Chapter 63 Tomb Sweeping
With Su Yunruo's car blocking the way, the chances of the other cars trying to sneak into the training camp were completely gone.
Su Yunruo and Tu Jing heard cursing behind them as they entered the room.
Tu Jing came from humble beginnings and had been a grandson for a long time, so he had plenty of experience with shamelessness. But this kind of shamelessness still shattered his worldview.
Even more bizarrely, Su Yunruo was familiar with other people's tactics.
"Miss Su, how did you know they were going to take the opportunity to come in?"
“Drive the car in, make a scene first, leave the car inside, and tomorrow use the excuse of taking the car back to continue making a scene.” Su Yunruo smiled, “I’ve seen this kind of simple and real business warfare before when I was investing in real estate.”
It's beneficial to invest in a wide range of industries, as you've dealt with almost every kind of person and have a thorough understanding of their working styles.
This kind of thing happens not only on construction sites, but also on film sets.
When it comes to money, they'll use any means necessary.
Su Yunruo could tell from Chen Wanxiang's incident that the capital in the entertainment industry was still very resistant to the addition of a newcomer like herself.
However, she was not afraid of anything. On the road to making money, she was always ruthless and invincible. She would even cut down ants that blocked her way.
"Miss Su, you are so prescient! If only I could be with you—"
Bang!
Before Tu Jing could finish his compliments, a violent collision suddenly erupted behind him.
The driver slammed on the brakes, but the force from the car behind was too great, and the car was pushed forward, eventually landing less than two meters away from Su Yunruo and Tu Jing.
Tu Jing pulled Su Yunruo away in alarm, and the driver got out of the car trembling, "Miss Su, are you alright?"
She's definitely alright.
The driver was probably startled.
"fine."
After answering, Su Yunruo turned to look at the instigator.
A man covered in cheap knock-off parts got out of the car behind, seemingly unconcerned about causing the accident. He appeared relaxed and even had a smile on his face, loudly proclaiming, "Sorry, sorry, I didn't notice."
He was half the height of Su Yunruo, and twice her height in width. This was Chen Wanxiang, who successfully used his status and position to pursue many female celebrities.
Aside from the messy gossip online, Su Yunruo could barely recall that this person was a minor villain in the book.
He coveted Ruan Rourou's beauty and drugged her in an attempt to rape her. Fortunately, Han Shicheng arrived in time and was severely injured.
Chen Wanxiang never appeared in the story again.
"..."
Su Yunruo's silence was interpreted as fear, and Chen Wanxiang's eyebrows shot up with smugness. "Miss Su... Miss Su? Is it okay for me to call you that? Why do you look so pale?"
"..."
"..."
"Miss Su? Miss Su?"
Tu Jing called Su Yunruo twice, but Su Yunruo did not respond, so he tugged at her sleeve.
Su Yunruo finally snapped out of her reverie, turned around, walked towards the driver, and pressed the button on the phone he was about to put to his ear.
He gestured to him that there was no need to call the police.
slap slap slap slap
After several loud slams of doors, Chen Wanxiang's buddies got out of the car.
"So it's the big star Su Yunruo! What are you doing at the 'Yaoyue Legend' training camp? Did you finally decide to come here for training because your acting skills are so bad?"
"Can you guys please stop talking to girls like that? What if they start crying later?"
Chen Wanxiang, his face full of fat, was being teased by his cronies until he was shaking.
"She might cry to Fan Xingchen or Ke Jinyang, since they're the female leads in idol dramas."
He emphasized the words "female lead in an idol drama" with a sarcastic tone, and after he finished speaking, a group of people laughed, completely unaware that it was disrespectful to others.
Tu Jing was furious and stepped forward to speak up for Su Yunruo, but Su Yunruo patted the driver's arm, signaling him to stand aside.
She didn't say a word, nor did she even glance at these people. Instead, under the watchful eyes of everyone, she went straight to the driver's seat of her car, adjusted the seat, and fastened her seatbelt.
Shift gears.
He floored the gas pedal.
Boom—
A loud bang!
The car's rear end, which had been dented from the earlier collision, climbed straight up towards the front of Chen Wanxiang's sports car. The sports car, worth millions, already had a low front splitter, which was now completely pressed to the ground, causing the entire car to lift up, with both rear wheels rising off the ground.
