After leaving the movie city and leaving the colorful fake world, he suddenly realized that spring had unknowingly covered the bustling city.
Sunlight flickered on the edge of the clouds, illuminating the air as if locking in tiny particles of light.
On the way back to the city, Lisa sent a message that she was going to rest as well, inviting me to go with her to Hong Kong Shopping. Thinking that I would be accompanying Gao Kan in sweeping up his mother's grave for the Qing Ming Festival, since I didn't have proper clothes to wear, I agreed. A Ling helped me book a plane ticket for the afternoon and we decided not to go home, flying directly to Hong Kong to meet.
It was the Secretary Du from the Mr. Dong.
Ever since Aunt Yun went to treat my illness, I lost contact with her. The phone number that he left for me was left unanswered for a long time, just a few days ago when I was still sad and I would never see "Mother" again, he suddenly appeared today.
Surprised, I had a bad feeling.
With that said, Secretary Du went straight to the point. "I'll have to trouble you to get your driver and assistant to go back first. I have some important things to discuss with you.
"Alright." I agreed without hesitation.
"It might take a long time. If you have something you don't want to do, can you put off the rest of the plans for now?"
Secretary Du's expression was extremely solemn, the bad premonition that had been lingering in my heart ever since we met became even more pronounced. I hastily asked him, "Where is Aunt Yun now? How is her condition? Are you taking me to see her? Why haven't we seen each other for so long? "
Secretary Du, who had been acting like an ice-cold messenger, sighed and said in a heavy voice, "When we get there, you will know. Let's go."
The Secretary Du drove me to a sanatorium by the river. He waited there with a solemn expression on his face, as if he was an old man compared to the man I had first seen.
After the short conversation, we directly took the helicopter, and arrived at our destination two hours later. After getting off the helicopter, we sat in an ordinary black car, and due to the tense atmosphere throughout, no one spoke a word, so I believed that the Aunt Yun was in a critical condition. However, the truth is, it was even worse than what I had expected, our final destination, was actually a cemetery.
The first to open the car door is Secretary Du. He took out a paper bag from the trunk and handed it to me. "Miss Eyre, please change your clothes first."
Inside was a long black windbreaker and an eye-catching "Xiao" armband.
"No!" After staring blankly for a few seconds, I pushed it away with great resistance.
Initially, I had thought that they were just here on the way. I didn't think that the Secretary Du was here to bring me to see the Aunt Yun in such a manner.
The Secretary Du didn't force him, but placed the paper bag to the side and opened the door for the first passenger, Mr. Dong. They whispered a few words to each other, and then the Mr. Dong walked over to me.
At this moment, he no longer had his breathtaking majesty and powerful aura, but an old man with a head full of white hair and drooping shoulders. Mr. Dong gave me a kind smile, "Miss Eyre, are you not willing to wear this armband for her? "Yun Zi couldn't be at ease before he passed away. The only person he talks about is you. That's why I'm being so presumptuous …"
"No, it's not that I don't want to, I just feel that it's too unbelievable. When we last met, she was still so healthy, and when we parted, we even agreed on the next time we met. She even said that she would buy me a birthday present, why would she …" My throat tightens and I choke to the point of not being able to continue.
When I heard Mr. Dong say that I was the last person to be worrying, the tears that were gathered in my eyes instantly gushed out. I felt extremely uncomfortable in my heart, I had never felt such a heart-wrenching pain even when Yi Shouzhuo passed away.
"I'm sorry, it was my fault that I didn't let her see you one last time." Mr. Dong's face was pale and his eyes were gloomy, but he was trying his best to maintain the solemnity of his position.
However, I couldn't care less about my manners and status. I could not help but shout at him, "Why didn't you tell me earlier? She wants to see me so much, how can you be so cruel, let her leave with regret! I haven't even seen her one last time. I really want to hear her call me daughter again. I've grown up and only had her as my mother … "
I couldn't help but cry out the word "mother," until I lost my voice again.
"Miss Eyre, please don't be sad. If she knew that you were so sad, she would definitely be sad as well. Yunzi was very calm when she left. I told her that you went to buy her favorite cinnamon cake, and then she fell asleep. "
Mr. Dong took off his hat that was covered by gray hair and made a rare gesture. He bowed slightly towards me and handed over a tissue, then calmly said with a voice that was tainted with a hint of barely discernible sorrow, "Yun Zi passed away one month ago. The funeral was postponed until today because Miss Eyre knew about your filming schedule in advance, so he took time to take care of it. Yun Zi has lived a life free from worldly strife and never liked troubling others. You are the person she cares about the most, the only family she has. I think she will understand my decision. "
Secretary Du also advised from the side, "Miss Eyre, change your clothes and send your mother off."
