Dongmei, if you have seen this letter, I believe I am no longer alive. Please forgive me. Maybe I am no longer qualified to say this again.

I did one thing! One big thing.

That was when I set a fire and burned the Haitian Hotel, which I had worked for nearly 30 years. When the hotel was burning, I stood downstairs and looked at it expressionlessly. When the entire floor exploded, I turned around and walked away because I didn't dare to look anymore.

The facts and imagination are completely different! I did not see my expectations, but saw faces. These faces that I can see every day. These faces would call me Uncle Chen, Brother Chen or Old Chen intimately, would ask me about my well-being, would chat with me, cry with me, laugh with me, and experience the joys, sorrows and sorrows of life together.

It was only then that I realized that this place that I had worked for more than twenty-nine years was already a part of my life. Now I actually hurt it, it is still so big, so I was scared, I regret it, and I dare not face it anymore.

Finally, I walked away... I knew that regret was useless, the consequences had already arisen, what does regret mean to me?

After I went home tonight, it was the same as usual, but my heart was different because I knew that I had made a choice.

The choice is very simple, that is destruction. Since I destroyed the hotel, it means that I have also destroyed myself.

I know! You want to know the reason, why do I do this?

But I don't want to tell this reason! You may be able to guess it in the future because the truth cannot be stopped. But I don't want to use this ridiculous truth to defend my crime. If you are wrong, you are wrong. All defenses seem so ridiculous, pale and meaningless in the face of real mistakes.

Things have happened in the hotel! I will suffer bad consequences. Tonight will be my Yom Kippur Day! Perhaps the dark hell is my final destination.

Dongmei, all the above things are actually not what I want to tell you, I want to really tell you. I just want you to fulfill my wish!

That's to tell my daughter the truth!

I don't want her to leave this cruel world with the lies we weave.

If possible, please tell her...I love her.

Although I am not her biological father, I love her more than my biological father. I feel ashamed of not being able to fight for her life until the last moment. Perhaps it is this shame that has finally led me to this path of no return.

Dongmei, you were very beautiful when you were young. If it weren't for your physical defects, you wouldn't have married someone like me. I feel very happy to marry you.

Forget it, let's just write it! It's time to say goodbye...

Please don’t be sad. When you see me again, I should have been a cold corpse. I chose to give up my family, give up you, and give up my beloved daughter.

This is the first and last time, I want to tell you, don’t cry for me, because I’m not worthy.

Chen Zhicheng's ultimate writing

When Tan Dongmei saw this, her vision blurred instantly, and tears fell on the trembling paper, wetting her handwriting. Her heart seemed to be torn apart, shattered into pieces, floating in the endless darkness.

"Why do you tell me this!" Tan Dongmei trembled with tears on her face, and said with a sob: "I just want to know why you did this, but you didn't tell me. Chen Zhicheng, you are too cruel to me!"

Tan Dongmei was choking and in pain in the room. The sadness was soaked in the air, making the whole room immersed in grief...

"Dongdongdongdongdongdong!" A knock on the door...

Tan Dongmei hurriedly wiped the tears from her face when she heard the sound, tidied up her emotions, took a mirror to look at her face, then stood up, and opened the door with a cane... After the door opened, a girl with a very beautiful appearance appeared at the door.

"Mom, I'm back." Chen Wanting stood at the door, saw her mother opening the door, and immediately said with a smile.

"Xiaowan! Why are you back?" Tan Dongmei was slightly shocked when she saw her daughter appearing at the door.

"Mom, why did you forget it? My chemotherapy ended yesterday, but my dad didn't come to pick me up yesterday. I came back by myself today! By the way, my dad, is the unit very busy? His phone is always unavailable. No one answered the phone at home! Is it broken?" Chen Wanting walked into the house, took off her hat, showed her bald head, looked around, and said strangely.

"Uh... it might be broken! I said the phone has not been ringing these days. However, your father and his company are very busy these days. Maybe they are too busy, so they forget about your affairs. Since the chemotherapy is over, why don't you rest in the hospital for two more days and come back so soon." Tan Dongmei tried her best to control her emotions, but it still looked a little abnormal.

"No, the treatment fee is already very expensive. If the hospitalization fee can be saved, our family will have a lighter burden. Mom, if the chemotherapy effect is not good, I think it's better to forget it. I don't want to treat it anymore. My dad is too tired! After getting off work every day, he has to go out for odd jobs and sleep for a few hours a day. I feel so distressed!" Chen Wanting frowned and said weakly.

"What stupid things are you saying, kid! You are your dad and me. If I hadn't been you, I wouldn't have survived." Tan Dongmei said the sadness and tears flowed down her face involuntarily.

"Mom! Don't cry. It's all my fault. You raised me hard. Not only did I not respect you, I also made you sad. Mom, don't cry! Xiaowan was wrong." Chen Wanting burst into tears when she saw her mother crying.

"Silly girl! How can you blame you like this? If you want to blame, you blame your parents for being incompetent, otherwise you would not be able to suffer such a crime." Tan Dongmei said with a sob.

"mom!"

The two hugged each other and started crying...

...

A Mercedes-Benz car was parked among a group of low buildings.

Chen Shengnan looked at the old-fashioned red brick concrete building outside the car window, nodded and said, "It should be this! Let's go down! Wang Ding."

"Mr. Chen, why don't I go and take a look. Don't go up!" Wang Ding suddenly said.

"Why?" Chen Shengnan asked back.

"The main reason is that it is inconvenient! If his family knows, it will be that you, the boss, finally fired Lao Chen, which will lead to... You know! If his family speaks a little rudely, it will be so embarrassing." Wang Ding frowned.

"No, I want to go up and take a look. This matter is caused by me no matter how you say it. If you don't go and take a look, I'm not relieved." Chen Shengnan said.

"That's it... Otherwise, when you go up, don't mention that you are the general manager, and don't mention that Lao Chen was fired. Just say, you are the general logistics officer, come to your house to comfort me! You said that you have a good relationship, and this time you come to see what needs you need at home. Do you think?" You should know that what Wang Ding suggested makes sense, mainly because he was afraid that Chen Shengnan would urge to say that Lao Chen was fired himself, which caused all this. Then the family members could give up and fight on the spot.

At that time, I will be stuck in the middle, on one hand, on one hand, on one hand, on the other hand, an orphan and widowed mother whose husband has just died. Although I am a man, what's the use? Not to mention that I can't do it, even if I can do it, I can't do it myself...
Chapter completed!