Undead Detective

Chapter 8 Old Man Lin Passed Away

"Old man Lin, I'm back!"

After walking for nearly half a day, Lin Luoxi finally returned to downtown ZL, and soon followed the familiar route back to his home where he grew up for 18 years. The poorest slum area in downtown ZL, the buildings here are basically all An old building from the 70s and [-]s.

It looks dilapidated, and few people live here. Many people gradually got rich and moved away from here. However, I heard recently that a developer has taken a fancy to this place, and they are planning to sell this last place in ZL City. A piece of LC area was demolished, but many people left here and did not come back for a long time, and the expropriation work could not be completed for a while, so the plan is still in progress.

Standing in a courtyard, it is said that this is the house built by old man Lin himself, for the purpose of getting married at that time, but later, for unknown reasons, the woman regretted the marriage, and old man Lin never married because of this, until 18 years ago After picking up Lin Luoxi on the way, old man Lin has almost no relatives.

However, I once heard from the people next door that old man Lin has a rich brother who runs a company in the urban area, but Lin Luoxi has never seen Lin Luoxi when he is so old, so he didn't take it too seriously. The old man really has such a younger brother, how could he still live in such a poor slum, and live for the rest of his life?
After calling a few times, old man Lin's voice was never heard from inside the room. Lin Luoxi suddenly had a bad feeling, and cautiously opened the door, only to find that no one was there.

When he walked to Old Man Lin's room, there was no one there. Lin Luoxi returned to the living room, looked carefully at the tables and chairs, and found that there was a little dust scattered on them, which proved that no one had lived here for at least a few days. Lin Luoxi Where did the old man go?
"Hey, isn't this Luo Xi, you're finally back!"

When Lin Luoxi was curious about the whereabouts of old man Lin, the voice of the aunt next door rang out from outside the door. We were all neighbors for many years. Seeing the door of old man Lin's house opened, the aunt came over curiously to see who it was. up.

Lin Luoxi heard the voice of the aunt next door, and hurried out the door: "Aunt Fang, it's me. I just came back today. Where's my grandpa?"

In private, Lin Luoxi is used to calling Old Man Lin, but in front of outsiders, Lin Luoxi still politely calls Old Man Lin Grandpa.

Aunt Fang was sure that the person in front of her was Lin Luoxi, she couldn't help but sighed, her face was full of sadness: "Luoxi, where have you been for more than a month? You haven't been seen for more than a week, and your grandfather went out to look for him. You, and you were still sick, and finally fell ill."

After hearing that he was missing, old man Lin went out to look for him with illness, Lin Luoxi felt guilty in his heart: "Aunt Fang, how is my grandpa doing now, which hospital is he in, I'm going to see him now."

Aunt Fang glanced at Lin Luoxi with complicated eyes, she couldn't bear it, but she still sighed and said, "He was in the hospital at first, and he was sent by the neighbors around us. It was just a few days ago that your grandfather passed away."

Speaking of which, Aunt Fang really didn't want to talk anymore, she just shook her head helplessly. Although Lin Luoxi in front of her had grown up, she was still a child. no.

Lin Luoxi felt a lump in his heart. Looking at Aunt Fang who hesitated to speak, her voice was already trembling: "Aunt Fang, has my grandpa passed away?"

Mustering up a lot of courage, Lin Luoxi finally said this sentence. From Aunt Fang's face and expression, Lin Luoxi had probably already guessed, how much he wishes now that someone could tell him that he guessed wrong , but Aunt Fang's next sentence completely shattered Lin Luoxi's fantasy.

"Well, because the follow-up treatment couldn't keep up, the hospital stopped treating your grandfather. Later, your grandfather was discharged from the hospital with his body supported. He passed away that night. My family found out when he was delivering meals to your grandfather." Aunt Fang sympathized. Looking at the child in front of him who was abandoned when he was a child, and now his only relative has left.

He stepped forward and hugged Lin Luoxi, stroking his head with one hand: "Child, cry if you want to, I know you feel uncomfortable, but you can't come back from death, you have to be strong, your grandpa doesn't want to see you either Like this."

Lin Luoxi was really sad, very sad, he wanted to cry, but he couldn't cry, but his voice trembled: "Aunt Fang, don't worry, I can hold on, I have grown up, then I will Where's grandpa?"