Chen Wanxiang's sports car was almost totaled, but Su Yunruo did not brake. She shifted gears and drove forward a short distance before suddenly lurching backward.
Sizzle—
The windshield of the car in front was shattered; the entire car is probably beyond repair.
Everyone stared at the scene, speechless with shock.
How dare Su Yunruo!
"She she she she"
"Is she out of her mind?!"
"Brother Xiang, fuck this bitch to death!"
Seeing his beloved car suffer such a terrible fate, Chen Wanxiang was stunned for a long time before he reacted, his face turning bright red. "You son of a bitch..."
Su Yunruo drove the car a little further forward and gracefully opened the door to get out.
She walked back behind the driver, her face no longer showing the innocent look she had on camera; it was extremely cold, and her eyes were fierce.
"You're over 40 years old. When you receive orders from above, don't you ever think about whether you're doing someone a favor or someone is setting a trap for you?"
"What?"
Chen Wanxiang thought it would be some harsh words, but Su Yunruo suddenly said something so out of the blue that he was completely unprepared.
"You still don't know where my surname Su came from, right?"
“Su…”
Chen Wanxiang repeated blankly, "Su..."
Tu Jing added, "The Su family in Building A."
"..."
"..."
"..."
Silence reigned.
Everyone stared wide-eyed, unable to believe it.
"No, impossible." Chen Wanxiang staggered back two steps, shaking his head frantically.
Su Yunruo pursed her lips and chuckled, crossed her arms, and pointed her chin at the nearly wrecked supercar in the distance. "Well... I'll just consider it a thank-you fee for the advice you gave me."
...
Originally, I thought I would be in trouble for a while, but the matter was easily resolved after Su Yunruo crushed Chen Wanxiang's sports car.
Tu Jing sometimes really admires Su Yunruo, a girl who is not very old.
Chen Wanxiang's obsessive pursuit of Ruan Rourou, driven by his love-struck mind, might have been partly a ploy by others to influence "The Legend of Yao Yue," something Tu Jing could probably guess. However, he never expected Chen Wanxiang to be used as a pawn.
Yes, what is Su Yunruo's background? Zhang Wenhao, who has powerful connections, didn't know at first, but his powerful backer, Grandpa Miao, did! That's why Grandpa Miao wouldn't instruct Zhang Wenhao to openly target Su Yunruo. Even when he ran away with the makeup and styling team, he politely compensated them.
Chen Wanxiang didn't know Su Yunruo, and it's illogical that the powerful figure behind him didn't know either. Given that he did know, his targeting of Su Yunruo is quite intriguing.
Perhaps they want to test Su Yunruo's methods?
Perhaps he wanted to use Su Yunruo to kill Chen Wanxiang?
If Su Yunruo holds back, she will be bullied even more for being treated like a soft target. If she doesn't hold back and takes care of Chen Wanxiang, she will be doing a big favor for the people behind him, and they might even use this as an excuse to make trouble.
Su Yunruo's choice to directly point out that "Chen Wanxiang was betrayed" was very clever. She didn't fall into the trap and successfully sowed discord.
Having worked with his backer for so many years, Chen Wanxiang couldn't possibly be unaware of his backer's secrets. If the two sides start fighting, there's bound to be a good show to watch.
Tu Jing sighed, no wonder so many people flocked to the Su family. Su Yunruo, who came from the Su family, would give money when needed, solve problems when needed, and never cause trouble. Working for her was incredibly easy and effortless.
*
After that day, Chen Wanxiang disappeared from the internet. Even the online trolls who had been stirring up trouble on Weibo, urging him to pursue Ruan Rourou, fell silent.
Su Yunruo asked Jiang Chunrou to check on his recent situation. It was said that the company was in some trouble and was selling assets to pay off debts.
I also learned from Tao Minmin, the gossip expert, that recently, the wives in a certain small circle have been intentionally or unintentionally bringing up Chen Wanxiang's pursuit of Ruan Rourou, and even cursing the two of them.
Su Yunruo's book of grudges has gained another person.
After talking about Chen Wanxiang, Jiang Chunrou continued with other things, "The second thing is that Liang Shi said she can't find a suitable person."
