mansion was not easy to traverse, slippery with wet mountain roads, but the bus was not moving slowly.

"Luo Qing, how long until we reach the mountain mansion?"

You asked me with a frown.

"We should be there soon."

"What about the gift you were going to give me? You mentioned it a long time ago, what exactly is it? So mysterious."

"If I tell you, it won't be a surprise anymore."

I squeezed the two dolls in the bag, already having a plan in mind to give them to you when we reached the mountain mansion.

Everyone in the car was laughing and chatting, looking forward to this trip.

"Ah!"

Suddenly, the vehicle overturned, rolling down the cliff, and the suddenness of it all made everyone scream.

"Luo Qing!"

You pulled me over, protecting me tightly.

After a dizzy spell, there was an unprecedented silence around, blood everywhere in the car, everyone passed out.

I carefully checked on you, thankfully, you only hit your head, not affecting your movements.

The bus fell into the lake.

"An An, An An?"

I called your name several times, but you didn't respond.

The bus started to leak water, I knew we had to find a way out quickly.

I searched around and found a safety hammer for escape, smashing the glass with it would allow us to get out.

One hit, two hits...

The glass shattered by my blows.

"Luo Qing?"

I heard you call my name, you woke up, but your consciousness was not clear.

"An An, come with me, I won't leave you behind."

You nodded.

I held onto you tightly, swimming forward with all my might.

Suddenly, I felt a sinking sensation beneath me.

Turning my head, I saw a passenger in the car waking up, severely injured, unable to move on his own.

"Take me with you, or else none of you will make it out alive."

He held onto you tightly, refusing to let go, I became anxious, trying to pry him off, as we wouldn't survive this way.

Seeing that I had no intention of taking him with us, he turned violent, picking up the spike I had dropped on the ground and striking towards me.

In the struggle, I got injured, blood spreading in the water incessantly, but he was already severely wounded, despite his intention, he was powerless, and eventually sunk to the bottom of the lake.

I saw clearly that at the moment he sank, the creatures at the bottom of the lake swarmed over...

I felt a shiver down my spine, as my blood was also spreading outward ceaselessly.

Do you know? I don't know where I got the strength from at that moment, I really managed to bring you to the shore.

But I'm so tired, An'an.

I'll take a short nap first.

An'an, I did not break my promise...