"Goddess Nuwa, Xiao Ran has come to see you again. However, this time, Xiao Ran has brought someone with her. I hope Goddess Nuwa will not be offended."
"Uncle, why are you crying?"
"It's sand in your eyes."
"Uncle is lying. There's no sand here, and no wind... Uncle, you said before that you had a portrait of Aunt Shu'er. Let me see it... Aunt Shu'er looks so familiar. I feel like I've seen her somewhere before."
"You've seen her, you just forgot."
"No."
"..."
Gu Xiaoran was annoyed; why did he only think of it now?
At that time, he thought that the strange uncle was out of his mind and had mistaken the tomb of the Goddess Nuwa for Aunt Shuer.
Beside the tomb, Qiu Yan glanced at her puzzled younger siblings and said to Gu Qian:
"It's time to go to Kamitsu."
The person lurking in the shadows was too arrogant, which made her furious.
Upon hearing her words, Qiu Xu and Qiu Ling'er looked extremely surprised.
Qiu Xu lowered his eyes in deep thought, while Qiu Ling'er remained puzzled.
Before they could ask any questions, Gu Qian nodded.
“Okay.” Yan Yan’s words were exactly what he had agreed with.
After saying that, Gu Qian lifted his foot and walked towards Gu Xiaoran.
Qiu Yan then turned to look at her two younger siblings.
"Ah Xu, Ling'er..."
“I’ll go too!” Qiu Ling’er said without hesitation.
"Sister, I will be taking the imperial examination next year, and it's time for me to set off now."
The palace examination was to be held in April, and Qiu Xu had originally planned to work quickly after the New Year.
Now, after hearing what his sister had just said, he changed his mind.
Although he didn't know Gu Xiaoran's background, Qiu Xu already knew that He Lin was Gu Xiaoran's biological father.
After all, many years ago, whether it was the Lantern Festival or the mountain villages of Lingnan,
He still remembered how He Lin had harassed Xiao Ran.
He also vaguely guessed that He Lin's identity was not simple, and that those assassins were all caused by him.
But he had no way of knowing the details of the matter.
Qiu Yan didn't want to bring the two of them along, but her younger brother and sister insisted on coming, and she couldn't persuade them otherwise.
Gu Xiaoran noticed that her father had already squatted down beside her, and turned to look at him. "Father, Aunt Shuer is my birth mother, isn't she?"
Gu Qian: "Yes."
“My grandparents were my maternal grandparents.” Gu Xiaoran recalled how his grandparents had taken care of him, and the scenes flashed before his eyes.
"Mm." Gu Qian nodded, silently keeping Gu Xiaoran company.
Gu Xiaoran slowly got up and hugged Gu Qian tightly. At this moment, he felt a deep fatherly love that was different from before.
This fatherly love is even stronger than before.
He glanced at Qiu Yan out of the corner of his eye, then turned and ran towards her, embracing her tightly.
"Mother." He rested his head on Qiu Yan's shoulder.
"You must always stay with Xiaoran and never be separated from her. And Daddy too, the three of us must be together forever."
They embraced for a long time.
He ran to the carriage, grabbed his beloved dog which was in a wooden box, and began to bury him.
Before the burial, Gu Xiaoran packed all of Lightning's belongings into its wooden box.
This includes the clothes Zhu Juan made for it, the bell, and its favorite food.
Gu Qian, carrying a shovel, and Gu Xiaoran dug a grave for Lightning not far from the tomb mound.
Qiu Yan and others also came to help.
As the earth was being buried, little by little, the yellow soil covered everything, and Gu Xiaoran cried her heart out.
"Lightning is gone. I call it, but it will never answer again," he murmured, wiping away tears as he held up handfuls of yellow earth.
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