Wang Wangdu, crying, replied: "He wasn't lost, he... he's gone. The hospital called to say that during the morning rounds, the old gentleman had already passed away. The body was cold and stiff; he had been gone for quite a while."
Yang Chen felt a weight in his chest, unable to breathe freely, and said: "Alright, I understand. I'll head over there immediately to take a look."
After hanging up the phone, Yang Chen exhaled deeply and hurried to the hospital.
At the hospital, Guo Minghai's body had already been moved to the morgue.
Yang Chen was still unwilling to accept it until he saw it with his own eyes.
According to the doctor, Guo Minghai passed peacefully without any disturbances. The nurse checked on him just after four and he was still breathing, but during the morning shift change, they found he had already grown cold.
