Aunt Sienna nodded and stepped forward to look at a bouquet of white chrysanthemums placed in front of the tombstone, saying, "When I used to co with the director to sweep your parents’ graves, I never saw anyone co to pay respects to them. Why has soone suddenly co now?"
Bella wondered, "Could it be that my mom and dad didn’t have any friends or relatives?"
"Friends, I’m not sure about, but they definitely had no relatives," Aunt Sienna said. "At that ti, after the director found out exactly who your father was, he asked soone to look into your father’s background, thinking that if any relatives could take you in, it would be better than growing up in the orphanage. But after checking, we found out your father was an orphan. As for your mother, we only found out that she was from out of town and married your father; we don’t know anything about her background. But in all these years, no one has co to pay respects to your parents, so we didn’t investigate further."
No one had ever co to pay respects, so why has soone suddenly co now?
Bella frowned, "Aunt Sienna, do you know what caused my parents’ death?"
"I think it was sothing like a business bankruptcy. It’s been twenty years, and I don’t really rember," Aunt Sienna deliberately glossed over the topic, not wanting Bella to feel sad, saying, "Since the director passed away, I haven’t co for many years because it’s hard for to move around. Maybe so friend of your parents heard they’re buried here and ca to pay their respects."
"That’s possible." Bella nodded and didn’t ask more, "Aunt Sienna, you sit over here. I’ll clean the tombstone for Mom and Dad first."
"Alright." Aunt Sienna took a couple of breaths and wanted to cough, but she suppressed it, exhaling heavily.
Seeing her like this, Bella said, "Aunt Sienna, once I finish shooting the drama ’Brocade River and Mountain’ and get the paynt, I’ll take you to a big hospital for a thorough body checkup. This ti I’ve co back and noticed you’ve lost a lot of weight; you should get checked. If there’s any discomfort, we can prevent and treat it early."
"It’s nothing, I know my own body," Aunt Sienna laughed, saying, "It’s just that as I get older, I sleep less and my appetite isn’t as good as before."
"People are living to a hundred everywhere now, and you’re only sixty, still forty years away from a hundred. You’re not old at all," Bella said, "Aunt Sienna, you’ll live to a hundred years."
"Yes, yes, live to a hundred," Aunt Sienna laughed, "I want to see our Bella get married and have children."
"That’s more like it," Bella also laughed, "Aunt Sienna, we’ve made a pact. I’ll definitely get busier with work in the future. If I don’t have ti to take care of my child, you’ll help take care of them and let them play with Ethan and the others; they’ll definitely be very happy."
"Speaking of Ethan and the others..." Aunt Sienna paused, saying, "Recently, two families ca to visit. None of their family mbers can have children, and they want to adopt two kids. I asked around about their family situations. Their financial conditions aren’t extraordinarily wealthy, but their family environnts are quite simple. They’re almost forty years old and really love children. Once they adopt the kids, they’ll definitely treat them well."
On hearing that soone wanted to adopt Ethan and the others, Bella’s first feeling was reluctance. But she also knew Ethan and the others are still young and have no mories. Being adopted into a complete family to grow up is the best life for them.
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