Chapter 1347: Condolences

Chapter 1347: Chapter 1347: Condolences

A dozen or so hours later, the plane arrived in Upper City.

People had already been arranged to meet them at the airport, and the group filed out in a long line and headed to Mu Chen’s home.

In the dead of night, the people sleeping around the alley were all startled awake by the sound of footsteps.

But they couldn’t resist their drowsiness and didn’t get up to look.

The bodyguards set the ice coffin down, then tidied up the house before leaving.

On the way to the airport, Mu Yan had already told Qin Xi and the others to go back and rest; they had suffered plenty along the way as well.

Now that they were in Upper City, everything that remained depended on how she managed it.

In the end, only Mu Yan, Jiang Jingheng, and Luo Yao stayed behind.

Mu Yan said to Jiang Jingheng, "You still have work tomorrow, go back and sleep first."

"I’m not working tomorrow," Jiang Jingheng said. "It’s Saturday."

Mu Yan suddenly realized and wanted to say something more, but when she saw his eyes, all her words came to an abrupt halt.

"Alright."

That night, Mu Yan and Luo Yao stayed with Mu Chen; they didn’t sleep at all, their eyes fixed on Mu Chen, wanting to etch his image firmly into their minds, as if afraid they might forget him in the future.

Jiang Jingheng simply stayed with them the whole night and, in the meantime, arranged all the matters for the next day.

This spared Mu Yan from having to worry.

The scene of them coming out of the airport the previous night had been captured by reporters, and the news of Mu Chen’s death spread along with it; once again, Mu Yan dominated the headlines.

"Mu Yan appears at the airport looking haggard; sources say her younger brother died after a failed surgery"

"Younger brother’s death, Mu Yan ages overnight"

"Tragic news: Mu Yan’s younger brother passes away"

...

That day, "Mu Yan’s younger brother has died" stayed at the top of the trending search list.

All kinds of celebrities, along with fans and netizens, expressed their regret one after another, leaving messages for Mu Yan, urging her to restrain her grief.

Of course, there were also some celebrities who took the opportunity to ride the wave of attention, acting as if they were very close to Mu Chen and his sister.

Some netizens scoffed at this and mercilessly exposed their schemes; netizens cursed them for being utterly heartless, actually trying to gain clout while someone else was grieving the loss of a loved one.

Mu Yan had no heart to pay attention to any of this, but in response to everyone’s concern, she still posted a Weibo.

Mu Yan V: Thank you all for your concern. Mu Chen left very peacefully.

Her fans immediately replied, telling her to accept her loss and take care of herself.

Ever since the drama "Time Will Not Betray You" that she starred in became a hit, and coupled with her winning Best Actress at Cannes, her Weibo followers had surpassed fifty million. Any casual post would receive tens of thousands of comments; now, with this post, in just an hour the comments had exceeded a hundred thousand, and the reposts had hit five hundred thousand.

Just from these numbers, it was clear that even though Mu Yan had not taken part in any events recently and had no films currently showing, her popularity remained sky-high, and her commercial value was immeasurable.

Some people even said that Mu Yan losing a younger brother caused almost as big a stir as a top star dying; what they meant was that Mu Yan’s fame had gone through the roof.

It wasn’t just online; in real life, Mu Yan also received comfort from many friends, and the Zhuang Family was naturally alarmed as well.

This time, it wasn’t only Zhuang Yi and Ruan Xinyu who came; Zhuang Zeyang and Zhuang Shaoyang also came. The old master and old lady were in poor health, so they didn’t come.

In the funeral home, Mu Yan and Luo Yao, both dressed in black, knelt beside the memorial tablet, returning bows to those who had come to pay their respects.

She hadn’t slept well for several days, and she looked in poor spirits.

Originally, Kong Lizhen had wanted to receive the guests in the capacity of Mu Chen’s mother, but Mu Yan refused.

She knew that Kong Lizhen was good to the siblings, but Kong Lizhen’s health wasn’t great, and besides, there was no blood relationship; there was no reason to let her shoulder this mourning ceremony in white.

Kong Lizhen didn’t insist and came with Kong Yanzi to help.

Ruan Xinyu entered and saw Mu Yan kneeling there, haggard-faced, and her heart ached.

After she offered her condolences, she walked over to Mu Yan’s side and comforted her, saying, "Nuannuan, accept your grief and take care of your health."