Chapter 524: News of Shangguan Zhuren's Death

Xiao Fang doesn't let me smoke.

I was momentarily at a loss for what to do.

My two hands had nowhere to go.

Xiao Fang looked at my foolish expression and laughed,

handed a teacup to me,

"Drink some water; today, I'll watch you and won't let you smoke."

"I'm not thirsty. Xiao Fang, I want to talk about something important—it's about Shangguan Zhuren's news," I said softly, looking at Xiao Fang.

"My father's news. How is he?" Xiao Fang asked, somewhat agitated.

"Xiao Fang, you need to be mentally prepared."

"Be mentally prepared. What exactly happened to my father?" Xiao Fang asked again, urgently.

"Shangguan Zhuren is already dead," I said, then lowered my head, not daring to look at Xiao Fang.

"What? Say it again. What happened to my father?"

"He has already passed on. Shangguan Zhuren is already dead," I repeated.

"Ah, dad, my dad..." Xiao Fang said after hearing me finish,

her two hands immediately grabbed my arm,

and then squeezed my flesh hard.

Hearing Xiao Fang's sobs, my heart was torn as if by a knife.

Honestly, I didn't want to face Xiao Fang.

Because Shangguan Zhuren's death was a heavy blow to Xiao Fang. Yet I couldn't avoid facing it.

Tears in my eyes fell drop by drop,

Xiao Fang bit her lip, sobbing silently.

I could only urge, "Xiao Fang, if you must cry, cry out loudly."

Xiao Fang shook her head, saying nothing.

At that moment, I wrapped my arms around Xiao Fang, letting her head rest on my shoulder.

"I have no father anymore, I have no father. Dad, dad, can you hear me?" Xiao Fang, lying on my shoulder, began crying fiercely.

I gently patted Xiao Fang's back,

letting her cry out loudly.

Only by crying out does the heart feel better.

The loss of a loved one is the most painful thing in life.

It is also something every adult must experience.

Xiao Fang cried.

Her whole body was in my arms.

I gently held Xiao Fang, as if holding my own sister.

My relative,

the comfort I could give Xiao Fang is the comfort an older brother can give.

Xiao Fang's crying grew quieter,

indicating that she had already come to accept Shangguan Zhuren's death.

Xiao Fang, still on my shoulder, whispered, "I have no relatives left in this world; you are my only family."

I nodded,

"Xiao Fang, as long as you don't reject it, I am your brother.

I am your family. Now, stop crying. Believe that Shangguan Zhuren wouldn't want to see you suffer like this."

At this moment, Xiao Fang got up from me, took a tissue and wiped her tears,

after a while, she said,

"Brother Jianqiang, I've long been mentally prepared for my father's matter. Actually, the last incident, my dad didn't come out with them, and I had a bad feeling.

I always felt that my dad had already left me.

But I didn't want to confirm it.

I dare not return to Zaocheng.

I don't want to know,

that my dad really left.

"Brother Jianqiang, I'm telling the truth," Xiao Fang said, and tears flowed again.

I took a sheet of paper and wiped Xiao Fang's tears,

"Xiao Fang, I knew about Shangguan Zhuren's death back then, and truly didn't know how to tell you.

I kept it from you, not daring to tell you.

But I couldn't stay silent. You are his only daughter.

You have the right to know.

Xiao Fang, Shangguan Zhuren died for us,

he died for today's victory.

I am proud of Shangguan Zhuren."

"Brother Jianqiang, I want to ask, where is my dad buried.

I want to go see," Xiao Fang said.

Buried in a Gong Mu in Teng County, a nice place, I've been there.

The Bin Yi Guan director knows Shangguan Zhuren; he secretly picked the spot.

Shangguan Zhuren should have died at Liu Shiru's hands, so they didn't allow his ashes to be kept back then, but Director Wang secretly kept them.

Right, the photo on Shangguan Zhuren's tombstone hasn't been picked yet.

These must be done by the closest relatives.

You go back to Zaocheng—perfect timing to pick a photo for Shangguan Zhuren.

Xiao Fang nodded,

"What else did my dad leave behind?"

"He left a watch and a lighter." After I said that, I took out a watch and a lighter wrapped in red cloth from a bag.

When I handed the items to Xiao Fang, she burst into tears again with a wail.

"Dad, dad, my dear dad."

Then she clutched the watch and lighter tightly to her chest.

Seeing Xiao Fang sobbing, I didn't know how to comfort her.

Perhaps only by letting Xiao Fang cry her heart out can the longing for loved ones be eased.

After a while, Xiao Fang stopped crying.

Xiao Fang said to me, "Jianqiang bro, from today I will observe mourning for my dad. Could you buy me a set of black clothes?"

"And also a mourning armband."

"This is easy. I'll go with Xiao Yue later to buy you clothes. Come back to Zaocheng with us today."

Xiao Fang said, "I'm going back to personally sweep my dad's tomb and pick a photo."

I said, "Alright, wait inside."

I then left the house.

Arriving at the hotel buffet, I found Xiao Yue, who had just finished eating, and briefly told her.

Xiao Yue then took me to a clothing store.

At the store, I bought Xiao Fang a set of black long pants, shirt, shoes, etc.

Then I went to a funeral supplies store and bought Xiao Fang an armband with the mourning character and a white flower.

We returned to the hotel.

Xiao Fang changed into the black clothes and pinned the white flower to her head.

She silently shed tears.

I woke Shi Yong and Zhao Xiaohua; we need to hurry back to Zaocheng.

Shi Yong was about to joke with me, but seeing Xiao Fang in mourning attire, he didn't dare speak.

Our group left the hotel,

I had Shi Yong drive,

We headed straight for the Bin Yi Guan in Teng County.

When we arrived at the Gong Mu of the Bin Yi Guan, it was just past four in the afternoon.

The sky, originally clear, suddenly became overcast with dark clouds.

I led Xiao Fang toward the deepest part of the Gong Mu.

Xiao Fang was accompanied by Xiao Yue.

Xiao Fang had already selected a photo for Shangguan Zhuren.

It was a photo of him smoking, smiling broadly.

Upon reaching Shangguan Zhuren's grave, Xiao Fang fell to her knees with a thud.

She clung to the tombstone and began to weep.

Xiao Yue softly urged Xiao Fang.

After crying for a while, Xiao Fang pasted Shangguan Zhuren's photo onto the tombstone.

Then she gently wiped the tombstone with her own clothing.

She wiped it repeatedly, then traced the tombstone with gold lacquer.

At that moment I took out cigarettes from my bag,

lighting them one by one,

I said, "Shangguan Zhuren, Xiao Fang has come to see you."

She already knows the news of your death.

Shangguan Zhuren, Xiao Fang is doing well now; she still plans to study abroad.

In the future she can enter the TV industry. Rest assured,

Xiao Fang's future path, I will look after.

After I finished speaking, a wind suddenly blew up,

the wind swirled, continuously blowing around us,

I knew this wind was Shangguan Zhuren; he had already seen Xiao Fang,

he wanted to kiss Xiao Fang, but could only become a gust of wind swirling around her.

The dark clouds in the sky grew lower and lower.

It looks like a big storm is about to arrive.

At this moment I told Xiao Fang, "Xiao Fang, let's go, stop wiping. Shangguan Zhuren already knows you've come."

Xiao Fang nodded and stood up.

I had Xiao Yue help Xiao Fang.

We walked out of the Gong Mu together.

Just as we walked past the vehicle, we heard a thunderclap from the horizon,

This summer's final rainstorm has arrived.

Raindrops as big as peanuts pounded the earth, sending dust and smoke flying.