Chapter 2470: Chapter 2471: Commemoration

“It’s my fault.” Liu Lihua regretted and slapped her thigh:

“After we came back, neither of us took it seriously. We didn’t watch what we ate at all, otherwise, it wouldn’t have become so serious.”

“Auntie, don’t panic. It’s still within a controllable range. Just go to the hospital to get your blood vessels cleared, strengthen your exercise, and watch your diet on a regular basis, then there won’t be any problems, rest assured.”

“Alright, alright, I owe you one.”

“You’re too kind, auntie.”

Wang Guoqiang sat aside, his face looking somewhat unsightly.

He never thought that after practicing Chinese medicine for so many years, he would screw up on such a trivial matter.

“Let’s put aside the matter of seeing a doctor for now, let’s have a meal first. It’s already the afternoon, and everyone’s hungry.”

Wang Ying said: “We still have things to do later.”

“Right, right, let’s eat first.”

Both families took their seats. Knowing that Lin Yi was coming, Liu Lihua had prepared a sumptuous meal, without any corners cut.

“Brother-in-law, how’s your tolerance for alcohol? You can’t get away without drinking when you come to Chengdu.”

Wang Zicheng held up his glass, ready to have a drink with Lin Yi.

“My tolerance is okay, no big problem within five kilos.”

“Huh? Five kilos? Of spirits?”

Lin Yi nodded, then poured himself a glass of white liquor, raising it to Wang Zicheng:

“Come on, let’s drink together.”

As he spoke, Lin Yi downed a glass of white liquor without leaving a single drop.

Wang Zicheng was stunned. He wanted to use this opportunity to get his future brother-in-law drunk, but didn’t expect that a glass of white liquor would go down like drinking plain water. This was no joke.

Embarrassed, he put down his glass and said with a wry smile:

“Brother-in-law, you’re too intimidating, starting with a full glass without giving me a chance.”

“No worries, do as you please.” Lin Yi said with a smile.

Wang Ying chuckled, it seemed she was subdued by Lin Yi.

The meal had no outsiders present, and they chatted about everyday family matters, creating a pleasant atmosphere.

About an hour later, Wang Ying pulled Lin Yi up.

“We still have things to do, we’re going out for a bit. You guys keep eating.”

“You barely touched your food, why leave so soon?” Liu Lihua said.

“It’s mainly because there is other business, and we’re all family here, so it’s fine.”

Without further ado, Wang Ying took Lin Yi and left.

“I’m really sorry to put you through this as soon as you arrive.”

Actually, Wang Ying had nothing to deal with, but she didn’t want Lin Yi to attend such a noisy family gathering, so as not to bother him.

“I actually think it’s quite nice, don’t worry about it.”

“Mhm.” Wang Ying hooked her arm through Lin Yi’s, her face showing a happy smile like that of a content woman.

“Is there anywhere in particular you’d like to go? Let’s go take a look around.”

“Let’s go, I actually do have a place I want to visit.” Lin Yi said softly.

“I’ll be with you.”

Lin Yi first wandered around the area, stopped at a tobacco and liquor store to buy two bottles of Maotai and two packs of Su cigarettes, then hailed a taxi and headed towards Martyr Cemetery.

As soon as they got out of the car, Wang Ying was reminded of the events from last year.

She knew that this was where Lin Yi’s comrade-in-arms was buried.

Time flows like water, Wang Ying felt somewhat sentimental.

Unconsciously, almost a year had passed.

Step by step, the two walked into the cemetery and arrived in front of Zhou Liang’s gravestone.

The person in the black-and-white photo was still smiling, while Lin Yi’s hands were trembling.

Gently, he brushed off the dust from the gravestone, and tears began to swirl in his eyes.

Lin Yi lit a cigarette, placed it in front of the gravestone, then lit one for himself.

Following that, he poured two glasses of liquor, drank one himself, and poured the other onto the ground.

“You were lucky, others had to be trained to death, but you dodged that bullet…”

Lin Yi murmured to himself, his tone deep.

Silently, Lin Yi poured another glass, just like before, one of them spilling onto the ground.

“We should be arriving at the island soon. I’ll take you there to see what it’s like.”

“Your parents, I’ve been keeping an eye out for them, they are doing quite well, so don’t worry about it.”

And so, Lin Yi mumbled to himself for over an hour, until the two bottles of Maotai were almost empty, before he slowly got up.

“I’m going now, I’ll come visit you again later.”

Lin Yi stood up, wiped the dust off the gravestone, and left with Wang Ying reluctantly.

Wang Ying didn’t say a word all the way.

These emotions, no one could share the burden with him.

Unable to empathize fully, one can only feel sorry for him bearing it all alone.

Around six in the evening, the two returned home.

But before they even entered, they could hear a noisy commotion inside.

Upon opening the door, they saw the house was full of people.

They were all relatives from the family, chatting and talking.

When they saw Wang Ying and Lin Yi enter, everyone instinctively stopped talking.

Their gazes all fell on Lin Yi.

“Yo, this must be Yingying’s boyfriend, right?”

The speaker was a middle-aged woman who looked a bit like Wang Ying’s father.

The woman’s name was Wang Yumei, Wang Guodong’s sister, and Wang Ying’s little aunt.

“She’s my little aunt.” Wang Ying introduced quietly.

“Nice to meet you, little aunt,” Lin Yi greeted her with a smile.

Wang Ying then introduced Lin Yi to other relatives, but for some she didn’t even know their titles.

So, all he could do was nod his head as a way of greeting.

“Yingying, I heard your boyfriend is a policeman?” Wang Yumei asked.

Wang Ying nodded.

“I hear he’s in pretty good condition?”

At this topic, everyone sized up Lin Yi to see if they could discern anything special.

“He’s just an ordinary guy, not what everyone imagines.”

Hearing this, people’s curiosity was somewhat abated and they began to busy themselves with their own matters.

“Yingying, I heard you’ve started driving a BMW, didn’t you bring it back to show off a bit for Xiao Cheng?”

“It’s more than two thousand kilometers from Zhong Hai to Chengdu, how could I drive all that way?”

“Can’t you think of a way?” Wang Yumei said:

“Your brother-in-law brought two cars from Yanjing, they seem to each cost over a million.”

“Mom, why do you say these things?”

The speaker was a young woman, who seemed to be stopping Wang Yumei but her eyes betrayed a hint of pride.

Her name was Zhang Wenjia, Wang Yumei’s daughter.

“What I’m saying is the truth, isn’t it?”

“My brother-in-law has a car too; it’s just that he didn’t bring it here,” Wang Lu said: “It’s just a car worth over a million, not really a big deal.”

“Lulu, you’re boasting too much, a car over a million and it’s not considered a good car?” Zhang Wenjia said.

“Yeah, those kinds of cars can’t even catch my brother-in-law’s eye,” she insisted.

“Keep boasting,” Zhang Wenjia said with a scoff:

“With her job, if she drives anything over 500,000, she’d be investigated, let alone a car that’s over a million.”

“It doesn’t matter, believe it or not.”

“It’s not that I don’t believe, it’s just the reality is right in front of us,” Zhang Wenjia said:

“If there really is the will, it should have been prepared in advance, it’s useless to talk about it now.”

“Alright, alright, it’s only a few wedding cars, it’s not a big deal,” Wang Zicheng intervened in an attempt to smooth things over:

“I’m just happy that my brother-in-law could come.”

“I didn’t consider things thoroughly enough,” Lin Yi said with a smile as he looked at Wang Zicheng:

“Did you find a head car for the wedding?”