Like a puppet on strings, An Sien followed the doctor in a daze and signed the consent form for cremation.
Maybe he didn't want his daughter to have to worry about the funeral after his death.
An Sien's mother had already prepared the necessary procedures for the funeral when she was admitted to the hospital.
From the moment she died, everything began to work.
An Sien only needs to follow the doctor and sign the documents that need to be signed by family members, and they will take care of the rest.
The mother and daughter, who had no relatives or friends, were spared the tedious mourning and false mourning, and the funeral was kept simple.
In just one afternoon, everything was taken care of.
An Sien, who had been traveling for eight or nine hours, was sitting in the taxi returning home with the urn in his hands.
The nurse next to her kept softly comforting her, but she had no response and just kept sobbing while holding the urn.
As for the tears.
Already drained.
The nurse answered the phone and heard that another patient had died, so she sent An Sien to Zhenxing Road and left.
I have been busy all day and it is now night.
An Sien was holding the urn and walking on the road blankly.
After a day of exposure to the sun, the road at night is still a little warm.
But An Sien's whole body was exuding a cold air that was incompatible with the environment.
Pale skin, dull pupils, red eye sockets, a white dress stained with blood, and the urn in her hand.
All this looks very strange to outsiders.
Even the gangsters who were usually keen on chatting up beautiful women chose to stay away from this strange atmosphere.
An Sien followed his habits and instincts and returned home.
After smelling the familiar smell of home, she calmed down a little.
An Sien closed the door, hugged the urn tightly with both hands, and slowly sat on the ground with his back against the door panel.
She whispered in a hoarse voice: "Mom, we are home."
An Sien looked forward with a smile: "How about making omelets tonight? I haven't eaten the omelets you made for a long time..."
"Say something, please don't ignore me..."
An Sien chatted nonchalantly with the urn.
The closed curtains blocked the external light, and the dark house was like an isolated dimension, with only An Sien's soliloquy echoing inside.
I do not know how long it has been.
An Sien stopped making any sound and just looked at the urn quietly in a daze, as if he was gradually accepting the reality of his mother's death.
In the dead of night, the cicadas stopped chirping, and the only sound was her own breathing.
An Sien's cell phone lit up. She wanted to find someone to talk to, but she didn't have any friends.
Looking at the concise address book, An Sien dialed the messenger's number.
"If you have any problem with me, those people will probably not come to you, a person with a criminal record, again."
The cool voice of the messenger came from the mobile phone.
An Sien covered the phone, cleared his throat, and then said in the same voice as before: "I can't call you when nothing happens. You are my benefactor."
"Benefactor? We have a cooperative relationship. You need money, I need information, that's all."
"But, my contribution and reward are not equal. I just stayed there as usual and sent you two messages and I got so much money."
"And...if it weren't for you, I might be in that place..."
An Sien didn't finish what he said, but the meaning he wanted to convey was already very clear.
Not only was it financial help, the messenger also helped her escape from that devil's cave. Without the messenger, her future would be desolate as far as the eye can see.
Although his mother still passed away, at least in the last few days, An Sien no longer had to worry about medical expenses and could stay with his mother with peace of mind and accompany her through the final journey.
This is also thanks to the messenger.
The two had known each other for less than half a month, but An Sien had really developed a crush on the man who saved her.
"I just stepped on the bug that was blocking me."
"I knew you would say that."
An Sien smiled: "No matter what you say, it is true that you saved me, but I have nothing to repay you... How about I go to your place and do some odd jobs for you?"
The other party quickly responded: "No, I don't need it."
"That's right...what nonsense am I talking about."
An Sien apologized quickly: "I'm sorry, I said something strange... It would be shameless for someone like me to insist on getting close to you..."
In his eyes, he was definitely a scoundrel who hit the snake with a stick after being favored once, dreaming of marrying into a wealthy family and turning into a phoenix...
An Sien laughed at himself in his heart.
Even though the messenger did not clearly state his identity, judging from his words and deeds, he was definitely a rich man, while she was just a receptionist. Their identities were completely different.
In society, any kindness shown by a weak party to a strong party will be regarded as flattery.
Forcing the so-called repayment of gratitude will only make the other party think that it has ulterior motives.
An Sien's heart gradually cooled down.
Before graduation, An Sien wanted to pursue his dream and enter the entertainment industry.
I don't want to be famous or rich, I just want to be able to live a stable and happy life for myself and my mother.
