Chapter 318 I tried my best...
Luo Qiu gripped Zhou Zhiyi's hand even tighter, tears streaming down her face.
They've only been together for a short time, and now they're going to be separated again?
Everyone knew he was in poor health, but no one expected him to collapse so quickly.
Lin Xiao, watching the family from a distance, muttered to herself, "I'd never really seen them before, but now they're all rushing off..."
"Do you believe I can slap you again?" Luo Yan shook off Lin Xiao's hand and muttered, "He's my father! If anything happens to him, I won't let you off the hook! What did you say to him?!"
Lin Xiao looked at Luo Yan in disbelief.
"Mom, what can I say? Grandpa has already made his decision, what can I say?" Lin Xiao said, looking aggrieved.
"Even if I said something, it's normal for something to happen to Grandpa at his age and in his health. Why is it always my fault? Why are you all..."
They push everything onto me.
Lin Xiao felt a pang of grievance.
"Then tell me, what did you say to your grandfather?" Luo Yan looked at her patiently.
Lin Xiao hesitated, then stopped, "I..."
She found it hard to say it.
Luo Yan held Lin Xiao's hand and said, "If Grandpa and Grandfather are gone, besides us, they will be your and your brother's only family in this world. If you encounter any difficulties in the future, they won't stand idly by. Moreover..."
Your grandfather's things are not for you to covet. Even if he gave most of his things to your aunt, it has nothing to do with you, nor with us. If...
If anything untoward happens, it's because you brought these things up, and you'll be a sinner. Besides, with your brain, going into business? You can't see business anywhere. You should just stick to being a white-collar worker.
"Mom, thank you so much!" Who talks to their daughter like that?
Looking at this girl who never seemed to grow up, Luo Yan felt sad and guilty. She should have disciplined her more in the past, otherwise things would have come to this.
"So what exactly did you say to your grandfather?"
"He didn't say anything; my grandfather told me to go." But no one believed him anymore.
Last night, Luo Zhen called Lin Xiao and said he wanted to talk to her. It was already very late, and Lin Xiao went alone. When she arrived, the maid had just finished cleaning the room.
"You're not convinced?" Luo Zhen said to Lin Xiao with a smile.
"..." She was definitely not convinced, anyone would be. "No."
She knew Luo Zhen was in poor health, and she would never say anything unpleasant to him, but she still had a look of dissatisfaction on her face.
"No need to hide it. Your grandfather has watched you grow up since you were a child. He can see through everything you're thinking."
Luo Zhen looked at Lin Xiao very seriously, his tone no longer as imposing as before, his voice barely rising, as if he were hanging on by a thread.
Lin Xiao didn't say anything. Her heart was heavy, and she felt sorry for Luo Zhen when she looked at him.
“Your grandfather taught you a lot when you were little. Now that you're older and have had some experience outside, you should have your own ideas.” He paused, then asked, “You don’t like your aunt and cousin?”
"It's not that I don't like it." It's just that as soon as I came back, it felt like something had been taken away from me, and I felt very sad.
The subsequent conversation was almost identical to what Luo Yan had said.
Luo Zhen finally asked her, "If you were me, what would you do?"
Lin Xiao didn't hide anything and said gently to Luo Zhen, "Over the years, Grandpa has loved me the most. It's understandable that I feel uncomfortable when someone suddenly comes and takes my candy. Besides, Dad and the others have been with you a lot. Logically speaking, they should be better off than them."
Even if you retire, Grandpa, and Auntie doesn't like it or wouldn't take care of it, why are you still leaving it to her? Our house is clearly the most suitable; it would give Auntie a place to live and ensure she's worry-free for the rest of her life.
"Do you think your aunt is short of money? Or short of a house?" Luo Zhen smiled.
Luo Qiu lacks nothing.
"Why don't I just give her some money and let her live her own life? You know what I mean?"
Lin Xiao thought about it all night but still couldn't figure it out.
Luo Shu and Yu Hua are backed by the Yu family, and Yu Zhan protects them. If anything happens to the Luo family, Yu Zhan will take the blame for them.
If Luo Shu remains aligned with the Luo family, the Yu family will definitely take better care of her in business dealings.
But if Luo Zhen really passes away, Luo Shu and the others completely separate, and Lin Yi stops getting involved in the family business, then the Yu family and the Luo family will basically have no connection anymore.
Luo Yan's words were clear enough, but Lin Xiao still didn't listen.
Luo Qiu looked at Luo Yan and Lin Xiao, her heart clenching. "Did I go too far just now?"
"No, you still have to say it," Luo Shu comforted her.
Zhou Zhiyi frowned.
She couldn't say anything about her in-laws' affairs, so she comforted Luo Qiu and chatted with Luo Yan for a bit.
The operating room lights stayed on for several hours, and it was almost dawn when they were turned off.
Luo Qiu, Luo Yan, and the others walked towards the doctor.
"I'm sorry, I tried my best..."
...
On the day Luo Zhen was buried, the sky was overcast and it was drizzling.
The drizzle, like unbreakable silver threads, clung to the cypress trees in the cemetery, turning the deep green into an inky black.
In front of the tombstone in the cemetery, people, holding black umbrellas, dispersed one by one.
In the end, only Luo Qiu and Luo Yan remained.
Yu Zhan and Yu Zheng waited by the car without disturbing it.
Luo Qiu's breath trembled slightly. A gentle breeze carried a light drizzle, which landed on the tips of her hair, gathered into water droplets, and slid down her damp cheeks.
The faint sound of church bells drifted from a nearby church. Her hand gently traced the tombstone; the cold touch felt like her father's large hand, holding his little cotton-padded jacket one last time.
After returning home, Luo Shu fell ill; she developed a fever in the middle of the night.
Yu Zhan was flustered and didn't know what to do; he had never encountered such a situation before.
I called Dr. Nan but she didn't answer, so I called Wei Qianqian instead.
Wei Qianqian was still awake. Soft music was coming from her phone, along with the surrounding noise.
[If her body temperature is low, physical cooling methods are sufficient. Only administer medication if it exceeds 38.5 degrees Celsius. Does she have any energy?] Wei Qianqian.
[He looks very energetic.]
Yu Zhan looked at Luo Shu, who was playing a game. She had a fever-reducing patch on her forehead and a glass of warm water next to her. It was as if Yu Zhan was the one with the fever, not her.
"It's good that you're in good spirits. I'll pass by on my way back and bring you some acetaminophen. Don't take ibuprofen yet," she reminded him.
After hanging up the phone, Yu Zhan went to the refrigerator to get some ice and sat down next to her to cool her down.
"What kind of game is this?" Yu Zhan frowned. Is the game really that fun?
"Honor of Kings, young people all like to play this," Luo Shu replied with a heavy nasal tone.
She's barely slept these past few days. The weather outside is hot and humid, and there's been a typhoon these past two days. She thought she was just tired and would be fine after a rest, but tonight she's not sleepy at all.
Yu Zhan parted her hair, took a rubber band and tied it up, cooling down the sides of her neck.
"Young people play this?" Yu Zhan had never even heard of it.
Luo Shu heard his murmured words and smiled, glancing at him sideways. "You've never played this before?"
Yu Zhan's lips twitched, and he said, "Of course I've played it..."
Is he very old?
"Mr. Yu, it's normal that you haven't played it before. Many young people don't play it either, especially successful men."
She made a point of emphasizing her success in her career.
Yu Zhan sneered.
It seems like it's been many days since I've seen her smile.
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