Chapter 728: Lu Tingchuan and Shen Qing's Ending
The first word Yu Sheng and Yunian said when they learned to speak was "Xingxing".
Maybe because I listen to songs so often, the word “star” appears most frequently in the lyrics.
The second sentence is "Mom"
The third sentence is "Dad"
When they were one year old, the two children sat on the ground. The servants at home prepared some props for drawing lots. Yu Nian grabbed a handful of money and Yu Sheng grabbed an apple.
One loves money and the other loves food, and they have no interest in anything else.
Aunt Lin once asked Lu Tingchuan what he hoped Yu Sheng and Yunian would do when they grew up.
Lu Tingchuan's answer was: "As long as they are healthy, happy and understand love, that's all that matters."
Life is nothing but birth, old age, sickness and death, the ups and downs of life. We must understand love. Love can make people strong, tolerant, resilient, fulfilled and satisfied...
Su Miao was also released from prison this year. When she came out, she was still thinking about the agreement between her and Shen Qing, who had agreed to come and pick her up, but there was no one outside the prison.
She could only ask Qin Mo to inquire about Shen Qing's news, and finally learned that Shen Qing had died a year ago.
Su Miao couldn't believe it. She went to the cemetery in a daze, until she saw Shen Qing's tombstone... tears fell uncontrollably.
She never cried when she was in prison. She endured the inhuman torture in prison, but on this day... maybe the autumn wind was too cold, and tears rolled out of her eyes as soon as it blew.
The choked sobs became louder and louder. Su Miao lost her strength and knelt on the ground, her whole body twitching with sobs.
"Liar, didn't you promise to pick me up from prison? Why don't you keep your word? I've been waiting for you in there... Why... Why didn't you wait for me?"
She still remembers what Shen Qing said when he came to visit her in prison. She said, "Miao Miao, I'll wait for you to come out."
At that time, they all thought they could survive and firmly believed that they would live longer than these scumbags, but two years later, everything had changed.
Ah Qing, why are there so many bad people in this world?
Su Miao cried until her voice became hoarse, and when she finally opened her mouth she vomited blood, her hands were covered in blood.
Unfortunately, she didn't even see Shen Qing for the last time.
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Eighteen years passed in a flash. The two children grew up and Lu Tingchuan also survived the most difficult time.
Lu Tingchuan is 52 years old this year. Although his temples are gray, his face is still as handsome as ever. Over the years, many women have proposed to him, but he rejected them all. He put all his energy into his two children.
Yu Sheng and Yunian asked him this question when they were very young.
"Dad, why don't we have mom? Doesn't she want us anymore?"
"Your mother loves you the most. It's not that she doesn't want you, it's that I lost her."
Children are young and naive. How scared would their mother be if they thought about their father losing her and her being alone in a strange place?
"Then go find your mother and don't leave her alone."
"I can't find it. It's too far."
"How far is it? Can't I find it by car or plane?"
"Just like the stars in the sky, so far away, you can see them but you can't reach them..."
On the day of the two children’s eighteenth birthday, a foreign woman came to their home.
After introduction, I learned that her name was Anne, a journalist abroad, and she came here to find her benefactor.
She was in a car accident when she was eight years old. If Shen Qing and Jiang Yiming had not saved her, she might have died. It was because of them that she was able to leave her original family, be protected by the police, and now become an excellent reporter.
Lu Tingchuan was in a daze for a moment. Twenty years had passed, but when he thought about it now, it seemed like it happened just yesterday.
In order to avoid him, Shen Qing fled abroad and lived with Jiang Yiming.
At that time, she and Jiang Yiming rescued the little girl, and after being reported by the police, he was able to find information and slowly track her down.
He still remembered how he had ridiculed Shen Qingshengmu for not being able to take care of herself and yet caring about others.
Shen Qing's kindness has never been wrong. The little girl who was rescued came here from afar to find her.
Unfortunately, Shen Qing is already dead.