With two months left in the training camp, the rental of venues and equipment for the film crew has become a routine matter, with costumes, props, and sets being of paramount importance.
Liang Shi is currently working on her own brand. Although Su Yunruo received a lot of criticism for wearing a dress she designed last time, it did increase her brand awareness. Her studio is doing better and better, and she has received some big orders. As a result, she has not been able to spare any energy to deal with the "Yaoyue Legend" project.
Su Yunruo's solution was to hire people, but it doesn't seem to be going well so far.
"Are none of the people who come for the interview suitable?"
Jiang Chunrou nodded: "There aren't many people in China who work in this field, so it's very difficult to find someone satisfactory."
What do you think?
“I’ve done my research, and the team led by Zhang Wenhao is currently the best in China. Other teams are basically just copying them. So the solution that I’ve come up with with Mr. Tu is to bring in other teams in China. With the successful example of Zhang Wenhao’s team, it’s safer to follow their lead.”
“But there have been four or five similar dramas with similar costumes and props before, and the six B-level or higher dramas currently being filmed also adopt this style, so the audience is already tired of it.”
"..."
"The casting for 'The Legend of Yao Yue' has a natural advantage. The cast consists entirely of newcomers with flexible schedules, allowing them to arrive at the set two or three hours early for makeup and styling. The actresses are also all striking and elegant types. We can capitalize on this, for example, by changing wholesale hairstyles to braids or updos, reducing the use of wigs, and having them all grow their hair long. The specific styling doesn't need to be completely historically accurate; there are many excellent bloggers online, we can refer to those..."
"The courtly style and decorations would lessen the depiction of war."
Su Yunruo thought for a moment, "What do you think of the ribbon style of the early days in the port area?"
Jiang Chunrou's eyes lit up.
"You can suggest this to Liang Shi. If she thinks it's a good idea, then you should ask for people to be hired in this direction."
"Knock knock knock"
Someone knocked on the conference room door.
After relaying what Su Yunruo had just said to Liang Shi, Jiang Chunrou responded, "Go in."
The receptionist cautiously opened the door a crack. "Ms. Su, a Mr. Lin is waiting for you at the door."
"Miss Su?"
Su Yunruo was still considering whether to go directly to the port area to find the team and didn't pay attention to the other voices. She only looked over blankly when her name was called again.
The receptionist lowered her voice, "He's incredibly tall and incredibly handsome! He has more masculine charm than Ke Jinyang."
"..."
"..."
"I'm really..." Su Yunruo said helplessly, laughing with Jiang Chunrou, "rushing from one event to another every day."
...
Lin Yuanzhou sat in the reception room for a while. People passed by the door from time to time, glancing inside. After glancing inside, they would gather together and exclaim in surprise.
"It really looks just like it! It really does!"
"He's practically a carbon copy of Lin Xingsen."
Those inside Youqian Entertainment know more than those outside. For example, although they have never met Lin Yuanzhou, they know from Yu, the company's mascot, that Lin Yuanzhou is Lin Xingsen's father and that Lin Yuanzhou and Miss Su have a close relationship, having even been on blind dates.
I've seen plenty of handsome guys, but this is the only one who's actually involved with Miss Su.
As expected of Miss Su, her eye for men is simply amazing, never failing, never!
Lin Yuanzhou exudes the air of a reliable and gentle husband. He always has a smile on his lips, not the kind of fake or pretentious one. He looks very peaceful, docile, and pleasing to the eye.
A man with a "good marriage" style is a slang term for a man who is easy to marry.
Who can find another person who makes you want to get married right away?
Da da da da
Tsk! Miss Su is here.
The audience quietly returned to their workstations, pretending to work, typing haphazardly on their keyboards, their eyes wandering aimlessly across the computer screens, while their ears were perked up to watch the drama unfold.
Snap
Everyone was disappointed.
Miss Su, we're not strangers! Why are you closing the door?
In the reception room, Su Yunruo sat down opposite Lin Yuanzhou.
The reception room was quite small; it was already crowded with two sofas and a small table. Su Yunruo and Lin Yuanzhou were both tall, and when they sat facing each other, their knees accidentally bumped against each other under the table.
Lin Yuanzhou slightly turned his body to the side, carefully avoiding it.
