Chapter 81 You sleep forever, I always miss you
When Zhou Yichen arrived, the sky was already slightly bright.
He found Mr. Xu, and the first words he said were filled with worry, "Where's Chengcheng?"
Father Xu had already started to get busy at this time. After telling him what happened in the middle of the night, he went to help.
Zhou Yichen looked at the people coming and going in the yard, not daring to stop for a moment, and turned around to walk outside.
He hurriedly took out his cell phone and dialed the number he had memorized. He began to pray, and fortunately the call was connected.
"Orange, where are you?"
The girl on the other end said in a hoarse voice, "Zhou Zhou."
He felt distressed when he heard this and coaxed her softly, "Chengcheng, be good. I'll go find you."
"I'm behind my grandpa's house."
Hearing this, Zhou Yichen strode towards the back of the house.
When he saw the figure squatting on the ground at the corner, his heart suddenly ached. He slowed down his steps and slowly walked towards her.
His tone was filled with heartache, "Orange."
When Xu Yucheng heard the familiar voice, her emotions suddenly exploded and she burst into tears.
At this moment, his suspended body and mind found a support point. He stretched out his hands to hug the knees of the person in front of him, resting his forehead on them. His shoulders trembled, and he choked with sobs as he spoke, "Zhou Zhou, I, I will never see Grandpa again."
Zhou Yichen was in so much pain that he almost suffocated. He slowly squatted down, pulled the person in front of him up, reached out to wipe away her tears, looked at her red eyes, and slowly said, "I will always be Chengcheng's safe haven."
Xu Yucheng was sobbing as she spoke, tears hanging on her eyelashes. "I want to go find grandma, but I'm afraid I won't be able to hold back my tears and cause trouble for them."
He coaxed patiently, "Can I go with Chengcheng?"
"good."
Zhou Yichen brought the person up and held her hand.
The sky began to brighten, and there were more people in the yard this morning.
Zhou Yichen led her through the crowd and walked into the house.
On the sofa, Xu Yucheng saw her mother and grandmother.
"Go ahead, I'm right here."
"good."
Xu Yucheng walked over to the sofa and sat down, saying, "Grandma."
Grandma raised her head. Her wrinkles seemed to have increased, and her voice was a little weak. She patted the back of her hand and said, "Chengcheng is here."
Xu Yucheng wanted to speak but no sound came out, so she pulled her hand out and wrapped it around her grandmother's hand.
Mother Xu looked at her daughter and said, "Chengcheng, stay here with your grandma. I'll go out and take a look."
She looked at her mother's red eyes and agreed.
"Chengcheng, grandma is a little tired. Please take me back to my room to rest for a while."
"good."
Grandma stood up and the moment she saw Zhou Yichen, her face was filled with the kindness of an old lady, "Xiaochen is here too."
Zhou Yichen greeted politely, "Grandma."
"Good boy, sit down first."
Xu Yucheng helped her grandmother into the room and tucked the quilt in for the old lady.
She waited until the person on the bed fell asleep before she lowered her voice and walked out.
When Zhou Yichen saw someone coming out, he went to greet him.
After the two of them arrived at the main hall, Xu Yucheng saw that his parents were there too, packing up their things to go out.
"Xiaochen, take good care of Chengcheng." Father Xu walked over and said this before following him out.
Outside the house, cars were driving onto the road.
Xu Yucheng knew that they were going to the funeral home to cremate her grandfather.
(Note: The custom in the author's area is to cremate the body the day after death.)
A voice sounded beside him, "Chengcheng, do you want to go?"
She stared in the direction of the last car and said, "I want to."
Xu Yucheng, sitting in the passenger seat, finally reacted. She turned around and said softly, "Zhou Zhou, I haven't asked for leave from school yet."
Zhou Yichen touched her hair and replied softly, "It's okay, I'll treat you."
The car drove all the way towards the funeral home.
On the way, he heard the sound of breathing beside him. Zhou Yichen turned his head and saw that the person had fallen asleep leaning against him.
He slowed down the car.
Xu Yucheng had a dream, a very beautiful dream.
In the dream, grandpa was there too, still looking like that little old man. He would say, "Chengcheng, come and help grandpa put up the New Year pictures. Look at the flowers that grandpa grows, they are blooming so beautifully. Let's go to the back of the house to set off fireworks in the evening."
"Orange, Orange." A voice from outside her dream woke her up.
Xu Yucheng opened her eyes and looked at everything in front of her, tears already blurring her cheeks.
Zhou Yichen wiped the tears from her face, hugged her with heartache, and comforted her along her back.
After a long pause, she finally spoke, "Zhou Zhou, let's go in and take a look."
"good."
When the two arrived, the staff were preparing to put the long rectangular box into the furnace.
Xu Yucheng knew that the person inside was her grandfather.
My mother was crying with her face covered, while my father was comforting her.
She felt a strong arm around her shoulder, and she turned her head to meet the gaze of the person next to her.
A firm and warm voice sounded, "I'm here."
Xu Yucheng looked at the stove that had started working and said silently in his heart: Grandpa, remember to come and see me in your dreams when you have time.
Zhou Yichen led the people to sit on a chair at the side. There were more than ten people present, and all of them were silent.
In just forty minutes, the body went in intact, but came out turned into light ash.
——
A lot of people came to the memorial service.
Zhou Yan and Wen Yuyang also came.
Xu Yucheng was wearing black, a color she had never worn before, and looked at the people who kept coming to pay their respects.
The sky was clear and cloudless, and flocks of birds were circling in the air.
She looked up at the sky.
May you rest in peace, and I will always think of you.
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On the day we returned to Chaoyang City, everyone was persuading grandma to follow Xu's mother.
But no one could persuade her. The most she said was, "When you get old, you just love quietness. What will happen to the flowers in the yard when I'm gone?"
Xu Yucheng knew that her grandmother couldn't bear to part with her grandfather and wanted to keep his last thoughts with her.
*
After returning from his hometown, Zhou Yichen gets up an hour earlier every day to pick up his little girl from school, and then goes to the company. He does the same after school.
That day, Xu Yucheng sat in the car and patiently said to the person next to her, "Zhou Zhou, don't come to pick me up tomorrow. Uncle Li is here. It's too tiring for you to run back and forth."
Zhou Yichen ruffled her hair, his voice as gentle as ever, "It's not hard."
How could it not be hard? School and company are two completely opposite directions, and Xu Yucheng sees it all.
At this time, he pretended to be angry and said, "You are really not allowed to come tomorrow, do you hear me? Otherwise, I will get up early and take Uncle Li's car to school, so that you can go to school in vain. I bet Zhou Zhou doesn't want me to go to school with two dark circles under my eyes."
Zhou Yichen knew what she was thinking, so he could only agree helplessly, "Then please allow me to take Chengcheng to school today."
Xu Yucheng curled her lips and said, "Let's go."
Time is passing quietly and everything is moving in a good direction.
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