He said he doesn't love me

A few days passed quickly and it was April 3rd, the Cold Food Festival.

Tan Yuzhi had prepared green rice dumplings and cold food porridge the day before, and at this moment she was clearing weeds in the yard.

When Sun Ran got up and went out, she had already packed everything and was sitting by the fish tank feeding the fish.

"Wake up, dear. Are you hungry?" Tan Yuzhi smiled at him. "Would you like to try the green rice dumplings made by grandma?"

"I'm not hungry yet, thank you, grandma." Sun Ran smiled brightly and walked over to ask her, "What day is today?"

"Today is the Cold Food Festival. According to custom, we cannot light the stove today." Tan Yuzhi teased the fish and explained to him, "Why, don't you celebrate the Cold Food Festival over there?"

Sun Ran shook his head. "We only celebrate Qingming Festival. I have only read about the Cold Food Festival in books, but I have never celebrated it."

"It's okay. From now on, grandma will take you with her every year. Is that okay?"

"it is good."

The two smiled at each other, and Tan Yuzhi wiped her hands and took him to the kitchen to taste the green rice balls and cold porridge. This day passed very quickly. Perhaps because it was close to Qingming Festival, it rained three times intermittently.

The next day was Qingming Festival.

Everyone packed up early in the morning and walked to the ancestral tomb to pay respects. Tang Lele got up and took a taxi back to Nanjiang. He said something to Sun Ran in a hurry and disappeared from everyone's sight with the car.

"Put on more clothes. If the wind blows on you, you'll catch a cold." Li Cheng saw that he was in a low mood and thought that Tang Lele's departure might have aroused his sadness. He put a coat on Sun Ran and tilted his head to look at him. "It's okay. He will be back in two days."

Sun Ran tilted his head, "No, I was thinking..."

Does anyone visit their tombs to pay respects?

"What?" Li Cheng frowned, not understanding what the second half of his unspoken sentence meant, so he asked, "Are you homesick?"

Li Xujing happened to be out, and seeing them standing in the yard for a long time without making any movement, he walked towards them, "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell? If you're not feeling well, then just stay at home and rest."

"No, I'm fine." Sun Ran sighed, turned around and walked out of the yard, following Tan Yuzhi all the way forward.

"…What's going on?" Li Xujing was completely confused and didn't understand what was going on.

Li Cheng shrugged, as if to say, "I don't know, don't ask me," and followed him. At the end, he turned back and said, "Dad, don't forget to lock the door."

Li Xujing raised his eyebrows, "Do you think I'm a fool?" He looked around the room and made sure there was nothing he forgot to bring, then turned around and went out and locked the door.

Lu Ying was sent by the old man, so naturally she followed their steps and went together.

The crowd walked forward along the narrow path, and what they saw before them were no longer tall buildings, but towering trees.

Perhaps it was because they had entered the mountains, the sounds coming from their ears were gradually replaced by the singing of birds and the sound of the wind. Fresh air blew in their faces, and Sun Ran couldn't help but take a deep breath.

There was a faint sound of gurgling river water on the left, and Sun Ran subconsciously wanted to go over to investigate. Tan Yuzhi pulled him in a hurry and shook her head at him, "We have things to do today. Let Qingyu bring you to play another day, okay?"

Sun Ran was stunned for a moment, almost forgetting what he was doing today. He nodded awkwardly, "Sorry, grandma."

"My dear, are you in a bad mood?" Tan Yuzhi couldn't help but worry about his condition. Although Sun Ran had been drinking tea obediently these days, it was not like taking medicine, so the effect was naturally not comparable.

Sun Ran looked up at her, then smiled and shook his head after realizing what was happening. "I'm not in a bad mood, don't worry, grandma. I was just wondering... if anyone in my family in Paris went to pay respects to their ancestors. I was lost in thought for the moment."

"That's good. I'll go back later, just give them a call and ask them to go." Tan Yuzhi breathed a sigh of relief, lowered her eyes to look at Sun Ran's shoes, and couldn't help showing a hint of anger. She turned back angrily to look for Li Cheng's figure, and was about to scold him, but she saw that Li Cheng was also wearing a pair of mesh sneakers, and she suddenly felt a headache.

She exhaled and looked at Sun Ran helplessly, "My dear, the mountain is very foggy. Next time you go out, you are not allowed to wear shoes that are easy to seep through. Do you understand?"

When she said that, Sun Ran realized that the shoes he was wearing would leak water and were indeed not suitable. He pursed his lips and said, "Okay, grandma, I'll remember that."

He curled his lips. Didn't Li Cheng come here many times? Why didn't he even tell me this?

As he thought about it, he turned his head and looked back, and saw that the shoes on Li Cheng's feet were exactly the same as his. It seemed that he didn't do it on purpose, but really forgot.

Sun Ran bit her lower lip lightly, and had to be more careful when she stepped and stay away from the flowers and plants.

Further ahead is their destination for today - the Li family cemetery.

The cemetery is located on the hillside behind the courtyard, with a large tree mountain behind it, which can block the wind and allow for fresh air, which is beneficial to feng shui.

Looking around, what comes into view is a large field of white and yellow chrysanthemums, as well as some fruits, in front of the tombstones. It is obvious that someone has already arrived here.

Tan Yuzhi naturally saw it as well, but she didn't react much. She just snorted coldly and entered the cemetery first.

Sun Ran had never been to such a place before. For a moment, he felt his legs go weak and he didn't even have the courage to lift his feet to keep going.

"What? You don't dare to go in?" Li Cheng came to his side at some point, and seeing that he didn't look very good, he said, "Don't be afraid, these are all our family members, they won't bully you. Come on, I'll take you to see my grandmother and others, let them recognize you and bless you to be safe." He moved the flowers in his arms, closer to Sun Ran, so that he could lean on his arms and calm down.