Su Yunruo was completely unaware: "Why did you come directly to the company to find me?"
“I went to your house, but the housekeeper said you were coming to the company to talk to Secretary Jiang, so I came directly here.”
Is something urgent?
"It's nothing urgent."
Just as Su Yunruo was about to reply that if it wasn't urgent, she and Jiang Chunrou should finish up the unfinished business before talking, Lin Yuanzhou spoke up again: "Today is the anniversary of my mother's death."
"..."
Su Yunruo forgot about the numbers one, two, three, and four, straightened her back slightly, and listened attentively to what he was going to say next.
"I wanted to ask if it would be convenient for you to come with me to see her. She has been missing you a lot since you went abroad... Since it would take some time to travel back and forth, I think it would be more sincere to tell you in person."
"Shall we leave now?"
Lin Yuanzhou paused for a moment, then said, "Yes."
Is it in this city?
"Here I am."
Su Yunruo stood up. "Did you drive?"
"Are you... willing to go?"
Su Yunruo found it somewhat amusing, "Why would you think I don't want to go? You seem quite worried; I've never seen you like this before."
She wasn't lying; she had actually wanted to visit Aunt Lin for a long time, but she had been too busy lately to find the time.
"I'm afraid you'll find it troublesome."
"It's no trouble at all."
In order to avoid having to reply to messages while visiting the graves, Su Yunruo asked Jiang Chunrou to handle everything on her own for the time being and "focus" on going to the cemetery with Lin Yuanzhou.
As a public figure, she couldn't get out of the car, so she asked Lin Yuanzhou to buy her a bouquet of daisies.
In Su Yunruo's memory, there was always a bouquet of flowers like this on Lin Yuanzhou's dining table, which could bloom for a very, very long time.
At this time of year, and on a weekday, there aren't many people visiting the cemetery.
After walking for a few minutes, Su Yunruo discovered that not only were there few people, but the place was also quite desolate. The grass on both sides of the road had grown into the middle, and it didn't look like anyone usually took care of it. If it were in a TV series, it could be considered a place where one might encounter a ghost.
She felt relieved and took off her mask, breathing in the fresh air, and felt refreshed.
The winter wind made the branches rustle and tremble, and the sky above was gloomy and foggy.
There wasn't a single cloud in sight, yet it seemed like it was all clouds; it was impossible to distinguish which part of the sky was cloud and which part was sky.
Walking on this road feels like going back more than ten years ago, when Aunt Lin passed away. Lin Yuanzhou probably held the funeral by himself. Perhaps he didn't have much money and could only choose a burial plot with a slightly better cost performance. He sent Aunt Lin here by himself.
He was shorter and thinner than he is now, with a hunched back and dull eyes.
Those were difficult days when there was no time to grieve.
Su Yunruo had experienced this when her grandfather passed away. According to family tradition, the coffin was kept out of the light and could only be sent to the funeral home in the middle of the night—a terrifying place for people, since there were more dead people than living people there.
Fortunately, Su Yunruo had a large family, almost all of whom were present, so she wasn't too scared when the wind blew through the corridor.
I wonder if Lin Yuanzhou was afraid when he handled the cremation procedures himself, and if he felt tired since it was at night.
These questions prompted Su Yunruo to ask, "When you were arranging Aunt Lin's funeral, didn't you even think of contacting me?"
She was simply expressing her feelings, but after saying it, she realized that she was blaming someone, so she said, "I just wanted to ask why you didn't notify me."
"..."
"What's wrong?"
That slight tension turned into curiosity in the silence, and Su Yunruo looked at Lin Yuanzhou.
The moment their eyes met, Lin Yuanzhou's gaze shifted from her face to the front. "What if I said we had been in contact?"
Su Yunruo quickly replied, "I didn't receive it..."
He chuckled. “I was just kidding. We were having a funeral, and Xiao Lin was about to be born... Ms. Zhang was brought to our home by my mother. She was very unwell during her pregnancy, so I didn’t have much to think about.”
For some reason, Su Yunruo felt a tightness in her chest.
Am I really lying to her?
"After giving birth to Xiaolin, Ms. Zhang's physical and mental condition was very poor. She cried and begged me every day to let her leave S City. I also had to take care of Xiaolin and help her with the procedures... There were too many things to do."
