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In his arms, Song Ning's breathing was even and shallow, but her brows were furrowed. Shen Yuxiu gently stroked her brow with his fingertips until she relaxed, then slowly got up, closed the door, and left.

Shen Yuxiu went to the restaurant to get the first-aid kit and returned to his room.

Blood congealed on his arm, and his clothes stuck to his skin. Shen Yuxiu ripped his clothes off, as if in self-torture or punishment.

When the clothes were taken off, beads of blood seeped from the arm.

After quickly tidying himself up and changing into some clothes, Shen Yuxiu headed towards Shen Xiaoyue's room.

Shen Xiaoyue, wearing reading glasses, leaned against the headboard of the master bedroom, holding a copy of "War and Peace" in his hand. His usually calm eyes revealed an unshakeable worry.

Shen Yuxiu knocked and entered. Shen Xiaoyue took off his glasses, rubbed the bridge of his nose, and asked with concern, "How is she?"

"I'm asleep." Shen Yuxiu found a chair, sat down next to Shen Xiaoyue, and looked at the book in his hand.

One page in the book had several wrinkles, indicating that it had been soaked in water and not cleaned up in time. There were also some markings on it, written with a ballpoint pen.

“This is her mother’s favorite book.” Shen Xiaoyue put on his glasses and ran his hand over the underlined sentences.

"Let the dead bury the dead. Since we have life, we should live on, and live happily."

Shen Xiaoyue murmured sadly, "We should live happily."

Seemingly unable to understand, he added, "Why doesn't she learn from her mother's optimism and cheerfulness, but instead learns her father's stubbornness and obstinacy?"

Shen Yuxiu got up, poured a pot of hot water from a cabinet on the side, and handed it to Shen Xiaoyue: "Dad, tell me about her parents."

Since the death of Song Ning's parents, they have become a painful memory that Shen Xiaoyue and others are unwilling to talk about.

Shen Yuxiu remembered that when he was a child, his family often had guests, including Song Yicheng, Xu Zhihua, and Ye Heming, who is now the warden of Jiangsu Prison.

"Didn't you already know?" Shen Xiaoyue looked at his son.

"I want to know the details." There are some things that he can't find out no matter how much he investigates.

"Alright, I haven't dared to mention them for a long time either." Shen Xiaoyue smiled, perhaps because he could finally talk about them with others, his smile was somewhat relieved.

Xu Zhihua's parents were born at a bad time. Because of what her father wrote, the family suffered and both her parents died.

For the first two years, young Xu Zhihua moved from one relative to another, but none of them were genuinely kind to her; they were all after the family fortune left by her parents. She was even nearly molested by a distant relative.

Song Yicheng's father was a friend of her parents, and after learning about this, he took 14-year-old Xu Zhihua to his home.

His decision caused a huge uproar in southern Sudan at the time, with all sorts of rumors and gossip circulating.

But perhaps it's just that all families are like that, inherently stubborn. Song Yicheng's father not only raised Xu Zhihua, but also sent her to university.

Back then, girls had a much tougher time in college than boys, especially since Xu Zhihua was studying psychology.

Back then, psychology was often demonized, and people regarded it as witchcraft. Needless to say, a girl who studied psychology had to endure a lot of public opinion.

However, Xu Zhihua is just that kind of person—strong, optimistic, and cheerful. When she walks down the street, even the thugs in the alleys respectfully call her "Big Sister."

This is the kind of person who fell in love with a scoundrel like Song Yicheng.

Song Yicheng was the little tyrant of the alley since he was a child. He was good at fighting and causing trouble. However, he was good at studying and had a shrewish tongue. The neighbors always called him uncle and aunt. Everyone both loved and hated him.

Their love was like two flaming steel wool fireworks; if they didn't touch, sparks would fly, but if they did, the fireworks could burn you to death.

Later, they came to Yenching University to study, one studying psychology and the other attending police academy. After graduation, they both returned to Southern Jiangsu.

At that time, Song Yicheng became a narcotics police officer, and Xu Zhihua did not have a suitable position, so she opened a small consultation room on her own.

Everyone thought they would get married soon, but Xu Zhihua refused, saying she wanted to wait until her career took off before getting married.

Perhaps because of her childhood experiences, Xu Zhihua was inherently strong-willed. At that time, Song Yicheng was doing well and had a bright future, so Xu Zhihua devoted herself to that consulting room.

Three years later, Song Yicheng suddenly broke up with him. Not long after, Song Yicheng was falsely accused of embezzlement and imprisoned.

During this time, the two were entangled for a while. Xu Zhihua always firmly believed that Song Yicheng would not embezzle. Later, Song Yicheng became a drug dealer, and Xu Zhihua stopped bothering him.

Shen Xiaoyue and the others all thought that Xu Zhihua had completely given up on Song Yicheng, and she acted as if she didn't know Song Yicheng at all.

It wasn't until three months later that Shen Xiaoyue and the others found out she was pregnant, almost seven months along.

Needless to say, they all knew whose children they were, but no one dared to look at them.

Everyone's scared; not one of them isn't.

Given their status, if they get too close to them, it could lead to retaliation against them.

They were also afraid that if Song Yicheng were exposed, the drug dealers would find out about their relationship and retaliate against them.

At that time, the organization had to choose one of Shen Xiaoyue and Song Yicheng. From the moment Song Yicheng was falsely accused of embezzlement, Shen Xiaoyue knew that the organization had chosen Song Yicheng.

All he could do was fulfill the duties of a comrade-in-arms and do his best to protect him and his family.

Even so, Shen Xiaoyue felt that he hadn't done a good job.

It took Song Yicheng more than six years to become a confidant of drug kingpin Fu Zhi during an undercover mission. Even during the final raid, Fu Zhi still didn't trust him enough and forced him to prove himself.

In order to ensure that the mission was not in vain, Song Yicheng touched that thing, which is how he gained Fu Zhi's trust.

Later, Fu Zhi took him and his son Fu Cong to Wucheng to make a deal with a major drug lord from D country.

Because they were traveling between cities, Shen Xiaoyue and his team applied for assistance from the police in Wucheng.

However, they never expected that there would be a problem with the people Shen Yuqiu had chosen, and the operation almost failed.

In the final operation, although they captured the major drug lord of Country D and killed Fu Zhi, Song Yicheng was seriously injured due to an internal traitor, and Fu Cong escaped with several of his men.

The police immediately dispatched personnel to search for Song Yicheng and to protect Xu Zhihua and her daughter.

But the drug dealers were too cunning; they waited three months before they began to retaliate.

At the time, they were doing the cleanup work. The team was already short-staffed, and the colleague who was assigned to protect the mother and daughter had been following them for three months, but he became lax and left a loophole.

When Shen Xiaoyue found them, Xu Zhihua was already dead; she had bled to death.

Song Ning, a small man, lay in the basement of his home, a knife more than 3 inches long stuck in his chest. It wasn't deeply embedded, but he was barely clinging to life.

They rushed her to the hospital.

When the doctor came out of the emergency room and said that the patient had been saved, all the dozen or so grown men present burst into tears.

Song Yicheng, who was seriously injured, was in a coma in the hospital for more than four months. When he woke up and learned about the incident, he didn't say anything but actively cooperated with the treatment.

Later, Song Ning was taken home, but after being traumatized, she was sent back to the hospital. When she was discharged, Song Yicheng took her to Shen Xiaoyue's family.