In fact, the last time they met, Zheng Kai could feel that Chen Xiangping's health was already very bad.
But Zheng Kai didn't expect that things happened so suddenly.
Chen Xiangping's life was too bitter.
The happiest moment in her life was the ten months she was pregnant with Li Ming.
She was displaced from her hometown to Zhi'an City. All her family members died and she was the only one left.
Finally, she got married and had a child, but the child she gave birth to was a monster.
Later, Li Fuzhi disappeared.
Li Ming also disappeared.
She became a lonely person again.
Her whole life seemed to have never gone smoothly.
Of course, there is something hateful about Chen Xiangping.
She clearly knew the truth about the child abuse and murder case in Yizhi Kindergarten, but she chose to conceal it for Li Ming.
Li Ming is her son.
She only has one child in her life.
Zheng Kai's eyes were red and he clenched his fists. The words of the people around him had no impact on him.
Zheng Kai is not a person who cares about other people's opinions.
After a long time, Zheng Kai wiped his red eyes and asked in a deep voice: "I want to go to the morgue to see Grandma Chen's body."
The female nurse breathed a sigh of relief. It was the best result for Zheng Kai to control his emotions.
After all, their hospital doesn't want to cause conflicts with patients' families.
"Come with me."
The female nurse leads the way.
Zheng Kai followed behind quietly.
Zheng Kai sympathized with Chen Xiangping.
Because like Chen Xiangping, he is alone and has no relatives.
This feeling of loneliness became especially intense after Wang Qiang disappeared.
In the past, Zheng Kai could comfort himself with his good friend Wang Qiang. What could he comfort himself with now?
"Maybe I will not be as good as Chen Xiangping when I die."
Zheng Kai laughed to himself.
Chen Xiangping died, and Zheng Kai was still concerned about his funeral.
But what if Zheng Kai died?
Zheng Kai's thoughts were a little wandering. Maybe after he died, no one really cared about or took care of his funeral.
This is a resonant sense of sadness.
Because in Chen Xiangping, Zheng Kai saw his future.
Hospital morgue.
Chen Xiangping just passed away yesterday, and since she was not accompanied by her family members, the hospital wanted to classify Chen Xiangping's body as an unrelated body. If Zheng Kai did not come today, Chen Xiangping's body might be cremated in the afternoon.
After all, people die in hospitals every day.
The corpse storage cabinet in the morgue cannot accommodate it.
Zheng Kai lifted up the white cloth with his own hands, and Chen Xiangping's familiar old face appeared in Zheng Kai's eyes.
The skin of the dead is always extremely white.
Especially if the body is left in the morgue for a night and in a low temperature environment, the body will appear this white.
Zheng Kai looked at Chen Xiangping's face and remained silent.
The female nurse stood aside, silently waiting for Zheng Fa to finish venting his emotions.
To be honest, over the years, doctors and nurses have seen many family members of patients crying in front of the body and almost fainting.
But Zheng Kai didn't cry. He just lost control of his emotions in the lobby on the first floor, but he controlled his emotions very well after that.
After a long time, Zheng Kai said softly: "Thank you."
The female nurse hurriedly responded: "My condolences! In fact, the old man has lived a long life. This is also a blessing. At least he is free from illness and disaster."
Blessed?
Zheng Kai pursed his lips and did not answer.
Chen Xiangping has nothing to do with luck in her life.
"Please help arrange the cremation in the afternoon. I will pay for it."
Zheng Kai said sincerely.
The female nurse nodded and left the morgue with Zheng Kai.
The cremation was very quick in the afternoon.
The most troublesome thing about cremation is not the process, but the preparation beforehand.
For example, signing a letter of responsibility, sorting out the remains of the deceased, leaving family members reluctant to leave and crying, etc.
If you skip these preparations, cremation is actually as simple as pushing the body into the cremator.
After a few hours, professionals will sort the ashes together and hand them over to the family of the deceased.
Zheng Kai had worked in a funeral parlor before and knew the cremation process very well.
Watching Chen Xiangping's body being pushed into the crematorium and the orange fire wrapping the body until the body was no longer visible, Zheng Kai remained expressionless.
Cremation is not expensive.
Zheng Kai paid a thousand yuan and bought all the urns.
Five o'clock in the afternoon.
Zheng Kai walked out of the funeral home holding the urn.
This feeling of holding something in his arms was a bit familiar. Zheng Kai then thought that he had also held something like this in the world of strange objects.
Return to the dormitory.
Zheng Kai looked at Chen Xiangping's urn in a daze.
After a while, there was a knock on the door of Zheng Kai's dormitory.
Zheng Kai opened the door and saw a package delivered by the courier.
The consignee did write Zheng Kai's name, address and contact information.
Sender: Chen Xiangping.
After Zheng Kai signed for it, he returned to the room and opened the package.
There is a letter and a bunch of keys inside.
Zheng Kai did not look at the key, but opened the letter solemnly.
"Zheng Kai, this is the first time I call you by your name so formally."
"Old lady, I should be dying soon."
"Before I left, I thought about leaving something behind, but in such a big city, I no longer have any relatives."
"In the end I can only write you a few words to chat with you."
Chen Xiangping writes letters very casually and does not follow a very formal letter writing format. Moreover, there are several typos in a sentence, and she even crosses out a word and writes it again.
The whole letter looks like a child writing a composition.
"Actually, I knew you were lying to me a long time ago. You were in kindergarten, but you didn't have a grandfather named Li."
"Children who have been able to stay in that kindergarten are basically orphans."
"When I was in kindergarten, those children were not only orphans, but they also had physical problems and were not welcomed by anyone outside."
"I don't want you to be this kind of child, so I want to leave my current house to you. I don't know any wills or real estate certificates, but I have given you the key. If you want to live in it, you can go there."
Zheng Kai lowered his eyes.
When Chen Xiangping wrote this letter, she could no longer open her eyes.
She has trouble seeing, let alone writing.
"Child, being a good person is a good thing, but you can't be too kind. If you are too kind, others will bully you."
"Other children can run back and hug their parents when they are bullied, but you can't."
"You are a boy. It's embarrassing to cry. It's uncomfortable not to cry. If something sad happens to you, what will you do..."
Zheng Kai wiped his eyes and remained silent, but the hand holding the paper was trembling slightly.
The handwriting in the last few points was very dark. After Chen Xiangping finished writing this sentence, the pen tip stopped for a long time.
When Chen Xiangping was in poor health, she was still thinking about Zheng Kai.
Maybe,
Zheng Kai was the last warm light in her later life.