his mermaid

***

"So, we're not divorced, we're just separated."

A woman named Lin Yalei was sitting in the reception room of the funeral parlor. She was trying to squeeze some tears, but no real tears fell.

"It's true that I ran away from home for several years, but I have been in secret contact with my daughter. I know her situation. I haven't been able to contact her these days, so I found out that something happened to her."

"yes."

Yaochen was sitting opposite her, and he didn't even intend to look at her, even though it could be seen from her eyebrows that Yueguo's appearance was similar to hers.

"You still have a son, have you contacted him?"

"I'm a mother, so I need to get closer to my daughter. My son...I'm afraid he will be prejudiced against me, so I don't have much contact with him. I came today just to bring back the ashes of my husband and daughter..."

She knew that Yaochen was the current "agent" of Yuehui's family and Yuehui's fiancé, and she had to discuss everything with him, but his eyes were very cold, even though he acted so sad, he was completely unmoved .

Lin Yalei turned her head and begged another man beside Yaochen:

"I heard that my husband and daughter rushed here from other places after the accident. I really...I really can't even lose their ashes."

That was another colleague of Yuehui's, but he just came with Yaochen to help with errands and knew nothing about the situation of Yuehui's family.

"She is indeed Gao Yuehui's mother. She even brought her marriage certificate."

"Don't listen to her bullshit."

Yaochen glared at the two impatiently.

"Are you my daughter's fiance? I'm your mother-in-law. How can you be so unreasonable! Are you related to my daughter and my husband by blood? Why do you decide?"

Lin Yalei couldn't help but get angry when Yaochen vetoed her right after she got another person's approval.

"Our husband and wife are just separated! I have the right to take back anything from him—"

Without saying a word, she has revealed her true purpose.

"I am not in charge of this matter. I will ask Yue Guo after he wakes up." Yaochen said seriously.

Lin Yalei's tone suddenly softened: "Yes, Yueguo, my son, where is he now? I heard he was injured, which hospital is he in?"

Yaochen was unmoved, and did not intend to answer her question.

"I want to see my son. If you don't tell me which hospital he is in, I will call the police!"

Yaochen stood up and said, "After we get the ashes, we will also go to the hospital, so follow along."

Immediately, several colleagues who sat down together also got up after Yaochen.

No matter what kind of road it is, it will not be smooth sailing.

Lin Yalei is just the first stumbling block on this road.

What inheritance does the Yueguo family have that their mother, who has disappeared for many years, can come back to covet?

Probably only the demolition cost of the old house.

Although in the so-called "suburbs", it is also a suburb of the inner ring of the city, and it is an area where old houses gather. The remaining life of the houses in this area is less than ten years.It will definitely be built into a commercial center in the future.

Therefore, the cost of demolition is at least tens of millions, no wonder Lin Yalei suddenly appeared.

However, she has been away from Yueguo's family for more than 20 years.She would learn about their accident, maybe because of the recent news about it on the Internet, not because of her connection with Yuehui.

Before entering Yueguo's ward, Dr. Yue from the Department of Orthopedics was already waiting for him outside the door.Yaochen asked directly: "How is he today?"

"The dressing was changed today, and the wound is not infected." Dr. Yue said happily, "Besides, he woke up once."

"Are you awake?" Yaochen walked quickly into the ward, "Did he say anything?"

"I didn't seem to say anything. Maybe it was because I was stimulated to wake up when I changed the dressing. When I asked him if it hurt, he nodded. After all, after waking up and seeing his condition, he might not be in a good mood."

Yue Guo's eyes were slightly closed, his brows were slightly frowned, and his head was a little crooked.

"Did he ask about his family?"

"I think should not be."

Dr. Yue pondered for a while, and then said: "If you go in to see him, you should try to comfort him and calm him down. The operation has only been a week, and the wound will recover for at least three months, and the recovery process is really slow. Pain, the patient is generally in a state of depression, so you can't stimulate him anymore."

"I know, I'll pay attention."

