The prison gates opened.

Han Zhiyuan, whose temples were graying, came out.

The blinding sunlight made it impossible for him to open his eyes.

He was sentenced to life imprisonment for crimes including commercial fraud, illegal land hoarding, money laundering, and hiring someone to commit murder. During his imprisonment, he received a sentence reduction due to good behavior.

After serving more than a decade in prison, he was finally released early.

He only had six months left before he fell ill at the age of fifty-three.

He looked out at the empty prison gates; no one came to pick him up.

The past glory seems like a fleeting cloud, almost unreal.

During his more than ten years of imprisonment, not a single person came to visit him in prison.

His heart was filled with resentment.

His children, his elderly mother, his wife, and his lovers all abandoned him when he fell on hard times.

Although he implicated Song Qiuxue back then, he ultimately took the blame for most of the crimes in order to protect Song Qiuxue and her child.

Logically speaking, Song Qiuxue should have been released from prison long ago.

Over the years, she has never brought their children to visit him.

Han Zhiyuan hailed a taxi and returned to Hanjiacun.

Today, every household in Hanjiacun has built a two-story house, and it is no longer the Hanjiacun of the past where every household had a tiled house.

The children playing on the road tilted their heads curiously, none of them recognizing the elderly man with gray hair.

Han Zhiyuan found his home by relying on his memory.

A few dilapidated tile-roofed houses stand out awkwardly between the two-story buildings of their neighbors on both sides.

Vegetables have grown in the vegetable garden in the yard.

"Mom, I'm home!"

He pushed open the broken gate and searched the yard, but there was no one home.

The door to the main room was locked.

The two wooden doors were in disrepair over the years, and one of them was already somewhat broken.

The walls and doors were covered in spider webs.

This place looks like it's been uninhabited for a long time.

The elderly woman next door, in her fifties, craned her neck to look into the yard.

Just as Han Zhiyuan turned around, the old lady recognized him. "You're Han Zhiyuan, aren't you?"

Han Zhiyuan also recognized the old lady; she was Wang Erniang's daughter-in-law, the neighbor next door.

It's been over twenty years since I last saw you; you've both aged.

"You're out?"

"Yes, they were just released today," Han Zhiyuan replied. "Where are my mother and son? Do you know where they moved to? Where did my daughter marry?"

"You don't know anything?" the old woman asked. "Your mother passed away seven or eight years ago. After your accident, your second son dropped out of school and went to work. He disappeared not long after. Your third daughter also... Sigh! What a tragedy!"

The old lady told Han Zhiyuan about his family's situation.

The second son dropped out of school to work and then went missing.

The third girl started wearing makeup and dyeing her hair when she was a teenager, and she skipped school to hang out with Huang Mao all the time. Later, she had a big fight with Han's mother and ran away from home.

Some say he went to work in another city.

Some say she ran off with the blond guy.

Some say she was abducted to the mountains and married off to an old bachelor.

She didn't come back even after her mother passed away.

As for the fourth daughter, she was not his biological daughter.

Wang Yunyun switched her premature daughter with Song Dazhuang's granddaughter years ago. She was very indifferent to Han Xiaosi, the girl she got, and did not raise her properly.

When he divorced Wang Yunyun, Wang Yunyun deliberately did not want custody of the child because she knew he was not her biological son.

Wang Yunyun later remarried to a wealthy businessman in the county. More than ten years ago, Song Dazhuang's granddaughter was admitted to a university in another city. Wang Yunyun then took Han Xiaosi, who had dropped out of school before finishing elementary school, to Song Dazhuang's house to exchange the two children.

Tang Suxiang was so angry that she collapsed on the spot and died of illness not long after.

Han Xiaosi had no feelings for her biological parents. Later, she married and moved to another place. None of her relatives on her side of the family were notified, and no one knew where her husband's family was.

His biological daughter with Wang Yunyun was taken to the county town by Wang Yunyun.

Wang Yunyun remarried to a wealthy businessman in the county town who was more than 30 years older than her and had passed away ten years ago. Wang Yunyun and the businessman had two sons. She did not get along well with her daughter-in-law, so in a fit of anger, she moved to the city where her daughter was studying at university.

She said her daughter married well, and she was very happy in her daughter's home; her son-in-law treated her very well.

The old lady only knew the city where Wang Yunyun and her daughter lived.

However, the exact address is unclear.

