C40

Five days later.

The location was under a large banyan tree not far behind the orphanage.

Guan Youyou stood in front of the decorated stage and closed her eyes to recuperate.

Xiao Yu's funeral was held in a hurry, and there were not many people who came. Some people finished working at the Guan household, while others were carrying Lin Wanyi on their backs. It was an unsuitable time to talk, and he wondered how they had spent the last hour or so.

Everyone, without exception, overestimated the remoteness of the memorial site and the time needed to find the way. It wasn't easy for them to arrive at the burial site. Everyone silently stood under the huge banyan tree, subconsciously avoiding eye contact. Everyone simultaneously thought back to how Xiaoyu usually looked, and they all began to silently mourn and cry, while the children could not help but loudly cry.

Soon, a light rain began to fall from the sky, as if the heavens were crying for her.

Xiao Yu, Xiao Yu.

Just like the first time Guan Youyou saw her, there was a drizzle in the sky.

A few middle-aged men, who usually worked with Xiaoyu, stood face to face. In order to break the awkward silence, someone whispered a question to each other about Xiaoyu's death.

There are many versions among people.

Someone said that Xiao Yu died because of a brain hemorrhage that came from saving Second Miss from head injury.

Someone said that Xiao Yu died in depression after being humiliated for the Second Miss.

Some people said …

However, not a single person reported Xiao Yu's true cause of death, and even they did not know that their own words had some basis.

This was what they were only guessing.

At ten o'clock sharp, when the funeral was about to begin, two white-gloved staff members came up the path and distributed the white flowers on their chests in a wooden chest. Beneath the white flowers was a green leaf with the word "mourning" printed on it in italics. Everyone bade farewell to the flowers and saw Guan Youyou carrying Ah Bing out of the car. They were all sad, even though they were not frowning or crying, the kind of suffocating sadness quickly spread out.

The staff members were clearly familiar with such occasions. As soon as everyone put on the white flowers, the music started. Some began to sob. Everyone automatically stood in two rows, which tightly circled the center of the aisle. Ah Bing, who was holding Little Yu's picture and the bone ash urns, walked through the middle, supported by Guan Youyou.

They stood in front of the pit under the banyan tree, and the staff tried to take the casket.

But Ah Bing held on tightly, not willing to let go.

Guan Youyou whispered something into his ear.

When he heard this, his expression turned even more sorrowful. He said, "Let me play another song for her."

In order to make a living, Ah Bing had originally planned to learn La Erhu. After learning it, he would go out on the streets and sell songs. Xiaoyu disagreed. She didn't want him to be associated with blind people. Thus, under her suggestion and with Guan Youyou's help, Ah Bing turned from a man who was about to become blind into a real blind person, and actually learnt Yukri himself.

The mourning music stopped as Ah Bing sat under the tree and started to play Xiao Yu's favorite song.

His expression changed from sad to smiling, then to laughter, then to ecstasy.

He waved his upper body about, shaking his hair, which had finally been neatly combed, into a mess.

Everyone said that he was crazy, but Guan Youyou only said that he was crazy because of love.

The adults took the children's hands and lined up to gently place the flowers and small gifts they had prepared on the urns.

A little girl had placed a painting inside. On the painting, there was a crooked little girl. Her smile was as bright as a flower, and around the girl, a bunch of small people were dancing around her.

"Big sister Xiao Yu, we love listening to your singing the most. Although you are leaving now, we will always be with you."

After saying that, the children formed a circle around the banyan tree, Xiao Yu and Ah Bing, as if they had prepared beforehand.

They sang Xiao Yu's favorite song.

The children's songs echoed in the air, and a few crows flew by, letting out a few cries.

The atmosphere was so heavy that everyone began to cry.

The sky was still gloomy, and the drizzle was more like a real memorial service for Xiaoyu.

Guan Youyou felt as if she had just had a fleeting but real dream.

No one had an umbrella, so they walked back to the orphanage together.

As he left, he heard someone saying to the person on the phone, "It won't rain anymore. It's going to be sunny soon."

… ….

After the crowd dispersed, Guan Youyou actually saw Lin Wanyi.

In her memory, her mother would never attend a family servant's funeral.

However, at this moment, Guan Youyou saw that Lin Wanyi's face was haggard and haggard. Her makeup was still exquisite, but it couldn't cover up her sorrowful expression.

Guan Youyou didn't know what was going on with her.

"Mom, why are you here?"

"Let me see. I brought her back to the Guan Family from here. I have the responsibility to send her on her final journey."

Guan Youyou was convinced by Lin Wanyi's words.

So it turned out that Mom also had feelings for Xiaoyu.

She hugged Lin Wanyi and rested her chin on her shoulder. One hand lightly patted her back and softly said: "Thank you for coming to Xiaoyu's funeral. She would definitely be very happy if she knew this."

No one knew whether Xiaoyu was happy or not.

