Chapter 184 Here to see you (2/2)

When her parents passed away, she wasn't able to see them for the last time. To her, the feeling was the most painful, but then.. it was also a good thing... It allowed her to remember her parents when they were still alive.

Ting lower his head. His mind can't help but remember the last time he saw his parents alive. They were just an ordinary family and smiling in their home... Why is life so unfair to him? All he wanted to do was go to college and find a good job to help his mom and dad....

As his mind wonder to the past, he didn't know how, but he was already in another part of the building. He didn't even realize they had walked through the inside of the building and were outside again.

Yue Ling guided Ting to a charcoal tombstone. On the tombstone held two pictures. One a man and the other a woman. Engraved in beautiful calligraphy were the names, Gu Yiping and Gu JiLian.

Standing in front of the tombstone, Ting's legs gave up on him as he falls to his knees. He didn't care about the pain on his right leg. Staring intensely at the pictures of his parents, he lift both his trembling hands and caress the pictures.

Once again, tears flow down his face as his lip begin to tremble.

”Dad.... mom....I'm here to see you...”

He moves his hands from the pictures. Bending forward, he kowtow to his parents.

”I'm sorry.... because of me, you both are like this... if I didn't want to go to a good university, you both would still be here....”

Lifting his head, more tears fell from his eyes as hekowtows a second time.

”I'm sorry....”

Lifting his head again, he kowtow a third time, then again and again. Each time, he apologizes to his parents.

After his last kowtow, he didn't lift his head, but stayed in his position. Yue Ling could see his shoulders trembling as he cries in mourning.

Moving her eyes from the boy's figure, she looks the the two picture on the tombstone. Slowly, she close her eyes and bow in respect to them.

'No matter what the future holds, I give my words that Ting will not be alone. As long as I am here, no one will harm him.'

As Ting cry in front of his parents tomb, Yue Ling stood quietly at the side. She did not rush him but waited patiently.

After a long while, Ting finally lift his head and wipes away the tears and snot on his face. His expression held no emotion as he stare unblinkingly at his parents tombstone.

”Ting, I know you wanted to see them before they were laid to rest, but...”

Yue Ling spoke as she squat down next to him and she smiles a very faint smile at the boy.

”Sometimes, it's best to remember how they look when they were alive then when they are gone. No matter how much time pass, they will always be kept close in your heart with the memories you share.”

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