sleepy tiger

At six o'clock in the morning, the clean and tidy four-lane road was deserted, and the black Panamera, like an elegant black swan with its wings folded, slowly stopped at the main entrance of Wan'an Cemetery.Mu Xu lowered the car window and asked the security: "Hello, where is the parking lot?"

At six o'clock in the morning, the clean and tidy four-lane road was deserted, and the black Panamera, like an elegant black swan with its wings folded, slowly stopped at the main entrance of Wan'an Cemetery.Mu Xu lowered the car window and asked the security: "Hello, where is the parking lot?"

"Drive a little further, about two or three hundred meters, and you will see a sign." The security guard said, "Follow the arrow."

"Okay, thank you." Mu Xu stepped on the accelerator, and the car continued to move forward.

There was a new stele in the cemetery, and the pickup truck was parked at the back door, and the workers unloaded the stele, put it on the cart, and pulled it into the garden.

Three lines of characters are engraved on the upper middle of the black and bright marble tombstone, [Chi Yan, Song Congshuang's husband, (1937-2021)].

Mu Xu and Chi Juntao wore black suits, with a bouquet of white flowers pinned to their left breasts. They stepped into the cemetery side by side, climbed up the steps, and saw a crowd gathering in twos and threes on the hillside from a distance. They were the guests invited by Chi You.

"Aren't you cold?" Chi Juntao draped the coat in his arms over Mu Xu's shoulders, "The weather forecast says it's minus three degrees today."

"Thank you." Mu Xu rolled up his coat, and he took the initiative to hold Chi Juntao's hand, "This is considered a happy funeral, right?"

"En." Chi Juntao nodded, and he looked at the crowd halfway up the mountain, "Grandpa is very popular."

"He likes to accept students." Mu Xu said, with a sneer, "It's good to be a teacher."

After Mu Xu and Chi Yan had been fighting each other for more than a year, Chi Juntao was used to their sarcastic words, so he was not angry.

Chi You stood not far away and greeted the two of them: "Xiaotao and Mu, here."

Mu Xu pulled Chi Juntao over and said, "Director Chi, hello."

"What kind of director, just call me brother." Chi You waved his hand, he looked at Chi Juntao, "Is there anything difficult for Joaquin recently?"

"Yes, there are many." Chi Juntao said, "But I can solve them all."

"Yo." Chi You raised his eyebrows, and said quite freshly, "Amazing."

"Did sister-in-law give birth?" Mu Xu asked.

"No, the due date is only two days." Chi You said, "You have worked hard to take care of grandpa during this time."

"It's really hard." Mu Xu said.

"Grandpa's temper is relatively childish." Chi You said, before getting married, he often stayed by Chi Yan's side, and he was deeply touched by this, "His heart is not bad... Oh, I'm sorry."

"It's okay, I don't care about the matter between him and my father anymore." Mu Xu said, "Everyone has his own life."

Chi You patted Mu Xu's arm and said, "Thank you."

"Xiao Mu." Meng Zhiquan patted Mu Xu from behind.

Mu Xu turned around: "Mr. Meng?"

"The minister is over there." Meng Zhiquan pointed to a few middle-aged men gathered around the path, "Do you want to chat with me?"

"Okay." Mu Xu said.

Chi Juntao subconsciously let go of Mu Xu's hand, and Mu Xu looked at his fiancé: "Aren't you going?"

"I thought you wanted to talk to Minister Zhou alone." Chi Juntao said.

"It's just a daily greeting." Mu Xu said, "Let's go together."

Chi Juntao followed Mu Xu's pace, and secretly put his hand back into Mu Xu's.

Mu Xu followed Chi Juntao's small movements, walked up to Zhou Zhonglu, and said, "Minister, hello."

"Hey Xiao Mu, good morning." Zhou Zhonglu said, "You just arrived?"

"It's been about 10 minutes." Mu Xu said, "I haven't seen you for a long time, and you are still so energetic."

"Have I lost weight?" Zhou Zhonglu spread his hands, "Recently my wife forced me to lose weight and eat vegetable leaves every day."

"I lost a lot of weight." Mu Xu said, "I remember when you were wearing this suit, you couldn't button it."

Zhou Zhonglu said: "That's good, the suffering is not in vain." He patted his waist, which had obviously shrunk several times, and said, "I heard that you were the one who took care of Mr. Chi when he was dying?"

"Well, Juntao and Chi You are busy with work, so I'm free." Mu Xu said.

Zhou Zhonglu noticed Chi Juntao standing next to Mu Xu, and he said politely: "Xiaotao is a good seed, Mr. Chen will take you to the meeting."

"Thank you minister for complimenting me." Chi Juntao said.

"Look how generous he is." Zhou Zhonglu looked at Mu Xu, "Whenever I praise Xiao Mu, he starts to be humble and learn more from you."