Han Zhiyuan visited his deceased mother's grave and learned the address of Wang Yunyun and her daughter from Song Hanwen.

He will be paralyzed in six months.

He needs someone to take care of him.

Han Zhiyuan took a long-distance bus to the city where Wang Yunyun and her daughter lived, and found their residence according to the address given to him by Song Hanwen.

Wang Yunyun's daughter is named Wang Baofeng, and her husband is a manager at a company.

Their lives are quite comfortable.

Wang Baofeng gave birth to a son for her husband, who doted on her and entrusted her with all his salary, treating her with utmost devotion.

When Han Zhiyuan came looking for them, it was right after the family had celebrated their child's fifth birthday at the hotel and were driving home.

Wang Yunyun saw Han Zhiyuan lingering at the entrance of the residential area, but didn't recognize him at first.

After the group got off the bus, the little grandson ran around playing with balloons and accidentally bumped into Han Zhiyuan.

"Oh my, my darling, slow down!" Wang Yunyun, dressed in sparkling jewelry, chased after him with a smile.

Han Zhiyuan looked at the five-year-old boy and muttered, "He looks like me."

As Wang Yunyun approached, about to pull her grandson away, Han Zhiyuan suddenly grabbed her wrist.

Before Wang Yunyun could scream for help, Han Zhiyuan said, "Wife, it's me."

It took Wang Yunyun more than ten seconds to recognize Han Zhiyuan.

Back then, Han Zhiyuan swindled her out of the jewelry in the semi-basement that her grandfather had left her, and also cheated on her, forcing her to divorce him.

The two had a very ugly falling out over these issues back then.

She had long hated Han Zhiyuan.

She grabbed her grandson and started to leave.

"Wife, I'm out of prison. I've thought about you every day these past few years. Let's remarry."

"Fuck you, get away from me!"

Wang Yunyun angrily pulled her grandson away.

Seeing that something was wrong, Wang Baofeng, the daughter, came over. "Mom, what's wrong? Who is this person?"

Although she was Han Zhiyuan's biological fourth daughter, she was switched at birth by Wang Yunyun and given to Song Hanwen. Later, Han Zhiyuan and Wang Yunyun divorced, and then Han Zhiyuan went to prison.

Therefore, she had no impression of Han Zhiyuan.

"I don't know him." Wang Yunyun pulled her grandson away.

Han Zhiyuan didn't want to miss the chance for father and daughter to recognize each other. "Feng'er, it's me, I'm your father."

Wang Yunyun retorted angrily, "Have you cared about your daughter all these years? Now that you're old, you finally think about her?"

"Feng'er, I've missed you and your mother so much all these years. Give me a chance, let me spend the rest of my life making it up to you and your mother," Han Zhiyuan said sincerely, tears welling up in his eyes.

"Mom, I'll listen to you. If you want me to acknowledge him, I will; if you don't want me to, I won't." Wang Baofeng passed the ball to her biological mother, Wang Yunyun.

This would both demonstrate filial piety and allow him to refuse to acknowledge Han Zhiyuan.

Wang Yunyun felt that her daughter was closer to her.

No matter how much Han Zhiyuan cried, apologized, or repented, Wang Yunyun ignored him.

After the son-in-law parked the car in the underground garage, he came out to meet them.

Han Zhiyuan saw that his son-in-law treated Wang Yunyun very well, calling her "Mom" at every turn; anyone who didn't know better would think they were mother and son.

For the next two weeks, Han Zhiyuan kept contacting Wang Yunyun, proposing to remarry her.

She even went to her grandson's kindergarten to pick him up and take him home.

He even went to Wang Yunyun's home and knelt down to apologize.

After being rebuffed by Wang Yunyun, he went to his daughter to try and reunite with her.

Enraged, Wang Yunyun made a phone call and berated him mercilessly, forbidding him from getting close to her daughter and grandson.

Just as Han Zhiyuan was trying to find a way to remarry Wang Yunyun, he discovered that Wang Yunyun had a boyfriend.

He rushed up and started fighting with the other person, claiming that he was Wang Yunyun's husband.

The other party assumed Wang Yunyun was divorced and single, and left angrily upon learning she had a husband.

Han Zhiyuan knew he didn't have much time left; he had to remarry Wang Yunyun as soon as possible.

Even a cornered dog will jump over a wall, and a cornered rabbit will bite.

He began threatening Wang Yunyun, saying that she either had to remarry him or he would tell her son-in-law about her and her daughter's secret.

