"You said it yourself, it's just a one in ten thousand chance, how could it be us who encounters it?"
I rolled my eyes, but Li Huai's stubborn streak kicked in, and he insisted on going to see.
"Alright, alright, go take a look. If you get blown up, don't blame me for not stopping you."
Li Huai waved his hand.
"Don't worry, I don't blame you. Even if I die, I will remember your kindness!"
Luo Tianhe glanced at Li Huai and pursed his lips.
"If you ask me, he deserved to die of suffocation in those few minutes. It was so late at night, and the streets were so empty. If he could have a car accident, there's a 90% chance it was because he was driving under the influence!"
"The person he hit and killed was really pitiful. He was out in the middle of the night, probably a poor guy who had just finished working several jobs."
Soon, Li Huai returned.
"That person is already dead."
"Hehe, I knew it, all that work for nothing."
Li Huai smiled and said, "It wasn't a complete waste of time. At least we know the person is dead, so the paramedics don't need to check on him. We can clean up the mess after the fire is extinguished."
I stared wide-eyed at Li Huai:
"You mean we have to wait here for the ambulance?"
Li Huai immediately put on an innocent expression: "Brother Yan, you wouldn't want me to risk my life and make a wasted trip, would you?"
"Damn it, you're even resorting to moral blackmail."
Luo Tianhe spat and cursed, but showed no sign of leaving.
Anyway, it will only take four or five minutes.
Soon, the ambulance arrived. Seeing us, it asked:
"Is this the ambulance you called?"
I nodded. "That's right. We were passing by when we saw the car accident, so we called an ambulance immediately."
"Yes, I just checked. The person in the driver's seat is already dead. You can put out the fire first and then try to rescue them. Don't go near them now, in case the car explodes."
Li Huai said quickly,
Upon hearing Li Huai's words, the paramedics were immediately filled with respect:
"Comrade, next time you encounter this situation, never rush in. As an ordinary person, your primary task should always be to stay away from such dangerous situations!"
Li Huai nodded, and seeing the paramedics rushing towards the burning vehicle, he became somewhat anxious.
"Brother, I told you that person is already dead. Let's put out the fire first before attempting rescue."
The paramedics glanced at the burning vehicle not far away:
"I have experience with this kind of thing. The flames are yellow and accompanied by black smoke. This usually means that the interior or plastic parts catch fire, and it usually won't spread to the fuel tank in a short time."
"So that's how it is."
Li Huai nodded and looked at me, the one who had first suggested the explosion.
I was a little embarrassed and angry. "Damn it, I'm only doing this for your own good. Next time something like this happens, anyone who tries to stop you is a dog."
Soon, the person in the driver's seat was dragged out.
He was dead; his head had hit the steering wheel, and his skull was shattered.
"Alright, we're leaving now."
I said goodbye and left the scene with Li Huai and the other person.
Luo Tianhe picked up the steering wheel and casually said:
"Aren't you going to help them sew up the body before you leave?"
I rolled my eyes: "Do I look like such a dedicated person? I'm exhausted after a long day, all I want to do right now is sleep!"
The next day, Zhang Qiang called me and told me the identity of the person who died the day before.
Luo Tianhe was right; the driver was drunk. And the person who was killed was indeed pitiful. His daughter had a kidney problem and was waiting for a kidney transplant. He had worked three jobs to support his daughter, and he was killed on his way home from his last job.
I fell silent. That's just how the world is; the rope always breaks at its thinnest point.
Fortunately, the perpetrator's family was relatively wealthy and paid a large sum of compensation, which should be enough to cover his daughter's medical expenses.
After talking to him, I washed up, got ready, and headed to the funeral home.
To my surprise, Bai Yang was talking to a middle-aged man at that moment.
Bai Yang, who is usually good-natured, now looked at him with disdain.
When Bai Yang saw me come to work, it was as if he wanted to avoid me at all costs.
"Brother Yan, I'm leaving him to you. I'll go and get back to work."
I sat down where Bai Yang had been sitting and looked at the middle-aged man in front of me.
He looked honest and simple, not at all like the kind of person who could arouse Bai Yang's contempt.
"Brother, what strange thing have happened to you? Tell me about it."
The middle-aged man looked embarrassed.
"You're the owner of this funeral home? Chen Yan? My surname is Chen, we're from the same clan, you can just call me Old Chen."
I nodded, looked at his dark face, examined him carefully for a moment, and said:
“I see that your [Life Palace] is dim, with faint blue veins, and your [Travel Palace] is sunken, your skin is taut, and it has a bluish-black hue.”
Upon hearing this, Old Chen opened his mouth. He was uneducated and didn't know what I meant by the Life Palace and the Travel Palace, but he could tell from my expression that things were probably not going well.
"Master Chen, please save me!"
Old Chen looked pleading.
I tapped the table and said seriously:
"Your face looks practically like a dead person's. Don't hide it, what wrong thing have you done?"
Old Chen hesitated for a moment, clearly thinking of the disdainful look Bai Yang had given him when he spoke to Bai Yang earlier.
However, as I watched, he leaned back in his chair, head bowed, seemingly resigned to his fate.
"I did do something wrong, but I have my own difficulties."
I scoffed: "Every family has its own troubles, who doesn't have difficulties? If everyone did something wrong because of some difficulty, what kind of chaos would this society become?"
"You're right, I understand that, but I really have no other choice!"
Seeing that Old Chen was about to complain to me, I waved my hand and said:
“I have no interest in your suffering. What wrong have you done to deserve such severe retribution?”
Old Chen remained silent for a moment, until my patience was almost worn out, before he finally stammered out:
"I... I dug up someone else's grave and stole his ashes."
Upon hearing this, my eyes widened immediately.
There's an old saying here that goes, "Respect the dead," but this guy actually stole the ashes of a dead person!
In ancient times, this would have been a capital offense!
In modern times, however, it would only be considered a crime of desecrating a corpse.
I suddenly understood why Bai Yang despised this man so much.
"What grudge do you have against that person? Why would you steal his ashes after he's dead?"
I couldn't help but ask.
Could it be that Old Chen and he had a blood feud? If so, I could understand it a little better.
"No, I have no grudge against him. In fact, I didn't even know his name before I dug up his grave."
Old Chen replied.
"Then why are you digging up other people's graves when you have nothing better to do? And stealing their ashes?"
I couldn't help but shout it out.
"I... I want to sell his ashes for money."
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