Chapter 13: For the Son of Man

Zhong Lei rushed in while fastening the buttons, and knelt on the ground, "Mom...... Please, don't go, don't leave me. As long as you're okay, I'll never mess around anymore. Zhong Bai didn't look at Zhong Lei's face, she kept looking at Zhong Yu who was no longer looking at her with some expectation, and she didn't move for a moment. It wasn't until Zhong Yu's eyes were a little bright, and he slowly moved towards her, that Zhong Baishi finally spoke, "Ah Yu, Lei'er, you come closer, Mom still has one last thing to explain." As he spoke, Zhong Bai trembled and took out a box and a key from under the pillow, "This box is made of rosewood that your grandfather withheld when he bought the coffin for Lafayette, but this box is very valuable, and the things inside are naturally priceless, Ah Yu, I will give it to you now." Here's the key, Lei'er, I'll give it to you. I am a guilty person, and since I cannot pay off the living people, I have no choice but to ask for forgiveness from the deceased below...... I hope you brothers can work together...... Revitalizing the Chung family's family business ......"

Zhong Bai put the key into Zhong Lei's hand, and then put the box into Zhong Yu's hand. "Ah Yu, right...... I'm sorry......" The moment the box fell on Zhong Yu's palm, Zhong Baishi held Zhong Yu's hand and wanted to hold it for a little longer, but Zhong Baishi still didn't mention it in one breath after all, and the hand holding Zhong Yu hung down on his chest......

"Mom! Mother! Mom......" Zhong Lei cried and rushed forward, hugging Zhong Bai tightly. No matter how Zhong Lei cried and shook, Zhong Bai lost his breath and remained motionless. "Mom...... You are ......good to go" Zhong Lei wiped his tears, pulled the quilt over Zhong Mu's head, and glanced at Zhong Yu who was kneeling on the ground, Zhong Yu looked at his mother's corpse quietly, tears flowed from the corners of his eyes, silently, without waves.

The people who came to Zhong's house to mourn for Zhong Bai's family went in and out, Zhong Lei looked at the people who bowed to his mother's portrait one after another, maybe they were tired from crying, or they were tired and had no energy, and there was no expression on his face. Zhong Yu's eyes were full of tears, sad but not as sad as Zhong Lei's grief-stricken cry. Zhong Yu looked at the portrait of Zhong Mu, and then looked at the people who came to mourn, the corners of his mouth that crossed the tears turned up slightly, turning into a cold arc.

Ah Feng stood outside the door with a snack and stopped, watching Zhong Yu sitting alone on the sofa looking at the spinning record in a daze. Seemingly particularly sensitive to Ah Feng's footsteps, Zhong Yu came back to his senses at the moment Ah Feng stopped and looked at her, "Ah Feng, come in." Ah Feng approached Zhong Yu and handed him the dim sum, "You haven't eaten much these days when you're busy with your wife's business." Today, too, you didn't have a few bites of dinner, so eat these snacks while they're hot. Zhong Yu took the plate and held it in his hand, but he still didn't eat it, "Not long ago, I was sitting here with my mother listening to records...... That's it. Now that Mom is gone, there's nothing worth staying here anymore. Ah Feng, come back to Japan with me, I can give up everything, as long as you are willing to accompany me. I mean, if I give up that box and have nothing, and want you to be with a pauper, would you like it......"

"I do." Ah Feng replied without thinking, with a smile, "Let's eat some." Zhong Yu lowered his head, looked at the snacks on the plate, and smiled the same, "Thank you, thank you for being willing." As he spoke, Zhong Yu picked up a small piece of snack and put it in his mouth and chewed it slowly. It's delicious. Zhong Yu raised his head and looked at Ah Feng's gentle smile, this was the purest smile he had shown for the first time since Zhong Bai's death. Zhong Yu lowered his head, picked up a piece of dim sum and put it in his mouth, the moment he lowered his head and was no longer in front of Ah Feng's eyes, the gentle smile on his face slowly solidified, and finally melted under his unfathomable eyes, as if a gentle water droplet fell into the abyss in an instant, bottomless, and there was no news.

Zhong Yu once again came to the stone monument that he had come to visit before, and this time, Steward Qiu was with him, and the cold wind in the cemetery didn't seem to be so biting. Zhong Yu knelt in front of the stele and kowtowed to the stele, stroking the inscription on the tombstone "Zhong Tiandeli, the grave husband of his beloved wife Qiu Yunwen", "Mom, my uncle and I came to see you." Steward Qiu took a few steps forward, the tears in his eyes couldn't stop flowing, sad, but also relieved, "Sister, you will be very happy to know the spring, your revenge will be avenged soon......" Looking at the words on the stone tablet, Zhong Yu's eyes faded away, aggrieved, helpless, like a child who made a mistake and wanted to admit his mistake, "Mom, since you left, for."

Your revenge is all I have in life. But Mom, I'm not a saint, if I hesitate......"

