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Chapter 66 Waterfall

On New Year's Eve, the Tang family's villa was extremely lively.

Tang Xingguo was full of praise for Lu Yuxing's dishes, and the whole family sat around a table, eating dumplings while watching the party, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious.Tang Ruize no longer had a cold face, and even Tang Jialang became a little more pleasant to Tang Tang.

After twelve o'clock, Tang Tang insisted on keeping the year old.Lu Yuxing was a little sleepy. After helping Aunt Zhang wash the dishes, he went back to the guest room to rest.

This room was cleaned up very early, but he was with Tang Tang for the previous few nights, and he hardly rested here.The guest room is next to the stairs, Lu Yuxing fell into a light sleep for a while, and was woken up by voices outside the door.

"I've booked five tickets," Tang Ruize's voice came from outside the door, "Leave tomorrow night to Victoria Airport."

Lu Yuxing turned over and prepared to continue sleeping with his head down.

Tang Xingguo's voice sounded. "Okay. I'll go to the island for two days and I'll be back. I promised you Uncle Li years ago that I would go to his house for dinner on the fifth day of the lunar new year. Aunt Zhang will come back with me when the time comes. Don't tell Tangtang about it, so he won't be here. Niagara was worried about me and wasn't having a good time."

"Okay." Tang Ruize said, "Then let Aunt Zhang accompany you."

They stood at the door of the guest room, and Lu Yuxing was in the room, so they could hear them clearly.

"Go." Tang Xingguo sighed, "It's rare to have such an opportunity, you get along well with Aunt Zheng Rong. She treats you really well, and you don't have to be too..."

"I know." Tang Ruize didn't want to discuss this issue, "I know that she treats me well, but she treats my mother...I can't forgive her."

Lu Yuxing turned over and sat up, looking out the door, his brows slightly frowned.

"Okay, let's not talk about this during the holidays."

Outside the door, Tang Xingguo sighed heavily, "I just hope you are all doing well. Good night, I'm going to rest."

"Well, I'll help you back to your room."

The two stepped lightly and heavily, accompanied by the sound of crutches, and gradually left.

Lu Yuxing sat on the bed with a solemn expression.

He recalled Tang Ruize's words just now, and felt a sense of uneasiness in his heart.

In the middle of the night, the door of the guest room was slowly pushed open, and a tiptoe figure came in.

Tang Tang got into bed and wrapped his arms around Lu Yuxing's waist from behind.

"Ah OK?"

Maybe he just came back from the fireworks in the yard, and he was still air-conditioned.A pair of arms were attached to Lu Yuxing's hot skin, with a faint smell of gunpowder.

Lu Yuxing turned over and clamped his cold feet between his legs.

"I haven't slept yet." He kissed Tang Tang's forehead, "I can't sleep alone."

He wrapped Tang Tang tightly in the quilt, and slowly opened his eyes.

"Tomorrow are you going to vacation on the island with them?" Lu Yuxing asked in a low voice, "Then when will you come to see me?"

Tang Tang hugged him and sniffed greedily on his neck.

"Well... I'll find you after a day or two." He said, "I've booked a flight ticket for you tomorrow afternoon. I'll take you to the airport in the afternoon and leave for Victoria in the evening. I've also found a hotel in Falls City. You wait for me obediently over there."

"it is good."

Lu Yuxing's eyes darkened.

Five air tickets... Tang Ruize clearly said five.

Tang Jialang and his wife, Tang Xingguo, Aunt Zhang, and Tang Ruize, exactly five people.

Tang Tang did not intend to go to Victoria at all, nor did he intend to set off for Niagara with Lu Yuxing.

What is he going to do by sending everyone away?

Lu Yuxing asked again: "Aunt Zhang is going with you too?"

"That's right." Tang Tang said, "Aunt Zhang is also a family member, so of course we will go together."

Outside the window, fireworks were being set off in the neighbor's backyard, and several children ran around holding fireworks, speaking Mandarin with a southern accent.

In the darkness, Lu Yuxing was silent for a while.Tang Tang looked up at him, and his eyes were kissed.

"Okay," Lu Yuxing said in a low voice, as if suppressing some emotion, "I'll wait for you in Waterfall City. What surprise do you want to give me? Is it a tourist souvenir from Victoria?"

Tang Tang closed his eyes and felt his lips trembling.

"Keep it secret." He whispered, "Good night, Ah Xing, sleep well."

"Good night."

Lu Yuxing solemnly kissed him on the lips and embraced him to sleep.

That night, he suffered from insomnia for the first time next to Tang Tang.

On the morning of the first day of the new year, everyone wished each other a happy new year, and the neighbors next door also came to visit.They also immigrated from China, a couple with three children, and two adults working in a bank in downtown Vancouver.

Tang Xingguo usually had a pretty good relationship with them, so after leaving them for breakfast, he set out to visit the cemetery.

