The next day, Chu Feng woke up early in the morning and got ready to attend her funeral in a black suit. As he got down to the living room, he saw his parents were preparing to leave in a gloomy black attire. Soon, the Chu family reached the front of the mourning hall.
Stepping out from the car, Chu Feng instantly noticed the clean, crystal-clear droplets carelessly falling to the earth. And the sky was gradually turning dark as the clouds in expressing eternal grief that fades with time, but that never completely disappears. The numbing effect of the icy downpour is finally setting in.
Fierce thunder clouds sneaked into the murderous sky and flashing lightning strikes begin. The rain fell faster and heavier.
His heartfelt was heavier for each step he took towards the hall. When he arrived at the entrance of the hall, It was crowded with people in black attire.
Chu Feng's gaze roamed around the hall halting in front of the life-size picture frame. The woman in the picture has a soul-sucking hazel brown eye and pencil-thin eyebrows eased down gently to her black, butterfly eyelashes and a seraph's ears and pixie's nose. Her raven black hair that was drooped around her waist. Her skin is smooth as silk almost like a porcelain doll, her cheeks are rosy pink her smile is the most breathtaking sight to see it lights the room and the darkest dwelling with beautiful glows that radiates from her.
It is the first time for him to regard her as beautiful. But it doesn't matter now. As her beautiful body was scattered into thousands of pieces in the plane crash.
While Chu Feng was in a trance while staring at her funeral picture, the elders of the Chu family had gone to express their condolences to the Han family.
Master Han face was void of any emotions. Till now he couldn't believe the death of his youngest daughter. The daughter he had ignored for more than 20 years has gone just like that. He knew that she longed for his love, but he was busy showering his love for his other daughter. Now he didn't even have a chance to beg forgiveness.
Beside him, Han Taeyang(Aera's Big brother) was in no better state. He couldn't restrain the guilt from seeping into his heart, as he remembered the promise he made to protect his little sister and be with her forever to his dying mother. But along the sands of time, he had shoved the promise to the back of his mind with his little sister.
While the relatives and business people related to the Han family occupied one side of the hall, the other side of the hall was full of people related to Han Aera. All kinds of person were present in the hall...some were truly weeping for her demise...some were here as to respect the Han family.
Amid various kinds of people, stood a man whose temperament could compete with Chu Feng. But today the air around him was filled with silence. He wore an unreadable expression on his face, but his eyes were full of heart-wrenching pain. He was Han Aera's best friend and only one too. He is Alex Zhao, the CEO of the Stardust enterprises.
Soon the rituals of the funeral began. Chu Feng's gaze never once left the picture frame since he entered the hall. Again an unknown emotion began to stir his heart, as the watched the rituals. His trance was broken when his best friend Yuan Yuheng tapped on his shoulder.
"She was a beauty." Yuan Yuheng said as he pointed at the life-size picture frame for what he got no response from his dearest friend.
"How is Ruo-er doing ?" Now he got a blank a stare as a response from his dearest friend. Chu Feng remembered about his long-time love, thanks to Yuheng. As his thoughts were filled with Aera since yesterday, that he completely forgot about his Ruo-er.
Han Zhi Ruo, the step-sister of Han Aera and the daughter from the current wife of Master Han is the typical example of a white-lotus you can see in many novels. She was standing beside her mother with her head down and occasionally wiping the tears using tissues to show her distress.
While the ceremony was going on, a man came and stood a step behind Alex Zhao.
"Is it done?" Alex's monotonous voice was so low as it could be heard on by the man behind him.
"Yes, Sir" With that the air around them again saturated with silence.
'I never once imagined that there will come a day when I will do you this favour.' moisture covered his eyes as he saw the smiling face of Aera in the picture frame.
When the ritual was nearing the end, a commotion broke all of a sudden.
"What happened?" both Mater Han and Old master Chu asked simultaneously amid the commotion.
"Master, Miss Han's final message is being broadcasted in all the billboards, news channels right now." Secretary Li replied as he showed the live cast in the tablet.
Hearing the news about the live cast of the final message of Han Aera, Billions of people even if they were not a part of her fandom are now waiting with their smartphones and tablets and the people who were near the billboards gathered in front of it in a huge crowd.
Soon a soothing voice emerged from the live cast...
"Hello everyone! This is Han Aera with you guys...so...If you are watching this live cast, then it must mean that I'm no longer with you guys...And the reason for this live cast is to bid my farewell to you guys..."
The word 'farewell' bought miserable sobbing of billions of 'Darlz'(Aera's fandom's name). They couldn't continue to watch her...
"Well first of all this live cast is created when I imagined about my sudden death and its consequences and not for any other reasons...And I didn't want to depart without saying my goodbyes to you guys...So...This might be my last message, so I hope you will listen to me with patience as I have a long list of things to say.
First and foremost I want to say is I don't regret my decision to be a singer and an actress. It's the only thing I don't regret doing and thank you all for being there for me in this long journey.
Second, thank you all for giving me this much unconditional love when I don't deserve it. And thank you so much for giving me a chance to experience the feeling of being loved.
Finally, Thank you for everything that you have done for me. And Al thank you for being my friend." When Alex his name, the emotionless face of his broke as a tear slipped down his cheeks.
"Darlz, you know right? I don't like tears. So, do not cry for my free soul with your head bowed and miss me but let me go. Goodbye my love, my Darlz." With that, the screen went back to white.
When the Darlz heard their goddess's final message, so many emotions washed over their bodies. In the end, they couldn't help sob for their loss. But soon they wiped their tears to respect their goddess's words.