Chapter 33 Funeral

On the weekend, Wen Eryu locked herself in the room and flipped through the chat history with Shen Jize on her phone.

Most of the messages were sent by her.

Wen Eryu clicked into Chen Jize's circle of friends, which was only visible for half a year. She breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that he had not deleted her yet.

At this time, there was another knock on the door.

Wen Eryu put down the phone and shouted, "Aunt Zhao, I'm really not hungry. You don't have to bring me food."

However, the person who came this time was not Aunt Zhao.

"My dear daughter, it's me." Wen Liang said at the door.

"Dad?" Wen Eryu immediately got up from the bed and opened the door.

Wen Liang glanced at her and said, "Come to the study. I want to talk to you about something."

Wen Eryu's heart was in her throat. This sentence sounded too scary. Could it be that her love affair had been discovered? However, judging from his tone, it seemed okay.

"Can I not go?" She leaned against the door and said with a wry smile, "I feel a little sick in my stomach."

Wen Liang saw through her trick immediately: "No matter what excuse you make, it won't work."

"……All right."

Wen Eryu actually hates coming to the study room the most. Every time she made a mistake as a child, Wen Liang would educate her here. Although she has never been beaten, she still subconsciously dislikes coming here.

Wen Liang sat on a wooden chair and asked, "Have you been in a bad mood recently?"

"No." Wen Eryu answered casually.

Wen Liang said, "Is it because of that kid?"

Wen Eryu shook her head: "How is that possible? Dad, don't think too much about it. I am happy every day as your daughter."

"Oh, but I heard that you broke up with him."

Wen Eryu: “…”

She underestimated her father's well-informedness. He had spies everywhere in H City.

Since Wen Liangdu said so, he must know the whole story.

The corners of her mouth twitched, and she tried to make a last-ditch effort: "No, nothing..."

Unexpectedly, Wen Liang said directly: "I know about your affairs. There is no need to hide it from me anymore."

Wen Eryu pursed her lips and lowered her head.

Wen Liang continued, "I talked to him the last time he came to your house. He's a pretty good guy. He's humble and speaks in a steady manner, which is totally unlike what one would expect at his age."

"Although his family is a little poor, perhaps because of this, I see a tenacity in him, which is very similar to me when I was young."

"Back then, because I was rebellious, your grandfather almost severed our relationship. To prove that I could make a living without him, I took 500 yuan and left home."

Wen Eryu walked to the leather sofa next to her and sat down. She had never heard Wen Liang talk about his own affairs before.

Wen Liang took a sip of tea, moistened his throat, and said, "Later, when I was at my poorest, I met your mother. She was really stupid. I didn't know why she followed me. After I became successful in my career, I asked her why she liked me. Do you know what your mother said?"

"I don't know." Wen Eryu shook his head.

"She said she likes my unyielding spirit." He changed the subject, "So I'm waiting to see if Chen Jize will be able to break free from the cage that has bound him for so many years."

Wen Eryu didn't say anything. She knew that her father was right in judging people, and that Shen Jize had really done it later.

Wen Liang stood up and patted her shoulder: "It doesn't matter if you really broke up. There are many men in the world, and my daughter Wen Liang has no shortage of suitors."

"Dad!" Wen Eryu knew he was trying to comfort her, "Aren't you angry with me?"

"Angry?" Wen Liang said, "Why should I be angry? As long as you don't cause any big trouble, I won't care about you."

Wen Eryu: “…”

It turns out that she had kept it a secret for so long, Wen Liang knew everything.

After coming out of the study, Wen Eryu received a message from Lin Cheng.

Fruity Orange: [I heard that tomorrow is Shen Ji Ze's aunt's funeral. Do you want to go?]

Wen Eryu frowned at the message and thought for a while.

Then, he typed "go" in the dialog box.

*

A qualified ex should not disturb each other.

But Wen Eryu couldn't do it.

She looked at the address Lin Cheng sent her and took a taxi there.

Xue Fenghua's funeral was held in the funeral home on a rainy day.

When the taxi driver heard that they were going to the funeral home, he didn't want to ask Wen Eryu, but she added another two hundred yuan.

As soon as Wen Eryu got out of the car, the driver stepped on the accelerator and drove out without even closing the door.

The humid air made Wen Eryu feel sticky all over. She walked quietly to the mourning hall holding a black umbrella.

A banner was hung at the door - Deeply mourning Ms. Xue Fenghua

There were not many people coming, and Dada, who was standing at the door of the mourning hall, saw Wen Eryu at a glance.

He tugged at the corner of Shen Jize's clothes and said, "Sister Wen is here."

Shen Jize, who was still talking to his relatives, turned his head and glanced outside.

But he didn't say anything and quickly looked away.

Seeing this, Dada ran to Wen Eryu and said, "Sister Wen, it's raining heavily outside. Come in."

Wen Eryu looked at Dada's little hand pulling her inside, and her heart ached. He had lost his mother at such a young age, just like her back then.

"Dada, have you eaten yet?"

