Fortunately, they wear black suits to work on weekdays, so they were temporarily notified to attend Dong Shan's memorial service. Qian Heng and Cheng Yao's attire is also suitable.
When the two rushed to the funeral home where the memorial service was held, many people had already arrived.
As a businessman, Dong Shan had a wide circle of friends during his lifetime. In addition to relatives and friends, executives and employees of Zhenwei Catering, those who came to the memorial service also included his friends from the mall.
There has always been a saying that people take tea to cool down, but now that Dong Shan has died, this bizarre network of contacts has just begun to emerge.
Apart from Dong Shan's elderly father, Jiang Wenxiu and Dong Min were the ones whose eyes were really red and in pain and almost collapsed. The rest of the so-called business friends who came to the memorial service just regarded this memorial service as another It's just a social networking event.
Everyone politely and politely said "Sorrows and change" or "Go all the way", send two exquisite wreaths and elegiac couplets, and give a funeral gift, and politely comfort the relatives of the deceased with a few sentences, which is a "friend". "Responsibility.
A person's death, the greatest pain, will always be reserved for those who are closest to and love him the most.
Jiang Wenxiu, who was sick and lying in the hospital because of Dong Shan's divorce lawsuit before, was hit by Dong Shan's unexpected death at this moment, and her whole body can be said to be broken, almost like a piece of paper.
Cheng Yao had seen her in a video interviewed by the online media, and remembered that she was a woman with a good complexion and well-maintained appearance. Although she was not considered beautiful, she had good features and well-dressed clothes, and she could vaguely see the agility of her youth in her brows and eyes. .
However, Jiang Wenxiu's eyes are now dull and dull, and his whole body is gray and defeated. Because of crying, her makeup has been worn out, showing a dismal complexion, her eyes are all swollen, she is clearly still alive, but she feels like a walking dead, lost her soul and lost her goal.
Dong Min, who has always been domineering and coddled, was crying too hard. The mother and daughter supported each other like this, insisting on thanking everyone who could come to the memorial service to see Dong Shan off.
Since arriving at the memorial service site, Qian Heng has been very silent. There is no special expression on his face, and he looks solemn and quiet.
It was only when Dong Shan said goodbye to his body that he finally sighed softly: "He is my first client."
Cheng Yao was stunned.
Qian Heng's lips were tightly pursed: "At that time, I was just a fledgling young lawyer, with no experience and no fame now, but Dong Shan chose to believe in me. I thought I could help him deal with family legal issues for the rest of his life. .”
A person with introverted emotions like Qian Heng, many words, he just stopped at the end. He only said a few words, and never expressed his opinion again. He just followed the crowd and presented Dong Shan with a white chrysanthemum.
However, Cheng Yao is not stupid, a few words are enough for her to realize that this is probably the reason why Qian Heng would rather cancel the 2.5 billion client appointment and come to the memorial service.
Dong Shan was his first client, even though he once said he didn't care, in his heart, Qian Heng was always grateful, and he always remembered the trust Dong Shan gave him at the beginning.
Everyone in the world said that Qian Heng was cold-hearted, but Cheng Yao felt that Qian Heng's heart, after peeling off the cold outer shell, was warm inside.
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From where Cheng Yao was standing, she could see Jiang Wenxiu's side face clearly. On her face, there was a strong heartbroken but suppressed emotion, a despair beyond grief.
Or it really complied with that sentence, only when a person dies can he know who is the one who truly loves him. Cheng Yao thought, if Dong Shan could take a look at this scene, he would know that although he could sacrifice and abandon Jiang Wenxiu for the so-called love at any time, he was the whole world to Jiang Wenxiu.
After the farewell ceremony for the body, Jiang Wenxiu was supposed to give a brief speech as the spouse, but Jiang Wenxiu's spirit could no longer support her to do this. Dong Min cried and missed his father Dong Shan. Since then, Dong Shan's body was cremated by the staff of the funeral home, accompanied by his close relatives.
