Guan Wanxin looked at her granddaughter, and instead of blaming her, a look of extreme relief appeared in her cloudy eyes, as if she had put her last worry to rest.
She looked at Guan Wenjing again, her voice even weaker, "Wenjing, if it weren't for Wenru, our Guan family... all of us... would probably be gone long ago!"
Everything in the house was lost long ago; it was only through Wenru's own efforts and the He family's connections that she managed to salvage a little bit.
She felt sorry for you all, and originally... wanted to share some with you..."
She was panting heavily, her eyes suddenly sharpening. "But today... I understand! Some people's hands... are reaching too far! Reaching out... are taking it all for granted!"
So, I'm putting my words here today: Wenjing, you won't get a single penny! When you got married, we gave you everything we were entitled to! Do you... understand?!
Guan Wenjing knelt down in front of her grandmother with a thud, tears streaming down her face, her voice choked with sobs, "Grandma! I understand! I don't want anything! I understand! Wenru deserves it! She deserves everything! I have no objections whatsoever!"
Guan Hongqi's eyes also reddened, and he stepped forward, "Grandma! Don't say anything! I don't want anything either! I'll carry you to the hospital right now! Let's go to the hospital!"
With great effort, Guan Wanxin raised her withered hand and tightly grasped Guan Hongqi's outstretched hand, her gaze turning to her son, Guan Yuanxiu, using her last strength:
“Yuanxiu, did you hear what I said? I've never asked you to do anything in my life, but this is something you must remember! If your wife is unreasonable, you must be! Don't hurt my granddaughter's feelings! Don't let her feel heartbroken!”
Guan Yuanxiu gripped his mother's other hand tightly, nodded vigorously, and said in a choked voice, "Mom! I remember! I've got it! Don't worry! With me here, no one can let Wenru down!"
Qin Yue stood to the side, looking at her husband, sons, and her daughter with cold and ruthless eyes. Her lips moved as if she wanted to say something.
But in the end, under her mother-in-law's all-knowing gaze and her husband's assurance, she said nothing and simply lowered her head silently.
After all, he was her son. Guan Wanxin smiled at Guan Yuanxiu and said, "Wenru has three children, so it's not convenient for her. So, I'll leave my ashes here with you. When we have the chance to return to the capital in the future, we can bring my ashes home with us."
Guan Yuanxiu's tears fell silently. "Alright! Mom, I'll take you home."
After explaining everything, Guan Wanxin's gaze finally fell tenderly and affectionately on Guan Wenru, who was kneeling in front of her, her face streaked with tears.
With great effort and trembling, she raised her withered hand.
Guan Wenru immediately understood, gently pressing her cheek against her grandmother's cold palm, her voice broken and choked, "Grandma, I'm here... I'm here..."
With her last ounce of strength, Guan Wanxin gently stroked her granddaughter's warm cheek with her fingertips, her voice so faint it was almost inaudible:
"Wenru, my good child... From now on... you and Yanzhi will have to walk your own path. Don't be sad... don't be upset! Grandma's life has been so worthwhile! Really... worthwhile! To have such a... such an outstanding granddaughter... Grandma... is content..."
She gasped for breath, her cloudy eyes gleaming with a final light, and solemnly uttered her last words, "You are Grandma's pride...the pride of the Guan family...Grandma...loves you..."
"Grandma!" Guan Wenru burst into tears, overwhelmed by immense grief and longing. She clung tightly to her grandmother's hand, sobbing uncontrollably, calling out again and again, "Grandma! I love you too! I can't bear to part with you! Grandma! I can't bear to part with you!!"
The relieved and contented smile on Guan Wanxin's face was frozen in time.
She took one last, deep, and infinitely affectionate look at her beloved granddaughter before closing her eyes contentedly.
The hand that had been gently stroking its granddaughter's cheek lost its last bit of strength and fell silently and completely to its side...
Guan Wenru felt the hand that had sustained her life slip away completely, and a huge emptiness and despair instantly engulfed her!
"Grandma!" she cried out in heart-wrenching grief, throwing herself onto her grandmother's still-warm body, hugging her tightly, and sobbing uncontrollably, "Grandma, don't go! Don't leave me! Grandma!!!"
This mournful cry was like a signal, instantly igniting the overwhelming grief that had been building up in the courtyard!
Guan Yuanxiu held his mother's other cold hand, tears streaming down his face, and let out a wild howl, "Mom!!"
Qin Yue collapsed to the ground, covering her face and wailing.
Guan Wenjing and Guan Hongqi also knelt down on the ground, their foreheads pressed against the edge of the bed, their shoulders trembling violently as they let out suppressed sobs, "Grandma! Grandma!"
The entire courtyard was filled only with the grief of the Guan family who had lost their loved one... their heart-wrenching cries mingled together, drowning out everything else.
......
Guan Wanxin just left like that.
The body was taken to the nearest crematorium the next day.
After everything was settled, Guan Wenru did not return to Guan Yuanxiu and Qin Yue's residence.
She entrusted He Yanzhi with taking good care of the three children.
She booked another room for herself at the guesthouse and locked herself in the room for two days and two nights.
He Yanzhi was so worried that he would climb in through the window every night to keep her company.
That night, he climbed in again.
Guan Wenru curled up in the corner of the bed, like a soulless statue, staring blankly into the darkness.
He Yanzhi didn't turn on the light. Using the faint moonlight filtering in from the window, he walked to the bedside and sat down, his voice low and hoarse, "Wenru? Would you like something to eat? I brought some hot porridge and some hot water."
Guan Wenru did not react at all, as if she had not heard.
He Yanzhi sat quietly for a while without forcing anyone.
He reached out and gently pulled her cold, stiff body, along with the thin blanket wrapped around her, into his broad, warm embrace.
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