The Bigshot Married Himself to the Heiress

Chapter 1065: Chapter 1008: A Perfect Match

At Mr. Reed’s funeral, Sienna Johnson sought Nicole Logan’s opinion on whether the funeral should fully follow the customs of Sileria City.

Nicole Logan said, just follow the customs of Sileria City.

The funeral required the coffin to be kept at home for three days, with fifty monks invited to chant scriptures day and night for transcendence, and an opera troupe to perform a grand show.

Many relatives and friends of the Johnson Family showed up, as well as the neighbors from around.

A few women cooking gathered together, chatting and laughing.

"Have you seen the son-in-law of the Johnson Family?"

"Yes, I have. He is so handsome, even more dashing than those Kandara stars. How did the Johnson Family find such a son-in-law, and why can’t my daughter meet someone like him?"

"Look at the looks of Sienna Johnson. If she didn’t look down on my son, I’d have liked to have him marry into her family."

"Your son is so ugly; even if he wanted to marry into her family, they wouldn’t accept him."

Adrian Desmond took a lap around, seeing the chatter and laughter, stared in disbelief. He never understood the customs of Sileria City.

Isn’t a funeral supposed to be somber and solemn? Why is it bustling like a celebration?"

"Sienna Johnson, isn’t this a funeral? Why are they giggling and chatting?"

"..."

"Aren’t you worried about Mrs. Brown getting upset?"

Sienna Johnson, holding Sheehan and kneeling before the spirit tablet, upon seeing Adrian Desmond in mourning attire, said, "Mr. Reed was over eighty years old when he passed away. To live past eighty is a blessing, and funerals here are meant to be cheerful.

We call it a ’laughing funeral’."

"The customs here are truly strange."

Sienna Johnson laughed, "I find it quite nice. If I were to die, I would want those attending my funeral to be happy and cheerful. Rather than tears, I’d prefer to hear laughter."

"If you were dead, I doubt I could laugh."

"Adrian Desmond, we’ve got plenty of good days ahead of us."

These good days, Adrian Desmond wished to last forever.

Adrian Desmond glanced at Sienna Johnson and then at his son in her arms, suddenly realizing he had erred.

Bad people won’t be reformed; he shouldn’t have thought about accumulating blessings by avoiding killing.

The final result of being soft-hearted almost led to his precious daughter dying.

If, back on Death Island, he hadn’t spared Doctor X and Shade Jervois out of old feelings, today’s troubles wouldn’t exist.

"What are you thinking?" Sienna Johnson asked in bewilderment upon seeing Adrian Desmond staring straight at her.

"Thinking how beautiful you look in mourning attire."

Sienna Johnson, dressed in white, unadorned but with vivid lips and beautiful, dynamic eyes, appeared gently fragile.

"This is the mourning hall, be serious."

"Are you unserious or am I? I just praised your beauty, and that’s all."

Sienna Johnson ignored the man’s remark, mourning for Mr. Reed.

...

Maddox Brown was buried in the Public Cemetery.

On the day of the burial, Nicole Logan, who had been composed up to this point, seemed to just realize her loved one was gone and clung to the coffin, refusing the burial.

"Mrs. Brown, please accept the inevitable."

"No! No!"

They had no children nor relatives, only each other. Now, with her loved one gone, Nicole Logan felt overwhelmingly alone.

"Miss, if the coffin isn’t lowered soon, it will miss the auspicious time."

Just as weddings have auspicious times, burials need proper timing, or the departed won’t rest peacefully.

Sienna Johnson and Sally forcibly pulled Nicole Logan away, the coffin descended, and shovelfuls of dirt covered it—forever separating the two worlds.

Nicole Logan lost her composure, crying bitterly.

Sienna Johnson looked at Adrian Desmond beside her and said, "If I die, don’t cry like that. I wouldn’t want to leave for reincarnation."

"Then become a ghost and stay attached to me."

...

After Mr. Reed’s funeral, Sienna Johnson brought her child to pay respects to her father, reflecting on the still-closed Eastminster Pharmaceutical Factory, making Sienna feel she couldn’t face her father.

"Daddy, look, this is your grandson. Isn’t he adorable?... Curly was supposed to come too but she fell ill. With the recent cool weather, I didn’t let her come."

This was Sienna Johnson’s first time bringing Sheehan to see her father.

Fruits and roast chicken were placed as offerings before the tombstone, Sheehan reached out to grab them, but Sienna didn’t allow it, causing Sheehan to wail loudly.

Startling the birds in the woods into flight.

Adrian Desmond picked a grape, placing it in his son’s hand, saying, "Just give him one to eat; Daddy won’t be that stingy."