Chapter 3: Accountability
In the golden autumn of October. In the evening, Zhao Shucheng was having dinner with Su Mingyu, and Su Mingyu's phone rang.
He picked it up and took a look. Su Mingyu, who was originally smiling, immediately drooped her face and looked at Zhao Shucheng subconsciously.
Zhao Shucheng asked in confusion: "Why, Lao Meng wants you to go on a business trip again?"
"My dad called!"
"Your dad? Take it and see what's going on."
"good!"
"Hey, dad!" After Su Mingyu answered the phone, her face slowly turned tangled and her eyes were complicated: "Okay, I understand!"
After hanging up the phone, looking at Zhao Shucheng who was exploring, Su Mingyu said, "My mother is dead..."
Zhao Shucheng didn't expect that things would come so quickly. He originally thought that if it were a coincidence, he might save Zhao Meilan, so that Su Daqiang would be unable to make a fuss and might be able to complete the task without any effort. Now it seems that the plot inertia is still so strong.
"I remember your mother is not old, why did you leave suddenly?"
Su Mingyu said with unconscious eyes: "My father said he played mahjong for more than ten hours in a row, and he won the last one. He was excited and then fainted, resulting in the inability to rescue him in time and he could not be sent to the hospital."
Zhao Shucheng sighed, held Su Mingyu and said, "Okay, the deceased is gone, we all have to look forward. What has your father told you about your mother's funeral?"
"Not said."
Zhao Shucheng looked at Su Mingyu speechlessly and said, "Okay, what are you going to do?"
"I don't know, it's all too sudden."
"Okay, let's go to the hospital together."
Su Mingyu said self-deprecatingly: "I haven't been home for so many years, and I really didn't expect things to be like this."
"Okay, don't think too much. I'm still busy with the next thing!"
Although Su Mingyu had a bad relationship with her mother, she was still very sad when she really lost her mother, so she couldn't stop her tears from falling.
Zhao Shucheng just comforted her, but if you say you have empathy, Zhao Shucheng really can't do it. After all, he has never really died of mothers and has never been treated harshly. He is also a stranger to Zhao Meilan. Although he has seen many such things, he cannot empathize with him. At most, the dead are the most important thing and he won't say anything more.
Zhao Shucheng did not object to Su Mingyu's last journey to see his mother off. He thought it was normal to say this. But if Su Mingyu just wanted to send her off, and she still thought about taking care of everything, Zhao Shucheng would definitely not be happy.
Su Mingyu cried for a while before saying, "Shucheng, I want to go and see my mother!"
"Then let's go! Don't drive, I'll drive there, I'm not relieved if you do this."
Su Mingyu nodded, cleaned up briefly, and then sat in the car to the hospital.
When Su Daqiang saw Su Mingyu coming, he changed his previous tacitness and came over, not unfamiliar with him at all. He held Su Mingyu's hand without any disdain, and said in tears:
"Mingyu, you are here. Your mother is gone, and I am the only one left. How can I live in the future?..."
Zhu Li, who was originally comforting Su Daqiang, and Su Mingcheng, who was coaxing his eyes, couldn't say anything when he saw Su Daqiang like this. But when Su Mingcheng looked at Su Mingyu, his eyes were not full of affection, as if he was looking at an enemy.
"Okay, dad, I'll go see mom first!"
After saying that, Su Mingyu and Zhao Shucheng went to the morgue to see Zhao Meilan. Although Su Mingyu was ready on the way, there were no tears in his eyes when he saw it, but he was just looking at it in a complicated way.
There was hatred, confusion, grievance, sadness, and some relief in his eyes. Death was like a lamp going out. No matter what happened before, with Zhao Meilan's departure, everything was over.
After walking out of the morgue, Su Mingyu returned to Su Daqiang and asked with a frown, "Dad, why did my mother die? You just told me to play mahjong, but my mother is in such good health, so she won't leave so suddenly, right?"
Su Daqiang wiped his tears and began to mutter: "Your mother played mahjong with someone yesterday, and she played for more than ten hours. She was also lucky. Although she lost a lot of money, she won a big one in the last game, and she fainted when she was excited."
"I was also confused at the time and didn't know what to do. So I followed a group of people to carry your mother to the side of the road to take a taxi, but I finally got the taxi and didn't want to pull your mother. I looked like this. Finally, I waited for a kind person and then I was sent to the hospital. But on the way, your mother was almost out of reach. When the doctor arrived at the hospital, after the examination, he said what was his name?"
Zhu Li said: "It is excessive fatigue and excessive excitement that leads to large-scale myocardial infarction. Because the incident suddenly happened, it was not sent to the hospital in time, which delayed the best treatment and rescue time."
Su Mingyu frowned and said, "You should have called 120 at that time, ask someone to help carry it, and take a taxi? If you really can't do it, call me or Su Mingcheng. We all have cars, maybe they are much faster than you."
Su Daqiang cried when he heard this and said, "I was frightened at that time, my mind was blank. How could I think of so many? Who would have thought of playing mahjong? Your mother, hey, it's all my fault, it's all my fault..."
