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As she spoke, Granny Gu’s memory, following her words, drifted back to those days.

"I clearly remember, after He Zhilan returned from her ordeal at the Ghost Gate, when she woke up, we went to see her, tried to make her drop the case, even threatened her.

Do you remember the look in her eyes then?

Back then, I never understood, what was the despair in her sorrowful eyes all about?

" Granny Gu bitterly smiled, "Now I understand what she meant by restoring her life and owing nothing. Back then, with so many suspicious matters, why didn’t we pay more attention and investigate thoroughly? "

"God is punishing us, back then, we used our power to oppress, the one we hurt, was our Miss Zhilan." Gu Mother wept continuously, "My daughter~ my poor daughter~"

"Granny, Aunt, let’s focus on investigating first," Lan Li lowered his gaze, indeed, he couldn’t deny, the answer in his heart was exactly so.

Still, Lan Li wanted to investigate personally.

"He Teng is not in the military now, and no one knows where He Zhilan is, Lin Chan and the others know the truth, but surely won’t tell the truth.

Right now, there’s only one way to investigate, to go back to He Teng’s hometown," Lan Li said, "I’ll ask for a leave from the military and go personally. "

"I want to go too, I want to see the place where Zhilan grew up," Gu Mother urgently said, "I want to go to the place where she grew up, to see the place where she lived for so many years."

"Aunt, you better not go, I can go alone." Lan Li didn’t dare tell Gu Mother that the He Family’s conditions were poor, the He Family lived in a very remote and poor village, if indeed He Zhilan was Gu Zhilan, Gu Mother visiting the He Family’s old home would only bring her more pain.

"Go! We must go! We are all going!" Granny Gu said, "Don’t try to persuade us anymore, as long as I’m still breathing, even if I have to crawl, I will make it there!"

Lan Li looked towards Gu Hengyuan, somewhat unsure how to dissuade them.

Gu Hengyuan simply shook his head, "Go, let’s all go."

"Xiao’en said, He Zhilan went to the capital to attend university, and she’s still looking for her parents. She searched for a full thirteen years, while we..." Granny Gu wept like rain, "we, as her elders, as her relatives, merely searched for a few years and gave up on her so early."

In the hospital room, everyone was wiping their tears, even men like Gu Hengyuan and Lan Li had reddened eyes, Gu Hengyuan turned his head, even secretly wiping his tears.

Human hearts are contradictory, perhaps, at this very moment, they all hope that what Gu En said is the truth, yet also silently praying, hoping all these are lies fabricated by Gu En to deceive them.

Because, in this world, there is nothing more cruel than this truth.

It’s like a bone-scraping knife placed on human bones, at any moment, it’s about to slowly scrape through flesh and bone, making life unbearable.

The quiet mountain village, far from the city’s hustle, remained under a clear sky. The He Family of four was busy in the mountain fields.

Of course, He Zhilan, who was doted on by three men, was naturally not allowed to work in the fields.

She was half-lying on a large stone under the tree, fanning herself with sweet potato leaves, a conical hat on her forehead, wearing long sleeves and pants to avoid mosquito bites, occasionally lifting the conical hat from her face to look towards He Teng swinging his hoe to fertilize and weed the sweet potatoes.

In many glances, there were always one or two moments where their gazes tacitly met. Neither spoke, just mutually gazing briefly. He did not stop his task, just gently curving his lips towards her, beneath the conical hat, his face dripping with sweat like a waterfall, yet, utterly mesmerizing her.