Unexpected Second Chance at Love [1]

CHAPTER 189: Purple hyacinth

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Sitting inside the back seat of the same cab she got in, Yue Ling stare out the window.

After she bid her parents a long farewell, Yue Ling told the driver to drive to another place.

This place is located on the other side of City Z, which makes them have to drive through the city.

Seeing the once familiar buildings, she felt an indescribable feeling dawn on her. She couldn’t help but feel that this place somehow seemed so different and distance.

This place she once called home.

From the busy city to the outskirts of City Z, the cab drove for two hours. Arriving at a mountain, the cab drives for another 30 minutes before it finally parks.

Throughout the car ride, Yue Ling did not look anywhere but at the flowers on her lap. When she left the flower shop, she had bought another bundle of flowers. Staring at the purple color of the flower, her mind somehow drifted to memory lane.

"Miss, we are here."

Hearing the old man’s words, Yue Ling lifts her head and turn to look out the window. She could feel a slight tightening in her heart.

From all angles of view was mother nature’s beautiful creation. The blue sky enhanced the beauty of the mountain like a painting.

Opening the door, she slowly got out of the car. The moment she stepped out, she could smell the unique scent of the grass with a mixture of the ocean. The sound of the sea calling slowly enters her ears.

She turned to look at the old man, "I’m sorry for having to ask you to wait again."

"Hahah, no worries. I’m old, I can nap if you take longer."

Yue Ling smiles faintly at the old man. Closing the door, she walks towards the sound of the ocean.

Inside the cab, the old man looks at Yue Ling’s figure and he sighed. From what he saw earlier, he could guess that the girl was crying. On the way here, he could see more pain written on her face. Even if she had her sunglasses on, he knows that look from miles away.

Sighing again, he reach for a newspaper on the passenger seat and starts reading it. Since he’s waiting, he’ll read for a bit and then take a nap.

Oblivious to the old man’s mind, Yue Ling walked on the small dirt road as tall grass guarded the sides. Her bluish green eyes stare in a daze as she took each step. She could hear her heart thumping loudly in slow beats. As if everything around her had stopped.

The small dirt road shifted into cement before a set of stairs greeted her. She climbed the stairs until she was welcomed with a small fence. Staring at it, her hand holding the bundle of flowers tightens as her heart tightens.

Lifting one hand, she takes her sunglasses off before she slowly push the fence door open. Taking steps forward, the smell of the sea got stronger as the breeze picks up.

Her eyes stare straight ahead at the white tombstone. It was alone and near the cliff of the mountain as the ocean becomes its background.

Sitting down, she didn’t lay the flowers on the tombstone but stare at the picture. It was a man whose smile was so happy that anyone who sees would feel happy too. Under the picture was the name ’Lee Shin’. Yue Ling couldn’t help but curl into a faint smile.

"Shin... I’m here to see you.."

Slowly, she reach her hand out and touch the picture then to the engraved name.