Who allowed me to live like a dream

A staff member was wearing black gauze and white flowers pinned on his hands. When he saw Ren Xiaoxu's car driving in, he rushed up to help him find a seat.

Gu Jiachen followed Ren Xiaoxu out of the car, only to see people wearing black coming and going, many of them carrying wreaths, the staff neatly helped the driver unload the wreaths and other things, and then filed into the lobby after holding them firmly.

The funeral parlor is full of wreaths, big and small, and elegiac couplets with black letters on a white background and gold borders.

When entering the mourning hall, someone also pinned white flowers on the shoulders of Gu Jiachen and Ren Xiaoxu.

A black-and-white photo of the old man is placed in the center of the lobby, and in front of the photo is a table and a stove for incense.Kneeling beside the table were a few young men in black and plain clothes, probably the younger generation of Ji's family.During the period, people continued to enter the mourning hall, bowed, offered incense, and family members answered and returned gifts...

Gu Jiachen saw those kneeling juniors kept bowing to others.They were all covered with black cushions under their knees.The farewell ceremony started at 10:30, and they have been kneeling here for an hour.The first one looks to be in his 30s, the next one is a little younger, and the next one is a little younger, both men and women.Only Ji Zetong was missing.

Secretary Han handed over a few sticks of incense, Ren Xiaoxu took three sticks in his hand, divided three into the hands of Gu Jiachen, and said: "You will follow me to see the ceremony later, and you will follow after I burn the incense sticks. do you know?"

Gu Jiachen nodded.

The incense in my hand was slender and slender, and the texture was even. After lighting it, the round sparks looked really nice, and it didn't burn quickly.Gu Jiachen had never seen such a good incense.Their family offered incense to the elders just as a way of thinking, and they would not buy too expensive ones. They only lit the incense candles that were sold at roadside stalls for five yuan apiece for their ancestors.I don't even want to bless them.Naturally, such an incense would not be good, and after holding it in the hand for a while, it would burn a little bit, and then the ashes would fall off. The candle was only covered with a layer of red on the outside, and the inside was white.It's not like the candles in front of the old man's coffin, the whole body is red like steatite, with delicate golden dragons printed on the outside.

Ren Xiaoxu walked over solemnly, bowed three times towards the old man's photo, and offered incense, while the master of ceremonies beside him carefully counted: "One bow, two bows, three bows, and the relatives will return..."

The 30-year-old man bowed to Ren Xiaoxu, and Ren Xiaoxu returned the salute, so it was considered a formal farewell.Gu Jiachen followed suit and went over to pay their respects.The man in his thirties raised his head and looked at him, but his eyes were full of doubts.

"Which family is this gentleman from? Why don't I know him?" The man asked Gu Jiachen.

Gu Jiachen choked for a moment, not knowing how to answer.Ren Xiaoxu came up and said, "This is the person I brought here."

The man narrowed his eyes and said, "Oh?"

Ren Xiaoxu explained: "This is me..."

"Assistant!" Gu Jiachen immediately snatched his words, "I am his assistant..."

There was a flash of dissatisfaction in Ren Xiaoxu's eyes, but Gu Jiachen Quan pretended not to see it.

"Forgive me for not understanding, the person who just came to get the incense is Mr. Ren's personal secretary... If you are his assistant, why don't you come to get the incense and ask the personal secretary to get it?"

Ren Xiaoxu smiled as if watching a good show.Gu Jiachen thought for a while and explained: "That's my master... He was afraid that I would be unstable, so he told me not to touch it at all."

"I don't understand this. Mr. Ren, do you think that the mourning hall of the late emperor is a place where you can bring a reckless brat to be an apprentice?" the man said dissatisfied.

Gu Jiachen suddenly panicked, at a loss, and regretted his nonsense.

Ren Xiaoxu leaned close to the man's ear and said something, and the man immediately showed his face and said, "So that's the case. Forget it, you are also kind."

After finishing speaking, he bowed deeply to Gu Jiachen.Gu Jiachen hurriedly returned the gift.Afterwards, someone led them to the rest area to take a break, drink some tea, and eat something.We wanted to stay for lunch at noon, so we specially invited the Vegetarian Restaurant of Baoguang Temple to come.

Gu Jiachen followed Ren Xiaoxu to the rest area.Secretary Han had previewed a seat, Ren Xiaoxu sat with Gu Jiachen, and Secretary Han stood aside.

The seats are four small black sofas surrounding a small rectangular table.There are too many people, and the provincial funeral home is only so big, so I dare not use too big tables and chairs.

