Chapter 55: Family Reunion in Previous Life
When people are in misfortune, they always seem to become more unfortunate.
If we were to ask who Qi Yan feels most guilty about in this world, it would undoubtedly be Xia Yunqie.
When he was a child, he was naive and stupid, and he was close to and trusted Yi Hongli. So when his father said that his mother was sick and asked him to move in with his grandparents, he believed him without any doubt.
It was his stupidity that brought the most painful experience to Xia Yunqie.
When she was most helpless, she believed the person who hurt her and abandoned her. Even when Xia Yunqie desperately escaped from Yi Hongli's captivity and found him, he denied it to the crazy woman out of fear and shock, and watched her being dragged away by the bodyguards, and then realized belatedly...
The dirty woman was really the elegant and gentle mother in his memory. He was stunned.
Everyone around him said that Xia Yunqie was crazy.
She can't even take care of herself, yet she wants to snatch the child away; she actually wants to take revenge on his father, he doesn't exist in her heart at all, she just uses the child as a tool for revenge; she doesn't love you, she doesn't have the ability to take care of you, she is a selfish person, she won't think about you...
No.
No child would accept slander against his mother, and he kept retorting.
No, no, no...
His mother is not that kind of person!
Everyone denigrates a child's mother in front of him, trying to turn him against that woman, telling him that his father is the only one who loves him. The woman, who had been ill since childhood, had been spoiled and had no work experience, had no ability to fight for custody of the child.
But the child instead felt resistance and opposition to those who spoke ill of his mother, and felt regret deep in his heart. Why didn't he recognize his mother at first sight?
Obviously, she was the mother who could play the piano for him, make cookies, teach him to draw, and plant flowers. She always spoke softly, and the warm and fragrant scent of lilies lingered around her. She was extremely beautiful and pure. In the eyes of her child, she was the most gentle and beautiful mother in the world.
So, why wasn't it recognized?
If I had rushed over to grab her hand and called her back at that time, would my mother not have become so ill now?
But there is no "if" in this world. Those who have done wrong have no chance to make amends. They can only continue to regret in the years to come and live in pain forever.
I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry…
Why didn’t I recognize you, grab your hand, and call you at that time?
Just like the bouquet of lilies that was always placed by the window in his memory, Qi Yan only remembered the beautiful appearance of the lilies when they were in full bloom, but he didn't know what they looked like when they were withered.
The morning light shines in obliquely, the tulle blown by the wind falls gently, and the lilies in the transparent vase are rolling with water droplets, crystal clear. The translucent texture appears shiny, clean and holy in the sunlight, emitting a hazy and soft light.
Later, the lily withered out of his sight and he did not recognize it.
[——Aunt jumped from the thirteenth floor. 】
"Now..." What's the situation?
He held onto the table, thinking he was calm while talking on the phone, but he couldn't hear anything clearly. He didn't react until the phone, which was about to fall, was taken away by Shen Xiliu.
It was as if his soul had been extracted. He thought he was watching everything calmly, but in fact his whole body was shaking and he couldn't utter a word.
"…The man jumped from the thirteenth floor. The tree branches cushioned his fall and he landed on the lawn, which lessened the impact. He did not die on the spot."
The last time Xia Yunqie was sick, Shen Xiliu had her transferred to the Shen family's private hospital. When this accident happened, the hospital immediately tried to rescue Xia Yunqie. Even though there was little hope, at least she was not dead yet...
Shen Xiliu was on the phone when he threw Qi Yan's coat that was hanging on the coat rack to him: "Put on your clothes. I have asked someone to apply for an emergency flight route. Go over there immediately..."
"Maybe we can see each other for the last time." He hesitated for a moment, but still expressed the pessimistic situation.
"……Thanks."
Qi Yan seemed to have finally come to his senses and left quickly with Shen Xiliu. He felt that he was very calm and his mind was clear. Should he say that he was in pain?
But he didn't shed a single tear. It was more like he was rejecting this matter instinctively than feeling pain. And there was still a sense of empty absurdity in his heart. Reason and emotion were separated, and the emotional him was denying the fact. It was impossible. How could Xia Yunqie commit suicide by jumping off the building? Absolutely not!
The rational man silently accepted this fact. Nothing is impossible, and death is not that scary, right? For a person who is terminally ill and struggling to survive, perhaps it is a salvation. She was finally freed from hell and was able to see her parents and brother whom she longed for...
"Pa!" Qi Yan slapped himself. What redemption! What a disgusting statement. If Xia Yunqie hadn't been ill, he would never have chosen to commit suicide by jumping off the building!
Under Shen Xiliu's arrangement, Qi Yan rushed to the hospital in City C as quickly as possible. The whole journey took no more than two hours. When he arrived at the hospital, Xia Yunqie was still being rescued in the operating room, and his cousin was waiting anxiously outside.
