After saying goodbye to the shop owner, Xu Xiusen continued walking forward. Right now, all he wanted to do was sit at Huiwen's grave and talk to her. He didn't want to sit anywhere else.

Because he was running away, because he was afraid to face the fact that Huiwen had left him, he hadn't visited her for so many years, and he didn't know if she would blame him.

The wind was a bit strange tonight. No matter which direction Xu Xiusen walked, the wind was coming from behind him. Since the wind was coming from behind him, he could hear the shop owner muttering behind him.

“I remember now, it seems like a few years ago, someone came to me with a photo and asked me about it, that’s why it looked familiar.”

Xu Xiusen listened to the shop owner's mutterings without paying much attention, only to later realize that this seemingly insignificant remark had played a crucial role.

Xu Xiusen walked out of the old village and didn't see his driver waiting by the roadside. Just as he was about to call him, he realized that he had originally planned to stay at Huiwen's old home tonight and wait for the paternity test results with Xu Moran to come out at dawn. So he told the driver to go home first.

He put his phone back and walked towards the main road, deciding to take a taxi to Huiwen's grave.

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He was preoccupied and emotionally turbulent, so much so that he didn't realize that not long ago, there wasn't just her and Xu... there was a third person in the house.

The third person mentioned here is not Huiwen, who has already passed away, but a ghost who appeared in the house. It is a real person.

This person was originally standing in front of the deputy... and she was the one who turned on the lights in the room. The reason why Xu Xiusen didn't see her at that time was not only because his eyes were briefly closed due to the light, but also because when the deputy... saw that it was him who appeared in the room, he waved for her to hide.

How could a high-ranking official in Beijing like the deputy... possibly not have bodyguards? This proves the saying that what you can't see with your eyes may not necessarily not exist.

Xu Xiusen had barely stepped down the stairs when the bodyguard who had been hiding somewhere appeared next to the deputy...

She didn't make a sound, which shows that she was indeed very skilled, and she looked to be in her thirties.

In her thirties, she was already quite young compared to the vice president, who was in his sixties, and even younger than Huiwen. However, when she spoke to the vice president, it was clear that she hadn't only been by his side for a short time.

She should have been the deputy bodyguard for a long time, because the first thing she asked was, "Boss, why don't you tell him the truth about what happened back then? If you say it like this, he will misunderstand you even more."

The deputy looked at the empty room, devoid of any human presence except for a large bed, took a deep breath, and exhaled forcefully. "Since so many years have passed, whether he harbored hatred or resentment for so many years, it's all in the past. I'm old now, and I see through everything. It's enough that they, father and daughter, can recognize each other and reunite. Life is just like that, a day whether you're happy or unhappy. If I have to hate someone, I only hate myself. If I hadn't been greedy or unwilling to accept mediocrity, I wouldn't have embarked on this political path. If..."

Having said that, she waved her hand, shook her head, and sighed, "Forget it, there's no going back now. Saying more won't help. Zhou Yun, how many years have you been by my side?"

Clearly not expecting the deputy to shift the topic to her, the female bodyguard named Zhou Yun was taken aback. After thinking for a moment, she replied, "Boss, I have been by your side for twenty years."

The deputy stared at Zhou Yun's face for a while, then sighed, "Time really flies. In the blink of an eye, you've been by my side for twenty years. I remember when you came to me you were only eighteen, just graduated from martial arts school. Now, you're already an old maid. You can't waste any more of your time by my side. Find a good family and get married quickly. When I was your age, my Huiwen was already old enough to run errands."

The deputy... who had been speaking so amiably, suddenly changed the subject, her words filled with deep regret, "If I hadn't asked her to buy salt that day, she wouldn't have..."

Zhou Yun had heard the deputy say many times that if she hadn't asked Huiwen to buy salt back then, she would have been filled with regret and blame. Unfortunately, the deputy never continued.

What exactly did Huiwen experience as a child?

It must be the thing she regrets most in her life, which is why she doesn't have the courage to say it out loud and face that thing that she regrets to the core.

When Zhou Yun was assigned to be a bodyguard for the deputy..., she received rigorous training and knew very well when to speak and when not to speak. At such times, she would simply keep her lips tightly closed and listen silently, becoming the best listener.