"Okay. Be careful."
Although Lin Ziye wanted to go with them, she was worried about her parents, so she had no choice but to agree.
Lin Zhengzhong and Yang Mei nodded in agreement.
"Let's go, Mr. Leng."
Yan Xiluo composed herself and spoke calmly.
"good."
Leng Mingye's hand trembled slightly as he held the strawberry bracelet before putting it back into the jewelry box.
Leng Mingye followed behind Yan Xiluo, somewhat lost in thought.
"Are you still able to drive? Do you need me to drive?"
Yan Xiluo noticed that his body was trembling slightly, perhaps because he couldn't accept the fact that the person who led him out of the darkness was gone before he even had a chance to thank him.
"I……"
Leng Mingye was at a loss for what to do.
Yan Xiluo originally planned to drive one car each while she led the way to avoid too much contact, but now it seems that won't work.
"Give me the keys, go drive your car."
Today she was driving the car that Lan Jingyan had given her, and it wasn't convenient for strangers to ride in it, so she had to ask Leng Mingye for the car keys.
Leng Mingye took the key out of his pocket and handed it to her.
The two got into the car.
She has walked the road to the memorial cemetery countless times. In the first year, she would go there at least once a month, and sometimes three times. She just couldn't let it go.
The two did not speak in the car.
"Could you stop at the fruit shop up ahead?"
Seeing a fruit shop and a flower shop ahead, Leng Mingye decided to get out of the car to buy something for Lin Jinglei.
"good."
Yan Xiluo parked her car in the parking space in front of the fruit shop.
The first thing Leng Mingye did upon entering was to buy strawberries. Strawberries are scarce this season, and those that are available are usually grown in greenhouses. This fruit shop looks quite large, so perhaps they have some.
Leng Mingye walked around and saw strawberries, so he took a big box and went to pay.
Yan Xiluo could guess that he went to buy strawberries. Shortly after he got out of the car, she also went to the flower shop and bought sunflowers. These were Lin Jinglei's favorite flowers and the flowers that best suited her personality.
Leng Mingye bought strawberries but didn't come back immediately. Instead, he went to the flower shop next door.
There are many kinds of flowers, and he didn't know what kind of flowers Lin Jinglei liked. He saw that the sunflowers next to her looked a lot like her when she smiled—bright, sunny, full of vitality, and bringing hope...
So he had someone wrap up a bunch of sunflowers for him, and then he left satisfied.
"Does she like sunflowers?"
Leng Mingye opened the back seat of the car and saw the bouquet of sunflowers that Yan Xiluo had just bought. He hadn't made a mistake in choosing them? She liked sunflowers.
"Um."
Yan Xiluo also saw through the mirror that he was holding a bouquet of sunflowers.
Leng Mingye placed the bouquet and strawberries on the back seat of the car before getting in.
The car drove for a while longer and entered a small road, which led to the Memorial Cemetery. A mist rose in Yan Xiluo's eyes.
After finding a spot to park the car, the two of them grabbed their things and walked one after the other toward Lin Jinglei's grave.
On Lin Jinglei's tombstone is her photo; her youthful face and serene yet lively smile are very infectious...
Yan Xiluo's tears were already streaming down her face uncontrollably...
"Sister Leilei, I've come to see you. I brought your favorite sunflowers."
Yan Xiluo placed the bouquet of sunflowers in front of her grave.
"He also brought someone to see you today, a boy you encouraged at Imperial Bay. He said he wanted to thank you in person."
Yan Xiluo's voice choked with emotion. She took a step back, indicating that Leng Mingye should tell her himself, as she was well aware of what had happened between them.
Leng Mingye placed the sunflower bouquet on the other side, opened the box of strawberries, put it down, and placed it in the center in front of the tombstone.
"Leilei, hello. My name is Leng Mingye. I never expected to see you again like this..."
He stared at the photo on the tombstone for a long time. The girl was smiling radiantly, looking exactly like the one who had given him the strawberry bracelet. At that moment, he realized that Lin Jinglei was indeed Little Strawberry.
"I've brought the strawberry bracelet you gave me. Thank you for bringing me out of the darkness; from now on, I'll live in the light."
Leng Mingye took the strawberry bracelet out of the jewelry box and put it on his hand.
"Today I brought your favorite strawberries and sunflowers. I just thought you looked a lot like a sunflower, so I chose them."
Leng Mingye couldn't hold back his tears either, and they started flowing down his face. Lin Jinglei had become the most important passerby in his life...
He stood there for a long time, with so many things he wanted to say stuck in his throat, unable to speak.
"Can you tell me why she left?"
He slowly opened his mouth, deciding to ask the question anyway, wanting to know why.
"She was diagnosed with leukemia at the age of six. Initially, she cooperated actively with treatment and underwent a bone marrow transplant, which was successful. However, when she was fourteen, the leukemia relapsed, and her condition deteriorated, leading to her passing..."
After thinking for a while, Yan Xiluo finally spoke up and told the story. It was in that year that she met Jin Chuan.
She met Jin Chuan at this cemetery. Once, she was missing Lin Jinglei and stayed with her for a long time, crying for a long time as well.
It was Jin Chuan who noticed her; at that time, Jin Chuan had come to visit his mother.
Seeing that she, a little girl, was not afraid at all in this huge cemetery and kept crying while guarding the grave in front of her, Jin Chuan went over to talk to her. Through the conversation, he learned the cause of Lin Jinglei's death.
Then he asked Yan Xiluo if she would like to learn medicine from him. They talked for a long time, and Yan Xiluo confirmed that he was not a bad person, so she agreed.
By then, she had already been to the island of corpses, and she was no longer afraid of anything. It was at that time that she wanted to study medicine.
"She must be in so much pain..."
Leng Mingye muttered to himself, and the two of them stood in front of Lin Jinglei's grave for a while before leaving.
Yan Xiluo composed herself and drove back. After arriving at the Lin family's house, Leng Mingye left.
"Luo Luo, are you alright? You've been crying again."
Yang Mei tenderly touched Yan Xiluo's face; her eyes were red, showing signs of crying...
"It's okay, I'm fine."
Yan Xiluo forced a smile so as not to worry Yang Mei, but she remembered from beginning to end how Lin Jinglei looked lying in the hospital bed waiting for death...
Lin Jinglei was even mature enough to comfort them, telling them not to be sad for her, as those memories just wouldn't go away from her mind...
"Luo Luo, why don't you go upstairs and rest for a bit? I'll have Aunt Shan call you when it's time to eat."
Yang Mei could sense her helplessness.
Not long after Yan Xiluo left, Lin Ziye was sent to work by her and Lin Zhengzhong; they didn't need anyone to accompany them.
Lin Zhengzhong also had some business to attend to, so only Yang Mei and Yan Xiluo were at home.
"Okay, Mom, I'll go upstairs and rest for a while."
Yan Xiluo nodded. She was a little tired, thinking about the day Lin Jinglei left...
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