Chapter 10: A Bolt from the Clear
Liu Liu came out of the dormitory building, about to go to the library, when her mobile phone rang.
"Liu Liu, Liu Liu!" As soon as Liu Liu received a call from his mother, he heard Zhang Mei's heart-rending cry.
"Mom, what's wrong with you? Speak slowly, don't cry!" Liu Liu was anxious to comfort Zhang Mei, she had a bad premonition.
"Liu Liu, come back quickly, your father ......" Zhang Mei cried again.
"What's wrong with my dad? Mom, don't cry, say it quickly?" Liu Liu was also so anxious that he was about to cry.
"Your dad jumped from the top floor of the company last night, and now he ...... People have ...... It's gone!" Zhang Mei cried even more sadly.
"What are you talking about? My dad - gone?" Liu Liu heard the news, like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, standing stupidly in place, her mind was full of her father's appearance, and in a trance, she seemed to see her father's kind and kind smiling face.
"Liu Liu, you have to be strong there, your Uncle Fang drove to pick you up early in the morning, you wait for him to go home together!" Zhang Mei was a little scared when she heard that there was no sound on the other end of the phone. Her husband had just had an accident, and her daughter couldn't have any longs and weaknesses, so she endured her grief and began to gradually stabilize her emotions.
Liu Liu didn't make a sound, she was stunned with her mobile phone, and her mind began to mess up. Dad only came to see him yesterday, why is he suddenly gone? It's not true, it's definitely not!
"Mom, you're definitely not telling the truth, you're kidding, are you?" Liu Liu finally spoke.
"Liu Liu, listen to your mother...... Mom knows that you can't accept it, but your dad is really gone, Mom didn't lie to you......" Zhang Mei choked.
"Mom, Mom, why don't you want us anymore!" Liu Liu cried.
"Wait until you come back, and then you'll talk about it, okay?"
Liu Liu hung up the phone sadly, and cried on the road alone. The surrounding classmates didn't know what was going on, and they all cast puzzled glances.
Fang Shirong's eyes were red and his hair was messy. He drove to Su City as fast as he could, and when he saw Liu Liu, who was dumbfounded, he couldn't help but feel heartbroken.
"Liu Liu, Uncle Fang will take you home, don't worry!" Fang Shirong placed Liu Liu in the passenger seat, seeing that she was already a little frightened, he couldn't stop shaking his head.
"Uncle Fang, do you think that's true?" Liu Liu looked at the front blankly and asked slowly.
"Liu Liu......" Fang Shirong couldn't speak, "You have to be strong!"
Liu Liu didn't say a word along the way, and Fang Shirong drove the car directly to the funeral home in Yishi.
"Liu Liu, you go and see your father again, he's ...... inside" Fang Shirong sent Liu Liu to the door of the farewell hall of the funeral home, pointed in the direction of the south with his finger, lowered his head and couldn't say any more.
Liu Liu walked step by step, it seemed that her soul had already been withdrawn from her body, and when she walked to the door of the mourning hall and saw her father's last photo, she was awake!
Mother Zhang Mei's eyes were already swollen from crying, and she was almost collapsed, leaning on Xi Hong's body motionless.
Liu Liu walked to the body of his father Liu Hong and carefully examined his loving father.
Liu Hong's body has been treated with makeup, and his face is not so pale. His eyes were closed as if he were asleep. Liu Liu looked at his father, who was familiar with him in the past, but now he was lying on this cold bed, tears pouring out of his eyes......
With the help of her uncle and Fang Shirong, Zhang Mei's mother and daughter buried Liu Hong in the Phoenix Ridge Cemetery.
When I got home, everything was deserted. The laughter and laughter of the past are gone, and all that remains is the poor and lonely people.
Zhang Mei has never eaten or drunk, and Liu Liu looked at her mother, who was getting thinner, and was very anxious.
Now that my father is gone, I only have one relative, my mother, and if she also falls, then Liu Liu will become an orphan. So Liu Liu has become stronger, and now she is no longer the delicate woman she used to be, and everything in the family needs her to bear.
Liu Liu asked the head of the department for leave, and the department was very sympathetic to Liu Liu's plight, so she was allowed to stay at home for more days to take care of her mother, just not to affect the exam.
On this day, Liu Liu cleaned the house and prepared to cook. At this time, suddenly the doorbell rang! Liu Liu went to open the door, only to see a group of people rushing in viciously.
"This is Liu Hong's family, right?" a man asked viciously.
"This is Liu Hong's family, you are ......" Liu Liu asked suspiciously, she didn't know any of these people.
"This is the money he owes me, and you gave it to me!" said one of the men.
"And mine!"
"This is mine!"
"My!" These people took the slips and asked Liu Liu for money one by one.
Liu Liu was stunned by this situation, she was afraid that these people would make a noise to her mother, who had just fallen asleep, so she asked them to sit in the living room and make a cup of tea each.
"You guys wait here first, I'll make a call!" Liu Liu had no choice but to accompany the smiling face.
"Okay, it's not too long, we won't leave if we don't get the money today!" said a man impatiently.
