Xue Yang was stunned and seemed to remember something.
"Dad, did you hear something wrong? I - I am telling the truth, I didn't lie to you a word!"
Cheng Tianyuan said quietly: "I know. But I still have to go back."
Xue Yang couldn't help but ask: "Are you coming to resume work? Just call the warehouse. We are all regular customers, so there is no need to risk coming here."
"No." Cheng Tianyuan explained: "I just want to visit your aunt."
Xue Yang sighed and explained: "The sanatorium has not been unblocked yet. Two old people have passed away. They were older and had many underlying diseases... they can't survive it. Dad, you can stay there for the time being. Even if you come,
I can't visit my aunt anymore."
Unexpectedly, Cheng Tianyuan had already made up his mind.
"You don't understand. I need to go back. Okay, don't ask too many questions. Let's talk when I get there."
Xue Yang quickly asked the others if they wanted to follow, "You can't let the little guys hear it, lest they suddenly become homesick and clamor to come back."
"You are thinking too much." Cheng Tianyuan pointed out mercilessly: "They were all having fun and not thinking about home. No one even mentioned that they wanted to go home. Even your father, if Xiaoxiao hadn't taken the initiative to mention it, they would have been there long ago.
Just forgot about it.”
Xue Yang: "..."
Well, he is just being sentimental.
Cheng Tianyuan explained: "The place here is secluded and spacious, with no other people waiting, and the climate is very suitable. The elderly have to stay for the time being. They don't know what's going on in the imperial capital yet. A Heng and A Huan can't contact Uncle Zhilan."
Many, they didn’t dare to say anything even after contacting them. Ahu and Wang Qing also planned to stay. However, Xiaohuzi and Wanyun made excuses, saying that they were still competing in other places and could not take Xiaohu back to school. They were worried that their children’s homework would fall behind too much.
Duo. Now that little Huzi has sent books, your mother and An An are taking turns tutoring the little guy. Ahhu and the others are no longer worried."
Xue Yang agreed and made sure his father would be accompanied by two bodyguards, then hung up with peace of mind.
In the evening, several people gathered together for dinner, and Xue Yang talked about this matter.
Lin Qingzhi frowned slightly and asked, "Why didn't you tell me in advance? I can arrange a plane to pick up your uncle."
"No need." Xue Yang explained: "Flights have been resumed and the tickets have been booked."
"No." Lin Qingzhi lowered his voice: "This virus has been discovered in many places around the world. If there are other passengers on the plane who are infected but it cannot be detected for the time being, my uncle has interacted with them indirectly or directly in the closed cabin.
Within a few hours, the risk of infection increases immediately."
Cheng Huanchong frowned: "Yes! If you get infected... it would be terrible!"
Chen Xinzhi shook his head: "Don't take the risk, let's pick him up on his own plane. After all, dad is almost seventy, so he is considered an old man, so we can't let him take the risk and suffer."
"Yes." Lin Qingzhi said warmly: "The plane is now empty. All you need to do is say something and we will pick up uncle right away."
Xue Yang said quickly: "That's okay! Tell dad to cancel the ticket and wait for the plane to pick him up over there!"
Cheng Huanchong urged: "Quick! Fight now!"
"Go when you're full." Xue Yang gnawed on the steak: "Anyway, Dad won't get on the plane until tomorrow, so there's no rush."
Xue Xin came wearing a facial mask and said she would eat it later.
"Dad is coming back to see aunt, isn't he? Didn't you tell him that aunt can't go in yet?"
Xue Yang shook his head: "I told you, but he still insisted on coming."
"Maybe it's because of family ties." Chen Xinzhi reminded in a low voice: "Although dad doesn't go around much with aunt, he still cares about aunt very much in his heart. In addition, aunt's condition is not good, and it's only natural for dad to worry. No
Seeing her with his own eyes would probably make dad restless."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
"That should be the reason."
"Auntie is dad's only sister after all!"
"I heard from my mother that my father doted on my aunt when she was a child. He would rather not go to college, but insisted that my grandparents let my aunt study in elementary school."
Chen Xinzhi couldn't help but guess: "It's probably because my mother's sudden death made them worried that their loved ones might...pass away suddenly. Maybe they didn't want to miss each other for the last time, which would cause too much regret."
Zheng Duoduo came back the day before yesterday. Because the epidemic situation here has not been completely clear yet, Xiao Tong and his son stayed in Rongcheng for the time being.
Zheng Duoduo came to him as soon as he got off the plane and said he wanted to visit his mother's grave.
Chen Xinzhi reminded him that the tombstone could not be made yet and was waiting for him to come back to discuss it.
Zheng Duoduo looked haggard and looked very bad. He went to the tomb and stood there for a long time, then suddenly fell down and knelt down, and then burst into tears.
He said he didn't believe it, not at all, that his good mother had just disappeared.
He was distraught and said that he regretted it so much. He should have rushed back when he knew something happened in the imperial capital. At least he could see his mother for the last time and even take care of her when she was sick. Maybe he came in time, maybe his mother wouldn't
die.
Chen Xinzhi ordered him to calm down with red eyes, saying that no one could have expected that the epidemic would be so serious, that no one could have expected that he would be infected just by going out, and that good people would just disappear.
Zheng Duoduo cried with tears all over his face, scolding his brother for why he didn't snatch his mother out, why he was cremated so quickly, and why he couldn't be allowed to see his mother again, even just one more time.
Chen Xinzhi just sighed, knowing that he was overwhelmed by sadness and couldn't reason with him.
Zheng Duoduo cried for a long time, always mumbling why God was so cruel and wouldn't even let him see his mother's last face...
Chen Xinzhi explained in a low voice: "At that time, I suddenly remembered that when I received the bad news, I had always refused to believe it was true. It wasn't until I finally saw the old man's body that I had to believe it. After the cremation, I held the urn... always
It felt unreal, and I was always in a trance. Duoduo kept mumbling that not seeing her mother for the last time was a lifelong regret. I may not have been able to understand it before, but I can understand it now."
Everyone listened silently and sighed secretly.
"This is an inherent thought hidden in my bones."
"Before some elderly people pass away due to old age, their families will quickly notify the younger generations and ask them to rush back to see the elderly people for the last time."
Xue Yang scratched his big head and said, "Probably not. Dad only found out about my aunt's illness in the afternoon, but he said he had already booked the tickets."
Lin Qingzhi put down her chopsticks gracefully and whispered: "Between relatives...sometimes there is no need to say anything."
After everyone heard this, their hearts suddenly sank.
"Well - let's not make random guesses! My aunt has already turned negative, but her body has not returned to its original condition."
"That's right... my aunt is relatively weak and needs time to recover."
"Yes...it will take a long time."
Everyone did not dare to talk any more, and all tacitly immersed themselves in eating.