Chapter 199 - A glimpse of eight years ago (1/2)
A six-seater golf cart approached. The driver and the butler bowed to Lu Yin Ze.
The group sat and watched their surrounding with marvel.
The butler beside the driver spoke as a tourist guide.
”The burial site has three sections. Outer, middle, and inner.”
The group glanced at the butler.
The butler continued.
”The one you see young masters and young misses is the outer part. The tombstones you are seeing is from the Lu's generation's outer branch. Some of the loyal butlers and proficient maids were also given a chance to be buried here depends on the master's orders.” Xiong Zhi understood those 'masters' were the people in the main branch.
”They deserve a land to be rested here, in the great land of the Lu household.”
The three looked around. So these tombstones were from the Lu family side branches and the deserved helpers? Even there were hundreds of tombstones here, every tombstone looked expensive and well taken care of. So being placed by your ashes here as resting place was not bad but considered a luxury for the dead. Even they are dead, they still owned two meters of their land.
Xiong Zhi was silent.
A scene flashed in her mind.
The rain.
The tombstone.
The man.
This place was familiar. Very familiar.
She was sure she did not visit it before in both lifetimes. Then, it must have happened when she was in 'that' state.
But how come...how come her ashes was here?
The Lu family.
The Xiong family.
What's the connection?
'This not make any sense.'
No one knows what Xiong Zhi was thinking as the butler continued to explain things.
”We are now entering the middle section..”
As the butler said this, the cart arrived at the land where the tombstone was bigger and the spaces between every tombstone were ten meters. Each tombstone has a roof and places for offerings. The pot of ashes was slightly bigger and was placed in a very safe area.
”This section was for the head of the branches of the Lu family, the Lu family outer members that managed to have a name for themselves, and some mistresses of the Lu Main family.”
It took five minutes drive as they arrived at the Inner section.
”Young Masters and Young Misses, this is the resting place of the Main Lu family members, and their official wives.”
The three gasped at the small pavilions that were erected everywhere. This place was wider than the outer section where countless of tombstones was placed.
Every pavilion was wide as ten meters, and the distance between the other pavilion was twenty meters on each side. This was a privilege given to every member of the deceased Lu family.
The cart moved on to the deeper part of the inner section. Then from afar, they saw two different pavilions.
There was a silver-white pavilion made of marbles. It was designed like a small ice castle. It was very beautiful. Blue roses were surrounding the pavilion. It was bigger than most of the pavilion. The other one was made with silver-blue marble. There were blue roses as well. It was so majestic.
As the cart stopped in front of the silver-blue pavilion, Lu Yin Ze spoke.
”This is the place where my mother rests.”
The three bowed towards the pavilion.
There was no door here but an open space.
Lu Yin Ze kneeled on the soft pillow. He light an incense and bowed for a long time. He did not visit his mom for eight years.
Eight years...
He has a debt to his mom for that eight years.
”Mom..”
His mom's image had been blurry in those times when he was in the hospital. It was only recently when he gathered the courage to look at their family picture that he managed to get his mom's image again. However, even he couldn't remember his mom's face on those times, her remembered her warmth, her small lectures and her last words...
”Yin..Listen..carefully-”
”Y-you're to young to understand-”
”--don't let y-your f-father knows-”
”I am so cruel to force this on you-”
”I know mom..but you don't have a choice. ” Lu Yin Ze was answering to the voices in his memories. His young self doesn't understand those last words that his mother gave to him. He only cried and shouted to his mother to not leave him.
However, as time passed, he began to understand.
Why he was locked up, why his brother avoided him and started changing, why his father had done those horrible things eight years ago...
Why his mother left him such words...
Those confusing questions were answered one by one.