It wasn't until they left the square and boarded the bus that Su Huai's mood remained sullen.
In fact, it was quite understandable. Su Huai, nearly 40 years old and already an accomplished middle-aged slicker, hadn't really experienced many life-or-death farewells.
The only time was when his grandmother passed away, but the old lady lived to be 88, and she went suddenly without any illness or pain, sparing her any suffering—a genuine happy funeral, you could say. The whole family was able to accept it quite easily, with grief mingled with a sense of relief.
So, Su Huai's feeling towards death wasn't even as profound as Gu Jiuyue's.
Now, with the sudden shock from Gu, he felt... err, his head buzzing.
However, the bad mood didn't linger for long.
