The story of Rose starts with being a brother

Chapter 294 Rushing to Reincarnate

“Father God, Lord of life, we trust and entrust your beloved child Zhou Chongguang to you. Although his journey on earth is as short as a bird flying in the twilight, he reflects your loving face every moment he flaps his wings…”

The priest's prayer continued. The church was very large and everyone was listening in silence. Only Jian Xi seemed to be praying.

When Gu Yuan and Gu Li were immersed in this solemn and sad atmosphere, the dog man suddenly leaned in between them and whispered something strange.

The Gu couple suddenly came to their senses and looked at him with confusion on their faces.

Gift? What gift?
Lin Xiao, who was also immersed in sorrow, looked at Jian Xi when he heard this, not knowing what gift he was going to give.

After Gu Li and Gu Yuan looked at each other, Gu Li spoke first: "What do you mean? Who are you going to give a gift to? What gift?"

"For you, and for Gu Yuan."

After a pause, Jian Xi turned to Lin Xiao and whispered, "Well, I'll give it to you too."

"???"

The three of them looked at each other after hearing this, all of them looking confused.

Lin Xiao couldn't help but ask: "Now?"

"No, wait a while."

Jian Xi looked up at the priest who was still praying in front of him, and then looked at two familiar figures sitting in the first row. They were Gong Ming and Kitty.

I don't know if they are sitting there just because of their relatives or because they have to watch over...

Gu Li frowned and whispered, "Jian Xi, what do you want to say? What gift?"

Hearing this, Jian Xi retracted his gaze and did not directly answer her question. Instead, he said to Gu Yuan: "Gu Yuan, are we brothers?"

"..."

Gu Yuan, who had been listening, was suddenly asked this question and asked curiously, "Yes, what's wrong?"

"If I give you and Gu Li a gift each, can I receive two gifts in return?"

"..."

Gu Yuan was even more confused when he heard his incoherent words. He didn't understand why he said that at all. So Gu Yuan frowned and said, "Jian Xi, why are you acting weird today? What happened?"

"I'm fine, just asking."

The way this bastard kept things in suspense made everyone's blood pressure rise, especially Gu Li. The atmosphere of sadness and silence at the funeral was ruined by this guy.

So she said unhappily: "Jian Xi, you are asking for a beating for talking like that. Also, can you please respect the ongoing funeral?"

"Yes! Of course I can! I respect funerals and the deceased the most." Jian Xi straightened his expression and turned sad, but within two and a half seconds, he leaned forward and asked in a low voice, "But you still didn't tell me whether you want my gift or not."

"..."

There are always some people in the world whose meanness is engraved in their bones. It is okay at ordinary times, but when the critical moment comes and others see the meanness of these people, they suddenly feel furious.

For example, when Gu Li heard Jian Xi ask this question again, he immediately wanted to spit out blood.

Gu Yuan next to her couldn't stand it either, but he still squeezed Gu Li's hand and asked her to restrain herself. After all, they were attending a funeral in the church and she still had to restrain herself.

After taking a deep breath, Gu Li lowered his voice and said unhappily, "Yes, yes, yes. I want whatever you give me."

Gu Yuan also nodded and said, "Okay Jian Xi, I want it too, but let's wait until the funeral is over, okay?"

After hearing the two people's answers, the dog man smiled and then withdrew his body contentedly. When doing something immoral, he always drags others along!

"Jian Xi, you..."

At this time, Lin Xiao put his hand on Jian Xi's leg and looked at him, seeming to want to say something but stopping himself.

He wanted to say that this was at Zhou Chongguang's funeral and the other party was his friend, and Jian Xi's behavior just now seemed disrespectful to the other party, but Lin Xiao felt that Jian Xi was not that kind of person.

You can't be jealous of a dead person because of a previous misunderstanding, right?

But it was difficult for Lin Xiao to say such words. After rolling his throat a few times, he continued: "Can you... stop laughing."

"..."

Hearing this, the dog man was stunned for a moment, and when he subconsciously wanted to smile, he quickly reacted and nodded bitterly at Lin Xiao.

"Lin Xiao, I don't mean to disrespect Zhou Chongguang. Even though I have always regarded him as a love rival in the past, now he has..." At this point, Jian Xi paused for a moment, then sighed, "Now that I think about it, I misunderstood you two. You said you wanted to introduce him to me and that we could be friends, but unfortunately I was in a bad mood at the time and refused. As a result... Oh, what a pity!"

