Chapter 22: A Conversation with My Cousin

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The next morning, the family already knew about my mother's body, originally, the body was found should be a good thing, but when I received a headless body, my second uncle couldn't control his hot temper, and said that he was going to smash the funeral home, but the staff of the funeral home couldn't find where the manager Zhang Hefang was, I'm afraid, last night, he only told me about it.

My second uncle was full of anger and had nowhere to vent, and when he looked at my mother's body, he couldn't help but hug his head and cry, I was carrying a satchel, and no one knew what was going on, and what was contained in it was my mother's skull, which was an indescribable mood. I looked at my second uncle, and I knew that he felt sorry for my mother, and unconsciously left tears.

By this time, the funeral home was already packed with my family. The family agreed that in any case, the mother's body should be buried as soon as possible, because, in any case, the mother's body was stolen, which is already a very unfortunate thing, and now, the mother should be allowed to go on the road as soon as possible.

So, the funeral home staff carried my mother's body to the crematorium, accompanied only me and my cousin. At first, I insisted that no one be allowed in, saying that I wanted to give my mother a ride by myself, but as soon as I saw my cousin's determined eyes, I was immediately moved by the determined look in her eyes, and as soon as my head was hot, I agreed to my cousin's request.

However, as soon as I walked to the cremation furnace of the funeral home, I regretted it indescribably. Before, the reason why I insisted on coming in alone was to quietly bring my mother's skull in when she was cremated, so that there would be a whole corpse anyway. But now, with my cousin next to me, I really didn't have the courage to take my mother's skull out of my satchel.

"Peixi, what's wrong?" This time my cousin didn't cry, probably when the sorrow reaches a certain level, a person's tears will dry up. But my cousin's sorrow did not disturb her keen insight, from childhood to adulthood, almost any slight change in my mood, my cousin can always detect it at the first time, even more accurate than my parents, which is doomed to me in my life to be unable to deceive her at all.

"No, not really." I have to say, I'm not a person who can lie, because whenever I want to tell a lie, I can't help but stumble, especially in front of my cousin.

"You're not telling the truth." My cousin's words were like a sharp knife piercing my vital point, and said, "I noticed it from before I was about to come in just now, what is your kid hiding from everyone?" ”

I was secretly bitter in my heart, and said that I wanted to hide it from everyone, but this kind of thing, would everyone believe it when I said it, and in addition, with my second uncle's character, if I told him the truth, he would definitely make the whole Shenyang know about it, which is bound to cause a sensation, and I don't want my mother's body to be used in the hospital research institute for those researchers to study in the future.

I hesitated for a long time, but finally tried very carefully: "Sister, what if...... If I told you what I knew about my mother's body, would you believe it? ”

My cousin looked at me and said, "You know where your mother's head is, don't you?" ”

As soon as my cousin's voice fell, my heart suddenly chuckled, my hand unconsciously slipped onto the strap of the satchel, and stammered, "Why do you think so?" ”

"You can tell from your reaction." My cousin looked at me with eyes that had barely gotten down and said, "I remember the first day, when you heard that your mother's body had been stolen, you were nervous and anxious. However, since you went to watch the surveillance video with that manager Zhang, you have changed a lot, no matter what kind of bizarre things you encountered, you seem to have expected it a long time ago, and you seem to be prepared for all this, so your mood does not have any big ups and downs. ”

I froze there, not knowing what to say. My cousin looked at me again, and then said, "Yes, this is only a conjecture of mine, because I don't have any definite basis. But, Peixi, don't forget, the two of us have played together since childhood, and although I am now married, I still know you very well. You also know that I have a very good relationship with your mother, that is, my aunt, and I really feel uncomfortable when I see her now. Speaking of this, my cousin paused, her eyes staring at me gradually moistened again, she sighed, and said, "Sister doesn't want much, a word of truth is enough." ”

I had nowhere to stay, I was excited, and I left tears, I asked the staff who was standing aside to wait for a while, and he walked away very familiarly, probably he didn't want to see such a sad scene.

After the staff left, I took off my satchel, put it on the push board where my mother was lying, and said to my cousin in a heavy tone: "Sister, here's my mother's head." ”

Obviously, my cousin was not too prepared for such a situation, and as soon as I finished speaking, my cousin's eyes widened in disbelief of what I was saying.

However, she quickly regained her composure and said to me, "Peixi, I want the truth. ”

I thought about it for a while, and I knew that I couldn't run away today anyway, but I still decided to make up a lie, but this lie was prepared by me before I came, so I didn't stutter when I said it.

"Actually...... No one stole my mother's body, it was my mother...... She was transformed. I choked up.

Immediately after, I told my cousin an imperfect lie, saying that my mother's body had been transformed for some reason, and this was the scene in the surveillance video I watched, and then, I found a Taoist priest privately, and found my mother's body with him.

I know that such a lie sounds too fake, but I am not afraid that my cousin will not believe it, because at the critical moment, I can take out the surveillance video to show her, as long as she is not afraid, I firmly believe that my cousin will not notice the reflection of Zhang Hefang on the glass coffin in the mourning hall.

My cousin was silent for a long time and didn't speak, so I said, "I know this sounds too evil, but I have a video of the surveillance video in the mourning hall, if you don't believe it, I can show it to you." ”

The cousin thought about it, shook her head gently, sighed, and said, "No need, I don't look at it." ”

I breathed a sigh of relief in my heart, and said that I had finally gotten through the trick. My cousin finally understood what I meant, and I wanted my mother to have a whole corpse. Still, when I took out my mother's skull from my satchel, my cousin relented and couldn't bear to look at it anymore, so I put my mother's head away, and then pushed my mother's body into the stove with my cousin, and the staff walked in at this time, and I pressed the cremation switch with my cousin.

The crematorium made a loud "buzz" sound, and then, along the small hole of the push board, a hot wave of heat gushed out from the inside, and bright firelight burst out from the inside.

My cousin rested her head on my shoulder and watched with tears in her eyes......

In this way, the matter of the mother's body finally came to an end.

Unexpectedly, when my cousin and I were about to walk out of the crematorium room, my cousin suddenly tapped me on the shoulder from behind me.

I turned around, and my cousin just glanced at me lightly, and then said abruptly: "Peixi, no matter what happens, be careful in everything, and be safe." When it's all over, I hope you tell my sister all the real things as they are, and before that, my sister won't force you to say it anymore. ”

I was stunned for a moment, and my cousin didn't say anything more, and walked out. I was left alone to stand there for a long, long time, and then I shook my head and smiled bitterly, thinking that I still couldn't fool my cousin after all.

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