"Observe for another day. If the wound is not infected, the gauze can be removed, and it can be transferred to a more ordinary ward. It is also inconvenient to stay in the ICU. Relatives and friends can only visit at a fixed time. There is also a single room in the general ward, and he can visit all day long, and he can still eat. It is best to eat light food at the beginning, gradually improve from liquid food, and fish can be eaten, and fish should be eaten more. I'll come back to the ward and talk about it in detail."

"it is good."

"Then I'll go back to the office first, you go in and have a look."

After the conversation, Dr. Yue gently closed the door and left the room.

Yaochen walked to the bedside.

Perhaps hearing the familiar voice and footsteps, Yue Guo suddenly opened his eyes, and blinked a few times after seeing Yao Chen.

It was finally confirmed that the person wearing the blue visitation suit in front of him was really Yaochen.

"So you weren't asleep."

"Yao..."

Yue Guo mouth-shaped, and it was difficult to speak.

Unexpectedly, the person he saw when he woke up would be him, and there was nervousness in his eyes.

"I dreamed that Xiaohui and her father died... and I woke up in fright..."

Today the nurse came in to change the dressing on his wound. It was so painful that he cried when he woke up, so his nerves were tense all the time. Although his body was sleepy, he couldn't fall asleep again, and he was always in a state of half-dream and half-awake.

There was no sound for almost a week, and Yueguo's voice was very hoarse.

"Yes."

After Yaochen was stunned for a few seconds, he calmly answered.

Yue Guo's eyes flickered, and his shoulders moved, "How are they... Has my father come to see me?"

"They passed away." Yaochen replied simply.

Maybe it was because he spoke too fast, Yueguo didn't understand, and even felt that he was hallucinating.

"Then my sister..." Yue Guo's voice was trembling, "Xiaohui, is she seriously injured..."

"Didn't I say that?" Yaochen raised his voice, "They are dead."

This time it was not an auditory hallucination, Yaochen's voice really came into his ears.

Does "they" refer to the father and sister?Yue Guo reacted soberly, as if the sadness in the dream had been held back for too long, Dou Da's tears suddenly slipped out of the corners of his eyes, and he couldn't stop it at all.

"How could my father... die..."

He never expected that Yaochen would bring such news that he and Xiaohui were the only ones involved in the car accident.

"Sudden acute cerebral infarction. Uncle is already overworked, plus hearing the news of your sister's accident..."

Yaochen also choked up and said, because he saw Yueguo's sad expression, he was afraid that Yueguo would die of grief, so he slowed down his tone.

"sorry."

His own answer seemed too harsh, so Yaochen apologized after finishing his speech.Just now I promised Dr. Yue not to irritate the patient, but Yueguo must face the cruel truth, and there are still a lot of things to tell him later.

Yue Guo stopped talking, as if crying had exhausted all his strength, although he couldn't make a sound, it was just extremely sad.

He was crying silently, his facial features wrinkled together, like a little animal lying in a nursing bed, with catheters and gastric tubes inserted into his body.The infusion line was also attached to the hands, and both hands were bruised.

The value displayed on the instrument next to him reflected his fast heartbeat.

Yaochen suddenly lifted the quilt slowly, "Let me see how your injury is, does it hurt?"

Of course he knew how Yue Guo was hurt.I saw it when I came here a few days ago, but today is different, Yueguo woke up, and he wanted to check it in front of Yueguo.

Lin Yalei who was standing outside the glass partition had to see it.

Moreover, Yueguo will also see his own legs in this way, and with the pain of bereavement, he will be even more helpless and desperate.

Yue Guo glanced down, then carefully shifted his gaze to Yao Chen.

He knew that his left leg had been amputated. During the car accident, he had such a hunch that his knee seemed to be cut off.

"Don't read..."

Yue Guo prayed in a low voice.The pain and itchiness from the wound was pressing on the heart, and there was a feeling of swelling, and the anesthesia did not go away.Even the lower limbs that had disappeared were in invisible pain.