Lin Xiao, who had always felt that this was a regret of hers, suddenly became depressed again after hearing this. The situation was a bit complicated at the beginning, and she was deeply involved in a struggle with Lin Quan. Although the three of them were able to sit down and eat when she brought up this matter, they were still not very safe.

If she is not careful, Lin Quan, who has temporarily ceased hostility with her, will once again raise the banner of "You and your Zhou Chongguang take the Yangguan Road, while Jian Xi and I will cross the single-plank bridge", making it difficult for her to say to Jian Xi that he would introduce Zhou Chongguang to her.

But it was precisely the suspension during that period that led to the regret today.

So when Lin Xiao heard Jian Xi feel the same way, he felt even more uncomfortable.

But at this moment, Jian Xi, with a look of regret and grief on his face, suddenly tilted his head and whispered, "How about... let me go see him for the last time? And also for the first time?"

……

On the first row of benches closest to Zhou Chongguang's portrait, Gong Ming and Kitty were also quietly listening to the priest's prayer, but compared to the others, there was not much sadness on their faces.

But this is normal, because Gong Ming and Kitty have always shown this expressionless look to others. It would be a strange thing if they really cried at this moment.

Gong Ming kept looking at the portrait of his younger brother in front of him, as if he was remembering him, or thinking about something else. However, when he glanced at the coffin covered with white cloth, his eyes became a little vague.

"In the holy and pure heaven, he is the light of heaven. Zhou Chongguang's soul has rested forever. His relatives and friends pray for his soul to ascend to heaven. Under God's care, he will rest in peace. Please say Amen."

The priest, wearing a black surplice and a metal cross on his chest, said slowly at the end of his prayer, and as his words fell, everyone present whispered in unison: "Amen!"

The most important thing for a person is death and life. In all religions around the world, funerals are a big event, a complicated one.

With the development of the times, traditional funerals in the East have gradually disappeared in big cities. It is not that they have been abolished, but the process has been simplified. Whether it is a Taoist priest performing a ritual or a filial son keeping vigil, the scene and time span alone will cause many inconveniences.

Nowadays, if you want to see a relatively complete local funeral, perhaps you can only see it in rural areas.

For Catholic funerals, this is also a time-consuming and laborious process.

There are three major stages: wake, funeral mass and burial ceremony. Each stage is further subdivided into various prayers, rituals, etc., which are similar to the singing and rituals performed by Taoist priests in Taoist funerals.

In short, normally speaking, this funeral should have many other steps after the priest finishes praying, such as the family members viewing the deceased for the last time and then closing the coffin.

However, this funeral was not normal. Not only were the previous steps skipped, but even during the mass, the coffin had already been closed and covered with a white cloth. Rather than a funeral, it was more like a press conference for Zhou Chongguang's death.

The priest was also stunned when he received this order, because the expressionless and cold-spoken girl told him that there was only one requirement for holding the funeral - to keep it quick and simple.

How fast and simple can it be?

To put it simply, the front and back parts are omitted. After the prayer is over, the coffin and the body are directly taken to the crematorium and scattered.

According to the local Eastern saying, this can really be regarded as rushing to be reborn.

After all, Western Catholic funerals are held in the East, and there is probably still a lot to discuss about the operation of the various departments both underground and in heaven.

Although the priest was a little confused about Kitty's request, he decided to accept this opportunity given to him by God for the sake of money.

At this moment, the prayer was over and the priest was about to announce that the funeral procession would begin directly when a figure suddenly stood up among the crowd of people who were bowing their heads in mourning and approached Zhou Chongguang's coffin.

Nan Xiang and Tang Wanru were startled when they looked up and saw Lin Xiao suddenly stand up, but they didn't have time to think about it and stood up with Lin Xiao.

Including Gu Li and Gu Yuan, who were also shocked, they also stood up and left their seats. Jian Xi also mixed in and followed behind Lin Xiao.

However, just as Lin Xiao took a few steps, Gong Ming stood up and blocked her way.

"What are you going to do?" Gong Ming asked coldly.

At this time, Kitty also stood up and walked over to block Lin Xiao. Everyone else in the church was shocked by this sudden scene and all looked here.

Lin Xiao, looking sad and lonely, said to Kitty and Gong Ming in front of him: "I want to see Zhou Chongguang for the last time."

