Author: Filthy Machine Translation
The old woman closed her murky eyes and stopped breathing. The room was very quiet. One could hear the rustling of leaves as the wind blew by the window.
2"Grandma!" Tang Yuan cried. It grabbed the old woman's hand and cried until it was out of breath. "Grandma, waah!"
2"..."
Ling Jue could not cry. For some reason, she felt a little sad, but she could not shed a single tear.
"Grandma, waa, Tang Yuan doesn't want you to go." Tang Yuan cried until its hair was wet, but it still could not stop. Its big blue eyes were full of tears, rolling down.
2Ling Jue stood up and called Gu Ziming, asking him to come pick her up.
"Grandma... left?" Gu Ziming was also a little shocked...
2"Yes."
2"Okay, Lord Jue, don't be too sad. I'll be there right away." Gu Ziming immediately put down the work in his hands and drove over.
2Ling Jue looked at the old woman lying on the ground and found that her other hand was holding the recording pen tightly.
2"Wu... wa..."
2Tang Yuan kept crying, and in a moment, it turned into a tearful worm.
2Ling Jue took out the recording pen in her hand and turned on the play button. This was the first time she had heard Xia Qinglian's voice.
It was a little similar to how she looked like in her memories. She was so heartless.
"Mom, I've found him. I think you know why I won't come back. I was unfilial, but you know how important he is to me. I'm sorry."
2"..."
The woman's sobbing voice was cut off in a moment.
It was just a few sentences, and Ling Jue could not make out the reason behind it. However, she remembered that day. Her grandmother had been smiling when she heard it, and she was in a good mood for the next few days.
Therefore, she was sure that Xia Qinglian found the person she was looking for.
"Lord Jue, why didn't you do anything just now? If you had hit grandma... We would have known everything." Tang Yuan sobbed as it sat on the bed and wiped its tears.
2Ling Jue looked at the old woman with her eyes closed and smiled bitterly in her heart. "She was very happy when she left. If I had slapped her, she might not have died in peace. I would rather not know everything."
2"..." Tang Yuan dropped the golden bean, but it was speechless. What Lord Jue said made sense.
2Ling Jue put the recording pen back into the old woman's hand. It was better to leave with her.
2A moment later, Gu Ziming rushed over. The sky outside was very clear, but there was no smile on his face.
2He carried the old woman into the car, and Ling Jue followed. The two of them drove to the crematorium.
2"Lord Jue, how did you arrange it? I'll get someone to prepare the cemetery immediately."
2"Grandma said that she wants to live in the back mountain of Mingxi village. Let's go to Dali province later."
2"Okay."
2The two of them went to the crematorium first to cremate the old woman, then drove to Dali province.
2Ling Jue held the ashes in her arms and looked at the scenery along the way.
A son and a daughter. The old woman did not send them off even before she died. Ling Jue suddenly felt a little sad.
2She did not understand this world...
2She suddenly thought of her father. Now that he had abandoned her as well, and Xia Qinglian had left the country...
2If it was the old Ling Jue, she would definitely seek her own death.
In the afternoon, the two of them arrived at Mingxi village. Ling Jue returned to her small house, took a shovel and hoe, and the two of them went up the mountain.
2They dug a mound on the mountain until it was almost dark. Only then did Ling Jue finish everything.
Her grandmother had told her that she did not want the people of Mingxi village to know that she was dead, so there was no tombstone, no names of her children, and nothing else.
2Ling Jue and Gu Ziming sent her off in a deserted place.
Author: Filthy Machine Translation
"Lord Jue..." Gu Ziming approached her and put his shoulder in front of her. "F*ck it... Go ahead and cry."
2Ling Jue turned to look at him and said calmly, "I can't cry."
2"How can that be! This... Is your only family member. You must be too sad. You must be so sad that you can't say anything..."
2Gu Ziming sighed. 'Lord Jue was so pitiful. Sigh.'
2Ling Jue looked at the cemetery. The scenery here was very good. She could see the entire Mingxi village, including the road that was being built. When Xia Qinglian returned, she could see it immediately. She just did not know if she would come back.
"Let's go." Ling Jue looked at the cemetery and turned to leave.
2"Wait." Gu Ziming pulled him back and opened his arms. "Lord Jue, let me give you a hug."
2Although Lord Jue was old and mature, he was still an eighteen-year-old child. His heart must be in pain.
Let a grown man like him hug this little boy with his warm chest.
Ling Jue took a few steps back and frowned. "What are you doing?"
2"Lord Jue, don't be too sad. I will always be with you." Gu Ziming patted his chest. "Lord Jue, give me a hug."
2"..." Ling Jue's mouth twitched. She really did not want to hug him at all.
2"Let's go." She took the lead and walked in front. Gu Ziming saw that he was pretending to be strong, so he quickly picked up the shovel and hoe on the ground and followed.
2"Lord Jue, wait for me."
2After the two of them left, the cemetery stood alone on the top of the mountain.
...
Ling Jue returned to her grandmother's house and found the land deed she mentioned. This place was going to be developed immediately, and the small house within her memories would no longer exist.
2Therefore, she planned to sleep here for the night. Gu Ziming would sleep in the guest room, and she would sleep in the same room as last time.
2Meanwhile, Gu Ziming was cooking.
Ling Jue sat in her grandmother's room and saw the pictures in the iron box.
Xia Qinglian, Xia Qingsong, and a man and a woman.
Grandmother... Grandfather...
2She did not have any memories of her grandfather. He looked like a handsome man.
She found many things in the iron box.
There was a ring made of silver with her grandmother's name carved on it. It was very polished.
There were also some gold bracelets, jewelry, and various rare items from the ocean.
2These were all things left behind by the older generation. Ling Jue did not touch them and put them away.
She did not know if she could keep this place. She wanted to come back and visit it from time to time.
Sigh...
2Ling Jue sighed and looked at the decoration of the room. Grandma had lived here for more than half of her life, but now she was going to disappear... She really could not bear to part with it...
2"Lord Jue, it's time for dinner. By the way, the vegetables in grandma's yard are really good. They're delicious when I stir-fry them."
2"And the potatoes. They're also very good. The countryside is indeed more comfortable."
2Ling Jue put the things away. She planned to bring them back to Yunhai province and put the things in the iron box in the bank. It was safer that way.
"Lord Jue, where are you?"
2Gu Ziming's voice came from outside again. Ling Jue walked out. "I'm coming."
2"Hehehe, Lord Jue, come and try my dishes. They're really good." Gu Ziming's face was full of smiles.
2Ling Jue looked at the familiar tableware and thought of the old woman's dishes. She put a lot of salt in them, but she could not taste it.
2"It's really not bad." After eating the vegetables, Ling Jue raised her eyebrows. "You still have the talent in this area."
2"Of course, I learned it back then. I'm amazing. I know everything."
2Ling Jue nodded and added, "You're just as timid as a mouse."
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