Chapter 2 Funeral Homes

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After hearing the news, I simply cleaned up and was about to go out, when Bu Jin walked out of the bedroom and asked where I was going. I told her there was something I needed to take care of at the funeral home. It took me a long time to teach Bu Jin how to use the microwave, so I didn't have to worry about her going hungry at home. Bu Jin said that she also wanted to go out for a walk, but I rejected the offer, and I told her to wait until I was done with today's business before taking her out of Lu to breathe, and she didn't show any disappointment. These days, I have figured out Bu Jin's temperament, that is, she doesn't seem to expect too much from anything, so naturally there won't be too many disappointments.

After leaving the house, I hailed a taxi and hurried to my mother's funeral home.

When I arrived at the funeral home, my cousin and many of my relatives were already there, and some of them were a little indifferent to me, thinking that I was an unfilial son, because I had not shed tears because of my mother's death. I don't want to explain to them more, why do men's tears need to be shown to outsiders?

My cousin had just gotten married, and she had a very good relationship with my mother, and she almost cried for the past few days. Her eyes were originally very beautiful, but these days her eyes are swollen like peach pits, which makes me feel a little distressed when I see it.

My cousin pulled me aside, with some tears in her eyes, and said to me, "Brother, who is your family recruiting or provoking, your father has been missing for months, and now, your mother's body is ...... Something like this happened again. ”

At this time, I still had to comfort my cousin and said: "Sister, don't worry, I don't know anything about it, after all, I'm just a junior, and I don't know if I want to say who our family has provoked before, but don't worry, there will be a solution to the matter after all." ”

"I hope so." The cousin wiped a handful of tears, suddenly changed to another vicious expression, and said, "I really don't know what these funeral parlor people are doing?" It was even possible to let the body be stolen! If they can't give a reasonable explanation, see you in court. ”

I raised my eyes and looked at the other relatives, the seven aunts and eight aunts, the third uncle and the second uncle were all condemning the staff of the funeral home, crying and crying, making a mess, I felt upset when I saw it, and I didn't want to come forward to make peace, so I asked my cousin: "What did the people in the funeral home say?" ”

My cousin suddenly remembered something at this time and said to me, "By the way, the funeral home said that they have surveillance cameras here, so they can find out the truth of the matter." ”

"Then why don't you check it out?" I asked, confused.

The cousin explained: "We wanted to see it at first, but the funeral home staff named and said that only the immediate family could view the footage. Moreover, he also asked you to see it by name. ”

"You want me to see it by name?" I was amazed that I was the son of the deceased, but there was no need to name the loss of the body and let me see it alone.

My cousin was a little anxious, and she said to me, "Oh, don't worry so much about it, go over quickly." ”

I walked into the crowd of relatives under the push of my cousin, my second uncle is the pillar of my mother's family, he has a beer belly, he always likes to wrinkle his eyebrows when he speaks, when he sees me coming, he grabbed my shoulders and scolded: "You bastard boy, why did you come here at this time, your mother has such a thing, you are still slow, like what words?" I see, your mother raised you for nothing. ”

I smiled bitterly twice, and didn't want to argue about anything, so I said to my second uncle, "You better let me watch the video first." ”

The second uncle frowned and said, "Yes, watch the video, I'm going too!" ”

At this time, a security guard at the funeral home grabbed my second uncle and said, "No, no, we have already said that only Mr. Fan Peixi can go to check the video." ”

"How dare you speak?" My second uncle's temper is not very good, but objectively speaking, he is more upright, he roared: "My own sister's body was stolen from you, and you are still embarrassed to talk to me?" I'm telling you, I'm going to see it again, what's the matter? ”

At this time, my cousin, my second aunt and some other relatives who were more calm and restrained stepped forward to stop the second uncle and said, "Just let Pei Xi go over and take a look, since everyone has said such things, besides, Pei Xi will tell us everything when she comes back, right?" ”

After that, everyone turned to look at me.

I was at a loss for a moment, obviously, everyone thought that the reason why the funeral home staff only let me watch the video alone meant that there would be something in the video that they didn't want other relatives to know, and they hoped that after I saw the video, I could tell them the real situation as it was.

In the face of their eager eyes, I didn't dare to make any more excuses, so I quickly nodded, so that my second uncle and other relatives would let me go.

I walked in the direction of the funeral home's office under the leadership of the little security guard in his twenties, and he said something very strange to me as he walked, he said: "Brother, let me tell you the truth, don't look at my age, but I have also worked here for three or four years, and I have seen a lot of bizarre and strange things over the years, but I really have never heard of anything like what happened to your mother, and if possible, I hope never to do it again." ”

Hearing this, I was visibly aware of something, and asked, "So, you've seen that video too?" ”

"How so? I was the first to find out that your mother's body was missing, so I reported it to my boss as soon as possible, and I watched the video with him before the lady on the line called you. ”

"Hearing you say that, why am I a little panicked, could it be that the video is strange?" I asked.

The little security guard patted me on the shoulder and said to me earnestly, "Brother, be prepared." ”

In the blink of an eye, we were in the office of the funeral home. We pushed the door open and walked in, the office was very basic, and there was no need for luxurious office equipment in a place like a funeral home.

There were four desks and a couch in the office, but there was only one person sitting in it, a dark, thin man with yellowed glasses that looked like an African refugee. The man looked to be in his forties, with a large back comb, a wide, ill-fitting suit over his body, and a white undershirt with a slightly yellowed neckline.

"This is Manager Zhang of our funeral home." The little security guard introduced me to me.

I nodded at Manager Zhang and plucked up the courage to shake his hand.

To my surprise, Manager Zhang did not show any guilty expression, he did not look confident, but also gave people a sense of peace, he just said politely: "Mr. Fan, we are very sorry about your mother. ”

I also said politely: "I'm not here to listen to sorry words, I just want to see the footage and report it later." ”

Manager Zhang waved his hand and said, "Whether to report the case or not, that is your family's freedom, and I am only responsible for showing you the video." ”

After that, Manager Zhang asked the little security guard to leave, turned on the computer at a desk, moved two chairs in front, and motioned for me to sit next to me and watch together.

Before opening the video, Manager Zhang looked at me meaningfully a few times, and then said, "Little brother, be mentally prepared." ”

I nodded, and he didn't seem to be very reassured, so he took out a pack of Yuxi cigarettes from his inner arms, handed me one, lit it for me, and then turned on the CCTV video.

Manager Zhang lit a cigarette himself, and then said to me, "Let's start watching it at 11:45 last night." ”

I nodded and said, "Okay." ”

After that, a green image appeared on the interface of the video, and I knew that it was because of the scene in the dark recorded by the infrared camera, in the darkness, I looked down at my mother's glass coffin from above, there was nothing unusual around, everything seemed quiet, as quiet as before the storm.

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