Chapter 25.3 (2/2)

Over the years, Zheng Xie have gone through this way countless times, up and down the same road for Mother’s birthday, Anniversaries, Tomb Sweeping Festival, Halloween and Mid-Autumn Festival. But he never felt like this barren road so lonely.

He recalled that in the past, each time, He He is by his side. So he did not go alone.

In fact, not so long ago, he had thought, the next time he is visiting his mother, he will take Yang Wei Qi along together.

And when he think of these things, his heart will turn into a chaos.

He has many things to sort out. But when he often think about them, he will get a headache. He will subconsciously refuse to think about them.

Before this, an elder love to say this: “车到山前必有路.” When he was younger, he felt that the meaning of this phrase is too pa.s.sive, unwilling to agree. But now, he finally realized that what the elder said is true.

车到山前必有路 (pin ying: chē dào shān qián bì yǒu lù) – mean directly translated: The cart will find its way round the hill when it gets there. This phrase means that things will eventually sort themselves out.

The happening recently to me is like a calculation problems. Using different approaches will lead to completely different results. In the past, for so many years, he specialized in using the most concise way to solve problems that leads to only a definite answer.

So now, he is confused. As if he is caught in the mud. Cannot do anything. The more he struggle, the worst the situation becomes.

A heavy truck roared past him. Zheng Xie got scared a little. He realized that he had actually drove off the road a little.

Before mother’s gravestone are piled with baskets and bouquets. There had been people whom had come before him.

The basket is very chic. It is a rectangular basket patchwork cl.u.s.ters with pale blue lined with white daisies. His mother’s favorite flower. Like a little bonsai garden, the ribbon tied around the basket is very dedicated and detailed, fasten with silk flowers.

Next to the basket are two bunnies. One fat and the other thin. One looks naïve with a grin while the other with a simmering mouth looking like it had been wronged. The clothes stiches on the rabbit are embroidered patterns.

He He had come for a visit without him knowing.

From the last visit it has been several months. But around the tombstone it is very clean. Not a single leaves are around. Zheng Xie using his fingers, swab the stroke along mother’s name on the tombstone. Not a single dust on his fingertips.

He He probably stayed a long time there, cleaning every single place surrounding the tomb.

He looked at the tombstone inscription. There is no father’s name on the inscription, only his and He He’s name on the monument.

He He had never call his mother ‘mother’ in this lifetime. She has always been calling mother ‘aunty.’ But on his mother’s monument, it is inscribed as ‘Daughter He He’

He had previously never paid any attention to this detail. But in his heart now is an unspeakable feeling.

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