Chapter 48: Thank you
One day in mid-August 2016, the Chen siblings buried their mother, Su Wei.
The cemetery is backed by mountains and waters, quiet and elegant.
Su Wei has always been happy and quiet, and she must be satisfied with her long sleep here.
After the simple and dignified burial ceremony, several close relatives and friends left one after another. Chen Jiaqi stood in front of the tomb and communicated with the staff of the cemetery about the follow-up matters.
Chen Jiaying bent down and asked his father in the wheelchair in a low voice, "Dad, let's go back." ”
Chen Shengli shook his head and stared at the tombstone in front of him, "Push me closer." ”
"Dad!" Chen Jiaying frowned and said dissatisfiedly: "You always hold on to my mother like this, can she leave with peace of mind?" ”
"I'll just take a look...... Take another look......" Chen Shengli suddenly lowered his voice, pleading with his daughter with a sad expression.
Chen Jiaying's heart ached, and there was a sour feeling in his eyes.
Although she knew that it would hurt her body to make her father so overly sad and sad, how could she bear to refuse her father's request.
In this life, my parents have not experienced any vigorous love deeds, and they can spend their lives together; did not make any earth-shattering mountain alliances and sea vows, and they could find each other's preciousness in ordinary lives.
This love has long been deeply rooted in the bones, even if the body is gone, it has been turned into a memory forever.
Chen Jiaying silently pushed his father to the tombstone, turned around and walked away.
There were only three or five people left in the cemetery that had just returned to the crowd, and Chen Jiaying saw Nanyan under the cypress tree and walked over quickly.
"Sister-in-law, why haven't you gone back yet?"
In the past two days, Nan Yan has been dragging her sick body to be busy in the mourning hall, and she didn't listen to anyone who persuaded her to go back to the hospital, even her mother-in-law came to persuade her, but she just stubbornly shook her head and refused.
She and her family held a vigil together, wore filial piety clothes, wore filial piety hoops, thanked relatives and friends who came to mourn, and stayed awake until now.
I saw that Nanyan's hair was messy, her face was haggard and yellow, and her state was worrying.
"I ...... I have something to tell your brother. Nanyan's voice was hoarse.
Chen Jiaying looked back at Chen Jiaqi.
Like Nan Yan, Chen Jiaqi, who was under heavy pressure, lost weight in a few days, and from a distance, his body seemed to be just supporting a skeleton under the flesh and skin, and his skinny appearance was distressing.
Nan Yan was also looking at Chen Jiaqi.
Chen Jiaqi, who has lost weight, has angular facial lines and a straight nose bridge, which is even better than before the Cold War, but because he lost weight too quickly, his face is not very good, dark and dull without a trace of luster.
A gust of wind blew from the side of the garden, and the wind was strong and fierce, swirling, whistling and whistling.
Nan Yan saw Chen Jiaqi covering his eyes with his hands while talking to the people in the cemetery, his black shirt and black trousers were blown up by the strong wind, and he looked even more and more thin.
Nan Yan's eyes hurt, and she hurriedly turned her face away.
"My brother is here." Chen Jiaying waved at Chen Jiaqi.
Chen Jiaying held Nanyan's arm and looked at her expectantly, "I'll go with our dad, and you can talk slowly." ”
Nanyan nodded.
Chen Jiaqi walked over and stood in front of Nanyan.
"Why haven't you left yet? What about the salad, didn't I give it to you? He asked.
Nanyan smelled a smell of smoke, it was the smell of his body, although it was suppressed by the smell of dust and burnt paper in the air, she still smelled it for the first time.
Her gaze sank, her gaze lingering on the stain on his knee for a few seconds, and then lifted, "Lala is waiting for me in the parking lot." ”
"Oh." Chen Jiaqi looked at her with a somewhat complicated gaze.
Although they get along day and night these days, there is almost no verbal intersection except for necessary conversations.
He knew that she still hated him.
"Thank you."
"She must be very happy that you can give our mother one last ride."
Although she hated him, she still rushed to Chen's house after the accident, fulfilling the obligations of a daughter-in-law, and at the same time maintaining his face.
For her, he felt indescribable gratitude in his heart, and at the same time felt guilty, he didn't know how to face such Nanyan.
