In the evening, the weather wasn’t good.
It was gloomy, and eventually light rain began to fall.
Thin and dense raindrops brushed against people’s faces in the wind, revealing a hazy, smoke-like cetery.
"Grandpa and grandma are both here." Gu Ziyou, Shen Lingfeng, and Xue ngng stood in front of the two tombstones.
"Although I’ve never t grandma, I’ve heard mom talk about her, and grandpa ntioned her many, many tis. Grandma was a very good person. I believe if she were here, she would be very good to , too." Gu Ziyou placed two bouquets of flowers in front of the two tombstones, "Originally, mom wanted to arrange a joint tomb. But grandpa wouldn’t agree. He was afraid grandma wouldn’t forgive him. He said as long as he was close to her, but not too close, because he was afraid she wouldn’t want to see him. But mom still let them be very close. She thought even if grandma didn’t forgive grandpa, she wouldn’t want to completely break off with him."
If she truly had such a harsh resolve, she wouldn’t have left grandpa’s child behind.
Then mom, she, and her brother, none of them would exist.
Xue ngng didn’t say anything, squatting down to clean the fallen leaves and branches off the two tombstones.
Grandpa Xie took care of her because of Gu Ziyou.
He often took both of them out to play while he was alive.
In his last few years, he spent all his ti with his grandchildren.
And that sowhat fulfilled the last little regret of his life.
"I used to be jealous of Nianjing." Gu Ziyou stood before the grave, "I thought since Nianjing shared the sa surna as grandpa, grandpa would definitely favor him and not like anymore. Later, I realized I was overthinking it; grandpa was always very good to . It’s just a pity that the ti I had with grandpa was too short. Grandpa, you always worried about —what would happen if I was deceived as I grew up or if I was bullied. You can rest easy now."
Shen Lingfeng wrapped an arm around Gu Ziyou, "Grandpa will be at ease, I promise."
Xue ngng stood up and sighed deeply, "Don’t worry, grandpa, I’ll keep an eye on them. But as a reward, grandpa, all you have to do is bless to find a perfect husband soon."
Gu Ziyou, who had tears in her eyes, burst out laughing, "ngng, weren’t you the one who said you didn’t want to get married?"
Xue ngng shrugged helplessly, "I didn’t really want to at first; I thought I was doing quite well on my own, so why get married? But then seeing you two always being so lovey-dovey without a care, I thought maybe it wouldn’t be so unbearable. Most importantly, if I get married, I won’t be the third wheel anymore, and it won’t be awkward when we hang out together. If you dare to show off your affection, then we’ll see who can show off better, huh!"
On the way back from the cetery, Xue ngng complained about wanting to sleep and left with the driver.
Gu Ziyou, who had rested well, was full of energy and had the driver stop at their old school.
"Look, do you still recognize it?" As soon as Gu Ziyou got out of the car, she pulled Shen Lingfeng over to take a look, pointing to the building in front, "The gate used to be here. After the renovation, it was moved over there. Do you rember there used to be a big clock on this teaching building? I heard it had been there for many years. But before the school was rebuilt, the clock completely stopped working."
The two of them walked along a small path outside the campus towards the gate.
The sycamore leaves of early autumn fluttered down.
"Actually, the reconstruction began shortly after you left. Do you know why? Because Nianjing said the school was too ugly, and he didn’t want to go there. Dad asked my brother what could make Nianjing willing to attend school. My brother said, just blow up the school and rebuild it."
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