Chapter 275 Think positively, don't do something like trying to kill yourself.
Mother Shen held the letter in her hand, but did not open it.
She had to wait for Old Shen to come over before she could open the letter.
Not long after, Shen's father, having received the message, rushed over.
With a solemn expression, Shen's mother handed over the letter in her hand, and Shen's father could roughly guess what it contained.
Shen Bingwei's departure was also unexpected by his father. He thought that although Shen Bingwei was a bit muddle-headed, he wouldn't do anything to the old man in the family.
I never expected that they would leave quietly, just leaving the seriously ill old man at home like that.
If it weren't for Old Master He noticing that the Shen family's gate hadn't been opened for two or three days in a row, he would have gone to check on it.
Otherwise, they wouldn't even know if their father died at home.
Although he was angry with the old man, he couldn't bring himself to truly sever ties.
After listening to his wife and Mr. He's words, Mr. Shen remained silent for a long time. He then looked at the old man on the bed with his eyes closed before opening the envelope.
As he suspected, the letter left by the old man was his will.
When Shen Bingwei's family left, the old man could have saved himself, but he still chose to end his life.
The letter begins with regret for his past poor judgment of people.
She regretted letting them take the blame and be demoted, and she regretted even more not seeing Shen Bingwei as an ingrate sooner.
Every word and sentence was filled with the old man's regret.
Mr. Shen was somewhat dazed; he could already see the old man's regret.
But there's no going back in life, and regret is useless.
The old man apologized in the letter, but what good is an apology?
Can those things from before be erased?
Mr. Shen was in a bad mood, and Mrs. Shen patted his hand gently.
Lezhi, still held in her mother's arms, opened her big, dark eyes and suddenly reached out and placed her hand in her father's hand.
"grandfather--"
Grandpa He held Xiao Nanxing in his arms. When his younger sister called him "Grandpa," he also called him "Grandpa."
The two little ones can only utter one word at a time now.
When Shen's father saw Xiao Lezhi and Xiao Nanxing, the gloom in his heart vanished.
He let Xiao Lezhi hold one of his fingers, and then glanced at Jiang Ning.
He still had great faith in his daughter-in-law's medical skills.
The old man's body was severely damaged, but Xu Jin's emergency measures were very good, preventing the situation from deteriorating to the point where it was beyond saving.
Jiang Ning used one hand to pry open the old man's eyelids to examine him, and then removed the last silver needle from the old man's head.
Seeing the old man's tightly closed eyelids twitch, Jiang Ning let out a heavy sigh.
The old man's treatment wasn't difficult for her, but her parents were anxiously waiting outside for the results, and she didn't want to disappoint them.
This happened so suddenly. If she were in the shoes of Mr. and Mrs. Shen, and the old man had passed away like this, the regret would probably never fade.
The old man's eyelids twitched, and then he slowly opened his eyes.
He coughed, his voice hoarse and weary.
The old man's coughing attracted everyone's attention. After Jiang Ning finished treating him, Xu Jin took over and gave the old man an injection and an IV drip.
After opening his eyes, Old Master Shen remained silent for a moment.
No one spoke in the ward, and Dean Kong and the others, being perceptive, left.
After Xu Jin finished administering the IV drip to Grandpa Shen, she sighed and said, "Grandpa Shen, with your current health, you'll have to stay in the hospital from now on."
Old Master Shen's attention was on Shen's father. He opened his mouth, but in the end, he didn't say anything.
Then he saw the letter in his father's hand; everything he wanted to say was in that letter.
Since he woke up, his eldest son hasn't said a word to him. In the end, the eldest son's resentment can't be explained or eliminated in just a few words.
Having gone through all that, he no longer blames anyone.
He severed all ties with Shen Bingwei from then on.
After Xu Jin finished speaking, the room fell silent again.
Grandpa He, who was originally playing with Jiang Ning's child, noticed the awkward atmosphere and, after thinking for a moment, couldn't help himself.
And in this room, it seems that he's the only one who can say whatever he wants.
Grandpa He handed the child in his arms to Jiang Ning, then plopped down on the edge of the bed and began to berate Grandpa Shen without hesitation.
"You old man Shen, you were really blind before, letting your capable eldest son take the blame for that heartless ingrate Shen Bingwei."
Xu Jin wanted to stop Old Master He, since Old Master Shen couldn't be subjected to too much stress right now.
What if we manage to save him with such difficulty, and then he gets stressed again because of a few words from Grandpa He?
However, Old Master Shen did not show much emotional reaction.
Grandpa He was still saying—
“I think it’s good that that ingrate is gone. You’ve seen his true colors now. If you wait another year or two until you’re gone and find out he was an ingrate from heaven, you’ll be so angry you’ll come back to life.”
These words were spoken.
Old Master Shen: "......."
Father and Mother Shen: "..."
Jiang Ning and Xu Jin: "......."
You really know how to talk.
Old Master Shen rolled his eyes at Old Master He and said, "Even if I die, I'll be brought back to life by your mouth."
"Now you're alive," Grandpa He said with a smile. "Xu and Ning went through so much trouble to save your old life, who are you going to look so gloomy for?"
The two old men were the oldest in the retirement compound, and they had been bickering all their lives. The only one who dared to say such things to Old Master Shen was indeed Old Master He.
Grandpa He said again, "You don't have much time left to live, so think positively and don't do anything like trying to kill yourself."
"......"
Old Master Shen said speechlessly, "If you say less, I can live another day."
The two old men almost got into an argument in the ward, which immediately dissipated the oppressive atmosphere.
Although they were bickering, Old Master Shen showed no signs of anger or agitation, remaining calm throughout.
On the contrary, a slight smile unconsciously appeared on his face because of his banter with Grandpa He.
Mr. Shen remained silent, placing the 'suicide note' on his bedside table.
He left the ward without saying a word.
When Shen's mother saw that Shen's father was touching his pocket as he walked, she knew where her husband was going.
Shen's father still harbored resentment towards the old man. After being sent back to the countryside, the old man's attitude disappointed Shen's father time and time again.
Now so disappointed, he didn't know what to say to the old man.
Shen's mother understood him.
Seeing her husband leave, Shen's mother immediately turned to the old man on the hospital bed and said, "Dad, Bingting went to pay your hospital fees."
The old man's actions made Chen's mother feel a little sorry for him.
The old man regretted it, but even knowing he regretted it, it was too late.
A perfectly good family almost became worse off than strangers.
Old Master Shen was silent for a moment, and after a long while, he said, "I am sorry for your family."
Upon hearing this, Chen's mother looked at him with surprise.
Jiang Ning was also somewhat surprised.
The old man is such a proud man, he'd rather suffer than admit defeat. He actually apologized.
After a moment of surprise, Shen's mother thought for a moment and said, "Dad, you should say this to Bingting's face."
Grandpa He showed no mercy, saying, "Tsk tsk tsk, what's the use of apologizing now that the person's gone? If you have anything to say, say it in front of your son. Although Bingting has a grudge against you, he's a filial son, much better than that ingrate Shen Bingwei. I think if you want to apologize, you'd better be sincere. Or are you just too scared?"
Old Master Shen: "......."
Old Master Shen didn't care so much about life and death anymore, and he really couldn't bring himself to apologize a second time.
Hearing Old Man He say this, Deng Shilai felt a bit rebellious.
"Who says I wouldn't dare!"
Old Master He said, "Then you should apologize to Bingting in person."
"Apologize then!"
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