Chapter 44 Qing Shui Town 16

  Zhou Tian Tong's death was notified by Gu Wen Kai's phone call, he mainly wanted to tell Gu Yun, but Gu Yun didn't have the habit of carrying a mobile phone with him, so the call went to his second brother Gu Wen Qing instead.

  After listening to Gu Wenkai's account, Gu Wenchang didn't hang up the phone immediately. Instead, he went to Qin Fei's ward, called out Gu Yin, handed over his mobile phone and let Gu Wenkai talk directly to Gu Yin. Zhou Tian Tong was an important clue in investigating the person from 17 years ago, and since Gu Yin would definitely want to know the details of his death, it was more suitable for Gu Wenkai, who had witnessed the scene with his own eyes, to tell him.

  Zhou Tian Tong died in a detention center with an extremely bizarre appearance, all the blood and internal organs on his body had disappeared, leaving only a skeleton, and a pool of fresh blood was left on one wall of the detention center.

  "Second Brother had set up an array around the police station beforehand, I just went to check it out, and those arrays haven't been triggered, Zhou Tian Tong shouldn't be considered as being attacked by external invaders." Gu Wenkai's tone was somewhat hesitant, although he was a direct descendant of the Gu family, when it came to Tong Yin's ghostly affairs, in front of Gu Yin, he really didn't have much confidence.

  "He wasn't the one being attacked, it was just a counterattack from the borrowed momentum. Crossing that line between yin and yang, disturbing the heavenly decree, having such retribution isn't unexpected, but I didn't think the counterattack would come so unexpectedly soon."

  "Uh, so are you still coming over to check out the situation?" Gu Wenkai asked.

  "It's unnecessary," said Gu Yin, and handed the phone back to Gu Wenqing.

  "Big brother......" Gu Wenqing caught the phone that Gu Yin had thrown over, looking at him in confusion, but only saw his back as he walked towards Qin Fei's hospital room.

  "Hello? Hello? Is there anything else? If not, I'll hang up the phone." The voice of Gu Wenkai came from the mobile phone that was still on the call.

  "I want to ask you something," said Gu Wenqing, picking up his phone.

  "Second Brother?"

  Gu Wenqing: "Is Big Brother very close with Qin Fei?"

  "Uh, how to say this?" Gu Wenkai said with a slight entanglement on the other end of the phone. "Whether the relationship is good or bad, I also can't make it clear. Big brother's attitude towards Qin Fei has always been in a strange state, like the weather in June, a child's face, in short, it's unpredictable..."

  Gu Wenqing: "...... Are you describing a woman in love?"

  "...... Second brother, how can you say such hair-raising words?"

  "Conditioned reflexively, I think of that."

  Gu Wenqing: "..."

  ……

  Gu Yin walked to the door of Qin Fei's ward, pushed it open, and saw that Qin Fei was already awake, sitting on the bed in a daze. When he saw Gu Yin enter, he raised his eyes and stared at him blankly, seemingly unable to react for a moment as to who the person in front of him was.

  Qin Fei's appearance didn't surprise Gu Yin, it was an aftereffect of being taken advantage of, he just couldn't help but feel a pang of heartache towards Qin Fei.

  Gu Yin walked over, reached out to feel Qin Fei's forehead temperature. Last night when he brought him to the hospital, he had already been blown by the cold wind of the deep night and his whole body was icy cold. Coupled with Qin Fei's weak physique, Gu Yin had always worried that he would get a fever. However, at this moment, Qin Fei's body temperature seemed to be normal.

  "Do you want to eat something now?" Yu Yin asked Qin Fei in a low voice while moving his hand from Qin Fei's forehead.

  Qin Fei stared blankly at Gu Yin for a while, then reached out and grasped his hem, calling out in a low voice, "Gu Yin..."

  "What's wrong?" Gu Yin asked.

  Qin Fei let go of the hand that was grasping Gu Yin's hem, shook his head, and ultimately said nothing. He had just had that pitch-black dream again, this time feeling even worse than before - anger, resentment, sorrow... all the negative emotions surged up, but he couldn't find a way out. Then, as consciousness gradually returned, the pitch-black dream transformed into Zhang Zhi Xin repeatedly charging towards him as he stood in the formation, and being knocked back by the fierce ghost again and again.

  Qin Fei's body was not seriously injured, but his mental state was really not good. Gu Yin went to help Qin Fei buy porridge, and after eating it, Qin Fei sat on the bed, staring blankly out of the window, lost in thought. It wasn't until Zhou Jun rushed in that he snapped Qin Fei out of his daze.

  "Zhang Zhixin is in a hurry..." Zhou Jun opened his mouth, and Gu Yin furrowed his brow. Zhou Jun didn't look at Gu Yin, but directly said to Qin Fei, "He wants to see you, if you don't want to see..."

  Zhou Jun's words were not yet finished, Qin Fei had already stood up from the hospital bed, put on the coat placed beside the bed, and walked out of the ward.

  Zhou Junyi was stunned, and then said nothing, just limping and walking to the front to lead the way. Gu Yin furrowed his brow, but ultimately followed him.

  When he arrived at Zhang Zhixin's ward, Gu Wenqing was standing guard at the door. Seeing Qin Fei approaching, he stepped aside to let him in. Qin Fei didn't allow anyone else to follow and walked in alone, closing the door behind him.

  Zhang Zhi Xin lay on the hospital bed, his face full of wrinkles almost covered with black spots, exuding a dying aura.