"What did you just say?" Gu Jiachen felt embarrassed for saying something wrong, but asked curiously.

"It's nothing. I said it's a bitch."

Gu Jiachen was drinking water, when he spouted out a sip of tea, causing everyone around to look at him sideways.He hurriedly looked for something to wipe. Secretary Han had already brought a towel and came over to wipe the table clean, and at the same time someone came to help dry the floor.

Gu Jiachen's face turned red and white.There are some upper-class people here, and the atmosphere is so dignified that people dare not take an extra step and say a word, I am afraid it will make people feel rude.Just now, he was afraid that people would feel uncomfortable about their relationship, so he hurriedly covered it up. Ren Xiaoxu was lucky, he just said "bitch" and so on!

Ren Xiaoxu drank his tea as if nothing had happened, completely ignoring Gu's reproachful eyes.

"Why do you say that?" Gu Jiachen was dissatisfied.

"Why can't I say that? Could it be that what you said is good? You didn't see that he was already unhappy. Let people say that I, Ren Xiaoxu, brought a newcomer to the mourning hall to meet the world... Don't say such things The Ji family is not happy, where will I put my face when the news spreads?"

"I..." Gu Jiachen knew he was wrong, lowered his head unconsciously, and his voice became softer, "Then you shouldn't call me your 'bitch' or something. You can just call me a cousin... ..."

Ren Xiao Xu Youyou said: "It's useless. There is no blood relative in the direct and collateral line of the Ren family within three generations that they don't know."

After hearing this, Gu Jiachen thought it was exaggerated, but after seeing the scene of Ji's funeral, he didn't dare to say anything more.I had no choice but to be speechless to myself.He has been with this man for almost nine years. Nine years ago, he was a countryman who came to the city and hadn't seen the world. Nine years later, he is still the same.

My eight or nine years have really been wasted!Gu Jiachen thought to himself mockingly.

There was a sudden crash inside, as if many cups were smashed on the ground and shattered.The people next to him just stopped for a while, and continued to eat and talk about their own, but Gu Jiachen couldn't help stretching his neck over there.

Ren Xiaoxu looked at him dissatisfied, and said sternly: "Why are you so restless today! Save yourself, and don't make trouble for me."

Gu Jiachen said: "I'm just looking for Zetong. His temper is about to smash things..."

Then there was another "pa——" sound, and none of the four responded.The sound coming from inside was already very low and muffled, as if the people around didn't hear it.Gu Jiachen had good ears and heard it, so he asked Ren Xiaoxu: "What's going on?"

Before he finished speaking, a middle-aged man's voice came from inside: "Get out, don't embarrass me here!"

Gu Jiachen was startled, is there a quarrel?That's the resting place for Mrs. Ji's children and grandchildren. Why are they arguing now?

It said again: "Pull him out!"

After a while, two black-clothed and black trousers stood upright, like soldiers, pulling a thin figure out.The two people let go, put the small body on the ground, turned around and entered the room again.

The small body lay weakly on the ground, and slowly moved to stand up.Gu Jiachen took a closer look, if it wasn't Ji Zetong but which one?

Ji Zetong was walking precariously, with blank eyes, as if he was about to fall down every step he took.Gu Jiachen hurried over to support him, and saw a big crimson palm print on his pale face, and the corner of his mouth was covered with blood.

For the first time, Ji Zetong leaned weakly on Gu Jiachen.

Gu Jiachen's heart tightened for a while, he supported his body and asked, "What happened? Your family beat you?"

Ji Zetong didn't answer, but just wiped away the blood from the corner of his mouth.Gu Jiachen helped him to sit next to Ren Xiaoxu, and Ji Zetong took a cup of tea to rinse his mouth, and all he spit out was blood.It seemed that the slap was not light.

When Gu Jiachen saw it, he also felt a pain on his face, so he asked reflexively, "Why can't your Xiaohuai come?"

Ji Zetong smiled bitterly and said, "How dare he come? I'm afraid my father will shoot him to death if he comes."

Ren Xiaoxu said: "That's not the case. At most, give him a slap and tell him to go away. If our two families fight, that's something to watch."

Ji Zetong said blankly, "That's right. If my father kills anyone, he won't kill the young master of your Ren family."

Ren Xiaoxu asked, "What's your family's attitude?"

"Didn't you see it all?" Ji Zetong smiled wryly again, "Let me go."

Gu Jiachen was startled, and said, "Then what should you do?"

"What else can I do? My dad told me to get out...Can I still hang on? He will beat me to death."