Before sending the body to the cremation room, Jiang Wenxiu walked up to Qian Heng with the help of Dong Min: "Lawyer Qian, please wait for me, I have sent our old Dong to the final journey, and I have something to say to you." Say."
Although this request was a bit unexpected, Qian Heng still nodded.
—
Qian Heng and Cheng Yao waited in the reception room, and they didn't wait long. After a while, Jiang Wenxiu walked in with Dong Min's support.
She looked as if she had just died, and it was obvious that she was exhausted physically and mentally. After she stood still, she waved her hand and told Dong Min to wait outside.
"Lawyer Qian, I know that Old Dong entrusted you to sue for divorce. I used to resent you too, especially Minmin. I also did a lot of extreme things to trouble you. I want to apologize to you in person."
Even under such circumstances, Jiang Wenxiu still speaks neither humble nor overbearing, her tone is gentle and very friendly, and Cheng Yao can't help feeling sympathetic towards her.
Mentioning the word divorce, Jiang Wenxiu's eyes couldn't help dimming a bit, and she let out a sigh of relief and pain: "It may be that the old director has reached menopause, and the company is under a lot of pressure, which more or less made him feel uncomfortable. Well, in the past few years, due to high blood pressure, my temper is also very irritable, but I only care about my children. I didn't expect my wife to ignore his feelings all the time, fail to understand him and take good care of him, and also quarreled After several fights, it turned out that both of them were in their fifties, and at such an age, they still lost their temper and tossed about divorce... "
After a person dies, no matter how many bad things he did during his lifetime, even if he met by chance, at the memorial service, everyone can recall his good times, let alone the couple who have been together for decades. It's remorse and remorse, it's all the memory and miss of Dong Shan.
"Old Dong and I, from being together to getting married and giving birth to Minmin, were full of ups and downs. My family is well-off, but he is poor and poor. Both families are opposed to being together. We married under pressure without any elders." Blessings, I ran away from home and didn’t have any money. We started from scratch all the way until now. Finally settled down and wanted to have children. I had four miscarriages in a row. I went to investigate and found out that it was because of the white blood cells of the two of us. The antigens are too similar, resulting in low blocking antibodies, and it is easy to miscarry, and Minmin is the child we have worked so hard to preserve the pregnancy."
Jiang Wenxiu wiped her tears again when she said this: "Old Dong likes children, and we tried to have them again later, but I have already had a habitual miscarriage, and I can't get pregnant anymore. To Minmin, I dote on her very much. It also caused the child to be ignorant and arrogant."
Cheng Yao was a little surprised. She heard Dong Shan mention that Dong Min was a very difficult child to conceive. She also mentioned that Jiang Wenxiu was unable to conceive due to physical reasons, but Dong Shan's wording at the beginning made people feel It was Jiang Wenxiu's own fault and had nothing to do with him, but the truth turned out to be like this...
By mistake, God seemed to have played a joke on them, breaking through all kinds of secular barriers, and being together, the antigens were so similar that it was difficult to keep the fetus. However, even so, these two people persisted. , This should be such a well-known love story.
It's a pity that life always has so much but...
"I know that Old Dong's divorce is a big blow, but I know in my heart that the relationship between me and him for so many years, the ups and downs, is not a matter of principle. Any conflict can be resolved in the end. This marriage, He won't leave in the end, but unexpectedly, he went one step ahead."
When Dong Shan told her about the extramarital affairs before, Cheng Yao was very contemptuous in her heart. A man secretly raising a mistress behind his wife's back is very low-level anyway. However, at this moment, Cheng Yao couldn't help but thank Dong Shan for his deception. He did not let Jiang Wenxiu know about Xiaomei's existence from the beginning to the end, so at this moment, with his life coming to an abrupt end, Jiang Wenxiu drew a complete end to their relationship and marriage in Jiang Wenxiu's heart.
To Jiang Wenxiu, this may also be a kind of kindness.