  When the hospital room door creaked, Zhang Zhixin strained to turn his head towards the direction of the door. His eyes seemed unable to see things that were slightly far away, until Qin Fei approached his bedside, and he finally recognized the person. His originally weak breathing suddenly became urgent. He turned his head, widened his eyes, looked at Qin Fei, trembled with both lips, and hoarsely shouted: "Qin... Qin Fei..."

  Qin Fei responded with a sound and quietly looked at Zhang Zhixin.

  He had always been unclear about which branch of his family Zhang Zhixin was a relative, and those distant generations he had never sorted out. However, from the moment he met Zhang Zhixin, he treated him extremely well. People's hearts are made of flesh, even if they may not be related by blood, but to Zhang Zhixin, he called him "Third Uncle" and truly regarded him as his elder.

  However, human hearts are biased after all, so... Zhang Zhixin did not protect him as he used to, and even betrayed and utilized him to some extent...

  "Qin Fei, I'm sorry, it's San Shu... I, Zhang Zhi Xin, am the one who owes you an apology..." Zhang Zhi Xin lay on the bed, sobbing and apologizing to Qin Fei again and again.

  Qin Fei let out a sigh and walked forward to help Zhang Zhixin cover himself with the quilt, saying in a low voice: "You rest well."

  Qin Fei left Zhang Zhixin's ward, but he couldn't leave the hospital immediately. Not long after he walked away, Zhang Zhixin was rushed into the emergency room. Before noon, the hospital came down with a notification that Zhang Zhixin had been rescued ineffectively and died.

  When Zhang Zhixin entered the hospital, Qing Shui Town Police Station contacted his family. In the afternoon, just after a little more than an hour, Zhang Zhixin's son rushed to the hospital and took away Zhang Zhixin's body.

  Qin Fei followed Zhou Jun out of the hospital gate, and this day was a sunny day. When Qin Fei stepped into that sunlight, he only felt dizzy in front of his eyes and stumbled forward.

  Zhou Jun stretched out his hand to grab Qin Fei, but he was lame in one leg and his movements were slow. He failed to catch Qin Fei. Just as Qin Fei was about to fall down the stairs, a figure rushed over from the side and grabbed Qin Fei's arm, stabilizing his body that was leaning forward.

  "His mental state is not good, and you let him run around like this?" Gu Yin supported Qin Fei, his piercing gaze falling on Zhou Jun's body behind Qin Fei.

  Zhou Jun's mouth twitched slightly. Qin Fei insisted on leaving. Could he still forcibly lock him in the ward?

  "I'm going back to S City." Qin Fei waited for the dizziness to pass, then came out from Gu Yin's arms and opened his mouth to explain on behalf of Zhou Jun.

  Gu Yin furrowed his brow as he looked at Qin Fei, he had already lost count of how many times he had done so today. However, the words of opposition that were on the tip of his tongue never made it out, and instead he glanced sideways at Gu Wenqing who was standing beside him.

  Gu Wenqing pushed his glasses up and said: "Qin Fei, I'll drive you home."

  Shao Guan's family was sent back home by Gu Yin to search for something, while Gu Yin himself did not drive. Gu Yin understood his intention, which meant he wanted him to put in some effort.

  However - is Gu Yin being too mindful of Qin Fei? Although he was the one who was ordered around...

  Zhou Jun was going back to the Qing Shui Town police station, so he asked Gu Wenqing to take care of Qin Fei along the way. He had already arranged for Song Pangzi to take care of Qin Fei when they arrived in S City.

  After Gu Wenqing drove the car out of the hospital parking lot, Gu Yin helped Qin Fei into the back seat. Just as Gu Wenqing was about to start the car, he saw Gu Yin walk around to the other side of the car, open the door and sit down beside Qin Fei.

  "Huh, big brother, are you also returning to the city? Didn't you say you still need to stay in H City for a while?"

  "What? Not allowed?" Gu Yin raised her eyes and swept a cold glance at Gu Wenqing.

  Gu Wenqing smiled wryly and closed his mouth, starting the car.

  Gu Wenqing sent Qin Fei to his residence, and as soon as Qin Fei got out of the car, he saw not only Song Baozi, who had waved at him at the gate of his community, but also a woman who looked 50% like Qin Fei.

  Qin Fei's gaze had just fallen on that woman when she came running towards him in high heels and threw her arms around him.

  "Ma......" Qin Fei shouted and raised his hands to hug his mother back.

  Qin's mother returned to prepare for the New Year, but unexpectedly found out that Qin Fei had gone to H City as soon as she arrived in S City. Later this afternoon, she also received news of Zhang Zhixin's passing from his son. If it weren't for Song Baozi bringing the news that Qin Fei would be returning immediately, Qin's mother would have rushed to H City already.

  Qin's mother didn't let Qin Fei stay in his place, but instead took him back to their home in S city.

  As for Zhang Zhi Xin's death, Qin Fei only told his mother that it was an accident. His mother knew he was hiding something, but seeing the effort Qin Fei put into comforting himself, she didn't ask any further questions.

  The day after Qin Fei returned home was Zhang Zhixin's funeral, and Qin Fei went with his mother to City A.

  Zhang Zhi-xin's funeral was very simple, just a simple ceremony and then cremation and sent to the public cemetery.

  Zhang Zhixin was buried next to his grandson's grave. As Qin Fei left, he glanced at the tombstone beside Zhang Zhixin. On it was a photo of a young boy who could still be called a boy, with a bright smile on his face. The tombstone bore the name of that boy, Zhang Dang - Zhang Zhixin's grandson, the person Zhang Zhixin had wanted to save most in this life.