There are just too many things.
Su Yunruo thought he would be immersed in the grief of losing Aunt Lin, but at that time he was forced by life to the point that he didn't even have the chance to grieve.
"Looking back now, I realize that a person's cognition is limited at the age of eighteen."
"What do you mean by 'limited knowledge'?
Lin Yuanzhou smiled, his eyes crinkling, but there was no joy in his expression. "Where there's a will, there's a way."
"Um?"
"I believe I can handle everything myself, and I can get what I want through hard work."
Su Yunruo was even more confused. "Isn't that right?"
"..."
"..."
After a brief silence, Lin Yuanzhou sighed and looked into the distance. "Thinking about it carefully, I haven't handled everything well, and I haven't gotten what I wanted."
Su Yunruo straightened the colored paper next to the bouquet. "Xiaolin has grown up healthy and strong, and you have also founded Western Digital Technology. I think you have done better than anyone else."
As they swayed along, they reached the foot of the mountain, which was filled with tombstones.
There are so many, I wonder where Aunt Lin is.
Su Yunruo followed Lin Yuanzhou up the stairs, her high heels clicking loudly on the stone path.
Suddenly, Mingming lifted her foot, but the tip of her shoe hit a stone, and Su Yunruo stumbled and fell forward.
"careful."
Fortunately, Lin Yuanzhou reached out and caught her, preventing her from falling to the ground.
He said, "It seems like there's a flight of stairs here that's a bit higher than the others."
"Can this kind of project really pass inspection?"
"It's been built for quite a few years."
The implication is that this situation is quite normal.
Su Yunru moved her ankle to make sure she hadn't sprained it, then stood up straight again.
As they walked, Lin Yuanzhou suddenly blurted out, "Actually, what I want to deal with isn't Xiao Lin, and what I want to obtain isn't Western Digital Technology."
What do you want?
Lin Yuanzhou did not answer immediately.
Su Yunruo assumed he was thinking and waited silently.
However, when she stood on the next step, she was taller than Lin Yuanzhou. Looking down from above, she saw Lin Yuanzhou standing still, looking down at the ground.
His gentle brows and eyes softened, revealing the sharp angles of his lower face, much like Lin Yuanzhou, who stood coldly in the crowd many years ago, only eighteen years old and covered in thorns.
He lowered his voice, as if he were back in his eighteen-year-old self, his voice hoarse, "If I could go back twelve years, I would definitely go abroad with you."
"..."
"..."
Finally, they brought up the issue that they had both been deliberately avoiding.
Su Yunruo was curious, but she didn't ask.
He regrets it, but he's only bringing it up now.
Twelve years is a really long time. It had been quietly buried under other exciting and complicated things in Su Yunruo's heart, but when she brought it up again, she found that she was not at peace with it.
"But I've gone back to a year ago, and I can't change the decisions I made in the past."
Su Yunruo was shocked.
“You got close to Ruan Rourou and filmed ‘The Legend of Yao Yue.’ I think you also remember your past life.”
"..." She opened her mouth, but no sound came out.
“I didn’t have a chance in my past life, so now that you’re standing in front of me, I want to sincerely apologize to you. I shouldn’t have rejected you.”
"Is that so?"
She thought Lin Yuanzhou would explain why he had refused her back then.
I wasn't surprised to hear him talk about his past life and this life.
They've both kept quiet about something since their last phone call, but now they're just bringing it up in public.
However, she thought that Lin Yuanzhou, Han Shicheng, and she were also bound to a system, but now, listening to Lin Yuanzhou's words, it seems that he was not bound to a system, nor did he know that this was a book, but rather that he was living a second life.
“If I had gone abroad with you, perhaps so many things wouldn’t have happened later.” He paused, then sighed, “It’s not just about going abroad. If I had come out earlier in my past life to stop you from marrying Han Shicheng, I wouldn’t have fallen into that kind of relationship, and it wouldn’t have ended like that.”
Alarm bells rang in Su Yunruo's mind. Lin Yuanzhou was referring to the plot in the book, meaning he had witnessed her completely out of control when she was in love in the book!
In Lin Yuanzhou's eyes, her image must have collapsed.
Urgent!
"I don't like Han Shicheng, and I'm not interested in the drama of two women fighting over one man."
