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Chapter 197 Suicide note
That very night, Li Xi left Semporna and headed to Southeast Asia.
Gu Huaizhou also completed the handover of his work immediately and bought the fastest flight to Southeast Asia.
Li Xi arrived at the airport half a day earlier than Gu Huaizhou, and Lan Wei personally came to pick her up.
Upon seeing Li Xi, Lan Wei offered her her condolences.
Li Xi's mind was still reeling.
Once in the car, gazing at the familiar tropical scenery outside the window, Li Xi asked Lan Wei, "Did she leave peacefully?"
Lan Wei hesitated before saying, "Not really."
"How did she pass away?" Luo Wen only said on the phone that his mother had passed away, without going into details.
Lan Wei looked distressed and said, "Miss Xi, your mother committed suicide by hanging."
Did he hang himself?
Li Xi didn't speak again after that.
The Fifth Family were Buddhists, so after Fifth Dream passed away, they invited local Buddhists to their home to preside over the funeral rites.
The funeral hall has been set up, but Fifth Dream's body has not yet been placed in the coffin.
Li Xi was taken directly by Lan Wei to the villa where Wu Meng had lived before her death.
There were twenty or thirty bodyguards standing outside the small building. Everyone entering or leaving the villa had to be searched, and no one was allowed to take pictures of Fifth Dream's body.
The mortician has arrived and is preparing Fifth Dream's body for death in the master bedroom.
The Fifth Master and his wife sat in the lobby on the first floor.
Fifth Jue looked sorrowful and listless, his old eyes red, clearly having cried. However, he had long been prepared for his daughter's departure, so he remained relatively calm.
Zhou Zhiwei cried very hard.
When Li Xi arrived, she had already fainted and then woken up.
Upon seeing Li Xi enter the room, Zhou Zhiwei called out in a hoarse voice, "Xi Bao!"
Upon hearing the cry of "Xi Bao," Zhou Zhiwei burst into tears once again.
The fifth one also looked up and looked at Li Xi.
"child."
"Come to Grandpa's side."
Li Xi took heavy steps and slowly walked towards the two elders.
As soon as she got close, Zhou Zhiwei pulled her into a tight embrace. The old man didn't say anything, he just kept crying.
Hearing her grandmother's heart-wrenching cries, Li Xi felt a pang of sadness.
"grandmother."
Li Xi held her grandmother's frail and aged body, gently patted her back, and said softly over and over again, "Xi Bao is here, Xi Bao will always be with you."
"Your condolences."
Take care of yourself.
“...Mmm.” Zhou Zhiwei hugged Li Xi and cried for a long time.
Once Luo calmed down, he informed them, "The mortician's work is finished. Xibao, come upstairs with your uncle to see your mother one last time."
Li Xi hesitated, then said, "...She wouldn't want to see me."
Her existence is a disgrace to Fifth Dream's life.
Why would Fifth Dream want to see her?
Upon hearing this, Wu Jue hesitated to speak, and Zhou Zhiwei also frowned in distress.
Luo Wen thought for a moment before saying, "Then I won't see him."
Luo Wen is very busy.
His parents were devastated by his sister's passing, and he had to arrange a proper funeral for Fifth Dream.
Li Xi did not disturb Luo Wen too much.
Only after Lanyu arrived did Li Xi inquire about the cause of Fifth Dream's death.
Lan Yu stood by the tea cabinet and personally poured Li Xi a cup of refreshing fruit tea.
He handed the fruit tea to Li Xi, touched his own lips, and gestured to Li Xi, "Drink some water first, your lips are all chapped."
"You haven't even had a sip of water on your way here, have you?"
Li Xi had indeed forgotten about drinking water.
She tilted her head back and drank the passion fruit tea in one gulp, pursed her lips, and asked again, "Why did my mother suddenly hang herself?"
"Old Feng's medical skills are very impressive. After he applied acupuncture to Miss Meng for a period of time, Miss Meng's chaotic emotions gradually calmed down."
"The more alert a person is, the clearer their memory will be."
