Chapter 273 Suffocating Family - Leaving
Chapter 273 Suffocating Family - Leaving
After You Shengli hung up the phone, he sat on the steps of the hospital corridor. The cold temperature helped him calm down. He hugged his knees and cried bitterly, and his cell phone was thrown to the ground with force.
It took You Shengli a long while to calm down. He contacted the funeral company and hired three people named Feng to wear mourning clothes.
When You Shengli returned to the ward, the old man had already sat up on the bed. He looked calmly at the dejected man standing at the door and whispered:
"You, what era are you in? You are still superstitious. I don't even care if people scold me for not having any descendants, so why would I care about what kind of reincarnation I will have after I die? Come here, let's talk."
The man waved gently, and his condition suddenly improved, but You Shengli became more worried.
You Shengli couldn't help crying as he sat on the bed. The man on the bed reached out and patted his shoulder to comfort him. His strength was very gentle and his movements were very slow. He said in a hoarse voice:
"Don't be like this, don't blame the child. We were wrong. You made the wrong choice. We can't just look at things from our own perspective. You live well after I'm gone. That child is not a bad kid. He can take good care of you. Don't make things too awkward."
You Shengli took the man's old, wrinkled hand, and held it tightly, looking at him with red eyes and said:
"Forget it. I've let many people down in this life, but... I know you don't have to worry. But if you can't reincarnate well, I will definitely accompany you."
That night, the man died, and the funeral was arranged by You Shengli long ago.
There were few people attending the funeral, and it was a bit deserted. Only the three younger generations of the Feng family who had received money were crying hard.
You Shengli stayed in the mourning hall for three days. No one knew what he was thinking. Did he regret having compromised with his parents, which led to the tragedy for everyone today?
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A month later, Zhou Leng received a notice from the police that You Shengli had died.
After the forensic autopsy confirmed suicide, the police asked Zhou Leng to identify the body.
The person who received Zhou Leng was a young policeman. He also said comfortingly: "You don't have any other family members, why don't you call a man to live with you."
Zhou Leng shook his head and asked, "How did my father die?"
"Jumping from a building, confirmed suicide. We found a will in the house where he lived."
Zhou Leng had a complicated look on his face. The other party was just like You Tong in the past, but he didn't know what he was thinking at that time. It seemed that he had a deep relationship with that person, but unfortunately one wrong step led to another.
The body, like many others who fell from buildings, was unrecognizable.
Zhou Leng was very calm. He calmly confirmed the body and then calmly followed the police to talk.
The police took out the notarized will placed on the coffee table in You Shengli's home. The will stated that all the property would be donated to charity organizations. The other party did what he said and did not leave a penny to his daughter.
The policeman was a young man. Because the daughter did not show any extra sadness during the whole process, he said with some personal feelings:
"Your father donated all his money, and the will was notarized. I don't know what happened to him that made him jump off the building. It shows how much you, as a daughter, neglect the elderly. You should have a conscience. Your father even entrusted his own funeral to a charity organization and a funeral service company. It shows how much he dislikes you."
Zhou Leng didn't say anything. She took the will and looked at it.
The other party's will was very official, and there was only one sentence related to his daughter, hoping that the other party would supervise the contract signed between him and the funeral company and hold the funeral according to his requirements. She looked at the young policeman and said:
"Don't comment without seeing the whole picture. If you jump to conclusions without knowing the whole story, I'm afraid you'll end up with false cases in the future. I can just sign and leave now."
The young policeman was a little indignant, but he didn't say anything else. He just nodded and pointed to the place where he was going to sign.
There were fewer and fewer living relatives around, and even the people who came to attend the funeral were only a handful. Without in-laws and descendants, and most of his peers had already died, Yu Shengli's funeral was a bit deserted.
Zhou Leng came to watch the ceremony as an outsider. Many people here were volunteers from charity organizations. They cried more sadly than his own daughter. After all, they were all caring people. They didn't know the inside story and just felt pity for the old man.
Zhou Leng presented flowers, bowed, and waited by the side, waiting to check the expenses and contract details with the person in charge of the funeral company.
A girl was gossiping quietly with another person beside her:
"Do you know who Grandpa You wants to bury together? It's a man. I heard that he bought a tomb for joint burial. Grandpa You had signed the contract before. Although the person is gone, everyone is quite taboo about such things. They are all very dedicated. And the person next to her is Grandpa You's daughter. I heard that she has never been married."
Another person said in astonishment: "A man? Then why did he commit suicide? Why is her daughter standing on the staff's side?"
"I heard that not long after that man died, he jumped off the building to commit suicide. I guess the daughter is not her biological daughter, maybe she was adopted."
“Even though they are of the same gender, it is still quite touching.”
Zhou Leng turned her head to look at the people who were whispering to each other. She shrugged and walked over and said:
"Are you not afraid that the deceased will hear you gossiping here? I advise you to close the curtains when you go to bed. Otherwise, when you open the curtains, you will see my dad staring at you. With your character, can you still do charity work?"
The girls left quickly in shame and fear.
Because it was a sudden death, the body was not kept in the mourning hall for three days and was buried on the same day.
You Shengli had already bought the cemetery, and Zhou Leng was like a supervisor.
After everything was over, the staff came to check the details with Zhou Leng and said:
"Ms. You, there is still 5,000 yuan left from the advance payment made by your father. I will refund it to your account."
Zhou Leng raised his hand and said, "Please buy some water for the staff. Thank you all for your hard work and for not neglecting this funeral. Thank you very much."
The person in charge quickly expressed his gratitude.
Everything is settled, all the entanglements in this world disappear with the departure of people, and no one will even mention them again.
Zhou Leng returned to the rental house, packed up all her things, left her keys inside, and left in style.
On the seventh day after You Shengli's death, Zhou Leng bought some paper and went to the crossroads to burn it.
The next day, Zhou Leng bought flowers for his grandparents, mother, father, and Uncle Feng, and placed a bouquet of flowers on each tombstone. He hoped that they could make good choices in their next lives, become truly free-spirited people, and live a happy life.
This family has completely disappeared from the long river of inheritance since You Tong. I don't know if this is a punishment for a series of things that happened in order to continue the bloodline.
Zhou Leng threw away all his possessions, spent all his money, then found a beautiful sea and sank himself to the bottom of the sea in the middle of the night. Just like that, he disappeared from this world and left the dimension.
The people in this world, if they leave completely it would be as if they had never appeared, without even leaving any trace.
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