On the day that Yi Shouzhuo died, I went to the funeral out of etiquette. I only took a quick glance at the reporters, took care of some matters, and left.
However, when I walked to the front of Aunt Yun's tombstone, I couldn't help but cry out loud. Just thinking of her holding onto my arm, laughing childishly and sincerely loving me and calling me "daughter" made my chest feel like it was going to suffocate. It was as if the air was being sucked dry, and in the end, my legs couldn't help but slump in front of the marble tombstone as I hugged the ice-cold tombstone and shouted over and over again for her mother who she wanted to hear the most.
But she would never hear it again. She would not smile at me and forget that everyone only remembered me.
It was the first time I experienced the separation of life and death, and it was even harder to accept than what I imagined. As I caressed the only word on the tombstone, "Yun," I suddenly thought of Gao Kan, that boy who had just turned eighteen.
Mr. Dong and Secretary Du were waiting at the side. They didn't rush me and waited patiently, allowing me to vent the grief and indignation in my heart. After getting up, Mr. Dong silently passed over a tissue for me and said softly, "Miss Eyre, thank you for accompanying her through the last moments of her life. Those days were very happy and blissful, probably more than the twenty years I spent everything I had spent in exchange for her. However, I hope that from now on, you will forget about her and not mention her life, just like how she lived quietly, quietly, in our respective memories. I don't want her to be disturbed. "
"I understand." I wiped my eyes with a tissue and asked, with some curiosity and regret, "Where are her relatives? Don't you have any children? Didn't she have brothers and sisters? Why are the three of us here to see her off? "
"Yunzi is an orphan, there's no reason for us to be together."
Mr. Dong only said this one sentence, and was unwilling to talk any longer, so he took the lead and turned around to leave.
After leaving the grave, Mr. Dong got in another car and left, while Secretary Du sent me back to the imperial capital. After he sent us to a quiet and remote lawn with a helicopter, Secretary Du said, "Miss Eyre, Yun-jie said that she will prepare a birthday present for you. She asked you to bring it over for me."
Speaking of birthday presents, I thought that Aunt Yun would still give me a bunch of jewelry like he did in the past. I thought that this time, no matter how precious it was, he would accept it as a souvenir, but the place that Secretary Du brought me to was his office, and the gift I received was Aunt Yun's will.
There was only a short line of words on the letter.
"Daughter, your mother's head is hurting today. I had a bad dream and decided to gift it to you ahead of time for your twenty-third birthday. It was my little wish, so you must accept it."
After the will was read out by the lawyer, he took out a piece of paper from the envelope and placed it in front of me. "Miss Eyre, this is the will of property that Miss Yun made in our notary's office. Please have a look."
Property will?
Suspiciously, I took the paper. In one line of print, I saw a line of numbers that exceeded my knowledge.
"This …" I looked at Secretary Du in shock, refusing at first, "I can't accept this!"
This huge fortune, as a gift, was too valuable.
Secretary Du was not surprised at all, he only nodded at me, "When Sister Yun gave the certificate, Mr. Dong accompanied her. The money was given to her by Mr. Dong, and it is legal to take it, so you don't need to worry about it. To her, you are her most beloved daughter, a relative that is even closer than Mr. Dong. "
"No, no. I have never shown her my filial piety. I have not even seen her last time. I feel guilty."
"Mr. Dong has already used your name to open an account with the Swiss Bank according to Sister Yun's wishes. As for the money, we will not care about what you do with it." After Secretary Du finished his official words, he gave me a rare wise and benevolent smile, and said: "However, I suggest that you do not take it out to be a charity in a hurry. You are still young and have a long life ahead of you.
Since Mr. Dong knows, and this is Aunt Yun's wish, I will not decline.
It's a good idea to donate to charity. Aunt Yun is such a kind person, I think she will support me in this idea.
However, the amount of money he had was too much. If he were to suddenly donate it to a female artiste who was not famous enough, it would cause a huge commotion and he would have to wait for a suitable time.