Jian Xi also said with regret: "Mr. Gong, Lin Xiao said that he would introduce me to Zhou Chongguang, but unfortunately I was busy with trivial matters at that time and never got to meet him. I didn't expect that when I heard about him again..."

At this point, the dog man sighed at the right time, and then said: "I wonder if Mr. Gong can let me see your brother for the first and last time?"

After Jian Xi finished speaking, the people gathered around him looked at him, with different expressions in their eyes.

Gong Ming looked at Jian Xi with some confusion in his eyes. This was the third time he had met this man. The first time was at Shenggu's acquisition announcement conference, and the second time was at Gu Yuan's engagement ceremony. Including this time, it seemed that every time they met was in a very formal occasion.

And what just happened could be considered the first sentence exchanged between the two, but he didn't expect that the other party would ask to see his brother's body as soon as he opened his mouth.

Gu Yuan and Gu Li behind Jian Xi were also full of confusion. Why did he want to meet Zhou Chongguang?

Just now, this guy was talking about giving gifts when everyone was listening to the priest's prayer. The smile on the corner of his mouth didn't look like he felt sorry for Zhou Chongguang's death at all. But now he looks like this?
Compared with other people present, Nan Xiang, who was closest to Jian Xi, vaguely felt something. As someone who had actually seen the beastly face of a man, when she saw her boss like this, she felt that he might be up to no good.

Nan Xiang didn't think that his boss would feel regretful and sad over the death of a person he had never met, and who was suspected to be his love rival. Not laughing out loud was the greatest respect for the deceased.

This bastard didn't even care about or give much of a good face to a beautiful woman like me who stripped naked in front of him, so how could he be talking about a dead person?
Something is wrong! Something is 120% wrong!
In just two and a half seconds, these people's minds were as fast as lightning and many thoughts flashed through their minds.

"No, Zhou Chongguang's body has been buried and will be cremated soon. It is not appropriate to disturb him now."

Gong Ming still stood in front of everyone with an expressionless face. Kitty at the side spoke up and rejected Lin Xiao and Jian Xi's request on his behalf.

Jian Xi had expected this, but Lin Xiao was even more upset. He had not done what he promised Zhou Chongguang to do to play his favorite song at his funeral, and he also had not done what he promised to end their acquaintance.

There is a feeling that Zhou Chongguang would rather die than rest in peace.

For a moment, I felt even more sad, and even had the urge to rush through.

Fortunately, Jian Xi grabbed her hand at this time and said regretfully: "In this case, we won't force it, it's just a pity..."

"Jian Xi, you..."

Lin Xiao, who was stopped, wanted to say something else, but when he saw Jian Xi shaking his head, he had to shut his mouth.

"You are so thoughtful. I believe my brother's spirit in heaven would be very happy to know that he has friends like you. Go back to your seats."

Gong Ming was so scared and angry that he couldn't lose his temper at this moment. Instead, he had to comfort the other party. He just wanted to end the funeral as soon as possible. He still had to go back and report to his biological father!

After Gong Ming finished speaking, Jian Xi and Lin Xiao looked at each other, then returned to their original benches. The other people who had followed them also went back and sat down.

Jian Xi's expression remained the same, but his mind had begun to become lively. The test just now basically confirmed what he was thinking.

Even though there are some differences in the timeline, some things that are bound to happen will still happen. According to the progress, Zhou Chongguang is probably preparing for plastic surgery on the other side of the ocean.

Then when you are going to give a gift later, you should also consider what kind of return gifts you will need.

After this little incident, the priest obviously sped up the process, fearing that something unexpected would happen again. After all, he had received the money.

Then after saying a few simple words, he asked the coffin bearers to come and remove the white cloth on the coffin and send it to the crematorium, the heavenly transit station guided by God.

As the priest's voice fell again, everyone in the church stood up and formed a corridor between the mourning hall and the gate, and everyone's eyes followed the coffin lifted by the four people.

The coffin passed slowly, and as it passed, people on both sides bowed their heads and prayed for blessings to send Zhou Chongguang on his final journey.

As she passed by Gu Li, she bowed her head in silence when she suddenly heard one of the coffin bearers mutter to himself, "Why is this coffin so light?"

Gu Li was stunned for a moment, and before she could come to her senses, she heard a "bang" and then screams from all around.

Gu Li looked up and saw that the front half of the coffin that had just been carried past him suddenly fell to the ground, and at the same time, the coffin lid that was simply closed also slid to the ground.

(End of this chapter)