Fall in love with your enemy

Continuing from the last time, after I came back from the Gao family wedding, I felt uneasy every day and didn’t know what was wrong. After a long time, I finally returned to Jinhai. I felt weird when I talked to Chengcheng. I always felt like he was looking at something, but when I turned around, there was nothing.

Chen Yining and Lu Zeyun went back to Jinhai with me to discuss participating in the medical development of Jinhai. They lived in the old house and took a look at me.

Lu Zeyun said that I was thinking too much and was nervous.

I didn't take it to heart. After I finished the things outside, I started to prepare for the reburial of the Lin family. Before that, I accompanied Xiangyang and Monian to get the marriage certificate to avoid any clashes. There was no rush for the wedding. Monian needed to rest after the heart surgery and observe mourning during that time. Three years was neither long nor short.

About seven or eight days after returning to Jinhai, the manager handed over three nanmu coffins with intricate carvings. One of them was buried underground and could not be seen, and it was inlaid with gems.

It looked a bit heavy, so I held my breath and touched it. I didn't care about Aunt Lin and Nanxing, but I felt sorry for my brother. Feng Shizhi personally led people back to dig out his ashes. When they were transported back from Linjiang, the urn was still covered with dirt.

The person has been burned to ashes, and has been in this time and space for eight years. What's the point of such an exquisite coffin? It's just a pity that the things I can give him are really getting less and less.

I walked forward and reached out to touch Xie Ge's urn. Just as it was about to be opened, Feng Shizhi was startled and quickly grabbed my wrist. I gently shook his hand away and opened the urn. Everyone saw that the big box was divided into two small boxes. They were a little surprised, but after they came to their senses, they quickly helped me bring out the two boxes.

"The brown box contains my brother, and the white birch box contains the puppy we both raised. My brother said that he was afraid the puppy would be bored after death, so after the pet died, I put it in the grave together." I said with a wry smile.

The people present were all my closest friends, and were well-versed in the ways of the world as taught by Feng Shizhi. They tapped their toes awkwardly while clapping with the corners of their mouths, responding in a very low voice: "Good...good idea..."

"Don't give me that. I know it's stupid." I rolled my eyes at them, and they all breathed a sigh of relief, confirming that my brain wasn't damaged by my concern for Xie Ge. I dusted off my hands and looked back at the dumbfounded craftsman: "Didn't I say I wanted four coffins, and one made of rosewood?"

"Give it to... to the dog?" The craftsman scratched his head: "Ms. Fu, a sandalwood coffin is more expensive than a nanmu coffin..."

“Do I look that stupid?!” I pursed my lips and went up to pat the three coffins. “Put my adoptive mother, Nanxing, and the dog in the nanmu coffins and bury them near the dragon vein. We’ll tell the public that the three members of the Lin family were reburied. But my brother’s tomb makes me sad, so I won’t set up a memorial tablet. I’ll quietly put my brother in a sandalwood coffin and bury him in our ancestral tomb, where I’ll be buried in the future…”

The more I spoke, the lower my voice became, and the wider their eyes widened.

"Miss, are you serious?" the craftsman asked weakly.

I stroked the sandalwood coffin. After a while, I wasn't so excited anymore. I just felt calm and sad. "Yeah, how could I let my brother be buried with a group of murderers who killed him? It's really upsetting. He said he wanted to be with me forever, so of course he wants to be buried next to me."

Feng Shizhi tapped my shoulder and leaned close to my ear: "What about Jiang Yinan? Isn't it the son-in-law who can be buried with you?"

"Dude, is it difficult to bury three people in such a large area?" I waved my hands: "If I really die in my own home, you will have to bury me next to me. At worst, we can dig a hole underground and squeeze in with you. The four of us can even play mahjong together."

"Can you play mahjong?" Feng Shizhi pursed his lips, and it took him a while to react. He gently patted the back of my head and said, "Don't talk about things that will happen decades later! It's unlucky, hurry up and say it!"

I lowered my voice and moved closer: "Don't you see there are so many people here? I'm the boss after all, can you please give me some face..."

"What is face? Have you had it since you were born? Liang Sen has turned the tables and become your brother. You are going to dig a hole in the tomb to be buried with me and play mahjong. Do you still need face? It's very funny." Feng Shizhi tapped my forehead.

The brothers behind me were obviously laughing at me. I coughed and said, "Ask someone to arrange the reburial. I'll take care of my brother's affairs. Don't tell anyone else. If I hear any rumors..." I squinted my eyes and pointed at everyone: "You're all done!"

"Don't worry, sister. Our words are as firm as Brother Feng's heart when he speaks to you!" Jiang Chulan stood up and said with a smile.

Good man, he has really been corrupted. I made a contemptuous gesture and turned my gaze to the only craftsman who was not a member of my family. To be precise, he was not my man, but his job was in the Fu family, so it was easy to bribe him. I took off my watch and threw it over.

