When I think of my parents’ death, I still feel regretful.
When I rushed to the hospital, my parents' bodies were already cold and they could no longer open their eyes to look at me.
Lan Feng also looked a little lonely, muttering, "The driver who caused the accident couldn't afford to pay compensation, and my savings weren't enough either, so I had to borrow money everywhere. I can't do anything to help my parents as they have been lying in the morgue."
Thinking back to Lan Feng back then, she must have felt really helpless. The Lan family didn't have many relatives, and we'd lost contact with many of them. I was still in school, with only a small living allowance.
But even so, Lan Feng still comforted me that she would take care of everything and send me back to school.
Fortunately, Lan Feng later borrowed money to bury her parents.
However, over the years, I have never asked Lan Feng how much money she borrowed to hold the funeral, and whether she has paid it back.
Lan Feng suddenly brought up this matter today, which made me instinctively think that she was short of money.
The Lan family's parents raised me to adulthood. Even if I am not their biological child, I should share the responsibility of paying that money with Lan Feng.
I said bluntly, "Sister, how much did you spend on burying my parents? I'll pay you back."
Lan Feng shook her head and explained to me: "I'm not telling you this today to ask for money, but to tell you the truth of what happened back then."
the truth?
I was suspicious and didn't understand what Lan Feng meant.
Lan Feng sighed, "Actually, I didn't get any money at all. Those relatives were so stingy, they were afraid I wouldn't be able to pay them back. When I was desperate, someone found me and said he was an old friend of my parents. He gave me some money to bury them."
I listened patiently, feeling guilty for not being able to share Lan Feng's burden at that time.
"The hospital kept urging me to take my parents' bodies away, and I had no choice but to accept the money in a hurry. Later I realized I hadn't asked for their contact information, so I have no place to pay the money back."
It would cost a fortune to buy a plot of land for a funeral! But this old friend didn't even leave her contact information, and she hadn't contacted Lan Feng in all these years. It was obvious that he had no intention of asking Lan Feng to pay back the money from the beginning.
I secretly counted the old friends of Lan's parents in my mind. They were all ordinary people, and no one would not care about such a large sum of money.
Lan Feng continued, "But not long ago, I happened to run into the man who gave us the money back then on the street. I stopped him and brought up what happened. But he didn't remember. I told him many times before he finally remembered. He told me that he wasn't actually an old friend of my parents' at all, but was just running errands for money."
I was shocked. This matter was becoming more and more bizarre.
I pressed on, "Who asked him to take the money?"
"He didn't know the other person's identity either, only saying it was a young man in his twenties." Lan Feng paused, then looked up at me cautiously. "He said the young man's surname was Lu."
A young man in his twenties, surnamed Lu...
Lu Zhiyuan? !
I was shocked by my own thoughts. All these descriptions matched Lu Zhiyuan's.
Obviously, Lan Feng thought of Lu Zhiyuan just like me, but she quickly denied it and couldn't believe it.
"I also thought of Lu Zhiyuan at first, but if it really is him, that would be too unbelievable!"
My brows were furrowed and I felt depressed.
It shouldn't be Lu Zhiyuan. When Lan's parents passed away, Lu Zhiyuan and I didn't know each other yet, so he had no reason to help.
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