Chapter 4: Entangled to Death

Gu Lili looked up, "It was my master's intention, why do you think I insisted on seeing you last night?"

Gu Xichen was infuriated, lashing out at her, "Why didn't you just tell me over the phone?!"

Gu Lili slowly stood up, facing him with a cold expression, "I called you numerous times but couldn't get through, so I went to the city to find you myself. It was already bad enough that you didn't show up for our meeting last night, but when I called to ask where you were and said I needed to see you about something important, you were too busy cooing with some woman to care about me. Now, what right do you have to be making a scene here?"

Gu Xichen pushed off the coffin lid and saw his mother's face. In that moment, he was painfully aware that from that point forward, he would have no mother. He laid his body over the coffin and began to sob uncontrollably.

After a while, he pushed the coffin lid completely off and bent down to embrace his mother.

Gu Lili stopped him quickly, "What are you doing?"

"What do you think? To take her back to the Gu Family and arrange the funeral."

"Who gave you permission to do that?" Gu Lili told him clearly, "Master left a will."

She played the recording on her phone for him.

"Xichen, Mom's time is almost up, and Lili can't get through to you on the phone, I can't wait for you any longer. After I die, do not bury my body with the Gu Family, I don't like it there. I didn't live there when I was alive, and I don't want to in death either. Just bury me on this mountain, don't let your father come, I don't want to see him, not in life and not in death either. Lili has been raised by me since she was little, just like my own daughter. Mom is entrusting her to you, I'm at ease. You need to take good care of her..."

The recording ended, and Gu Lili, with tears in her eyes, told him, "Heard that? Master doesn't want to be buried at your Gu Family, so there's no point in trying. Call some people over tomorrow to bury Master. I've already confirmed the burial site with her before she passed away."

Gu Xichen called someone over with a sullen face, arranging for them to come the next day.

Tonight, one must keep a nightlong vigil by the coffin.

As evening came, Gu Lili had folded many paper gold ingots, and also drawn quite a number of soul calming talismans.

Outside, the rain started to pour and the wind whistled mournfully.

"This damn weather, the rain and wind are starting again," He Meiwei glanced outside and couldn't help but complain.

Gu Xichen squeezed her hand, "Your hands are so cold. It'll be chilly tonight, shall I get a blanket for you to wrap yourself up with?"

"Okay."

As he stood up, He Meiwei instructed, "Just don't take your mom's, I'd mind."

Hearing that, Gu Lili immediately said, "Don't take mine either, I'd mind too."

Gu Xichen's face darkened, "I'll just take yours then."

Gu Lili glared at him, "If you dare take it, I'll summon a brat to haunt you to death!"

"..."

He Meiwei's face turned pale at the mention of 'brat', as she already knew that Gu Xichen's mother was capable of Spirit Communication and could see unclean things, which was why she moved to this mountain.

As for Gu Lili, she also learned from Gu Xichen, that she was the same kind of person as his mother.

"Forget it, there's no need to get one."

Gu Xichen took off his own jacket and draped it over her, "Would you rather go to the car?"

Sleeping alone in the car outside the gate would be more terrifying than staying here.

"No, I want to stay with you."

Gu Xichen sat back down on the cushion, coaxing softly, "Hang in there, the night will be over before you know it."

Gu Lili bowed her head and read a book, a book given to her by her master. Although she had memorized it inside out, she still didn't find it tedious to read again.

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