"Brother Xiaoyi, what's wrong?"
Seeing Su Yi hadn't spoken for a long time, Chu Wan couldn't help but ask.
Su Yi stood still, hesitated for a long while, and finally sighed helplessly, saying,
"Chu Wan, I'll go with you to see your dad."
After speaking, he didn't wait for Chu Wan's response.
He quickly borrowed two umbrellas from the McDonald's staff, hailed a taxi downstairs, and headed straight with Chu Wan to the traffic police station location Gao Feng had sent him.
When the two of them had just arrived at their destination and got out of the car.
Chu Wan's phone rang.
The number that lit up on the phone screen was still the one she was very familiar with.
But after the call connected, the voice that came through was no longer the one she was very familiar with.
The accident handler at the traffic police station, after recovering the contact list, told her all the truth in a very calm voice, presenting all the facts that Su Yi couldn't bear to say, bit by bit, before her.
Chu Wan stood in the rain, listening quietly.
The umbrella silently slipped from her hand, landing right on the guide dog named 'Yuanbao', causing the puppy to bark twice.
And Chu Wan, without the protection of the umbrella, was completely exposed to the rain.
Dense raindrops fell from the dark sky, pouring onto her, quickly drenching her hair and clothes.
Su Yi had originally been walking ahead of her, but seeing she hadn't followed, he quickly turned back, tilted the umbrella in his hand over her head, shielding her from the pouring rain.
"Let's go, let's go inside first."
Su Yi didn't know how to comfort her at this moment, he just said softly.
Chu Wan gritted her teeth, holding back her tears, picked up the umbrella that had fallen to the ground, and walked forward with Su Yi.
Arriving at the traffic police station's accident processing center, the staff member was originally recounting the accident investigation results and the process recorded by surveillance video at the time of the accident in a very calm tone.
But when he finally learned that the true relative of the deceased was only the sixteen-year-old blind girl in front of him, his eyes couldn't help but redden slightly.
Half an hour later.
The two emerged from the traffic police station and went to the hospital to see Chu father one last time.
Chu Wan tightly gripped Chu father's already cold hand, large drops of tears fell, all landing on that cold hand, but she still held back from crying out loud, just holding her father's hand, for a very long time... unwilling to let go, as if as long as she didn't let go, her father hadn't left.
Then, the next day.
Su Yi found an agency that handled funerals to take care of Chu father's funeral arrangements.
At the same time, he also hired a lawyer to handle the related inheritance issues after Chu father's death.
Three more days passed after that.
After Chu father was buried, and the news of his death was reported to his workplace, when several colleagues from his workplace came to their door with IOUs, Su Yi and Chu Wan finally understood why Chu father had been working overtime every day recently and driving while fatigued, ultimately leading to the car accident.
That was because Chu father was desperately trying to earn money to cure Chu Wan's eyes.
Unsure of which colleagues at work he had believed, thinking it was easy to make money in the stock market, he borrowed money from several colleagues, added his meager savings, and bought stocks.
But who would have thought that after he bought the stocks, the market kept falling.
In the end, not only did he not make any money, but his savings were gone, and he lost a lot of the money he had borrowed from his colleagues.
Therefore, in order to repay this money as soon as possible, he would also take on another part-time job after getting off work, continuously increasing his working hours, which ultimately led to the final accident.
"Uncles, I will repay the money my dad owes,"
Chu Wan said, not avoiding her father's former colleagues who had come to their door.
"When I grow up and can earn money, I will definitely pay everyone back."
"Alas, lass, we know you're having a hard time,"
A middle-aged man holding an IOU sighed helplessly.
"But in these times, who isn't struggling? The money we lent your dad was hard-earned money. When your dad was still around, everyone had hope and trusted your dad's credit and character, so we didn't rush him, believing he would repay it sooner or later. But now that your dad is gone..."
"Xiao Wan, we uncles have no choice. You tell us, if we don't ask you for this money... who else should we ask?"
"We uncles didn't come to force you to repay the money; as long as you, Xiao Wan, acknowledge that this debt exists between us and your dad, that's enough."
Chu Wan listened to their words, and for a moment, had no way to retort.
Paying debts is only right and proper.
With her father gone, all the responsibilities he left behind naturally fell on her shoulders.
Whether she could bear them or not, these... were all matters of course.
"Then... after I sell my dad's house, I'll pay back the money to you uncles, okay?"
Chu Wan was silent for a long time before speaking firmly.
"Alas, lass, that's not what we meant."
The middle-aged man who had spoken earlier looked at Chu Wan, thinking of his own daughter, and ultimately couldn't bear it.
"Never mind, I shouldn't have come this trip."
With that, he turned to leave.
"How much did Uncle Chu owe everyone in total?"
Su Yi looked at the scene before him, thought for a moment, and said,
"I will fully honor all the IOUs in your hands. From now on, this debt will have nothing to do with any of you."
The few people who had come looked at Su Yi in great surprise, completely unprepared for someone to voluntarily step forward to assume the debt at that moment.
"It's not much money, actually, just 35,000."
"I have 30,000 here."
"I have 42,000 here."
"I have a total of 50,000 yuan here, but a while ago, Old Chu already repaid 12,000, so now there's 38,000 left."
The few people didn't ask about Su Yi's identity; after all, it had nothing to do with them.
As long as someone was willing to assume the debt and fulfill the promise on the IOU, then... who fulfilled the promise didn't matter to them at all.
Su Yi checked the IOUs, signatures, and red seals in their hands.
While everyone waited, he called the lawyer he had previously hired to handle Chu father's estate, paid the debts in person, and had everyone sign a clearance certificate.
Everyone took the money and immediately dispersed.
"Brother Xiaoyi, thank you. When I earn money, I will definitely pay you back."
After the debt collectors left, Chu Wan gently knelt down towards Su Yi.
Su Yi noticed Chu Wan's action, and before her body could fully descend, he quickly helped her up, smiling,
"In this world, other than your parents, there's no need to kneel to anyone. Chu Wan, don't worry, in the future... everything will be fine."
"Mm!" Chu Wan gently nodded.
Suddenly, the feigned strength she had maintained for days finally gave way.
She collapsed into Su Yi's arms and cried uncontrollably.
(End of Chapter)
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