Chapter 531 - A Debt I Owed You from Our Past Life (1) (1/2)

Translator: Noodletown Translated  Editor: Noodletown Translated

“He drank rat poison. I really think that Yang overreacted. Not having children is miserable, but the government will take good care of him. I already helped him apply for the low-income welfare assistance, and he would be able to receive an allowance every month. There’s always a way to solve small problems, but he went down the wrong chute and killed himself instead. We’re all really sad about it.” The head of the village showed hints of sorrow.

“Why would he drink rat poison though? Has an autopsy been done? Are you sure that it was suicide and not murder?” Huo Mian, who was in disbelief, asked a few key questions.

The head of the village was confused by her questions. “Murder? That’s impossible, it had to be suicide.”

“How can you be so sure?” Qin Chu asked.

“Because he went into town to buy rat poison. The owner there already admitted to it. He said that his house was rat-infested, so he needed rat poison. Who knew that he would drink it…” Then, the head of the village sighed heavily.

Qin Chu and Huo Mian looked at each other, coming into tacit agreement…

“Has his niece been back since his death?” Qin Chu remembered that his niece was Uncle Yang’s only relative.

“I told her, but I don’t think she’s coming back.”

“Why not?” Huo Mian probed.

“To tell you the truth, Yang went to the south a long time ago, and we all thought it was for retirement. However, we heard that his niece and his nephew-in-law got divorced because the latter had an affair, and so his niece, along with two daughters, had no choice but to marry into another family. However, her new family said that they could take care of her children, but not her uncle. They were also really strict and wouldn’t even give her money to travel up here, so I don’t think she’ll be coming. Yang’s body is still in the freezer at the health center, and tomorrow morning we’re going to get him cremated. He didn’t have money, so the villagers all chipped in for his cremation. I really do feel sorry for him.”

Now Qin Chu and Huo Mian understood why Uncle Yang suddenly came back to the north.

His niece’s first marriage broke down, and she married someone else. There was no room left for him in her new family, and Uncle Yang didn’t want to ruin his niece’s new marriage, so he came back to the north alone. But still, there wasn’t a reason as to why he committed suicide as soon as he got back.

His life back here would’ve been fine; the country gives single-dwelling seniors enough to live with.

Yet, he committed suicide a week after returning; it didn’t really make much sense to Huo Mian.

“Sir, did he get an autopsy?”

“Yeah, he died from ingesting rat poison.”