Please Confess to me

Chapter 18

"Yes, I once visited with some classmates in high-school." Shen Xi replied. "There's a beautiful lake in H City. I went with my classmates to play."

H City was best known for its beautiful, scenic lake. Many couples liked to visit the city for this. Su Hang tightened his grip on the steering wheel and nervously asked: "Well...after we visit the cemetery we can go take a walk along the lake."

"Great." Shen Xi found the tension in the man's voice somewhat funny.

The crisp autumn weather, Su Hang's suddenly elevated mood, and the unimpeded drive through the highway, all culminated into a pleasant journey.

After three hours of long-distance drive, the two finally arrived in the urban area of H City at 10:30 a.m. Looking at the shops along the road, Shen Xi didn't forget to tell Su Hang: "Look, there's a flower shop. We don't have a bouquet for your mother yet."

"Un." Su Hang turned the car to the left and slowed down.

"Over there." Shen Xi soon found the flower shop entrance and asked Su Hang to pull over and stop. "I'll go down and buy some."

Shen Xi opened the passenger door and quickly walked inside the store. Su Hang stayed sitting in the car, watching Shen Xi's every move through the store windows. He saw her carefully select a bouquet, tenderness in her eyes.

When Shen Xi walked back with a bouquet of daisies in her arms, Su Hang had already turned his head away and was looking straight ahead.

"Alright, we can go." Shen Xi said, closing the passenger door.

"Un." With a gentle hum, Su Hang started the car again and drove towards the cemetery in H City.

H City wasn't very big. It only took 20 minutes for them to get to the cemetery near the suburbs. Shen Xi and Su Hang walked through the nearby parking lot and up a small hill with the bouquet and the antique food box.

In her last life, Su Hang had never taken her to visit his mother's grave. So this would be the Shen Xi's very first time.

She quietly followed behind Su Hang, step by step, until the man stopped in front of an old tombstone. Shen Xi looked at the photo in front of the tombstone. It was a photo of a lovely woman. She had a pair of phoenix eyes that were exactly the same as Su Hang, and a pair of faint dimples.

(T/N: For those not in the know, the Chinese regard phoenix eyes as one of the most beautiful eye shapes one can have.)

"This is my mother." Su Hang introduced.

"She's beautiful." Shen Xi sincerely said. She had a gentle classical sort of look, very charming.

Su Hang smiled, then crouched down. He opened the antique food box and began to place the offerings on the stone. Shen Xi crouched next to him to help. After everything was put in place, she solemnly placed the flowers in front of the tombstone.

"I've never brought offerings here before." Su Hang looked at the ground full of offerings and couldn't help but say.

"It's pretty popular nowadays to just sweep around the tomb and place some flowers." Shen Xi explained. "But since we were going to visit an important elder, I wanted to prepare so offerings too."

"Thank you." Su Hang sincerely said.

Shen Xi didn't reply and simply smiled at him.

After a while, the two stood up and solemnly bowed three times in front of the tombstone. Then just when Shen Xi thought things were done, Su Hang suddenly said: "You can go to the car first. I just want to stay here for a little longer."