Lin Yuanzhou smiled and said, "I think so too."
"If you think so too, then don't define me as that kind of person in your mind. I have my reasons."
"I can't define you; in my past life, I could only learn about you from the news."
"..."
His smile held a hint of helplessness. "I tried it once in my life and found out it was actually so simple."
"It's not that simple either."
"..." He paused for a moment, then continued, "Yes, I still need to work harder."
Su Yunruo didn't understand. "What's the point of trying? I just feel that getting back to Han Yao's side isn't easy for you."
Lin Yuanzhou was taken aback. "So that's what you meant?"
"Otherwise, what do you think it means?"
He pursed his lips and shook his head.
"What are you laughing at?"
"It's nothing... We've arrived. My mother is buried here."
Following the direction Lin Yuanzhou pointed, Su Yunruo saw Aunt Lin's beautiful eyes on the tombstone.
Han Yao, Han Shicheng, Lin Yuanzhou, and Lin Xingsen all have similar lower half faces, only the upper half is different. Han Shicheng looks like Han Yao, and Lin Yuanzhou and Lin Xingsen look like their mother. In particular, Lin Yuanzhou's eyes are almost exactly the same as Aunt Lin's.
Next to the beautiful photograph, a bouquet of fresh chrysanthemums sat quietly.
Su Yunruo: "It seems like someone has been here."
She asked curiously, "Besides you, who else will come?"
"..."
"Um?"
Lin Yuanzhou bent down and arranged the flowers in a more secure way. "They must belong to the driver's family."
Su Yunruo remembered that Aunt Lin had died in a car accident.
"I haven't told you yet, Ms. Zhang wanted to eat something sour at night, and my mother was in a car accident when she went out to buy her fruit. The truck driver died on the spot."
"Did the brakes fail?"
"The driver was fatigued and the truck was overloaded. When it was crossing an intersection, an electric scooter suddenly darted out. The driver panicked and swerved the steering wheel, crashing into a taxi next to him. My mother was in the taxi."
"..."
No one survived that accident.
Su Yunruo's heart sank heavily.
Lin Yuanzhou's eyes were completely devoid of light as he stared blankly at Aunt Lin's photo.
She had a sudden thought, "You know Aunt Lin so well, do you think if she could do it all over again, she would reject Han Yao's proposal? Just like when you apologized to me, making up for all the regrets."
Lin Yuanzhou suddenly turned around and chuckled.
Su Yunruo: "We are all dead, which is why we have the opportunity to stand here."
He continued to laugh silently, his shoulders shaking, his head almost completely buried.
Su Yunruo didn't know what was wrong with him, so she bent down slightly and craned her neck to look, somewhat like Zheng Chengcheng's "Did you really cry?" look not long ago.
What are you laughing at?
Lin Yuanzhou straightened up and laughed until tears streamed down his face. "I'm laughing because I really made a huge mistake in my past life."
"Didn't you just apologize? Do you need to apologize again?"
Lin Yuanzhou shook his head.
There are some things that can't be said.
If he had listened to Su Yunruo more than ten years ago and taken his mother with her to go abroad, perhaps his mother would not have died in the car accident.
If he had rejected Su Yunruo, but had had more courage when his mother passed away, and had sent Su Yunruo one more message, or even gone to see Su Yunruo's father... if he had been able to reconnect with Su Yunruo, perhaps he wouldn't have had such a difficult time living alone for the next ten years or so.
Su Yunruo was able to save him at every juncture in his life.
Lin Yuanzhou looked at Su Yunruo more carefully.
She squatted down, took out a pack of wet wipes from her bag, and calmly wiped away the traces of rainwater left on the photo.
Despite being born into a wealthy family, this pampered young lady has none of the spoiled bad temper that comes with being pampered. If you just want to be friends with her, you'll feel very happy.
She's the kind of person who would give you all the good things in the world, as sincere as a child, but she wouldn't throw a tantrum like a child. On the contrary, she would provide emotional value.
During the time we spent together, I felt like the happiest person in the world.
So when you realize you've fallen in love with her but can't have her, or that the love belongs to everyone else, you fall into pain.