Zhao Shucheng had great doubts about Su Daqiang's words, and even had many problems with the cause of Zhao Meilan's death. Although Su Mingyu gave a reasonable explanation when she was suspicious in the play, the director of the later TV series even said that Zhao Meilan's death was just an accident.
But Su Daqiang and others carried Zhao Meilan to the roadside to take a taxi. Didn’t there be any one who thought of calling the emergency center? One person could be said to be in a hurry and forgot to call 120, but so many people didn’t call it, which seemed to be a problem. Is it intentionally delaying treatment time, and not daring to go back to the old house, and whether Su Daqiang has a ghost in his heart? Maybe only he himself knows this.
After all, the old Nie who played with Su Daqiang later taught him to enjoy life, invest and manage finance, and then suddenly became sick. Su Daqiang's reaction was not like Zhao Meilan at this time. If you say that Su Daqiang had experience in this matter and learned lessons, it would still be impossible to explain why so many people carried Zhao Meilan but none of them called the first aid number. Even if Su Daqiang didn't call, it was very easy for others to call, but why no one called? Is it impossible that Su Daqiang would get the taxi soon and asked them to go back first, so he let Su Daqiang take Zhao Meilan to take a taxi?
In fact, Su Daqiang's intentional component is really big. After all, he was taken care of by Zhao Meilan for half his life and could not do anything. He had no pocket money yet. When he was old, he had to look at Zhao Meilan's expression, so he naturally had a trace of evil thoughts. According to Su Daqiang's selfishness, he had no deep feelings for his children. It was hard to say that he had deep feelings for Zhao Meilan. Otherwise, when Su Mingyu kept in charge of him, he would subconsciously recognize Zhao Meilan and said that.
What’s even more ridiculous is that Su Daqiang said that he missed Su Mingyu, but because of Zhao Meilan, he didn’t dare to call Su Mingyu. What a ridiculous excuse, just say you’re afraid, all the responsibilities are pushed to Zhao Meilan, and he has no responsibility. How difficult is a phone call? Is it difficult to make a phone call with Zhao Meilan on his back? If you really worry that Zhao Meilan knows, it’s not OK to delete the call record later? Or is it inconvenient to make a public phone call?
Su Mingcheng came over and hugged Su Daqiang, comforted her, and glared at Su Mingyu: "Su Mingyu, what do you want to do? Are you willing to do this because your father is in such a state of 60? What do he know? Mom is already dead. What is the use of saying this now? The most urgent task now is to do my mother's funeral, not to find anyone's responsibility."
"If you really care about your mother, you wouldn't have left for more than ten years. Now you are pretending to be a good person and what have you done long ago? Dad, don't worry about her, let's go home!"
When Su Daqiang heard that he was going home, he said in a panic: "I won't go home, I won't go back. I'm afraid. When I think of your mother dying at home, the shadow of your mother is all about your mother. I can't sleep well there."
After hearing this, Su Mingcheng said, "Dad, otherwise you will go home with us first and discuss what to do when the elder brother comes back?"
"Okay, I think it's OK, but Mingcheng and Mingyu, your mother's funeral must be handled well so that your mother can leave with glory."
Su Mingyu looked at Zhao Shucheng and said, "Okay, no problem! After my brother comes back, let's discuss it together. By the way, have you notified my brother?"
"I've notified you, your mother died, and I'll call Mingzhe the first one." Su Daqiang said in a crying voice: "She returns to the Demon City tomorrow morning. You all have cars and are not far away. You can go and pick it up."
Su Mingyu looked at Su Mingcheng and said, "Okay, I'll pick up my elder brother tomorrow, so you and Su Mingcheng are waiting at home. My mother will stop here for a day, and then wait for my elder brother to come back. You are so old, don't be too sad and can't stand it."
Su Mingcheng was dissatisfied when he heard this and said, "You don't want to care about me. I'll drag my mother to the funeral home in a while, and you don't need to care!"
Zhao Shucheng looked at Su Mingcheng, and the person he knew was Su Mingyu's brother. Those who didn't know thought he was an enemy. Su Mingyu had no conflict with Su Mingcheng, and Zhao Meilan and the others all favored Su Mingcheng, so why did Su Mingcheng only know how to bully his sister?
"Okay, let's do it for now. If you have anything to say tomorrow, we will go back first!"
Without waiting for Su Daqiang and others to say anything, Zhao Shucheng pulled Su Mingyu away from the hospital, regardless of Su Daqiang's heart-wrenching crying behind his back, and Su Mingcheng's incompetence and furiousness.
Su Mingyu looked at Zhao Shucheng and said, "Shucheng, I'll let you laugh at it."
"It's nothing, the family is a matter of family matters, and all five fingers still have their own strengths, let alone the relationship between relatives. But what will your second brother look like with you? I have never seen my elder brother."
After hearing this, Su Mingyu shook her head and said, "I haven't seen him for a long time, but he was devoted to reading the books of sages and not listening to things outside the window. You and him should have a common topic."
Chapter completed!