"I originally wanted to bring Dad to see you, but he has been in a deep sleep and hasn’t woken up.

A few days ago, Dad heard about what happened to you, and his health worsened, so I didn’t dare bring him here to see you.

But don’t worry, once Dad’s health is a bit better and he wakes up, I’ll bring him to see you, okay?"

Jian Yufei said many things to her mother’s photo.

The more she spoke, the sadder she felt inside.

She had managed to find her mother after so much difficulty, but hadn’t been with her long before they were separated by life and death.

From now on, Nangong Ruyue is no longer in this world.

Her biological mother is no more.

Jian Yufei sat by the tombstone, leaning against it, as if snuggling against her mother’s body.

"Mom, what do I do, I really can’t bear for you to leave me..."

Jian Yufei painfully closed her eyes, tears constantly falling.

Ruan Tianling, afraid she was too upset, went to support her: "Yufei, we should go back."

Jian Yufei pulled her hand back, shaking her head: "I’m not going back!"

"Be good."

"I’m not leaving! I want to stay here."

Ruan Tianling took off his jacket and placed it on her.

"If you’re this sad, it will also make Mother-in-law sad."

Jian Yufei looked at him with tearful eyes: "Ruan Tianling, let me stay with her a little longer, okay? I really don’t want to leave."

"Okay, but not for too long, and no more crying."

"I want to cry, I can’t hold it back."

Ruan Tianling wiped her tears with a handkerchief: "You’ve been crying for several days, if you keep crying, your eyes will have problems."

"Just let me cry this once, I won’t act like this again, is that okay?"

Seeing her like this made Ruan Tianling feel terrible inside too.

But stopping her from releasing her grief wouldn’t be good for her either.

"Alright, if you want to cry, then cry, just this once."

He sat down beside her, pulling her into his embrace, letting her lean against him instead of the cold tombstone.

Jian Yufei leaned in his arms, her gaze drifting off into the distance, feeling very gloomy.

She didn’t speak, just quietly shed tears, quietly mourning her deceased mother.

The sky grew increasingly overcast —

The bodyguard had already gone to get an umbrella.

When light rain began falling from the sky, the bodyguard opened a black umbrella over their heads.

Ruan Tianling looked down at Jian Yufei: "It’s raining, we should go back now."

"I don’t want to go back." Jian Yufei couldn’t bear to leave no matter what.

She wanted to keep sitting there, keep staying with her mother.

"But it’s raining, shall we come visit Mother-in-law another day?"

This time Jian Yufei neither refused nor agreed.

Ruan Tianling took it as her agreement, lifting her soft body as he stood.

They treaded down the cemetery’s green stone path to leave —

Suddenly, Ruan Tianling’s phone rang in his pocket, and a considerate bodyguard stepped forward, took out his phone, and held it to his ear.

No one knows what he heard, but Ruan Tianling hurriedly put Jian Yufei down.

Jian Yufei leaned against him, listless, without any reaction to his response.

"Wife, listen."

The phone, warm with his body heat, was placed against her ear.

"Yufei, it’s Mom."

This is... Mom’s voice...

Jian Yufei shivered all over, her gaze searching everywhere: "Mom? Has your spirit come to see me?"

Ruan Tianling: "..."

"Silly child, Mom isn’t dead, I’m still alive."

Jian Yufei suddenly looked at Ruan Tianling, "Am I hearing things? Did you hear anything?"

Ruan Tianling smiled and took the phone: "Mother-in-law, Yufei is still processing it, we can chat when we meet soon."