"Our Tuan Tuan is so obedient!" Lin Nuan planted a kiss on Tuan Tuan's forehead and promised to bring him delicious cake when she came back. Only then did the little one wave at Lin Nuan with teary eyes, holding back his tears as he tried to hold back his tears.
When Lin Nuan opened the door to the front passenger seat, Cen Mo opened the door to the back seat for Lin Nuan and said, "You can sit in the back. It's safer behind the driver's seat!"
Lin Nuan looked at Cen Mo and smiled as she nodded. She didn't reject his good intentions. "Okay!"
Lin Nuan turned around and waved at the tear-bag Tuan Tuan before getting into the car.
Cen Mo closed the car door for Lin Nuan and turned around to look at the fair and tender little one, who looked like a tearful little kid pretending to be strong. Cen Mo smiled, feeling that Tuan Tuan was so adorable that his heart melted.
The journey from the Fu residence to the cemetery took about 40 minutes, but Cen Mo drove for an hour. He drove very slowly and steadily on the road.
Lin Nuan looked out the car window at the streets that were slowly passing by. It was almost the Spring Festival, and the streets were already filled with a strong Spring Festival atmosphere.
Her phone vibrated, and Lin Nuan nodded to take a look. It was Lin Ran.
[Lin Ran: Are you pregnant?!]
The corners of Lin Nuan's lips curled up as she typed a reply …
[Lin Nuan: How did you know?!]
[Lin Ran: I know one of the actors from your production team. She told me secretly! You don't want to make it public?!]
[Lin Nuan: It's a secret for now. I plan to tell my family first before announcing it to the public.]
[Lin Ran: Then I'll keep it a secret for you. You can tell Mom and Dad later.]
Lin Nuan's slender and fair fingertips gently stroked the phone screen as she looked up at Cen Mo in the front row. "Do you want to know about Papa and Mama?"
Cen Mo gripped the steering wheel tightly …
"It's just that I don't know much about my parents, but Lin Ran does. If you want to know … I'll make an appointment with her and see if she has time."
Lin Ran was Lin Chen's biological younger sister. Back then, their biological fathers had switched Lin Nuan and Lin Ran, so Lin Ran had been by their parents' side all those years!
Just as Lin Nuan had said, if one wanted to know what happened to their parents when they were alive, no one would know better than Lin Ran.
Cen Mo really wanted to know …
Back then, after losing him, what kind of life did his parents lead?
"Alright, then I'll have to trouble you!" Cen Mo said.
Lin Nuan paused for a moment, then smiled at Cen Mo. "We're family. You're treating me like an outsider by being so polite."
Hearing Lin Nuan's words, the corners of Cen Mo's lips curled up, and he replied, "Mm, we're family. You shouldn't be so polite."
Listening to Cen Mo's deep and smiling voice, Lin Nuan recalled Cen Mo's past experiences …
Lin Nuan didn't know if it was because she was pregnant and her emotions were easily affected, or if it was because she was connected to Cen Mo by blood and could empathize with him, but for some reason, she felt her heart ache when she heard Cen Mo say this.
Just as Song Yao had said, Cen Mo yearned for kinship very much, so much so that he had to be careful.
Lin Nuan lowered her head and sent Lin Ran a message …
[Lin Nuan: I'm on the way to pay respects to Mom and Dad with Brother. Brother wants to know more about Mom and Dad. I'm not too sure about these things. If you have time, can you make an appointment?]
He didn't know if Lin Ran was busy, but she didn't reply to his message.
Lin Nuan only received Lin Ran's reply when Cen Mo drove to the entrance of the cemetery.
[Lin Ran: Are you going now?! I just finished my work. I'm on my way to the cemetery now.]
[Lin Nuan: It took us more than an hour to get here from the city. Let's make an appointment at a place near you. We'll go there after paying respects to Mom and Dad.]
Very quickly, Lin Ran sent an address.
Because Lin Nuan was pregnant, Cen Mo didn't let Lin Nuan go to the cemetery with him on foot. He called for an electric scooter, and the two of them took it.
Standing in front of his parents' tombstones, Cen Mo's eyes reddened for some reason.
In the grave before him were his biological parents. They were the parents who had sacrificed everything to search for him after he went missing!
Seeing Lin Nuan squat down and separate the joss paper into the bucket, Cen Mo, whose body was stiff, finally reacted. He quickly squatted down and helped Lin Nuan separate the joss paper.
In the past, when Cen Mo went to the cemetery to visit the Lu family's grandparents and his parents, Lu Xiangsi, he would bring a bouquet of flowers. He had never burned joss paper before. Right now, he was imitating Lin Nuan's actions.
"Did you bring a fire?" Lin Nuan asked Cen Mo.
Cen Mo took the joss paper from Lin Nuan's hands and said, "Let me do it!"
Very quickly, the flames in the joss paper bucket rose very high. Cen Mo shielded Lin Nuan and took a step back, afraid that the flames would burn Lin Nuan's clothes.
Lin Nuan looked at the tombstones through the flickering flames, her petite hand holding Cen Mo's big hand. Her gentle and mellow voice rang out. "Dad, Mom … I found Brother. You can rest in peace."
Cen Mo felt Lin Nuan holding his hand and heard her call him Brother. His body stiffened …
Pain instantly assaulted Cen Mo's eyes, and his vision blurred as he stared at his parents' tombstones!
His parents had been waiting for him their entire lives!
He also held Lin Nuan's petite hand tightly. The siblings … were standing right in front of their biological parents, but they couldn't see them.
Their family had been separated when their parents were alive and reunited after their parents died.
They had never lived together as a family.
Cen Mo couldn't hold back his tears. He tried his best, but he still couldn't.
"Brother's living a good life now. He's married, and his wife is a friend who took good care of me when I was in university. She's a kind and loyal lady. Sister-in-law is pregnant with Brother's flesh and blood, and I'm also pregnant. When they're born, remember to come back and visit them!" Lin Nuan's eyes were filled with a smile that was warmer than the sun.
Cen Mo gritted his teeth, his masseter muscles clearly defined. He didn't dare to use too much strength in his grip on Lin Nuan's petite hand, so his careful palm was already covered in a thin layer of sweat.
"Brother, greet Mom and Dad! I think … they've been waiting. "Lin Nuan turned her head sideways to look at the tall Cen Mo.
Cen Mo's thin lips were tightly pursed, his body trembling slightly.
Lin Nuan didn't rush him and waited quietly …
After a long while, Cen Mo let go of Lin Nuan's petite hand and knelt down in front of his parents' tombstones. Choking with emotions, he kowtowed heavily and said, "Mom, Dad, I'm sorry. I'm back."
Cen Mo's voice choked up when he said the last four words …
Sorry for taking so long to come back!
I'm sorry for making you guys search for so long!
I'm sorry I couldn't make it in time to see you for the last time!
I'm sorry a good family fell apart because of his loss!
Cen Mo propped his hands on his thighs and tugged at his pants tightly, lowering his head …
All these years, Cen Mo, who had never shed a tear other than when he learned of Lu Xiangsi's death, couldn't hide his sobs as he knelt in front of his parents' tombstones.
Lin Nuan stood next to Cen Mo and listened quietly. Her eyes reddened, and the corners of her lips curled up into a smile. It was as if she could see her parents holding hands and standing in front of them!
Lin Nuan felt that there was probably nothing in this world that could make them happier than the siblings standing neatly in front of their parents!
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