I am reborn and refuse to be a sickly rich woman

Chapter 366: The eldest lady’s heart knot, a brave step.

One in Shanghai and Sheshan.

Xu Musen silently looked at the pitch-black entrance to the cemetery in front of him, lit only by a few street lights.

In Shanghai in December, the night temperature is high enough to require wearing thick clothes, especially here on the hillside, where it feels a bit eerie.

"Hey, handsome guy, are you sure you want to get off here? No taxi dares to come to this place at night."

The taxi driver also felt a little creepy when looking at the empty cemetery gate.

Although the feng shui of the cemetery in Sheshan is very good, most people don't have the money to be buried here after death, but a cemetery is a cemetery after all, and it's quite creepy to come here late at night.

"fine."

Xu Musen shook his head and took out a red banknote and handed it to him: "No need to change."

He turned around and went straight into the cemetery.

The driver watched Xu Musen's back disappear, clicked his tongue twice, and randomly took the red banknote and looked at it carefully. After confirming that it was real money and not some ghost money from the Tiandi Bank, he immediately turned around and left with relief.

Enter the cemetery.

There was only an old man guarding the door. He was sitting in the room reading a newspaper and drinking hot tea, looking quite comfortable.

"Young man, is your last name Xu?"

The old man looked at a young man coming over late at night and took the initiative to ask.

"it's me."

Xu Musen nodded.

"The little girl from the Zhu family has greeted me. You can see her if you go to the innermost row. She's a little girl who's all alone in the middle of the night. Go check on her quickly."

The old man said with some concern that he had been visiting the cemetery for a long time and had seen many people coming to pay their respects in the middle of the night out of longing for their deceased loved ones.

He has been visiting the cemetery here for twenty years and is deeply impressed by the little girl from the Zhu family.

Especially when her mother was just buried here, the little girl would come here many times in the middle of the night and cry at her mother's grave.

Although he was used to birth, aging, sickness and death, the old man still felt uncomfortable when he thought of the little girl being here alone in the middle of the night.

"it is good."

Xu Musen had already guessed something, and he started walking deeper into the cemetery with the things in his hand.

The cemeteries here are not cheap, so they are usually well cleaned and do not have that shabby and gloomy feeling.

It's neat and tidy, and it's a good place to talk with your deceased loved ones.

Soon, Xu Musen saw a lonely figure under a dim street light next to a separate cemetery.

Zhu Yulan was wearing a long dress, which was neither as gorgeous as usual nor in heavy black tones.

Just like a little girl at her most lively and lovely age, she squatted quietly in front of two adjacent graves.

I don't know how long I have been waiting here.

Xu Musen walked over slowly. There were inevitably some fallen leaves on the ground, which made a crunching sound when he stepped on them.

Zhu Yulan closed her eyes slightly, clenched her hands together and placed them to her mouth, as if she was silently whispering something to the person in the grave.

Xu Musen stood quietly behind her without disturbing her, and glanced at the tombstone lightly.

"My beloved wife, Liu Aifang's tomb."

"My beloved daughter, the grave of Zhu Luolan."

Just a few words.

Xu Musen felt a surge of regret and despair in his heart.

Lying inside is his wife, daughter, mother, and sister. They are the people who should have grown old together and spent the rest of their lives together, but now they are separated by the Yin and Yang.

Xu Musen looked at Zhu Yulan at this moment. There was a small cake in front of her. Today was her birthday. Xu Musen had seen her ID card and remembered it.

Zhu Yulan's ears trembled slightly and she slowly opened her eyes. She did not look back, but just silently looked at the tombstone for a long time.

Finally, she slowly turned her head and looked at Xu Musen. The emotion on her face turned into a gentle smile: "I knew you would come."

"Today is your birthday."

Xu Musen also squatted beside her, holding a customized KFC birthday meal in his hand.

Zhu Yulan looked at what he had prepared. She was a little surprised. She had never mentioned her birthday to anyone. The corners of her mouth curled up slightly: "I didn't expect you to know that today is my birthday."

"I have to be a gentleman and cultivate myself. Mr. Zhu is such an important person, so I must remember to flatter him on this day."

Xu Musen also chuckled in response.

"Important people? How important? What kind of people?"

Zhu Yulan asked three questions in a row, her eyes looking at Xu Musen, her almond-shaped eyes were particularly bright under the light.

Xu Musen shook the KFC birthday meal in his hand and said in an exaggerated tone: "Of course it's important. Usually, this KFC meal costs more than 200 yuan, but today it's discounted because of your birthday, so I saved 50 yuan! What a concept, it's half a day's salary for an ordinary person!"

Zhu Yulan looked at him absentmindedly for a moment, not knowing whether he was pretending to be stupid or what.

Look at him talking nonsense seriously.

Zhu Yulan laughed in her heart, thinking that she should have been accustomed to his eccentricity a long time ago.

