Chapter 20: Farewell
After bidding farewell to Sun Qian, Lu Yao checked the time and walked home quickly with a heart full of melancholy.
After returning home, he didn't even take a shower and lay directly on the bed.
I have to work again tomorrow, so I need to get some rest.
It’s just a pity...
Before turning off the lights, he looked at the news on his mobile phone's news feed of South Africa's 1-1 draw with Mexico, and was filled with regret.
Facts have proved that the gambling part after rebirth is really nonsense... Even if you know the score, the odds make you unable to make any money at all.
Now, he just hopes the France-Mexico odds will be higher.
He quickly closed his eyes as he was thinking about some things.
But the bedroom had just been quiet for two or three minutes when suddenly, he jumped up from the bed again.
Kitchen door.
Ms. Chen, who was wearing pajamas, rubbed her eyes, looked at her son washing rice and asked:
"Are you hungry?"
"No, did I wake you up?"
"I heard it when you came back... What are you cooking for when you're not hungry?"
"Mr. Xu's grandma has a funeral tomorrow, so I have to go there early. Prepare some breakfast and bring her a bowl of porridge. She doesn't look like someone who can cook."
After hearing his son's explanation, Chen Aihua nodded and took out a plastic bag from the cabinet.
Inside the bag are disposable lunch boxes stacked on top of each other.
When he is running long distances in the mountains, Chen Aihua will always make some delicious pickles or some home-cooked dishes that can last for a long time, so that his husband, who is sleeping outdoors, can taste the taste of home.
Eat better.
So this kind of lunch box is always available at home.
And she also trusted her son's craftsmanship. She put the lunch box on the stove and ignored it. She just said:
"There are my newly pickled cucumbers in the refrigerator, as well as the leftover lard residue from the last meal. I'll just chop them up and fry them with eggs tomorrow morning."
"I know, Mom, you can go to sleep. I'll go to sleep when I put it in the rice cooker."
"Yeah."
Probably less than five minutes later, the kitchen returned to silence.
Lu Yao set the alarm clock and fell asleep.
One second he felt like he was closing his eyes, and the next second he heard the piercing sound of the alarm clock.
This was also the main reason why he didn't like using apples in his previous life.
Apple's alarm clock... it's really easy to sound like myocardial infarction after a long time.
And now Huawei is not willing to give in too much.
With strong sour discomfort in his eyes, he glanced at the time.
4:15.
Okay... I slept for less than three hours.
Shaking his head helplessly, he walked directly into the bathroom.
When he came out of the shower, he found that his mother had already put on an apron in the kitchen.
"...Mom?"
Ms. Chen nodded:
"The vegetables are fried and I have two bowls of porridge for you."
"...Three bowls."
"Okay, are those five eggs enough?"
"Enough."
"Yeah."
So, when Lu Yao put on a dark suit, there was already a "six walnuts" handbag at the door.
"Mom, I'm leaving."
Carrying the bag, he opened the door and walked out.
At 4:30 in the morning, traffic in the Magic City was smooth, but the weather was gloomy.
When we drove all the way to Fortune Garden, the time was almost 4:55.
After he got out of the car, he thought about it and dialed Xu Ruochu's number.
According to his idea, the rich woman should not have woken up yet, but who knew that the other party picked up the call instantly.
"Hey, are you here?"
"Yes, Mr. Xu, downstairs...have you had breakfast?"
"No."
"I brought porridge, can I deliver it to you?"
"..."
There was a confused silence on the other side of the phone.
After two or three seconds of silence, Lu Yao heard the sentence:
"Okay, you go to the entrance and I will open the door for you."
Of course she was not talking about her own home, but the entrance door to the lobby of the negative parking lot.
Lu Yao obeyed the instructions, entered the elevator from the entrance door, and finally arrived at the door of the other party's house.
When Xu Ruochu opened the door, he realized that the other party was already putting on makeup.
Not charming or demonic.
Even if the painting is not finished, you can still feel the appropriate solemnity.
"Mr. Xu."
"Well..."
Xu Ruochu responded, looked at Lu Yao's clothes up and down, and said:
"Come in and get your own slippers."
"Okay."
Lu Yao was here last time, and he was also responsible for cleaning the whole house, so he was not familiar with the various furnishings, but he could also be said to be familiar with them.
After taking out the hotel's guest slippers and putting them on, he walked into the spacious living room and looked around subconsciously.
good.