Lan Yu sighed, "She remembered all the time she spent locked up in the laboratory."
"She was tormented by those memories, and every day felt like she was living a life worse than death. But the old master and his wife couldn't bear to let Miss Meng leave."
"...Miss Meng lived in agony for a while, but in the end she hanged herself."
Fifth Dream's health had long since deteriorated, so her death was inevitable.
Back then, Elder Feng had advised the two elders to stay with Fifth Dream for a while and then choose euthanasia to send her off.
But those are their children.
The two elders were reluctant to let go, and Fifth Dream felt that living was worse than death.
In the end, Fifth Dream could not bear the psychological torment and chose to hang herself.
Upon hearing this, Li Xi felt a heavy weight on his heart.
"Did she write a will or anything like that before she left?" Li Xi asked.
Lanyu shook her head slightly.
"She's been confused for half her life, and every breath she takes is painful. How could she possibly have the energy to write a will?"
Lanyu took the empty water glass from Li Xi's hand and poured her another one.
"Have some more."
"Thank you, Uncle Lanyu."
The following day, Fifth Dream's body was finally placed in the coffin.
Fifth Dream, wearing a light blue off-the-shoulder dress, lay quietly in the coffin, the tear stains on her neck covered with foundation by the mortician.
The mortician was very professional; she applied light makeup to Fifth Dream, making her look as if she were asleep, peaceful and serene.
Fifth Dream, who was in her forties, lay in a coffin and still looked as beautiful as someone in her twenties.
Even in death, her appearance was stunning.
Yesterday, the Fifth Family published an obituary in the newspaper announcing the passing of Fifth Dream. Her body will be kept in the Zhaomengtai for three days.
During this period, all relatives and friends are welcome to come and pay their respects.
When the distinguished guests who came to pay their respects saw Fifth Dream's remains, none of them could help but feel sorrow.
On the second day after the coffin was laid to rest, Gu Huaizhou arrived in Southeast Asia with the elderly Gu Wentao.
Luo Wen sent Lan Yu to the airport to personally receive Gu Wentao.
Upon arriving at Zhaomengtai, Gu Wentao went directly to the mourning hall.
Looking at Fifth Dream lying motionless in the coffin, Gu Wentao couldn't help but feel tears welling up in his eyes.
He was the Fifth Dream who had seen her in her youth—lively, charming, and exceptionally intelligent.
How can one not feel grief when comparing the two?
"Fifth Brother".
"Knowing the subtle."
Please accept my condolences.
At this moment, words seem so pale and powerless.
But besides offering words of condolence, Gu Wentao couldn't find any other way to comfort his two old friends.
Wu Jue and Zhou Zhiwei looked at Gu Wentao, who had traveled thousands of miles to Southeast Asia to mourn their daughter. While they were moved, they couldn't help but feel sad.
They still remember the tragedy that occurred thirteen years ago when Gu Wentao and his wife lost their son, daughter-in-law, and eldest grandson in a single day.
Gu Wentao's hair turned white overnight during that incident.
No one could empathize with them better than Gu Wentao.
Fifth Master, who was usually a man who didn't show his emotions, couldn't help but hug his old friend's shoulder at this moment.
"Brother Gu."
The fifth line, filled with grief and sorrow, reads, "I should have listened to Dr. Feng's advice and let her leave peacefully. I shouldn't have forcibly held her back, forcing her to choose such a cruel and painful way to leave."
The moment he saw Fifth Dream hang herself, Fifth Absolute regretted it.
Hanging is such a painful way to die.
Mengbao loves being pretty. People who commit suicide have grotesque appearances after death. How much determination must she have had to face death?
These past two days, whenever I think of these things, Fifth Jue is overcome with grief.
This is also what Zhou Zhiwei regrets.
They are too selfish.
Worried that Wu Meng might do something foolish, they even took away all the sharp objects from her bedroom, fearing that she might commit suicide in a moment of despair.
But she actually hanged herself with the belt of her bathrobe.
They were wrong.
"Hey."
