Hannet News (reporter Wang Zhen, correspondent Wei Qitaio) - Yesterday at 3 pm, in a two-bedroom, one-living room apartment in an old residential building at No.57 Zhongnan Road in Wuchang, a ten square meter living room was filled with electric rice cookers, soybean milk machines and other small appliances. Seven or eight people were surrounding a middle-aged woman who looked haggard, selecting goods and making payments. This was the last charity buying event organized by netizens of Deyi.com. The website's small appliance seller Chengcheng (nickname), aged 27, had just passed away. That middle-aged woman was his mother.
"I've gone to another place"
80s girl Wang Jing was the main organizer of the charity buying event. She said that Chengcheng (real name Chen Yin) had been posting on the home appliance section of Deyi.com. His posts were very popular, selling small appliances and home appliance gifts. Due to good quality and reasonable prices, honest business practices, and good after-sales service, he had won a great reputation online over the past five years.
She had known him for two years. She remembered the first time she bought goods from him; she wanted a four-inch rice cooker, Chengcheng quoted 75 yuan, but she bargained with him online, hoping for a cheaper price. Unexpectedly, he really dropped the price to 68 yuan and included free delivery. She knew this deal could only make him a few yuan profit. Later, when they met and chatted, she found out that he was indeed a very sincere young man, and also had big dreams. Chengcheng said he planned to buy an affordable housing unit and dreamed of owning a Beetle car.
On September 11, a netizen posted on Deyi.com saying that Chengcheng's QQ signature suddenly changed to: "I've gone to another place." Everyone was puzzled, what did it mean? Because on the 9th, Chengcheng was still active online. Later, they discovered that Chengcheng's QQ name had changed to "Chengcheng's mom". Netizens chatted with "Chengcheng's mom" and learned that Chengcheng had passed away due to a sudden asthma attack on the 10th. In no time, the bad news spread rapidly online, shocking both acquaintances and strangers, making them feel sorrowful and teary-eyed.
200 Netizens Bought Over 30,000 Yuan Worth of Remaining Goods
Wang Jing said that the first charity buying event was set for the afternoon of September 16. Dozens of people had registered beforehand, but on that day, the weather suddenly turned cold, yet seven or eight people still showed up. The number of participants increased during the subsequent events. Some bought rice cookers, pressure cookers, others bought a few LED lights. It was estimated that within a week, over 200 netizens bought more than 30,000 yuan worth of goods.
Yesterday afternoon, at Chengcheng's home, I saw several middle-aged women picking goods and making payments. Upon inquiry, their children were Chengcheng's netizens. "Our children are about the same age as Chengcheng. Knowing something like this happened, we parents must be deeply saddened," they said.
Chengcheng's mother Gu Lianzhen said that after her son's incident, she realized how much popularity he had gained outside. These days, many people left messages online: "Chengcheng's mom, stay strong." She remembered a young man who came with his girlfriend to buy things. They said they had just started working and rented a house outside, didn't have much money, so they could only buy a little bit. This sentence made Ms. Gu burst into tears.
"Never Seen Such a Filial Child!"
Chengcheng's parents had been laid off for many years, his grandparents were 80 years old and not in good health. The parents earned 1200 yuan per month delivering milk, plus Chengcheng's online sales, which barely covered the family's living expenses.
Ms. Gu said that Chengcheng had suffered from asthma for many years. At 4:50 pm on September 10, only Chengcheng and his grandparents were at home. Chengcheng suddenly struggled to breathe and was in extreme discomfort. He endured the pain and managed to call his father: "I'm almost gone, please come save me." Five minutes later, his father rushed back, finding Chengcheng collapsed in the corner, his face turning blue, and his breathing very weak. On the way to the hospital for emergency treatment, the child's hands and feet were cold. Ms. Gu dared not think too much. However, when the child was wheeled out of the emergency room, her worst fear became reality, causing her to faint immediately.
Chen Shaochi, Chengcheng's father, 55 years old, was a very kind-hearted man. Speaking of his son, he couldn't help but burst into tears. "My son was like a daughter, never seen such a filial child! Whenever he wasn't out delivering goods, he would help the elders wash clothes at home, even washing my clothes, always saying that we worked hard delivering milk early in the morning and should rest more when we got home."
"Son was always busy, rarely went out to play. This time, we wanted to find a life photo from his computer and USB drive to use as a posthumous portrait, but couldn't find any. In the end, we had to take a picture from his ID card." Mom said. "The 26th of this month would have been Chengcheng's 27th birthday. Unfortunately, he will never return." The shock was too much for the grandparents, leaving them mentally confused these days.
These days, there are still uninformed netizens looking for Chengcheng on QQ to buy goods. Ms. Gu painstakingly learned pinyin typing within a few days, slowly replying one character at a time: "Son has passed away, please pick up the goods yourself." Kind-hearted netizens left messages in the QQ group announcement: "Chengcheng's mom continues Chengcheng's business, everyone please support!" They also sent her a writing board and installed it...
6000 Netizens Bless Chengcheng:
"Good Brother, Rest in Peace"
After the post soliciting charity buying was published online, netizens from all over the country clicked and replied. By 5 pm yesterday, the click rate reached 6514 times.
A female netizen said that within two years, she had bought many things from Chengcheng. Regardless of how heavy the item or how cheap the price, he would always deliver it. Every time, they would chat a bit, and in his words, he was a very filial child, often mentioning his grandparents, parents, thinking that the elders worked hard and wanted to share their burdens! Chengcheng once said that his wish was to save money to buy a car so he wouldn't have to ride his small electric scooter to deliver goods! Find a loving wife and live a stable life. "I didn't know he had asthma, if I had known, I definitely wouldn't have let him carry such heavy things for me, I would have advised him to work less and pay more attention to his health."
Another male netizen said that he learned from previous chats that Chengcheng's family situation wasn't very good, but he worked so hard without ever complaining, and was very sincere. Good brother, rest in peace!
More netizens posted messages—
"Yunyun8638": Seeing that I was a girl who couldn't carry it, he helped me carry it. After carrying it, he was panting heavily, scaring me to death. Then he said he had asthma... Now thinking about it, I really feel guilty.
"Xiaomaomao": Wishing Chengcheng a peaceful journey! Chengcheng's mom and dad, please live strongly...