Chapter 879: Zhengzheng Returns to See Shi Yong

Ding Li turned off my phone.

I found Zhu Sheng's phone number again and dialed it.

Zhu Sheng's phone rang for a while, Zhu Sheng hung up and didn't answer my call.

After a while, Zhu Sheng replied with a message.

Jianqiang, I'm busy.

Zhu Sheng, how's the money situation? Ding Li, I can't reach him. I messaged Zhu Sheng.

Zhu Sheng replied quickly.

Jianqiang, the money matter is still under negotiation.

Ding Li currently isn't convenient to answer anyone's calls.

He is with Tian Shi.

You don't need to worry about anything.

If anything happens, I'll let you know.

Looking at Zhu Sheng's reply message, I knew there must be something going on.

But Zhu Sheng didn't want me to know, fearing I'd worry.

As long as Ding Li is okay, that's fine.

I never expected the process of getting money in Xianggang to be so complicated.

But I'm worried and there's nothing I can do; distant water can't quench immediate thirst.

After all, Zhu Sheng and Tian Shi have already left.

Their going wouldn't solve it; my going would just be redundant.

For now I can only do the work at hand well.

Four days later,

Ya Ling picked up Zhengzheng from the airport.

I brought him to the hospital to visit Shi Yong.

Upon entering the ward, Nurse Xiao Qi was wiping Shi Yong's face.

Shi Yong's face was yellower than that day, his body thinner.

I looked and tears welled up again, unable to hold back.

Shi Yong shifted his body slightly, trying to sit up from the pillow, but after several efforts,

his body finally sat up.

I sat beside Shi Yong.

At this moment Shi Yong extended his thin, weak hand,

to wipe my tears,

"Brother, you're crying again."

"When you cry, I feel bad too."

"Shi Yong, I brought Zhengzheng to see you. Zhengzheng, quickly call him godfather." I cried, urging Zhengzheng to walk to the bedside.

After over a year, Zhengzheng has changed a lot,

became indescribable in demeanor,

Zhengzheng kept long hair, wearing a suit,

with a serious look,

walked up to Shi Yong,

first bowed, then said a Japanese phrase,

"Zhengzheng, speak Chinese. Damn, this is China." I angrily scolded.

"Hey, okay Dad." Zhengzheng nodded.

He looked very much like the Woguo people in movies.

Seeing that made me even angrier,

and I wanted to say more,

At this point Shi Yong gestured for me not to continue speaking about Zhengzheng,

so I had to stop talking,

"Zhengzheng is back, have a seat." Shi Yong said, panting.

"Godfather." After Zhengzheng called out to Shi Yong,

he shifted his body back a bit.

Shi Yong reached out to grab Zhengzheng,

but grabbed nothing.

I saw this and got even angrier,

I pushed Zhengzheng forward from behind,

at that moment Shi Yong managed to grab Zhengzheng's hand,

"Zhengzheng, how are you doing in Japan?" Shi Yong asked.

"Godfather's doing fine." Zhengzheng said, then tried to pull his hand away.

"Zhengzheng, stay here and chat with your godfather a while,

you don't know how much he misses you." I said to Zhengzheng.

At this moment Zhengzheng glanced at me, his face showing an unpleasant expression.

"Dad, I just came back from Japan, and I'm really tired now."

"Brother, let Zhengzheng rest a bit; my current appearance might scare Zhengzheng,"

"As long as Zhengzheng comes back, I'll be happy; I haven't wasted my affection on this child." Shi Yong said happily.

After saying that, Shi Yong let go of Zhengzheng's hand,

Zhengzheng quickly moved away from Shi Yong's side.

Watching Zhengzheng hurry away,

I was really angry; Zhengzheng should at least put on an act when he comes back—even holding Shi Yong's hand for two minutes would do, at the very least he should shed two tears.

But none of that happened.

But Shi Yong's eyes were full of that very contented smile,

Ya Ling then said to Zhengzheng,

"Zhengzheng, I'll send you back to the hotel to rest; tonight we'll have dinner together."

Zhengzheng bowed to Ya Ling,

and followed Ya Ling out.

