Chapter 172

Chapter 172: Editor Wei’s Funeral Wake Begins!

Today .

Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery .

Today was Comrade Wei Jianguo’s memorial service . It was also the day of his cremation . Perhaps the Heavens were also touched . The skies were filled with gloomy clouds and a light drizzle fell like the Heavens were weeping .

Zhang Ye drove uphill and found a place to park . He saw many people around him and thought that they were here for someone else’s memorial, that they were relatives and family of someone else . But when he heard them talk, he realized that more than half of these people were here for Editor Wei .

Two people were talking .

“Friend . ”

“Yes? What’s the matter?”

“Is Father Wei’s memorial service here?”

“Yes . You need to go further uphill . You are Old Wei’s . . ?”

“No one . I am just a member of society . I was touched by Father Wei’s deeds and would like to say a last goodbye to him . I would like to donate some money to his family as well . His daughter has to carry on living and all those children are still in need of help . I just want to do something for them . ”

“Oh, then let me thank you on behalf of Old Wei’s daughter . ”

“No need . He was too inspiring . I should thank Father Wei instead . ”

Donation?

To help Editor Wei’s family?

Yet Zhang Ye knew that what they needed now was not money, but a fair judgment . This was more important than anything and Zhang Ye was here today to fight for Editor Wei’s justice!

“Teacher Zhang!” someone shouted for him from the back .

Zhang Ye turned around and saw Hou Ge and Hou Di with Xiao Lu and Dafei, “You guys are here, too?”

“It’s Uncle Wei’s memorial service . How could we not come?”

Hou Ge was consoling her at the side, “Uncle Wei was such a good person . He would surely go to heaven . I hope he will be better when he is there . ”

Xiao Lu sniffed, “That’s for sure, but… . But, I just can’t forgive this! Uncle Wei was driven to his death! Why was no one held responsible?”

Hou Di suppressed his anger, “Wang Shuixin is the Leader . Who could do anything to him?”

Dafei said, “These few days, I have been exposing Wang Shuixin’s deeds online, but the posts were always deleted . I’m so frustrated!”

Hou Ge said, “They are sealing our mouths! Just like they sealed Teacher Zhang’s mouth in the previous incident!”

At this moment, a lot of people carrying camera equipments came from behind . Some newspaper journalists carrying their cameras also hurried up the hill .

Seeing them, Xiao Lu said, “I heard that our station’s news channel has a live broadcast of the memorial when it starts!”

Hou Ge had a fright, “What are you intending to do?”

Xiao Lu said hatefully, “When we exposed the news online, no one paid attention or the comments got deleted . For the live broadcast, if we expose everything, they can’t delete it . Won’t the rest of society care then? To give Uncle Wei a final assurance? To pull down Wang Shuixin?”

Dafei hurriedly said, “Don’t you mess around!”

Hou Di said, “Right, that’s a live broadcast! Don’t you want to work in the television station anymore?”

Zhang Ye said, “Xiao Lu, don’t even think about it . Don’t mess around . ” Actually, he had already decided . Dirty work? Unpleasant work? Leave it all to him, “Let’s go . We are going uphill!”

On the hill .

The media reporters and cameras were already in place .

“The setting has all been adjusted?”

“There’s still a little more . I’m almost done . ”

“Hurry! Today’s a live broadcast! Nothing can go wrong!”

“I understand . It will be done immediately!”

“Remember: don’t make any mistakes! It has to go smoothly!”

The reporters were all busy . Some had already entered the memorial hall . It was a very large hall .

Uncle Wei’s family had not been able to afford such a big memorial hall, or even hold a memorial at all . But because the incident had attracted so much attention in society, no one knew if someone had donated the funds or whether Babaoshan had even charged for the event . This was how they ended up with a big hall for the memorial event .

Suddenly, a group of people came uphill!

In droves, about 200 children entered . They were accompanied by their parents, totaling to around 300 people . They were all dressed in black!

“It’s the children!”

“The children who were helped by Uncle Wei?”

“Quick, let’s get an interview . Bring the camera!”

The reporters were all excited and quickly went over in groups of three or five .

At the side, when the people who came to attend the memorial saw this, they were feeling shocked . This whole group of people, the children and their parents who were dressed in black, had their lives touched by Editor Wei? Seeing such a large number of people, it didn’t seem like anyone had given the wake a miss! Maybe Editor Wei did not put this at heart or maybe he did not even know which child he had helped before . But… All of the children had remembered him! The children would never forget him, for he had rescued them when they had nowhere else to turn to . Father Wei had reached out his old pair of hands to them in their time of need!

It was almost time .

The children and their parents did not give any interviews, but went straight into the memorial hall . Many of them were crying as they walked in . This made the mood even more solemn and sorrowful .

“Let’s go inside . ” Hou Ge said .

Dafei nodded, “Let’s go . Brother Hu and the colleagues from the television station are already inside . ”

Xiao Lu also followed along, walking a few steps before turning her head around, “Teacher Zhang, aren’t you going in?”

Zhang Ye stood at this spot, not moving, “You guys go on in first . I can’t stand the mood inside . I will have a smoke out here first . Don’t wait for me . ”

Hou Ge sighed, “Alright then . ”

After they left, Zhang Ye no longer kept away from the rain . He stood in the drizzle and lit up a cigarette . When the cigarette was extinguished by the rain, he would light another stick . He didn’t hold an umbrella .

The people arrived one by one .

At last, Zhang Ye saw Wang Shuixin and his secretary arriving from a distance not too far away . There were a few people beside him as well . Seeing how they looked, he guessed that they must be the television station’s Leaders!

The television station’s Leader went in first .

Wang Shuixin and his secretary stayed outside to have a smoke and did not notice Zhang Ye behind them not too far away .

He heard Wang Shuixin saying, “My newly composed poem, did you bring it to them?”

“I have already brought it over there,” the secretary said . “I passed it to the program team last night, informing them that we will be using it at the next program . That program’s ratings are quite good, so there would surely be an effect . Your poem was too well written . Every one of them is a classic . ”

Wang Shuixin nodded, “Don’t bootlick . Hur hur . Let’s go . ”

Extinguishing the cigarette butts, the two of them went inside to the memorial hall . They were smiling as they talked, giving no consideration to Editor Wei’s death . Not only that, they even looked like they were happy!

Zhang Ye’s heart was now cold . Even at this time, you can still laugh? Still thinking about your reputation? Fine! I want to see how long your reputation can last!

With a step, Zhang Ye started walking towards the memorial hall!

His purpose today was to bring that guy down with him!