"Talk less and do more. You understand the rules." Feng Shizhi said slowly.

The craftsman had been in the old house for so many years and was very sensible. The only thing he didn't understand was the price of the watch. After all, the business couldn't lose money, so he was still a little hesitant.

Feng Shizhi pursed his lips and said, "Patek Philippe, the original price was over 800,000."

"Okay!" The craftsman immediately put the money in his pocket and ran away, as if he was afraid that I would regret it. However...

After Feng Shizhi and the others left, he shrugged and said, "Did you find the cheapest one from the cabinet overnight?"

"That won't happen. At most, he'll be the second to last. The cheapest ones are my pile of small gold bracelets. But this is a big deal and I'm afraid he won't admit it. Even if he's just an apprentice delivering goods and his salary isn't much, I can't send him away with just tens of thousands."

"How do you know he is an apprentice? Generally, when a steward is sent out from home or outside to see a master of your level, wouldn't he have to come from the highest level?"

"You're kidding. Do you know how much it costs to find a Feng Shui treasure land and make these four coffins? It's a small goal! If the old man comes in person and has seen a lot of things, how much will it cost for me to bribe him? I'm not a sucker. I've agreed on the price and signed the contract with this young man in advance, so that the old man can't come to change the price. Otherwise, I know a little bit of fighting skills." I rubbed my hands: "So I asked Lanlan to climb over his wall and give the old man some laxatives in advance."

My friend Mr. Jiang Chulan raised his hand very actively. Feng Shizhi immediately gave us a look of contempt and pointed at the two of us: "You are so bad~"

"Brother Feng taught well." Jiang Chulan replied, then immediately retreated to the back of the team.

Feng Shizhi rarely paid any attention to him. He just crossed his arms and looked at me with a scrutinizing attitude. I just felt puzzled and didn't take it seriously. Unexpectedly, my casual question hit the knife: "Zhizhi, how come you are so familiar with the price of watches? Are you interested?"

"No, as for the reason..." He paused, and when he saw me approaching, he suddenly got angry and pinched my face with his teeth bared: "Because that was the gift I bought for you when I got my first month salary as the boss! You didn't even remember it, and you just gave it to me like that!"

My world suddenly rumbled like a muffled thunder, and three words floated from the sky: It's over.

The faces of the people behind him suddenly turned ugly, and their heads were filled with barrages of comments with four words: You're finished.

Feng Shizhi didn't pinch me for long, and soon used his most powerful tactic: cold violence.

He hugged his arm and left, leaving me alone there. I wanted so badly to sing a song "Admit the Mistake" right away. Fortunately, when I later had a stomachache and leaned against the wall, he immediately ran back to save me. It turned out that pretending to be pitiful is a very effective trick. Although it is strange that I have stomachaches frequently recently, the two doctors sent by Uncle Hou said that I have a bad stomach, but it is not a big deal. They prescribed two pills, and I fell asleep again after taking them. The fear started after I woke up that night.

I poured myself a glass of water in the dark and drank it to calm myself down. My heart was always in a panic, as if it was about to break. I had had this reaction when I was sick before, but after the operation, I shouldn't have this reaction anymore. If I have to say that this sadness has a source, it's that I had similar reactions on the night Aunt Lin passed away.

Feng Shizhi knocked on the door at this time. Although it was not heavy, it was quite hurried. My heart sank and it was still difficult for me to stand up. I had to put on my clothes and asked him to open the door himself.

Feng Shizhi walked over quickly and squatted beside me. Seeing that I was sweating all over, he seemed reluctant to say the words that were on the tip of his tongue. There were two doctors following behind him. They also seemed to have been called up in the middle of the night. Their hair was messy, but their faces were also full of worry. The one who talked the most bowed slightly to look at my expression, and then bit his lip and shrank back after just one glance.

Do I look bad?

No one gave me an answer. Feng Shizhi rubbed my hands, and I just felt his hands were terribly hot. He held me tightly, and the stalemate was so tense that I became anxious.

"What's wrong?" I looked anxiously between the three people, covering my chest while asking, "What happened?"

"Um...should I take some sedatives first..."

"The hearse that was transporting Brother Xie to his ancestral grave flipped over and was knocked off by someone. The ashes were scattered and the driver died on the spot."

Before the doctor finished speaking, Feng Shizhi had already vomited. It was really straightforward for me. All the pain was suffered at once, and I would recover faster, but it was very unbearable at that moment. It was like being struck by lightning. There was a dull sound on the top of my head, and then the pain of a sharp weapon piercing my body spread throughout my body with the blood, like blades of different sizes, cutting every part of my body. I just wanted to get up, but I didn't have the strength, and I fell down again, lying on the seat, and I felt aggrieved immediately.