I then returned to Shi Yong's bedside,

"Shi Yong, I really want to slap this kid."

"Alright, brother, it's already good that he could come; besides, he's not my son, so I only doted on him when he was little."

"If he can come over to see me off, I'll be very happy." After Shi Yong said those two sentences, he paused.

He talked too much and couldn't catch his breath.

I quickly brought the water to Shi Yong's lips,

Shi Yong shook his head,

At this moment, Nurse Xiao Qi handed me a spoon,

"Mr. Zhao, Brother Yong needs this to drink water,"

because using a cup makes it easy to choke."

I took the spoon from Xiao Qi's hand, and tears welled up again,

In the past, Shi Yong would eat and drink by directly gulping from a bowl,

I often said Shi Yong eats without a throat.

Just like Zhu Bajie eating the ginseng fruit.

But today he can only drink water with a spoon.

How can I not feel heartbroken,

I slowly fed Shi Yong water bit by bit,

Shi Yong only took two sips, then shook his head,

After I put down the water cup,

"Shi Yong, what do you want to eat? I'll go buy it for you."

Shi Yong gave a bitter smile and shook his head,

"Brother, I don't want to eat anything."

"I've already eaten too much; this illness is related to eating,"

"Forget it, there's no one I want to see anymore."

"Now that Zhengzheng has come, I can rest easy."

"Brother, do you have any cigarettes in your pocket?"

Hearing Shi Yong ask that, I glanced at Xiao Qi, unsure how to answer,

Xiao Qi said, "Mr. Zhao, I'll step out for a moment."

Xiao Qi then closed the door.

I took out a cigarette and placed it in Shi Yong's mouth,

Shi Yong laughed and said, "Brother, do you think this is my last cigarette?"

"Don't talk nonsense. You really can't smoke right now; even drinking water is hard." I didn't want to light it for Shi Yong.

"Brother, go ahead and light it; I just want to smell the smoke. I feel I won't last many days. These past few nights I've been unable to sleep from the pain, relying only on painkiller injections to hold me up."

"I've seen everyone I needed to see,"

"My parents are both long gone, and my relationship with my siblings is just average."

"Zhengzheng coming to see me off makes me happy." After saying that, Shi Yong started coughing.

I quickly patted Shi Yong's back,

Shi Yong was gasping for breath,

"Brother, was Xiao Qi specially arranged by you?"

I nodded,

"I told Dean Yang to have her take care of you specially."

"Good, my brother understands me best."

"After I'm gone, you must definitely compensate them more,"

"It's really not easy to accompany someone who's about to die." Shi Yong sighed.

I nodded,

"Rest assured, I'll arrange for Dean Yang to handle this. I'll give it directly, in case she refuses."

I took out a lighter and lit it for Shi Yong,

Shi Yong took a puff, showing a very comfortable expression,

"Very good, even till death I can still have a cigarette to smoke, I'm quite satisfied.

"Brother, I still want to have a sip of liquor."

"This, I'm afraid the doctor won't allow drinking," I said.

"I'm about to die, brother, I really have no wishes left, just let me have a sip." Shi Yong acted coquettishly in front of me.

I felt that after Shi Yong took a puff of cigarette, his speech became stronger.

I hesitated a bit,

decided to still get some liquor for Shi Yong,

Actually, either way it's death,

At Shi Yong's final moments in life, being able to satisfy him also makes me feel comfortable inside.

I said to Shi Yong: "Wait here, I'll go out and buy you a bottle, what kind of liquor do you want?"

"Lanling Daqu, the liquor we often drank at the construction site before. Just thinking about this liquor makes me crave it desperately." Shi Yong said with a smile.

I hurriedly and secretly left the ward, went to the outside small shop and bought a bottle of Lanling Daqu liquor.

I hid it on my person and brought it back to the ward,

Since there were no liquor glasses, I poured it into a tea cup for Shi Yong,

and brought it to Shi Yong's side,

Shi Yong took it with his weak hand, he didn't drink it directly, but instead sniffed the liquor above,

After smelling it,

he slowly took a small sip.

I watched Shi Yong, truly afraid he would choke on the liquor.