Gu Wentao fully understood the conflicted and painful feelings of his two old friends. He said, "As parents, how can we really bear to watch our children die?"
I understand how you feel.
"My condolences."
Gu Huaizhou offered his condolences to the two elders and Luo Wen, then left the mourning hall and went to the small building where Li Xi lived.
There were many people today, but Li Xi did not show up.
When Gu Huaizhou found Li Xi, she was sweating profusely on the stair climber in the basement gym.
Her hair was soaked, and sweat trickled down her neck and collarbone into her chest, disappearing into her sports bra.
Even his waist was covered in sweat.
Gu Huaizhou walked over with a towel, placed it directly on Li Xi's waist, and lifted her up to put her on the ground.
Li Xi knew it was Gu Huaizhou without even looking up.
She wrapped her arms around Gu Huaizhou's neck, buried her face in his chest, and remained silent.
Gu Huaizhou put one arm around her, freeing his other hand to turn off the stair climber, before carrying her out of the gym and up to the bedroom.
He simply picked up Li Xi and sat her down on the sofa.
Smelling the sweat on Li Xi's body and hearing her thunderous heartbeat, Gu Huaizhou frowned and asked her, "How long have you been practicing?"
"An hour and a half."
Climbing stairs is tiring work; climbing for over an hour straight is considered overtraining.
Gu Huaizhou wanted to say a few words of condemnation to Li Xi.
The words were on the tip of my tongue, but I still couldn't bring myself to say them.
Feeling upset?
Li Xi shook her head, "I'm not feeling too bad, but I just can't fall asleep."
It has been two days and two nights since Li Xi received the call about Wu Meng's death, but she hasn't closed her eyes for a single second.
Unable to sleep, Li Xi decided to exercise.
Exercise will tire your body, and you might fall asleep when you're tired.
Gu Huaizhou sighed, placed Li Xi on the sofa, and then squatted down beside the sofa to help Li Xi relax her muscles.
Once Li Xi's heartbeat had calmed down, Gu Huaizhou stopped massaging her. "I'll go get you some water."
"Take a bath, and I'll give you acupuncture to relax you. You'll fall asleep."
"You also know acupuncture?"
Gu Huaizhou chuckled and gently pinched her nose. "When I was mentally unstable, it was common for me to go three or four days without sleep."
"Whenever that happens, the doctor gives me acupuncture to help me force myself to sleep."
Therefore, Gu Huaizhou was very familiar with this.
Li Xi nodded, letting Gu Huaizhou serve her.
After taking a bath for a few minutes, Li Xi lay down on the bed and let Gu Huaizhou administer acupuncture to her.
Just as Gu Huaizhou said, her mind relaxed during the acupuncture treatment, and she soon fell into a deep sleep.
Gu Huaizhou pulled out the acupuncture needles and looked at Li Xi, who had fallen asleep and was now shedding tears. He felt very sorry for Li Xi.
"Xixi, there's no need to hide your sadness."
"Cry."
"Just cry it out."
How can I not be sad?
That's her mother.
Even if Fifth Dream despises her and almost kills her, how could Li Xi really have no feelings for Fifth Dream?
If Fifth Dream hadn't suffered those hardships, she would definitely have been a good mother.
Although Li Xi said he didn't care about Wu Meng, he did care in his heart.
She doesn't need Fifth Dream to love her, but she hopes Fifth Dream can let go of her burdens and live a good life.
But Fifth Dream's psychological burden was simply too heavy.
Perhaps it was because she heard Gu Huaizhou's words, or perhaps it was because she relaxed and her true emotions came out, but Li Xi's tears rolled down her cheeks uncontrollably.
She was clearly asleep, but she couldn't stop crying.
He stayed with Li Xi until her tears stopped flowing before Gu Huaizhou got up and left the bedroom.
Lanyu arrived here at some unknown time.
Seeing Gu Huaizhou come downstairs, Lanyu glanced upstairs and asked Gu Huaizhou, "Is Xixi asleep?"
"Just fell asleep."
