Chapter 502. I Am Ji Zitong (1)
Mu Yuchen lifted a hand and gently held his head. He relaxed for a while before saying softly, “Mmm, Aunty passed away on this day.”
When he said this, Xi Xiaye was stunned and she turned to look at him. His gaze remained still as water, yet he did not say anything for a long while.
“I’m surprised that someone would remember that day. Grandfather and Grandmother probably don’t remember anymore since they forced themselves to forget.”
He leaned against the sofa, his eyes a little dazed as if he was recalling something. His expression was calm and distant too. “I remember that it was a very lively Qixi festival that year. After a long period of recovery, Aunty’s depression seemed to be improving. Even if it was a day of festivities, my grandmother wanted to go out for a walk with her, and at the same time, get some new clothes for her. They brought Lingtian along too. He was very young then, barely five years old. It was so long ago…”
When he reached this part, he seemed to struggle with recollecting the memories. After all, it had been such a long time ago.
“Just as they were on the way to Jing Wang Mall in the north of the city, when Grandmother wasn’t paying attention, she jumped from the rooftop of the ninth floor, and then she was gone. Now, that mall has been rebuilt, and it continues to flourish, seeming even livelier than before.”
“Father says that actually, Aunty was someone who was afraid of being alone. She had chosen the liveliest street in the north of the city to end her life. Perhaps that was fast. Lingtian was very much like her. Sometimes, you’d find that it was hard for him to blend in with everyone else. The reason grandfather had found Ah Mo was actually because of him. Lingtian, Lingshi, Lingmo… He named them like that. To others, the three of them are extremely close siblings, and all of them are children of Father and Mother.”
“Grandfather and Grandmother really put in a lot of thought,” Xi Xiaye lamented and sighed. “That way, they wouldn’t feel too desolate. I believe that all of your childhoods were quite happy.”
“The Mu family favors females over males. It’s not that they don’t care about the boys, but because they wanted to train them to be independent, so they would be more demanding of them. Grandfather, Father, and I are classic examples. Back then Aunty was very cherished in the family. Father and Mother doted on her too. They always treated her like a child that would never grow up.