She's waiting for me there.

Ten minutes later, the three of them came to a tombstone, where more than a dozen enlightened monks were already waiting.

After seeing Chen Yun, the leading abbot said, "Donor Chen, go and say goodbye to the deceased."

"Thank you for your help, Master." Chen Yun clasped his hands together, but he did not look back.

He didn't even dare to look back at the two people behind him.

The words on the tombstone have been carved, and there are only five words on it.

Qing Xiaotao's tomb.

Sometimes it's like this, when people are sad to a certain extent, they can't make any sound at all.

Qingxue covered her mouth with one hand and looked at the tombstone with sadness in her eyes. Tears fell to the ground, raising dust.

Qing Ning walked to the wooden table of the tombstone like a puppet with its strings cut, looked at the urn placed on it, and slowly held it in her arms.

She was just like the day when she looked at Sister Taozi in the dry well, without roaring, crying or shedding tears.

Nothing happened. I just sat on the ground, quietly looking at the box in my arms.

After a long moment, the girl raised her head slightly, and asked with trembling lips: "Chen Yun, is this really Sister Taozi?"

Chen Yun nodded slightly.

The location pointed out by Qinghu and his men was the same, there was no mistake.

Taozi's ashes have been kept in the temple for the masters to perform the ritual of salvation. He never dared to tell the two sisters until today when he was buried, and then he brought them here.

Qing Ning lowered her head and smiled, tears finally forming in her eyes: "Sister Taozi, it's time to go home."

She struggled to get up, but perhaps because she had been sitting on the ground for too long, she failed several times.

Chen Yun looked at her with heartache, but did not go over to help. At this time, only she could heal the scars in her heart.

She walked up to Qingxue and said with a smile, "Sister, don't cry. Sister Taozi will be unhappy if she sees this. Brother-in-law has helped us find her. Shouldn't we be happy?"

Qingxue's dazed eyes gradually converged into one point. She nodded vigorously and wiped the tears from her face: "Well, let's send her off for the last time."

She looked at the leading monk and said, "Master, let's begin."

In the following time, Qingxue held her sister in her arms, both with smiles on their faces, watching Taozi's ashes being buried in the cemetery.

When the sound of scriptures around stopped, more than a dozen monks bowed deeply to the three people and walked out of the cemetery.

Chen Yun said softly, "Say goodbye to Taozi. I'll wait for you over there."

He stood in the distance and looked at the two sisters, feeling indescribably depressed.

They just sat in front of Taozi's grave, took out some fruits and placed them on the ground. Qingning regained her lively and cute appearance, constantly talking to Qingxue, and the two of them laughed from time to time.

It was like more than ten years ago, when the three of them sat by the stream, eating wild fruits picked from the trees, and talking about some funny things that happened around them.

I don’t know how long it took, but the conversation gradually stopped. Qing Ning lowered her head slightly, and tears fell like pearls from a broken string.

She really... couldn't help it.

Before she was 5 years old, Qingxue took care of her.

But after she was 5 years old, it was Taozi who always stayed with her.

When the light that illuminated her life disappeared, her heart died as well, sealing itself in a small enough space, just like the tomb in that secret base.

"Sister Taozi~~" the girl screamed heartbreakingly and fell into Qingxue's arms, crying inconsolably.

Chen Yun's eyes were red and he raised his head slightly. He lamented the injustice of God. Why couldn't good people get the consequences they deserved, but ended up like this?

When the two sisters found Chen Yun, his emotions had stabilized.

Qingxue went forward and hugged him and said, "Hubby, thank you for taking the trouble. Burying Taozi here has fulfilled our wish."

Chen Yun patted her back gently and said softly, "Don't be too sad, it's all over."

"Don't worry, brother-in-law, we will all live happily with Sister Taozi's blessings." The girl felt much better after venting her feelings.

After comforting the two sisters for a while and seeing them both smiling, I felt relieved.

"Wait here for me. I'll go talk to Taozi so she can pass away peacefully."

The two sisters nodded obediently in agreement.

Chen Yun walked to Taozi's tombstone, cleaned up the dirt that was spilled on it, then took out a cigarette and lit it.

"Huh, Taozi, this is our first meeting. I didn't expect it to be this way. Thank you for taking such good care of Qingning. Leave her to me from now on."

He took a deep drag on his cigarette and said slowly, "I've already taken care of Qinghu's matter for you. He's been locked up in a woodshed, just like you were back then. I broke his arms and legs, so he won't go out and cause trouble for others anymore."

"I went to see him a few days ago. The bones in his hands and feet have healed well, but I broke them again. I specially arranged for a doctor to accompany him so that he would not die like that."

"Of course, I didn't tell the sisters about this. I'll just do some things for you. No need to thank me. I used to be quite a scumbag, although that wasn't the real me. You should understand what I mean."

"Qingxue is very happy now. Don't worry, she will continue to live happily like this in the future. You don't have to worry about Qingning. She ranked first in her grade group in this exam and has good friends at school. There will be a parent-teacher meeting in a few days..."

That day, Chen Yun said a lot, and I didn’t know whether he was saying it to comfort Taozi or to himself.

After smoking the last cigarette in the box, he smiled and waved at the tombstone: "Taozi, we will come to see you when we have time. Now we are leaving."

Chen Yun returned to the two of them, and Qingxue said, "Honey, I'm going to the bathroom."

Then she winked at him and glanced at Qing Ning.

Chen Yun understood what she meant. Although the girl looked less sad, the scars in her heart were revealed again and would not be so easy to heal.

After Qingxue left, he patted the girl's head and said softly, "Are you still feeling bad?"

Hearing this, Qing Ning threw herself into his arms.

This time Chen Yun didn't dodge and rubbed her head: "If you feel bad, just cry it out."

The girl raised her head slightly, smiled and shook her head: "Don't cry anymore, it's not so hard to think that Sister Taozi won't be exposed in the wilderness."

Then she stood on tiptoe, kissed Chen Yun lightly on the face, and murmured, "Thank you, Chen Yun, thank you for being by my side when I was most desperate."

Qing Ning lay in his arms again, holding him tightly with both hands.

Chen Yun was stunned for a moment, and stroked his cheek with his fingers, where the softness of the girl's lips was still lingering.

He shook his head helplessly, hugged the girl tightly, and whispered softly in her ear: "I will always be by your side from now on."

"Ah."

The girl rubbed her pretty face against his chest, feeling inexplicably at peace.

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