Yueguo was timid before, so he didn't dare to look at the location of the wound, and didn't dare to imagine what the wound looked like.

I don't even want others, and it's Yaochen who sees him now.

"The doctor just said that you can be transferred to the general ward tomorrow. At that time... I can visit you at any time."

Not understanding what Yaochen meant, Yueguo kept thinking about his father and sister, shed tears for a few minutes, and then fell asleep again.

***

Lin Yalei sat on the rest chair.

Both hands were so tense that they didn't know how to place them.

Seeing Jiang Yaochen coming out, she immediately rushed towards him.

"Is that my son Yue Guo!"

"You wrinkled my clothes."

Yaochen raised his hand, and she quickly let go.

Lin Yalei asked anxiously: "What did you tell him just now? Did you mention that his mother is here?"

Yaochen also said seriously: "I mentioned it. He said that my mother disappeared for 20 years, and I don't remember your face."

The middle-aged woman began to sob: "Yueguo must hate me very much, but he is seriously injured now, he has lost a leg, how could this happen...he shouldn't die..."

Listening to her begging there, she even said that Yueguo might die.Yaochen was inexplicably irritable, clenched his fists and made noise.

"He doesn't even remember what you look like, will he hate you?"

"Yueguo...you can blame me...don't hate me..."

"Visiting time is 10 minutes." Yaochen reminded her.

But he didn't want this woman to go in.

Lin Yalei thought it would be good to just wait outside, because she also knew that Yueguo didn't know her now.But she still said with a sad face: "I want to go in and have a word with my son..."

"What are you going to say, take away the real estate certificate?..."

"No, no, I just want to see him quietly... Tell him that his mother is here, and his mother is here to see him..."

Lin Yalei clasped her hands and begged him, but more meaning, it was just self-salvation. She also knew that she was an irresponsible mother, and she still had the face to show up at this time. It was lucky that no one drove her away. .

"He's already asleep, it's inappropriate for you to go in and disturb him."

"I know I know……"

"Besides, you are not Yue Guo's mother, but a stranger. If you want ashes and inheritance, you can talk to my lawyer."

Lin Yalei really wanted to say that she didn't come here for the inheritance, but she couldn't say it out. While wiping her tears, she followed Yaochen and his lawyer to the rest hall on this floor.

At the tea break, lawyer Li handed out his business card.Wearing the same suit as Yaochen, but dark blue.

"Auntie, let me just say a few words to you briefly."

"Okay..." Lin Yalei looked at him tremblingly.

"You have abandoned your husband and children for more than 20 years, and you have not cared about them during this period, which has constituted the crime of abandonment. And what you said is not divorced, which adds evidence to this crime. If it is a divorced family, you can freely Leaving, there is no abandonment. If you are not divorced, on the premise of the crime of abandonment, it is impossible for you to continue to fight for the inheritance, unless you have evidence that you still have financial relations with your husband and children, and have borne the expenses of their growth , or have paid for this family, otherwise it will be difficult to win the inheritance."

"I have cared about my daughter, I have secretly sent money to her several times..." Lin Yalei said in a panic.

"Then do you still have proof of the money you called her?"

"Here, I entrusted others to transfer money to her a few times. Record... I will go back and find a way to find it."

Yaochen was sitting on the sidelines watching their conversation, and suddenly said: "Transfer records can be forged, but perjury cannot go to court. I have never heard Yuehui mention that she also has a mother. Are you really her mother?" , we haven’t verified it yet.”

"It's true that Aunt Lin has only one side of the story. Although there is a marriage certificate between you and Uncle Gao, it cannot directly prove the parent-child relationship after all. Yuehui has passed away, and Yueguo doesn't remember your appearance. If it is impossible, we can only wait for Yueguo to wake up. for a DNA test."

Lin Yalei said angrily: "She didn't tell you that I am a mother, am I not her mother? She didn't tell me that she has a fiance! I think you are fake, you are not me at all My daughter's fiancé!"

Yaochen's body suddenly trembled.

