Wrongful Death Criminal Investigation

Chapter 138 The dead are gone

In March, the weather in Spring City is much better than in February, and it has been sunny for several days.

But such good weather did not bring good luck to the old man.

That evening, the old man underwent a rescue. Although he was rescued, he was no longer able to sit in the yard with Qiu Shaoyang and bask in the sun as before.

For several days, the old man was bedridden and couldn't eat anything. Qiu Shaoyang put down his work and stayed at home.

Jasmine in the yard seemed to have sensed it, and began to grow buds as soon as March entered.

Jasmine loves sunshine, and when it is sunny day after day, jasmine grows extremely fast.

Jasmine, which only bloomed in mid-April before, can faintly feel that it is about to bloom this year.

Another fine day, Mingtang visited the old man the day before, because they had a big case in hand and needed to travel for a few days, so they couldn't come to Chuncheng for the time being, to say goodbye to the old man and Qiu Shaoyang.

Went out early this morning.

After Qiu Shaoyang woke up, he went downstairs to have breakfast, and went to accompany the old man as usual.

It's rare that the old man looks pretty good today.

The old man asked: "Shaoyang, what's the number today?"

Qiu Shaoyang said: "Today is 16."

"No. 16." The old man repeated, and said to Qiu Shaoyang: "The weather outside is nice, take me out for a walk, even if you want to sit in the yard and see Jasmine in that yard."

After Qiu Shaoyang asked the doctor for his opinion, with the help of the doctor, he put the old man in a wheelchair and pushed him to the backyard.

The old man looked at Jasmine in the yard and said, "I can smell the fragrance of jasmine. I can feel it. They are about to bloom."

Qiu Shaoyang nodded: "Yes, it should be able to drive a lot in just a few days."

"This year's jasmine blooms very early."

Qiu Shaoyang said: "It may be that this year's weather is good, the sun is sufficient, and the temperature is also suitable. In some places, jasmine has already started last week, and I think it has begun to circulate in the market."

The old man smiled: "Maybe, only the fragrance of jasmine is refreshing."

Qiu Shaoyang sat under the eaves with the old man, and the sun did not reach them very well.

The old man said: "In the past, your grandma used to collect a lot of jasmine buds every year and save them to make scented tea. All of them were sealed in jars. Go to Auntie Liang and bring out a jar and make me a pot of tea."

"it is good."

Qiu Shaoyang went back to the house and went to find Aunt Liang to get jasmine tea.

Aunt Liang took him into a small room. The cabinet was full of dried jasmine flowers, all of which were sealed in jars with the date of storage marked on them.

Aunt Liang said: "The old lady has been doing this all these years when the old lady is away."

Qiu Shaoyang's eyes were sore at the moment, he had seen all the sealed jars.

Aunt Liang took a can and handed it to Qiu Shaoyang, saying: "This is the jasmine that grew the next year after the master planted it. The old lady picked it by herself and dried it. This is the last can. There must be 20 jasmine flowers. For many years."

Qiu Shaoyang held the airtight jar and said to Aunt Liang, "Please bring me a set of tea sets later."

"it is good."

Holding the pot and returning to the eaves of the backyard, the old man's gaze was always on the Jasmine Garden below the yard.

After Qiu Shaoyang sat down, he put down the jar, and Aunt Liang brought the tea set.

The old man said, "It's been a long time since I've had the tea you made."

Qiu Shaoyang began to arrange the tea sets.

"You still learned the art of making tea from your grandma." Speaking of his deceased wife, the old man was full of nostalgia, and said to Qiu Shaoyang: "Recently, I can often think of things about your grandma."

He said: "Watching your grandma make tea before was a kind of enjoyment for me."

Qiu Shaoyang smiled, and Aunt Liang brought them a small stove, lit it, and started to boil water.

The old man said: "Nowadays, there are not many people who like to boil water and make tea by themselves. Young people like a fast-paced life. What is the pipeline machine that heats up in two seconds and three seconds? Like me, I am not used to it. I still like the traditional one. water way."

Qiu Shaoyang just smiled and said: "Technology is getting more and more advanced, the pace of life is getting faster and faster, and the communication between people is paying more and more attention to efficiency."