I'm afraid she can't accept that such a man who has been in the same boat and leaned on her wholeheartedly has a lover. What's more, this is not only a physical derailment, but also a spiritual betrayal, and this kind of betrayal, Dong Shan called it love .
"Except for Minmin and I and a few people close to the company, no one knows about the lawsuit for divorce. Now that something like this happened to Old Dong, Lawyer Qian, I hope you can help us keep it a secret. Let’s leave our family with the last respect.” Jiang Wenxiu lowered her head, “Anyway, if Old Dong is alive, I know that in the end we will all be reconciled and grow old together. There is no more gossip, I can no longer bear other people's eyes."
"In addition, you have spent a lot of energy on suing. I will pay for the lawyer's fee. Our old Dong has caused you trouble."
"No. The case hasn't opened yet, so I haven't put much energy into it." Qian Heng pursed his lips, "As for confidentiality, each of my parties and I are bound by confidentiality clauses in our own family cases, even if the entrusted agent is no longer valid , the confidentiality clause is permanently effective, you can rest assured."
Jiang Wenxiu's expression was still gloomy, but she finally managed to thank Qian Heng.
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After bidding farewell to Jiang Wenxiu and Dong Min, Cheng Yao sat on Qian Heng's Bentley, and still couldn't help but sigh and sigh.
"I really don't know why Dong Shan cheated on such a good person as Jiang Wenxiu. You see, they have been together all the way to getting married, starting a business and having children. They have not gone well. They have endured all the hardships and hardships. Now they have everything. But it’s like this? Dong Shan must have loved Jiang Wenxiu very much for being able to face so many obstacles together..."
"I just hate that people's hearts are not like water, and there will be waves on the ground." Qian Heng's voice is still faint, "Cheng Yao, love will change. As a family lawyer, you will get used to it soon. No relationship is eternal. of."
"I can only say that perhaps such an ending is not too bad for Jiang Wenxiu. Although Dong Shan filed for divorce, there were such small flaws and cracks in the relationship and marriage between her and Dong Shan, but Fortunately, she doesn't know anything." Cheng Yao sighed, and she was a little tangled up at this point, "But because she didn't know about Dong Shan's derailment, she still had deep feelings for Dong Shan in her heart. I am afraid that Dong Shan will be remembered for the rest of his life, and it is impossible to start any new relationship... "
"she knows."
"Hey?"
Qian Heng didn't look sideways, but his tone was firm: "Jiang Wenxiu knows everything."
Cheng Yao's first reaction was disbelief: "How is it possible?! If she knew, would she not be gnashing her teeth with hatred for Dong Shan? You can't pretend at all at the memorial service."
"Cheng Yao, people's hearts are very complicated." Qian Heng glanced at Cheng Yao lightly, "Jiang Wenxiu and Dong Shan started from scratch together, and what the outside world doesn't even know is that Zhenwei Catering can grow bigger and stronger to where it is today The core character is not Dong Shan, but Jiang Wenxiu. She is a woman with great business skills and courage. Her only weakness in the past was Dong Shan, but now that Dong Shan is gone, her reason and intelligence can be ignored. She played it out without any scruples. Her sadness is real, after all these years of love and support, but she has not let go of the plan she should make for herself. She is an excellent and admirable woman."
Cheng Yao's inner balance is obviously biased towards Jiang Wenxiu as the original partner: "It's okay for her to plan for herself, not to mention that you said she already knew about Dong Shan's cheating, it's just your guess."
"Before Dong Shan sued for divorce, she really didn't know anything, so she couldn't accept it for a while, and she fainted and went to the hospital, but she was not stupid. Dong Shan suddenly mentioned divorce like this must be a demon. She already knows everything."
"And she not only knows that Dong Shan is cheating, but also knows that Dong Shan's lover is pregnant and about to give birth." Qian Heng glanced sideways at Cheng Yao, and said softly, "That's why she even has the custom of parking the body for at least three days before cremation He didn’t comply, died in the early morning, and the memorial service was quickly organized this morning, and he was directly cremated.”