Lu Yuxing felt that it was inappropriate for him to follow, and originally wanted to decline, but Tang Tang insisted on taking him with him.Lu Yuxing couldn't resist him, so he followed him.

"Grandma lives in a cemetery by the sea."

Tang Jialang's driver drove an eight-seater business car. Tang Tang and Lu Yuxing sat in the back and whispered, "It's a very beautiful place in the southeast of the community."

Lu Yuxing looked at the street trees flying by outside the window, recalling what happened yesterday in his mind, a little absent-minded.

"Is it the place your grandfather picked?" He asked casually.

"Well, grandpa picked it." Tang Tang whispered, "I heard from my brother that grandpa used to put grandma's box at home and couldn't bear to put it in the cemetery. Later, he might think about it, so he bought a joint burial there... ..."

Tang Ruize, who was sitting in front, coughed, and Tang Tang shut up.

It takes more than 30 minutes by car to arrive.

When you get out of the car, you will be greeted by lush greenery and neatly arranged evergreen trees in the distance.Different from those hilly cemeteries in the port city, the cemetery here is a flat grassland, with pale gray monuments facing the sea, lined up like devout believers, standing silently under the shadow of trees.

Tang Xingguo walked in the front.

There was no expression on his face. After nodding with the gatekeeper, he walked through the iron gate at the entrance of the cemetery and walked straight towards the sea.

Everyone followed him until they reached a tombstone in the depths of the cemetery and stopped.

Lu Yuxing stood at the end, holding flowers for Tang Tang.

On the right side of the tombstone, "Ruan Zhen" and the year of birth are written in traditional characters, while on the left side of the tombstone, "Tang Xingguo" is written, and the year of birth is empty, which has not been engraved yet.

Tang Xingguo was leaning on crutches, his stooped body standing in front of this small cemetery.

He stared at the words on the tomb without saying a word for a long time, finally sighed, and put the rose in his hand in front of the tomb.

Tang Jialang took his wife up to present flowers, followed by Tang Ruize and Tang Tang.

Lu Yuxing stood silently at the end, Tang Tang turned and returned to his side, looking a little lonely.

Tang Xingguo stood quietly in front of those flowers, as if he was talking to his wife.Tang Jialang became a little impatient, and looked around with his arms folded.

No one noticed the last two people standing.

Lu Yuxing looked at Tang Xingguo's back and thought of the news in the newspaper, feeling a little pity in his heart.This stooped and skinny old man was once so energetic.He worked hard for most of his life, but in the end he could only stand silently in front of his wife's grave.The son behind him was absent-minded, and he didn't even have anyone to talk to.

At this time, Tang Tang's hand hooked over, and he quietly joined Lu Yuxing.

Lu Yuxing was taken aback for a moment, and they were standing directly behind. As long as Tang Jialang or Zheng Rong turned their heads slightly, they would see their small movements.

Tang Tang looked up at him, his clear eyes reflected his face, brighter than the water in Vancouver.

Lu Yuxing felt that he wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything, he just held it for a while and then let go.

At noon, Tang Tang packed Lu Yuxing's luggage, bid farewell to his family, and hurried out the door.They didn't take much luggage, only travel bags.After a brief meal in the urban area, the two took a taxi to the international airport.

Along the way, Tang Tang seemed a little silent.Lu Yuxing couldn't help but look at him suspiciously, but the other party didn't notice, just stared at the air in a daze.

After getting off the taxi, Tang Tang gave the ticket to Lu Yuxing and sent him to the boarding gate.

Five p.m.

The electronic reminder sounded, and outside the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, the afterglow showed a silent and mysterious pink.

"Tang Tang."

Before boarding the plane, Lu Yuxing called Tang Tang to a stop and pulled him back from his dazed state.

Tang Tang didn't seem to realize that he was in a trance, and looked at Lu Yuxing in a panic.He hesitated for a long time before he remembered what was missing, and leaned over to kiss Lu Yuxing on the cheek.

"Go, I'll come to you in two days." Tang Tang forced a smile, "Ah Xing, you have to arrange our date in Waterfall."

Outside the window, the roaring plane slowly descended from the distant sky, and the white fuselage was reflected in pink, like a lonely ancient behemoth, gliding across the runway and stopping outside the glass reflecting the backs of the two.

Lu Yuxing looked down at Tang Tang, feeling suddenly separated.

It was obviously just a trip that he needed to take a step ahead, but Tang Tang's eyes were full of determination and nostalgia.

They were shrouded in red clouds, and their shadows were cut into fragments by the glass window frames.

Start boarding, the passengers around gradually began to move forward.Lu Yuxing was hit on the shoulder twice, and was pushed forward following the flow of people.

In the surging crowd, Tang Tang gently let go of his hand through the waist-high railing.

"Brother Lu, don't you want to know the truth?" He said without warning, with a relieved smile on his face, "Wait for me in Niagara."