Yu Sangwan followed Helian Si further inside, but after a while, they still hadn’t found it.

"..." Yu Sangwan looked around anxiously, afraid of missing something.

In front, Helian Si also stopped, frowning, "What’s going on? It should be here... isn’t it?" 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

"What?" Yu Sangwan didn’t understand and looked up at him.

Helian Si shook his head and pointed to the spot in front of them, "By seniority, Lu Jinxuan should be here..."

"Here?"

Yu Sangwan carefully looked at each gravestone one by one, surprised, "No, it’s not here!"

"Hmm." Helian Si pondered, "I find it strange too, why isn’t it here?"

On her shoulder, the little bun raised his head, rubbing his eyes drowsily and asked, "Mom, where’s Dad?"

"Dad, he..." Yu Sangwan didn’t know how to tell the child. Although the little bun often said he didn’t like his father, those were just childish contradictions.

The little bun, with big round eyes, couldn’t understand like adults, and seeing his mom like this, he cried sadly, "Is it that I can’t see Dad again? Waa Waa... Is Grandma lying to us again! She lies every time, doesn’t she?"

Yu Sangwan felt sorry for her child and also felt aggrieved herself, so she just hugged the child close and cried together.

"Don’t cry, little bun..."

"Waa waa..." The little bun cried even harder, "It’s always like this! Why doesn’t Grandma let us see Dad?"

Seeing them cry so sorrowfully, Helian Si explained helplessly, "It’s my fault for not getting the information right, I don’t know why this happened... My sister did tell me, Jinxuan is at the Helian Family cemetery."

"It’s not your fault..."

Yu Sangwan couldn’t hold back her tears, "Except for that one time five years ago, I haven’t mourned Jinxuan. I don’t know why Auntie is doing this?"

Helian Si stepped forward, hesitated for a long time, and finally placed his hand on her shoulder, "Don’t cry anymore. Since I’ve promised you... I will make sure you can mourn Jinxuan. Maybe it’s because Jinxuan’s surname is Lu, not Helian, so there’s some mix-up."

Yu Sangwan nodded with a choked voice, but the little bun in her arms couldn’t hold it anymore.

He started to cry loudly, "Waa waa... I hate Dad the most! He left so early! Leaving me and Mom to be bullied by others all the time! Mom, let’s leave! Every time I want to see Dad, I can’t see him... I don’t want to be bullied anymore! Dad is bad! Little bun doesn’t want Dad anymore!"

"Little bun, don’t say that, it’s not Dad’s fault."

Yu Sangwan wiped the tears from her son’s face, feeling a deep sense of apology in her heart. Her son just wanted to pay his respects at his father’s grave, why couldn’t she fulfill even this simple wish?

After leaving the cemetery, the mother and son were silent, looking sorrowfully out of the car window, lost in their thoughts.

Helian Si tapped his fingers on the steering wheel, wanting to say something.

"We’ll get off at the next intersection," Yu Sangwan spoke up first, not intending to engage in conversation with him.

Helian Si had no choice but to stop the car, "Here?"

"Yes." Yu Sangwan got out of the car with the little bun, "Thank you for today."

"Here..." Helian Si looked around, "It’s still far from the Fu Family. How about I take you to the Fu Family’s entrance?"

"No need." Yu Sangwan shook her head, pursed her lips, and smiled, "The little bun likes a dessert place nearby. I’ll take him for a treat... You can head back first!"

Helian Si looked at her reddened eyes and the downcast little bun she was holding, feeling stifled and uncomfortable inside, "I’m sorry, I couldn’t help you with anything. But don’t worry, I’ll get to the bottom of this, wait for my news."

"Hmm." Yu Sangwan nodded, trying to smile, "Thank you. Little bun, say goodbye to Uncle..."

The little bun murmured, "Goodbye, Uncle."

"Goodbye."

Helian Si slowly rolled up the car window, watching the mother and son through the glass, strangely feeling... Why did his heart ache so painfully? He had a strong urge to hold them in his arms and give them warmth.

However, in the end...

He could only start the car and leave.

...

Yu Sangwan took the little bun to the dessert shop, where Tang Yueze and Lu Feixuan were also present.

They had planned to meet in advance, but Tang Yueze and Lu Feixuan didn’t expect Yu Sangwan to arrive so early.

"Eldest Young Madam." Tang Yueze quickly stood up to greet her, "Why did you come so early?"

Yu Sangwan smiled, first placing the little bun on a chair, "Order something for the child, we can talk slowly... Little bun, call your aunt and uncle..."

The little bun obediently nodded and called out softly, "Auntie, Uncle."

Tang Yueze and Lu Feixuan blushed. Tang Yueze said nothing, but Lu Feixuan quietly denied, "Not, not uncle yet..."

Tang Yueze tugged the corner of his mouth, at a loss for words.

Yu Sangwan roughly guessed what was between them and laughed, "Not yet? But isn’t it sooner or later?"

This time, Lu Feixuan said nothing more and reached out to the little bun, "Little bun, I’m your aunt, your dad’s sister! Would you like to sit with your aunt?"

The little bun looked at his mom, and Yu Sangwan nodded, "Yes."

"Auntie." The little bun jumped off the stool and climbed onto Lu Feixuan.

Yu Sangwan advised, "Little bun, your aunt is sick and can’t see, so you need to take good care of your aunt, okay?"

"...Okay." The little bun nodded very gentlemanly, "Don’t worry! Auntie, would you like little bun to feed you cake?"

"Sure."

The aunt and nephew were close; after all, blood ties quickly bridged any gap between them without any barriers.

"Eldest Young Madam." Only then did Tang Yueze ask, "What happened today? Did you... visit Eldest Young Master?"

"Ah..." Yu Sangwan sighed and shook her head, "I went, but didn’t see Jinxuan’s gravestone at all."

"I thought so!" Tang Yueze frowned, saying in a tone of realization.

Yu Sangwan was shocked, "Really? Why do you say that?"

"I can’t really explain..." Tang Yueze had a lot on his mind, the answers seemed close yet unclear, "Eldest Young Madam, I think you shouldn’t be stuck on visiting Eldest Young Master anymore! Try to find a way into the inner courtyard, ideally... into Helian Si’s courtyard."

"Huh?"

Yu Sangwan was surprised, "Why?"

"The answer might be in Helian Si’s courtyard."

Tang Yueze’s expression was grave, "There are some things that I can’t say well, don’t understand clearly, and I think everything is more practical for you to see for yourself. Let me ask, do you remember the situation of Eldest Young Master’s courtyard back then?"

"Hmm..."

Yu Sangwan was a little hesitant, "Maybe not very clearly."

"It’s okay, I can describe it to you; I lived longer than you and remember more clearly."

"Okay."