Regarding this point, Cheng Yao actually felt very strange. The memorial service was really rushed. If the police intervened in the investigation and confirmed that it was an accidental car accident, it would even make people suspect that Jiang Wenxiu had done something wrong.
For what reason did Jiang Wenxiu want to cremate Dong Shan so eagerly
Qian Heng's voice was as calm as ever, and he narrated the answer without any waves: "It's for the legacy."
Cheng Yao was stunned for a moment before she finally came to her senses: "Dong Shan's lover, Xiao Mei, is equivalent to having Dong Shan's posthumous child. Although it is an illegitimate child, as Dong Shan's child, once this child is born, he will also be the first heir. ! If Dong Shan doesn’t have a will, then this illegitimate child has exactly the same share of property inheritance rights as Dong Min!”
Qian Heng finally breathed a sigh of relief: "I thought you would have to wait for me to explain each word to you clearly before you can reflect. After all, you are better than hopeless." Speaking of this, Qian Heng stretched out two They compared each other with one finger, "It's just a little bit like this."
The distance between his two fingers is almost equal to zero...
However, Cheng Yao didn't care to refute Qian Heng's attack at all at this time. She just felt like a police detective who finally found a clue: "Because the child was born out of wedlock, if you want to prove that the child has the right to inherit, you must prove that he and Dong Shan’s parent-child relationship must be tested by DNA, but Dong Shan’s body has been completely cremated at this time, and his body tissue and DNA are all lost! Xiaomei has no way to claim a paternity test!”
It was only at this time that Cheng Yao realized why Jiang Wenxiu specially asked Qian Heng and herself in the end, and asked to keep the divorce lawsuit a secret.
Because she wants to completely deny the existence of Xiaomei from the source, even if Xiaomei finally comes to the door with her child, she will conclude the existence of this posthumous child as nonsense or deliberate blackmail. In the eyes of outsiders, including their daughter Dong Min, before the divorce proceedings broke out, they thought they were a story of extraordinary love.
Cheng Yao suddenly felt that marriage was like a battlefield.
Marriage is the most stable and intimate alliance relationship, with sweetness, love, and warmth, but at the same time, it is also full of quarrels, conflicts, betrayal, desire, selfishness, and suspicion.
Or the beginning of a marriage began with love, but in the end, it entered a bloodless war between the sexes.
Suddenly, Cheng Yao was a little disappointed in love, marriage, and men. She stared at the receding scenery outside the car window, and looked at Qian Heng's profile.
No matter which angle it is, Qian Heng can't seem to find any blind spots. His looks are indeed striking. Cheng Yao's gaze traces the lines of his face, from the straight nose bridge to the sharp and crisp jaw line. Qian Heng is very handsome, but in that excessive handsomeness, he always feels a bit cold and uncontrollable.
By coincidence, Cheng Yao raised her head and asked Qian Heng a question.
"Do all men, subconsciously, want to cheat? It's like an animal instinct?"
The relationship between Dong Shan and Jiang Wenxiu couldn't hold back in front of Xiaomei.
"No." Qian Heng's answer was decisive and concise, "I will never."
Although such words may not be taken seriously, Cheng Yao is still a little moved, at least Qian Heng has the heart: "Boss, your future partner must be very..."
Before the word "happiness" was finished, Cheng Yao heard Qian Heng continue—
"After all, there is no one more perfect than myself in this world."
"Hey???"
Qian Heng didn't even bother to give Cheng Yao his eyes, he just raised his eyelids slightly: "Loving yourself is the beginning of a lifelong romance."
"If you only love yourself, you will never cheat." When Qian Heng said this, he couldn't help but look at Cheng Yao again, and he smiled slightly, "Of course, this also depends on being good enough. People like me must be I won’t cheat anymore, but it’s hard to say for someone like you.”
"..."
What loving yourself is the trigger for a lifelong romance? ! Say it so nicely? !
Isn't this fucking narcissism? ?