June is our farewell song

"Hmm... sir, are you looking for someone?"

"Well, yes."

Standing at the door of the service center lobby where people come and go, Gu Yuan's gaze stayed on the bulletin board. Among the densely packed rosters one after another, it was almost impossible to find the name he was looking for at a glance.

"Xia Ye, Zeng Guosheng, Zhao Jianjun, Cheng Jing." A little further back, there was a person named "An Yitian". Ye Qiuling was not found on the few pages of the book, but many names with other surnames appeared instead.

"So sir, whose name are you looking for? Our roster here is arranged according to the time of burial, which is different from the habits in other places."

"When is the burial?"

Gu Yuan turned his head to look at the person who came, and standing next to him was an old man in a Chinese tunic suit, with a grayish-white beard, just like the clothes on his body.Judging from his white hair like freshly fallen snow, he should be quite old, but there are no wrinkles on his face.

"Well, it's a little strange, but it's true, because we were the first to open up here, and there was no high-tech method of electronic records at that time. They were all recorded by hand. People in the past didn't understand it. They just came here. Adding one item to the list and then slowly becoming a habit, although it underwent a major renovation a few years ago and introduced a lot of new things, the old habits still remain."

With his hands behind his back, his eyes were slightly squinted, his mouth was covered by his beard, but his voice was very clear.

Gu Yuan saw the name tag on the old man's chest.

"I am one of the administrators of the Evergreen Garden here. May I ask, sir, are you looking for the ancestors who were buried when?"

"Ah, it was almost ten years ago, no, it should be 11 years ago." Having said that, Gu Yuan turned his head and looked at the bulletin board again, "And it's not an ancestor, it's a senior, it can be called a friend .”

"11 years ago?" The old man was a little surprised, and his mouth covered by the beard opened slightly, "Looking at your age, you should be a high school student, my friend at that time, so... I made a mistake, ten The roster from years ago is in the side hall, please follow me."

Gu Yuan followed the old man to the side hall. There was also a bulletin board at the door of the side hall, but it was smaller than the one at the main entrance of the hall, and it was also covered with densely packed registers.

"It's here." The old man stopped in front of the bulletin board, "May I ask when was the burial?"

"Ah, it's about the beginning of the year, after New Year's Day."

"Is there no specific date? Oh... But it's not a big deal." The old man said and pointed to a list in the lower left corner of the bulletin board, "Here it is, the admission list for January of that year, behind the name The only thing is the date and the location."

"Ah, thank you, thank you very much..." Gu Yuan bent down and searched for a while on the roster, and sure enough, he quickly found Ye Qiuling's name, which said "Southwest Park, 6+3-50", "Grandpa , I want to go here, where can I see the map?"

"Map, there is a map at the front desk... But, are you here for the first time?" The old man glanced at the name the boy pointed to, and opened his eyes a little more than before. It hasn't changed in years."

"Hey...yes, this is my first time here."

"Since this is the case, let me take you there."

"Eh?"

"It's okay, this is my job, but are you here to visit the grave? The cheap flower shop outside the service center has bouquets for sale, if necessary..."

"Oh...Okay, please wait a moment." Gu Yuan turned around and ran out of the side hall. The old man stood on the steps outside the door and watched him run all the way into the flower shop, and then came out holding a bouquet of white roses, off-white His beard trembled slightly a few times.

Obviously I came here to check the news and pay a visit. I had already planned to buy a bouquet of flowers on the bus before entering the park. Unexpectedly, I met Lu Siyao on the way, and came here together on the same road. In the end, I bought flowers Things are completely forgotten.This time, the grandfather who is a staff member might suspect him, so the original plan to inquire about the news fell through.

"Speaking of which, guest, what is your relationship with the deceased? What happened ten years ago, you were still a child at that time. When the children in this place fell asleep, they were about the same age as you are now. Are you relatives? ?”

"Ah..." Gu Yuan held the bouquet and smiled, "Yes, she is my cousin. She was away from home that year, but my family never told me, maybe because I was too young. I just found out about it, so I rushed over immediately."

"So that's the case, but the relationship between the three of you is really good. What happened when you were so young can still be remembered to come here alone to worship. Usually, if the relationship is normal, you will come to worship with your family. .”

"The three siblings...?"

"Yes, just last week, a boy who was about your age also came to pay respects to this child's grave, saying that it was his sister." The old man said and continued to walk forward, "Guest, don't you know this thing?" something?"

"Ah... I know, that's my cousin."

"That's why I said, the relationship between you three brothers and sisters is really good. After all, you were only six or seven years old at that time."

"Um……"

The boy who was around my age who came here last week was probably Yang Hao.Sure enough, he had been here before, and he used the same reason as himself.

After passing through a tree-lined path, they climbed up a series of stone steps and came to a fan-shaped open land. Their position was just in the middle of the fan. The exit of the stone steps was also the entrance of a longer step. It is a cemetery piece by piece. To be honest, it looks like a connected flower bed.

There are five floors in this area. The old man turned right on the third floor and stopped after walking for a while.

"It's here."

Gu Yuan looked around, and although the mausoleum area was not completely silent, there were still a few people walking around, but it was still considered quiet.He took a step forward and stood in front of the tomb. There was a photo of the owner of the tomb on the black marble. It was the same as the person in the photo that Yang Hao gave him before, and also had similarities with the girl he saw in his dream. same appearance.But it feels different, as if they are not the same person.

Gu Yuan held the flowers and bowed silently, then gently placed the flowers in front of the tomb.

"Speaking of which, there are really a lot of grave-sweepers this year."

After he finished all this, the old man suddenly spoke.

"Eh? Do you remember so clearly?"

"Of course. After all, the area I'm in charge of is only this small area. Many cemeteries only have one sacrifice in a year or even longer. And this child has many people visiting her every year, but this year is particularly large. Considering you are already the eighth."

"Eight...eight?"

"Yeah, in previous years, there were always five people, all of whom were former classmates and teachers of this child, but I don't know why, they never came together. It was always two boys together, two girls alone, and A teacher who is about my age will come. But this year, unexpectedly, there are three more. Besides you two high school students, there is also an elderly middle-aged man. I have worked here for more than ten years. Well, it's the first time I've seen you."

"Middle-aged man..." Gu Yuan frowned, he thought of the owner of the ARASHI bar, could it be him?As for the two girls who came alone, one is Teacher Shiyu, and the other is Shen Xueru.But...it's still kind of weird.Are they the only ones who visit the grave every year?What about Ye Qiuling's parents?
"Classmate...teacher...why don't her parents...oh no, I mean my uncle and aunt..."

Gu Yuan, who knew he had made a mistake, quickly changed his words, but the old man didn't seem to care at all, just silently looking at the photo on the tombstone in front of him.

"Son, when you get here, you don't have to hide anything. You are not her relatives like the child who came last week. If I guess correctly, you are all students of Nanhua High School."

"Uh-huh."

"Oh, it's no wonder." The old man sighed, "Probably the child's matter has been brought up again. But, please tell your classmates when you go back, don't bother her, this child I didn’t like to be lively before, and I don’t like to be noisy around me now.”

"Before...? Did you know her before?"

"I have known her since birth, no, I should say I have known her before birth." The old man turned around slowly, "Because, she is my daughter."