Except for the pile of messy clothes on the sofa, the other furnishings have not changed much.
But what about the half banana on the table?
If a good person eats a banana, he will eat half of it.
Without saying a word, he came to the dining table and took out three boxes of porridge.
I opened the box of pickled cucumbers and fried scrambled eggs.
Using the disposable chopsticks he brought, he put two cucumbers and some eggs into one of the boxes of porridge, and carried it directly to the dining table near the kitchen.
The porridge was very hot, but Lu Yao could bear it.
After drinking most of the bowl quickly and feeling almost full, he threw the lunch box directly into the trash can, then started to clear the table with the trash can.
When Xu Ruochu came out after changing her clothes, she looked at the garbage bag in Lu Yao's hand. She opened her mouth, as if she wanted to explain something... but in the end she didn't say it, but said:
"Eat, eat quickly, it's time for us to leave."
"I've already eaten, Mr. Xu, one of these two bowls of porridge is for you, and the other is for Sister Li."
"...Okay."
Xu Ruochu nodded and sat at the dining table.
She didn't comment on the taste of the porridge and vegetables.
After eating it in less than ten minutes, I wiped my mouth:
"Let's go."
"Okay."
Lu Yao, who had already packed out two bags of garbage, nodded.
Without asking anything about Hu Li, he just opened the door and walked out, pressing the button for the elevator.
But at this moment, he heard the sound of high heels stepping on the ground.
Turning around, he saw that Xu Ruochu was wearing wedge high heels today.
He actually wanted to ask, when a filial son is going to a funeral and has to walk a long way to be cremated, is it really appropriate to wear high heels?
But if the boss makes this choice, he will definitely not interfere.
Just turn around:
"Mr. Xu, wait a moment."
He walked in the door again, and Xu Ruochu, who was still puzzled, realized something when she saw a pair of Crocs Crocs in his hand, and nodded:
"Thank you."
"You're welcome, you should."
Da, da, da...
High heels walked into the elevator.
I have to admit that the elevator in Fortune Garden is the largest, most luxurious and quietest elevator that Lu Yao has ever ridden.
It was so quiet that he felt a little uncomfortable being stared at by Xu Ruochu.
He didn't know why the other party kept staring at him.
Is the shape of the garbage bag on the Crocs left hand and the right hand too avant-garde?
While she was thinking about it, the female president finally lowered her head and began to fiddle with her phone.
Soon, Lu Yao's cell phone dinged.
"This phone number, you contact him after get off work, make an appointment, and just go directly there. Make a few suits and I will say hello to him."
"...?"
Lu Yao was stunned.
He glanced at the other party subconsciously. Although he didn't look at his phone, he could listen to what the other party meant...
He thought for a while and nodded:
"Okay."
This time, he didn't say thank you.
Because he wasn't sure if the other party really didn't realize that his contract with her was going to end in six days.
But there’s no need to mention it anyway.
Today is her last chance to see her deceased relative.
No matter what, it's better to try not to cause trouble for your boss.
……
The entire journey was silent.
Before six o'clock, X6 arrived at the crematorium.
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Along the way, Xu Ruochu was silent.
And after she got off the car, Lu Yao didn't ask anything like "Can I leave?"
After watching the other party leave, he smoked a cigarette and returned to the car again.
Next, there is a long wait.
There are more and more luxury cars around him.
The sun is getting higher and higher.
But it didn't matter to him who was always half asleep.
Until...he heard the sound of the suona, sheng and xiao.
He opened his eyes and looked at the procession that had walked out of the mourning hall building and headed towards the funeral parlor. He knew in his heart that...their final farewell to their loved ones had begun.
Didn't get off the car.
Because the funeral had nothing to do with him as the driver.
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He saw Xu Ruochu.
With her hair wrapped in a white filial piety and her arms hung with a black gauze, she was being supported by someone.
I had cried until I broke down in tears and almost collapsed.
In front of her were three middle-aged men who were also wearing sackcloth and mourning.
Among them should be her father, and the other two should be uncles, walking slowly holding a photo of a kind-hearted old lady.
Next to her, there were a group of filial sons and grandsons, both male and female, wearing sackcloth and filial piety. They obviously looked like a big family.
Everyone cried very sadly.
Including the teams behind.
Regardless of the true feelings and falsehoods, the sadness of parting at this time cannot be shared with outsiders.
