The Baby I Lost Is Actually with My Ex-Husband!-Chapter 130 - Unconditional Compensation for You
Chapter 130: Chapter 130 Unconditional Compensation for You
Lin Qi pursed her lips, her gaze dimming slightly, and let out a soft “Mm.”
“Why bother asking,” she chided herself for her craziness in wanting to raise that question.
She turned away and sat down on the edge of the bed. “You can go out now.”
After uttering these words, it seemed like she had exhausted all her strength.
Lin Qi felt a sourness in her eyes and instinctively glanced at the ceiling. A line of tears circled her eyes, causing her voice to choke up as well, “Go out, and close the door.”
She had always been a bit stubborn from a young age, disliking others seeing her tears or her fragile side.
Huo Tingdong stood behind her, watching her shoulders quiver from time to time, his feet unmoving, his throat felt dry.
The man lowered his gaze, his Adam’s apple moving slightly, then suddenly, he turned around, left the room, and closed the door behind him.
Lin Qi bit her lip, raised her hand to wipe away the tear at the corner of her eye, but more tears fell. She wiped them frantically, but the tears seemed uncontrollable.
Why was she crying, crying over something like this…
Wasn’t the answer he gave within her expectations?
What was there to be disappointed about?
But why…
The tears just wouldn’t stop.
At the doorway.
Huo Tingdong stood outside, listening through the door to Lin Qi’s muffled sobs, feeling as if an invisible hand was hollowing out his heart.
Was it heartache?
Or was it guilt?
Or perhaps… because some of the things he said were insincere?
Suppressing that matter for Song Shuyan was because he owed Song Shuyan a life, and now, he had cleared that debt; such things won’t happen again in the future.
Those answers had come out instinctively, but once he had spoken, he regretted them.
But the spilled water could not be recollected.
He didn’t know how to explain, how to take back his words. In fact, if it had been Song Shuyan who was pushed down, and it was Lin Qi who pushed her, he might have covered up for her as well.
By any means necessary.
Huo Tingdong wanted to open the door several times, but as he held the doorknob and turned it slightly, hearing the spring clamp tightly, it felt as if something was slicing through his heart.
He suddenly let go, and through the door, he softly said, “Lin Qi, that matter is over. From now on, I won’t let anyone bully you, including myself.”
There was no sound from within the room.
Huo Tingdong added, “This is my debt to you, and I will compensate you unconditionally. Whatever you ask of me, as long as it’s within my capabilities, I will do it for you.”
He wouldn’t make this woman sad again.
The ringtone of a cell phone suddenly rang out at an inappropriate moment.
Huo Tingdong answered the call; it was Mo Ke calling.
“Hello?”
Mo Ke said, “Mr. Huo, I have brought over several former managers of the cemetery.”
Huo Tingdong’s expression turned serious, “Where?”
Mo Ke replied, “At the company.”
Half an hour later.
Huo Tingdong drove to the company, turned off the car, and took the elevator to the appropriate floor.
The reception room.
He opened the door and walked in. On the sofa sat four old men, some wearing old shirts, looking quite aged, some in janitor uniforms, beards unkempt.
Mo Ke stood to one side; seeing Huo Tingdong arrive, he stepped forward, “Mr. Huo, these four are the former administrators of West Suburb Cemetery. There were originally five, but one of them died due to illness three years ago.”
Huo Tingdong approached them.
The four old men became somewhat agitated, perhaps due to Huo Tingdong’s imposing demeanor, which made them restive.
One in a janitor uniform said, “I retired two years ago; now I’m a janitor at a shopping mall. What do you need me for?”
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Huo Tingdong sat opposite them, legs slightly crossed, and asked, “I would like to know about the management system of West Suburb Cemetery. How is it usually managed?”
The four old men looked at each other, somewhat bewildered, “West Suburb Cemetery has always been unmanaged. To put it nicely, I am the administrator, but to put it bluntly, I am just the Tomb Guardian. My responsibility is only to guard the tomb, I start at 6 a.m. and finish at 5:30 p.m.”
Huo Tingdong said, “The ashes of a close relative of mine were buried in West Suburb Cemetery, but now they have been switched with someone else’s. I want to know the truth, which is why I’ve asked you all here.”
An old man in an old shirt looked surprised, “How could that be? Sir, you look like a wealthy man, a big boss perhaps! If you have money, aren’t cemetery plots easy to buy? West Suburb Cemetery, being particularly remote and desolate, would only have the ashes of the dearly departed from poor families buried there. Why else would they be there?”
Huo Tingdong was taken aback.
Mo Ke asked, “Old man, you don’t need to ask so much. On the way here, I also asked about the management system of West Suburb Cemetery. There can’t be just one Tomb Guardian for such a big cemetery, right?”
The janitor said, “A decade or so ago, there was an office, and there was a cemetery administration where registration and fees could be paid for burial. However, due to restructuring and some issues, the office was shut down, and the original workspace was turned into living quarters. Usually, there are only two or three Tomb Guardians, sometimes even just one.”
“Yeah, the cemetery is so desolate, transportation is inconvenient; no subway, no bus. There used to be a direct bus, but even that service was cancelled.”
“We really have no idea about the ashes being switched. We’re daytime workers, and people go there during the day. Well, it’s such a big cemetery; there are those who go to tend graves, those who steal offerings, but exchanging ashes happens too, we have heard. But, these days, who are these grave robbers? They’re desperate criminals, and they usually come at night. How could an old chap like me dare to interfere?”
“1800 yuan a month to guard such a huge cemetery. If we weren’t living nearby, we wouldn’t possibly go there to find work.”
“Yeah, after the village was demolished, I quit too.”
The old men conversed in a lively manner.
Mo Ke cautiously observed Huo Tingdong, gauging his reaction.
Huo Tingdong gently massaged his forehead, his complexion not looking too good.
“So, you’re just the doorkeepers, and you know nothing else, correct?”
“Yes. That cemetery, apart from a surveillance camera at the entrance that is always malfunctioning, such a large mountain, if someone wanted to steal ashes and lift a lid, who’d notice?”
Huo Tingdong said, “Mo Ke, arrange for someone to take them back.”
Mo Ke nodded.
After sending the old men off and returning, Huo Tingdong was still sitting on the sofa, deep in thought.
Mo Ke asked, “Mr. Huo, how do we handle this matter next? Should we continue the investigation?”