What secrets do I have with my daughter?

"Do you think I don't know what they did back then? If my son-in-law knew about that, would he still accept Baofeng?"

Wang Yunyun panicked, "Do you have any evidence? If you keep spouting nonsense, I'll sue you for defamation!"

“Of course I have evidence,” Han Zhiyuan said, making a desperate gamble. “I had everything arranged before I came. Baofeng has a disabled child, an orphan in town…”

Wang Yunyun interrupted excitedly: "Han Zhiyuan, Baofeng is your own daughter, are you going to ruin your own daughter?"

“I don’t want to ruin Baofeng’s life. I just want to remarry. I’m old now, and all I want to do is live with you, our daughter and son-in-law, and enjoy playing with our grandchildren every day. That will satisfy me.”

"Give me a few days to think about it," Wang Yunyun relented.

"I'm giving you three days. Either we become one family, or we die together!"

That evening, Han Zhiyuan was hit and thrown into the air by a speeding car when he went out to pick up his takeout.

The car driver saw in the rearview mirror that Han Zhiyuan was not dead, got up from the ground, immediately reversed the car, stepped on the gas again, and rammed into Han Zhiyuan again.

Han Zhiyuan was so frightened that he scrambled over the guardrail, and the next second the car crashed head-on into it.

If he had been even half a second slower, he would have been run over and killed by the car.

The car driver opened the door, took out a hammer he had prepared beforehand, and intended to kill Han Zhiyuan.

"Help...help me..."

Han Zhiyuan was so frightened that he ran away as fast as he could.

Just as the car driver was about to catch up with the hammer, a patrol car happened to pass by and almost hit Han Zhiyuan, who was running around.

"Help……"

Han Zhiyuan patted the patrol car and pointed at the sedan driver.

"Someone is trying to kill me!"

Upon seeing the patrol car, the car driver quickly hid the hammer and hurriedly turned and left.

The patrol car noticed something was wrong and immediately gave chase.

The car driver jumped over the guardrail, got into the car, stepped on the gas, and sped away.

The police car behind them gave chase.

Han Zhiyuan was frightened and, without even eating, turned around and ran back to the hotel.

Right at the hotel entrance, I was accidentally bumped by a passerby.

He didn't pay any attention.

I noticed by chance that my clothes had turned red.

There were drops of red liquid on the clothes.

He touched his neck and found a cut on it, from which blood was gushing out. He then collapsed to the ground.

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In a daze, Han Zhiyuan opened his eyes.

When the nurses made their rounds, they found that he was awake.

Tell him that he has been in a coma for almost a week.

Fortunately, someone staying at the hotel found him in time and called an ambulance, which saved his life.

Police received a call from the hospital informing them that Han Zhiyuan had woken up, so they came to take his statement.

The person who hit him with his car a week ago has been caught.

But the other party said they didn't know him and that he was hallucinating from smoking marijuana.

The suspect who slashed his throat with a razor blade has not yet been apprehended.

"Have you offended anyone recently?" the police asked.

Han Zhiyuan had guessed that Wang Yunyun wanted to kill him from the moment he was hit by the car.

Since she is heartless, don't blame him for being unjust.

"It was my ex-wife who tried to kill me to cover it up!"

Han Zhiyuan revealed that Wang Baofeng and her half-brother had a disabled child, which led Wang Yunyun to threaten to silence him.

The police started their investigation from this breakthrough and finally found some clues.

Wang Yunyun was taken away for interrogation.

She was taken aback at first, then readily admitted it.

Upon hearing the news, the son-in-law, who was on a business trip out of town, immediately returned to handle the situation and even contacted a lawyer, hoping to do everything he could to save his mother-in-law.

Wang Baofeng broke down in tears before him, recounting the wrong things she had done in her youth in a completely distorted and fabricated manner.

Blaming everyone else for their mistakes.

After hearing her story, her husband not only didn't blame her, but felt even more sorry for her.

The father, Han Zhiyuan, had been threatening them with this matter, and the mother, Wang Yunyun, resorted to this desperate measure to protect her.

Wang Baofeng thought that her father, Han Zhiyuan, had no more leverage against her, so she was able to continue living her comfortable life in peace.

My husband is frequently sent on business trips to other places.

I spend 360 out of 365 days a year on business trips.

That day, he was sent on another business trip to another city.

I suddenly received a photo on my phone.

The photo shows his wife and his boss making love on his bedroom bed.

