Chapter 271: The Clouds Clear and the Sun Shines
Chapter 271: The Clouds Clear and the Sun Shines
"Xia Xia..." Bai Songzhe in the front row murmured, not knowing whether he was carsick or sleepy, he rested his head on his daughter's shoulder.
Bai Qingxia did not respond to her father. Lu Yuanqiu looked at the back of her head and picked up the toilet paper that she had just stuffed in her hand to wipe the raindrops on her head.
The girl noticed it and turned around. Lu Yuanqiu smiled at her. Bai Qingxia also smiled, then turned her head back and sat quietly.
The boy continued to wipe the rain off her hair. After wiping, he put the wet tissue into his shirt pocket and stared at the scene outside the window.
The bus drove for about an hour. Lu Yuanqiu got up early today and was catching up on his sleep when someone suddenly shook his shoulder.
"We're here." Bai Qingxia said to him from the front row.
"it is good."
Three people got off the bus, and there were many people accompanying them. Everyone was holding umbrellas and walking quietly under the rain.
Lu Yuanqiu saw that Bai Songzhe was carrying a bag of something, probably fruit, and he saw the shape of a banana in it.
Uncle Bai was really obedient today. When he went to Xingfu Li as a guest, he was eager to eat the bananas his daughter brought. Today, he was the one who brought the fruit himself, but he didn't even touch it. Lu Yuanqiu showed a faint smile on his face, and then he let out a long sigh of relief.
The sky was gloomy, and the rain was tangled and falling like silk threads.
He followed the father and daughter and walked towards the inside of the cemetery. After walking for about ten minutes and climbing a few steps, Bai Qingxia took her father's hand and stopped in front of a tombstone, then looked back at Lu Yuanqiu.
Lu Yuanqiu hurriedly followed.
【My beloved wife Luo Ran】
These words were engraved above the gray-white tombstone, and there was a photo on it. Different from the "swan" photo in Bai Qingxia's home, Aunt Luo in this photo had a more everyday look, and she looked like she was not even 30 years old.
She is young and beautiful, like a star, with a faint smile on her face and an elegant and noble temperament. Bai Qingxia is about 60% similar to her.
Lu Yuanqiu suddenly felt a little sad.
Aunt Luo, if you knew that your five-year-old daughter's life would be so hard in the future, you would definitely feel heartbroken, right?
Bai Qingxia squatted on the ground and cleaned up the debris in front of the tomb, then took out all the fruits she had bought. Bai Songzhe took out a banana and muttered, "Bananas, delicious bananas, give them to Xia Xia..."
"Mom, Dad and I are here to see you."
And the boy I told you about, Lu Yuanqiu, he’s here too... Bai Qingxia said happily to the tombstone in her heart, with a faint smile on her face, as if she was whispering to her best friend.
Lu Yuanqiu stood quietly by the side holding the flowers, not paying special attention to what they were talking about.
"Mom, I just attended the coming-of-age ceremony. I will soon become an adult and will also be taking the college entrance examination. My grades are very good and I have never fallen from the top of the grade. I am awesome, right..." Bai Qingxia smiled with her head down and took the fruits to the tomb one by one.
"Xia Xia, who is she~" a voice suddenly came from the side.
Bai Qingxia paused, holding the apple in her hand. She swallowed and her eyes turned red, but she ignored her father and continued to arrange the fruits.
Bai Songzhe squatted beside his daughter, his hands resting on her shoes, and continued to ask questions like a babbling child: "Who is she? Who is she?"
Bai Qingxia ignored it until she heard her father squatting beside her and said in a childish voice, "She is so pretty."
Lu Yuanqiu looked up and saw Bai Songzhe swinging his legs. He was squatting in front of the tombstone with a smile on his face, looking at the photo on it closely.
Luo Ran seemed to be smiling and looking at him.
But Bai Songzhe was shaking his legs, and suddenly he choked up and began to cry and ask non-stop: "Who is she? Who is she? Who is she?"