"Then don't forget to enjoy life." The old man said: "Take things slowly, and you can always finish them. Don't push yourself too much, and you will find out when you are old that you don't seem to have enjoyed life in your life. You and Mingtang are both busy with work, but you have to take time out to enjoy time and enjoy life, otherwise you will both be old in the future, and when you look back, you will find that neither of you has done anything meaningful. If you don’t go out for a walk when you’re young, it’s a pity that you won’t be able to walk when you’re old.”

"We'll go out for a walk together and have fun."

After drinking the tea made by Qiu Shaoyang himself, the old man was very satisfied, but then he was a little sad: "In a blink of an eye, you are 32 years old. From that little guy who likes to chase after me and call grandpa, you have now become a man who can take care of himself , in the past so many years, I have been proud of you. Shaoyang, our whole family is proud of you."

Qiu Shaoyang nodded with tears in his eyes: "I know."

"You have never let us down. As the heir of Kirin Real Estate, you have never let Kirin Real Estate down. You have always done a good job."

The old man talked a lot, and drank cup after cup of tea.

"It's strange, how can I never drink enough of this jasmine tea, smelling the aroma of jasmine in the garden, it's as if your grandma never left me."

After hearing so much from the old man, Qiu Shaoyang finally couldn't hold back his tears.

What makes him sad is that he knows Grandpa doesn't have much time, but there's nothing he can do.

The old man said: "Why are you crying, Grandpa hasn't left yet."

When he said that, Qiu Shaoyang couldn't hold back anymore.

The old man kept smiling all the time, and said to him: "People are mortal, you have to be more careful, not only I will die, but you Grandpa Pei, Aunt Liang, Uncle Pei, Mingtang, everyone will leave someday in the future, including yourself , so don't be sad."

"I hope that after I leave, you can continue to live a good life and be with Mingtang. I will hand over Qilin Real Estate to you." The old man said: "When your great-grandpa was dying, you handed over the company to me. At that time, it was not called Kirin Real Estate. After I took over the company from him, with the concerted efforts of the company's employees, the company grew step by step. Later, through the continuous efforts of your parents, the scale of the company was achieved. , This can be regarded as inheriting the father's business. Our company has witnessed the southwest region from backwardness to prosperity, and it has also carried the hard work of several generations of our Qiu family. For me, Qilin Real Estate is also a part of our family. In the future, not only will you control Qilin Real Estate, but he will also accompany you through storms and rainbows."

Qiu Shaoyang nodded heavily: "Grandpa, don't worry, I will manage Qilin Real Estate well."

"I believe you."

After eating at noon, the master went back to the house and took a nap for a while.

In the afternoon, the old man said that the scent of jasmine in the yard was stronger and smelled pleasant, so he wanted to see it.

Qiu Shaoyang brought him under the eaves again.

The scent is indeed stronger than in the morning.

The old man pointed to one place and said, "Look, is that cluster about to bloom?"

Qiu Shaoyang looked over and saw that it was indeed about to leave.

"Wait, maybe it will open later." The old man said to Qiu Shaoyang: "You can make me another pot of jasmine tea."

"You've already had a pot this morning."

The old man smiled at Qiu Shaoyang, and said softly and kindly: "Go."

Qiu Shaoyang had no choice but to be obedient and make another pot for him.

I don't know when, that cluster of jasmine bloomed.

The old man said to Qiu Shaoyang: "Go and cut it out, bring it here for me, then go get a bottle, fill it with clean water, and keep it next to the bed in my room."

"it is good."

Qiu Shaoyang picked up the scissors under the coffee table, went to cut off the bunch of branches together, trimmed it a little, and handed it to the old man.

"Your pruning skills are not bad." The old man took it tremblingly, put it on the tip of his nose and sniffed lightly: "The fragrance is pleasant."

Qiu Shaoyang turned to get the bottle.

The old man called him: "Yangyang."

Qiu Shaoyang turned around: "Grandpa, you haven't called me that in many years."

The old man smiled and said to him, "Go."

Qiu Shaoyang left with a smile, and went back to the house to find the bottle.

The old man smelled the fragrance of this jasmine again, put it on his heart, leaned on the headrest of the wheelchair, and slowly closed his eyes.

In the dark, he heard the voices of his family members.

Qiu Shaoyang came back with a bottle filled with clean water. For some reason, his eyelids began to twitch rapidly, and his steps couldn't help but speed up.

When he saw Grandpa tightly holding his pruned Jasmine, his eyes were closed tightly.

