Deep love is also heartless

Chapter 141 Funeral

As soon as they finished cleaning up after dinner, Grandma Bai began to gasp for breath, and Grandpa Bai shouted anxiously: "My dear, what happened to you?"

Qiao Lieque pulled over a high stool, helped Grandpa Bai sit down, and said softly to Grandpa Bai: "Grandpa, grandma may not make it. Should we take her to the hospital?"

Grandpa Bai glanced at Qiao Lieque, then looked at Grandma Bai and sighed, "No, we can't let her go. We can't let her be homeless."

Ju Zi knew that Grandpa Bai’s thinking was different from that of modern people. He always believed that people have a home only when they die at home. If they die outside, he believes that the deceased has no home and will become a wandering ghost.

This was also the reason why she didn't suggest sending Grandma Bai to the hospital even though she saw that she was not feeling well. Moreover, sending Grandma Bai to the hospital would be a waste of money and would only delay the condition for a few hours at most.

At around six o'clock in the evening, Wan Xinghan brought more than a dozen classmates to help. Juzi also asked Li Mei what needed to be prepared.

Li Mei told her to go to the place that sells funeral products, as they know everything and have everything.

Just as they were preparing for Qiao Jingteng's arrival, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. After all, they had not experienced much. At most, they had attended a funeral, but they didn't know what to do.

Qiao Jingteng asked Grandpa Bai: "Dad, should we notify the relatives to come over?"

Grandpa Bai said, "There are no relatives anymore. The old ones are all gone, and the young ones are either living in other places or don't come to visit."

Qiao Jingteng didn't say anything, but he knew in his heart that the old couple were not generous people, and his mother-in-law was ill all year round. Even their own children might not get along with them, let alone their relatives.

He just relies on the fact that he is not short of money. Every time he visits his parents, he buys and gives things to them. Only in this way can he get a meal occasionally. It would be strange if he could have any contact with relatives if he is so selfish.

Grandma Bai breathed her last at around eight o'clock in the evening, exactly six hours as Orange had predicted.

Qiao Jingteng dressed Grandpa Bai in his funeral clothes, and Juzi was responsible for taking care of Grandpa Bai. However, Grandpa Bai remained very calm. He just choked for a while and said a few words: "My dear, please go. You have suffered too much, and I am too tired."

Orange had always admired Qiao Jingteng, and Qiao Jingteng's performance this time made Orange admire him to the extreme. As the head of the Qiao family and a well-known business tycoon, he acted like a filial son throughout the whole process.

Grandpa Bai had been stingy all his life, but this time he was generous and insisted on holding a grand funeral. Qiao Jingteng and Qiao Lieque were in trouble. They had to kneel and kowtow every morning, noon and evening. They had to kneel to greet people who came to pay their respects. Fortunately, not many people came to pay their respects to his family. On the day of the funeral, people kowtowed every three steps and every five steps. It was obviously a sad thing, but it turned into a scene, attracting a large crowd of onlookers.

But throughout the whole process, Qiao Jingteng was in mourning and did whatever he was told. Qiao Lieque felt very embarrassed, but he had to follow Qiao Jingteng. After the funeral, both the father and son had bruises on their foreheads and dirt on their knees. Ju Zi felt the pain just by looking at them, but Qiao Jingteng was very calm. In just three days, Qiao Jingteng lost a lot of weight.

In the past, Juzi felt quite sympathetic towards Grandpa Bai, but after the funeral, she always felt a little uncomfortable in her heart, as if Grandpa Bai hated Qiao Jingteng very much. However, Qiao Jingteng was Juzi's idol, and she wanted to call Qiao Jingteng "Dad". So when she saw Qiao Jingteng suffering, she felt a sense of resentment in her heart, and she felt a little displeased with Grandpa Bai.

At first, she was afraid that Grandpa Bai would be too sad, so she cooked some medicine to improve his physique for Grandpa Bai to drink. Later, she lost interest in that and just kept an eye on the father and son of the Qiao family the whole time. She made cotton pads to put under their knees, and made ointment for them to apply. She made Orange very tired.