Soon he regained his composure.

After the air solidified for more than ten seconds, Lawyer Li smoothed things over and said:

"Aunt Lin, I still want to remind you that if there is no evidence that you have raised children, it is impossible to apply for inheritance for the crime of abandonment, and the Yue Congress will inherit the inheritance of your father and younger sister in order, including their ashes, and you have no right Take it away, Mr. Jiang, as your daughter's fiancé, will take care of it first, and return it to him after Yueguo wakes up."

Lin Yalei covered her mouth and said, "I see. I don't want to talk about the inheritance anymore. I just want to come to the hospital to see Yueguo and take care of him."

"You want to take care of him?" Yaochen said displeased, "Then let him soften his heart and recognize you, and then you can get property from him. Is that right?"

"I take care of him because I am his mother, not for inheritance! I don't take care of him, so let you, an outsider, come?"

"Of course not, I will hire a nurse and a private doctor." Yaochen shook his head, "If you want to take care of him instead of me, please pay the total medical expenses I paid for him first, as well as the funeral expenses of your husband and daughter. You have to figure out the cost of going to court with the driver who caused the accident, and the cost you will need in the future."

Lin Yalei understood what Yaochen meant.

Now, she doesn't have the ability to take care of the disabled at all. Yueguo has to live in the hospital, and she needs to hire professionals for daily care.She couldn't afford to take care of Yueguo at all. If it was for that inheritance, she had to continue to take care of Yueguo, and the hardship of taking care of disabled patients was beyond her imagination.

Therefore, she can only obey all the arrangements of Yaochen. He said that he would not allow the ashes to be taken away, so then listen to him. He said that she can't fight for the inheritance, so she won't fight for it. There are still opportunities in the future. Yueguo is her son , she always has a way to be mother and child with Yueguo.Fighting for inheritance now would anger Yaochen, and if he let go of such a big mess, the consequences would be dire.

Yaochen gave Lin Yalei about 3 minutes to think, and she hesitated, "I just want to visit Yueguo, is that okay?"

"Of course, but you can't recognize him. Otherwise, you have to pay off the medical expenses I spent on him immediately. If you don't recognize him, I won't pursue it, and you don't have to pay a penny , you leave after reading, even if he recognizes you, you can't tell him who you are."

Now, Lin Yalei is caught in a dilemma. She wants to recognize Yue Guo and take care of her son, but she has to pay all the medical expenses to Jiang Yaochen immediately, and the inheritance is likely not to be inherited by her. She can only take care of Yue Guo slowly, and then from He was divided into property.

However, she can also choose to retire completely. Although she has no inheritance, she doesn't have to pay any fees at the same time, and she doesn't have to face the responsibility of taking care of Yueguo in the future. It's as if nothing happened.

However, Yaochen's actions also made her very puzzled. Is there any reason for him to prevent himself from recognizing his son?

"I see...I just want to see him..."

"Yueguo will be transferred to the general ward tomorrow. You can visit him once in the afternoon. From now on, don't bother him again."

"Okay, okay." Lin Yalei nodded with difficulty.

***

As arranged yesterday, Yueguo was transferred to a single ordinary ward with its own bathroom.There are not too many complicated instruments in the ward, and the beds are ordinary single beds.Although there is no 24-hour monitoring, he can press the bell next to the bed to call doctors and nurses, and family members can come to visit at any time, and they can even rest overnight on the small sofa next to him, as long as it does not affect the patient.

As soon as Lin Yalei heard that Yueguo's ward had been changed and she could visit Yueguo, she rushed over immediately.At the door of the ward, Lin Yalei stretched her head to look inside.

It turned out that Yaochen, his colleagues, and the secretary all came first. They were listening to the doctor's discussion, and then they came out and saw Lin Yalei. Yaochen had a serious face.

"what is this?"

Lin Yalei was carrying an iron pot.

"Oh. I brought some chicken soup for Yueguo, I boiled it when I went home last night..."

"Don't you know that patients need taboos?" Yaochen asked.

