This question meant that she had to accept the fact that her grandmother was dead, it meaned that she had to say goodbye to her grandmother.
Knowing that she was grieving, Levi spoke extra slowly and in a light tone, taking care of her emotions.
When Ruby heard that her grandmother was to be buried with her grandfather, her nostrils flared again.
After a few moments, she murmured in a mute voice, "Grandpa is buried on Nanming Mountain on the northern outskirts of the capital."
"Mm." Levi’s hand covered her back, stroking it gently, "I know, just leave it to me."
After that, he asked, "Do you want to read that secret scroll now?"
"...... hm." Ruby nodded.
Seeing this, Levis reached out, taking it out of the bedside table and handing it to her.
Ruby looked at the book in her hand and ran her palm over it, not opening it immediately but holding it in front of her.
It was the only thing left to her by her grandmother, and it seemed to have her warmth on it.
It was dark outside and she asked, "How long did I sleep?"
Levi answered truthfully, "Ten hours, it's almost nine o'clock now."
Ruby did not say anything, and after two minutes, asked again, "Where is Grandma?"
Levi looked down at her, his eyes deep, "In the next room, Denis is with her, are you ready to go and see her?"
Ruby said nothing and sat up straight away, fingering the book in her hand, nodding with half-lidded eyes.
Levi did not stop her, after all, this was something that she would have to face sooner or later, and got up after her, but said, "Wait a minuie."
Ruby looked up, puzzled.
Levi sighed helplessly, "If you look like this, Grandma will be sad when she sees you."
With bitterness in her throat, Ruby said nothing and watched him walk out of the room, turning back in a few minutes later with an extra hot towel in her hand.
She did not move and allowed the man to gently wipe her face.
A moment later, Levi threw the towel onto the table and got up holding her hand, "Let's go, let's go see Grandma off."
At this time, Grandma was lying peacefully in bed, silent, as if she were asleep.
Ruby stood by the bedside and looked at her with downcast eyes for a long time before she murmured and opened her mouth, "Grandma, don't worry about me, I will take care of myself, you go and reunite with Grandpa."
Afterwards, she gently pulled the sheet from the old woman's chest and covered her face.
"Grandma, I'm going to miss you. ......"
Ruby did not remember much about how she spent the night.
She only remembered that Levi seemed to have coaxed her to drink her medicine and eat food, after which she fell into a deep sleep again.
Her body had been so depleted throughout the day, and with her emotional ups and downs, the medicine hit and she simply couldn't hold on, and she fell into darkness again.
In her sleep, her grandmother's silhouette faintly poked and prodded and her voice echoed in her head.
"Ruby, don't cry, I have met with Grandpa, be well, Grandma and Grandpa are watching over you from heaven, if you are well, everything will be well ......"
When she opened her eyes, it was already dawn.
She looked out of the window at the sunlight filtering in and somehow felt like she was in a different world.
"Awake?"
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