When Lin Yuanzhou was eighteen, he had a wild idea. He tried for twelve years, but failed. Even when he had a chance to start over, he realized that being a well-behaved toy was the best way to get closer to his goal.
He never says what he really means.
From being unwilling to be a toy to now constantly repeating that she is willing to be a toy.
However, they will still be jealous of their peers who have fame and status.
"I've always wanted to ask... why did you choose to marry Han Shicheng?"
Han Shicheng.
A person who occupies an absolute place in his life.
In his past life, he might have sensed from Su Yunruo's expression that she didn't have any extra feelings for Han Shicheng. Even though the rumors circulating online made him waver in this belief, he could constantly recall Su Yunruo's expression on the day of their engagement to numb himself that Su Yunruo didn't love Han Shicheng.
Despite both being heirs to the Han Group, Su Yunruo rejected him in this lifetime.
Lin Yuanzhou couldn't let it go.
"I've paid."
How could Su Yunruo know the reason why she married Han Shicheng in the book? She couldn't think of any other reason besides money.
But this reason is actually extremely far-fetched. She's not down on her luck, so why would she ask Han Shicheng for money when she can't earn it herself?
"Is that so..."
It's not that I think so, it's that I don't believe it.
Su Yunruo cleaned the small platform in front of the tombstone, clapped her hands, and stood up. "Han Shicheng is not my type."
Lin Yuanzhou pressed further, "What type do you like?"
"..." She thought about it carefully, "It seems like I don't have a particular type I like. But if I were to get married, I would probably choose a genius who does scientific research."
"Do you do scientific research?"
Lin Yuanzhou's eyes widened suddenly. He seemed to have been struck by lightning. His body went from relaxed to tense. He turned his head sluggishly, his gaze filled with disbelief.
Su Yunruo: "What's wrong?"
Lin Yuanzhou remained silent, then suddenly took a deep, heavy breath that could be heard.
He then turned his head away, his back to Su Yunruo.
Su Yunruo was confused and wanted to follow to see what was going on with Lin Yuanzhou when she heard several sets of footsteps behind her.
Her professional instincts led her to take a mask out of her pocket and put it on.
A girl of about seventeen or eighteen years old and a thin middle-aged woman approached them, supporting each other.
They were also surprised to see Su Yunruo and Lin Yuanzhou.
"you……"
Upon seeing this, Su Yunruo bowed slightly and said, "Hello."
The middle-aged woman squinted and tilted her head slightly to carefully examine Su Yunruo—no, she should be looking in Su Yunruo's direction.
After staring for two or three seconds, he stammered, "Is...is it Lin Yuanzhou?"
Lin Yuanzhou shuddered.
Su Yunruo tilted her head and asked Lin Yuanzhou, "Is she the aunt you know?"
Lin Yuanzhou froze for a few seconds, then turned around slowly and nodded slightly to the middle-aged woman. "Are you feeling alright?"
The middle-aged woman took a few steps forward. "It's been so long since I've seen you. How have you been these past years?"
The middle-aged woman approached Lin Yuanzhou excitedly, her voice trembling, "I never thought I'd see you again. Today... today... it's your mother..."
Before she could finish speaking, tears streamed down her face.
The girl who came with the middle-aged woman quickly took out some toilet paper and handed it to her.
"Thank you for coming to see my mother," Lin Yuanzhou said, bowing his head.
The woman grew increasingly agitated, gripping Lin Yuanzhou's sleeve and shaking it excitedly, "I'm so sorry, really."
Lin Yuanzhou remained silent, neither speaking nor laughing.
Su Yunruo rarely saw him treat others like this, which she found strange. She guessed that this middle-aged woman must be one of Lin Yuanzhou's relatives, and perhaps they had had an unpleasant encounter before.
So Su Yunruo found an excuse to go back early and pulled Lin Yuanzhou away.
“Those are the driver’s family members.”
As they walked down the steps, Lin Yuanzhou spoke to her.
“She was in poor health, her daughter was very young, and her husband was the only breadwinner. After the car accident, their situation wasn’t much better than mine.” Lin Yuanzhou paused for a moment, then continued, “After my mother passed away, she and her daughter came to my mother’s funeral. They came every year on the anniversary of her death, and I ran into them a few times.”
Su Yunruo: "But she looks like she hasn't seen you in many years."
