rose ashes

"Shen Fan?"
Luo Yang has a poor memory, but he still found the name from the corner.

Vaguely, like a guess: "Are you a student my mother taught?"

The older boy nodded cheerfully, perhaps too excited, and hugged Luo Yang with such force that Luo Yang staggered back two steps.

"Sister, you finally remembered! I used to learn piano with Teacher Yang!" Shen Fan was still a little kid when he learned piano with Yang Yue, but now he has grown into a big boy with a huge height.

Suddenly, the vending machine next to me made a dull clanging sound.

Luo Yang and Shen Fan both turned their heads, but seeing nothing unusual, they looked away again.

Shen Fan glanced at the bouquet of flowers beside her, "Sister, are you going to see Teacher Yang too?"

Luo Yang did not deny it. Shen Fan's enthusiasm made her a little overwhelmed. "I want to go too. How about we go together? I'll take a taxi."

Luo Yang sighed in her heart, she was not good at dealing with people she was not very familiar with, but he was a student that Yang Yue had taught for many years, so Luo Yang was inexplicably tolerant of him.

"I've already called a taxi, let's go together."

After the vending machine——
Liu Min was cautious in his words and actions, and whispered, "Boss Ye, do you want to follow?"

Ye Gu was disdainful, "Am I that kind of person?"

Five minutes later, Liu Min opened the door for him, and Ye Gu got into the car in one go, pointing at the car that was about to disappear around the bend.
"Uncle Liu, follow the car in front."

Liu Min, who had just fastened his seat belt, loosened his hand and the seat belt bounced onto the back of his hand, leaving a red mark soon.

/ / /
Along the way, it was basically Shen Fan who was talking, and Luo Yang just listened, and rarely even interrupted.

Shen Fan has just graduated from college and is now looking for a job. Students from the music conservatory always find it difficult to give up their passion for music. He is now teaching piano to children in a music institution.

But his family members strongly opposed it and asked him to take a job within the system or find a job as an employee in a corporate group. Therefore, Shen Fan does not live at home now and is in the stage of protesting with his family.

Luo Yang chuckled silently, "Everyone will have this stage, it will be fine once it passes."

Shen Fan: "Sister Luo Yang, how did you get through it?"

Luo Yang recalled the scene of Luo Jiancheng smashing things and cursing at home, and he couldn't bear to watch it, so he just said lightly: "The revolution has not yet succeeded, comrades still need to work hard."

Shen Fan shrugged and smiled, "It seems that Sister Luo Yang has also won a stage, but she is better than me. She can still do what she likes. Now I have been forced to leave the institution by my family and can only work part-time outside."

"By the way," Shen Fan tapped his hands, "Sister Luo Yang, do you have a suitable house? I want to find a cheaper, smaller house, and I don't have too many requirements."

Luo Yang pondered, thinking that he might be able to help in this regard, and the first name that came to his mind was Xi Jinzhou.

She wouldn't agree to something directly unless she was absolutely sure, so she only said half-heartedly, "I can help you look for it, but I can't guarantee that I will find it."

Shen Fan expressed his deep gratitude, "It's okay. Now because of my father's wanted order, no one in my family dares to help me. Sister Luo Yang, it's great that you are willing to help me. Thank you so much. I will treat you to a meal when the time comes!"

As expected, he was still a college student who had just graduated and was inexperienced in the world. All his emotions were completely shown on his face, just like myself at that time.

The cemetery is some distance away from the city center. Today's weather is rare and good. The sun is not too strong, and there is a light breeze and no rain. It is a good day for an outing.

Luo Yang got up early in the morning and took a nap against the window with her eyes closed. Seeing her resting, Shen Fan stopped talking and carefully put his hand on the edge of the window. The sunlight was blocked outside the window and could not shine on Luo Yang's face.

The black nanny car stopped at the red light and kept a safe distance behind the parked car.

Uncle Liu looked through the rearview mirror and saw Ye Gu following the breeze outside the window. "Young Master, are you in a bad mood?"

Ye Gu collected his thoughts and smiled faintly, "No, Uncle Liu."

Uncle Liu smiled knowingly and said firmly, "Young Master, don't try to hide it from me. When you were a kid, you liked to open the window to let in the wind whenever you were unhappy. Although you have done it less frequently in the past two years, you have been doing it more and more frequently since the young mistress came back."

Ye Gu was speechless and unable to refute.

Uncle Liu said meaningfully, "Young Master, sometimes speaking out can solve problems better than keeping them in your heart."

"Conflicts and estrangements, these are all caused by keeping silent."
Uncle Liu didn't look at Ye Gu, he just slowly turned the steering wheel and followed the indicator light.

Ye Gu remained silent, with a slight frown on his brows.

/ / /
The cemetery was solemn and quiet. In the vast silence, Luo Yang stood under a locust tree, looking at the photo with a mischievous smile on the tombstone.

If Yang Yue were still here, he would definitely make faces to make her laugh, and then say to her in a Crayon Shin-chan accent: "Hey, don't be so sad! I'll sing a song for you, Elephant, Elephant, your nose is so long~"

Suddenly, she burst into laughter, her eyes sparkling.

She slowly squatted down, placed the bouquet in front of the tombstone, and opened the watch box.
"Ms. Yang, I came to see you and brought you your favorite calla lily. Also, I am still working hard to realize your dream. I am not being lazy."

She reached out her hand and calmly wiped away the tears that were about to fall from the corners of her eyes, sniffed, and put on a smile.

"I am not alone now. Ye Gu and I are getting married. You liked him so much back then and regretted not being able to adopt him as your godson. But I got there first this time. I'll let you do it next time."

The breeze blew up the girl's skirt, and the dandelions danced with the wind, lingering around the girl, like feathers, soothing her heart.

