Gu Shiting is in shock.
Long-term shock has caused some problems with his heart and lung functions, and he’s not yet regained consciousness.
But he’s still alive.
Grandmother...
Grandmother died on the spot.
She was hit by Gu Shiting’s car and was thrown into the air, spinning before crashing down, her internal organs rupturing and her head severely injured. She passed away without much suffering.
Sheng Tang stood in the mortuary with her parents.
The moment she saw her grandmother’s body, she collapsed to her knees.
Sheng Sidong wanted to help her up, but Fang Mengying also fell to the ground, her cries tearing through the air: "Mom!"
Her voice was piercing, as if her heart had been ripped apart.
Fang Mengying had never been apart from her mother her whole life. When she got married, her husband moved into their house. Although they later bought a new home, her mother moved in with them, remaining the backbone of the family.
She retained a certain innocence because she never had to be the head of the household; the elderly lady managed everything.
The elderly lady wasn’t an ignorant woman, nor did she control her daughter and son-in-law, so everyone instinctively relied on her rather than resisted her.
Thus, Fang Mengying psychologically never seemed to have "weaned off" her mother.
Women of her age, many of their children were already in college, and some had almost become like relatives with their mothers, but not her.
If the elderly lady had been ill, dragging on for a year or so, giving her time to prepare, she might have been able to accept her mother’s passing.
After all, aging and dying is a natural law.
But the elderly lady just went like that.
When she left the house in the morning, her mother was still lively, saying she was going to cook for her old friends at noon, and Meng Ying had reminded her not to overwork herself.
In the library in the afternoon, she was distracted, thinking about what to have for dinner.
She also thought that since both her son and daughter were starting school soon, she needed to buy them new clothes, and also buy something new for her mother, who was always fashionable and loved to dress up nicely.
She never imagined that one call would drag her from her life into hell.
Her mother was lying in the mortuary, and she didn’t even get to hear her mother’s last words.
Fang Mengying couldn’t accept it; she kept grasping the elderly lady’s hand: "Mom, Mom, say something! Mom!"
The elderly lady’s hand was already cold.
After death, the body stiffens and then slowly softens.
The elderly lady’s fingers were stiff and cold, indicating she no longer had life.
Fang Mengying cried, her cries heart-wrenching.
Sheng Tang struggled to crawl next to her, desperately trying to see her grandmother.
The blood on her grandmother’s face had been simply cleaned, and despite such a tragic death, her face was peaceful.
Maybe, in her last moments, she didn’t know it was her beloved Gu Shiting who hit her.
In her heart, she was probably still thinking about buying vegetables and cooking.
Sheng Sidong held Fang Mengying, not letting her lose control further, but he himself was also weak all over.
He had been with his mother-in-law since he was a teenager; decades of feelings made the elderly lady like his own mother. The pain in his heart wasn’t any less than Fang Mengying’s.
He could no longer hold onto his wife, his vision blurred with tears, and he choked with sobs as heart-wrenching as hers.
Two medical staff stood by and watched.
They had seen many farewell scenes and were somewhat numb to them, but the Sheng family’s cries brought tears to their eyes.
Three hours later, Sheng Sidong finally managed to help Fang Mengying out and sit in the corridor.
Sheng Tang sat beside her parents.
Fang Mengying’s tears kept flowing, uncontrollably.
The police came over.