"Thanks, it won't be long. After Liu Liu finished speaking, he went to the study to call Fang Shirong.
"Hey, is it Uncle Fang? I'm Liu Liu!"
"Liu Liu, is there something wrong?" Fang Shirong asked with concern.
"Uncle Fang, a group of people came to the house, saying that it was my father's supplier, and they said that my father owed them money. Liu Liu was a little anxious.
"Are all those people in your house?"
"All there, now waiting in the living room. ”
"Don't be afraid, Uncle Fang is coming here, you let them wait, do you know?" Fang Shirong was about to go out immediately after hearing this.
"Okay, then thank you Uncle Fang!"
Liu Shirong was about to go to drive after answering the phone, when Xi Hong took his car keys and refused to give them to him.
"Don't go!" Xi Hong's tone was fierce.
"Don't make trouble, give me the car keys quickly, Liu Liu and Zhang Mei are stuck at home for the debtor!" Fang Shirong said as he went to get the keys.
"No, what are you going to do with their family?" Xi Hong was not sentimental at all.
"How can you say that, that's Liu Hong's wife and daughter, can I not care? Now they are orphans and widows!" Fang Shirong was very angry when he heard Xi Hong's words.
"Now that Liu Hong is dead, he doesn't care about his wife and children, what are you going to do?"
"Smack!" A slap hit Xi Hong's face, and she was stunned!
"You still have the face to say, if it weren't for you, would Liu Hong be like this?" Fang Shirong snatched the key in her hand and hurriedly went to drive.
Xi Hong, who was slapped in the face, shouted at home: "Fang Shirong, you idiot!
Fang Shirong hurried to Liu's house, and the house was full of debt collectors.
"I'm sorry everyone, can you give a few more days! Lao Liu has just passed away, and now there are only his wife and children at home. As soon as Fang Shirong entered the house, he sent out a cigarette to say hello.
"If there are wives and children at home, there are still people. As the saying goes, 'the father pays the debt', although he jumped off the building and died, doesn't he still have a daughter?"
"That is, there will be no money to live in such a good house?"
"Yes, we must get the money today!"
"Please help, now that you have so much money to come out, the Liu family is indeed in difficulty!" Fang Shirong was almost pleading, and Liu Liu on the side was also so anxious that he was helpless.
While there was a commotion in the house, two people who looked like courthouse staff came to the door.
"Is this Liu Hong's house?" one of them asked.
"Yes, who are you?" asked Liu Liu as he walked to the door.
"We are from the Yishi People's Court, this villa has been sealed, this is a summons!" At this time, one of the staff members took out a piece of paper and handed it to Liu Liu.
Liu Liu looked at the seizure notice, his hands trembling.
"Please move out within a week, and the court will come to seal it up, thank you for your cooperation!"
The people who asked for money in the house just now all shouted: "This house has been sealed by the court, where will you still have money?"
"Liu Liu, what can I do about this?" Fang Shirong was also very anxious.
Liu Liu took the summons, looked at the group of people, and plucked up the courage to say: "Don't worry, our Liu family has never paid off their accounts!"
"To put it simply, why don't you bring the money?" said one of them.
"I don't have the money now, but I have hands and feet and I will definitely pay it back in the future!" Liu Liu said firmly.
"How long is that?"
"As long as I live, I won't be in debt, if you believe it. ”
"These ......people, you look at me, I look at you, and I don't have an idea for a while."
"I think that's all there is to it!" said one of them.
"Yes, they won't even have a place to live soon, if they have money, will their house be seized?"
Liu Liu watched them hesitate one by one, and said bravely: "I'll write an IOU to you now, I'll pay back my father's money, you give me your ID number and bank account number, and I'll pay it back one by one!"
Fang Shirong, who was on the side of "Liu Liu......", couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this.
The group had no choice but to do what Liu Liu said. Liu Liu wrote a stack of IOUs, took the copies and their bank card numbers, and said, "I am Liu Hong's daughter, words count!" Fang Shirong looked at Liu Liu, feeling that she had grown up all of a sudden.
When the group of people left, Fang Shirong said to Liu Liu apologetically: "Liu Liu, Uncle Fang has no ability, let you be bullied by this group of people!"
"Uncle Fang, don't say that, I still want to thank you. Besides, it's only right to repay debts! They are not wrong!"
"Then what are you going to do next? I won't be able to live here soon!" Fang Shirong was still very worried about Zhang Mei's mother and daughter.
"I want to go to my uncle, Uncle Fang don't worry. Liu Liu said to Fang Shirong.
"Uncle Fang knows that you don't have any money, this is a little bit of my heart, if you don't have much, you can take it first!" Fang Shirong took out an envelope and put it in Liu Liu's hand.
"Uncle Fang......" Liu Liu's eyes turned red, and she looked at Fang Shirong gratefully.
"Don't talk about everything, take it! Call me when you move in a few days, Uncle Fang will help you!"
"Well, thank you, Uncle Fang!"
"Then I'll go, Liu Liu, you have to take care of your mother!" Fang Shirong admonished.
"Uncle Fang, don't worry, I will!" Liu Liu sent Fang Shirong out.