Lu Yao still didn't get out of the car, but a rumbling sound came in through the gap in the car window.
He subconsciously looked up at the sky.
Dark clouds are gathering.
It's going to rain.
……
Condolences, farewell, cremation, coffin collection...
After a long time, the cremation was over, and Lu Yao saw the group of people walking out in great force.
One of them held an urn wrapped in yellow satin.
Then, one after another, people started to get on the Maybach, Rolls-Royce and the like.
Lu Yao sat up straight and began to look around.
As a result... no trace of Xu Ruochu was found.
He waited for a while longer, but didn't even wait for the other party until suddenly tiny drops of rain began to fall from the sky.
But the convoy has already started to set off.
He took out his phone.
But after hesitating for a while, he put down the phone again and directly put it into gear.
When the luxury cars in the parking lot were almost gone, I followed them directly and followed the group from a distance.
And it took a long time to open it.
We drove all the way to the suburbs, and finally stopped in front of a country road.
During this section of the journey, the rain seemed to be falling but the dark clouds were getting thicker.
Lu Yao finally saw Xu Ruochu getting out of the car.
After thinking about it, he also got out of the car.
I searched the car and couldn't find an umbrella.
With some helplessness, he walked to a Buick commercial vehicle:
"Hello, I am Miss Xu Ruochu's driver. Can you lend me an umbrella?"
When the driver of the other party heard this, he didn't hesitate and gave Lu Yao an umbrella.
After Lu Yao politely thanked him, he watched the wailing team walking along this well-maintained cement road into the mountains amid the sound of suona, sheng and xiao.
He followed.
But instead of closing the distance, they held an umbrella and kept a distance of about ten to twenty meters, following the team from a distance.
There were many people traveling with him, including the driver who gave him an umbrella.
Apparently, everyone was aware that it was going to rain.
No one said anything along the way.
After Lu Yao followed the team for a long distance, when he saw a tomb at the end of the road, he finally realized...it turned out that this road was repaired for this tomb.
"Boom."
The thunder in the sky became more and more gloomy.
At the end of the road, loved ones are buried.
Amid the sounds of sadness, Lu Yao and the drivers stood together with umbrellas in their hands, watching the group of people performing the last rituals.
And after a while, Lu Yao suddenly found that... among the entire crowd, only Xu Ruochu turned around.
Turn your back towards the tomb.
"..."
And even when her relatives started adding soil with shovels, she did not move, she just turned around and faced the tomb.
For a moment, Lu Yao didn't know what to say.
And when the soil addition process is finally over...
God, who is very generous, seems to have finally endured this moment.
"Pitter patter... clatter..."
Big raindrops fell like pouring down.
The rain was so heavy that it quickly produced smoke when it fell on the ground.
For a moment it seemed that even the smoke from the burning yellow paper wreaths was covered.
The group of drivers still didn't move.
It was not until the final kneeling of the ceremony was over and the filial sons and grandsons in front of them walked back that the drivers held up their umbrellas one by one and ran quickly towards the front.
Lu Yao didn't hold an umbrella either, and when these people started walking forward, he quickly followed them.
The black umbrella unfolded side by side, picking up one person after another.
Only Lu Yao noticed that Xu Ruochu did not follow the team.
Instead, he squatted on the ground, covered his face and cried bitterly.
At some point, Lu Yao became the only "retrograde" person.
And when he passed by a buddy who was getting more and more similar in age, the buddy turned back subconsciously, and then saw Xu Ruochu who was not following the team down.
"Sister."
He shouted, then took the umbrella and followed.
But he is not as fast as he is.
Just when he called out "sister", Lu Yao had already opened his umbrella to cover the woman whose knees were covered with soil.
Xu Ruochu raised her head when she heard her brother calling her.
Then she saw Lu Yao holding an umbrella for her.
There was no makeup on her face.
It was just the rain that mixed vaguely on her hair.
Wisps are falling down one by one, like spiritual flags.
Extremely embarrassed.
Lu Yao looked at her calmly and pityingly.
Ignoring the raindrops on his face, he said softly:
"Mr. Xu, my condolences."
"...Wow!!"
It's like yesterday again.
Lu Yao listened to the crying sound in his chest and sighed in his heart.
"Grandma!! There is no more grandma!!! There will be no more grandma in the future... Wuwuwu..."
(End of chapter)