After graduation, An Sien faced the disease and reality.
She just wanted to make money to treat her mother's illness and extend her life as much as possible, so she gave up her dreams and dignity.
When his mother passed away, An Sien's faith and support were gone, and his whole heart became shattered.
The only thing left was the newly sprouted feeling of gratitude towards the messenger.
Now, the messenger rejected her kindness, and the last fire in her heart began to tremble.
The two fell into a long silence.
An Sien forced himself to cheer up: "Sorry, I bother you so late. I'll hang up now..."
"I don't care about your identity."
Just when An Sien was about to hang up the phone, the messenger spoke.
"I reject you because of my personal reasons, not because I care about your identity."
"I don't look down on you. On the contrary, I admire you. Not everyone has the courage to step into the devil's cave and become a guest receptionist for the sake of their family."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The messenger did not care about the term at all and said it very directly.
"I was just... kidnapped there... Even if I didn't want to stay there, they wouldn't let me go..."
An Sien's voice began to choke.
Originally she thought she was completely numb, but the messenger's words made her eyes moist again.
"Regardless of whether you were forced to stay there, you should be very clear about the consequences of betraying them.
But in order to treat your mother's illness, you still chose to betray them without hesitation.
It’s really amazing and you don’t have to feel inferior about it.”
The messenger's tone was still as cold as ever, but An Sien felt a hint of warmth.
"Thank you... thank you..."
An Sien wiped away her tears: "My mother passed away today, and I can't use the money. Tell me your bank card number, and I'll return it..."
"I said, that's a reward. Maybe that 150,000 yuan is a huge sum of money in your eyes, but it's not worth mentioning to me."
The messenger immediately rejected An Sien's request to return the reward: "Is there anything else?"
"Gone."
An Sien said softly.
As soon as he finished speaking, the messenger hung up the phone without hesitation as usual.
'Thanks……'
Listening to the beeping sound on his cell phone, An Sien thanked him again from the bottom of his heart, then slowly stood up and turned on the light in the living room.
She put the urn on the table, went to the TV, and followed her last words and gently took down the photo of herself and her mother on the wall.
The picture frame was nothing special, but when she turned it over, she saw a bankbook taped up.
An Sien suddenly felt as if he had been struck by lightning.
She opened the bankbook tremblingly. Her name was written on the account, and the deposit amount was 42,628 yuan.
The account was established five years ago, which means that when An Sien was still in high school, her mother started saving money secretly.
Snap.
The passbook fell to the ground and formed a small tent.
"why why……"
An Sien knelt on the floor and protected the bankbook with his arms.
The tears that had dried up began to well up again, patting the outer cover of the passbook drop by drop.
An Sien kept asking why, but in her heart she knew her mother's reason for doing this.
"Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah..."
This time, she didn't suppress her voice and cried loudly.
The sad and mournful cries are particularly heart-wrenching in this silent night.
When she was crying like a child, a memory card fell out from the gap in her bankbook.
An Sien kept his eyes on the bankbook, so he would not miss this gadget.
She picked up the memory card, walked to the TV and inserted the memory card into the card reader.
Press the remote control and the TV starts playing the video in the memory card.
The background in the video is very familiar to An Sien, it is her mother's bedroom.
"...The filming should have started, right?"
The video screen shook for a while, and then An's mother appeared on the screen. She kept adjusting her sitting position so that she was facing the camera.
"Sien... Although it sounds like I am cursing myself, by the time you see this video, I should be no longer alive."
"Mother."
What was in front of him was just a video, but when he saw his mother again, An Sien couldn't help but scream.
"You kid has a personality like mine. You seem to be easy to talk to, but in fact, you are very stubborn at heart."
An's mother sighed in the video, with a helpless smile on her face.
"After I went to college, you never asked me for a penny again. It's a good thing for children to learn to be independent, but it also made me a little lonely.
Occasionally I wonder, does this girl not need me anymore?"
"No! I want you to stay with me all the time!"
An Sien came to the TV unknowingly.
"At this moment, you are probably saying that you want me to stay with you all the time, but if you guess wrong...hey, why do you care about that when I'm already dead?"
At this point, An's mother suddenly turned slightly red and coughed twice.
"Although I should have apologized to you when my condition was exposed in the future, but I haven't yet... I'm sorry, Si'en, for keeping it secret from you for so long."
