Huhai, Sheshan area.
Xu Musen silently looked at the pitch-black scene in front of him, illuminated only by a few street lamps at the entrance of the Cetery.
In December in Huhai, the nightti temperature already required wearing thick clothes, especially in this mid-mountain area, which felt a bit eerie.
"Um, handso, are you sure you want to get off here? There are no taxis daring to co here at night."
The taxi driver looked at the empty Cetery gate, feeling a bit creeped out himself.
Although it was said that the feng shui of the Cetery in the Sheshan area was very good, and ordinary people couldn't afford to be buried here after death, a cetery was still a cetery, and coming here late at night was quite unnerving.
"It's fine."
Xu Musen shook his head and directly handed over a red banknote to him, "Keep the change."
He then turned around and entered the Cetery directly.
The driver, watching Xu Musen's figure disappear, clicked his tongue twice, then took a careful look at the red banknote to confirm it was real currency and not so Heaven and Earth Bank spirit money, before he turned around and drove off relieved.
Entering the Cetery.
At the entrance, there was only an old gatekeeper, who was now sitting in the room reading a newspaper and drinking hot tea, seemingly quite comfortable.
"Young man, is your surna Xu?"
The old man saw a young man coming late at night and took the initiative to ask.
"It is."
Xu Musen nodded.
"The girl from the Zhu family has inford about you, you can find her in the furthest row inside; she's a young girl all alone in the middle of the night, you should hurry and check on her."
The old man spoke with a hint of concern, having seen many people co to mourn their deceased loved ones in the middle of the night during his years overseeing the Cetery.
He had been watching over the Cetery for twenty years and had a deep impression of the young girl from the Zhu family.
Especially right after her mother was buried here, this young girl had co running over many tis in the middle of the night to cry at her mother's grave.
Although accustod to life and death, the thought of that young girl alone here in the middle of the night still gave the old man a heavy heart.
"Alright."
Xu Musen had already guessed sothing, and he started walking deeper into the Cetery with the things he carried.
Since the Cetery here was not cheap, the maintenance was quite good, and it didn't have a rundown eerie feel.
Neat and tidy, it was a good place for comforting one's deceased loved ones with a conversation.
Soon, Xu Musen caught sight of a solitary figure under the dim street lamp, next to an isolated grave.
Zhu Yulan was wearing a long dress, devoid of her usual splendor and without heavy dark tones.
Like a young girl at her liveliest and most adorable age, she quietly squatted in front of two adjacent graves.
She had been waiting here for an unknown amount of ti.
Xu Musen slowly walked over, inevitably stepping on so fallen leaves, creating a crunching sound underfoot.
Zhu Yulan had her eyes closed, her hands clenched together and placed against her mouth, as if she were quietly sharing secrets with the person inside the graves.
Xu Musen stood quietly behind her, not disturbing her, his gaze lightly passing over the tombstones.
"Beloved wife, Liu Aifang's grave."
"Beloved daughter, Zhu Luolan's grave."
Just a few words.
Yet a wave of sorrow and a sense of irrevocable despair swelled in Xu Musen's heart.
Inside lay a wife, a daughter, a mother, a sister, people who should have grown old together, now forever separated by life and death.
Xu Musen looked at Zhu Yulan as it was, her front adorned with a small cake. Today was her birthday, which Xu Musen rembered seeing on her identity card.
Zhu Yulan's ears trembled slightly; she slowly opened her eyes. She didn't turn around but silently gazed at the tombstones for a long while.
Eventually, she slowly turned her head to look at Xu Musen, her face expressing emotion but softened with a slight smile, "I knew you would co."
"Today is your birthday."
Xu Musen also squatted beside her, holding a KFC customized birthday al in his hand.
Zhu Yulan looked at what he was holding, a bit surprised. As she hadn't ntioned her birthday to anyone, her lips curved slightly upward, "I didn't expect you to rember my birthday."
"A gentleman's grooming, such an important person like Boss Zhu, of course, I have to rember to butter you up on this day."
Xu Musen chuckled in response.
"Important person? How important? What kind of person?"
Zhu Yulan fired off three questions, her eyes focusing on Xu Musen, her almond eyes shining brightly under the light.
Xu Musen shook the KFC birthday al in his hand, his tone exaggerated, "Certainly important! Normally, this al at KFC costs over two hundred, but today because it's your birthday, you get a discount, saved a whole fifty bucks! What a concept, half a day's wages for ordinary people!"
Zhu Yulan stared at him sowhat dazed, unsure whether he was playing dumb or what.
Watching him talk nonsense so seriously.
Zhu Yulan smiled inwardly, she should have been used to his nonsensical nature by now.
"So does that an I'm pretty thrifty and family-oriented?"
Zhu Yulan's almond eyes were round and bright under the light, her emotions today particularly firm.
"Boss Zhu's capabilities still need to be thrifty? That doesn't fit your rich young lady persona at all."
"A rich young lady will eventually marry, and since she's soone's wife, not being thrifty would surely be frowned upon, right?"
Zhu Yulan looked at Xu Musen, her eyes constantly fluttering.
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