The car heading to the airport immediately turned around.

More than half an hour later, he returned home, kicked open the door, and saw his wife and boss lying naked in bed, embracing each other.

Wang Baofeng did not expect her husband to return suddenly.

"Weren't you supposed to be away on a business trip? Why are you suddenly back...?"

The man angrily rushed up to her and slapped her, saying, "I work hard outside for this family, and this is how you treat me? How could you do this to me?"

Just as the man was about to strike, losing control of his emotions, he was kicked away by his boss.

"Why do you think I promoted you? To give you a raise and a promotion?"

"If it weren't for your wife making me happy, and you helping me raise my son, would I have promoted you?"

The boss beat Wang Baofeng's husband.

Wang Baofeng's husband, his face covered in bruises, burst into tears.

"Useless!" Wang Baofeng dropped the pretense and hugged her boss's neck, saying to her husband, "If I weren't pregnant with his child and afraid his wife would find out, do you think I would have fallen for you?"

"I went to great lengths to get your fiancée to break up with you."

Wang Baofeng's husband sobbed, "Is it because of you that my fiancée jumped off the building?"

Wang Baofeng said indifferently, "I just had someone take a few nude photos of her. She's just being overly sensitive and couldn't think straight, so she wanted to jump off a building. What does that have to do with me? I didn't hold a knife to her neck."

"I'll fight you to the death..." Wang Baofeng's husband was so angry that he got up and was about to rush up to fight, but was knocked down by his boss again with a punch.

"You dare bully my woman? You're asking for it!"

Wang Baofeng showed no remorse whatsoever for the beating her husband received.

She just enjoys stealing other people's husbands, boyfriends, and fiancés; she thinks that's what makes it fun.

She's had a habit of taking other people's things since she was little.

If you can't grab it, destroy it.

Taking it by force feels uninteresting.

She had actually grown tired of this husband a long time ago.

She initially took a liking to him for two reasons: one, to find a replacement to dispel his boss's wife's suspicions; and two, because he had a fiancée he was about to marry.

If it weren't for the fact that he has a fiancée, she wouldn't even consider him, this guy who's just taking over someone else's relationship!

"Mom, I'm home!" The five-year-old son was picked up by the nanny.

Pushing open the door, I saw my godfather naked, beating my own father.

Mom sat on the edge of the bed, holding a lighter to light a cigarette.

Seeing her son return, Wang Baofeng quickly stubbed out her cigarette, put on the image of a loving mother, hurriedly put on her nightgown, tied the sash, and led her son out.

"Godfather, please don't hit my dad!"

A five-year-old child rushed in and pushed his boss aside.

"I'm your real father!" He had long disapproved of his son calling other people "Dad."

That night, Wang Baofeng and her husband's boss were being intimate in their room, deliberately making a lot of noise so that the green-haired turtle in the next room could hear, just to disgust him.

A few days later, a heinous crime was reported on the television news.

A man killed his son, injured his wife and her lover, and then jumped off a building.

His wife's lover was also his boss.

This heinous case has caused a great uproar.

There are many posts online discussing this case.

Song Hanwen's eldest daughter works and lives in another city. She accidentally saw the discussion post online and directly exposed in the comments section that Wang Baofeng, who was slashed, was a mistress and, like her mother who was also a mistress, liked to steal other women's husbands.

Song Hanwen's eldest daughter disliked her younger sister, who had grown up with her and was pampered by her grandmother and parents.

She suffered a lot of injustices when she was a child because of her younger sister.

Later, when Aunt Wang Yunyun brought Han Xiaosi to the family to recognize her, the whole family learned that the beloved younger sister was not their own child. When Grandma fainted on the spot, she felt extremely happy.

I don't feel sorry for my biased grandma at all; I just think she deserves it!

Han Zhiyuan, dressed in a hospital gown, looked at his daughter, who was on the verge of death, lying in the hospital bed.

“If you had listened to your father and persuaded your mother to remarry him, you wouldn’t have ended up like this.”

"You still want to kill Dad to silence him? This is the price you'll pay!"

“The police have investigated everything, and your lover has confessed that you asked him to find someone to deal with me.”

Wang Baofeng looked at her father with excitement, realizing that she was his biological daughter!

How could he be so heartless?

Han Zhiyuan looked at his fourth daughter, who was so agitated, and realized that she was injured in such a state that he could no longer count on her to take care of him and support him in his old age.