"Does that mean I'm pretty frugal?"

Zhu Yulan's almond-shaped eyes were round and bright under the light, and the emotions in her eyes today were particularly firm.

"Boss Zhu, with your ability, does he still need to be diligent and manage the household? This doesn't fit your character as a rich lady."

"A rich lady will eventually get married. If she doesn't manage the household frugally after becoming a wife, she will always be despised, right?"

Zhu Yulan looked at Xu Musen, her eyes flickering.

"We are still young and there is still some time before we get married. If we worry about these issues now, many things will not taste good."

Xu Musen smiled and put the birthday meal in her hand: "Eat fried chicken while it's still crispy."

Zhu Yulan looked at him with a hint of resentment, but the smell of fried chicken wafting over made her mood a little better.

She took out the fried chicken legs and wings, but did not eat them. Instead, she placed them in front of the grave.

"Mom, big sister, you guys used to tell me not to eat less fried food, and I was very obedient. It was him who led me astray. You can blame him if you want to."

As Zhu Yulan spoke, she pointed at Xu Musen.

Xu Musen:? ? ?

"I say, Miss Bamboo, this is not a joke..."

Xu Musen looked at the two tombstones in front of him. Who would complain to their parents like this?
"Haha, you get scared sometimes too."

Zhu Yulan smiled happily, and she looked at the tombstone in front of her with gentle eyes: "My mother and elder sister are both very gentle people. I think if I had half of their good temper and ability, they might not have been so worried about me before they left, and I would be more likable."

Zhu Yulan's tone was inevitably a little depressed. Xu Musen also looked at the tombstone in front of him, smiled and shook his head: "Not necessarily. If a person is willful, there must be someone willing to spoil her. For your sister and mother, perhaps seeing you being so carefree, so willful and free, is a sense of accomplishment for them.

Isn't the purpose of all parents' efforts to help their children live out their own lives? You should feel lucky to have met such a good mother and sister, and..."

Xu Musen looked at Zhu Yulan and chuckled, "I think your current personality is quite good. This is the confident and outspoken eldest daughter of the Zhu family that I know."

Zhu Yulan listened to his words silently, her eyes glowing slightly.

"You really come up with words of comfort easily. No wonder Nuan Nuan and your childhood sweetheart were tricked by you into leaving you."

Xu Musen smiled and shook his head. It always gave people a strange feeling to see two young people chatting in a cemetery.

"Today is my birthday, and it is also my mother's death anniversary every year." Zhu Yulan took the initiative to speak: "My mother was diagnosed with lung cancer ten years ago. It was already in the late stage when it was discovered. From the time she entered the hospital for treatment to her death, it was less than a few months in total. In a few months, I watched my mother go from a gentle and virtuous woman to someone so skinny that she could only lie on the hospital bed, and she was not even conscious.

Moreover, my father was not that powerful at home at that time, so the medical expenses were not provided in time. In addition, my father was in the critical period of the family election and did not come home for many years. In order not to distract him, my mother kept it a secret from him at first, until the hospital issued a critical illness notice, but it was too late..."

There was sadness and some resentment in Zhu Yulan's tone.

Xu Musen knew that Zhu Yulan’s relationship with her family was not so harmonious, but he did not expect it to be like this.

Indeed, if a father fails to show up when his family members are in danger and need his company, then any compensation he makes afterwards will be like closing the fold too late.

"My mother told me on her sickbed not to blame my father, as he had his own difficulties. I know... my father has always been the last heir to the Zhu family. If he wants to become the head of the Zhu family, he cannot afford to be distracted or make any mistakes... But I don't understand. Is the so-called identity and status really more important than family?"

Zhu Yulan's voice was filled with sobs, misunderstanding, resentment, and heartache for her mother.

Xu Musen had no way of answering this question. Every family has its own problems, and these problems were destined to be difficult to remedy.

He didn't say anything to comfort her, because comforting her would be of no use since she couldn't empathize with the emotion.

Xu Musen looked at her silently, stretched out his hand and patted her shoulder gently.

Zhu Yulan seemed to have found someone to support her. She leaned on Xu Musen's shoulder, her thin body still sobbing softly.

Xu Musen did not push her away, but patted her back gently, as if to comfort a close friend: "It's all in the past. Aren't you doing well now? You still have a sister who loves you, a career of your own, and friends like us. I believe your sister and aunt will be relieved to see this."

Zhu Yulan leaned on his shoulder, and after a long time she slowly raised her head. Her clear almond eyes looked at Xu Musen quietly for a long time.

She suddenly distanced herself from him, rubbed her eyes, and forced a smile: "Really... I clearly promised my mother that I would not cry in front of her and my sister anymore. It's really ridiculous..."

"No one will laugh at you. The fact that you can cry shows that you are a living person and are not influenced by those people in your family. Isn't this what your mother, sister, and yourself want the most?"

