Chapter 370 Jiang Ning is dead

After driving for almost two hours, the car finally slowed down and came to a stop.

Bai Yichen got out of the car first, followed closely by Lu Junyan.

It wasn't until he got off the car that Lu Junyan could see what words were engraved on the towering archway in front of him.

This is Qingqiu Cemetery.

Lu Junyan's eyes widened instantly, and he turned to look at Bai Yichen.

Why did you bring me here?

When he opened his mouth, his voice trembled involuntarily, and his breathing was not steady.

Bai Yichen did not answer his question.

I simply took a step and went inside.

Lu Junyan did not follow.

A voice inside him was telling him—

We can't keep up.

If he follows, he will face something he absolutely cannot bear.

But……

He had no choice but to follow.

The sky was so overcast it looked like it was completely dark.

A faint rumble of thunder seemed to come from within the thick, dark clouds.

Recently, vehicles are not allowed to enter Qingqiu Cemetery, so Bai Yichen led Lu Junyan up the stairs.

The long, long blue steps resemble a road leading to heaven.

Finally, Bai Yichen stopped.

He stopped in front of a tombstone.

After waiting for a while, Lu Junyan finally came up.

When Lu Junyan saw Jiang Ning's name clearly written on the very new tombstone, along with Jiang Ning's photo, he felt as if a thunderbolt had struck him directly.

Jiang Ning is dead...

Jiang Ning is dead?!

Lu Junyan felt a sudden darkness before his eyes; if Bai Yichen hadn't caught him in time, he would have collapsed to the ground.

"What on earth is going on? How could Jiang Ning..."

Lu Junyan forcefully shook off Bai Yichen's hand, his shocked face filled with disbelief.

Although he had a vague premonition after being taken to the cemetery by Bai Yichen.

However, he still couldn't accept that when he woke up, just after recovering from a serious illness, Jiang Ning was already dead?!

"How could this be... How is this possible... Could it be..."

Knowing what Lu Junyan was thinking, Bai Yichen shook his head.

"Not that time... During that car race, you did save Aning..."

Her bloodshot eyes stared intently at Bai Yichen, who didn't seem to be lying.

"Since I saved Jiang Ning, then why..."

"It was a plane crash."

"What?"

Lu Junyan couldn't understand Bai Yichen's words for a moment.

"In that street race, Aning wasn't actually seriously injured; she was discharged from the hospital quickly..."

Bai Yichen paused at this point.

Clearly, what Bai Yichen was about to say was something even he himself didn't want to say.

"Ah Ning... was on a business trip to D country. She bought a plane ticket, but... that flight crashed."

Looking at the regretful and painful expression on Bai Yichen's face, Lu Junyan felt as if he had been thrown into an ice cave, feeling cold and suffocated.

With trembling hands, he took out his phone and searched, and indeed found the flight that had recently been involved in the accident.

Opening the airline's official website, there was a detailed list of the victims. Although the number was large, Lu Junyan still spotted it at a glance among the densely packed names.

Jiangning.

As if struck by a thunderbolt, Lu Junyan felt dizzy and his already unattractive face turned deathly pale, as if all the blood had been drained from his body.

Bai Yichen knew that Lu Junyan couldn't accept the fact that Jiang Ning had died in a plane crash.

He couldn't accept it either.

When he learned that Jiang Ning was on that plane, he and Gu Lanlan hugged each other and cried.

However, unforeseen events can happen at any time, and misfortune can strike at any moment.

Now that things have come to this, they have no choice but to accept it.

Since no remains were found in the plane crash, this grave is empty.

But this was the only thing he and Gu Lanlan could do for Jiang Ning.

If possible, Bai Yichen actually didn't want to come here again.

I don't want to, at least not in the short term.

Facing Jiang Ning's tombstone, the unhealed tearing pain in his chest made him feel like he was dying.

"I've already brought you to see her..."