Mu Xu said: "You taught well."

Zhou Zhonglu stared at Mu Xu for a while, and said, "Is Baiying usually very strict with you?"

"...Mmm." Mu Xu nodded.

Zhou Zhonglu said: "Well, when we sat at the same table before, she was quite fierce."

Two workers erected the new stele next to the newly dug earth pit, which was about half a meter high and one square meter in area. Chi You placed the urn in the center of the pit.

The people's greetings fell silent, and Chi You spoke, not loudly, but enough for everyone to hear: "I am here to thank everyone for coming to my grandfather Chi Yan's funeral."

Standing beside Minister Zhou, Mu Xu held Chi Juntao's hand tightly, and while listening to Chi You read a long eulogy, he remembered that the day Chi Yan passed away was a cloudy afternoon.

The gray sky outside the window, the low-hanging clouds are heavy and oppressive, and various monitoring instruments in the ward are placed around the hospital bed, and the high and low "di-di-" sounds form a strange tune, forming a countdown to life.Chi Yan panted hard, his voice sounded like a dilapidated old bellows that hadn't been oiled for decades, he tapped the iron handrail beside the bed with his nails, trying to get Mu Xu's attention.

Mu Xu closed the window, turned and looked at Chi Yan: "Do you want to turn on the light?"

Chi Yan continued to knock on the armrest, and Mu Xu guessed that this should mean rejection.He walked to the hospital bed, tucked the corner of the quilt, and said, "The weather is not good today, it looks like it will rain or snow."

Chi Yan held Mu Xu's hand, and his dim eyes suddenly brightened surprisingly. He wanted to tell Mu Xu something, but he was wearing an oxygen mask. He couldn't speak, so he could only hold Mu Xu's hand tightly. With trembling palms, Xu wrote a few words.

Mu Xu patiently waited for Chi Yan to finish writing, and said, "Don't worry, I will treat Juntao well."

Chi Yan wrote a few more words, Mu Xu was stunned for a moment, and carefully recognized that Chi Yan wrote [Take care of yourself], and he said, "Thank you for your concern."

There was a slight smile in Chi Yan's eyes, and he continued to write [I will go to see your father and apologize in person].

Sitting by the bed, Mu Xu felt an urge to confess that he had never had before. He said, "I have been trapped in the past and hatred for too long."

Chi Yan's eyes were calm and loving. He looked at Mu Xu and saw the shadow of cum on Mu Xu's body.

"Since I can remember, I have frequently had the same dream and heard my mother tell the same story." Mu Xu said, "You are not a kind and good person, nor are you an extremely evil person, and I don't seem to have any position to criticize you."

"Jun Tao is a pure and enthusiastic person, just like his father." Mu Xu said, "It's very strange that Chi Xiuwen was born with such a bad character of yours. It should be your wife's credit."

Chi Yan was speechless, he blinked his eyes when he heard Mu Xu's harmless ridicule.

"After seeing my father, tell him not to come into my dream again." Mu Xu said distressedly, "He plays the same scene over and over again, doesn't it bother you?"

Chi Yan slowly closed his eyes, the beating rhythm of his heart became slower and slower, and the fluctuating lines on the monitor gradually turned into a horizontal straight line.Mu Xu pressed the emergency button on the bedside, hurried footsteps sounded in the corridor, the nurse pushed the door in, paused when she saw the monitor, and said, "He's gone."

"Yeah." Mu Xu tucked Chi Yan's hand under the quilt, stood up, and said, "I'll make a phone call."

"Thank you, Minister Chi, for your outstanding contribution to the commercial layout of the Republic." Zhou Zhonglu finished his speech, bowed deeply to the tombstone, and placed a bouquet of white chrysanthemums: "You have always lived in our hearts."

The crowd bowed together with Zhou Zhonglu and presented bouquets one after another.

Mu Xu put down a bunch of sunflowers, touched the words on the tombstone, and said, "Today is a sunny day."

Chi Juntao looked up at the sky, the clear blue sky was cloudless, and the winter sun shone on his body, giving him warmth.

"Shouldn't you have a word with your grandfather?" Mu Xu asked.

Chi Juntao squatted in front of the tombstone. He brought a bouquet of blue-purple wisteria flowers and said, "My grandma likes flowers, but you don't. Since grandma left, there have been no fresh bouquets on the dining table."

"You always say don't miss the old people, but look forward." Chi Juntao said, "Mu Xu said that people can live without love. I think you two are more like grandparents."

Mu Xu put his hand on Chi Juntao's shoulder and said, "I want you to say a few words, not to let you take the opportunity to run on me."

"I will have a good life, Grandpa." Chi Juntao put down the wisteria flowers, "When I get married, I hope you can watch from the sky, and remember to call Mu Xu's father."