A person's action often affects many things. Even if there are all kinds of hardships in the world, there will always be someone who will continue to spread kindness because of you.
Lu Tingchuan made a decision. On August 7, Shen Qing's memorial day, Lu Tingchuan went to Wanshou Village alone. After sitting by the grave for half a day, he returned to the J City Police Station and surrendered himself.
"For 18 years, I imprisoned a woman and forced her to have an abortion. I also illegally took humiliating photos and videos of her, which were then circulated. These are all evidence of my crimes. I surrender myself and request the death penalty."
Lu Tingchuan put the document bag in his hand on the table. The police opened it and looked at it. His expression became more and more serious. There were more than twenty pieces of evidence, big and small, in total.
In addition to illegal imprisonment, there is also violence and indirect killings...
Lu Tingchuan surrendered himself, which attracted great attention from the upper echelons. After investigation, they found out that the victim, Shen Qing, had committed suicide eighteen years ago, leaving behind only a pair of children.
Lu Tingchuan was not sentenced to death, but only life imprisonment. On the day he was imprisoned, only Yu Sheng and Yunian were allowed to enter.
Yu Sheng's eyes were red from crying. She didn't understand why Lu Tingchuan turned himself in and went to jail. She didn't know what her father was like before. She only knew that in the past eighteen years, Lu Tingchuan had been very good to them and he was a qualified father.
Yu Nian on the side didn't say a word, but his eyes were still red. He knew that this was what Lu Tingchuan had always wanted to do, and he had been waiting for this day for a long time.
"Raising you is my responsibility, but I am guilty. It's unforgivable. People have to pay for their mistakes. I killed your mother. You won't have a father by your side anymore. You have to live your life well. Remember not to become like me."
The visiting time was very short. After the brother and sister left, Lu Tingchuan returned to the prison. He only brought one thing with him, a worn-out mobile phone with only one audio clip in it, which was recorded on the day Shen Qing died.
He has carefully kept the fifteen-minute recording and only listened to the first ten minutes. He has not listened to the last five minutes until now. He is reluctant to listen to them and is afraid to listen to them.
Back then, he named his two children Yu Sheng and Yunian. He thought that the meaning was beautiful and that their family would be together for the rest of their lives.
After Shen Qing's death, he suffered for the rest of his life and spent the rest of his life repenting and atonement.
Lu Tingchuan developed the habit of writing a diary in prison. He stopped taking medicine, his hysteria relapsed, and he could see Shen Qing every day. He was the only one in the prison. The prison guards outside would see him talking to himself from time to time, as if there was someone opposite him.
The cold-blooded man who surrendered himself with evidence of his crime is now crying and laughing in prison, talking to himself in the long night.
What he said most was: I miss you, Shen Qing.
The rest of my life is so long, and you are so unforgettable.
Lu Tingchuan's diary.
On August 15th, the weather was sunny.
Ah Qing, I turned myself in and went to jail. You are right, evil will be punished, and the law will punish me for everything I have done. Time flies. Yu Sheng and Yunian are both 18 years old this year. Yunian is a good brother and he founded a charity organization. Yu Sheng learned to paint, and your daughter's painting of you is very similar to the real thing.
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On December 2nd, it snowed.
The winter in J City is so cold. I remember you are most afraid of such a winter. I don’t know if you will feel cold down there. I have had some mental problems recently. Sometimes when the prison guards talk to me, a lot of voices appear in my ears.
I was unable to distinguish between the past and the present. They also said they would hire a psychologist for me and asked the children to bring me medicine.
What they don't know is that I deliberately didn't take the medicine. I've been taking medicine for 18 years and I'm already tired of it. I don't want to take medicine anymore. If I take medicine, I won't be able to see you or hear your voice.
February 1st is the Spring Festival. Today Yu Sheng and Yunian brought me dumplings with sugar inside. What they don’t know is that I hate sugar dumplings the most. This year’s Spring Festival should be very lively outside, but the prison is deserted. Everyone else wants to go home, and I want to go home too, but then I thought, where would I be without you?