"I'm sorry, cousin, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's all my fault for not taking good care of my aunt..." Qi Yan cried and kept apologizing to Qi Yan.
She said that when Xia Yunqie fell ill, the nurse who was taking care of her had just left to get medicine. Her aunt asked her to go to the bathroom to wash an apple. Seeing her gentle and calm expression, she didn't look like a patient at all. Only then did Qi Yan feel at ease to wash the apple.
Unexpectedly, her aunt left the ward after she was gone for only a short while. When she came back to look for someone, she heard a scream.
I heard that someone jumped out of the window on the 13th floor.
"It has nothing to do with you," Qi Yan shook his head, "Don't blame yourself."
He is the one who should blame himself. Qi Yan is already very grateful to Qi Yan for being willing to help him take care of Xia Yunqie. What qualifications does he have to blame others?
"But, but, if it wasn't me, if it wasn't me..."
Qi Yan covered her face and cried bitterly. Qi Ge held her in his arms and she kept crying and repeating those words:
If she hadn't left at that time, and hadn't left Xia Yunqie alone, it would have been better. They only had this elder left, so why couldn't they even keep their aunt...
The operation ultimately failed. Xia Yunqie had been suffering from illness for many years and had no desire to live. She jumped from the 13th floor, causing severe head and brain injuries and internal organ rupture. The doctors tried their best but failed to save her.
It's really ridiculous. I just dealt with my friend's funeral not long ago, but I didn't expect that I would be dealing with my own mother's funeral so soon.
Not many people came to the funeral. They were all friends of my grandparents, uncles and aunts. They always looked at them with pity.
Now, the Qi family really only has three children left. Although they are all adults, to the older generation, the three of them still seem like children.
Qi Yan could hear them discussing in a low voice. The Qi family was really in trouble. They lost their daughter in their early years. They finally found her, but because of a car accident, they passed away one after another. They finally made it to adulthood, but another one died. There were only three children left. It was said that the eldest one failed the college entrance examination and dropped out of school a long time ago. Of the two younger ones, one was still in the third year of high school, and the other was hanging out outside every day...
"Didn't you say you wanted to apply to the police academy?"
Qi Yan stopped Qi Ge and had a lot to ask him. Since he wanted to apply to the police academy, why didn't he study hard?
"...It has nothing to do with you, don't worry about it." Qi Ge said coldly and turned away.
What a troublesome child! Qi Yan sighed and took out a cigarette from his pocket. He squatted in the corner, his back slightly bent, and lit a cigarette. The flame flickered with his breathing. The familiar nicotine entered his lungs and relieved his tense nerves.
A familiar sound of footsteps slowly sounded. He still had his head lowered, with a few strands of hair hanging in front of his eyebrows, hiding Qi Yan's expression. His arms were casually resting on his knees, with a cigarette between his fingers, trembling slightly and hardly perceptible.
"Mr. Shen, thank you for helping me this time." Qi Yan's voice was a little hoarse. If it weren't for Shen Xiliu, he probably wouldn't have had the chance to see his mother for the last time.
The other person didn't say anything and didn't come closer to him. He stood at the end of the corridor. The window was wide open and wind kept blowing in, blowing away the smell of smoke.
"Can you answer a question for me?" Qi Yan tilted his head slightly, his dark eyes staring at the person standing at the end of the corridor through the gaps in his messy hair. The smoke blurred his vision.
Shen Xiliu looked at the moon outside the window and nodded slightly.
"Why should you help me? This matter has nothing to do with you, right?" There is no need for that and it is totally thankless.
It is Shen Xiliu's character that he does not care about unimportant things, nor does he waste time on such things.
But Qi Yan heard that after his mother jumped off the building, the hospital immediately rescued the patient and notified Shen Xiliu immediately, because it was he who arranged for Xia Yunqie to be hospitalized and asked him to take good care of her. It was not easy to rush to City C in two hours. There were too many things to arrange, and the direct flight was too late. If it was any later, Qi Yan might not be able to see Xia Yunqie for the last time...
Chen Xiliu was silent for a long time, so long that Qi Yan thought he would not answer, and then he heard him say: "Losing your mother is a terrible thing."
The world will become desolate and silent, with only endless darkness and coldness.
Although time can erase the traces of pain, the pain we once had is not false; wounds will heal at some point, but scars will remain on our bodies forever.
"It's really scary." Qi Yan murmured in a low voice, his vision becoming blurred. I thought I could wait until the day my mother recovered from her illness before apologizing to her properly, but I never expected that death would come sooner than that day.
He buried Xia Yunqie next to her parents, both her biological parents and her adoptive parents.
When Xia Yunqie returned to City C that year, he moved the graves of Xia Qingshan and his wife here. They were unable to be reunited when they were alive, but after their death, the family was finally able to be reunited.
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