Chapter 62: Tombstone

  PS: Thanks to brother 'Ta Di' for the 8888 starting coins, and also thanks to other brothers for the countless starting coins, too many to mention one by one, saving time, I'll go code now~

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  As soon as Ye Ming opened his mouth, Dong Qiuyu and Mo Yunli immediately turned their eyes to him. Ye Ming frowned, "What are you looking at me for?"

  Neither of the two women spoke, but what they were thinking in their hearts, Ye Ming could roughly guess.

  Too lazy to explain, Ye Ming said to Mo Yunli: "I think we don't need to drink this tea anymore. Aren't you going to Qinglin Garden District? I'll take you there now!"

  Mo Yunli nodded slightly and walked out while waving her hand at Dong Qiuyu, saying "Goodbye, sister-in-law."

  "Come and play often when you're free!" Dong Qiuyu said with a smile.

  Ye Ming nodded and walked out while sending a text message to Dong Qiuyu at the same time, "Thank you."

  In the room, Dong Qiuyu gazed at her own red and slender mobile phone, with a slightly puffed up cheek, revealing a hint of satisfaction in her smile. She muttered to herself: "Dummy, it seems that these past few days of cleaning for you weren't wasted."

  After going downstairs, Ye Ming took Mo Yunli and drove his flying sports car straight to the Qinglin Garden District.

  All the way, Mo Yunli's eyes were always on Ye Ming, and the smile in them made Ye Ming feel a little hairy in his heart.

  "Don't look at me like that, I'm not that handsome." Ye Ming said impatiently.

  "Hehe, I didn't expect that such a small house could hide such a beautiful and delicate flower, and she's also gentle and virtuous, with great potential to be a good wife and mother. No wonder you don't want me." Mo Yunli said with a smile.

  Ye Ming rolled his eyes, "Firstly, I don't want you because we don't have any feelings for each other. Secondly, my relationship with her is not what you think it is."

  "Is she the woman you were talking about last night?" Mo Yunli suddenly asked.

  "No." Ye Ming said.

  "Oh."

  Mo Yunli responded with a sound, it was obvious that Ye Ming had not told her his plan, and she was not the kind of woman who would nag him to death, Ye Ming did not tell her, so she went to investigate herself.

  The southern part of the city, because it's a bit remote, traffic isn't that congested, and with such a short distance, in less than ten minutes, they appeared at the entrance of Qinglin Garden District.

  The current Qinglin Garden area is still somewhat disappointing, with various demolition buildings being completely flattened, and various construction work is underway. The entire area of over 2,000 mu is surrounded by iron railings.

  When the two arrived here, Yang Guanren's two bodyguards were already here, which was also within Ye Ming's expectation. They couldn't catch up with themselves, so they naturally came here to wait.

  After observing outside for a while, Mo Yunli took out her phone and dialed a number. A moment later, she hung up again.

  Those two bodyguards were watching from afar, their task was to follow Mo Yunli's trail.

  A white Mercedes-Benz slowly drove over from a distance, approaching Ye Ming and Mo Yunli. The car stopped, and four people got out. At the front was a middle-aged man with a square face, who lit up when he saw Mo Yunli. He hurriedly jogged over, extending his right hand and smiling: "Director Mo has arrived! Why didn't you call ahead of time? It's made me, Pang, fail to greet you from afar!"

  Mo Yunli smiled slightly and gently shook hands with the middle-aged man, saying softly: "Director Pang is too polite, I just arrived a moment ago, so I notified you."

  "Who is this?" The middle-aged man with the surname Pang looked at Ye Ming, and the newcomer was the most beneficial partner in this cooperation, even if he was the deputy director of Qingjing Land Bureau, he had to be cautious.

  "He is Ye Ming, my friend." Mo Yunli turned her head to look at Ye Ming and said: "This is Pang Yuan, the deputy director of Qingjing City Land Bureau."

  Ye Ming nodded slightly, as if he had seen it before.

  Pang Yuan was somewhat unexpected, usually people who see themselves are either flattering or fawning, Ye Ming's attitude made him immediately think that he should be a noble prince again.

  Mo Yunli exchanged some pleasantries with Pang Yuan, but Ye Ming found it annoying. Taking advantage of the interval, he said to Mo Yunli: "I still have something to do, so I'll go back first."

  Mo Yunli actually didn't want Ye Ming to go back, even she herself didn't know whether it was because of the sense of security brought by Ye Ming's existence or for some other reason.

  But she was a rational woman, knowing that she and Ye Ming had no relationship, and Ye Ming could stay to help her three times, which already made her very grateful. If she insisted on staying again, whether she could stay or not, she would definitely make Ye Ming feel disgusted.

  "Be careful then."

  Mo Yunli pursed her lips and said softly, "Although I know you're not an ordinary person, their methods are extremely vicious. And... thank you for the past few days..."

  Yè Míng lightly laughed and said, "Don't worry about me for now, think about yourself instead!"

  Mo Yunli was just an ordinary person, although she came here, the Qingjing Municipal Government would send a special bodyguard to protect her, but Ye Ming knew that those bodyguards were no different from paper tigers in the face of real power.

  Of course, Ye Ming also had his own affairs and couldn't always be there to protect her. After exchanging greetings, he slowly drove away.

  After leaving Qinglin Garden District, Ye Ming did not go directly to Qingjing University, but instead took a winding path along the southwestern corner of the city, heading towards a cemetery.

  Half an hour later, the car appeared in front of a vast expanse of wild grass graves.

  Those who were buried here were mostly poor people with economic difficulties, among whom were Ye Ming's parents.

  A gentle breeze blows by, and the desolate grasses, half as tall as a man, sway mournfully. From time to time, one can see figures burning incense and sending off money, only to depart in sorrow.

  This cemetery is very large and has no fixed boundary, with a high mountain behind it, which has already exceeded the scope of Qingjing City.

  Along the memory, that somewhat blurred winding path, Ye Ming parted the weeds and finally stopped in front of two tombstones carved out of marble.

  Behind the tombstone are two simple small earth mounds. On top of the earth mounds, yellowed paper is pressed down by bricks, and with a gust of wind, pieces fly about.

  On the two tombstones, there were already traces of years carved by time, faintly visible. In front of the tombstones, there were two holes, and in the holes, there were wax candles that had been corroded, as well as several small birds made from corn flour, which are called "night lamps" in rural areas to light up the way for loved ones at night, hoping to be reborn into a good family.

  Ye Ming fell silent, his hands gently scooping up some sand from in front of the tombstone, and he knelt there like that, the sand flowing away through his fingers, just like those fragmented painful memories, gradually disappearing as time passed.

  On the two tombstones, there were two lines of somewhat blurry characters engraved on each one.

  Tomb of First Mother, Cai Shi (Shuang Hua) — Year, AD 2022, Eldest Son, Ye Ming Li.

  Tomb of My Late Father, Cheng Shenhai - Year 2022, Erected by Eldest Son, Ye Mingli.

  The sand had all been swept away, Ye Ming's trembling hands gently stroked the two tombstones, his dark eyes seemed somewhat empty at this moment, kneeling in front of the monument, lost in thought for a long time.

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