Although Bai Yichen's tone was calm, his voice trembled uncontrollably.

"I'm leaving now..."

Just as he turned around, Lu Junyan suddenly grabbed his collar.

"Bai Yichen, how did you take care of Jiang Ning?!"

Lu Junyan's hands, which were gripping Bai Yichen's collar, had prominent blue veins on the backs of their hands.

His eyes were bloodshot with rage, as if Bai Yichen were the murderer who killed Jiang Ning.

"While I was in a coma, Jiang Ning could only rely on you, right? Why did she have to go on a business trip right after being discharged from the hospital?! Why didn't you stop her from boarding the plane?!"

Bai Yichen did not answer any of Lu Junyan's questions.

He knew this was just Lu Junyan taking his anger out on him.

Because apart from the person right in front of him, Lu Junyan had no other way to vent his anger and grief on anyone else.

Dark clouds gathered overhead, and thunder roared.

After Bai Yichen left the cemetery, the heavy rain finally stopped.

...

When Lu Junyan opened his eyes again, he was lying in the Cuihu Villa.

A strange man was standing beside his bed.

"……Who are you?"

When he opened his mouth, he realized that his voice was so hoarse that it was almost unrecognizable as his own.

"Hello Mr. Lu, my name is Liu Yang, and I am your new assistant."

"A new assistant?"

A look of confusion crossed Lu Junyan's face.

"What about Xiao Zhang?"

"I fired him."

Lu Yexiong strode in.

Lu Junyan could tell from Lu Yexiong's expression that Lu Yexiong was very angry and disappointed with his performance.

"It wasn't Xiao Zhang's fault, it was my fault for not letting him come along."

"Junyan, you just got out of the hospital and you went to the cemetery to get soaked in the rain. Do you know that if we had arrived any later, you might have died there!"

Lu Yexiong spoke sternly, his eyes reddening.

"You're my only son, can't you even show some compassion for your old man!"

Seeing Lu Yexiong clutching his chest, the new assistant Liu Yang immediately helped Lu Yexiong sit down.

Lu Junyan looked at Lu Yexiong's face.

This face seems to have aged considerably compared to before.

Lu Junyan lowered his eyes, unable to describe the feeling in his heart.

"I'm sorry, Dad..."

Seeing that Lu Junyan rarely took the initiative to apologize, Lu Yexiong's expression softened.

“Alright, Dad knows it’s hard for you to accept right now, but everyone has their own fate. Jiang Ning’s plane crash was an accident, and no one can control that… No matter how big the blow is, you just have to accept it…”

Standing up, Lu Yexiong patted Lu Junyan on the shoulder.

"I'll go get the doctor to come and check you out."

After saying that, Lu Yexiong turned and left, not forgetting to give Liu Yang a meaningful look before he left.

Lu Junyan knew that Liu Yang was deliberately arranged by his father to keep an eye on him, in case he was worried that Liu Yang might do something rash.

After resting for two days at the Green Lake Villa, Lu Junyan's health improved, and he called Xiao Zhang back.

Lu Yexiong initially disagreed, but Lu Junyan insisted.

And so, Xiao Zhang returned to being Lu Junyan's assistant.

"Xiao Zhang, take me to Sanhu Street first."

"……good."

Xiao Zhang knew very well that Lu Junyan had bought that house on Sanhu Street for Jiangning's sake.

Now that Jiang Ning is dead, that house will only become a place of sorrow for Lu Junyan.

Lu Junyan asked Xiao Zhang to wait for him in the car. Not long after, Lu Junyan came out.

"This time we'll go to Qingqiu Cemetery."

Xiao Zhang turned his head and glanced at Lu Junyan sitting in the back seat of the car, forcing a bitter smile.

"I feel like I'm about to be fired again."

"Don't worry!" Lu Junyan said calmly, his sorrowful expression not softening at all, his eyes vacant, but his tone remained relatively calm.

"I didn't go there to commit suicide."