Seeing Leng Yu's somewhat annoyed mood, Luo Lan quickly changed the topic.
"Ms. sir, don't think about these depressing things before going to bed. Today is the Ghost Festival and ghosts are haunted. Let's go back to the room early to rest."
Leng Yu turned his head to look at her and nodded, "Okay, go back to sleep." As he spoke, he put his arms around her waist and walked with her towards the room...
The nights are always long and quiet.
After everyone in Prince Yu's Mansion fell asleep, three petite figures appeared in the moonlight with their waists bowed.
After they gathered together and muttered for a while, they quietly walked to the back door one by one without being noticed.
After they got out of the back door, they closed the back door and ran outside quickly.
I don't know how long I ran before Lele stopped. He put his hands on his knees and kept breathing heavily.
"No, I can't run anymore. I really can't run anymore."
An An and Huaiyu, who were running in front, hurriedly returned. An An was there blaming,
"I told you not to come, but you had to come with me. It's fine now. I'm tired after running these few steps."
"Second sister, I'm not tired. You should tell me what to do. Otherwise, we'll be running around here all the time. What if I lose my way?"
Huaiyu pursed his lips and looked at him, eyes full of anxiety and said:
"I want to see my mother. I'm afraid she will leave if I get there too late, so I run faster. If you're tired, run slower!"
"Looking at your mother?"
Lele looked at him with stunned eyes,
"Your mother...isn't your mother already dead?"
"Yes, but today is the Ghost Festival and she will come out. I want to visit her grave. Maybe she is waiting for me too."
"ah?"
Lele stood up straight and scratched his head in confusion, "Then if we can really see it, let's run. I can run..."
Huaiyu nodded excitedly. He stretched out his two hands and took An An and Lele's hands.
"Come on, I'll hold you and we'll run together."
Leaving behind these childish words, the three children held hands and ran towards the west of the city.
They ran for a long time and finally reached the west of the city. Looking at the dark woods, An An shivered with fear.
"Brother, it's so dark here, why are you looking for your mother?"
Huaiyu raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his face and looked at the small woods with a stern look.
"I heard Aunt A Cai mention that my mother was buried halfway up the hillside in the grove. There are several towering pine trees there. We will definitely find it if we walk up the mountain."
"good."
An An didn't know where she got the courage. Although she was very scared, she nodded heavily.
"In order for my brother to see my mother, An An is not afraid of being tired."
Lele also kept nodding there,
"Yes, Lele is not afraid either, let's go."
The three children held hands and walked towards the mountain.
The path up the mountain was already narrow, and it was at night. The three children took advantage of the darkness and walked up the mountain with difficulty.
However, they walked for a long time and did not see Huaiyu Niang’s grave. Halfway there, Huaiyu became anxious and said in a tearful voice:
"Where is my mother? Mother, where are you? Come out and see me!"
Hearing his cry, An An and Lele mustered up their courage, put their hands on the corners of their mouths, and shouted into the dark woods:
"Auntie, where are you? Brother Huaiyu misses you, why don't you come out and meet him?"
"Mom, where are you? Can you come out and see me?"
"Mom, I'm Huaiyu. I haven't seen you since I was born. My life is very good. I just want to see you. Come out!"
"Auntie, Brother Huaiyu's dream is to meet you once, as long as he knows what you look like. Come out and meet him, please..."
"mother……"
The shouts of the three children resounded through the small forest, but there was nothing in response to them except the whistling wind.
They shouted that they were tired and sat on the ground one after another. An An looked up at the sky and said with some worry:
"Brother, why is it a bit cloudy today? Is it going to rain?"
Huaiyu followed An An's gaze to the sky and nodded with regret.
"It's going to rain, otherwise, let's go down the mountain! I'm afraid I won't be able to see my mother this year..."
When saying this, Huaiyu lowered his head, biting his lip in disappointment, looking sad.
Lele tilted her head, looking at Huaiyu with tears on her face, and pursed her lips in distress,
"But we didn't see my aunt today. Brother, are you sad? Otherwise, let's look for her again!"
"What's the use of being sad? My mother probably won't come out to see me tonight, or maybe I'm late and she's already gone."
Huaiyu's voice was a little lonely, and An An and Lele lowered their heads sadly.
After a while, a few drops of rain really fell from the sky. Huaiyu hurriedly stood up and urged,
"An'an, Lele, it's really going to rain, let's go down the mountain quickly."
An An and Lele glanced at the sky. Although they both felt sorry for their brother, they still followed him and walked down the mountain together.
But the rain seemed to come very quickly, and it seemed that they understood the mood of the three children at this time. After a while, big raindrops poured down. The three children walked on the already rugged mountain road, supporting each other. Then, he walked hard down the mountain.
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the falling rain curtain wetted their clothes. There was rain on their hair and faces, and even their vision was a little blurry.
"ah!"
Suddenly, An An, who was walking at the back, let out a scream, and then she slipped to the ground. When Huaiyu and Lele looked back, she had already slid down the mountain unprepared.
"Ah! Brother..."
An An only left this word and then disappeared.
"An'an..."
Huaiyu and Lele screamed together and tried to reach out to pull her, but in vain.
"Brother, the second sister fell, what should I do?"
Lele's face had turned pale. While wiping the tears that kept falling on his face, he asked anxiously:
"What on earth should we do?"
Huaiyu cried and shook his head, shouting at a loss:
"I don't know. It's so deep here. What should we do?"
"Let's go back and tell dad and mom, and let mom send someone to rescue the second sister."
Huaiyu looked at the bottomless cliff. His face was covered with sweat or rain. He raised his sleeves hard and wiped it, and said hurriedly:
"Okay, let's go back to find dad and mom..."
But just as he was about to turn his head, he looked at Lele timidly, through the waterfall-like rain curtain, and shook his head vigorously,
"I...I'm afraid that my parents will blame me. You...you go back. I'm here...waiting...waiting for you."
"No, mother won't blame you. Let's go back together."
"No, I'm here to accompany An An. She must be very scared by herself. Besides, we've all gone back. What should we do if we can't find this place when my father and mother bring people to look for her."
Lele blinked at him with big shrewd eyes and nodded in understanding.
"Then you wait here, don't go too far, I will run quickly and be back soon."
"Okay, I'll wait for you, please pay attention to your safety."
Lele had no time to respond to him, so she stumbled and ran down the mountain.
