Chapter 307 Lu Mingzheng's Past Life (Side Story 5)
"Mom, I've come to see you."
In front of the clean and tidy tombstone stood two men, one old and one middle-aged.
The old man, leaning on his cane, silently raised his hand to clean the spotless tombstone, listening expressionlessly to the middle-aged man beside him talking to himself.
A surge of anger gradually rose within him.
"I'm sorry, Mom. I didn't know you'd suffered so much after I left. I knew from the beginning that Qin Lanlan was a scoundrel, but I didn't tell you."
I was young and naive back then, and I thought you were wholeheartedly in love with that wicked woman, but I never considered things from your perspective.
You felt guilty towards the Qin family because of your love for your father, which is why you treated Qin Lanlan like your own daughter. If only I had been more understanding of you back then and hadn't argued with you.
If you had thought even a little more about this family, wouldn't you have discovered Qin Lanlan's true colors sooner? Would you and your younger brother have been spared from death...? Mom. I regret it, I really regret it...
"All these years since I left, I've always wanted to come back and see you, but I've been cowardly and kept running away..."
"Stop talking!" Lu Mingzheng couldn't listen anymore and suddenly shouted to stop Shen Zhuoyi's tearful repentance.
Shen Zhuoyi was startled and stared blankly at the old man in front of him.
Ever since he learned that his mother's ashes had been taken away by this old man, he had been wanting to ask him who he was.
What is his relationship with his mother?
Now, being reprimanded in public, Shen Zhuoyi felt that strange feeling well up again, and he asked with a stern face.
"Sir, I haven't even asked who you are yet. I'm talking to my mom, why are you getting angry?"
“I’m nobody. I’m just an admirer of your mother, not even a friend, but so what?”
At least I'm more human than you, and I understand your mother's personality better than you do. She has sacrificed a lot for all of you children. How dare you leave all these years without sending back a single word?
Do you know how much your mother missed you, how much she worried about you before she passed away? During the hardest years of her business, the first thing she did whenever she went to a new place was to inquire about you.
Even knowing you don't want to come back, she still saves some money every year to place advertisements in the newspaper searching for you. Is your heart made of iron? Or has your conscience been eaten by dogs?
Your mother gave you life and raised you and your children with great hardship and frugality. Just because of the instigation of an outsider, you harbor resentment towards your own mother and run away from home.
Are you even human? How dare you come to see your mother?
Lu Mingzheng accused her word by word, and after saying these words, he was so excited that his body trembled and he almost fell over.
Shen Zhuoyi stepped forward to help Lu Mingzheng, but Lu Mingzheng pushed him away.
"Don't touch me, you coward, you wimp! You're just a useless piece of trash who only knows how to bully his own kind..."
"Yes, I'm a good-for-nothing, I'm just a good-for-nothing... Mom—"
Overwhelmed with guilt, Shen Zhuoyi knelt down with a thud and kowtowed repeatedly to the tombstone.
"Mom, all our enemies are dead. I can't avenge you anymore. What should I do? Mom, please take me with you, please take me with you..."
Shen Zhuoyi knelt on the ground in anguish, his head banging loudly, but no matter how much he regretted it, he couldn't bring his family back.
Seeing the grown man wiping his snot and tears in despair, looking like he had no will to live, Lu Mingzheng spoke again.
"You bastard, you're still such a coward, you have no sense of responsibility as a man. Your family is gone, and no one even comes to visit them during holidays."
Can you bear to see your mother and your brothers and sisters without anyone offering incense, without anyone sweeping their graves, and without anyone burning paper money for them?
If you truly feel guilty, then spend the rest of your life taking good care of them. Don't act like you're dying in front of them; isn't that shameful?
As Shen Zhuoyi's despair gradually returned, he heard every word Lu Mingzheng said.
He fell to the ground, blood from hitting his forehead flowing down his cheek.
He stared blankly at his family's tombstones, muttering, "Yes, you're right, I'll spend the rest of my life repaying the debt I owe them..."
Lu Mingzheng glanced at him sideways and saw a glimmer of hope for survival appear in Shen Zhuoyi's eyes. Only then did he feel relieved and sigh inwardly.
He did want to vent his anger by scolding him, but he was also worried that something terrible might happen to Jiang Ruzhen's only bloodline in this world.
Then she would truly be childless and have no descendants.
This is extremely unfair to Jiang Ruzhen.
According to the principles of fairness and justice in this world, the Qin family should be extinct, while the good Jiang family should at least leave behind a lineage.
Although Shen Zhuoyi's remaining life will be very painful, atonement is his belief that keeps him going.
Only if Shen Zhuoyi is alive will he feel at ease going to find Jiang Ruzhen.
Yes, his wish has now come true.
In the future, when people offer sacrifices to Jiang Ruzhen during festivals, he should go to the underworld to find her.
If he makes it in time, he might catch up with her on the road to the underworld, try to confess his feelings to her, and take care of her before she is reincarnated.
Jiang Ruzhen, you should slow down!
The next day, Lu Mingzheng woke up early and dressed neatly.
He has already distributed his estate. Each of his brothers and sisters has assets worth over 100 million, and his descendants will enjoy it to their heart's content.
He didn't leave his assets to them; instead, he donated them all to the country.
He made it clear to his lawyer yesterday that his entire estate should be left to the families of martyrs' orphans who need help.
After settling all his affairs before his death, Lu Mingzheng, leaning on his cane, slowly and laboriously made his way to Jiang Ruzhen's grave.
He stroked the tombstone one last time, wiping it clean.
He then sat down and leaned against the tombstone, muttering to himself.
"Jiang Ruzhen, if people really have an afterlife, I promise I will recognize you at first sight and fall in love with you at first glance."
Then I'll keep chasing after you. Please don't accept my advances too soon; let me chase you for a while longer.
"Pamper you a little longer, let me suffer the bitterness of love, torment me a little longer, and then stay with me for a lifetime, okay?"
The surrounding air was very quiet. Lu Mingzheng did not hear a reply. He could only hear the rustling sound of the breeze blowing through the treetops.
"Hehe..." After a long while, Lu Mingzheng laughed, and as he laughed, a tear slid down his cheek.
"Since you haven't said anything, I'll take that as a yes. Until we meet again, Jiang Ruzhen..."
As Lu Mingzheng's arm slipped down, he silently collapsed next to the tombstone.
When Lu Xingchen arrived after receiving the news, he was shocked to see the lifeless corpse, seemingly unable to accept the fact.
Didn't his fourth uncle already promise him that he would live a good life?
Why?
His doubts were answered when he saw Shen Zhuoyi rushing over after hearing the news.
I see.
The reason my fourth uncle left so decisively was that he had found a successor.
But faced with the ignorant and clueless Shen Zhuoyi, he couldn't muster even the slightest thought of revenge.
When the crematorium staff were examining the body, they found a suicide note in Lu Mingzheng's pocket.
This suicide note was written to Lu Xingchen. Lu Xingchen wiped away her tears and took out the letter to read it carefully.
Stars:
I'm sorry, Uncle Si broke his promise and left first.
I have fulfilled the greatest regret of my life by following in her footsteps, and my life is now complete.
There is only one last thing I want to ask of you: please bury my ashes next to her tombstone, so that I can be closer to her.
I desperately hope my wish comes true!
Please!!!
Lu Mingzheng's Last Words
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