He was taking a flight to France tonight. On the one hand, he would look for Rohmer’s ex-girlfriend in Paris, and on the other hand, he would go to Rohmer’s hometown in Provence to visit Rohmer’s mother and bury Rohmer’s ashes in the mountains. Zhao Jie arrived in Paris and looked around for Rohmer’s ex-girlfriend. At dusk, at a congested street corner, Zhao Jie in the taxi remembered the car accident that caused a rift in his friendship with Rohmer. Finally, Zhao Jie found Rohmer’s ex-girlfriend. He introduced himself as a friend of Rohmer in Beijing, and said the only woman mentioned by Rohmer was her. After a moment’s silence, the girl said that Rohmer was a kind person, but they had only known each other for a few months, even not a real relationship. Zhao Jie was silent, saying that Rohmer had passed away in Tibet, and the death of a teenager in the car accident had nothing to do with them legally. However, Rohmer and he had moral responsibility indirectly. That’s why Rohmer went to Tibet. To assuage his guilt, Zhao Jie left Paris and went to Provence. He was going to Rohmer’s hometown in the southern mountains to visit Rohmer’s mother. The scenery along the way kept reminding Zhao Jie of his travel to Tibet a month ago. Lhasa, Bajiao Street, Potala Palace...he followed the trail revealed in Rohmer’s letters and traveled deeper into Tibet. At some moment, he became more convinced that Rohmer was not dead, but was alive in Tibet. During the travel, Zhao Jie met a wandering Tibetan opera troupe, and the people happened to be going to the snowy mountain village where Zhao Jie would eventually go. The Tibetan opera troupe mainly performed an ancient drama called Juma in front of the monasteries along the way. Whenver the Juma was performed, Zhao Jie would participate in it and play a small role, mainly wishing to follow the prince in the play silently to chant the sutra. Finally, he arrived at the Meifang Snow Mountain, the ancient legendary snow mountain in the play, where Rohmer died in an avalanche. In front of the snowy mountain monastery, the Tibetan opera troupe performed the last Juma. Then Zhao Jie saw that the image of Juma after his resurrection was Rohmer. Half a month later, Zhao Jie finally arrived at Rohmer’s hometown, a magnificent mountain town in the south of France. Zhao Jie and Rohmer’s mother buried Rohmer’s ashes in the mountain cemetery. In the sound of the priest’s prayer, Zhao Jie saw the funeral for Rohmer half a month ago in front of the snowy mountain in Tibet. At night, Zhao Jie woke up in a dream. When seeing a ray of moonlight shinning aslant on the portrait of young Rohmer hanging on the wall opposite his bed, he was in tears.
