Gu Lili looked up, "Master's, did you think there was no reason for me to insist on seeing you last night?"
Gu Xichen was filled with anger, snapping at her, "Why didn't you just say it over the phone?!"
Gu Lili slowly stood up, facing him coldly, "I tried calling you so many times but couldn't get through. That's why I went to the city to find you personally. Last night, we clearly agreed to meet, yet you didn't show. I even called to ask where you were and said explicitly over the phone that I had something important to discuss. But where were you? You were busy whispering sweet nothings to some woman. How could you have time for me? Now, what right do you have to shout here?"
Gu Xichen pushed open the coffin lid and saw his mother's face. At that moment, he realized clearly that he would never have his mom again. He collapsed onto the coffin, crying uncontrollably.
After crying for a while, he fully opened the coffin lid, bending down to embrace his mother.
Gu Lili stopped his action with a firm hand, "What are you doing?"
"What do you think? I'm taking her back to the Gu Family to arrange her affairs."
"Who gave you permission to do that?" Gu Lili told him clearly, "Master left a final message."
She played the recording on her phone for him to hear.
"Xichen, mom won't last much longer. Lili tried calling you but couldn't get through. Mom can't wait for you to come. After I die, don't bury my body at the Gu Family. I don't like it. I didn't live there when I was alive, and I don't want to when I'm dead. Bury me on this mountain. Don't let your dad come; I don't want to see him. Even in death, I don't want to. Lili has been raised by me like a daughter. Mom betroths her to you. Mom can be at ease; you must treat her well."
The recording ended, and Gu Lili, with red eyes, told him, "Did you hear that? Master doesn't want to be buried with the Gu Family, so don't bother. You call some people over tomorrow to bury her. I already confirmed the burial place with her before she passed."
Gu Xichen, with a somber face, called people to come tomorrow.
They had to watch over the coffin all night tonight.
By nightfall, Gu Lili had already folded many gold ingots and drawn quite a few soul calming talismans.
Outside, the rain began to drizzle and the wind to whisper.
"This ghostly weather, it started raining and blowing again," Meiwei glanced outside, unable to resist complaining.
Gu Xichen squeezed her hand, "Your hand is so cold. It's chilly tonight, should I get you a blanket to wrap yourself?"
"Okay."
As he stood up, Meiwei instructed, "Don't use your mom's, I mind."
Gu Lili immediately said upon hearing this, "Don't use mine either, I mind too."
Gu Xichen's face turned dark, "I'll just use yours."
Gu Lili glared at him, "If you dare to take it, I'll summon a brat to haunt you to death!"
"..."
At the mention of a brat, Meiwei's face turned white with fear. She already knew that Gu Xichen's mother could communicate with spirits and see unclean things, which was why she stayed here on the mountain.
As for Gu Lili, she had also heard from Gu Xichen that Gu Lili was the same kind of person as his mother.
"Forget it, no need to get one."
Gu Xichen took off his coat and draped it over her, "Why don't you go to the car?"
Letting her go alone to sleep in the car outside the gate was more frightening than staying here.
"No, I'd rather stay with you."
Gu Xichen squatted back down on the meditation mat, gently soothing, "Hang in there, the night will pass quickly."
Gu Lili bowed her head, reading a book. It was given to her by her master. Although she had memorized it by heart, reading it again didn't feel dull.
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