853 Handover (1/2)

Liu Wenying stared at the urn, and the bat fell to the ground with a clang as tears swirled in her eyes.

A Hui hurriedly asked, ”Big Sister Wenying, what's wrong?”

”No, I'm okay…” Liu Wenying wiped the corner of her eyes and said with a forced smile, ”Xiao Zhang, I'm really sorry to have you come all the way here… You're already busy enough taking care of the two stores. You could've just given me a call or sent me a message, and I would have gone down myself. Why did you have to send it in person…?”

Zhang Zian said, ”I sent you a message, but you didn't reply. Since I was passing by the neighborhood, it was just on the way.”

”Right, I haven't returned the money to you yet…” Liu Wenying subconsciously touched her pocket. ”Ah, I forgot to bring my phone out… I'm sorry for bothering you.”

”It's okay, don't worry about that. It was just on the way… You don't look too well, why don't I send you back home?” Zhang Zian observed.

”Cough, okay then. I live in the unit just beside us.” Liu Wenying raised her hand and pointed.

Zhang Zian picked up the bat from the ground and turned back to smile at A Hui. He followed Liu Wenying into the corridor and took the elevator.

Liu Wenying opened the door with her key and said, ”I didn't know that there would be guests coming, so the house is very messy. I'm sorry for that… please come in.”

Zhang Zian replied with a few words of pleasantries and followed her into the house. He then leaned the bat against the wall by the door.

In fact, the house was not messy at all. Some of Yue Yue's toys were scattered on the ground and had not been cleaned up, but all families with children were basically all like that. Even if they were cleaned up, they would soon be thrown around again, so it didn't make a difference.

Aside from that, everything was well organized and it was clear that she was a diligent housewife.

”Take a seat anywhere. I don't have much to offer you, but let me make you a cup of tea…” Liu Wenying hurried into the kitchen.

”It's okay, there's no need to trouble you. I'll be leaving after a while,” Zhang Zian said, but she still insisted on making the tea.

No one else was at home, but looking at the toys on the ground, he could almost see Yue Yue playing in the house.

Zhang Zian noticed the cat food bowl, water bowl, litter tray, and cat nest still placed in the corner. Liu Wenying seemed to have not accepted the fact that her cat had died.

Liu Wenying came out with a tray and tea. On the tray was a bag of children's snacks. She said with an apology, ”There's nothing prepared in the house… We don't even have fruit. Please drink some water and have some snacks instead.”

Her eyes glanced over at the urn in Zhang Zian's hands as she spoke. When she saw it, her face looked even worse.

Zhang Zian solemnly handed the urn and cremation documents to her.

Her fingers trembled slightly as she held the urn in her arms like how she used to hold her cat. She stared at it blankly.

Zhang Zian silently took the tea and had a sip after blowing away the floating tea leaves.

Moments later, Liu Wenying slowly opened the urn.

There weren't many ashes in the urn, only a thin layer––cat's bones were not that big.

Something in the ashes shimmered.

She gently brushed the ashes at the surface with her fingers, revealing a thin collar with the metal nameplate that shimmered with a faint glow.

After she saw the collar and the nameplate, she finally couldn't hold it in anymore. She held the nameplate tightly in her hands and cried while hugging the urn. Her tears fell like rain.