Chapter 266 The Right Age (Update 1)
Ye Shixian stumbled towards Ye Mingze's room. As soon as she reached the door, she heard suppressed crying coming from inside.
She suddenly stopped and dared not take another step forward.
It was already dark at this time. The lanterns under the eaves emitted a pale light, swaying in the night wind, like the wailing of ghosts.
A huge fear enveloped my heart and a chill overwhelmed me.
A more hurried sound of footsteps came from behind. It was Gao who had hurried over after hearing the news.
There was gauze wrapped around her head, and she had lost a lot of weight. Her face was so pockmarked and swollen that it was hard to tell the light from the dark under the candlelight, and she looked like a ghost.
"Mingze! Mingze!"
Gao's steps were disordered and she was shouting loudly with a trembling voice. She didn't even notice Ye Shixian. She bumped into her and went straight into the room without looking back.
When she was going up the stairs, she stepped on empty air and fell heavily.
"lady!"
The maid who was following behind her hurriedly stepped forward to support her, but Gao had already climbed up by herself and rushed into the room.
Shaoyao supported Ye Shixian who was almost knocked down, and her heart was in a panic: "Miss, you..."
Ye Shixian didn't move, just maintained that posture, her knuckles already turning white as she held Shaoyao's hand.
After a brief moment of silence, a shrill wail was heard from inside the house.
"Son!"
Ye Shixian felt as if a knife was slashing down at her, and blood splattered everywhere.
She raised her head slowly with her body stiff. The door was half open and the scene before her seemed to be covered with a layer of black blood.
The leaves rustled in the yard, candlelight flickered in the porch, and the wailing was extremely piercing.
Ye Shixian suddenly pushed Shaoyao away and walked forward at a very fast speed.
Impossible, impossible!
How could Mingze die? He was just sick, how could he die suddenly like this!
The servants in the room were kneeling on the floor, and Gao threw herself on the bed, crying out of breath.
Hearing the noise, a maid turned around and kowtowed heavily to her.
"My lady, please accept my condolences!"
Ye Shixian kicked her down and said sternly, "What nonsense are you talking about! Mingze is just a little more seriously ill, why don't you go get a doctor!"
As she spoke, she rushed to the bed again.
Ye Mingze was lying there, covered with a quilt, his eyes closed, his lips pale, and a dark, deathly look between his brows.
Ye Shixian's body began to tremble uncontrollably.
"Didn't you just say that? What are you all standing there for? Go get some help!"
The maid who was kicked down cried, "Miss, the second young master has had a high fever for several days. I don't know why, he suddenly had a seizure and foamed at the mouth. No matter how I called him, he would not wake up. In just a quarter of an hour, he--"
Every word was like a sharp blade, piercing Ye Shixian's heart.
She walked forward and reached out to lift the quilt off Ye Mingze, but accidentally touched Ye Mingze's hand.
Cold.
The icy temperature seemed to be transmitted to Ye Shixian, making her feel as if she was falling into an icy cave.
Gao hugged Ye Mingze tightly, blood still flowing from her face, tears streaming down her face, and she was screaming at the top of her lungs.
"Mingze! My son! You're leaving like this. What am I going to do?"
Ye Shixian took a step back, and the last bit of color on her face completely faded.
Yes, what should I do?
A few hours ago, she thought that things had finally taken a turn for the better, and as long as her father was alive, everything would be easy in the future.
But she could never have imagined that Mingze died at this very moment!
Without him, only she and Gao are left, how can they hold on! ?
…
Ye Chutang sat at the table, writing.
Xiaowu lay obediently beside her. She recognized all the words on the letter, but she didn't quite understand what they meant.
Ye Chutang rubbed his wrist, and saw the little head out of the corner of his eye, his eyes moved slightly.
The date for moving her parents' graves and erecting tombstones had already been set, but there were still some things that needed to be arranged by her personally. Xiaowu was young and had no impression of her parents and brother, so she looked confused at this moment.
But she didn't know that some things lost are lost forever.
Xiaowu noticed something, turned his head and looked up at her, with a look of confusion in his big black eyes.
——Why does sister seem unhappy?
She blinked, stretched out her two chubby little hands, grabbed Ye Chutang's fingers, and shook them gently.
——Sister, don’t be unhappy! I’m here!
Ye Chutang came back to his senses, the corners of his lips slightly curved.
"Sister is just thinking about the past."
Xiaowu had no memory of many things in the past. After hearing what Ye Chutang said, she pursed her lips and lowered her head in frustration.
If only she were older, she would have more time and memories with her elder sister, just like her third and fourth brothers.
Ye Chutang pinched her little face.
"Okay, let's not talk about that. Go to bed early today. You may have to get up early tomorrow."
Xiaowu was puzzled.
The third and fourth brothers haven't had their ten-day holiday yet, and she and her elder sister don't seem to have anything to do, so why should they get up early?
But she has always been obedient, so when Ye Chutang said this, she nodded her head.
Ye Chutang took Xiaowu to wash up, but when he had only taken off half of his clothes, he heard the maid come hurriedly to report.
"Second Miss! Something's wrong with Second Master Ye!"
Ye Chutang paused, tilted his head and asked, "What's wrong?"
The maid's face still showed a look of shock.
Ever since the two families broke up, the servants in the mansion dared not mention the matter there casually, especially now that the young lady was also there...
Seeing her hesitation, Ye Chutang said, "Just tell me straight away."
The maid gritted her teeth and said, "That's right! This news must be told now!"
"Second Master Ye suddenly fell ill and passed away!"
The incident happened suddenly, but the relationship between the two sides was delicate, so as soon as something happened there, the news was passed back.
Ye Mingze has been in a coma ever since the fire at Ye's house. Although many people were not optimistic about his future, no one expected that he would actually die at this time!
Ye Chutang smoothed Xiaowu's hair, his brows and eyes calm.
The thick smoke from the fire severely damaged Ye Mingze's trachea, heart and lungs. After lying in bed for so many days, his internal organs had already been badly infected.
In this era of shortage of medical care and medicine, there is no escape from the word "death".
He didn't die at anyone's hands, but from a lingering high fever.
Die in——his destiny that had already been written!
The maid didn't wait for Ye Chutang's response, and she felt a little uneasy: "Second Miss, this, this..."
Although Ye Mingze was Ye Chutang's cousin in name, the two sides had already gotten into such a mess, and Ye Heng's suspicion of murdering his brother had not been cleared. At this time, how to deal with this matter became a real problem...
"What a pity, he's only sixteen."
Ye Chutang spoke in a calm voice and glanced outside. His tone seemed as cool as the deep autumn night.
"Brother, you were also at this perfect age back then."
(End of this chapter)
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