Zhou Liying yawned and opened her eyes. She stretched her body and sat on the bed. She was feeling quite relaxed and refreshed.
She checked the time and it was half an hour past eleven in the morning. She covered herself with the blanket and a tangy feeling appeared in her heart as if she had slept with Mu Yuehan last night as if he was engulfing her in her sleep.
"I see, you are up." Mu Yuehan commented and entered the room. He was holding a tray with breakfast in his hands.
"Where did you sleep last night?" She narrowed her eyes and looked at him with doubt.
"I slept on the sofa. I thought it was not safe to leave you alone." Mu Yuehan commented and innocently pointed toward the sofa.
Luckily, in the morning, he had placed a pillow and a blanket on the sofa in case Zhou Liying caught wind that he had slept on the same bed as hers.
"Now get up. I have bought some breakfast for you. You must be hungry."
"Let me get freshen up first." Zhou Liying stood up from the bed. She tied her hair back in a bun.
"Min Yue has delivered some toiletries and clothes for you." Mu Yuehan pointed toward the bag placed on one of the tables in her room.
Zhou Liying walked toward the table and picked up the bag with toiletries. She then made her way toward the bathroom.
He washed her face and looked at herself in the mirror. Her eyes were slightly red from last night, otherwise, she was feeling all radiant.
She then did her business and had a shower. She changed into the dress brought for her by Min Yue.
When she came out of the bathroom, she saw that Mu Yuehan had prepared the table with breakfast over it. She walked toward the table and the next second her phone rang.
She searched for her phone and found it on the bedside table. Seeing the caller identity of assistant Zhang, she picked it up without wasting any second.
"Miss, come to the hospital right away. Condition of boss is quite poor."
Her heart stopped beating when she heard fear and pain in the voice of assistant Zhang. "I am coming."
She ended the call and looked at Mu Yuehan with fearful eyes. "We need to go to the hospital."
Mu Yuehan looked at the breakfast and then at her. He knew he could not force her to have breakfast. "Let's go."
Accompanying Mu Yuehan, Zhou Liying arrived at the hospital. Assistant Zhang was waiting for her. "His condition worsened. It seems that he does not wish to live any longer. He only wants to see you."
Zhou Liying entered the room of Qin Yanze, leaving the Qin family behind who were already present in the hospital.
"Grandpa." She walked toward him and took his hand in hers in a tight grip. "I know you want to go and I am letting you go. I free you pa." she took a deep shaky breath. "Give my greetings to dad, mom and grandma, tell them I love you."
Qin Yanze smiled when he heard her. He gripped her hand tightly. He spoke in a weak voice. His voice was so slow that Zhou Liying had to lean toward him, to hear him.
"I am proud of you. I am proud of how strong are you. I will always look at you from above. Be safe and keep smiling. I am sure, you will find your true happiness. Love you TianTian."
These words were the last words of Qin Yanze. He stopped breathing and closed his eyes. Tears started to flow from the eyes of Zhou Liying when his hand fell out of her grip. She heard the loud beeping of the machine, indicating that his heart had stopped beating.
"Grandpa, I will miss you." She hugged the dead body of her grandpa and soft sobs left her lips. She let her emotions free.
Qin family also entered the room. Instead of agony or pain, there was a sign of relief on their faces. They were relaxed that he was gone and now his properties would be there's.
"Dad is gone. Now let's decide, who will be staying with him for the next two days?"
There was a custom in their family that the dead body of the deceased stayed at a memorial for two days before the cremation ceremony. It was so that, everyone in the family could see the deceased for the last time.
There was also a custom that one or more family members stayed with the deceased, till the time of his cremation. It was so that, his parting soul could go to heaven with light hearty that his family was in pain. It was not able to be away from him even when he was dead.
"Mom, how can you ask me to stay with him all day a night? Don't forget I am pregnant." Qin Yutong fuelled with anger when she was asked to stay with Qin Yanze.
"Don't look at me. Who will sit in the memorial for nearly forty-eight hours, at least not me!" Qin Yeteng stepped back. "Why don't you and dad change turns to sit beside him?"
"How can we? Do you think we can stay up all night?" Huang Jiayi gritted her teeth. "Don't be stubborn. You need to stay beside him. Otherwise, what will all our relatives think of us? Don't forget, our long-distance family members will also be coming."
Zhou Liying sneered when she heard them.
They were fighting over who was to stay with him and why? Because of what others would think of them.
Did they not have any guilt or remorse when discussing his death ceremony instead of crying a few tears?
And here she was called heartless!
They were one heartless and cruel!
They did not care about the men who just died!
"I will be staying with him. You don't need to worry." She scoffed and tightly hugged on now cold body of Qin Yanze.