freenovelworld Chapter 1035 Not Too Far Away
Chapter 1035 Not Too Far Away
After Su Yang finished speaking, there was a long silence on the other end of the phone. In the silence, only Si Yao's breathing could be heard.
In and out, I don't know how much time passed, and the breathing sound suddenly stopped.
"what is your opinion?"
Su Yang smiled bitterly: "You don't have to listen to my advice. The Si family's old house is your house. Dad's tablet is inside. It's up to you whether to let him in or not."
"Even if you refuse, I can just turn it down."
"You don't have to worry too much."
Si Yao was silent again.
This time the silence lasted longer than the last time.
"Did Cheng Yingjie want to come in?"
Su Yang nodded: "I guess he won't live for too long. He traveled a long way from the capital back to Jiangcheng, firstly to find me, and secondly, to visit the house where he lived when he was a child..."
"But this house is yours."
"I'll listen to you on how to decide."
Si Yao smiled bitterly: "Let him go..."
Su Yang was stunned. He thought Si Yao would refuse, but unexpectedly, Si Yao agreed.
"Yaoyao...you don't have to be embarrassed."
"If I feel it's inappropriate, I can reject him."
Si Yao interrupted Su Yang: "No, I hope he can go in and take a look at the tablet placed below and the three words Si Xue Zhong on it."
"Since he wants to, I will grant his wish."
"Besides, don't you also hope that he can enter the old house?"
Su Yang was stunned. Come to think of it, if he didn't want Cheng Yingjie to go in, he could just refuse directly. Why bother calling Si Yao?
He left the issue to Si Yao to decide, but this phone call represented his attitude.
"Thanks……"
Si Yao laughed out loud: "I'm just going in to take a look. The owner of that house is now surnamed Si, not Cheng!"
"Besides, since he's here, I can't let him leave with regrets or give him an excuse to comfort himself!"
"Let him see the old house of the Si family and the names in the mourning hall!"
"Even if he dies, he must know clearly who died for him!"
Su Yang smiled bitterly, but he also felt that what Si Yao said made sense.
No matter what Cheng Yingjie wants to do, he should be allowed to go in and take a look.
After giving Si Yao a few more instructions, telling her not to wait for him and to eat on time, Su Yang turned around.
"Mr. Cheng, Si Yao agreed..."
Cheng Yingjie breathed a sigh of relief. Before he made this request, he had already prepared himself for being rejected.
"Thank Si Yao for me..."
"Xiao Liang, ask the driver to drive the car over here."
"Let's go...to the Si family compound."
When Cheng Yingjie arrived in Jiangcheng, he found everything new and interesting.
In the past, he was busy with work and family, and never had time to return to Jiangcheng to see the city where he lived in his youth.
Now looking at the scenery along the road, the familiar street names, the remaining ruins of ancient buildings, and even the tall buildings rising from the ground.
It took more than ten minutes to travel from Songjiang River to Si's compound, but Cheng Yingjie not only did not feel tired, but was full of energy.
The car stopped by the roadside. Su Yang got out first. Liang Heng took down the wheelchair and helped Cheng Yingjie sit on it.
It was winter, the ground was covered with snow, and the trees outside the house were bare.
Yang Qing at the door had long disappeared, leaving only an iron door, looking somewhat desolate and dilapidated.
Ever since Si Xuezhong passed away, the Si family’s old house has become a sad place for them.
No one ever comes back here again.
If Cheng Yingjie hadn't come to take a look, there might have been only a few routine cleaners coming back here to clean.
Su Yang took out the key and opened the door.
Cheng Yingjie sat in a wheelchair and walked towards the yard. After he gave this yard to Si Xuezhong, he never came back.
Over the years, Si Xuezhong has renovated the front and back yards several times, and they look brand new, with stone tiles on the ground.
Cheng Yingjie stood in the front yard, and everything in sight was filled with memories.
He sat there blankly, looking at everything in the yard, as if in an instant he was back to forty or fifty years ago, when he was still a child.
Now half of his body is buried in the ground and he is about to die.
He coughed, smiled bitterly, turned his wheelchair and headed towards the backyard. The main building here had not changed, but when Si Xuezhong was alive, he renovated a lot of places and built several new rooms.
He looked at them one by one, looking around at them one by one.
Su Yang and Liang Heng followed behind him without saying a word.
Just walk and walk, from the front yard to the middle yard, and then to the back yard.
Su Yang took a deep breath and vaguely remembered sitting in the yard with Si Xuezhong, drinking tea around the fireplace.
But now, everything is gone...
It was like a dream.
Cheng Yingjie stopped outside a house in the backyard. He looked quietly for a while before turning his head.
"There should be tablets of the Si family's ancestors enshrined here, right?"
Standing outside the door, you can still vaguely smell the faint fragrance coming from the house.
Someone comes to clean every week, and while cleaning, they change the offerings and burn incense in front of the tablet.
Su Yang nodded: "Not only the Si family, but also the Cheng family."
Cheng Yingjie nodded slightly. He knew that no matter how much Si Xuezhong hated him, he had never broken his promise to him.
He originally bought this house and gave it to Si Xuezhong in the hope that he could take good care of his family's ancestral tablets.
But he didn't expect that Si Xuezhong would walk ahead of him.
Turning the wheelchair, Cheng Yingjie pushed open the door and wanted to go in, but was blocked by the threshold.
"Xiao Liang, give me a hand!"
As he spoke, Liang Heng walked over quickly and helped Cheng Yingjie up.
Cheng Yingjie stepped over the threshold and raised his head. All he saw were the tablets of the Si family.
From top to bottom, in the second to last row, he saw Si Xue Zhong, and of course, next to Si Xue Zhong, there was a tablet with a candle lit, on which was written, Huang Yun.
Liang Heng supported him. He watched quietly, trembling as he walked to the incense burner's altar and took out three incense sticks.
"Brother Si, I came to see you..."
"Look at Huang Yun too."
"I'm sorry, brother, I feel guilty about you..."
"I hope you know this in the afterlife and don't blame me."
"Wait until a hundred years later, I will go down to see you and apologize to you in person."
"I guess this day won't be too far away, ahem..."
Cheng Yingjie coughed twice with effort, lit the incense in his hand, and inserted the incense sticks one by one into the incense burner.
Finally, he bowed deeply to the tablets of Si Xuezhong and Huang Yun.
He sat back in his wheelchair, looking at the name in front of him, without saying a word, just sitting there quietly.
Su Yang stood aside and seemed to be able to sense the faint sadness in Cheng Yingjie.
He now holds a high position, and is considered to be above thousands of people, but all his former friends have left him, and the woman he loved most has married early.