Sun Ran took a moment to calm down, then looked up at him and said, "I'm much better now, let's go."

"Ah."

Li Cheng introduced him to the people he recognized along the way and took him in another direction. Sun Ran looked in the direction of Tan Yuzhi and couldn't help but frowned, "Aren't we going to my grandmother's place?"

Li Cheng shook his head, "I'll go later. I'll take you to meet the Tong family first."

Tong family?

Sun Ran licked his lips. Could it be that not all the tombstones here belonged to the Li family?

That’s right, he just said he would take me to meet my grandmother, so he is naturally not from the Li family.

They went around halfway up the slope and finally stopped.

There were many carnations and lilies placed in front of the tombstone in front of me, with a few white chrysanthemums occasionally, but they were also submerged among the carnations.

"Zorn, this is my uncle, Tong An." Li Cheng placed a bunch of flowers in front of the tombstone, and then led him to bow deeply three times. Li Cheng smiled at the tombstone, walked forward and wiped the water drops on the photo on the tombstone, "Uncle, his name is Sun Ran, he is my partner, it's a pity that you don't have the chance to see him in person."

Sun Ran pursed her lips and stood beside him, following him to meet his uncle, aunt, second aunt, uncle and second uncle one by one, and finally stood in front of her grandmother's tombstone.

Li Cheng, however, changed his gentle tone and said very rudely, "Grandma, didn't you want to beat me to death at first? Now I'm fine and I brought someone back. Are you happy?"

Sun Ran looked at him in surprise, "Is it not good for you to do this?"

Li Cheng was slightly stunned, then he burst into laughter, "Hahaha, look, you haven't even given a red envelope, but people are already protecting you. You must bless him well!"

He smiled at Sun Ran again, "It's okay. When my grandmother was still alive, we got along like this. We're used to it." He put the flowers down and said, "She always hoped that I could inherit her legacy and carry forward Chinese medicine... But I was only interested in business, which made her so angry that every time she saw me, she said she would beat me to death and force my parents to have a second child."

“Hahaha, that grandma is quite kind. She didn’t do anything.” Sun Ran curved his eyebrows and said, “Hello, grandma. I’m Sun Ran, and I’m…”

"He is my partner, and these are flowers for both of us. I hope you will bless us to be together forever and keep him safe and sound." Li Cheng responded, placed two bouquets of flowers, and took him to meet several relatives before going to meet up with Tan Yuzhi and the others.

Sun Ran followed behind him, wondering why so many people in the Tong family had passed away? And they all looked very young, like his uncle Tong An, who was only 27 years old when he died.

Is there any family disease?

Li Cheng noticed his look and was confused, "What are you thinking about? You look at me so strangely."

"Uncle... is... is he sick?"

Li Cheng shook his head, "I'll talk to you when I get home, okay?"

Sun Ran nodded, perhaps he had some unspeakable secret.

When the group returned home, it was already past eleven o'clock. After a hurried lunch, Sun Ran was taken back to his room by Li Cheng.

"Aren't you curious about your uncle?" Li Cheng searched in the cabinet and found a rusty iron box. He sat next to Sun Ran and opened the box. "My uncle, my aunt, my second aunt, and my uncle were all police officers who died in the line of duty, but they belonged to different units."

"Oh, sorry, I shouldn't ask." Sun Ran jumped up instantly when he heard that. He shouldn't have asked that. It was impolite to the hero.

Li Cheng smiled at him, "It's okay, you just asked casually, I didn't mean it. Look, uncle was so handsome back then!" He took out a group photo and introduced the people in it to him. The photo had faded a little, obviously it had been soaked in water and then rescued.

That should be the Tong family portrait. All the faces in it are vigorous, sunny and handsome.

"After my uncle and his family got into trouble, my grandmother's health has been getting worse. She caught a cold a few years ago and unfortunately contracted lung disease. She couldn't be saved." Li Cheng pointed to the old man in the center of the photo and said, "This is my grandmother. The old man with a stern face is my grandfather. I hated him when I was a child."

Sun Ran sat down again and tilted his head to look at him, "Why?"

"Because he hoped that I was a girl. Girls should be smart and clever, so that they can inherit my grandmother's legacy. But I am a boy." Li Cheng shrugged, "And a boy who is unwilling to study medicine. The more he said, the more I wanted to do something to show him."

"What about now?" Sun Ran looked over. Although the old man had a stern face, one could vaguely see the tenderness in his eyes as he looked at his wife beside him.

"Now... now he is too lazy to talk to me. After my grandmother passed away, he went abroad alone. I don't know where he is now." Li Cheng put the photo away and said softly, "Actually, I miss him a lot, just like I miss my mother... but she always quarrels with my father. Whenever they quarrel, I want them to just divorce. But if they really divorce, I will hate them... It's very contradictory."

"Maybe they were just arguing?" Sun Ran comforted him, "Just like Tang Lele and Han Junjiu, they want to quarrel when they meet, but when they can't see each other, they miss each other especially."

Li Cheng sighed, "Maybe. I'm older now. Now that I have someone I like, I understand that he or she can't always live according to my wishes, so I feel relieved."

Sun Ran swallowed his saliva. Could the person he was talking about be himself?

Li Cheng tilted his head and looked at him, "Zorn, I don't know how to express myself, so I always say the wrong things, which makes my mother unhappy and my grandfather unhappy... If one day, I make you unhappy, will you tell me?"

Sun Ran said nothing, just looked at him, not saying a word for a long time.

Li Cheng pursed his lips, "If you and them leave without saying goodbye... I will feel very uncomfortable, promise me, okay? Even if we quarrel, fight, or you hit me unilaterally, I have no objection, just don't leave without saying goodbye, okay?"