The house caught fire, and Zhang's mother was trapped in the flames. The servants of the Gu family found her too late, and when she was rescued, she was already burned to a bloody pulp.
Mu Ning received the call and rushed to the hospital to see Zhang Ma for the last time.
Gu Zhiyin asked her to be mentally prepared.
She was kept in the dark all the way, and she even suspected that Gu Zhiyin was joking with her.
When she saw a burnt black and shriveled person lying on the snow-white sheet, she didn't believe it was Zhang Ma at all.
How could Zhang Ma look like this?
His hair was all burnt, his scalp was stained with blood, his ears were missing, his nose and mouth were burned and stuck together, and half of his face was burned, leaving only one eye.
"Gu Zhiyin, today is not April Fool's Day, are you fooling me? You are talking, you must be here to fool me..."
Gu Zhiyin stood aside and kept silent.
Tears shone in Mu Ning's eyes, she smiled and pushed him, "What are you doing? It's scary to be so serious today."
"..."
"Explain to me quickly, what's going on?"
"..."
"If you don't answer me, I'm going to be angry!"
"..."
"Gu Zhiyin! Are you mute? Open your mouth! Tell me this is a lie!"
The more Mu Ning talked, the more he collapsed.
Gu Zhiyin asked her to push and hit him, but he lowered his head and remained silent.
"Didn't you say you would bring Mother Zhang back to me? If you can't bring her back, there's no need to lie to me like this..."
Mu Ning choked weakly, tears rolling down.
Her hand couldn't hit it anymore.
She bit her lip and stared at Gu Zhiyin, her eyes red and she shed silent tears.
Gu Zhiyin remained silent.
"Uh..." Suddenly there was a rough gasp.
Mu Ning turned around, it was Zhang Ma who had woken up.
When Zhang Ma saw Mu Ning, tears continued to flow from her only remaining eye.
Her burned mouth opened and closed.
Mu Ning realized that she had something to say, she wiped her tears and leaned over, "Mother Zhang, I'm here, I'm listening, you speak, speak slowly..."
Zhang Ma's voice was unclear, with a few words that were soft and broken, "My child, don't cry, you want to follow Mr. Gu, be good... follow him, and don't endure hardship..."
"I will be fine with him, I will! Mom Zhang, you will be fine too!" Mu Ning lay on the bedside, trying hard to control tears.
"Then...I feel relieved...I'm sorry, Ning Ning...can't...continue to take care of you...It's such a pity..."
Zhang Ma breathed her last breath, waiting for Mu Ning to come, and after saying her last long-cherished wish, she left forever.
"Mother Zhang!"
Mu Ning shouted tremblingly, suddenly lost all his strength and knelt beside the bed.
The moment Gu Zhiyin saw Mu Ning kneeling down, Kong Jing's heart suddenly twitched and she felt pain.
He bent down to pull her, but she pushed him away.
Mu Ning lowered his head, tears falling on the floor one by one.
"Why...why so sudden..."
"Before we set off, she even told me to check my suitcase, don't leave anything behind, and asked me to prepare medicine, for fear that we wouldn't be acclimatized outside. She also forced me to stuff a lucky bag, saying that before we set off, she went to the mountain to ask for it. Yes, it can keep you safe..."
"She told us not to worry about home, just go out and have fun and come back when you want."
"I also said that I would take her with me on my next trip to take her sightseeing and provide for her in her old age. Why did she leave like this before I had time to be filial to her..."
Mu Ning was enveloped in deep sadness.
Gu Zhiyin knelt down and took her into his arms.
He spoke in silence, "Don't cry, Ning Ning, don't cry..."
He just repeatedly told her not to cry.
Song Heng on the side could feel that Master Gu was also very powerless and sad.
He couldn't stop all this from happening, couldn't stop the passage of life, and was even more ashamed of Mu Ning.
Mu Ning was like a hesitant and helpless baby bird that had just left its mother, its wings trembling in Gu Zhiyin's arms.
"Mama Zhang said she has no children and treats us as her own children. She said that when she gets old, if the Gu family doesn't dislike her and doesn't drive her away, she will help us take care of our children. From this look, she Having both sons and daughters, a family full of descendants, right..."
Mu Ning's eyes were red from crying, "She once told me that she had been with the Gu family since she was a teenager. Her greatest achievement in her life was to watch us grow up. She was proud of both of us, and looking back on most of her life, she had no regrets. ."
"Her biggest wish now is that we get married. I promise her that if we really get married one day, I will invite her to sit at my parents' table."
"But it's gone, there's nothing left..."
She shook her head in panic, her pale face soaked with tears.
What Mu Ning said, how could Gu Zhiyin not understand.
Although he has a cold nature, Zhang Ma has served his mother and watched him grow up. How could he not be touched by this kindness?
