The last time Qin Buyu went to pay homage to Liang Yuxing with Liang Yuchen, he saw the day he passed away.
That day was also his eighth birthday.
She didn't say anything, but she kept remembering this day in her heart, thinking about worshiping him at home.
The night before, after Liang Yuchen sent them home, he looked hesitant to speak, and finally said: "I will be a little busy tomorrow, so I will ask Lao Ding to pick you up."
Because Qin Buyu had to go to the farmer's market to buy some things for the sacrifice, she said no, she and the children could just take a taxi home.
Liang Yuchen said nothing more.
After returning from the training building the next day, Qin Buyu chose a quiet and clean place at home and placed a small table as an offering table. On it were placed the memorial tablets she had previously made and the tributes she had just bought from outside. , then light candles and incense.
When she was in Yicheng before, because she couldn't go to her grandfather's grave to worship, she also worshiped at home like this.
When she was ready, she called over the two children. The three of them stood facing the altar table, put their hands together on their chests, bowed deeply, then offered a glass of wine, and finally saluted again.
After the two children left, Qin Buyu bowed to the altar table again and said softly: "Hello, brother! Although I don't remember what happened when I was a child, I always think of you because of me, you passed away at such a young age. , I feel very sad. I cannot repay your kindness. I can only toast you with a glass of wine on a day like today to comfort your spirit in heaven. When I used to worship grandpa, I would give him some of his favorite food. Because I don’t know what you like, I didn’t put the food on display. I will ask Grandpa or Liang Yuchen when I have the opportunity in the future, and then I will make it myself for you."
After completing the sacrifice, Qin Buyu just blew out the candles and thought about removing the altar table the next day.
After dinner, Qin Buyu took his two children downstairs for a walk. When he returned home, he unexpectedly saw Liang Yuchen squatting in front of his home.
"Dad!" The two children rushed to Liang Yuchen and shouted.
Liang Yuchen raised his head and hugged them into his arms. Qin Buyu noticed that his eyes were red.
Qin Buyu opened the door, and the two children held their father's hand and walked inside. However, after taking just two steps, Liang Yuchen stopped and looked in the direction of the altar table.
Qin Buyu panicked all of a sudden. She hurriedly stepped forward, took down the tablet and hid it behind her back, whispering: "I thought the Ghost Festival was coming soon, so I wanted to pay my respects to grandpa."
Liang Yuchen didn't say anything, but walked forward and reached out from behind her to take out her brother's tablet and put it back to its original position.
The two children were shocked by the solemn expression on his face. They stared at their father and did not dare to make any sound.
"I, I just... want to pay my respects... Grandpa told me... I fell into the water when I was three years old, and he did... because he saved me..."
Liang Yuchen interrupted her and said, "No, it was me who... harmed my brother... and almost... harmed you."
Qin Buyu was stunned.
"You, what do you mean?"
Liang Yuchen's red eyes became moist again, and he raised his eyes and looked at Qin Buyu intently.
"I, I will give the children a bath, please wait for me for a while." Qin Buyu became flustered when he saw him, fearing that he would say something that he could not accept.
She led Nian Nian and En En into the bathroom to take a shower, while Liang Yuchen sat on the sofa with his head in his hands, wondering what he was thinking.
The children saw their parents' faces solemn. After taking a bath, the children did not ask Qin Buyu to tell them stories as usual. Instead, they obediently went back to the bedroom and got into bed under the quilt.
Qin Buyu turned off the light, closed the bedroom door, came to sit next to Liang Yuchen, and said softly: "I want to know what happened at that time, can you tell me?"
Liang Yuchen slowly raised his head, looked at her, and said for a long time: "I'm afraid you won't want to pay attention to me after you find out."
The aggrieved and sad expression made Qin Buyu extremely distressed.
"No," Qin Buyu wanted to reach out and hug him into her arms, but she didn't dare to do so. "You were only an eight-year-old child at that time. No matter what you did, it was all unintentional. Come on, stop blaming yourself."
Liang Yuchen smiled bitterly and said: "Grandpa and parents said the same thing, but my brother lost his life because of it. Sometimes I even hope that you won't forgive me so easily, but I'm afraid that you may say you forgive me, but you still keep it in your heart." Blaming me."
"No, grandpa and... uncles and aunts all love you and don't want you to dwell on the past."
"Yes! They even feared that I would be sad. For so many years, they have never worshiped my brother in front of me...even you...they did it secretly behind my back...but it only made me more sad."
"I really didn't mean it." Qin Buyu explained in a low voice.
"It doesn't matter, I can accept it now." Liang Yuchen took a breath and said, "Don't you want to know what happened back then? I'll tell you now."
Qin Buyu held his breath and listened quietly.
"I had just learned how to swim at that time, and every day I wanted to teach you how to swim too. For this reason, grandpa specially asked the aunt who took us not to let me carry you alone to play in the yard."
"But I took advantage of one afternoon when she came into the kitchen to help, because it was my brother's and my birthday that day, and we had to prepare a large table of dishes. After she entered the kitchen, I secretly carried you to the swimming pool. My brother tried to dissuade me, but I didn’t listen to him.”
"When we got to the pool, I put down the life buoy, then put you in the life buoy. Then I paddled next to you and taught you how to swim. We were in shallow water at first, but before we knew it, we entered deep water. area, I had just learned to swim at the time. I got tired after splashing around in the deep water area for a while, and then I pulled the swimming ring back. Only when I got to the shallow water area did I realize that you don’t know when you will pull the lifebuoy from the lifebuoy. It slipped."
"After my brother discovered that you were drowning, he quickly got out of the swimming pool and swam toward you. I was so frightened that I didn't know what to do for a long time."
"My brother, like me, has just learned to swim, and holding you in his arms soon gave him no strength. I saw you sinking slowly, and then I woke up, and hurriedly swam toward you while crawling and paddling. Over there..." After saying this, Liang Yuchen paused for a moment before continuing: "I carried you ashore first... When I went to find my brother again... he... he had already sunk to the bottom of the swimming pool... At this time, adults also came...but...my brother failed to wake up again."
At this point, Liang Yuchen was already crying.
Qin Buyu had already burst into tears. She finally couldn't help but stretched out her hand, hugged Liang Yuchen's body, buried his head in her chest, and gently patted his back to comfort him.
Neither of them said another word.
