Qingshen stared at those two characters on his phone, fell silent for a moment, and suddenly didn’t know what he should reply.
Momo typed softly on her phone, continuing with another message, "I have no right to be angry..."
However, just as she was halfway through typing her message, the operating room doors suddenly swung open. Momo quickly stood up and saw her great grandfather lying quietly on the hospital bed, being wheeled out.
At that instant, Momo had a premonition, her entire body turned icy cold, and she stiffened on the spot.
As the gurney was rolled up to her, the doctor removed his surgical mask, his eyes filled with profound remorse as he spoke to Momo, "Miss, I’m so sorry, I did everything I could, but the elderly man was just too old. In the final moments of the surgery, he... passed away."
Momo’s body swayed slightly, and like a soulless shell, she walked over to the hospital bed. She gently lifted her hand to pull back the white cloth covering her great grandfather’s face and saw his serene expression, eyes closed, as if he had fallen into a deep sleep.
Momo reached out and gently grasped her great grandfather’s hand, holding it tightly, and she murmured, "Great grandpa..."
As soon as her voice broke the silence, she collapsed into tears, wailing, "Great grandpa, how could you leave me alone in this world, great grandpa..."
No matter how much Momo called out or cried, the old man lying there never moved again.
In that moment, Momo felt as if her entire world had plunged into utter darkness.
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Momo’s great grandfather was from City X, but he hailed from the countryside and had made a special request to the doctors before his death, saying he wanted to be laid to rest in his hometown.
This is what they call "fallen leaves return to their roots."
Momo understood. Her own parents and grandparents were all buried there, and her great grandfather had come to City X because of her. Now that he had passed, he wanted to reunite with them.
Therefore, Momo had no choice but to send her great grandfather back to the countryside overnight.
Nowadays, local regulations in the countryside no longer permitted the construction of new graves, but if the landowner agreed, burial was still possible.
Her great grandfather had been away in the city for many years, and now that he had returned, although some people once knew him, most of those relationships had become distant. People would pay their respects politely, but they left just as quickly as they came.
An even more troublesome issue was that the family who owned the plot of land desired for the burial viewed Momo and her great grandmother as powerless, and they flatly refused to allow them to use the land. Momo had offered a substantial amount of money, yet they still refused to concede a piece of land for the burial.
Her great grandmother, advanced in years, had argued with them for a while, which caused her blood pressure to soar, leaving her bedridden, unable to come down. This situation naturally left Momo in a state of utter desperation.
Her great grandfather’s body had already been placed in a coffin; the situation couldn’t be dragged on indefinitely. Momo had no other choice but to approach the family again by herself to plead with them.
Who could have imagined that when the family saw her coming, they started cursing from a distance in the local dialect, "Told you, if it’s not allowed, it’s not allowed. Don’t come any closer. We definitely won’t permit it, no matter how much money you give..." Thɪs chapter is updatᴇd by novel✶fire.net
The person’s words became increasingly hurtful as they continued.