Xu Musen spoke in a gentle tone. He reached out and picked up the birthday cake that Zhu Yulan had brought. The cake was not big, just enough for two people.

"Today is your birthday. They want to see you at your happiest. I will spend this birthday with you."

Xu Musen spoke in a gentle tone. Although he couldn't empathize with her, Zhu Yulan at this moment was really similar to Yao Mingyue that year.

They are all people who have lost their loved ones.

Zhu Yulan raised her eyes and looked at him.

I'll celebrate your birthday with you...

I haven't heard this sentence for a long time, especially looking at the emotions in Xu Musen's eyes, that is a gentle temperature that can melt people.

Perhaps, this is the charm that makes An Nuannuan and Yao Mingyue like moths to a flame.

"Okay..." Zhu Yulan seemed to be giving a silly smile.

Xu Musen reached out his hand, wiped the tears from her eyes, and handed her a handful of candles: "Since it's your birthday, be happy. I'll light the candles with you."

Xu Musen began to put colorful birthday candles on the birthday cake.

Each person took one, with great tacit understanding, for a total of nineteen.

Xu Musen took out a lighter and lit the candles one by one.

In the dim cemetery, the flickering candlelight is particularly eye-catching and warm.

"Make a wish. With your mother and sister here, your wish will surely come true."

Xu Musen held the birthday cake and placed it in front of Zhu Yulan.

The candlelight made her delicate face look even softer, her eyes were a little red, and she was wearing a lovely long dress. At this moment, she looked particularly vulnerable and emotional.

Birthday cake...

Ever since her mother passed away on her birthday, and especially after her eldest sister passed away, she has never celebrated her birthday with her family again.

Because when she looked at the two empty seats at home, her heart always ached...

But at this moment, there was finally someone by her side who could celebrate her birthday with her.

She looked at Xu Musen's cheek in the candlelight.

She could hardly hold back her excitement: "Will every wish come true?"

"Of course, you owed birthday wishes for all those years, so God will definitely be especially kind to you."

Zhu Yulan gave a silly smile. She put her hands on her chest and looked at Xu Musen for a long time, then slowly closed her eyes.

The breeze blew gently, and the surrounding leaves fell to the ground with a squeak, as if someone was responding.

After a moment, she slowly opened her eyes.

"Have you made your wish?" Xu Musen looked at her with a smile.

"Hmm..." Zhu Yulan nodded.

"Then blow out the candles."

Xu Musen placed the cake in front of her.

Zhu Yulan looked at Xu Musen, but suddenly tilted her head and smiled: "Can you play with me?"

"Me? Then aren't you afraid your wish won't come true?"

"Sincerity leads to spiritual success."

"Ok."

Xu Musen did not refuse. He held the cake and blew on it together with Zhu Linlan. The warm and sweet breath from the girl's mouth seemed even sweeter than the cake in front of them.

At this moment they were very close, feeling each other's breath and looking at each other's slightly pouting lips.

Suddenly I felt that Zhu Yulan's gaze was not on the candle, but was looking at Xu Musen.

There is no doubt that Zhu Yulan is also a very beautiful and outstanding girl. Her eyes seemed to have some emotions at this moment. In short, it made Xu Musen look away slightly.

The candles went out one by one.

Xu Musen silently withdrew his gaze.

Zhu Yulan also looked away, her fair cheeks probably feeling a little hot from the candlelight.

There are also some regrets...

After a moment, Zhu Yulan looked at the cake in front of her and slowly spoke: "I still remember the night when my mother passed away ten years ago. She forced herself to hold on to her last bit of energy, smiled gently and said that she would be fine soon and that I would definitely accompany her to celebrate a happy birthday.

I remember that I was wearing the little skirt that my mother picked out. I was less than ten years old at that time. As a child, I didn’t understand the separation of life and death.

I was still hoping that my mother would really get better and eat the sweet birthday cake with me, but I didn’t notice that my mother no longer had the strength to cut the cake... I remember that her eyes finally turned red and she said sorry to me, I’m afraid she can’t eat the last birthday cake with me..."

There were tears in Zhu Yulan's eyes, but before she could finish her words, something sweet and delicate was fed into her mouth.

Xu Musen scooped a spoonful of cake cream with a spoon and fed it directly into her mouth.

"Who said that? Look, aren't we eating cake with your mother and sister now?"

Xu Musen smiled and said, "And from now on, as long as you don't mind, I will celebrate your birthday with you."

Zhu Yulan felt the cream in her mouth melt instantly. In addition to the sweetness, it seemed to have some special taste.

It entered her brain like alcohol, opening the door to her pride and lack of courage.

She looked at the gentle boy in front of her.

There was only one thought in her mind at this moment...

She needs to be brave, proactive, and not think about the future, and say that one sentence...

(End of this chapter)