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Unusual wedding at funeral parlor moved millions

2009-11-13 18:09 BJT

Zhang also developed an attachment to Yu. On that evening, he sent countless messages to her until dawned. They quickly fell in love with each other.

However parents thought that they were not well matched.

Yu, who is two years younger than Zhang, is from Sichuan Province, and is not likely to get a stable job. Zhang's parents thought that it would be terrible for their pampered and sick girl to marry a man who lives far away from their hometown.

Yu' s parents also disapproved. They could not comprehend why their loving son would marry a woman who had epilepsy and was older than their son.

However, parental disapproval did not stop their love. They kept in contact by calling each other every day, and met once a week. When Yu left the army in December 2008, their parents accepted their love.

Shortly after their engagement in April 2009, Yu's mother passed away from a heart attack. Zhang blamed her death on herself, because she thought that Yu's mother was busy preparing for their marriage and had exhausted herself. Yu and Zhang received their marriage certificate on August 6, which freed Yu from the pain of losing his mother. For him, it was the happiest moment of his life.

He has married the considerate and unique woman by law.

She passed away as the wedding ceremony approached

The second hand ticked. The watch around Yu's wrist is a lovers watch they bought on the day they got engaged.

They talked a lot the day they received the marriage certificate. Yu said that it would be best if their wedding ceremony was held in a resort or villa. In her wedding dress Zhang must be the most beautiful bride like an angel on the grass. He knew she would not object because she always followed his advice. She never complained even when they did not take pre-wedding photos she had been eager to have.

In fact, Yu had decided to have their wedding photos taken in Chengdu at the end of this year, when she would have graduated from school and could work in Sichuan. Together with him, they would really begin their life as a couple. Then, the grass and flowers can be seen everywhere in Chengdu. Standing anywhere in Chengdu, Zhang would be the most beautiful bride in her wedding dress. Perhaps she could do her own hair and make-up using the skills she learned at school.

He never considered that what he imagined would never be realized.

At 11pm on November 7, Zhang called Yu in Leshan, saying, "Do not dwell too much. Please come out of the shadows as soon as possible. Your mother also hopes that you become strong." Like usual, Yu reminded her to take her medicine on time and go to bed early.

Tragedy struck in a way he had never anticipated.

On the afternoon of November 8, Yu received a call from his father-in-law. At the other end of the line, his father-in-law's voice trembled a little, "Little Ying fell ill. We all arrived at her sister's home at 5am…… I don't know, you'd better come quickly." Hanging up the phone, Yu immediately rushed to the bus station while saying over and over to himself, "she cannot be seriously ill." He prepared to return to Chengdu, and then fly to Zhengzhou.

At 7:30pm, when he was still on the bus, his father-in-law called again and said "You should be prepared that she is dying."

He could not take in what his father-in-law said.

He did not see his loved one again until 6pm on November 9, when she lay in a crystal coffin in a funeral parlor. When his parents-in-law asked him what requirements he had, he originally hoped to bring her to their home in Chengdu, but he thought that maybe she would rather to stay peacefully in her hometown.