Chapter 247 Leaving without Saying Goodbye
A warm breeze blew by, picking up a fallen leaf on the dirt ground outside the funeral home.
Jiang Wanning nodded in silence and handed the small square box in her hand to the old man.
Chen Haishu solemnly reached out to take it.
His skinny hands trembled at this moment, but were extremely firm. After taking the box steadily, the old man held it in his arms, sobbing in a low voice as if he could no longer hold back.
“…”
Jiang Wanning didn't interrupt him and just watched in silence.
Until the old man finally cried enough and finally raised his hand to wipe away his tears, she said in a dry voice: "Let's go, Grandpa Chen, it's time for us to see grandma off."
"Um."
…
Chen Haishu did not follow the agreement and take Chen Canghui's ashes to the cemetery where Jiang Wanning had arranged an appointment in advance.
"Grandpa Chen!"
Because Chen Haishu ran out of the hospital with injuries.
After taking Chen Canghui's ashes, they passed by and returned to the Jiang family.
Jiang Wanning called the family's private doctor to help the old man deal with the indwelling needle in his hand that was still bleeding. The other party made an excuse that he had to go back to the room to get something and never came out again.
Jiang Wanning sat in the living room and waited, staring at the rest of the people for a while. Finally, she realized something was wrong and rushed to open the old man's closed door, only to find that the room was empty.
Just after noon, the windows in the room were wide open, and beautiful sunlight filtered through the glass onto the wooden floor of the bedroom.
This was the first time Jiang Wanning walked into Chen Haishu's room.
Looking at this overly neat room, my heart skipped a beat.
The room was clean and tidy, but there was no trace of anyone having lived there.
Apparently, by then, the old man had already packed up everything he and Chen Canghui were going to leave with.
...But then that accident happened.
The warm breeze outside the window brings silence to people's hearts.
Jiang Wanning's eyes swept across the room, finally landing on a neatly stacked letter on the bedside desk.
She walked over and saw the words "Wan Ning girl's personal letter" written on the envelope, so she reached out and opened the letter to read.
The handwriting, as graceful as a snake or a dragon, was particularly consistent with Jiang Wanning's first impression of Chen Haishu, the stubborn old man.
Wan Ning: I've certainly caused you a lot of trouble lately because of what happened between Ah Hui and me...
[Whether you were there for the jade bracelet or out of pity for us two old guys, you were the only one willing to lend a hand when we were in dire straits.]
"I may not be a good husband. I don't understand jade, nor do I understand her obsession with this jade carving. If I had been able to sense the repressed emotions she was experiencing when her hands were destroyed, perhaps I wouldn't have... Of course, there's no point in saying this now."
[…Now that Ah Hui is gone, I’m the only one left in this world. I really don’t want to leave her alone in this foreign country, so I want to take her to see the scenery we once promised to see but never had the chance to see.]
[But separation is always painful, and I can't bear it right now, so I left without saying goodbye.]
【……】
There was a lot of content on the letter, all of which were written word by word by Chen Haishu before he left.
The first half is a rare outpouring of true emotion from the old man, while the second half gets back to the point and gives Jiang Wanning a final and detailed explanation of how to use the jade seal.
"Wan Ning girl, you didn't think the letter of introduction I gave you was just waste paper and just threw it away, did you? 】
[That thing is indeed just waste paper, but if I want to mobilize the group of confidants I left behind in the Chen family, it and the jade seal are indispensable.]
[No. 189, South Hutong Lane, Beijing City. Take these two things and go find a man named Chen Nan. He can help you get everything you want.]
【Finally, the mountains are high and the road is long, we may meet again if we are destined to. 】
【……】
After reading the contents of the letter, Jiang Wanning closed the envelope again.
As far as her sight could see, there seemed to be an old figure in the farthest part of the scenery outside the floor-to-ceiling window, as if he had noticed something, and finally waved to her.
"Bye now."
Jiang Wanning finally closed the envelope and spoke softly.
It feels like I’m saying it to someone else, but it also feels more like I’m reading it to myself.
It also completely turned this matter over.
…
at the same time.
On the other side of the country, Shi Wang has moved back from his hometown to Shenzhen, to the apartment he had purchased.
The weather in Shenzhen is bad recently.
There was a thunderstorm outside, and Shi Wang, who was inside the room, had completely locked himself up.
The curtains were all drawn, but the windows were forgotten to be closed.
The howling wind, combined with the rain, blew up the curtains, soaking the many raindrops that fell into the house.
The cold liquid fell drop by drop on Shi Wang's face as he leaned dejectedly against the window.
It was a rare moment of clarity for him, whose consciousness had long been cloudy.
The man's eyes, which had charmed countless girls in the past, opened slightly at this moment, and he saw that the dark room was filled with piles of wine bottles.
I don't know when it started, but he drank one can after another.
And in this little home that should have been warm, he was now the only one left alone.
For a moment, Shi Wang was enveloped by such loneliness that he couldn't help but laugh at himself.
I didn't expect things to change.
He always hated alcohol, but after Jiang Wanning left, he became addicted to it.
It has been almost a week since Shi Wang left Qin Huifang that day.
He has been like this for some time, locking himself in a small room, relying on alcohol to survive, and living in a daze all day long.
It was not until he finished the last bottle of wine at his feet and found that there was no more stock at home that he turned over in pain, took out his phone and prepared to order some more takeout.
He has been living like this all this time.
But unexpectedly, at this moment, the screen of Shi Wang's cell phone suddenly lit up.
Seeing that the call came from an unfamiliar number, he hung up without hesitation. The next moment, the door of the apartment, which had not been visited for many days, was suddenly knocked from outside.
Shi Wang didn't intend to pay attention at first. After ordering the takeaway, he threw his phone aside and lay on the ground like a paralyzed person.
At this moment, cold sweat began to slide down the edge of his delicate forehead.
Because he drank too much, Shi Wang felt a slight stomachache at this time.
Just at this moment, the knocking on the door outside the apartment became more intense, as if the knocking would not stop until he opened the door.
Also afraid that the other party would think he was really dead, Shi Wang finally struggled to get up from the ground and staggered to the security door.
But the moment he opened the door, a figure that completely surprised him appeared in his sight.
"Mr. Shen?"
Shi Wang frowned: "How do you know my house? What are you doing here?"
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