Chapter 909: Talking to Qian Niang about Li Ming

Life cannot be revived.

Finally, I heard that Zhengzheng shouted the way for Shi Yong, so Shi Yong also had no regrets.

Alright, Qiao Jie, don't cry.

When you cry, Er Hai will also feel upset.

People, in the end, all turn into a handful of yellow earth. Qian Niang said then.

Qiao Jie, don't cry, Qian Niang is right, death is death,

we who are alive should live well.

Dajun, you take your mom to the restaurant outside to order dishes,

we'll eat soon. I arranged.

"Okay, Dad. Mom, take me to that restaurant at Niushiling." Sun Dajun said.

Qiao Jie understood my meaning,

"Come on, I'll take you there, Xiao Shitou, you can also stroll around Niushiling."

Then Xiao Shitou and Sun Dajun followed Qiao Jie out.

Only I and Qian Niang remained in the room.

"Er Hai, everyone has left, only we mother and child remain in the house.

Come, go to the room where I burn incense.

I have something to ask you." Qian Niang stood up and said.

I supported Qian Niang to her incense-burning room,

Qian Niang entered the room, first lit incense, and handed it to me,

"Er Hai, offer incense to the Bodhisattva, bless our family with safety."

I took it, bowed to the Bodhisattva Qian Niang enshrined,

then inserted the incense into the incense burner.

At this moment Qian Niang pointed to a stool,

"Er Hai, sit down. Recently, when I burn incense, I always see the incense burning unevenly.

I also feel uneasy, always sensing that something will happen.

Today, the Bodhisattva is here,

if you have anything, just speak directly.

I don't want to keep being kept in the dark.

I am already over seventy,

don't worry, I can bear it."

I sat on the stool,

I took out a cigarette from my pocket and took a puff,

"Mom, how should I tell you?"

"How to say, tell the truth, is something wrong with Xiao Long?

"What about Li Ming? Why hasn't he even called me?" Qian Niang asked anxiously.

Listening to Qian Niang's question,

my heart ached sharply again,

"Sigh, mother,

"I, I..."

I opened my mouth but couldn't speak for a long time.

I truly didn't know how to say it, Qian Niang is already over seventy.

To suffer such a blow in old age—just thinking about it is painful.

"What 'I, I', Er Hai, if you hide things from mother, you're letting her down.

I don't want to live in worry all the time; if there's something, just speak plainly." Qian Niang got a little angry.

"Okay, Mom, I'll speak.

"Mom, I am guilty. It's all my fault. This matter was caused by me." After saying that, I held back tears and knelt down with a thump before Qian Niang.

Qian Niang supported me,

"Er Hai, what exactly happened? What sin do you have? Did you quarrel with Li Ming again?

Has Xiao Long returned from Xianggang? Don't cry, speak."

"Mom, Xiao Long has returned from Xianggang.

but as soon as he returned, he got into a car accident." Qian Niang helped me up.

"A car accident, how serious is it?" Qian Niang asked anxiously.

"He has been rescued and is now being treated at the Provincial Capital's Sheng Li Yi Yuan Hospital; Fang Rui and the siblings are there accompanying him. Mom, you really don't need to worry about Xiao Long." I comforted Qian Niang.

After Qian Niang heard me finish speaking,

she asked again: "Xiao Long, how did the accident happen? Did he drink alcohol?

or did he run a red light?"

I decided to tell the truth. Even if I didn't say it, others would tell Qian Niang.

The Li Ming matter has become too big; later superiors will still come to investigate.

In short, keeping it secret won't work; it's better I tell Qian Niang.

"Mom, it was Li Ming who drove and hit.

Xiao Long wanted to stop Li Ming and Yang Tao from escaping,

"I didn't expect Li Ming would drive and hit Xiao Long," I whispered.

"What? Say that again," Qian Niang seemed not to have heard clearly.

"Mother, it was Li Ming who hit," I raised my voice again.

"Huh, Li Ming's hit."

Li Ming hit Xiao Long; Xiao Long is his son, after all.

Li Ming hit his own son. What's going on?" Qian Niang muttered,

then suddenly sat down on the bench.

"Mother, this matter is very complicated.

Li Ming and Yang Tao wanted to escape, and I, with Xiao Long, went after them.

"Alas, to put it plainly, I'm guilty, I'm responsible. Mother, if you want to blame anyone, blame me," I said hurriedly, looking at Qian Niang.

Qian Niang's tears fell,

she looked at the Bodhisattva,

muttering to herself, "Bodhisattva, Avalokitesvara, what on earth is happening? Can you tell me?"

A father harming his son—does such a thing exist in the world?

I can't understand it.

Has Li Ming gone mad?

Bodhisattva, what sin have I committed,

and even in old age I must endure such torment.

Bodhisattva, tell me,

I am guilty.

Let the sins of my offspring rest on me,

so that I may depart early.

Then I will no longer suffer worldly torment...."

Qian Niang's sobbing caused me extreme anguish,

I didn't know what to say, I could only weep alongside Qian Niang.

At this moment, only crying could soothe my inner emotions.

Qian Niang cried for a while,

"Er Hai, I ask you, did Li Ming catch him?"

I took out a tissue and wiped Qian Niang's tears,

"Mother, Li Ming's brother caught him, but he murdered someone.

He shot Yang Tao dead with a gun."

After I finished speaking, Qian Niang was unsteady on the bench and almost fell to the ground.

I hurriedly supported Qian Niang.

"Li Ming shot Yang Tao dead," Qian Niang repeated.

"Mother, that's right.

Li Ming wanted to flee with Yang Tao, and I caught up with them.

The police also surrounded them,

Li Ming finally fired and killed Yang Tao." I could only repeat this to Qian Niang.

After Qian Niang heard me finish,

she stopped crying,

closed her eyes, then muttered to herself, "Sin, sin,

Bodhisattva, what kind of child did I raise,

He can kill.

Bodhisattva, I've believed in you all my life, speak to me.

How could my son kill?

Oh, Heaven,

How can I, after dying, meet his father underground."

Qian Niang muttered, then began crying again.

Hearing Qian Niang's sobs pierced my heart like a needle.

I regret having told Qian Niang these things,

but if I don't say them, others will say them.

Qian Niang will eventually know these.

By then, I wouldn't even dare face Qian Niang.

Because I feel guilty inside.

I can only speak them out for my heart to feel a bit better.

"Mother, stop crying, it's all my fault. If you want to blame someone, blame me."

It's my fault for not properly guiding Li Ming's brother. It's my fault for taking Xiao Long to the Provincial Capital.

It's my fault for letting them get involved too deeply." I knelt before Qian Niang again.

Qian Niang shook her head,

Holding me, he said, "Er Hai, you shouldn't speak."

What crime have you committed?

Although I'm old, I'm not foolish.

I still don't understand my own son.

Er Hai, get up and tell me how Li Ming got entangled with Yang Tao.

"What on earth is going on?" Qian Niang questioned me at that moment.

So I recounted the whole sequence of events to Qian Niang.

How Yang Tao used an offshore company, and Yang Tao took Li Ming to Xianggang.

Then Tian Shi took Xiao Long to Xianggang; Yang Tao left a backup of the company, intending to swallow all the money and take it away.

Qian Niang listened very attentively,

after hearing me finish,

she wiped her tears with a handkerchief,

"Er Hai, I understand.

There's no fault of yours here; it's all Li Ming's own sin.

His audacity is too great,

he even tried to take all this money away,

he is abandoning his wife and children, even rejecting the Old Lady.

What can I say?

He even dares to kill people.

I don't have such a son.

"Er Hai, he's completely ruined my reputation."