Chapter 105 The Old Lady's Last Wish
At the funeral, some came to pay their respects sincerely, some to give face to Song Yilin or Xu Qingmin, some because they couldn't refuse in the workplace, and some because they saw it as a stage for fame and fortune.
Regardless of her motives, Song Yilin welcomed her warmly.
The old lady loved to show off her whole life, and this was her last chance to shine.
Wreaths were placed from the funeral home to the hotel, and when they couldn't be placed all the way, they were put on the main street. Rows of elegiac couplets were almost identical, with only minor variations.
Mourners dressed in black came in droves.
The old lady didn't enjoy much happiness in her life; may she rest in peace after her death.
After the funeral and seeing all the guests off, Song Yilin finally let down her guard.
Go back to your room and have a good cry.
Bai Guanqun heard his mother crying at the door and wanted to go in, but Xu Qingmin stopped him: "Don't go in. Let your mother vent. She's been suppressing her feelings for so many days. If she doesn't let it out, she won't be able to handle it. Go back. I'll take care of your mother."
Bai Guanqun went back into the house, looking back every few steps. She thought her mother was so strong that she wouldn't be sad.
Xu Qingmin opened a bottle of red wine for Song Yilin and took out two wine glasses.
He handed the glass directly to Song Yilin: "Drink up. You can get some rest tomorrow. You don't need to pretend to be strong anymore."
This time, Song Yilin didn't refuse and drank several bottles of red wine with Xu Qingmin.
I had a good night's sleep.
When I woke up, I felt dizzy and lightheaded.
The sky was foggy, and a few crows circled outside the window, while the outside world was bustling with traffic.
The room was quiet.
Song Yilin felt a little empty inside, as if something was lost and would never come back.
The kind old lady from before can no longer crane her neck to listen to gossip.
An old lady, with whom she had no relation for over twenty years and with whom she had spent thirteen years living together, passed away so suddenly, without even a chance to say goodbye.
Thinking of this, Song Yilin felt so heartbroken that she couldn't breathe.
Xu Qingmin sensed her unusual behavior and immediately hugged her.
"Xu Qingmin, what should we do? The old lady is really gone and will never come back. I promised Bai Ye that I would take good care of Grandma, and I broke my promise."
Xu Qingmin patted her on the back: "You kept your promise, you did it, you have done your best to take care of Bai Ye's mother and grandmother."
When Xu Qingmin said this, he felt an indescribable bitterness in his heart.
The dead are etched deeply into her heart for the rest of her life.
Song Yilin cried for a while before she calmed down.
"Qingmin, do you have a way to let me see Bai Menglan?"
Xu Qingmin took out his phone: "I'll give it a try."
Xu Qingmin made a phone call for a while: "Go to see me at 4:30 this afternoon if you want."
"Thanks."
Song Yilin changed into all black, put on sunglasses, and went to the detention center.
In a closed room, the police officers from the detention center took her there.
Bai Menglan saw her and said sarcastically, "When did you become a lawyer?"
“If you hadn’t said you were a lawyer, you wouldn’t have come to see me. I have a few questions for you, not about the case, but about the old lady.”
Bai Menglan, with a "what's the use" attitude, said, "Ask away. I'm already in this state anyway. If I knew you were so capable, why would I bother with all this trouble?"
“I’m not very capable. It’s perfectly legal for me to come to see you. I just want to know how you managed to coax the old lady into taking such a large dose of the blood pressure medication. She doesn’t usually take any medication, so it’s impossible that she accidentally ingested it.”
Bai Menglan had a head of white hair, and her prominent sclera was becoming more and more obvious with age: "I told her it was vitamins, and she took it. If I had known she was so easy to fool, I would have just tricked her into jumping off a building. Why did she take any medicine? The forensic doctor even found out."
Song Yilin had already witnessed Bai Menglan's inhumane behavior in the first few years of her marriage, so she wasn't that surprised.
Song Yilin knew that the old lady could distinguish between vitamins and not vitamins, and she also knew that her daughter wouldn't be so kind-hearted. In other words, the old lady was willing to die.
Song Yilin gave a bitter smile: "Do you know that the old lady is willing to die for you?"
Bai Menglan laughed loudly: "And then what? Is that what she owes me? She provided her son with all the good things, saying it was for my own good, and forced me to marry some scumbag. I've spent my whole life under that scumbag's fists. So what if he's willing to die for me? Do I get my life back?"
Song Yilin had also heard about this matter, and she knew that it was difficult to say who was right and who was wrong in the conflict between the mother and daughter.
For the grandmother, marrying Bai Menglan to her current husband was indeed a good choice in that era. The old lady was quite domineering when she was young, and Bai Menglan was getting older at that time, so she forced Bai Menglan to get married quickly. However, she suffered domestic violence and infidelity after marriage. Bai Menglan really had a tough time.
Bai Menglan's resentment towards the old lady grew stronger, and the old lady felt guilty, so Bai Menglan was always able to swindle money from her.
All Song Yilin could do all along was to drive Bai Menglan away when she came.
It did not resolve the conflict between them.
The old lady devoted the first half of her life to her son, and on her deathbed, she devoted herself to her daughter.
The old lady's will bequeathed apartment 601 to Bai Menglan. The old lady would contribute a portion of the money to the apartment, and she would inherit a portion of Bai's uncle's share. So there's no problem with her making such a will. If Bai Menglan hadn't killed her, then after the old lady's death, the apartment would have belonged to Bai Menglan or Bai Menglan's son.
The old woman knew her daughter was going to kill her, so even if her daughter did, she was willing to give the house to her daughter.
Parents' hearts are always full of love and worry.
Song Yilin paused for a moment before asking the question she had always wanted to ask: "Aunt Bai, has the old lady ever held a grudge against me?"
"You still call me Aunt Bai? People who are well-educated are just hypocritical. The old lady has never complained about you. She says you are a good daughter-in-law. If it were someone else, they would have run away long ago after their husband died. You have taken care of her for ten years without fail, which is quite good. But what she hates is that you didn't leave any descendants for her son. You are not a good person either. You haven't given birth to a child for the Bai family all these years. If you had given birth to another child, Bai Ye wouldn't have died out."
Therefore, the old lady still harbored resentment towards Bai Guanqun.
Having gotten the answer she wanted, Song Yilin got up and left.
As Song Yilin stood up, Bai Menglan pleaded, "Please don't make things difficult for my child. He wasn't involved in this."
She never intended to make things difficult for her son; it seems Bai Menglan wanted the house for her son's sake.
No, it won't.
When Song Yilin came out, she saw that Xu Qingmin was still waiting for her.
After getting into the car, Song Yilin looked ahead and asked Xu Qingmin quietly, "If one day my mother-in-law also passes away, and I give 601 to Bai Menglan's son, will you think I'm being too sentimental?"
She didn't forgive Bai Menglan; rather, she wanted to fulfill the old lady's last wish. If it were up to her, she would fight the case to the bitter end and still not give her the house.
But this was the old lady's last wish, and Song Yilin couldn't make a decision.
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