Chapter 62: Let Me Be Your Empress - Mei

When everything is set up and the bonfire is burning big and bright people took turns lighting incense including Chris and myself. People got up and spoke about those they had lost and even though I didn’t know these people, hearing their friends and family speak about them with so much love made me feel as though I’d known them my whole life. I know we’re supposed to celebrate and honour life, but I can’t help but feel sad and shed tears as I listen to people speak. It just makes me sad that one minute a person can be there bringing joy into your life and then in an instant they’re gone. I never really got to mourn my parents or give them the funerals they deserved. I don’t even know what became of their bodies and that thought pains me deeply.

“Mei?” I look up to see Qiang looking down at me gently.

“Hmm?”

“I think it would mean a lot to them if you said a few words,” he says softly.

I look at him with uncertainty, “I’m not so sure that’s a good idea.”

“You saved them and took a