Su Yan’s legs were numb and sore. Her aunt supported her. Her charming almond-shaped eyes were red. She had been accompanying her grandmother for the past two days. Kinship was a marvelous thing. The Yue family had been looking for her mother and daughter for decades. Grandmother Qing held on just to see her mother again. Even though Su Yan hadn’t had any contact with the Yue family for the past twenty-six years, she still felt an inexplicable pain inside the moment her grandmother died. It was as if something was blocking her heart.
After many nurses learned that the old lady had passed away, they were also saddened. During this period of time, the old lady’s tenacity touched them. The kind of care and reluctance of a mother to part with her daughter reminded them of their own mother.
Ten minutes later, Yue Chuang brought Yue Tengfei to the hospital. When he saw the old lady sitting in the wheelchair with a kind and reluctant expression on her face, even Yue Chuang, who had a career in politics, couldn’t help but cry.
The few of them cried for a while before calling Su Yan over. Su Yan glanced at her grandfather and said, “Grandma tried so hard to speak when she left, but I didn’t hear her clearly.”
Shi Li comforted her, “She was probably saying goodbye to you.”
When she heard this, Su Yan almost lost control of her emotions. Her eyes became misty again, but she still managed to squeeze out a smile and nodded at her aunt.
Yue Longgang pushed the old lady back to the ward. There weren’t many direct relatives in the Yue family. Old Master Yue had a younger brother, but he had passed away a few years ago. The younger generation didn’t visit much, so it was usually cold and cheerless.
The old lady had passed away. This kind of thing had to be notified to the relatives so that they wouldn’t cause trouble. After the few of them returned to the ward, the doctor announced the old lady’s medical death in a formal manner.
Looking at the old lady covered by the white sheets, Yue Tengfei said in a low voice, “According to her wishes, after her death, she will be directly cremated. After that, she will be buried in the Yue family’s ancestral grave. In the past, she told me in private that if she didn’t see Yue’er for the last time before she died, after she died, her ashes will be scattered into the rivers and lakes. She will follow the flow of the water to find Yue’er. If she sees her, she will be buried in the ancestral grave and protect the descendants of our family for generations.”
Half an hour later, the funeral parlor’s hearse arrived. Under Yue Longgang’s notice, the other relatives of the Yue family also arrived one after another to send the old lady off.
Old Master Yue’s eldest nephew’s wife was well-informed. As soon as they entered the ward with their son and daughter, they immediately saw Su Yan. Their entire family was very curious about Su Yan’s identity, but due to the atmosphere at the scene, they could only hold back the words that were about to come out of their mouths. Su Yan naturally felt the concern of her family. However, she was very sad now, so she simply pretended not to know anything.
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Funeral parlor.
After nearly an hour of cremation, the old lady’s body was burned until only a pile of relatively sturdy bones were left. After the Yue family put the bones into a small coffin, the cremation was finally complete.
They took a look at the small coffin, Old Master Yue said, “Su Yan is the pearl in our family. She has been taking care of Grandma for the past few days. Although her grandma couldn’t speak, I believe that you all saw how much she liked Su Yan. So, I suggest that Su Yan send her off for the last journey.”
Yue Longgang naturally didn’t have any objections. However, someone from the third generation of the collateral family muttered something in a low voice. However, he was coldly glared at by Yue Chuang.
For the third time in her life, she held a small coffin containing ashes. When her parents passed away more than ten years ago, it was her who carried two small coffins to the cemetery to be buried in a hearse. Liu Yuhuan and Yang Deyi never showed up from the beginning to the end. Only Tang Yitong and Chai Xingyu were silently accompanying her.
She thought that she would never have the chance to hold this thing again in this life. She didn’t expect to hold a small coffin for the third time. The coffin was very small and exquisite, and there was a photo of her grandmother when she was young on it. Although it was a black and white photo, her grandmother was smiling very brightly. Looking at the small coffin in her hand, Su Yan couldn’t help but sigh. Just a moment ago, she was pushing her grandmother outside to enjoy the sun, but now, a living person as big as her grandmother was placed here. Human life was too fragile. There was just a thin line between life and death.
After the burial was completed, the group of people walked out of the Yue family’s ancestral grave one after another. The sky had already turned dark. Yue Longgang and Shi Li had just sent Old Master Yue back home. Tonight, they had to properly comfort Old Master Yue. They were afraid that he wouldn’t be able to take it…
