Chapter 193 Cypress
Neither Lu Jingyao nor Xu Youyou felt that good grades were something particularly worthy of praise. They really couldn't stand the crazy rainbow farts of the parents on both sides of the room. They felt that if this continued, they would probably be able to praise them even if they sneezed. boast.
Therefore, the two of them left the house in perfect agreement.
"You didn't even say a word when you came, so I could have someone pick you up." Xu Youyou said.
Lu Jingyao said apologetically: "Don't blame me for being abrupt. I heard you say you wanted to go back to the orphanage once, so I asked the driver to navigate here."
"I originally wanted to come over by myself, but my parents said that as the parents of friends, they should also come to visit formally. They didn't let me notify them in advance because they were afraid that you would be busy. I wonder if it would disturb you?"
Xu Youyou shook her head.
This feeling is actually quite strange to her. After all, this is the first friend who has come all the way to visit her since she was a child. It is also a very formal visit with her parents.
She used to think that Lu Jingyao was a big client and a wealthy partner. Although they said they were friends, she always felt that there was a layer of separation between them. Now that layer of separation seems to have completely disappeared.
She can now say that Lu Jingyao is a good friend.
"Thank you." Xu Youyou said suddenly.
Lu Jingyao paused after hearing this: "There is nothing to thank me for. I should thank you for being willing to be our tour guide."
Xu Youyou didn't say anything, but smiled at him, thinking that the dean's mother was worried that she had no friends and that she would be deceived by her friends. Now that she has made true friends, the dean's mother should be relieved.
Lu Jingyao asked again: "You should have something to do today. You don't need to worry about me. Just do your own thing."
Xu Youyou paused after hearing this. What she had to do after frying the glutinous rice dumplings every year... She turned her head and looked at the greenery on the east mountain and said, "I want to go to the mountain."
Although Lu Jingyao knew that this was the place where Xu Youyou grew up, he couldn't help but worry about her safety and asked, "Can I go with you?"
After Xu Youyou hesitated for a moment, she thought that Xu's mother was looking forward to her making friends, so taking Lu Jingyao there would be considered as overstating the old man.
She turned around and went into the house and took out a bamboo basket. Inside was yellow paper, a few incense sticks, and food and wine offerings.
Lu Jingyao's expression immediately became serious.
Xu Youyou has been surrounded by people for more than half a year, and she has long been used to not having to carry things by herself. She was still a little uncomfortable carrying things just now.
If it weren't for the fact that the place she was going to was not convenient for Xu Fang and her bodyguards to follow, and she was worried that Lu Jingyao was a guest, she wouldn't have been able to carry the things by herself. At this time, she felt that the things were too heavy and uncomfortable.
Lu Jingyao suddenly stretched out his hand towards her.
Xu Youyou was stunned, and Lu Jingyao bent down slightly and reached out to take the basket of things.
Xu Youyou only felt that Lu Jingyao was more pleasing to the eye.
Xu Youyou led the way. Her mother, the dean, was never married and had no children of her own. She still thought about the children in the orphanage until she passed away.
Before her death, her old man specifically told her to bury her where she could see her children.
The two of them walked slowly up the mountain path, one behind the other.
"The mountain road is difficult, so walk slowly." Xu Youyou told Lu Jingyao.
Lu Jingyao said: "I'm wearing hiking boots today, so it's not a big problem."
Only then did Xu Youyou notice that Lu Jingyao, who always wore three-piece suits, was wearing casual clothes today, and he was indeed wearing a pair of black hiking boots.
It's just hard for Lu Jingyao to still dress so elegantly in the near-subzero temperature. "Are you cold?" Xu Youyou asked.
Lu Jingyao shook his head: "I haven't been afraid of the cold since I was a child."
Xu Youyou stopped paying attention to his clothes.
After walking for another seven or eight minutes, Xu Youyou suddenly stopped in front of a cypress tree as thick as a baby's fist: "We're here."
Lu Jingyao glanced around imperceptibly, but did not see anything resembling a tomb.
"Mother Xu lives here. She didn't want to waste more money, so she asked us to scatter her ashes directly under the tree." Xu Youyou pointed to the cypress tree in front of her.
Lu Jingyao didn't expect that Dean Xu would even abandon the cemetery. From Xu Youyou's description, it seemed that he didn't even keep the urns.
Xu Youyou squatted down, and Lu Jingyao took out the sacrifices from the basket and skillfully rubbed the yellow paper into a perfect fan shape.
Then Xu Youyou took out a lighter and lit the yellow paper and incense sticks.
"Mother Xu is a very staunch materialist. Not only does she not want the cemetery, she even asks us not to visit her often. She said that the living should move forward and not always think about the dead." Xu Youyou explained.
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Lu Jingyao said softly: "This Dean Xu is really an extremely open-minded person. She must be very important to you."
Xu Youyou nodded lightly and said: "For the children in our orphanage, the girl's surname is Xu, and the boy's surname is Dean He. She gave me my name. She said she hoped that I would be leisurely and comfortable all my life without having to work hard. ”
Xu Youyou secretly apologized. She was extremely useless in her previous life, and she had completely failed the dean's mother's expectations.
It's a pity that at that time, her eyes were blinded by family love, and she couldn't see clearly who was really good to her. She gave everything for a hopeless family relationship, and finally ended up in an irreversible end.
"She can rest assured that you are like this now." Lu Jingyao said.
Xu Youyou nodded vigorously. The life after having money is truly carefree. No matter whether it was bought with money or not, at least now the people around her are doing their best to make her happy.
As for any family ties, it's all bullshit.
Yellow paper burns cleanly.
Xu Youyou felt as if she had let go of something. She stood up and bowed to the cypress tree, and Lu Jingyao also slowly bent down.
"Mother Xu, this is my friend Lu Jingyao. Look, I have made friends outside." Xu Youyou said, spilling a glass of wine on the ground.
Lu Jingyao also cooperated and said gently to the cypress tree: "Mother Xu, Youyou is a very good friend. I am very happy to have her as a friend. I hope you can keep her happy."
Xu Youyou turned her head after hearing this, her eyes a little warmer, acquiescing to what he called her.
"Mother Xu, I will come to see you again next year and talk to you again." Xu Youyou said with a smile.
A breeze blew, and the cypress branches and leaves swayed slightly, as if in response to Xu Youyou's words.
When she turned around, Xu Youyou staggered. Lu Jingyao quickly supported her with quick eyes and hands. His movements were extremely fast and extremely restrained. As soon as he helped her, he immediately let go of his hand. His movements were as fast as Xu Youyou's. hallucination.
When they returned to the orphanage, the elders were still chatting lively. Mother Lu's eyes flashed with excitement when she saw the two of them returning together.
"The two children have a really good relationship. They come in and go out together, just like a young couple." Mother Lu said to her husband in a low voice.