Seeing that Bai Qingxia was slow to answer Bai Songzhe, Lu Yuanqiu quickly bent down to remind her, "She is Luo Ran, your wife, Xia Xia's mother."
But Bai Songzhe refused to listen. He continued to squat there crying, looking at the photo and shaking his legs anxiously: "Who is she? Who is she? Who is she..."
Lu Yuanqiu slowly straightened up and looked silently at Bai Qingxia who was sobbing. He suddenly understood why the girl did not answer her father's question, because it was useless to answer it.
In the photo, Luo Ran was smiling and looking at her husband. She did not answer because her time was forever frozen there. Bai Songzhe opened his mouth and cried like a child.
Lu Yuanqiu glanced at his uncle, took a deep breath, walked to the tombstone, placed a bouquet of flowers in front of the tombstone, and bent down and bowed, again and again.
"Aunt Luo, my name is Lu Yuanqiu. It's our first meeting, so I'm giving you a bouquet of flowers."
Thank you for giving birth to such a wonderful girl, thank you... Lu Yuanqiu lowered his head and said seriously in his heart.
"Let's go to my brother's place."
Bai Qingxia sniffed and spoke to Lu Yuanqiu. Seeing Bai Songzhe still sitting there crying, Lu Yuanqiu looked at the girl in confusion.
Bai Qingxia: "Let him cry there for a while. My dad does this every year when he comes here."
"it is good."
There was still a drizzle in the sky. Even though they brought an umbrella, the three of them were still soaked.
Lu Yuanqiu followed the girl and came to a tombstone again.
【Ai Zi Bai Ruoan】
The photo on the tombstone is of a very handsome young man, who is even more handsome than Zheng Yifeng. He has a bright smile and a visibly gentle personality.
Bai Qingxia placed the fruit in front of her brother's tombstone.
"Brother, I'm here to see you..."
Bai Qingxia continued to report her recent situation to her brother, saying that she was well fed, well clothed and studying well. In addition, she also talked about many things that had happened between the two siblings in the past, and she seemed to remember every one of them very clearly.
But Lu Yuanqiu could tell that the emotion revealed in Bai Qingxia's tone between the lines was not sadness, but regret.
Lu Yuanqiu stood quietly aside, he turned his head and looked towards Bai Songzhe.
The middle-aged man was still sitting in front of his wife's grave, crying loudly in the rain.
"Do you want to say something to my brother?"
Bai Qingxia suddenly turned around and asked Lu Yuanqiu.
Lu Yuanqiu nodded, walked forward and placed the second bouquet of flowers in front of the tombstone.
He looked at the handsome young man on the tombstone and said with a smile, "Brother Ruoan, hello, my name is Lu Yuanqiu."
Lu Yuanqiu took a deep breath and said, "Don't worry, from now on I will help you protect Bai Qingxia and will not let her be bullied by others in the future. I swear."
Bai Qingxia raised her head and looked at the boy with red eyes, as if at this moment she had a brother as a witness. If Lu Yuanqiu lied, her brother would support her, just like her brother supported her that night and helped her take back the tumbler... her brother had always protected her.
Lu Yuanqiu nodded at her again and said seriously: "I swear."
Bai Qingxia smiled, she turned around and said to Bai Ruoan: "Brother, I'm going to college soon. You always said you would take me out to play... Although you broke your promise, I don't blame you. This time, let me go see the outside world for you."
After saying that, she stretched out her hand and wiped the water stains on the photo with her thumb, and Bai Ruoan's appearance suddenly became clearer.
"I have kept that tumbler."
The girl said with a smile.
At this moment, sunlight suddenly shone through the clouds in the dark sky and shone on the tombstone. Bai Ruoan's photo was covered by golden light, and the bright smile on his face seemed to be the same color as the sunlight.
Lu Yuanqiu looked around: "The rain has stopped."
(End of this chapter)