The division of Bo Xilai's assets had already been decided long ago.
Therefore, he didn't actually have many things to arrange for his funeral.
He worked for several hours and had almost finished making the arrangements.
Afterwards, he asked the butler to call Ye Chen over, as he wanted to speak with Ye Chen alone.
Ye Chen had just woken up and was about to go find Shi Nian.
But as soon as he went downstairs, the housekeeper called him back.
"Fifth Master, the old master requests your presence in his study."
Ye Chen frowned. "I have urgent business to attend to. I'll go see him when I get back."
He had already checked Shi Nian's room, but she wasn't there.
Zhang Ma was tidying up Shi Nian's room when she saw him looking for Shi Nian. She kindly told him that Shi Nian had been picked up by her maternal grandfather's family.
He was planning to go to the Shi family to find Shi Nian at that moment.
Although he had suggested that Shi Nian take him to her maternal grandfather's house to reveal their identities, Shi Nian refused.
If I go to the Shi family to find her without warning, she might get angry.
But remembering what she said before she knocked him unconscious, he felt panicked and couldn't wait to find her and explain things to her.
However, in order to avoid upsetting Shi Nian, he will not make their relationship public.
"Fifth Master, please go see the old master first. He doesn't seem to be in good condition. He looks like he's been crying..." The butler stopped Ye Chen, not letting him leave.
Ye Chen's heart sank.
Did the old man cry?
He had never seen the old man cry in all his life.
What's wrong with him today?
Why are you crying?
Ye Chen had no choice but to abandon his decision to go find Shi Nian immediately and turned to go upstairs.
…
In the study, Old Master Bo stood by the window, smoking a cigarette.
The room already smelled strongly of smoke, proving that he had smoked a lot in the room.
The old man used to enjoy smoking when he was young, but he stopped smoking after Shi Nian came to live with him. He also ordered the servants working at home not to smoke either.
Because smoking is bad for your health, he was afraid that the smell of smoke would affect his chanting.
Even though Shi Nian rarely left his room, he still maintained this rule.
But why is the old man breaking his vow to smoke now?
What happened to the old man?
After Ye Chen opened the door, he stood at the doorway and looked at the old man's back. He felt that the old man looked particularly lonely and desolate at that moment.
After a long while, he went into the room and closed the door.
"Dad, is there something you need?"
As he walked toward the old man, he said, "Why are you smoking? Smoking is bad for your health. You should stop smoking if you don't have to."
He walked over to the old man, took the cigarette from his hand, and extinguished it.
The old man paused for a moment, but did not stop Ye Chen.
"You're here..." he said slowly, looking at Ye Chen.
His voice sounded older than before.
Ye Chen's heart sank even further.
He asked in a deep voice, "Dad, what happened? Why are you..."
The old man waved his hand. "It's alright. Go sit over there. I have something to tell you."
Before Ye Chen could speak, he walked towards the sofa area first.
Ye Chen watched his retreating figure, wanting to say something but then stopping himself.
But in the end, she silently followed him to the sofa and sat down.
The old man prepared to pour the tea.
Upon seeing his actions, Ye Chen picked up the teapot first and brewed him a cup of tea.
The old man watched silently.
After the tea was brewed, he took a sip before slowly speaking: "Do you still remember the will I had you and Niannian sign back then?"
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