At that moment, Qi Chengze could hardly believe his ears.
She stopped breathing.
Shi Mubai stopped breathing.
No one knows how much pain Qi Chengze is in right now.
It was the kind of pain that tore your heart apart.
Just a few days ago, he was laughing and talking with me, but in just one day, he was gone forever.
"Sir, sir, are you still listening?" Although the phone had been thrown to the ground, the call continued. "Please accept my condolences. If you have time, please prepare the funeral clothes and come to see the deceased one last time."
I don't know how much time passed.
Qi Chengze stood up from the ground and stumbled out of the villa.
Just as he stepped outside, Qi Chengze seemed to remember something and turned back into the villa.
He found a notebook.
The notebook contained Madam Shi's contact information.
Old Madam Shi was one of the few relatives Shi Mubai had in this world, so the news of his death would definitely be communicated to her.
With trembling hands, Qi Chengze dialed the number of Old Madam Shi.
It's already past 10 p.m.
Just as Madam Shi was getting ready for bed and had changed into her pajamas, a cell phone rang in the air.
This is Madam Shi's private number.
Only close friends and family know.
Hearing the phone ring, Old Madam Shi felt puzzled, "Who could it be so late?"
I picked up my phone; it was an unfamiliar number.
The moment she saw the number, Madam Shi had a vague sense of unease.
She answered the phone, "Hello."
"Hello, are you Madam Shi?"
"It's me. And who are you?"
Qi Chengze tried his best to calm himself down. "Hello, Madam Shi. I'm sorry to bother you so late. My name is Qi Chengze. I'm Mu Bai's friend."
"So you're Mu Bai's friend," Old Madam Shi breathed a sigh of relief. "Did you need something from me?"
She was really afraid it was a call from relatives back home.
Her relatives in her hometown, who are of the same generation as her, are all quite old. If they call so late at night, it's usually not for anything good.
But Shi Mubai is still young.
Shi Mubai will definitely be fine.
His friend must have something else on his mind to call so late.
"Madam Shi," upon hearing Madam Shi's voice, Qi Chengze could no longer suppress his grief and cried as he said, "Mu Bai, Mu Bai has had an accident. He's in the Beijing Hospital now. The hospital just informed me that he stopped breathing ten minutes ago. You, you should go see him one last time."
Qi Chengze is a man.
His father taught him from a young age that a real man sheds blood but not tears.
Even if you must shed tears, you shouldn't do so in front of others.
He really couldn't hold back today.
That's Shi Mubai.
The two were not only university classmates, but also business partners and close friends who could talk about anything.
Although Qi Chengze and Shi Mubai had disagreements because of Tang An's matter, it was just a minor friction between friends. He never thought of letting Shi Mubai die!
Upon hearing Qi Chengze's words, Old Madam Shi was stunned, her blood running cold.
What?
Has something happened to Shi Mubai?
The last time?
Stop breathing!
Madam Shi felt as if the sky was about to fall.
Shi Mubai is still so young.
He's not even thirty years old yet!
Madam Shi took a deep breath. "Young man, you can't joke about things like this! Did you and Mu Bai have some kind of conflict?"
joke.
This young man must be joking.
Shi Mubai is in such good health, how could something happen to him?
"Madam Shi, I know this is hard for you to accept right now, but I'm not joking. Please go to the hospital immediately!"
Madam Shi felt as if all the strength in her body had been drained away in that instant.
His legs gave way and he collapsed to the ground.
"Mu Bai! Mu Bai!"
Shi Mubai was a child whom Old Madam Shi watched grow up.
That child lost both parents at a young age, and his journey has been extremely difficult and arduous.
Even in her wildest dreams, Madam Shi never imagined that Shi Mubai, this junior, would pass away before her!
The old lady's wailing was heard by the servants outside.
The maid immediately pushed the door open and came in.
"Madam, are you alright?"
Upon entering, the servants saw Old Madam Shi slumped on the floor. Startled, they immediately helped her up, asking, "Old Madam, what happened to you?"
Madam Shi cried until she almost fainted. "Quick, quick, prepare the car. I need to go to the hospital in Beijing."
"Okay." The maid nodded.
Madam Shi had no idea how she got into the car or how she got to the hospice ward.
When she arrived at the ward, Qi Chengze was already there.
Shi Mubai was lying on the bed.
He was covered with a white sheet.
Even their heads were covered.
Seeing this, Madam Shi's already broken emotions reached their peak. She pushed away Zhang Ma's hand that was supporting her, stumbled to the bedside, and hugged Shi Mubai tightly, "Mubai, Mubai, it's me, Second Madam."
"What on earth happened? Why are you so desperate?"
"Please open your eyes and look at me, okay?"
Seeing the old lady crying like this, Qi Chengze took a deep breath, feeling a lump in his throat.
"Mu Bai, how can you bear to let your second grandmother, an old woman, bury her son!"
"I should be the one dying, not you!"
No one knows how much pain the old lady is in right now.
Although Shi Mubai disappointed Old Madam Shi the last time she saw him.
But Shi Mubai is, after all, her grand-nephew.
She watched the child grow up.
In truth, the child is not a bad person; he just hasn't seen through Tang An's true colors yet.
No matter how miserably Madam Shi cried, Shi Nanxing remained completely unresponsive.
With trembling hands, Madam Shi pulled back the white cloth covering Shi Mubai's face.
All I could see was...
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