Chapter 1140

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Around ten o'clock in the morning, Wang Xiaohua and Li Jianjia took a taxi to Baiyun Prison.

After presenting their ID cards and registering here, a staff member led them into the prison.

Upon arriving at the prison, a staff member finally informed Li Jianjia:

"You are Li Zhongxian's daughter, Li Jianjia, right? Now I have to tell you a piece of bad news. Your father, Li Zhongxian, suffered a sudden heart attack in prison three days ago. Resuscitation failed, and he ultimately passed away."

"Wh... what?"

Li Jianjia's originally frail body trembled violently; she swayed on the spot, looking as if she would faint right there. Fortunately, Wang Xiaohua hurriedly supported her.

"My father-in-law had an incident three days ago, so how could you only notify us now! This is dereliction of duty, do you know that! Was it really a sudden heart attack, or are you trying to cover up some truth!"

Wang Xiaohua was also furious, shouting at the prison guard, just short of spewing profanity.

The prison guard, however, was very calm, his face icy:

"When Li Zhongxian fell ill three days ago, we tried to contact Ms. Li Jianjia at the first opportunity. Unfortunately, we couldn't get through to her phone at the time. It wasn't until yesterday that we managed to reach her."

Li Jianjia's hands trembled as she hurriedly checked her mobile phone:

"You mean, those few landline calls were from your prison?"

"Yes, starting with 020. We called you on a landline and you didn't answer. Yesterday we switched to personal mobile phones, and several colleagues took turns calling. Finally, you answered one of them."

Upon hearing this, Li Jianjia's face was full of shock.

She never had the habit of answering stranger calls!

And recently she was burying her head in studying! She didn't want to be disturbed by irrelevant matters!

So when that landline number called her mobile three days ago, she didn't think twice and treated it as a spam call, so she didn't answer!

Unexpectedly, because of this one small habit.

She missed the chance to see her father one last time!

"Dad, I'm sorry... I deserve to die. How could I not answer the phone..."

Li Jianjia couldn't help but burst into loud, wailing sobs.

Wang Xiaohua hurriedly embraced her to comfort her:

"Jianjia, this isn't your fault. Don't blame yourself. Maybe this is just their one-sided story!"

The prison guard glanced at Wang Xiaohua and said coldly:

"If you don't believe it, you can pursue legal proceedings. Additionally, you can apply for an autopsy. Anyway, the true situation has been conveyed to you. Right now, Li Zhongxian's body is at Baiyun Hospital. You'd best hurry and go claim the corpse, because the hospital morgue charges a storage fee."

Li Jianjia cried her heart out. She was immersed in grief and self-reproach, not even having the mind to listen to the prison guard's words.

She felt all the responsibility lay with her. She was the one who deserved to die. She really shouldn't have refused to answer those stranger calls!

Leaving the prison, Wang Xiaohua took Li Jianjia to Baiyun Hospital.

All the way there, Li Jianjia was still crying.

"Xiaohua, I have no family left. Not a single relative left..."

Li Jianjia was a mess of tears and snot. This blow was truly too great for her.

She hadn't even made any psychological preparation.

"Jianjia, I will always protect you."

Wang Xiaohua held Li Jianjia's hand, patiently comforting her.

He also said:

"You must be strong. Maybe you're already carrying our baby in your belly. If not for yourself, then think of the baby in your belly."

In the morning, Wang Xiaohua still didn't want Li Jianjia to get pregnant, but now he had become extremely eager for her to conceive.

Because Li Zhongxian's passing dealt too heavy a blow to Li Jianjia. Coupled with the fact she had suffered from depression before, if he couldn't give her a reason to live, she might very well decide to end it all one night and seek death again.

"Xiaohua, I deserve to die. How could I not answer stranger calls? Hit me, scold me. It's all my fault. I'm sorry, Dad..."

Li Jianjia's heart was full of self-reproach, feeling as if everything was her fault.

No matter how Wang Xiaohua comforted her, he couldn't change this thought of hers.

Arriving at the hospital, they stated their purpose, showed their ID cards, and a staff member led Wang Xiaohua and Li Jianjia to the morgue.

Entering the morgue, the staff member pulled out a freezer drawer. Wang Xiaohua and Li Jianjia finally saw Li Zhongxian.

A living, breathing person had now turned into a cold corpse.

Not much different from the chicken meat and duck meat frozen in a refrigerator.

Just lying there quietly.

"Dad, I'm sorry. I deserve to die!"

The moment Li Jianjia saw her father's corpse, she collapsed again.

She threw herself on the corpse and wept loudly.

Wang Xiaohua hurriedly went to embrace her:

"Jianjia, I'm here. You have to be strong!"

Wang Xiaohua spoke words of comfort.

But at this moment, any words of comfort appeared so pale and powerless.

Leaving the hospital, Li Jianjia seemed to have had her soul sucked away. Her whole person was wrapped in a thick layer of despondency and sorrow. Her eyes became hollow and lusterless.

Wang Xiaohua only looked at her eyes once, and his heart gave a sudden jolt.

Because at this time, Li Jianjia's gaze was so incredibly similar to that of her terminally ill father!

Wang Xiaohua had originally already booked an airplane ticket to fly back to Beijing, but he still went to return it, and also sent a leave request message to the school's Counselor.

Because he knew, in the coming days, Li Jianjia needed him by her side too much.

Wang Xiaohua first mentioned Li Zhongxian's situation in the Three Brothers group chat, then asked Wang Dashan and Wang Erhai to see if they could help find a reliable forensic pathologist; he felt that no matter what, an autopsy must be performed on Li Zhongxian first, and only after the autopsy report came out could the body be cremated.

After all, everything right now is merely the prison's one-sided account.

You must know that during the Spring Festival when Wang Xiaohua and Li Jianjia went to the prison to visit Li Zhongxian, Li Zhongxian's condition was still very good; additionally, Li Zhongxian had no history of heart disease before.

By all rights, prison life is so regular that Li Zhongxian's health should only have gotten better and better; how could he suddenly get heart disease?

Wang Dashan and Wang Erhai were very surprised upon learning the news of Li Zhongxian's passing.

Their own father's side was already causing the whole family to be stifled and frantic because of his cancer; never did they expect that misfortunes never come singly — Wang Xiaohua's father-in-law's side had another such incident!

"I'll have Xiao Juan help look; her connections are relatively broad, she should be able to find a reliable forensic pathologist."

Wang Dashan replied to Wang Xiaohua like this.

Wang Erhai, on the other hand, said:

"Third Brother, I'll head down tomorrow to give you a hand; anyway, I don't have anything to do on my end recently."

Wang Xiaohua was deeply moved:

"Big Brother, Second Brother, thank you!"

Wang Dashan just said:

"Don't be polite; we're brothers, if we can help we help, if we can't help we still have to try our best to help!"

Wang Dashan turned around and told Du Xiaojuan the news of Li Zhongxian's death in prison; Du Xiaojuan was also very surprised upon hearing this. She had just had a big fight with Wang Dashan, but she would not let this matter influence her decision-making.

She immediately picked up her mobile phone to contact some connections who might know forensic pathologists, to help Wang Xiaohua find a forensic pathologist.