"..." Lin Yuanzhou quickened his pace and ran half a step ahead of Su Yunruo. "I used to run into her a few years ago, so I tried to come later in the future."
"Don't you want to see them?"
"……Um."
"That's normal."
“They’ve been trying their best to make up for it. She was already in poor health, and after her husband died, she moved back to the countryside with her daughter, far from here, but she still takes a long bus ride here every year.” Lin Yuanzhou’s voice trailed off. “Back then, her husband just wanted to earn more money. If it weren’t for that electric scooter…”
“They are all kind people,” Su Yunruo concluded.
"..."
"..."
"..."
The two continued walking, one in front of the other. Lin Yuanzhou remained silent, as did Su Yunruo. Lin Yuanzhou walked slower and slower, and Su Yunruo followed suit.
Suddenly, Lin Yuanzhou spoke up: "You..."
"Let it continue like this. We were only going to see each other once a year at most. If you change your schedule, we might never see each other again in this lifetime. There are many things that can't be resolved. You haven't hurt them, so why put so much pressure on yourself?"
Lin Yuanzhou lowered his head. "Yes."
"and--"
"Um?"
"Didn't your mother choose to go again, just like you? Do you feel that she's living a better life now than she did in her previous life?"
Pfft
Lin Yuanzhou was amused by her.
"It's all in the past, let's look forward."
It wasn't convenient to come to the cemetery, and it was also Aunt Lin's death anniversary, so neither of them mentioned going back. They wandered aimlessly around the cemetery.
After about two or three hours, guessing that the mother and daughter should have left, Su Yunruo suggested that they go back.
It was rare for Lin Yuanzhou to show a little bit of his temper in front of Su Yunruo, and Su Yunruo cooperated with him, volunteering to go and scout ahead. If she didn't see the mother and daughter when she got there, she was to call Lin Yuanzhou and ask him to come up.
The wind on the mountain was stronger than the wind down below, making Su Yunruo's hair a mess. She would habitually reach out and run her hand through her hair from time to time, trying to make it smoother.
As I walked, I heard a sound in the wind.
“His mother could have been saved at that time.”
Su Yunruo stopped and realized that she was very close to Aunt Lin's grave.
If she leans in a little further and bends over, she can completely hide her figure from her position.
At Aunt Lin's grave, the mother and daughter were packing up the groceries they had brought from home. The bags were thick and red, so it was hard to tell what was inside; all that could be heard was the rustling sound of the plastic rubbing together.
"The ambulance was rushing back to the hospital when it got stuck in traffic. The noise was very loud, and all the cars quickly moved aside. One of them, probably because the driver wasn't very skilled, scraped the car in front of it."
"That car was an imported car. A beautiful woman wearing such a big pearl necklace got out. She had a bad temper and started arguing with the car behind her, saying she would wait for the traffic police to give her an explanation."
"The nurse in the ambulance ran off to ask them to make way, and was scolded by the pretty woman."
"In the end, there was no other way, so the ambulance took another route."
"It took too much time; by the time his mother got to the hospital, she was already too weak."
Listening to her mother recount the past, the girl innocently asked, "Did those two people who wouldn't give way to the ambulance go to jail?"
"It's getting late, let's go back, or we'll miss the last bus."
"oh."
"Make a note of this location; you might have to come here yourself next year."
After packing up, the mother and daughter left from the other side with their belongings. The girl was still clinging to her mother, whose back looked unsteady and seemed about to collapse at any moment.
...
Su Yunruo stood there for a while, letting the wind blow her hair into a messy bird's nest, sticking all over her head.
She forgot to tell Lin Yuanzhou to come up and instinctively walked down the steps.
At the foot of the mountain, Lin Yuanzhou stood under a tree that had lost all its leaves, looking up at the bare branches.
Hearing footsteps, he turned around and saw her. He first checked his phone to make sure he hadn't missed any messages from Su Yunruo. Seeing that he hadn't, he asked curiously, "Why did you come down?"
Su Yunruo opened her mouth weakly: "Shall we come another day?"
"good."
The return journey was silent.
When Su Yunruo returned home, she gave Jiang Chunrou an extra task, which was somewhat difficult but very important.
She wanted to know who the woman was who wouldn't give way to the ambulance back then.
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