March 9th, sunny
Aqing, my memory has deteriorated with my illness, and I sometimes doubt my memory. Maybe you just appeared in my hallucination, and I have never seen you.
On May 30th, it rained.
I am more afraid of forgetting you than not seeing you in the future. Aqing, I plan to take medicine.
On August 7th, the weather was cloudy.
Today is your memorial day. I take medicine every day and the hallucinations have indeed decreased, but I still saw you today, sitting next to me. I calculated that this is the first time I have seen you.
September 1st, the weather is sunny.
Aqing, I am 58 years old this year. My hair has turned white and there are many wrinkles on my face. I looked in the mirror and almost didn’t recognize myself. After you said that, can you still recognize me?
I think you probably don't want to see me.
I used to always think that if I got to the bottom, I would carry you on my back, but I am a cripple and old with a hunchback, so the idea of carrying you on my back has become a luxury.
October 1st, the weather is sunny.
One Hundred Years of Solitude is the punishment you gave me, but I really can’t endure it anymore, and I don’t want to endure it anymore. It has been so long that I have forgotten how old I am. I only remember that it was 30 years after your death.
Let me tell you, you are a grandmother now, Yu Nian has a son, and Yu Sheng has a daughter.
If you were here... you would definitely love them.
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On this day, the elderly Lu Tingchuan wrote his last diary in prison.
He took out his cell phone and tremblingly clicked on the audio clip that he had listened to millions of times.
The beginning of forgetting a person starts from her voice and then to her appearance.
If I keep listening to her voice, will I never forget this person?
This time, Lu Tingchuan listened to the entire audio...
"Lu Tingchuan, I'll be dead by the time you hear this. I don't want to forgive you, nor do I want to hate you forever. We're not meant to be together. Be a good father for the rest of your life. In your next life... I hope you'll be a good person."
It was as if everything was quiet at that moment, with only the sound of tears dripping onto the table disturbing everything.
Lu Tingchuan always thought that the words Shen Qing left for him would be a "curse" or a complaint of hatred towards him. He didn't dare to listen, and was afraid to hear it. He was trembling every time he held the phone.
But what he didn't expect was that after hearing the rest, Shen Qing just said it calmly.
——In your next life, I hope you will be a good person.
Lu Tingchuan couldn't help but break down emotionally, tears streaming down his face.
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Lu Tingchuan died alone in prison, with no one around him. He slumped over the table, a pen in his hand, as if he had fallen asleep.
The sudden accident happened without any warning. You know, he was fine in the morning. The baby's breath in June was in bloom. He saw a field of white flowers on the roadside, which looked a bit like baby's breath. At that time, he said to his cellmate, "Shen Qing, you will definitely like this little flower when you see it."
After he said that, his eyes turned red. The small flowers grew in the yard without being picked. As time went by, the flowers bloomed and withered.
Missing someone never comes as violently as a raging storm, but it never stops hitting my heart like waves, stirring up emotions again and again.
Time has aged his face and blurred his memory, but Lu Tingchuan always remembers that he loves Shen Qing deeply in his life and no one else can compare to her.
Yu Nian and Yu Sheng came to the prison to pick up Lu Tingchuan's body. When they were sorting out his belongings, they saw the unfinished diary.
June 1st, the weather is sunny.
Ah Qing, I finally completed what you asked me to do. I raised Yu Sheng and Yu Nian and watched them get married and have children. I tried my best to be a good father. If I am a good person in my next life, I can go and meet...
Before he could finish writing, Lu Tingchuan collapsed. He died on Shen Qing's birthday.
Just like in his previous life, Lu Tingchuan never came back after going to prison, but unlike in his previous life, Shen Qing did not come here to take him home in this life.
"Mr. Lu, for the rest of our lives, we will be even."
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