When they heard this, both Qin Huai and An Youyou took a sharp breath, and Qin Huai could even hear the unspoken aning in An Youyou's gasp.
A large part of Chen Shun's inheritance is actually my inheritance!
Qin Huai discovered that this group of spirits really liked Yellow Fish. An Youyou hadn't expected to die so early, failing to convert her savings into Yellow Fish. It seems Chen Shun saw An Youyou's example and planned ahead, so his inheritance was very well distributed.
Relying on Chen Shun's inheritance, Xu Chenggang restructured the textile mill, building it up to beco the leading state-run mill in Gusu.
Yes, Xu Chenggang invested his own money to build the mill, which is why, even though the textile mill has been closed for years, its forr employees still hold Mr. Xu in their hearts, with forr colleagues visiting him at the retirent ho to this day.
Afterwards, Xu Chenggang briefly glossed over the events.
His seemingly irresponsible but smart and independent young son died in a car accident at a young age.
His well-behaved, ambitious eldest son, who was the ideal child, preceded him in death due to overwork.
His wife, who shared a lifelong love with him and lived a plain life despite rumors and having to marry into his family, passed away from illness a few years ago, closing her eyes forever on a sick bed.
Xu Chenggang had a troubled childhood, an inspirational and legendary youth, a middle-aged life akin to a fantastic story, and an old age filled with farewells.
Now, Xu Chenggang is just an old man in a retirent ho very skilled at chess, with a valuable painting stored away like his glorious past.
At the end of the story, Xu Chenggang looked at An Youyou and told her how glad he was she specially ca to find him, informing him that Lin Qi and Jiang Weiguo were still alive.
Those two are the only ones who rember his early life.
The brothers and their leader whom he begged with long ago have been dead for years, and those days feel as distant as if they belong to centuries ago.
"I have imagined many tis, whether before my death while sitting in a rocking chair on the first floor of the retirent ho, a person from the past would suddenly co to find , telling they've searched for years and finally found . We'll chat all afternoon until quietly, before the sunset fades, I close my eyes on that chair."
"Before closing my eyes, I will divide my inheritance into several parts, giving a share to the old friend just like I once inherited the leader and Chen Shun's legacy."
"This is the best deathbed scene I've thought of these years, yet before anything happened, Xiao An, you showed up."
"If Gong Liang hadn't co to the retirent ho yesterday to greet , I wouldn't have known what to give you. My health has been pretty robust these years, haven't organized my inheritance, don't know how to evenly distribute it." Xu Chenggang laughed as he spoke.
Qin Huai: ...You really are not shy about distributing that inheritance, all of you brought up under the sa leader's guidance.
When Qin Huai just listened to Xu Chenggang talking about these years, he really wanted to pretend not to know much, casually lanting how regrettable Xu Nuo died so young in a car accident.
With Qin Huai's eloquence and the cooperative ability of Gong Liang and Shi Dadan, there's a 60% chance they could discreetly get Xu Nuo's death true story from Xu Chenggang.
But Qin Huai did not.
He was a silent listener, sipping tea quietly, even the usually straightforward and inquisitive An Youyou only drank a couple of pots of tea.
Though Xu Chenggang hardly dwelled on Xu Nuo, briefly ntioning this prematurely passed son in just two or three sentences, everyone could tell Xu Chenggang really cherished this son.
It's not just that due to the deep emotion he couldn't bring Xu Nuo up; it's because talking about him always brings up mories.
When ntioning Xu Nuo, Xu Chenggang's eyes twinkled more mischievously than at any other ti.
For Qin Huai, directly asking the involved person is a good way to complete the task. But Xu Chenggang is not a spirit; he is completely human, an elderly man near life's end.
Spirits have abnormal brains and thoughts, and you can freely jab at their hearts, like with Bi Fang. If not for the risk that Bi Fang might awaken and scorch everyone, creating a BBQ feast, Chen Huihong and Cheng Gong really planned to tease Liu Tao every day before Luo Jun died, hoping it might trigger a grand revival, helping Luo Jun achieve a successful Crossing Tribulation before death.
Through these daring plans of theirs, Qin Huai realized Plant Spirits and Wen Yao Fish certainly have so nerve.
As for Xu Chenggang, since a reunion wasn't possible today anyway, Qin Huai thought it would just be nice to turn that day into a mont filled with old age surprises and reconnection.
Without any unexpected elents.
The five of them continued their conversation in the room until past 11 AM, Xu Chenggang shared most of his story and invited everyone to have lunch at the retirent ho and continue the chat in the afternoon.
The als at the retirent ho were pretty decent.
Everyone gladly agreed.
Xu Chenggang carefully put the painting back into the cabinet, leading the four out as he opened the door, revealing a crowd of elderly n outside.
Everyone: ...?
When they saw Xu Chenggang step outside, the excited elderly n who were intently watching from outside began speaking loudly one after the other.
"Old Xu, are you done with your chat? The chess ga from yesterday isn't finished yet!"
"Yeah, everyone's waiting to see you finish that ga from yesterday."
"Which grandson is this of yours? You have a granddaughter too!"
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