"I owe it to you Chen family, if it wasn't for my mother and them to make trouble that day, my mother wouldn't have ......" Nan Yan closed her eyes in pain.
"Don't think so, we don't blame you, my mom doesn't blame you, she repeatedly told my dad before she died, don't trouble your family because of this. My mom...... She may have been really tired, she had been tormented by illness all these years, and she bought this cemetery behind our backs very early on to find a good resting place for herself. It's just that as close relatives, we still feel sad and sad, which is human nature. Don't take the blame on yourself, if you say that there is a mistake, in fact, I am the one who is wrong. ”
If it weren't for the unforgivable mistake he made, none of this would have happened.
His eyes were apologetic and ashamed.
Nan Yan's lower lip trembled uncontrollably, looking at his thin and handsome face, she clenched her fists and took a slow breath, "Chen Jiaqi!" ”
They were dressed in the same black clothes, with emerald green pines and cypresses in the background, and from a distance, one high and one low, looked as beautiful as a painting.
"Let's get a divorce."
The starlight in Chen Jiaqi's eyes instantly shone and slowly extinguished.
Let's get a divorce, let's get a divorce, let's get a divorce......
His ears were ringing, his heart was like someone had stolen it, and his entire chest was empty and uncomfortable.
He looked at Nan Yan opposite with a dull expression, she was in tears, her lips trembled uncontrollably, as if she was saying something, but he could only see her mouth moving, but he couldn't hear anything, until Nan Yan turned around with a painful expression, he suddenly woke up, and hurriedly stretched out his hand towards Nan Yan's back, "Nan Yan-"
He thought he had screamed, but it wasn't until Nanyan's back disappeared outside the cemetery that he realized he hadn't made any sound at all.
His mouth was open, but he didn't even utter a syllable.
Chen Jiaqi's eyes first showed a look of consternation, and then there was incomparable disgust and guilt, he hooked the corners of his mouth and laughed self-deprecatingly.
"Hahaha! Hahahaha! You bastard! Chen Jiaqi! Bastard! ”
"Woo woo...... all he could do was the sound of the wind hovering in the cemetery......
There are also turmoil when divorce by mutual agreement.
First, Nanyan took the initiative to give up all her property and leave home, and later their daughter Nanbei unexpectedly chose to live with Nanyan, who had nothing.
And Nanyan's initiative to give up is better to say that she resolutely gave up. The unexpected death of her mother-in-law has become a demonic obstacle in her heart, and in order to alleviate the guilt in her heart, she refuses to accept any property related to the Chen family. In her eyes, those properties, houses, etc. have been labeled as Chen Jiaqi, and none of them belong to her.
Her irrational behavior is not calm, even the salad that has always supported her unconditionally.
"Nanyan, be sober! This is not a film and television drama, not a romance novel, but a living world that will make you hurt and make you cry! You are forty years old this year, you have no job, no income, no house, and you don't even have the opportunity to start all over again, what will you use to support yourself and Beibei in the future! Chen Jiaqi took the initiative to give you the house, don't refuse him, Nanyan, this is what you deserve. I beg you, are you realistic, even if it's not for yourself, you have to plan for Beibei! ”
"I definitely can't ask for a house! As for Beibei, since Beibei has chosen me, she should be prepared to endure hardships. Nanyan looked at her daughter, who was about to be as tall as her, "Beibei, I'll ask you one last time, are you sure, you want to ...... Live with me? Follow me, you will no longer be the little princess that everyone envied before, you have to think about it and don't regret it. ”
The girl in front of her is her daughter, she almost gave her life for it to come to the world of baby daughter, she may just be impulsive to choose her who has nothing, maybe she thought about it and regretted it, after all, following her father will have no worries about food and clothing, she can continue to be her little princess, go to a good university in the future, and have a bright future.
Nanbei looked back at Nanyan with a pale face, she almost didn't think much, and she didn't even glance at Chen Jiaqi with a complicated expression beside her before giving an answer.
"I'm sure, I'm going to be with you! Also, you, you, from now on, never ask me the same question again! I hate you adults! Nanbei's voice became louder and louder, and after saying the last word, she suddenly turned around, covered her mouth and ran away quickly.
The next morning, Chen Jiaqi and Nan Yan officially signed their divorce.