"That road... the road to our ancestral grave. No one takes this road except our family... Although it's accessible by road, you have to take a detour to get to anywhere. The destination is just a cemetery. There are basically no people coming to this mountain. How could there be a car accident? Was it intentional?" I said until my voice became hoarse and I could hardly breathe. Every word I said was tinged with tears and sounded ridiculous.

Feng Shizhi grabbed my hand, not knowing what to say, and just nodded with tears in his eyes.

"Did you really do it on purpose?" I sneered, and I became even more resentful like a madman: "My brother is dead! He has been dead for so many years, why are there still people bullying him... He has done nothing wrong and he has no idea. He died at the age of sixteen, who could he have offended... He is innocent, why are there still people targeting him even though he is dead! He has been dead for eight years!"

"No, no! I was wrong. No, it shouldn't be intentional... He did it unintentionally. The roads in the mountains were blocked, so he had to take that road. He didn't mean to do it. He just happened to meet Xie Ge's car..." Feng Shizhi explained anxiously, grabbing my hand that I wanted to rush out to kill someone, pinching my wrist and holding everything in his hand. I couldn't do anything and then I burst into tears, barely squeezing out the questions from between my teeth.

"Why is the road closed in the mountains... Who is the culprit and where is he..."

Feng Shizhi's tone was a little empty from then on, and he patted my back gently as if to comfort me: "It rained for the past two days, and several rocks fell from the mountain and smashed a section of the road, so the road was closed. He didn't mean it..."

I calmed down a bit and looked up at him: "Who is he? Why do you keep defending him?"

"I'm not defending you. I just want you not to be too sad. I..." Seeing that I kept staring at him, Feng Shizhi finally couldn't say anything else. He lowered his head, gritted his teeth, and exhaled again: "Jiang Yinan."

I was stunned, and then I felt like the sky was falling.

After I calmed down, I asked Feng Shizhi to take me to the scene. I must have fainted for a while, and when I woke up, there were more than a dozen people standing in front of me. Because it was easier to hide on the mountain, and the culprit was my fiancé, the managers immediately arranged to close the road, and the family of the deceased driver was also brought up the mountain.

The funeral arrangements were very well thought out. The family members were willing to reconcile and signed a letter of understanding on the spot after receiving the money. After the deceased is buried, the matter will not be told to anyone. This is a small matter. In addition, Cheng Cheng has arrived, but it is still Li Shirong and Zhuang Congxin who are handling the scene. Then I realized that giving my second uncle a handle to rest assured is also very important for the overall situation. How ironic!

I sneered and said a few words of comfort to the victim's family with difficulty. They wiped their tears, took the extra check I gave them and left. I was supported by someone and reluctantly took a few steps. I reached the bend where the accident happened and looked down. Feng Shizhi was afraid that I would jump, so he held my arm tightly from behind.

It is exactly the same as what Jiang Chulan told me. The ashes were dumped in the mud and cannot be distinguished. In other words, Xie Ge can't even have a tomb. Moreover, he may still be here today, but if it rains tomorrow, no one knows where he will be washed away. Maybe it really came true what I said at the beginning, that he is everywhere in this world, and nowhere.

How ridiculous...

I breathed a sigh of relief and finally went to see Jiang Yinan, who caused the accident. He was hiding behind the crowd, on the side of the road leaning against the mountain. There were fallen branches in front of him blocking his way, so he was really hard to find. I pushed aside the branches and saw him. At first he was afraid, sad and desperate, but the moment he saw me, he forced himself to forget all of that and revealed an ugly smile, a smile with tears in his eyes.

I suddenly laughed too. I didn’t understand him. There was no reason at all.

"Was this intentional or an accident?" I asked in a low voice.

"An accident." He swallowed his emotions frantically, closed his eyes and held back tears. He finally felt it was okay to open them, but tears still fell in strings. His voice was trembling: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to..."

I breathed a sigh of relief, adjusted myself for a while, and looked up again: "Then... why did you go down the mountain? Why did you go down the mountain so late and suddenly? You didn't tell me, you didn't tell anyone..."

Only then did he laugh again. It turned out that he was laughing for this reason. He put his arm around my shoulders, laughing crazily and crying in a low voice: "Shishi, I want to do something."

"What kind of thing?"

"Were you happy in your last life?"

"What on earth are you asking such a weird question?"

"Why did you marry Gao Xinci? Was it because you really loved him at first, or did he hurt you, bully you, and force you to marry him?"

"I don't want to hear these nonsense words from you! I want you to come down the mountain without telling me the reason!"

“Because…” He took a deep breath, and let it out as if he hadn’t held it back, pretending to smile. He stroked my face with both hands, wiping away the tears from the corners of my eyes. He finally calmed down, and tilted his head in an innocent and cute manner: “Because I want to ask Gao Xinci the same questions, I want his answers, and then I will kill him…”