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Chapter 408 - 301 My Name is Xiao Yi_2

Chapter 408: Chapter 301 My Name is Xiao Yi_2

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Xiao Yi’s funeral took place as scheduled.

The boy did not attend the funeral, he felt he had no right to.

He just watched from afar, silently observing the various expressions of those alive at the funeral of this deceased person.

People entered carelessly, cried tragically inside, and then left with expressionless faces mixed with a hint of helplessness.

Xiao Yi’s daughter, Xiao Xiao, was one of the few who truly cried. She held her favorite grandmother and did not stop crying for a long time.

Meanwhile, the boy noticed that Xiao Yi’s wife, Duan Hongli, was talking to a somewhat short man in a suit.

It seemed to be about Xiao Yi.

The man said, "You understand, don’t you? Now someone must take over the company. You alone can’t protect everything Mr. Yi left behind. Let me help. Only then can we ensure the company continues to stabilize and develops. I... am willing to be your family member and protect all this together."

"..." Duan Hongli remained silent for a long while before replying, "...Let me think about it."

"..." The boy did not know what they were discussing. He only knew that soon, Xiao Yi would be sent into the cremation furnace.

The boy couldn’t help but think about the man who had offered such great support upon meeting him. What was really on his mind when he said those words?

And then, the world that the one lying in the coffin saw, what was it like?

The boy felt he would never know the answers to these questions.

After watching Xiao Yi being sent into the cremation furnace, he was even more certain of this.

Then, the boy inadvertently looked up at the sky, at the wisp of smoke drifting into the sky, lost in thought...

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After the funeral, the grandmother had a big argument with Duan Hongli.

Duan Hongli wanted to remarry to protect what Xiao Yi had left behind, to ensure his efforts would not vanish.

But the grandmother said that Duan Hongli and Xiao Xiao were Xiao Yi’s most treasured. "Do not demean yourself and your child. That would be best for Xiao Yi. After all, earning fame and fortune is ultimately for one’s happiness. Do not confuse the means with the end."

Eventually, the two parties, each stubborn in their views, parted unhappily and ceased contact thereafter.

After that, Duan Hongli took Xiao Xiao and married that man. However, what she did not anticipate was that her act of wanting to protect the company gave that man the greatest power.

He implemented reform, aggressively pushing profit-oriented plans, leading the company to rapid development.

But all of this came at the cost of consuming the foundation laid by the company and borrowing against the future.

Duan Hongli did not realize this. She was happy with this false prosperity, believing she had made the right decision, and did not notice the issues of stagnation and the loss of talent within the company worsening.

Soon, the company would face a great crisis. Those who sought profit could retreat unscathed, whereas those bound solely with the company would sink into hell.

But all this had nothing to do with the boy. He had been living with his grandmother ever since, hardly having any contact with Duan Hongli and her family.

He sometimes encountered Xiao Xiao, but since accepting her new father, Xiao Xiao had become more arrogant, losing her previous gentleness.

She always looked at the boy with contempt and pity. She seemed to think that living that way was meaningless, believing that people should pursue higher goals, do great deeds, whereas someone content with getting by like the boy was going nowhere.

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Time passed, and several years went by.

The boy had grown, now taller than Eve, perhaps now to be called a teenager.

During this time, he had searched for his mother solely with his own feet, nearly traversing every corner of the city, but he had still not found her.

He had not spoken a word so far, but during this time, he had learned to write, finally able to express his thoughts without needing Eve’s help.

Grandma... over these past few years, had transformed from a robust figure to someone who couldn’t even straighten her back. However, she still retained her initial demeanor, being very stern while also being kind to the boy.

Sometimes during the night, the boy would hear Grandma quietly crying. He knew that she was crying because she sensed that her time of death was drawing near.

Even so, Grandma never gave up on going out.

"Boy, let’s go. Today..." Grandma paused for a moment before saying, "Let’s head out early today and watch the sunrise."

Then, they climbed the nearby peak and quietly waited for the sun to rise.

"I... will probably die very soon," Grandma suddenly said.

"..." The boy didn’t say anything, but silently wrote down his thoughts: "Won’t you see your granddaughter? You haven’t seen her in so long."

"I will not go," Grandma said. "She is no longer my granddaughter."

"Why?" the boy hastily wrote. "Are you abandoning her?"

"It’s not abandonment," Grandma replied. "A family connection is not merely about blood. Although Xiao Xiao still carries the Xiao surname, she has lost everything that was inherited from my son, adopting another man’s ideas and perceptions. The connection between them has been severed, hence she is no longer my granddaughter."

"..." The boy fell silent.

Family connections are not just about blood... This statement stirred something inside him.

"My son, Xiao Yi, was a child abandoned by his biological parents," Grandma said. "But without a doubt, he is my biological son, and that is absolute, undeniable by anyone."

"..." The boy remained silent, having thought he’d never know the answer to that haunting question, but now, he seemed to have found the answer.

"There is one last thing..."

Grandma looked at the boy, and for the first time in front of him, she revealed a gentle smile.

"For someone like me, being able to meet you in my final moments... it truly has been... wonderful."

Then, the first ray of sunlight came into the world, gently illuminating Grandma’s face, casting a glow on her wrinkled face filled with happiness.

"Ah..." Grandma gradually felt the warmth.

Wrapped in warmth, she couldn’t help but recall her entire life.

Her birth, childhood, first love, marriage, childbirth, and then... most importantly, the regrets of her life.

"Ah..." Grandma’s consciousness gradually became blurry, but the excruciating pain invoked by her memories felt very clear.

Tears fully covered Grandma’s face.

Her eyes could no longer see the sunlight, darkness encompassed everything, and she could only see herself.

Then, in a world inhabited only by her, she spoke her last possible words.

"Ah... I’m sorry, Xiao Yi, my son, I... should not have abandoned you, I... wish I could see you one more time."

"..."

The boy looked at Grandma and noticed that her eyes were closed, and she was motionless.

Grandma’s final words echoed in his heart, enlightening him about many things.

Subsequently, the boy stood up, gazing directly at the sun, which was still gentle and not blinding, and slowly spoke:

"...Once, there was a child named Xiao Yi who was abandoned by his mother. Then, a child was adopted, his name was called Xiao Yi."

"Now, and in the future, my name... is Xiao Yi."