A week later.
Linda Yun had kept staying at George Mo‘s house for a week and had never gone out once.
Although Barbaraand George Mo invited her to go out together, she refused all the time.
However, Linda Yun got up pretty early this morning.
"Why do you get up so early?" George Mo was preparing breakfast. He felt so surprised when he saw Linda Yun standing in the living room.
Linda Yun looked at him, and smiled faintly. She looked much better this week.
But her eyes were still gloomy. "Tomorrow James Yun will be sentenced, so I want to go for a stroll today."
"Really? I‘m free now. Let‘s go out together!" said George Mo and was about to untie his apron.
"Thank you but today I want to go out alone," replied Linda Yun immediately.
George Mo got a bit confused questioning, "Alone? Where are you going?"
"Don‘t worry. I will be okay. He has not been sentenced now," replied Linda Yun and then walked to the doorway.
George Mo quickly followed her and reminded, "You haven‘t had your breakfast!"
"I‘m not hungry now. I will eat breakfast outside later. By the way, Nianguang, you don‘t need to company me, just go to work. I‘m so sorry to bother you here during these days!" replied Linda Yun.
"Never mind, don‘t forget I‘m your brother." George Mo frowned.
Hearing his words, Linda Yun smiled and nodded, "Okay, hmm, I‘ll go first!"
"Are you sure that you don‘t need my company?"
"Yes!" Linda Yun‘s voice gradually vanished as she went away.
Getting out of George Mo‘s apartment, Linda Yun took a taxi and went to the flower market.
In the bird and flower market, she bought the freshest flowers as it was still in early morning when she got there.
After that, she bought some fresh fruits and went to the Luochen Cemetery.
Linda Yun put flowers and fruit basket before the tombstone of Patricia Bai and Uncle Meng.
"Mum, Uncle Meng..."
She called them slightly and continued speaking, "Today may be the last time I come here to visit you. I will go away. I will leave this city..."
Linda Yun kept on speaking, knelt before the tombstone and began to wipe the photos of Patricia Bai and Steven Meng.
"Don‘t worry. I will live a happy life," said Linda Yun while she cleaning the tombstone, "I have a large amount of money now. And I will use it to buy a house in a coastal city, enjoying the beautiful scenery of the sea and flowers in warm spring. I won‘t be lonely. I will keep a dog, a cat and plant a sweet-scented osmanthus tree in front of the door..."
Her hand stopped. Actually, this dream was not only her dream, but also her mum‘s.
She still remembered that Patricia Bai had ever said, "When you grow up and earn enough money, we will buy a house, enjoying the beautiful scenery of the sea and flowers in warm spring."
A bitter smile appeared on Linda Yun‘s face, and then she continued uttering, "I will live like you and be positive towards life..."
Her eyes got dim and her hands moved slower too. "Mum, please take good care of my baby for me. Tell him that I love him very much..."
Tears fell from her eyes while she was speaking.
"I shouldn‘t cry. I said that I wouldn‘t cry..."
Her hand began shaking violently. "But, why am I so weak? I can‘t even control it at all..."
She slowly sat down on the ground, covered her face with hands and burst into sobs.
After a while.
She slowly loosed her hands and her eyes got red and swollen again.
"Uncle Meng, please take good care of my mum in that world."
She stared at Steven Meng‘s tombstone with a smile.
Then she slowly stood up.
"Mum, Uncle Meng, I‘ll go now!" She took a deep breath. "Trust me, I will come here to see you again!"
Finishing her words, Linda Yun turned around and left.
Next destination was the Huo Family‘s house.
Tomorrow James Yun would be sentenced.
Unless something unexpected happened, he would be punished severely.
Once the judgment was pronounced, it would be unnecessary for her to stay at this city.
However, her ID Card was still left in the wedding room of the Huo Family‘s house.
So she had to take it back.
After all, she couldn‘t go any place by plane or train without her ID Card.
The taxi ran fast on the road.
After 40 minutes.
The car arrived at its destination.
The entrance guards immediately opened the door as soon as they saw who was coming.
There was hot discussion among people last week.
Even her abortion had already been exposed.
All people were making a guess about whom would Huo Tingshen choose at the end.
After all, she had lost their baby and the real Miss. Cai had woken up.
"Sir, please wait me for a while. Thank you," said Linda Yun to the driver.
"Okay!"
Getting out of the car, she looked at the familiar and strange place.
Then she managed a smile on her face and walked into it.
"Madam." Those servants felt so surprised when they saw her, but they still greeted her politely.
Linda Yun behaved as before, getting into the house without giving a reason.
Some servants were cleaning in the living room.
She didn‘t see Qu Zhirong.
So she walked upstairs and got to the third floor.
She was stunned for a moment when she pushed the door open.
But she still walked in.
Nothing changed in the room.
It was clean since the servants cleaned it everyday.
Her favorite flowers were put on the table everyday.
The whole cosy bedroom was filled with sweet smell.
Linda Yun looked around the room for a while and then walked to the wardrobe, opened it and pulled the innermost drawer.
Her ID Card and residence booklet was lying in the drawer quietly.
So was her marriage certificate.
She stared at the red booklet blankly for a few seconds.
But after several seconds, she quickly took her ID Card and residence booklet out and put them into her bag.
Next second, she turned around and walked to the doorway.
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