Inside the hospital,
By the time Chu Guozhong was brought to the hospital, he was already barely breathing, hanging by a thread.
The doctors immediately issued a critical condition notice.
They informed the family that the patient could stop breathing at any moment!
"It's all your fault! You angered Dad into this state!!"
Chu Anfu accused the other two, looking righteously indignant.
His second son, Chu Anlu, did not respond. He stared nervously at the hospital room. If the old man really died like this, what would happen to his debts?
The youngest daughter clasped her ten fingers together, her gaze toward the room complicated.
Inside the hospital room,
Chu Guozhong lay on the bed, having lost all sensation. To him, everything outside seemed to be turning unreal and hazy.
His eyes were half-closed as a stream of images seemed to emerge in his mind.
They were scenes from his life flashing before him.
He had been born in a remote mountain village. After his parents were brutally killed by the Japanese invaders, he left the village with the fleeing villagers.
After drifting from place to place, the hatred of his family's tragedy and his nation's suffering drove him resolutely to join the ranks fighting to save the country.
There, he met comrades who fought alongside him through life and death, bravely killing enemies on the front lines. It was also in the army that he met her.
She was his comrade, and also his wife!
From meeting and getting acquainted, to understanding each other, then falling in love.
Their feelings steadily deepened. They had even sworn together to drive every invader out of Dragon Country and grow old together.
They achieved the first promise, but the second became impossible when his wife died forever in childbirth.
The war ended, and all the comrades who had fought for the country, himself included, received generous treatment and assignments!
Going to the Imperial Capital to take up a post would undoubtedly have been a tremendous career opportunity, with a boundless future ahead.
But his two sons and daughter, who had lost their mother, still needed him to raise them!
So, after much deliberation,
He gave up the opportunity to go to the Imperial Capital and stayed in the county town to raise his three children.
He had lived selflessly all his life. Even after his children grew up, he had never considered finding another wife, choosing instead to spend his final years alone.
His eldest son, Chu Anfu, had been bold and clever by nature. After graduating from university, he quickly found a job with a steady income and was doing fairly well.
His second son, Chu Anlu, was sharp-witted but thought far too highly of himself. After repeatedly making mistakes, he dropped out of school to start a business. After all these years, he had only piled up massive debts.
His youngest daughter, Chu Anxin, was much more down-to-earth. She married an engineer, had a son, and found work at a factory near her home. Her life was ordinary but stable.
Each of his children had their own life.
Whenever there was a holiday, they would bring the little ones home to visit and reunite.
Before the relocation funds were issued, Chu Guozhong had enjoyed the blessings of old age surrounded by children and grandchildren.
But once that blood-red character for demolition was painted up, his children immediately seemed to become entirely different people!
Before profit, even blood relatives became terribly fragile.
Each of them racked their brains for a way in through Chu Guozhong, hoping to seize those enormous relocation funds. Even when Chu Guozhong wanted to divide them equally among them, they flatly refused. Every one of them wanted to swallow the entire sum for themselves.
Faced with his children's selfishness, Chu Guozhong finally gave all three million yuan to charity in a fit of anger.
It could be considered his final contribution to the country before his death. He hoped the money could be put toward places in Dragon Country that needed it.
This was an old soldier's final contribution, and even more so, a heart of absolute devotion to his country.
His long life passed in a rush amid the flickering images in his mind~
Chu Guozhong gave a bitter smile inwardly and peacefully closed his eyes.
This life had come in a hurry and would leave in a hurry.
It seemed he had done everything, yet had not had time to do anything at all.
At the end of his life, he had spent ninety-nine on a funeral escort service. He wondered whether it would arrive on time.
The emergency room doors opened.
A doctor walked out with a grave expression and said helplessly to the three family members:
"We did everything we could!"
His words echoed through the hospital corridor that night.
"Dad!!"
Chu Anxin was the first to react. She rushed straight to the bedside. Seeing Chu Guozhong lying there, pale-faced, tears fell from her eyes one after another.
His two sons hurried over as well.
Seeing this scene, neither of them felt good.
"Look at what you've done! You angered Dad to death!"
Chu Anfu cursed at his younger brother and sister, accusing them.
"Dad's gone now. What about the relocation funds? Who gets them?"
Chu Anlu opened his mouth and still asked the question.
Chu Anxin, who had been leaning over the bedside, immediately changed. She stopped crying and said coldly:
"Whoever gets it, it won't be you! I spent the most time taking care of Dad, so this money should go to me!"
"Hmph!"
Their eldest brother, Chu Anfu, snorted coldly and said in a deep voice:
"Dad's gone, and I'm the eldest son of the family. Naturally, I have the final say over these relocation funds!"
Watching the three siblings argue in front of the old man's body, the doctors and nurses present secretly shook their heads. How unfilial!
The attending doctor could not stand it anymore and spoke up to interrupt them:
"The dead deserve respect! Whatever it is, it won't be too late to discuss it later!"
With that, the three could only cease fire.
Then the doctor took out a bullet head and handed it to Chu Anfu:
"We removed this from the deceased's body. Aside from this bullet, we found many old injuries and bullet scars on his body. Was he an old hero?"
When Chu Guozhong had been brought in, he was still wearing an old, worn military uniform and a military cap.
"Not really. My dad fought the Japanese invaders. He was just an ordinary old soldier!"
Chu Anfu took the bullet casing sealed inside a bag and replied casually.
"If he were some old hero, would we be living this miserably?"
Chu Anlu sighed beside him, glanced at the bed again, and asked:
"Did Dad leave behind any will or belongings?"
Chu Anxin hurriedly searched Chu Guozhong's pockets and found a few bills of cash, not even enough to make one hundred yuan. There were no bank cards or anything else.
"Anyone who shed blood and suffered wounds during the War of Resistance Against Japan deserves our respect, even if he was merely an ordinary old soldier!"
All the doctors and nurses who had taken part in the rescue bowed together for Chu Guozhong and observed a moment of silence!
In their eyes, every old soldier who had participated in that harrowing chapter of history was an undisputed hero!
They deserved respect!
"Notify the relatives and friends as soon as possible!"
Right now, the most important thing was to hold a funeral for Chu Guozhong.
The dead deserved respect and should be laid to rest.
Only then could they discuss matters such as inheritance.
Elsewhere,
Su Chen also received a message from the system.
Chu Guozhong, the funeral escort target of his first mission, had died!
With a grave expression, he put on a black suit, dark sunglasses, and a Bluetooth earpiece, carrying a black umbrella in his hand.
Even through the sunglasses, one could feel the suffocating gaze and pressure he exuded!
An aura burst forth from within him, making him seem extraordinary and imposing!
As he walked down the street,
Countless passersby turned to look,
Whether ordinary pedestrians, regular cars, or luxury vehicles worth millions, all were drawn to him at once. The aura he gave off made people instinctively fear him!
Su Chen walked steadily toward the funeral location:
Old Mr. Chu, let me see you off!
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