"Ah Yu." Steward Qiu no longer called Zhong Yu "young master", put his hand on his shoulder and patted it, "If you feel hesitant, just follow your heart." "Huh." Zhong Yu smiled sadly and desolately, Zhong Yu touched his heart with one hand, and lowered his hand to caress the stone tablet, "Heart...... It's gone, and I don't want that kind of thing anymore. Steward Qiu was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly stepped forward to help Zhong Yu up, "Child! How could you think that? I'm sorry, it's my uncle's nest, even if I know that your mother died, I can only nod expressionlessly, I don't deserve to be your uncle, let you bear everything alone. Zhong Yu looked at Steward Qiu's cherished eyes, but his gaze returned to the cold, "Uncle, I know your suffering." I still remember my mother before she died, and she still had tears in her eyes until she died...... I am the Son of Man, how can I not take revenge on my mother? I will not hesitate, revenge must be avenged. ”

Late at night, Zhong Yu stood outside the door of the Zhong family ancestral hall with a jar of wine, his cold eyes blended with the deep night, and he walked in after standing outside the door.

On the wall of the ancestral hall are hung portraits of ancestors and wives dressed in official and fancy clothes, and on the wall on the far side are the portraits of Master Zhong and Zhong Bai, and the wooden plaque of the spiritual seat is placed in the center, and a celadon wine pot full of cracks is placed under Zhong Tiande's spiritual seat.

Zhong Yu stood in front of Master Zhong's spiritual seat with wine, looking at the celadon wine jug placed in front of the spiritual seat. stepped forward to take down the lid of the wine jug, Zhong Yu placed the wine jar he was carrying on the spirit table, removed the wooden cork that sealed the mouth of the altar, and poured some of the wine in the wine jar into the celadon wine jug. Raise the flask, spill the wine on the ground, and pick up the jar yourself, "Dad, I was a kid when I left, and I didn't know how to drink." When I grew up, I didn't dare to drink, because I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to stay awake all the time, forget the purpose of my life, and fear that everything I did would only end up with a big dream. But now, even if it's a big dream, I tell myself it's worth it, because I'm about to see what I want to see. Let our father and son drink happily, if I get drunk, let me get drunk to death in this dream......" Zhong Yu drank all the wine in the wine jar, and then turned his head sideways to look at the portraits of Master Zhong and Zhong Bai on the wall, "Dad, let me do what you can't do." What you can't do, let me do it. Zhong Yu knelt on the ground, kowtowed to the spiritual position in front of him, tears fell silently down his eyes and fell on the futon, he could clearly feel the heartache when the tears came out of his eyes, but as if he had never shed tears, he got up and walked out of the ancestral hall slowly.

Since Zhong Bai's death, the atmosphere of the entire Zhong family has always been sad and gloomy, and today's dinner table is the first time that the Zhong family has restored the richness of the dishes in the past after Zhong Bai's death, and it is also the first time that Zhong Lei has arranged a table of dishes since Zhong Yu returned to the Zhong family.

The table was full of sumptuous dishes, as if Zhong Bai's life had never had such a sumptuous appearance, Zhong Lei did not sit down, just looked at the dishes already on the table, and looked at Ah Feng beside him, "Ah Feng, Ah Yu has told me everything about you, I am happy for you, it's true." I specially asked Steward Qiu to prepare a table of practice banquet, and I have asked the housekeeper to call Ah Yu over, let's have a good meal, I wish you happiness. When my mother was alive, I was too ignorant, and now that my mother is gone, I know that it was me who was too ridiculous before, thank you for not listening to me, otherwise I would have lost my only relative. ”

Ah Feng looked at Zhong Lei's face, his face was no longer as sharp as before, and he looked very calm, but despite this, Ah Feng's hands clasped together still did not relax, "Young Master, can I ask you a question?" "You ask." Zhong Lei's tone was steady and calm, as if he didn't know when he had faded away from his arrogance in the past. Ah Feng was willing to believe that it was Zhong Bai's death that made Zhong Lei begin to become calm, but she still wanted to know Zhong Lei's true thoughts, "The eldest young master said these words to me, is it really because I didn't do what you said, or because the second young master gave up the box and the Zhong family's property." The second young master wants to take me away from the Zhong family, and you can get what you want without much effort......"

Zhong Lei didn't answer immediately after hearing Ah Feng's words, but looked at her with a scrutinizing gaze, and it wasn't until he saw Ah Feng's tightly clasped hands that Zhong Lei suddenly laughed out loud, "Haha...... Are you worried that I'm going to this meal? Ah Feng, it seems that you are overestimating Ah Yu, and I am now very clear that he is not yet capable of threatening me. As for Ah Yu, even if he didn't think about taking you out of here, I can guarantee that he will still give me the box. Because he won't come to me and ask me for the keys. ”

Zhong Lei slowly walked to the front of the round table and sat down in the center where Zhong Bai had been, "I admit that I was afraid that he would deliberately curry favor with his mother to inherit the property. After all, it wasn't his biological mother...... But when my mother was dying, I looked at the expression on Ah Yu's face, which was exactly the same as the expression he had when he rushed to his father and told him that Aunt An was dead. It seems that he is the only one in the entire Zhong family, who has been devastated...... I value profit, he values righteousness, and what we want cannot be the same at all. As he spoke, Zhong Lei took the key from his body and threw it on the table, "Since these things are destined to be mine, why should I be glad that it was because Ah Yu made such a choice that I saved my strength?" Don't worry, I just told Steward Qiu to prepare the banquet, not to prepare anything else...... If someone threatens me, it's me without him, and if that person doesn't pose a threat to me at all, then we're still brothers. I've always been simple and clear, not as complicated as you think. ”