只剩一个降落伞

The plane is still flying.

Mulan reached that door in her story, and stopped.

Qingyi didn't ask.

After a while, she went on by herself.

I pushed the door open. The room was full of dolls. Xiaolan was dressed all in white, sitting right there among them.

Xiaolan, it's me. Susu.

Who... are you? I don't know you.

Who hit your face? One of the Huo men?

I'm sorry, I'll never run again. I'm good, I'll sing for you. I'm not a person. I'm a doll.

Xiaolan, I came too late. I'm taking you away.

Who are you? Walked right in on your own, did you.

You're not human!

You dare hit me? I'll beat you to death.

That night, she and her comrade killed the Huo man, and carried Xiaolan out on her back.

The doctor looked at her and shook his head.

She's covered in wounds, and the bleeding won't stop.

Nobody ever looked after her before.

That she's lived to today is pure luck.

Think of something else. There has to be a way.

You... how did you get out of the orphanage? Didn't the matron sell you?

We all ran away. Nobody can beat us anymore.

That's good. It's so good to see you.

From now on, we don't get separated.

Susu, I'm not going to make it. A Huo man died at your hands. The Huo family will come. You have to go, quickly.

We won't leave you behind.

When I die, will you take me home?

I was nine when they took me. Thirteen years. I can't even remember my father's face anymore.

I want to go home.

All right. I'll take you home.

It hurts. Sing to me. Just that one song.

I'll sing. Sleep. Once you're asleep it won't hurt.

Xiaolan fell asleep in her arms and never woke again.

Search, all of you! Find her, whatever it takes!

The Huo men have never seen you. Take Xiaolan and go first.

And you?

I'll make them chase me. Take the gun. Be careful on the road.

She got on the train. She had meant to die on it. But Qingyi caught up with her.

The day you left, the flowers had just opened. You said you'd invite me to see them.

Don't you get it yet? I was with you only to use you. Did you think I really liked you?

If that's the truth, then shoot.

Pretend you never knew me.

Up in the sky, Mulan paused.

I wanted the Huo men to watch you kill me.

Then you'd be safe, and neither of us would owe the other.

I never imagined the Huo family would treat you the way they did.

So from the very start, you were with me only to save someone.

Yes.

Then why didn't you explain on the train?

You weren't dead. Why didn't you come back?

Why become Fang Mulan, and marry my brother?

Too many questions. That's a different matter, with a different price.

What price?

I want you to help me kill someone. Will you do it?

Kill who?

Old Master Huo.

You're insane! There are people down there!

Isn't it his death you want?

Pull up!

Someone tampered with this plane. You may fool the others. I saw through it long ago.

You knew all along?

You insisted on this school opening. Something was up.

At the banquet, you couldn't sit still.

Before takeoff, a woman was circling the plane.

What did she plant?

A bomb.

No wonder. You stopped my brother, but not me.

How did I not stop you?

Where's the bomb?

I don't know. If we go down now, there's still time.

You don't know?

Have you thought about what comes after?

Once we're down, you listen to me: stay away from the Huo family.

Stay with me. I won't let anything happen to you.

You're too naive.

Naive, am I? Fine.

What are you doing?

If you want to die, I'll die with you.

Better than watching you do what you did three years ago: fail to save anyone, lose yourself, and hurt others too.

I don't need you with me. My business won't hurt you.

There's a parachute behind me. Put it on and jump.

You're insane.

Dying is easy. Living is the hard part. Ren Susu.

Is it? Did the dead tell you that?

Then let's play a game. There's only one parachute left. The winner lives. The loser dies.

Fine. What game?

Do you love me, or hate me?

Hate you. So much I could eat you alive.

Correct.

Then my turn. Do you love me, or hate me?

Guess.

You hate me.

Good. You win.

She had won. By his rules the parachute was hers, and he was the one to die. She didn't move.

Susu!

Ren Susu, you've got nerve. And still you couldn't go through with it. So stop pretending to be ruthless.

Murong Qingyi, we should have said goodbye three years ago.

I'm the one who wronged you.

But you have a new life now.

Stay away from me, and live well.

Is that all you have to say?

Everything you wanted to know, I've told you.

Where I'm going, I'll get there even if I have to crawl.

That road isn't yours.

And one more thing: once we're off this mountain, you still call me sister-in-law.

Ren Susu. Every word out of your mouth is a lie.

Qingyi! Can you move?

I'll live.

Cordon off the plane and get it examined. Whatever you find, not a word to anyone. Report straight to me.

You jumped out of a plane with Murong Qingyi? Are you really not afraid to die?

No choice. She planted that bomb, so I had to carry it. At least nobody died today.

What did he say to you?

He grilled me about where I'd been for three years, and why I came back. And he asked whether I love him or hate him.

What did you say?

Whatever came to mind.

So is he in your heart?

No.

Nanny Sun didn't die today. She's back at the orphanage.

I know.

After what happened today, the Huo family has no time for the orphanage.

Tonight, I'll go.

I left something there. I'm taking it back.

What are you doing over there?

Get up!

Tomorrow the gentlemen and ladies come. You hold that doll and you cry!

If your crying doesn't bring money, nobody eats!

Everyone, line up!

The children stood in the cold wind. No one made a sound. Susu was almost there.