Aunt Fang patted Lin Luoxi on the head kindly, the child she had watched and grew up with: "Later, some of our neighbors raised money to send your grandfather to the funeral parlor for cremation, and now the urn is still there, and we have no money to pay for it." Your grandfather needs to find another geomantic treasure, otherwise your grandfather will not be able to stop the treatment from the beginning."

Looking at Aunt Fang with an apologetic face, Lin Luoxi didn't have anything to be angry about. The households in the slums are basically in the same situation, and no one is much better than others. For the sake of neighbors for many years, the family struggled to squeeze out.

Lin Luoxi bowed gratefully to Aunt Fang: "Aunt Fang, thank you for everything you have done to my grandfather. I will definitely repay you a hundred times in the future. I know it is not easy for you. My grandfather stopped treating me. There’s nothing to say, after all, it’s no surprise that hospitals don’t treat patients without money.”

"It's good if you can understand, but you should find a way to find a place for your grandfather to settle down early. I heard that if no one takes the urn in those places for a long time, the ashes will be dumped and the urn will be taken again." Come out and sell it!" Aunt Fang nodded in satisfaction, and remembered something in a blink of an eye.

"We also rented that at the time, because it was too expensive to buy and we had no money!"

"I know, Aunt Fang, you have already done enough, I will find a solution for the rest!" Lin Luoxi nodded gratefully, Lin Luoxi is really grateful for these years of neighbors.

Aunt Fang looked at the time: "Okay, Fang Long is about to leave school, I'll go back and cook first, you can come to my house for dinner at night, remember to come!"

Solemnly explained that Lin Luoxi went to have dinner at night, and Aunt Fang returned to the courtyard next door. Lin Luoxi opened her mouth to refuse, but thinking of Aunt Fang's kindness, I couldn't refute her enthusiasm. He was not in the mood to find food by himself, but after touching his stomach, Lin Luoxi didn't realize that he was hungry.

Walking into the house, Lin Luoxi came to the room where old man Lin was alive, squatted down in front of old man Lin's bed, removed a blanket that was spread on the floor, picked up two bricks that were originally covered and put them aside , a somewhat dilapidated box appeared in Lin Luoxi's eyes.

I remembered what old man Lin told himself before, if one day he dies, come to his bed, remove the blanket on the floor, there are two loose bricks, and there is a box under it, what old man Lin said at the time Yes, even if he is really gone, saving a little of the things inside is enough for Lin Luoxi to last for three to five years.

He took out the box, went to the side table and sat down, Lin Luoxi slowly opened the unlocked box, and saw a layer of oil paper inside, as if it was wrapped in something, Lin Luoxi picked it up, feeling that it was still a bit heavy , I didn't know what it was, so I slowly took it apart.

After a while, Lin Luoxi took apart the oiled paper on the outside, and saw a passbook and card. His heart moved, Lin Luoxi opened the passbook, and saw that it was an account opened in his own name. The last deposit was made two months ago. , it was five hundred yuan, Lin Luoxi looked through it, and was very moved in his heart.

No wonder old man Lin told himself that if he was gone, the things in the box would be enough to support him for three to five years. It turned out that from 18 years ago, old man Lin began to save money in this passbook. From 20 yuan to the last five hundred yuan.

In the small passbook, a total of more than 18 yuan was saved in 7, and there was no one-month interruption during the period.

Turning to the last page of the passbook, a note fell out. Lin Luoxi picked it up, and his originally peaceful heart was filled with missing old man Lin again. There were not many words on the note, but every word Lin Luoxi Luoxi could tell that Old Man Lin wrote it to him with all his heart.

I saw it said, Xiaoxi grandson, when you see this, it means that grandpa has left forever, don't be sad, grandpa is such an old man after all, you have to take good care of yourself, grandpa is useless, he didn't give You left too many things, these tens of thousands of dollars should be enough for you to study and live, and there is only so much grandpa can give you. The signature is, love your grandpa, Lin Wantian.

"grandfather"

Tears that I couldn't cry at first burst out of my eyes at this moment. Lin Luoxi's sad voice resounded throughout the house and the yard. The aunt next door who was preparing meals was also taken aback, and then sighed.

When Lin Luoxi was crying bitterly holding the things left by old man Lin and the note to herself, there was the sound of a car braking outside the door, followed by a woman's arrogant and unreasonable voice.

"Your uncle is dead. These things should belong to us. Dad won't say anything?"

(End of this chapter)