I quickly arranged the bones, casually placing them in a way that only I could understand. With her head tilted, Song Jie blurted, "What are you doing? Writing your girlfriend's name?"

Just when I noticed something strange about the bones, she added, "Hey, do you have a girlfriend?"

"Why do you talk so much?" I helplessly complained.

“I’m trying to ease my fears," pouted Song Jie.

I stuffed the bones back into the earthen jar and carefully placed the jar in the grave. After filling the hole with soil, I covered the surface with grass which made it unnoticeable from the outside. Then, I moved onto the next grave. 

"What did you find?" asked Song Jie. “Why don’t you say something?”

“Don’t you know? Empty vessels make the most nois...