"But this is chicken soup. It contains a lot of protein. It must be good for Yueguo."

The female secretary next to Yaochen persuaded: "Boss, after all, this is due to the kindness of auntie, so don't refuse it for Mr. Gao, just say that you hired someone to do it for him."

"Okay..." Yaochen said.

"Remember our conversation yesterday, you'd better take a look and leave."

"I know, you don't need to say it a second time."

Lin Yalei glared at him angrily, and tiptoed into the ward with an iron pot, a little stooped.

She saw Yue Guo facing the window, her body was lightly covered by a thin quilt.

"Are you awake?"

Yue Guo turned his head.He was always awake, even if he fell asleep, he would not sleep deeply, and would wake up whenever there was any movement.

"I brought you chicken soup, which Mr. Jiang asked me to make." Lin Yalei put away her emotions, smiled amiably, and put the iron pot on the table, "I'll put it here for you, you can drink it later .”

"Okay..." Yue Guo nodded, "Thank you, Auntie."

He is in pain right now, and he doesn't have the energy to think too much. He thought that the woman who came in was a nurse hired by Yaochen.

Hearing his weak voice, Lin Yalei couldn't bear it.Their mother and son haven't seen each other for more than 20 years. Even if they inquired about Yue Guo's family, she never showed up. Does Yue Guo still have a mother in his heart?She really wanted to ask in person, but she had already promised Jiang Yaochen not to speak out.

Yueguo, quickly recognize your mother... She was praying in her heart.

Knowing that this is impossible.

She has already lost her qualifications to be the mother of the Moon Country.

"Moon Country..."

Lin Yalei opened the iron pot, and she still had tableware in her pocket, "I'll scoop up a piece of chicken for you, come here."

"No need, I can't eat..." Yueguo wanted to reach out his hand to stop her, but the back of his hand and arm were connected to the infusion tube, and he felt uncomfortable even a little movement.

"Yes, yes." Lin Yalei closed the lid of the iron pot again.

This simple action reminded Yueguo of his mother making soup at home when he was a few years old.

"Auntie, you look like my mother."

Yue Guo looked sideways at her profile, "But when I was two or three years old, she was gone. I only have a black and white photo of her when she was 18 years old."

When Yue Guo said this, there was still a forced smile on the corner of his mouth.

Can't say, can't say... Can't let Yueguo know that his irresponsible mother who disappeared for more than 20 years actually appeared shamelessly when he was most desperate.

Lin Yalei turned her back, not wanting Yue Guo to see her painful and tangled expression.She admitted that she came to visit Yueguo because she was coveting the demolition fee of Yueguo's house. Even if she took care of Yueguo in the future, it was to be able to be mother and child again with him, and to get money after the house was demolished.She thought that she might not dare to think about it in this life, but who knew that something happened to Yueguo's family suddenly.

"Then where did your mother... go?" Lin Yalei asked tentatively.

"My dad said she was dead."

Yueguo lowered his head and said sadly, "What should I do?...My father, mother, and sister are gone, and I will be disabled again...I also want to leave and be reunited with them..."

"I want to die too..."

He had the courage to say these words only when facing strangers he didn't know, and this was exactly what he had really thought in the past few days.

"No, no, don't die." Lin Yalei suddenly retorted in a panic, "Your mother is still alive, your mother is not dead."

Although unbelievable.

Yue Guo didn't have time to think too much.

As if this aunt was comforting him.Now no matter who talks to him, he feels illusory and unreal.

He lowered his eyes, and the door was suddenly opened.

"Aunt Lin, the boss is calling you." Yaochen's female secretary was calling her, probably because she heard her movement, and wanted to stop her from saying something irritating to Yueguo in the room.

Lin Yalei left the ward hesitantly, she turned her head to look at Yue Guo, but Yue Guo's eyes were no longer on her.

Yue Guo stared blankly at the scene outside the window.The blue sky and white clouds, the sun and the green shade, in his eyes, are also gray.

☆、Chapter 05