He immediately had the answer in his heart.

He walked quickly to the old man's side, squatted down, and softly called: "Grandpa."

"grandfather."

Qiu Shaoyang held the armrest of the wheelchair with one hand, and the old man's hand with the other, which was still warm.

Qiu Shaoyang could feel his grandpa's hand holding his hand back. Seeing the tears falling from the corners of his grandpa's eyes, he quickly shouted, "Aunt Liang, call the doctor."

With a gentle voice, Aunt Liang immediately went to call the doctor.

The doctor came to the old man as quickly as he could, listened to the heartbeat with a stethoscope, looked at the pupils, and shook his head at Qiu Shaoyang.

"Shaoyang, sorry."

Qiu Shaoyang shook his head violently: "Look again, I saw grandpa crying just now, and he still held my hand, he didn't leave, look again."

Aunt Liang wiped away her tears and turned around immediately. She knew that Qiu Shaoyang was not calm now, so she had to follow what the old man told her, once he passed away, notify Pei Yumin as soon as possible.

The Qiu family can still control the situation now, only Pei Yumin.

The doctor said: "Shaoyang, this is a normal reaction, you know it well."

Doctors know about the various states of people after death, and so do criminal police who often deal with the dead.

Qiu Shaoyang knelt down on the ground in an instant, his forehead rested on the back of the hand holding the wheelchair, tears dripped on the floor, and every drop could splash.

Pei Youmin received a call from Aunt Liang at the meeting, closed his eyes, tried his best to suppress his sad emotions at the moment, arranged all the company's affairs in an orderly manner, handed it over to the assistant president to take charge of the overall situation, and then went straight to Qiu's house.

On the way, he called Ming Tang.

Ming Tang was currently handling a case in the city next door, so he didn't have time to look at his phone at all.

Bae Yoo Min left him a message on WeChat.

When he rushed to Qiu's house and found the old man, Qiu Shaoyang was still in the backyard, the old man's body had been moved into the house by the doctors, and old man Pei had already helped change the shroud.

Qiu Shaoyang was still sitting on the steps outside the courtyard.

Pei Youmin walked over, sat beside him, put his arms around his shoulders and said, "The old man will feel uneasy when he sees you like this."

"Uncle Pei." Qiu Shaoyang hugged Pei Yumin tightly, just like when he fell down when he was a child and Pei Yumin went to comfort him, Qiu Shaoyang hugged him and cried loudly.

Pei Youmin patted Qiu Shaoyang's back lightly, but this time, Qiu Shaoyang's crying did not stop because of his comfort, this time, his crying was full of despair.

"Uncle is here." Pei Yumin was very distressed: "Cry if you want to cry, uncle will always be by your side."

Qiu Shaoyang cried in Pei Yumin's arms, and finally fainted because of being too emotional, which frightened Pei Yumin, and hurriedly called the doctor to check the situation.

Fortunately, it was only because of being too emotional that the fainting occurred.

This made them all breathe a sigh of relief.

It was already night when Mingtang saw the news. At that time, all the push notifications on the mobile phone were all news pushes about the death of the old man of the Qiu family.

At around five o'clock in the afternoon, the obituary was posted on the official website of Kirin Real Estate, and the obituary was also posted on Weibo and their own WeChat official account.

Various official media forwarded it one after another, wishing the old man a good journey.

Downstairs of the Qiu family's old house and Qilin Real Estate, many people sent flowers and wreaths, and lit candles.

No matter how the current Qilin Real Estate is, Qiu Chengfeng, as the builder of Spring City and even the entire southwest region, his contribution is obvious to all. No one can deny the dedication and dedication of the old man.

Many of those who spontaneously came to mourn the old man were business partners and good friends of the old man during his lifetime.

When Qiu Shaoyang woke up, in the living room downstairs, there were already many famous figures from the southwest region, and many more people were on their way.

Pei Yumin and Mr. Pei presided over the overall situation downstairs, the doctor accompanied Qiu Shaoyang upstairs, and Aunt Liang was in charge of receiving those who came.

In the eyes of most people, Pei Yumin can represent the Qiu family. The relationship between Pei Yumin and Qiu Shenglin is recognized by the Qiu family and everyone in this circle. Therefore, in the hearts of these people, he is the Qiu family. part of.