Luo Yang had already thought it through and decided that she would definitely not cry this time, as she had promised Yang Yue last year.

Unfortunately, she still broke the flag she had set here.

"Ms. Yang, now I admit that you called me a crybaby before, and I really couldn't help it, but I will definitely, definitely hold it back next time."

She wanted to smile and let Yang Yue see her happy and good self, and wanted her to stop worrying, but she was defeated miserably.

Whenever she saw Yang Yue’s photo, it was as if she saw the real her standing in front of her, and her tear glands collapsed uncontrollably.

She would never be able to let it go, and she would never be able to forgive Luo Jiancheng, and the two mother and daughter who had taken over the magpie's nest and were still so self-righteous.

She was just very selfish, and she didn't even plan to change in this life. She was nothing more than a mediocre person, and there was no way she could be a saint who could satisfy everyone. Tears fell like a string of pearls, hitting the tombstone, sliding down the smooth surface of the tombstone, and landing on the bouquet.

Luo Yang squatted down while apologizing and reached out to wipe it, "I'm sorry Ms. Yang, I'll wipe it for you."

Suddenly, a hand and a handkerchief appeared beside me.

"I don't think she will blame you."
A familiar voice was close to her ear. Luo Yang raised her red eyes and looked up at the owner of the voice.

Ye Gu met her gaze, slowly knelt down on one knee, and placed the handkerchief in her palm.

Luo Yang realized that he had lost his composure and hurriedly tried to turn his head away from him to prevent him from seeing his miserable state.

But at the moment he wanted to turn around, Ye Gu turned around.
The voice was low and heavy: "I'm not looking at you, you don't have to turn around."

When Shen Fan came back with two cups of hot water, he happened to see Ye Gu with his back to Luo Yang. He frowned and wanted to step forward, but was stopped by Liu Min who knew the situation.
"Sorry, Mr. Ye and his wife need some alone time. Please wait a moment."

"Mrs?"
Shen Fan didn't understand what the person in front of him meant.

Liu Min raised his head and said as a matter of course: "This is Mr. Ye's wife, please be more conscious, thank you."

Perhaps because there was too much information, Shen Fan just sat down next to Liu Min and stared in the direction of Luo Yang with unpredictable eyes.

/ / /
"So you saw me?"

Ye Gu said honestly: "Yes, I saw you in the mall."

Luo Yang held the handkerchief in her palm and tucked her hair behind her ears. "Then why didn't you call me?"

Ye Gu hesitated to speak, then lost his temper, "Because I don't want to disturb you and others."

Luo Yang was suddenly enlightened. He slightly turned his head to look in the direction of Shen Fan behind him, raised his eyebrows slightly, and asked tentatively: "So, are you talking about him?"

Although he didn't want to admit it, he still lowered his head, picked at his nails, and said in a low voice, "Yes."

Half a minute later, Luo Yang smiled, "This is a student of my mother's when she was teaching piano. He happened to be on the way and also came to see Ms. Yang, so I brought him along."

“But he all—” hugged you.
Ye Gu suddenly stopped talking, his eyes barely showing any resentment and questioning.

"What?"
Luo Yang frowned slightly, waiting for his next words.

Ye Gu just shook his head and said nothing.

Luo Yang guessed something was wrong, "So who do you think he is?"

Ye Gu was very perfunctory, even a little irritated, and said insincerely: "It's a sales pitch, they look quite similar."

Luo Yang: “…”
Sometimes, Ye Gu is quite capable of making people angry to death.

Ye Gu looked at the tombstone and said, "I'll come with you from now on."
The woman in the photo is very cute and gave birth to such an outstanding girl like this.

Luo Yang was too late to react and nodded dreamily, "Ah... OK."
If only he wanted to.

As soon as he spoke, Luo Yang was sent away by Ye Gu.
Luo Yang was puzzled, but didn't dwell on it for long and just let him go.

Luo Yang saw Liu Min and Shen Fan, and decided to wait for Ye Gu with them.

Looking at the man who was folding his hands reverently in front of Yang Yue's tombstone, Luo Yang's mouth curled up unconsciously.

Shen Fan saw this and felt an inexplicable strange feeling in his heart.

"Sister Luo Yang, are you really married?"

Luo Yang came back to his senses after hearing the voice, "Ah, that's it."
On May 5th, she will really enter the marriage hall.

Shen Fan's eyes dimmed for a moment, but were quickly covered by a new glow. "Congratulations, Sister Luo Yang. I will definitely give the most money when the time comes!"

Luo Yang smiled, "No need to be so polite, it's just a ceremony."

Liu Min just listened and said nothing, as if he was a non-existent transparent person.

On the way back, Ye Gu took Shen Fan with him. After sending him to the designated part-time job location, he sent Luo Yang back to Cangxing Psychological Counseling Center.

The car fell silent again.

After a while, Liu Min pondered for a long time, turned around slightly, and said, "Mr. Ye, do you really want to invite your wife's mother's students to your wedding?"

Ye Gu narrowed his eyes slightly: "Who?"

Liu Min swallowed lightly and lowered his voice, "Shen Fan, that was the one just now..."

Ye Gu raised his eyebrows, his eyes slightly raised, and he seemed to react and receive the information.

"Who said that?"

Liu Min told the truth: "Mr. Shen and his wife just talked about this and said they wanted to give money as a gift."

After a while, he said calmly, "Please."

Liu Min frowned: "Really? He seems to like his wife..."

The man who was originally leaning lazily on the back of the chair stood up, clasped his hands, his eyes were as deep as a whirlpool, the corners of his mouth seemed to be smiling, and his raven-black pupils were half covered by eyelashes.
"Just a younger brother."

(End of this chapter)