Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Death of Zhou's Mother
When Zhou Zhuoyi's call came, Zhou Zhuojin was helping Lazy take a bath, and after thinking about it again, he still picked up the phone.
"Kite, at six o'clock in the evening, I will invite you to dinner, at the restaurant where your house came out." The tone was gentle, and I wondered if I had heard it wrong.
"Is there something wrong?"
"Oh, you have no job and no flower shop, it's just a matter of making amends."
"Okay, we'll be there on time." Hanging up the phone, it is really hard to imagine what Zhou Zhuoyi is thinking at this moment. Has he changed?
I was going to go over with Zhou Zhuojin, but at noon he had something to do temporarily, so he had to go over alone. I stood at the door of the hotel and waited for 40 minutes, but I didn't see one of the two of him coming.
The flow of people who came and went looked at me and pointed, and I had no choice but to go to an inconspicuous place and sit down. At seven twenty, I still didn't see anyone, and it seems that I was indeed tricked.
got up angrily and wanted to go home, but sat down angrily, just waiting for Zhou Zhuojin to explain in person. The wind at night was cool, blowing away the heat of the day. My stomach rumbled, I took out my mobile phone in a daze, there were no missed calls and text messages, it was ten o'clock.
got up weakly, a short breath prompt sounded, and he hurriedly clicked on it, but it was not sent by Zhuo Jin.
"We're in the same house." I couldn't help but want to run out of the green belt and take a taxi to the first courtyard.
When he saw Zhou Zhuojin intact in a panic, his heart really relaxed.
"Why are you here?" If asked, when he saw me panting again, Zhou Zhuojin's face darkened unnaturally, and without saying a word, he pulled me to a VIP ward on the eighth floor, where Zhou Zhuoyi was sleeping on the bed. Just as he was about to ask, Zhou Zhuoyi, who was sleeping, suddenly opened his eyes and said with a provocative smile.
"I had a car accident, and my brother didn't worry about me, so he has been on guard since three o'clock at noon." Zhou Zhuoyi's words made me a little uncomfortable, completely ignoring the first time he called Zhou Zhuojin.
Zhou Zhuojin, who was speechless, heard Zhou Zhuoyi's words, and raised his head instantly, I don't know if it was because of my neglect or because Zhou Zhuoyi moved him.
"Brother, I'm hungry, I shouldn't have eaten if I want to come to the kite, you go out and buy something to eat." Zhou Zhuojin looked at me, nodded silently, and went out with the door.
"I don't know if the second young master is so cruel to yourself this time, whether you are satisfied with the effect." When Zhou Zhuoyi heard my ridicule, he raised his arm in a plaster cast and looked at it, and said pretending to be serious.
"It's okay, it's a pity that the injury is not serious, otherwise my brother would not care about you even more."
"Who is so unlucky that they dare to hit you." When Zhou Zhuoyi heard my words, he smiled evilly.
"Who said it was hit, I smashed it with my own hands." The calm tone of the words made me break out in a cold sweat, and I couldn't believe that Zhou Zhuoyi could be perverted to this point.
"Zhou Zhuoyi, you are simply incorrigible."
"Yes, didn't my high-ranking grandfather look down on me, my grandson who was taught by others. Since Zhou Zhuojin is so good, drag him to hell with me, and see who Zhou Sheng will train as his successor when the time comes. Silently looking at the slightly crazy person in front of him, he didn't say anything, pushed the door and left.
Zhou Zhuoyi's admission to the hospital, Zhou Zhuojin didn't show up for several days, he called last night, let the bell ring, and didn't answer. I don't know how many times it sounded, until I fell asleep.
When the call from the psychiatric hospital came, I learned that Zhou Zhuojin had transferred the call to me for unknown reasons. After listening to the mechanical tone of the other side in disbelief, when he hurried to the hospital, Zhou Zhuojin and Zhou Zhuoyi were standing in front of the hospital bed, and the woman who used to be graceful and elegant was lying on the white hospital bed with her eyes closed and her face bloodless.
Tears fell silently, and Zhuo Jin, who found me coming, hoarsely voiced.
"Mom is gone." walked over and hugged him tightly, and any comfort at the moment seemed pale and weak.
Zhou Zhuoyi, who has always been invincible, was heartbroken, his legs were weak, and he knelt in front of his aunt's bed, in pain.
"Mom, I'm Zhuo Yi, haven't you always wanted to see me? I'm here, Mom, wake up! "For the first time, I saw Zhou Zhuoyi put down his hatred and cried like a child.
"Mom, wake up, open your eyes and look at me. I don't hate you anymore! I don't hate you mom! The heart-rending cry was finally chased away by the progress of the funeral home staff. Two handwritten letters on the table caught my attention. The letter was spread out, and a pen rested on it.
glanced at Zhou Zhuojin, who had a decadent face, and finally picked up the letter and read it.
"Zhuo Jin, Mom is gone. Don't blame Zhuo Yi, he's right, I can't protect him, I don't have the courage to take him back! Mom ruined his life, blaming himself and hiding in a nursing home in pain. Don't resent him, promise me that no matter what, you can't give up on him. ”
The other one, but with only a simple line of words. "Zhuo Yi, I'm sorry." Tears could no longer be suppressed. Zhuo Jin has read the two letters.
