Farewell (Third Update Arrived)

In the hospital room.

Old Nie's brow was tightly furrowed, his face pale.

He had finally woken up, but seeing that the room was empty, the physical pain mixed with his sorrow caused tears to stream down his face.

His cloudy old eyes were filled with grief. He knew his time was short. It was a regret that his child wasn't by his side as he was leaving, and he felt a bit wronged.

Just then, the hospital room door was suddenly pushed open.

Old Wang slowly walked in. He glanced at Old Nie's condition and forced a smile, saying:

"You're so lucky, they even brought in a team of experts for a consultation. Amazing, I, Old Wang, am truly impressed by this!"

"Nie Xing!"

Old Nie parted his dry lips and weakly called out Nie Xing's name.

It was already difficult for him to even utter Nie Xing's name now.

He laboriously turned his gaze toward the hospital room door, wanting to find Nie Xing's figure there.

"You, you, you only ever think about your adopted son!!"

Old Wang said with a complex expression, his tone neither happy nor sad.

As his words fell, a familiar figure walked in from outside the room.

Old Nie, who had been staring at the hospital room door, saw the figure appear. The moment he saw him, a light seemed to ignite in his lowered eyes, and tears flowed uncontrollably!

His excited lips parted:

"Nie Xing!"

"Dad!"

Nie Xing immediately rushed forward, kneeling beside the hospital bed. He looked at Nie Yunfeng on the bed, whose face was haggard and pale, his lips trembling:

"I, I'm late!"

His voice choked with emotion, and the father and son embraced, weeping.

Seeing the two grown men cry before him, Old Wang's heart felt heavy. He quietly left the room, giving them a chance to be alone.

Old Nie on the bed held no blame. He looked at Nie Xing with a haggard expression, seeing in his eyes the child he had always known.

His rough, large hand, with difficulty, rested on Nie Xing's face, caressing the swollen parts. His voice trembled:

"You've lost weight!"

"Dad! I was wrong!"

Hearing his father's words, Nie Xing's tears flowed like a spring again, uncontrollably streaming down as he confessed his guilt.

Just as Uncle Old Wang had said, his father had been ill for an entire year. During his father's most difficult and critical moments, he had been told to go find his birth parents. This was undoubtedly a double blow, both physically and mentally! Every act of defiance had been the greatest harm to his father!

But with national secrets and regulations in place, he couldn't disobey.

Leaking even the slightest bit of information would cause thousands of secret workers to fail, and even invite greater crises!

The saying "loyalty and filial piety cannot both be served" was a pain that not just anyone could bear.

"Xing'er, I've also thought carefully over the past half month. If you... if you want to find your birth parents, then you should. I shouldn't have stopped you!"

Tears streamed from Old Nie's cloudy eyes as he spoke slowly from the hospital bed.

His weak appearance made every word seem like he was exerting his last strength.

Nie Xing wanted to say something, but Old Nie interrupted him, telling him not to speak:

"Let me finish. I'm afraid I won't have another chance if I don't say it now!"

"The place where I found you was in the wasteland in front of the factory. You were wrapped in a large red swaddling cloth. If you're looking for your relatives, this might help you a bit... I have no regrets in this life. If I had to name one regret, it would be not being able to see you get married and have children, and not being able to hold my grandchild. The thing I regret most is not agreeing sooner to let you search for your birth parents. Perhaps then, you would have returned to see me sooner."

As Old Nie spoke of the past, a smile would appear on his face.

When he spoke of his regrets, he would give a bitter smile.

But as he smiled, tears would inevitably flow.

Listening to his father's words, one after another.

Nie Xing knelt by the hospital bed, his body trembling uncontrollably, his head bowed in tears.

The suffering his father had endured over these three years seemed to flash before his eyes. Even at the end, he was still thinking of him!

While his birth parents were his excuse, they had become a deep thorn in his father's heart.

He knew that he might never be able to explain this in this lifetime.

Until the very end, Old Nie asked earnestly, his voice filled with wisdom:

"I know I don't have long to live, and I just want to know one thing!"

His face was pale, and his voice trembled!

Nie Xing quickly looked up, his voice choked with tears, "Dad, you tell me!"

"These past three years, why didn't you come to see me?"

Old Nie forced a smile, asking with tears in his eyes.

As his words fell, Nie Xing choked up, unable to answer.

The real reason couldn't be spoken. No matter what excuse he came up with, it would seem pale and weak at this moment!

He didn't want to lie, but he couldn't tell the truth either.

Tears fell, one by one, from the corners of his eyes.

Seeing Nie Xing with his head bowed, silent, and crying incessantly, Old Nie smiled with relief and said with difficulty, "Good boy!"

He wanted to reach out and gently pat Nie Xing's face again. That weathered, resilient face seemed to overlap with the little child he remembered from years ago in Old Nie's eyes.

His trembling hand reached out halfway.

Drip!

Old Nie's smile still on his face, he passed away just like that.

His unsupported hand went limp and fell, hitting the hospital bed.

Sensing something was wrong, Nie Xing looked up and his face instantly changed!

"Dad!!"

Nie Xing let out a heart-wrenching cry, a torrent of grief, grievance, and sorrow entwined within it~

The sound carried out of the ward.

Old Wang, standing outside the ward, heard the sound and quickly looked into the room.

His legs inexplicably went weak, and he was about to fall headfirst!

Fortunately, Young Wang, standing beside him, was quick to support him:

"Dad, what's wrong?"

"Old Nie is gone, Old Nie is gone..."

Old Wang mumbled to himself, his expression blank, as if he had lost his soul.

A moment later, He suddenly smiled again:

"Good, he's doing very well. He came to see you. He has no regrets leaving!"

"Wait for me below!"

"I still have to send you off!"

He seemed a bit deranged, talking to himself.

Su's Funeral Company.

Su Chen was still organizing the information on Nie Yugang from the system. He meticulously saved the details of each client into the archives. This was a requirement he set for himself.

At the same time.

The news of Nie Yugang's passing was synced to the system!

[Third mission target: Nie Yugang has passed away. The funeral will be held in three days. Please prepare to send him off!]

The system's voice sounded in his mind~

The movement in his hands froze, and his expression turned solemn as he opened the mission exchange shop.

Every time he opened the shop, his heart felt incredibly heavy.

Su Chen's gaze was complex.

Funerals, What is their true meaning to people?