The atmosphere of the Lawson family had been rather heavy these past few days, and Penny seemed to have grown up quite a bit in a flash.
She was young, yet she seemed to understand things, she wasn't making a lot of noise, and she no longer clamored for her mother.
As if she knew what was happening, she became very quiet.
Liza's heart ached for the child.
"Penny."
"Yes, Granny Liza." To Luna, Penny had always been relatively well-behaved, but now she was so well-behaved that it was heartbreaking.
Luna, dressed in black, squatted down.
Holding the child in her arms, she wanted to say something, yet at this moment was unable to say anything.
Such a small child was so pitiful.
The people who used to love her seemed like they were all gone.
"Granny Liza."
"Yes?"
"Are Great Grandma and Great Grandpa never coming back?" Penny asked softly, with aggression in her voice, but desperately trying to hold back her tears.
In the past, this child always had a hard time controlling her emotions and would cry whenever things didn't go her way.
At that time, Megan probably spoiled her, but now, she held back.
Luna hugged the child heavier, "They went to another world to look for your mother, they will be very happy in that world."
"Has mummy gone too?"
"Yes, mummy has gone too." Originally, they had not been able to bear to tell the child about Alina's death.
But now that such things were happening one after another in the family, they knew they couldn't hide it.
Plus, they might not be in the mood to deal with it any more.
So, it was good to tell her earlier.
And the child was silent when she heard this answer from Luna.
Luna felt the light trembling of the child's small body and became even more distressed, "If Penny wants to cry, just cry, okay?"
In the past, when Penny cried a lot, Luna would still find the child annoying.
But now, she wanted Penny to cry out.
Yet Penny said, "Penny doesn't cry, Great Grandma and Great Grandpa are too old to stand up to the noise, and mummy has said that I can't even cry in the future."
This was what Alina had told Penny when she saw her for the last time.
She hoped that when she returned to Shirling, she won't make any noise to bother Great Grandma and Great Grandpa.
And Penny remembered Alina's instructions.
"They're not afraid to be bothered now." Luna choked out.
Her heart hurt so much.
At the funeral.
Penny, who was dressed in a small black dress, saw the black and white photo of Zane and Megan. Plus the funeral of Vanessa that Chester had forced her to attend earlier in Ingford, she understood at this moment what this really means, tears finally couldn't help but slide down.
But she did not cry out at the funeral, but shed tears silently.
Every funeral seems to rain.
As if even the heavens would pity the pain of losing a loved one, the dark clothes in the funeral made the mood heavier.
Under the black umbrella behind the cypress tree on the side outside the funeral, Chester looked at the funeral not far away and his heart seemed to be hollow.
"Ronan."
"Yes, Sir."
"Have they all been found out?" At this moment, Chester was asking about the suspicions aroused by what Alby had said earlier.
In fact, in his heart now, those so-called truths were actually not that important in his mind.
When a person loses everything, it seems that nothing really matters anymore, but Chester, who has always been suspicious, is still asking for the final truth.
Ronan, "There are already clues, it will go well."
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