Zhuo Jin let me pull me like this and rushed to the funeral home. The mourning hall has been completed, and Zhou Sheng, who thought he would not appear, also came. His expression was calm, and he couldn't see joy or sorrow.
Zhuo Jin, who was kneeling in front of the mourning hall, watched his father staring at the statue calmly for a few seconds, and then lit the prepared incense and inserted it.
Zhou Zhuoyi, who was kneeling and crying bitterly, Zhou Sheng looked at this little son who had not been by his side since he was a child, and there was no love in his eyes, but he felt a disgust.
"It's up to you to decide the funeral."
The words fell, and Zhou Zhuoyi, who was stunned, was sent away. It was Zhou Zhuojin who seemed to have long been accustomed to his father's indifference.
The daughter of the Luo family died, and the old lady rushed over after receiving the news as soon as possible. Seeing the conspicuous posthumous photo in the middle of the mourning hall, the devastated old lady took two steps back unsteadily, but fortunately, the family members who followed her supported her in time.
"Where's that little brute?"
The old lady gritted her teeth, no matter how stupid she was, she knew who the little beast in the old lady's mouth was.
Zhou Zhuoyi didn't run away, knelt in front of the old lady, and kowtowed heavily.
"Grandma, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to!" The old lady didn't care that it was her grandson, raised the cane in her hand, and waved it heavily at Zhou Zhuoyi.
Zhou Zhuoyi didn't hide, his cheeks instantly swollen with a bag, the corners of his mouth overflowed with blood, the old lady didn't take it lightly, and the surrounding staff couldn't bear to see it and hurriedly dissuaded her, but the old lady was blasted out.
"You were taken away because your dad offended someone. You have a bad character because the people who adopted you didn't raise you well. You are disobedient because you are not filial. You are resentful because you are unwilling! But all these things, what does it matter to my beauty! I'm going to let her kill herself to taste it back! As she spoke, the angry old lady struck her again.
"Grandma, I was wrong."
"Humph! Will you know wrong? You're just like your lowly old man! The narrowness of the heart is destined to be lonely and old! I have only one grandson, and that is Jin'er! After the funeral, get out of Z City. Otherwise, don't blame me for not caring about the last trace of affection! ”
After that, the resentful old lady left heartbroken with the support of her relatives. It's just that when he passed by me, there was no less resentment in his eyes than when he looked at Zhou Zhuoyi.
Zhuo Jin still knelt there with a sluggish expression, constantly burning the paper money. The flames burned his hands, and he didn't react.
Late at night, the excessive sound of ding ding dong became more and more solemn in the quiet funeral home. Zhou Zhuojin and Zhou Zhuoyi, from morning to night, kneeling without eating or drinking.
The things that had been served were still on the plate, untouched. There is no hope of dissuasion, and what can be done is to be by his side.
Although I have only met Zhuo Jin's mother two or three times, I deeply understand the place of his mother in his heart. Since he was a child, he only knew that he urged him to learn all kinds of grandfathers, and his father who rarely came home. The younger brother was taken away when he was young, and there was no family affection at home, only the soft-spoken mother could get it.
I thought that when I found Zhou Zhuoyi, many things would change, who would have thought.
After three days of doing the ritual, the two of them starved for three days and did not sleep. Holding the cremated urn and putting it in the grave, it was covered by the staff, and it suddenly rained in the not overcast sky.
The relatives and friends who saw them off scattered to hide from the rain, but only the three of us were still standing there.
It was at this time that Zhou Sheng appeared with a black umbrella.
"My mom doesn't want to see you." The dripping water has not entered for many days, which makes Zhuo Jin's voice very dry.
And Zhou Zhuoyi had no illusions about this so-called father, immersed in sadness, and didn't want to say more.
"Husband and wife, I don't want her to go too bleak."
"False mercy."
In this way, Zhuo Jin staggered out of the cemetery in the rain, followed by Zhou Zhuoyi.
When I was about to lose my vision, I looked back and wondered if it was because the rain was too big or if I was hallucinating. Zhou Sheng in front of the tombstone lowered his head, and his whole person trembled violently.
Probably still in love, but I just pushed myself too hard and forgot my original heart.
The two who were severely dehydrated fainted when they walked out of the cemetery, but fortunately, Blue Moon appeared in time and drove them to the hospital. I paid all kinds of fees soaking wet, and looked at the two people who were still unconscious, so I had to rush back to change my clothes first.
Fortunately, the two of them were in good health, and they woke up the next morning, during which Zhou Sheng sent his housekeeper to inquire.
"Young Master, Mr. said, when you are well, take the two of you back." As he spoke, he glanced at me casually.
"I'm not going, the door of the Zhou family, I'm not rare."
"Hmm."
Zhuo Jin said perfunctorily, then turned around and fell asleep. The butler saw that he was not welcomed, and did not say much, but put down what he had brought and left.
"Zhou Zhuojin, will you take me back?" Zhou Zhuoyi's tone was hidden in caution, and there was a kind of uneasy cry.
"Yes."
"You said that you would do everything to compensate me, and if one day I did something that made you miserable, would you still recognize me?" Zhou Zhuoyi looked at me, and the struggle in his eyes shocked me.
"As long as I have."
With a short answer, Zhou Zhuoyi smiled with satisfaction, and the real satisfaction made me wonder if the chill in my heart just now was an illusion.
Perhaps, I should try to believe Zhou Zhuoyi, no matter what, he is also Zhuo Jin's own brother.