Sure enough, when the sun was high, a figure appeared. He felt panic as his brilliant eyes dimmed upon seeing that it was Si Tu Jin and a girl he had met once before, but whom he knew was not Ru Feng.
“Ning Yuan?” Si Tu Jin spoke first.
Ning Yuan replied, “Uncle, you’re here? I’m here to see Auntie too. I didn’t want to disappoint her.”
Ru Feng gazed deeply at him before turning back to her mother’s tombstone, her gentle eyes betraying a sorrowful comfort. “Mom, I’m sorry. I disappointed you. Feng’er wasn’t good enough to make him love me.”
She spoke softly, but loud enough for the others to hear, “Seeing you so loyal and righteous, she will surely smile in the afterlife.”
Ning Yuan lowered his head, “Auntie will not forgive me.”
“I’m not talking about mom, but the Si Tu Ru Feng you abandoned!”
“Thank you for coming to see my mom. It proves I’m not entirely forgotten in your heart. This way, my past infatuation was not in vain.”
“Thank you, but you don’t need to come and see her anymore. I don’t want to make mom and me sad together, so let’s end it here.”
“Who are you?” Ning Yuan asked after a brief silence.
Ru Feng remained silent while Si Tu Jin smiled, “She is Qi Feng’s fiancée.”
Ru Feng was stunned. Ning Yuan laughed self-deprecatingly, “I see.”
The person before him was Qi Feng’s second brother’s partner, no longer someone by Ru Feng’s side. So what right did he have to come and see her mother? His departing figure carried a desolation that gripped people’s hearts, bitter and astringent.
Ru Feng’s tears fell, one after another.
After a while, Ru Feng wiped her eyes and asked, “Dad, why did you say that?”
Si Tu Jin laughed easily, “What are you afraid of? Your second brother has never cared about these things. No matter how people spread rumors, he won’t spend an extra thought. We can just use this as a pretext to meet.”
Otherwise, how can you come and see your father in the future? You’ll have to meet your brothers someday. Without an identity, it won’t be convenient.”
“But what about second brother’s girlfriend?”