An Sien stroked his mother on the TV screen: "Why didn't you tell me earlier..."
"To be honest, I was shocked when I went to the hospital for a check-up at the beginning of last year. I don't smoke, so how could I have lung cancer? And when I checked, it was stage three lung cancer."
An's mother clapped her hands and said with a smile: "Lung cancer at this stage is too troublesome to treat, and even if it is cured, it may not be cured, so I simply gave up."
"I don't know if God sees me in pity. Over the past year, except for occasional headaches, my health has been fine. I even thought the diagnosis was a misdiagnosis."
"It's a pity that this year, it finally started to attack... Although I can't see you in your wedding dress, I am satisfied to see you in your bachelor's uniform. My only regret is that I won't be able to see my grandchildren in the future...
"
An's mother began to talk about her daily life, and as she spoke, she began to burst into tears.
"Obviously...this is the third time we have re-recorded it..."
An's mother wiped her tears with a tissue: "I originally wanted to finish the recording with a smile... Just watch it, you are crying now anyway."
"I have done many things in my life that I regret, such as marrying your dad despite family opposition, severing ties with your parents, and not even seeing your grandparents until now."
"But the only thing that makes me happy is...thank you for letting me give birth to you."
At this point, An's mother began to collapse emotionally.
An Sien hugged the TV and cried bitterly: "Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..."
"I'm sorry for letting you live with me through so many hard times. In the future... in the future I will no longer be here, so you have to continue to live with a smile, okay?"
"The passbook is the last gift I leave you. Promise me...not to keep it, but to spend it properly, otherwise I will not be able to rest in peace..."
"You are a graduate of the University of Arts, and you will definitely live a happy life in the future. I hope you can try to forget this sadness...and embrace...a new life that only belongs to you."
After An Ma said this, she stood up and turned off the recording.
An Sien looked at the darkened TV screen and tried to force out a sad smile.
Encouraged by my mother's video of her last words.
An Sien, who was already desperate, had a change in his heart.
The last swaying flame called hope was completely extinguished.
replaced by.
She fell into deeper despair...
…………
the next day.
An Sien put on the clothes he usually wore in college.
Wearing a mesh shirt on the upper body, shorts on the lower body, and light makeup on the face to highlight vitality.
She looked at herself in the mirror and smiled with satisfaction.
No matter how you look at it, she is a young and energetic female college student.
An Sien took his satchel and pointed at the urn on the table and said, "Mom, I'm going out. See you later."
An Sien called a taxi and came to the criminal police team. As soon as he got out of the car, he met Jin Ping'an who came to inquire about the progress of the case.
"Excuse me, handsome boy, may I ask Tian Hao, is Officer Tian here?"
An Sien stopped Jin Pingan, clasped his hands and asked softly.
Because Cheng Lejia was his best friend who was like a fairy tale prince, no one had ever spoken to Jin Pingan like this, and the number of times he communicated with women was almost zero.
He has been single since his mother was born. When he sees a beautiful big sister like An Si'en, he immediately blushes.
He stammered: "Old Tian...Tian, he has been suspended...suspended."
"Suspended?" An Sien raised his eyebrows lightly: "What about Officer Jiang Kaiji and Officer Mei Jianbai?"
"Do you have anything to do with them?"
He was shy, but when he heard An Si'en asking about these three people, Jin Ping'an instantly became vigilant.
An Sien took out an envelope from his bag and waved it: "Nothing, I just want them to help me deliver this letter to a person called a messenger."
Jin Pingan looked stunned: "Messenger? How do you know him?"
An Sien also showed a surprised expression: "Huh? You also know the messenger?"
The two of them took out their mobile phones at the same time.
""Can you check your mobile phone number?""x2
Faced with the synchronicity of fascination, An Sien was the first to smile, and this smile made Jin Ping'an blush.
The two exchanged mobile phones to check the starting number.
After confirming that it was correct, An Sien directly thrust the envelope into Jin Ping'an's hand.
"Since you also know him, can you help me deliver this letter to the messenger? Please!"
An Sien bowed solemnly to Jin Pingan.
Facing this formation, Jin Ping'an waved his hands repeatedly: "No...it doesn't matter, it's a trivial matter, but since you know the messenger, why don't you hand it over to him personally?"
"Well, yesterday I asked him out and he was rejected."
An Sien was a little embarrassed: "Then I'll get rid of you, bye."