Chapter 1868: Found
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“Remember what you just said.” Wang Yang’s tone improved slightly upon hearing the woman’s words. Zhu Chengqi’s health had been deteriorating recently, and Wang Yang could not wait for Zhu Chengqi to pass on. Once Zhu Chengqi was dead, he would successfully receive all of Zhu Chengqi’s assets due to his relationship with Zhu Chengqi.
On the other hand, if Zhu Chengqi was alive, there was still a possibility of someone else inheriting Zhu Chengqi’s assets in the end. But as long as Zhu Chengqi was still alive, Wang Yang would turn all his attention to Zhu Chengqi and coax his ‘ancestor’ well, in case Zhu Chengqi made a sudden change in his mind and found another goddaughter to inherit his assets.
When Zhu Chengqi had done that at that time, Wang Yang had almost peed in his pants from fear.
Wang Yang had all reasons to suspect that the person whom Zhu Chengqi acknowledged as his kin would be his greatest enemy who would snatch away everything he had been dreaming of all his life.
The woman patted her clothes and put on her persona, suddenly becoming a lot more gentle and generous. “Dear, let’s go. I’m worried about my uncle. It’s the new year, and here’s the only place that he can come to. It’s just as well. I’ve been thinking of aunty as well. Shall we join uncle and have a chat with aunty and the rest?”
It was the new year, but that old man was not letting them rest easy. Where else could that old man go but visit the graves? He did not even have any friends whom he could visit. At the thought of how she had not been able to have some fun over the new year and instead had to follow her husband to some graveyard, Wang Yang’s wife almost exploded in anger.
Wang Yang was extremely pleased with how his wife had been able to change in an instant as though she was a face-changing performer. “That’s right. Let’s go and bring him back. Before he takes his last breath, you’d better stay by his side in case he doesn’t have anyone to take care of him when he feels unwell and needs someone to run his errands.”
“Understood.” That meant she could not let anyone come into contact with that old man up until the very moment he took his last breath. Otherwise, that old man might suddenly go crazy and leave a mess of a will behind. Not only would that complicate matters, but it would even hurt Wang Yang’s and her interests.
Wang Yang’s last sentence alluded to the fact that she had better pay attention to lawyers in particular.
There were some things that the couple did not need to say out loud to have a tacit understanding between the both of them. When they arrived at the gravestones of the Zhu family, Wang Yang and his wife indeed spotted Zhu Chengqi. “Uncle, why didn’t you call me along to visit grandpa and auntie? I wanted to visit them too. It’s just that I’ve been too caught up with work. I should have taken the initiative to follow you here.”
“Grandpa, auntie, Baoguo, we’ve come to visit you.” Wang Yang’s wife placed the hefty fruit baskets one by one in front of the gravestones. They had already known that Zhu Chengqi would come to visit the three gravestones whenever he had any free time. As such, they had a constant supply of fruit baskets in the back of the car so that they would not need to make a stop to purchase offerings before heading to the cemetery.
At such times, these fruit baskets could be put to good use. Wang Yang was not so foolish to only say that he wanted to visit the Zhu family but not express it through his actions.
“Uncle, did you buy these bouquets of flowers?” Wang Yang’s wife was taken aback by the two bouquets of flowers placed in front of each of the gravestones. “What’s the special occasion today? Or is there anything special about this year?” Usually, there was only one bouquet for each person. This had never happened before.
Wang Yang’s wife was a woman and naturally paid more attention to the number of flowers and type of flowers as compared to Wang Yang.
“There’s nothing special. I just bought it because I felt like buying it.” Zhu Chengqi did not bother explaining that he had only bought one of those bouquets. The other had been given by someone else who had visited the three of them. It was just that Zhu Chengqi had already gotten used to no one but himself remembering his departed family members.
In reality, Zhu Chengqi had been even more surprised than the Wang couple when he had first seen the offerings in front of the three gravestones. But Zhu Chengqi felt that there was no need to tell the Wang couple about this matter.
Wang Yang was not a person who was all talk and no action. Once his wife placed the offerings before the gravestones, Wang Yang rolled up his sleeves, wanting to wipe the gravestones. But when he touched the headstones, he realized that they were rather clean. “Uncle, you’ve finished cleaning them already?” They were already extremely fast and they had hurried after his uncle less than five minutes after his uncle had left his house.
Everyone who knew the Zhu family knew that Zhu Chengqi’s health was deteriorating by the day and might pass on any day now. But Zhu Chengqi’s son had passed away in junior high school, and Wang Yang was the only relative he had around. Of course, Wang Yang was naturally the one to take care of Zhu Chengqi’s matters.
Seeing how Wang Yang had forsaken his business to take care of his uncle, Zhu Chengqi, there were many people in support of Wang Yang. Zhu Chengqi was an old revolutionary and had made great contributions to the nation. It was nothing much for Wang Yang to decrease his working hours to take care of an old revolutionary like Zhu Chengqi.
The government had not disagreed with Wang Yang stopping his work temporarily to take care of Zhu Chengqi either.
Wang Yang, who had applied for leave, was left with no work to do and was thus in an awkward position. Was his uncle not on the verge of passing away? Why was it that he was more agile than he had been in his youth? His uncle had not even left a single thing for him to do. How embarrassing!
“I don’t know how much longer I’ll be able to wipe their gravestones for them.” Zhu Chengqi changed the topic and did not answer Wang Yang directly, but at the same time, it seemed as though he had acknowledged Wang Yang’s words.
Wang Yang did not think more about Zhu Chengqi’s words. After all, everyone in the Zhu family, apart from Zhu Chengqi, was already gone. Of course, Wang Yang’s surname was Wang. He had always had his sight set on Zhu Chengqi’s assets, but he had never thought of himself as part of the Zhu family. Now that the Zhu family was gone, the only one who would wipe the gravestones was Zhu Chengqi.
The Wang couple stood in front of the gravestones with Zhu Chengqi for a while. Wang Yang and his wife seemed to be freezing in the cold, while Zhu Chengqi seemed perfectly fine. Wang Yang asked, “Uncle, you’ve been standing here in the wind for a while. I’m sure grandpa and the rest would feel bad for you if they knew about it. Why don’t we come back again tomorrow? I can follow you here tomorrow too. Even if you want to come every day, I’ll bring you here as well!”
But not today. He had been in a rush to get out today and had not worn a thick coat. If he were to stand out there in the open for any longer, he would definitely catch a cold.
Seeing that the Wang couple’s expression looked rather bad, he nodded in agreement. “All right. Let’s go back. I won’t be back tomorrow. I’ll see when I feel like coming again.”
“Uncle, let me help you.” Wang Yang breathed a sigh of relief. Thankfully, that old man had not insisted on it. If his uncle had insisted on staying, he would have to suck it up no matter how cold it was.
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