However, Pei Ming, who had just arrived after being surrounded by all sorts of trivial matters, was not happy to see this scene.

He despised Lin Wanyi for her ugly face, but he could not expose her in front of Guan Youyou.

He approached the two of them who were hugging each other in the rain.

Pei Zi Yun held onto his umbrella and pulled Guan Youyou into his arms domineeringly.

"Why are you here?" Guan Youyou looked at Lu Lu Ming's face, and her tone revealed surprise.

"Madam Guan is here, how could I not come?" Pu Zi Ming looked at Lin Wanyi, his tone carrying ridicule.

"How can the Young Master Lu say that, it's only right that I come." Lin Wanyi was still holding onto her airs.

"Indeed, it's right. Otherwise, I probably wouldn't be able to sleep."

Guan Youyou did not understand the hidden meaning behind Master Lu's words, she only saw that when Lin Wanyi heard this, her face suddenly turned pale white. She thought that it was because she was drenched, and quickly supported Lin Wanyi inside the house.

… ….

When he arrived at the orphanage, Guan Youyou realized that her sister had also come.

Guan Qiqi had not recovered from her severe illness and had not gotten out of bed yet. Today, she actually came to attend Xiao Yu's funeral, which she had always disliked. If it wasn't for the rain, and her body was weak and couldn't get wet, she would have probably gone down to the banyan tree with Lin Wanyi just now.

Guan Youyou felt that it was extremely strange.

She thought of what her sister had said to her when she was being rescued. The elder sister sincerely apologized to him, if at that time she was only forgiving for the sake of her elder sister's life. Now, she had completely forgiven them.

Pei Ming watched the three of them patiently.

He didn't want to tell her the truth, but neither did he want to see her continue to be fooled by them.

Pei Ming is very contradictory. But seeing that Guan Youyou revealed his rare smile, he clenched his teeth and decided to hide the truth.

… ….

"Oh, my child, do you think there should be a funeral?" Guan Qiqi asked Guan Youyou, her face full of sorrow.

"Big sister, don't say anymore. Baby is still alive and has temporarily returned to heaven. "When you and Young Master Jiang get married in the future, he will come back." Guan Youyou comforted her.

"Young Master Jiang." 'Without a child, will young master Jiang still be willing to marry me? ' Guan Qiqi sank into deep thought.

But she had transferred all the shares in the Guan Family to Jiang Haoran, she had not told her mother about this matter, if Jiang Haoran was not willing to marry her, she would even lose the shares, what should she do, wouldn't she fall into an irrecoverable situation?

Guan Qiqi was lost in thought, and a few bad ideas habitually popped up in her mind.

She only came back to her senses after Guan Youyou woke her up.

Looking at Guan Youyou's innocent and naive face, she actually started to think why did she have to fight over these things, and why did she hurt everyone so badly? She had dispelled the idea that had just popped into her head.

… ….

That day, Guan Youyou was very busy at night. She would escort the guests, take care of the lost children and comfort Ah Bing.

The children were comforted, cried and cried, and fell asleep when they were tired.

But as for Ah Bing, he sat under the banyan tree and crazily flicked his Youcriri. He had no intention of stopping even after the zither strings broke. He continued to forcefully play until all the strings were broken and no sound came out. Only then did he feel the pain in his fingers.

After that, he suddenly crazily threw the broken Yukri against the tree trunk behind him. He only stopped when the body of the zither was smashed.

For an entire day.

Not eating or drinking, not saying a word.

Guan Youyou was worried that something was wrong with his body. She wanted to pull him back, but he stopped him.

He said, "Give him some space to digest it."

Guan Youyou listened to him, but once the sky grew dark, he still worriedly ran over to check.

She was no longer there.

Guan Youyou looked around anxiously. Where could he, a blind person, go now? Guan Youyou did not realize that day and night were no different from blind people.

A wave of cold wind blew, Guan Youyou felt that there was a cold air above her head.

She was about to look up when a large hand covered her eyes.

Pei Ming embraced her petite body from behind and said, "Don't look!"

Ah Bing hanged himself from the great banyan tree in front of Xiao Yu's grave.

His death looked very hideous. His tongue was stretched out very long, and his face was ashen. It was a terrifying sight to behold.

It took a great deal of effort to put him down, and no one knew how a blind man could climb up on his own.

Some said that Ah Bing had gone mad, some said that Xiao Yu was inviting him to accompany her. However, Guan Youyou did not understand why he would do such a thing for a very long time. It was clear that in the few days after he learned of Xiao Yu's death, even though he was sad, he also showed a very calm expression. But why, on the day of the funeral, had he suddenly gone mad and committed suicide at the end?

It was only later that she found out.

Ah Bing originally wanted to repeat the letter Xiao Yu wrote him at Xiao Yu's funeral. In order to memorize the letter, he asked someone to help him read it …

As it turned out, life and death weren't scary. What was scary was that when I knew that you were alive, you didn't want to stay by my side.