Wen Eryu didn't say anything to comfort her, she just asked this question.

She is an experienced person. When she found out that she had no mother, she couldn't eat anything for several days.

Dada paused while holding her hand.

Wen Eryu didn't know what was going on in his little head. Suddenly, he started sobbing softly.

"What's wrong, Dada?" Wen Eryu panicked for a moment, squatted down and asked anxiously.

Dada shook his head and held back his tears.

He said, “I just miss my mom a little bit.”

Wen Eryu's breathing stagnated, and she was stunned for a moment, then hugged him tightly in her arms.

She comforted him, "Mom, she just went to a very far place. Maybe one day in the future, we will see her again."

Dada said sensibly, "Sister Wen, you don't have to lie to me. I actually know everything."

Wen Eryu closed his mouth and then touched his head.

She took Dada to a nearby store and bought a pork chop rice.

"Eat something first, don't starve yourself."

Dada: "Mom will be very happy to see me eating well."

“We’re so awesome.”

At this time, Wen Eryu saw a woman with long black hair getting out of the car through the glass window.

She took a closer look and found that the woman's face was 60% similar to Shen Jize's.

An idea popped into her mind.

A thin layer of mist floated on the glass window, and Wen Eryu could hardly see outside. She reached out and wiped the moisture off the window.

Xia Jun strode towards the woman. They talked about something, and the woman set her eyes on Shen Jize.

And Shen Jize in the room happened to see her.

Wen Eryu felt that some of Shen Ji Ze's suppressed emotions were about to burst out.

She asked Dada to eat here first and then walked out of the store.

But when she arrived at the mourning hall, she didn't see Shen Jize.

After looking around, Wen Eryu finally saw him and the woman next to the incense burner at the back of the mourning hall.

She hid behind the door and listened to their conversation.

"I didn't expect you to have grown up so much." Zhai Wan held the bag in one hand and tried to touch Shen Jize's face with the other.

But he dodged it immediately.

Zhai Wan's hands froze in mid-air, but she had expected Shen Jize to react like this.

After all, it was she who was selfish and threw him to that scumbag Hu Nao.

But now that she has done some business and her life is getting better, the first thing she wants to do is to take Shen Jize over and fulfill her duties as a mother.

"Mom came here this time to take you to live with me." Zhai Wan said softly.

When Shen Jize heard this, he sneered: "You only remember now that I'm your son?"

"I……"

"I won't go with you." Shen Jize turned around and said, "My uncle and aunt gave me a second life. Now that my aunt is gone, I have to take care of this family even more."

It was Xue Fenghua who ignored other people's gossip and asked Xia Jun to take him in.

Over the years, she has always treated Shen Jize as her own son. Whatever Dada has, he also has. Whatever Dada doesn't have, he also has.

Shen Jize kept all of this in mind. Sometimes, he would wonder what he would choose if Zhai Wan came back one day.

But now he already had the answer in his heart.

"But she is just your aunt, and I am your biological mother." Zhai Wan's eyes were red, and her hands were tightly grasping the shoulder strap of her bag.

Shen Jize suddenly turned to her and shouted emotionally: "You are my biological mother, so how could you have the heart to abandon me?"

"Where were you when that bastard Hu Nao hit me with a bottle?"

"Where were you when the other kids teased me about being unwanted by my mother and beating me up in the alley?"

"Now that my aunt is dead, what's the point of you coming here?"

The series of questions made Zhai Wan stand there in a daze.

She admitted that her actions back then had caused indelible harm to Shen Jize, and she also admitted that she came to him now because she was afraid that no one would take care of her when she was old.

But Shen Jize is her own flesh and blood, and Zhai Wan believes that he will forgive her.

"Mom doesn't want to..." like this.

But Shen Ji Ze didn't want to listen at all. There was no need to listen to this explanation that had been delayed for so many years.

"That's enough!" He gritted his teeth and lowered his voice, "My mother died ten years ago."

"Nonsense!" The next second, a crisp sound made the air silent.

Zhai Wan raised her voice several notches in a panic, and slapped out uncontrollably.

"Your uncle and his family are extremely poor. You won't have a good life following them. Be obedient and come back with me. I promise to give you the best material support."

Shen Jize: "..."

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Zhai Wan thought there was something going on, so she coaxed him and said, "It was Mommy's fault just now. Does your face hurt?"

"Get lost." Shen Jize pushed her away, his eyes full of disgust.

Zhai Wan was wearing high heels and she lost her balance and fell backwards, landing heavily on the muddy ground.

Shen Jize didn't even glance at him, just turned and left.

Wen Eryu, who was hiding behind the door, had no time to walk back and bumped into him who was walking towards her.

"Why are you here?" Shen Ji Ze frowned, "Did you hear everything?"

At this moment, Wen Eryu didn't dare to breathe, for fear of angering him.

She nodded slightly and whispered, "...I heard it."

Suddenly, Shen Jize chuckled and said self-deprecatingly: "I guess you are very disappointed with me."