Shen Yizi was a little caught off guard.

"So, you brought me to see your mother?"

"Well, if mother were still alive, she would definitely like you very much." Gu Xueting turned his head and put his face close to hers.

"But I haven't prepared anything..."

This made Gu Xueting chuckle: "As long as you show up, the rest doesn't matter."

Shen Yizhi, led by Gu Xueting, came to a slope behind the small building with a slightly nervous mood.

A raised mound of earth covered with green grass and flowers, with a stone tablet in front of it with two simple columns of words written on it.

"The tomb of Emperor Mingzhu was built by Gu Xueting."

Di Mingzhu, Shen Yizi felt that this mother-in-law’s name was very domineering.

No, how can she be called mother-in-law? It was Gu Xueting who led her astray.

Gu Xueting sat down in front of the tombstone, with a casual posture, and spoke in a casual tone: "Mom, I brought Zhizhi to see you."

He stretched out his hand towards Shen Yizi, and when she came over, he exerted a little force and pulled her into his arms, letting her sit in front of him. He then loosely wrapped his arms around her, letting her be completely surrounded by him.

"Say hello to mother." He whispered in her ear with a hint of coaxing.

Shen Yizhi blurted out: "Mother..."

As soon as she said this, she wanted to bite off her tongue. She followed suit and shouted, "What the hell is this mother's fault, Gu Xueting, who deliberately misled her."

This scheming boy!

Gu Xueting laughed muffledly, and the sound of his laughter was like feathers tickling her ears. Before she even noticed, her earlobes had turned red, and the tiny hairs on them seemed to be stained with embarrassment.

It was so cute that he wanted to take a bite of it.

But thinking that this was in front of my mother's cenotaph, I finally held back.

When she couldn't help pinching him, his laughter finally stopped, but the ending of his voice still had a smile: "Mom likes you very much."

Shen Yizhi looked at him and asked, "How did you know that?"

Not to mention that this is just a cenotaph, even if his mother is really lying in it, it can't convey such a meaning to him, okay? Gu Xueting said: "I know."

His Zhizhi is so good, how could his mother not like her?

If Shen Yizi knew his logic was like this, he would definitely laugh.

After being teased by him, Shen Yizhi's nervousness was relieved a lot, although she didn't know why she was so nervous.

Gu Xueting continued to chat with his mother about family matters, just like a son who had just returned from a trip and reported his experiences to his mother one by one.

He mentioned Shen Yizhi from time to time in his words, and gradually, she joined in.

"Mother likes Qingbao very much."

Shen Yizhi then took the trouble to talk more about Qing Bao.

The small flowers on the grave swayed gently in the wind, as if they were really listening to something.

Later, the two of them gradually became less talkative and the atmosphere became quiet.

A large sunset glow appeared on the horizon, warm and brilliant, spreading layer by layer to the horizon.

Shen Yizhi put all his weight on Gu Xueting behind him, leaned on him, and watched quietly.

Night fell unnoticed, and the dark blue sky seemed like velvet, smooth and wrinkle-free, dotted with diamond-like stars.

"It's windy, let's go back." Gu Xueting said.

"Okay." Shen Yizhi stood up first, and this time it was her turn to pull him up.

After standing up, he did not let go of her hand, but kept holding it, and the two of them walked slowly back to the small building.

Shen Yizhi couldn't help but ask: "What kind of person is your mother?"

Gu Xueting did not answer, but took her to the second floor of the small building.

It's very empty here, with basically no objects, only paintings hanging on the walls.

The same woman is in all the paintings.

Shen Yizhi guessed the woman's identity without asking - Gu Xueting's mother.

Just like her name – Di Mingyue, this is a woman like the bright moon.

She looked at them one by one.

Gu Xueting followed her with his hands behind his back, "My mother is a very childish person. When I was a child, she often snatched my toys away from me."

Shen Yizhi never expected that he would hear such an opening.

Well, Gu Xueting successfully aroused her infinite curiosity.

"…When I was five years old, she developed amnesia. She suddenly forgot everything that happened before she woke up in the morning. It wasn't serious at first. She just forgot what happened in the last few days. Later, she even forgot who she was. But she only remembered me.

"One time, she got a cricket from somewhere and said she wanted to give it to Ting'er to play with, but she walked right past me, calling me Ting'er the whole time. At that time, all she remembered was me when I was two or three years old."

Gu Xueting stood in front of a portrait with his back to Shen Yizhi. She couldn't see his expression and his voice sounded very flat.

However, the aura of silence lingering around him could not deceive anyone.

Shen Yizhi hugged him from behind. At this time, she didn't know how to comfort him. She could only tell him silently that he still had me.

Gu Xueting put his hand on hers, and the warmth on her skin was heartwarming.

"One day, the pear blossoms in the garden were in full bloom, and she recovered without any signs. She took me to the garden, climbed up a tree and shook the branches vigorously, shaking all the pear blossoms off the branches. I was watching her under the tree, and my head and body were covered with pear blossoms. When she came down and saw me, she burst into laughter.

"Before going to bed that night, she made an agreement with me to go to the zoo the next day and catch a red-crowned crane to ride. She said she used to have a white crane as a mount and often rode it everywhere... The next morning, she didn't get up. Father said to me, your mother was afraid that I would punish her, so she refused to get up, please don't expose her. But from that day on, my mother never woke up again.

"When I was one or two years older, I knew that my mother had actually passed away. She would never take me around the garden again, nor would she fulfill the promise she made."

Shen Yizhi felt very distressed after hearing this, and turned to him, "In the future, I will accompany you to catch a crane as a mount, and our family of three will ride on the crane to travel around the mountains and rivers and enjoy the world, okay?"

Gu Xueting held her hand that was covering his face and said, "Okay."

He took her to the window, sat down on the floor, leaned his back against the railing, let her lie on his legs, stroked her soft hair, and continued to tell the story.

"When I was eight years old, the demonic poison in my body broke out for the first time. That was the first time I lost control, and my heart was completely filled with violent emotions. When I woke up, I realized that I had actually... killed someone, and the palace people looked at me with fear, and they kept their distance from me from then on."

Shen Yizhi sat up suddenly. "Demon poison?" What happened? He was actually poisoned? Why didn't she notice it before? She had felt his pulse before.