There are very few people in the world who really care about him, but they are leaving one by one.
"Although she is not related to me by blood, she is just a humble nanny of the Gu family, but I have regarded her as my second mother. She took good care of me. When I was hospitalized, she would not even dare to close my eyes while she stayed with me at night. She She always loves me and thinks about me, she does more than my biological mother and Jing Shiyan."
"But she is so good, why does misfortune still happen to her? Why do the people close to me leave me one by one!"
"What did Zhang Ma do wrong again?"
Mu Ning raised her head, tears seemed to flow endlessly. She kept asking Gu Zhiyin what Zhang Ma had done wrong and why it ended like this.
Gu Zhiyin couldn't answer her.
He couldn't break down and cry like Mu Ning. He was a man. He couldn't collapse even if the sky fell. He had to hold her up and give her support. There were still many things waiting for him to do.
In the end, he just said something difficult, "I promised to bring her back... I'm sorry, Ning Ning, I broke my promise to you."
Mu Ning cried loudly in his arms.
…
Finally, the doctor came over to ask Gu Zhiyin to sign.
Gu Zhiyin comforted Mu Ning, took one last look at Zhang Ma, and covered her with a snow-white cloth.
Mu Ning met Mrs. Gu in the hospital corridor.
Gu Zhiyin's sister-in-law Gu Qingyun supported Mrs. Gu.
Looking at each other from a distance.
Mu Ning and Mrs. Gu looked at each other silently, and their eyes turned red.
The next second, she couldn't control herself and attacked Mrs. Gu.
"Luo Minjun! What shame do you have! You killed Zhang Ma, how many more people do you want to kill! Get out of here! You won't die well!"
Luo Minjun is Mrs. Gu's full name, and Mu Ning's roar was heard throughout the hospital corridor.
Mrs. Gu was pushed around and couldn't stand at all. Fortunately, Gu Qingyun supported her and blocked Mu Ning's approach with her other hand.
"You crazy girl, you have no manners at all! You are so uneducated! How dare you push me, ah!"
"It's really contrary! Aren't you afraid of going to jail? Ayin, why don't you take her away quickly!"
Gu Zhiyin couldn't do anything to Mrs. Gu, but Mu Ning dared. With Mu Ning's identity, she didn't need to be polite to this old woman!
The security guard came out.
Then Gu Zhiyin stepped forward, grabbed Mu Ning's waist, and said to Mrs. Gu expressionlessly: "Ning Ning is emotionally unstable. Madam, you'd better stop irritating her."
Gu Zhiyin called her "Old Madam", which was obviously a clear distinction between her identity and position.
He is Mu Ning's backing, and he and Mu Ning are our own people.
But Mu Ning grabbed her and pushed her when he came up, but he didn't apologize or explain for Mu Ning.
Instead, he told her not to irritate Mu Ning!
Gu Zhiyin picked up Mu Ning and left.
"Ayin." Mrs. Gu stopped him.
"I'm here to see Aunt Zhang. It's really not easy for her to serve the Gu family all her life. I will hold a grand funeral for her according to the customs of the Gu family's ancestors and let her be buried decently..."
Gu Zhiyin interrupted coldly, "No need."
"No one cares about what you do. Don't be smart. I will give her the highest funeral treatment and send her on her last journey."
"Song Heng, please leave Madam Gu. I don't want her to disturb Ma Zhang."
…
Gu Zhiyin hired the best funeral parlor in the capital to take care of Zhang Ma's funeral.
Zhang's mother had no children, and she only had a closer relationship with her sister. Gu Zhiyin asked someone to go to the countryside to pick her up.
On the day Zhang Ma was buried, the sky was very gloomy and it was raining lightly.
The people who came were all close friends of Mu Ning and Gu Zhiyin, but they were also dozens of people, all young people.
Although Zhang Ma's life was not bitter, she was very lonely, and she was so lonely when she left.
Her sister couldn't help crying in front of the grave. Lu Xinting also held Mu Ning's hand, tears welling up in her eyes, "I want to eat the food cooked by Aunt Zhang, but...but I won't be able to eat it anymore..."
Song Heng stood behind them holding a big black umbrella.
He handed Lu Xinting the paper and touched her head.
Mrs. Gu came at this time.
Mu Ning wanted to drive her away, so Mrs. Gu specially brought a lot of bodyguards from the Gu family. The bodyguards scolded Mu Ning, and Lu Xinting yelled back.
The bodyguard called Lu Xinting a "bitch". Song Heng pulled the person behind him and went up to give the bodyguard a mouthful of words, "Keep your mouth clean for me!"
The bodyguard was stunned on the spot. After reacting, he went up to do it and the two sides almost started fighting.
"stop!"
Mrs. Gu stopped and looked at Gu Zhiyin.
"Ayin, I'm here to see you. I want to talk to you."