"Have you been crying?" Lan Yu said, "Lan Wei said that Xi Xi hasn't slept for almost 50 hours. I know she's upset and can't sleep."
"You'll feel better after you cry it out."
Gu Huaizhou nodded. "I did cry just now."
"That's good."
Lan Yu was Luo Wen's capable assistant, but instead of staying with Luo Wen at the mourning hall, she came to the small building to find him.
Gu Huaizhou said thoughtfully, "Uncle Lanyu, did you come here specifically to see me?"
He even chose a time when Li Xi was asleep to visit him...
Gu Huaizhou immediately guessed the reason, "You have something to say to me? And you want to avoid Xixi?"
"smart people."
Lanyu enjoys chatting with intelligent people.
Lan Yu didn't waste any words and directly took out a piece of paper and handed it to Gu Huaizhou.
Gu Huaizhou looked at the paper.
It was just an ordinary piece of paper, probably a page torn from a notebook.
The rectangular piece of paper was folded up to hide its contents.
But the person writing this has great strength, and the characters are very heavy, penetrating the paper.
"This is..."
He had a guess in his mind.
Lanyu's answer confirmed his guess: "It was Miss Meng's suicide note."
“Yesterday, Xixi asked me if Miss Meng left a will before she died, and I lied to her that she didn’t.”
In fact, Fifth Dream left a suicide note before she hanged herself.
"Luo Wen was the first person to discover Miss Meng's suicide note, and he was also the one who found it."
Lan Yu stuffed the paper into Gu Huaizhou's palm and said, "Besides me and Luo Wen, you are the third person who knows the truth."
"Neither the old patriarch nor his wife knew about it."
Gu Huaizhou clutched the suicide note tightly, then heard Lan Yu say, "Whether you burn the suicide note or give it to Xixi, it's up to you."
After saying that, Lanyu turned and left.
After everyone had gone, Gu Huaizhou unfolded the paper, which contained only a line of slightly crooked Chinese characters—
I want that child to be buried with me.
Gu Huaizhou calmly folded the paper, then walked to the backyard, took out a lighter, and lit it.
After it had burned completely, Gu Huaizhou flicked off the non-existent ashes from his fingers.
*
Li Xi slept until 3 a.m. before waking up.
I woke up to the enticing aroma of chicken soup.
She went downstairs and saw Gu Huaizhou wearing an apron and cooking dinner in the kitchen.
Hearing footsteps, Gu Huaizhou didn't turn around. He focused on cutting carrot shreds and said with his head down, "I guessed you should be waking up soon, so I made you dinner."
"Go wash your hands first, then I'll stir-fry some shredded carrots, and then we'll eat."
Li Xi went straight to the kitchen to wash her hands.
After washing her hands, she leaned against the kitchen counter and asked Gu Huaizhou, "Why are you being so domestic today? Also, you cut these carrot shreds really well."
Gu Huaizhou said, "When I was teaching anatomy, my technique was also very good."
Li Xi was amused.
During the meal, Gu Huaizhou said he would sit opposite Li Xi.
Watching Li Xi drink a large bowl of chicken soup and then eat rice and vegetables, it seemed like she had a very good appetite.
Gu Huaizhou picked up a glass of plain water and took a few sips.
After Li Xi finished eating, he said, "Xi Xi, actually your mother left a will, but your uncle hid it."
"While you were asleep this afternoon, your uncle had Uncle Lanyu bring this over."
Li Xi put down her chopsticks and silently looked at Gu Huaizhou.
Gu Huaizhou took out a piece of paper and handed it to Li Xi, "Take a look."
Li Xi stood up and took the ordinary notebook paper with both hands. Opening it, she saw a line of slightly crooked handwriting with a sentence written in Chinese—
Death is a relief; please let me leave in peace.
This statement certainly sounded like something out of Fifth Dream, and Li Xi was absolutely certain of it.
“Xixi, your mother wants to leave in peace; leaving is a relief for her.”
"So you need to cheer up as soon as possible."
Li Xi immediately felt much lighter. "Okay!"