Chapter 70 - Till The End Of Time With You

And when he was done with that, he checked on the news. His eyes landed on an advertis.e.m.e.nt of a rerun. Recognizing the movie that was being advertised, Han Ye frowned and clicked on the advertis.e.m.e.nt.

He was instantly brought to a page with an article. In less than a minute, he read through the entire article. It was the 40th anniversary of "Till The End Of Time With You" which starred President Fan Lei and Chen Qingting as the main leads. It was one of their earliest movies, before everyone knew the identity of President Fan Lei.

At that time, those two were struggling actor and actress, and the movie was a low-budget production. Unexpectedly, when the movie hit the box office, it was leaps and bounds better than any movies that year.

In fact, "Till The End Of Time With You" ended up in the Top 100 Classic Movies of All Time.

And after this, they became A-listed movie stars after that.

Suddenly thought about something, Han Ye then typed something into his search bar. When the results came out, he leaned back against his chair and folded his arms as he muttered, "It's almost their death anniversary…"

He was looking at the death anniversary of President Fan Lei and Chen Qingting. After Fan Wushuang disappeared, he and Wu Yuexue had gone to pray at President Fan Lei and Chen Qingting's tombs annually on her behalf. At least, they did until they moved.

"I should go this year…" Han Ye thought. Since he had more free time now, he might as well do it. No matter what, they were the parents of his wife's best friend.

Not long after it happened, President Fan Lei and Chen Qingting's deaths were ruled as an accident. Especially since Fan Wushuang did not want to talk about it. She kept saying that she could not remember anything about how she ended up hidden in the bush.

Han Ye sighed as he looked at the picture of young President Fan Lei and Chen Qingting. They were both elegant, sophisticated, and kind people. It was too bad that fate played such a cruel prank on them.

He could still remember that day clearly.

...

It was a long holiday, and Little Han Ye was studying at home as usual. He started revising at 4 pm, and it had been 4 hours since then. Even the sky outside had turned completely dark.

Little Han Ye could feel his stomach growling, but he did not want to eat. He wanted to wait for his mother to return from work and eat with her. While he was waiting for his mother to return from work, suddenly, the phone in the living room started to ring.

He quickly ran to it and answered it.

"Hello?"

There was a sobbing sound that came from the other end. "Han Ye…"

Little Han Ye frowned. It took him less than a second to recognize the voice.

"Is this Yuexue? What's wrong? Why are you crying? Did someone bully you? Is it that brat? Wait... Is she back?" Little Han Ye asked nervously. At 12 years old, he was already clear about what he felt for this friend of his. However, he did not want to give her any trouble; hence, he had never told her about it.

Little Wu Yuexue shook her head. She then wiped off her tears with a handkerchief before she said, in between sobs, "President Fan Lei… President Fan Lei and his wife… They are dead…"

"What?"

"It's on the news earlier… Didn't you watch?"

"The TV broke down again, so I was studying earlier. What do you mean they are dead? Where's Wushuang then?" Little Han Ye asked. He was confused. 

In his mind, he was thinking, "How could they be dead? They just went for a holiday!" 

"I don't know. The news anchor didn't say anything about her. They only mentioned the bodies of two a.d.u.l.ts, but there was nothing about a child..." She then cried louder as her mind started to think about all the wrong things, and she asked, "C-could it be that she was burned to.."

"Stop that!" Little Han Ye said sharply. He thought for a moment before he said, "Don't think stupid things for now. She's supposed to come back tonight with them, right? Did she say anything else?"

Little Fan Wushuang called Little Wu Yuexue every night to tell her everything about what had happened and what they did there. She even called Little Han Ye once to gloat about how she saw a worm and did not shout out loud like what Little Han Ye did before.

When they first met, she had thrown a worm at him which caused him to yell out in fright. That was how the childish nickname "Coward Ye" came from. 

When she called to gloat, because Little Han Ye was still angry at her for pushing him into the pool before, he did not say anything and merely slammed the phone down on her. Now that she might be injured... He could not help but feel guilty over what he had done.

"That's what she told me yesterday…" Little Wu Yuexue said nervously. She then asked with a hopeful voice, "Han Ye, isn't your neighbor a policeman? Can you ask him and see if he can check?"

"He's at work now…" Little Han Ye said as he glanced at his watch. His neighbor had a night shift and probably wouldn't return until after midnight. He thought for a moment before saying, "I'll figure out something… What did your dad say?"

Little Wu Yuexue hiccuped. "I-I don't know. He and mum are not back yet…"

"I'll let you know once I find out about something, anything."

Once he hung up, Little Han Ye went to get his umbrella and his raincoat. It was raining cats and dogs in their town at the moment, but he did not care. As he stood at the bus stop, he figured that it would take too long for the bus to arrive.

So, he ran. He calculated. If he took all the shortcuts, even with the heavy rain, he would arrive in 20 minutes time. 

By the time he arrived, he was completely soaked from top to bottom. While running, there was a huge gust of wind which tore his flimsy umbrella out of its frame. When he burst into the police station, the policeman who was working at the front counter scolded him. 

"Kid! Close the door!" 

Little Han Ye ignored him and just ran straight inside. When he saw his neighbor, who was reading from a file, he immediately went over.

"Brother Qing Hai!"

"Han Ye!" the young policeman, Qing Hai, gasped when he saw his young neighbor.

"What are you doing here? You are soaking wet!" Qing Hai said worriedly before he asked his colleague to bring a dry towel over.

Little Han Ye shook his head. There was fear in his eyes as he grabbed Qing Hai's sleeves and said, "Brother Qing Hai, can you help me check something? President Fan Lei and his wife… Is it really them?"

Qing Hai sighed and nodded. He saw the news earlier as well, and he knew that Little Han Ye was friends with President Fan Lei's daughter.

"Then what about their daughter, Wushuang? They went there for a holiday."