As for why Qiu Shaoyang couldn't receive them, Pei Youmin also explained clearly, no one would blame Qiu Shaoyang, on the contrary, it was all contemporaneity and regret.

Many grandmas who had watched Qiu Shaoyang grow up and came to condolence this time heard Pei Yumin say that Qiu Shaoyang fainted because of being too emotional, and shed tears and lamented that Qiu Shaoyang's life was too hard.

Qiu Shaoyang didn't wake up until nearly eight o'clock, and the doctor notified Pei Yumin immediately.

Pei Yumin greeted important, and then went upstairs to Qiu Shaoyang's bedroom, explained the current situation clearly to him, and handed him all the prepared clothes for Qiu Shaoyang to change.

Pei Yumin gave Qiu Shaoyang an encouraging hug and said, "I believe you can handle all of this."

Accompanied by him, Qiu Shaoyang walked downstairs slowly, and everyone could see how haggard he was at the moment.

Qiu Shaoyang stood on the last flight of stairs and said to them: "Thank you very much for coming to mourn my grandfather, thank you."

After finishing speaking, Qiu Shaoyang bowed deeply to them.

There were too many people outside who spontaneously came to see the old man of the Qiu family off. Chu Yue and the others also came here immediately. Even though they couldn't help much, they could still accompany Qiu Shaoyang.

Wan Zai didn't see Ming Tang, and kept contacting Ming Tang.

Since Lingchuan knew that Qiu Shaoyang and Mingtang were together, he kept a distance from Qiu Shaoyang to avoid misunderstanding by Mingtang.

But this time he is here.He made the wrong choice every time in the past, this time he chose Qiu Shaoyang.

When Qiu Shaoyang needed their company, everyone rushed to him without hesitation.

Mingyao's family also rushed over from Shicheng.

The case that Mingtang took over was at a very critical time, so he could only ask his parents to help him accompany Qiu Shaoyang, and then asked his superiors to go back to Chuncheng to attend Qiu Chengfeng's condolence.

Fortunately, Jue Ye and Jue Chen knew about their relationship, and both of them helped him to return.

On the way back, his phone was almost off the hook, and everyone related to Qiu Shaoyang called him and asked where he was.

They were anxious, but Mingtang was the most anxious one.

In view of the fact that there are too many people mourning, many landmarks in the Southwest were lit up, among which Chuncheng was the most dense.

Even Tianhao Group, which has always been at odds with Qilin Real Estate, lit up their landmarks in Spring City.

This night in Spring City, the local aborigines were all present to see Qiu Chengfeng off.

There were also many people who knew about the old man's contributions, who spontaneously saw him off.

Mingtang passed through other cities on his return journey, and he could always see the landmarks lit up for the old man.

Because there were too many people seeing off, they were worried about accidents, so Qiu Shaoyang and Pei Yumin discussed and decided to hold a mourning ceremony in the funeral home, and people from all walks of life can go to mourn.

It was already late at night when Mingtang arrived at Qiu's house.

From a distance, he saw that the road leading to Qiu's house was full of vehicles, and there were traffic police and civilian police to maintain order. There were jasmine or lily flowers along the roadside, and there were bunches of flowers or candles every few meters.

All the way to the door of the Qiu family's old house.

There are also police outside the old house and the Qiu family's own security guards are in charge of law and order.

Although there were many people at the scene, it was surprisingly quiet. Everyone came to see the old man for the last time.

Although there were many media at the scene, none of them came here for the news.

Mr. Pei was in charge of welcoming the guests at the door. Although the Qiu family's villa was large, not everyone could enter it. Those who could enter were only the old man or people who had a close relationship with the Qiu family.

Seeing Mingtang arriving, Mr. Pei felt a little comforted in his heart.

Mingtang asked: "How is Shaoyang doing now?"

Mr. Pei shook his head: "The situation is not very good. He is barely holding on now. He fainted once, and he has been calm since he got up. He calmly made us worry."

Ming Tang walked quickly into the house.

There were too many people in the room, and since no formal mourning had been held yet, the old man's body was still in his original bedroom.

Qiu Shaoyang was in the bedroom right now.

Mingtang's parents stood near the door, seeing Mingtang come back, they felt a little more at ease.

The presence of Mingtang is the only good thing for Qiu Shaoyang at this time.

Bae Yoo Min came over to him and said, "Go, he's waiting for you."

Mingtang nodded, and walked into the room with a heavy heart.