“Mommy is sorry! It’s all my fault. I shouldn’t have brought you back to Banyan City with me…“ Luna’s
weeps echoed through the cemetery.
Staring at Luna’s scrawny build, Gwen helplessly sniffed and turned around to wipe away her tears.
To present such bad news to Luna as soon as she woke up from her coma was too cruel.
However… Gwen knew that if they did not tell her, it would complicate things in the future, since…
After all, Nigel and Nellie were not doing too well either.
The rain started to grow heavier, so Joshua opened his umbrella and held it above Luna’s head,
continuing to watch her weep in silence.
Luna cried from afternoon till evening until she eventually got tired, her voice hoarse in the aftermath.
She finally slumped onto the ground, totally and utterly exhausted.
Despite that, however, she still clung to Neil’s tombstone in desperation, as though holding onto it would
prevent Neil from actually leaving this world.
“Luna.“ Joshua sighed and threw his umbrella aside. He squatted and pulled Luna into his arms.
She was so skinny that he could feel her bones pressing against his body.
“Listen to me,“ said Joshua in a slightly hoarse but gentle voice. “Neil was a hero. He used the last of his
strength to protect his sister. Listen.“
Joshua let out an exhale and took out a necklace from his shirt pocket.
Luna lifted her head and fixated her gaze on the necklace.
She recognized it. This necklace belonged to Neil.
When they returned to Banyan City, Nigel had prepared three necklaces for each of them so that they
could communicate with each other. The necklaces even had a voice recording function.
However, all three necklaces looked distinct from each other, so Luna could recognize that the one
Joshua was holding was Neil’s.
“The police found this a distance away from the explosion site. Although it’s a little damaged, it didn’t get
burned. What I’m guessing is that Neil used the last of his strength to toss it out of the fire.“ Joshua let
out another sigh, then pressed the small button on the necklace.
After a small click, Neil’s voice rang out of the necklace, “Mommy, Nigel, Nellie. By the time you hear this
recording, Uncle Theo and I are probably gone now. If by the time you hear this, you’ve already received
news of my death, please don’t be too sad—this is what Uncle Theo and I wanted.“
Neil let out an exhale and continued with a hint of a smile in his voice as if he had already braced himself
for the worst, “Zach and Yuri took Nellie with them and pretended to escape, but in reality, they hid
themselves. We know that whoever’s coming after us won’t be fooled by the empty car, so if Uncle Theo
and I left as well, they’d shift their target and search the nearby houses to find Nellie.“
“Uncle Theo and I are willing to wait for them to come after us so that they won’t hurt Nellie. If we
manage to escape, then hopefully, they’ll chase us, and we can lead them away from Nellie. If we don’t
manage to get out of here… then it’s not our fault either. It’s not that Uncle Theo and I were too weak to
fight them back; it’s simply because there were too many of them.“
Finally, Neil let out a sigh and said, “Mommy, I know that you’ll be devastated, but if I really died, there’s
no turning back time either. I can’t come back to life anymore, so can you promise me you’ll take good
care of yourself?
“Don’t stay up too late for work all the time, and always remember to take your meals on time. If there’s
some way to save Nigel, please try your best, but if there’s not, please know that you’ve already done
enough.
“In the future… you have to take good care of Nellie. Nigel and I have spoiled her, so Mommy, you have
to be more patient with her and look after her well…
“I don’t want you to forget me.“
Neil’s voice started to choke as he said, “But if it’s too hard, then please forget about me. I’ll be okay with
that.“
The recording ended after that.
Luna sobbed so fiercely throughout the entire recording that she passed out right in Joshua’s arms.
Joshua sighed, then picked her up, walked slowly out of the cemetery, and got into the car.
The heavens still wept.
After Joshua’s car pulled away, a woman holding a transparent umbrella strode into the cemetery.
She stared at the intricate, beautiful little yard and curled her lips into a smirk.
All of a sudden, her phone rang.
“Miss, what are we supposed to do with the man and the little boy?”
The woman curled her red lips into a sneer and replied, “I’ll take care of them.”
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