He couldn't quite understand why this old man seemed to recognize him at first glance.
However, now that the old man has helped him solve the current problem, the most important thing for him is to go and pay homage to his parents first. The rest can be discussed later.
So, he bowed his hands to the old man and said, "Thank you, old sir."
After saying that, he pretended to support Gu Yanzhong, and walked up the stone steps with Lin Wanqiu and Gu Qiuyi.
No one else followed, including the old fortune teller, who was standing quietly below, looking at Ye Chen's background, trying his best to suppress the excitement in his heart.
The Ye family's mausoleum is divided into nine rows.
The top row is the earliest ancestor of the Ye family with a tomb.
The further down you go, the lower your seniority.
Ye Chen's parents are buried in the second to last row.
There are a total of twenty tombs with the same specifications in this row, but only one has a tombstone in front of it.
Gu Yanzhong stopped in this row, pointed to the only tombstone in this row, and said to Ye Chen: "Chen'er, that is your parents' tomb."
Ye Chen nodded slightly and murmured: "Among the Ye family's generation, only my parents have passed away. The others should still be alive, right?"
Gu Yanzhong said: "Yes, although people of this generation are in their forties and fifties, they are actually in their prime. If your parents had not been murdered, they should be the mainstay of the Ye family by now."
Ye Chen sighed and walked inside.
The security guards and the old fortune teller were all below, so they couldn't see what was going on here. Ye Chen stopped pretending and walked in first, Gu Yanzhong.
When he came to his parents' grave, Ye Chen took off his sunglasses and mask and looked at the photos and names of his parents on the tombstone. His tears couldn't stop for an instant and kept flowing.
In his mind, it was as if a movie was playing at extremely fast speeds.
This film records himself from the moment he can remember until he was eight years old.
Then, his life of more than ten years flashed through his mind in fragments at a faster speed.
These eighteen years without my parents have been long and difficult, and full of bitterness and pain that ordinary people cannot understand.
At this time, he had countless words in his heart that he wanted to say to his deceased parents, but when the words came to his mouth, he felt like they were stuck in his throat, and he couldn't even say a single word.
After crying for a moment in front of the tombstone, Ye Chen knelt on the ground with a pop, held the flowers in both hands, placed them respectfully in front of the tombstone, and choked up: "Dad, Mom, my son is unfilial. You have been here for eighteen years before my son came to see you.
You guys, over the years, my son has been in trouble, too busy taking care of himself, and failed to fulfill his filial piety as a son, so please forgive me..."
After saying that, he leaned down and kowtowed nine times in front of the tombstone.
People say that you should kneel to the sky, kneel to the ground, and kneel to your parents in the middle. But in Ye Chen's eyes, neither heaven nor earth are worth kneeling. Between heaven and earth, only parents are worthy of kneeling.
Gu Yanzhong also stepped forward at this time, knelt on one knee in front of the tombstone, and sighed: "Brother, sister-in-law, I have promised you for eighteen years. After all, my brother has not broken his promise and finally brought Chen'er back. Look at him now.
He is already a talented person! He is almost exactly the same as you, eldest brother, back then, and he is also one of the best among people!"
As he spoke, he wiped away his tears and continued: "The last time I came to see you, I said I would go down to meet you soon, but I didn't expect that Chen'er saved my life. My brother and sister-in-law may still have to work hard for you.
Wait for me a little longer..."
Speaking of this, Gu Yanzhong burst into tears.
Lin Wanqiu stepped forward, also knelt on one knee beside Gu Yanzhong, and choked with sobs: "Brother, sister-in-law, thank you for your spirit in heaven, for blessing Yan Zhong to survive the catastrophe. The kindness of the Ye family to the Gu family will be unforgettable in our lifetime...
..."
Gu Qiuyi knelt on her knees beside Ye Chen, without saying a word, she just cried silently next to Ye Chen.
After kneeling on the ground for a long time, Ye Chen wiped away his tears, then gently wiped his parents' tombstones with his sleeves several times, and said, "Dad, Mom, my son can't stay with you for too long this time, but please don't worry.
I will definitely come to see you every year.”
After that, he sighed, helped Gu Yanzhong beside him, and said, "Uncle Gu, let's go."
Gu Yanzhong nodded slightly and pulled his wife to stand up.
Ye Chen put on his sunglasses and mask again, and walked down slowly with Gu Yanzhong's family of three.