Xu Mingzhao was stunned when he heard Aunt Zhou's words.

No, besides myself, there are other people in this family who have been adopted!

However, the brother-in-law is really pitiful.

She shares the same surname as Ai Hui, unlike herself, who has a different surname, and is eligible to marry.

In this way, the relationship between oneself and this family will be closer, and they can be registered on the same household register.

Xu Mingzhao nudged Zhou Aiguo, who was following beside her, with her shoulder.

She whispered in his ear, "You're really pathetic!"

Zhou Aiguo glanced at his brother-in-law.

I don't understand what's so terrible about myself.

This brother-in-law is constantly controlled by his sister, yet he complains about how miserable he is.

He's probably been spoiled rotten by his older sister.

Zhou's parents had no idea what their child was thinking; he was already so far away that not even ten oxen could pull him back.

He pushed Xu Mingzhao in front of Meng Zhigang.

With red-rimmed eyes, she introduced him to Meng Zhigang: "Gangzi, this is your younger brother, Zhaozhao!"

Upon hearing this, Meng Zhigang felt as if he had been struck by lightning.

My whole body froze.

He slowly raised his head.

He carefully examined his younger brother.

He had just realized that the face looked somewhat familiar.

Looking closely now, it really does resemble me when I was young, only a bit darker, thinner, and with rougher skin.

Meng Zhigang was excited.

His brother, is he still alive?

He released Uncle Zhou and then suddenly hugged Xu Mingzhao tightly.

This time she started crying loudly.

"Zhaozhao, I thought you were gone!"

Xu Mingzhao, who was already stunned, was at a loss.

What kind of talk is this? Didn't you say that your parents and brother are all gone?

How did it pop up again?

He looked to his mother for help.

"Mom, what's going on?"

He should explain himself already. It's creepy to see such a grown man crying like this.

The key point is that he's still holding onto himself.

Tears and snot will just get all over yourself.

They didn't mind being shabby.

Aunt Zhou glanced at her son-in-law, and found it amusing how he looked at her own brother with such disdain.

On the surface, Xu Mingzhao appears to be a friendly and agreeable person.

She can get along with anyone.

In reality, this is just his outward appearance. The real him is someone that is difficult for strangers to get close to, except for his family.

Even Xiao Su next door adheres to the principle of cooperation and mutual benefit.

It's funny that someone made Xu Mingzhao make this expression.

"What's there to explain? This is your own brother."

Let's go home first. It's not a good place to talk here, even though everyone else has left and only their family is here.

But after all, it's the wilderness, and no matter what, we can't entertain guests here in the wild!

Xu Mingzhao was momentarily stunned.

He really is his own brother!

Meng Zhigang held his younger brother's hand tightly.

It was dark and rough, with many wounds on it, clearly showing that it had suffered a lot.

Meng Zhigang is about to cry again!

He failed to protect his younger brother.

Xu Mingzhao was unhappy and tried several times to pull her hand away, but failed.

After struggling for a while, he finally broke free as he walked back to the village.

This even caused Meng Zhigang to complain a bit.

Watching the interaction between the two, Mr. and Mrs. Zhou felt a mix of emotions.

These two children weren't exactly strangers.

When they got home, Xu Mingzhao wasn't the only one who was confused; Zhou Aihui was too.

What? What did you say?

Not only did her husband's older brother suddenly appear, but her parents-in-law were also there, along with her two younger brothers and sisters-in-law.

Zhou Aihui immediately felt wronged.

She didn't have parents-in-law; she lived with her parents.

Life's getting peaceful, I just want some quiet time!

If this family reunion is successful, does that mean I'll have to live with the whole family?

How can we live like that!

Xu Mingzhao is holding Zhou Aihui.

Assure her.

"Don't worry, we'll continue to live with our parents!"

After all these years, he can understand what his wife is thinking at a glance.

Naturally, I wouldn't want to put my wife in a difficult position.

After calming his wife down, Xu Mingzhao went to the courtyard to chat with them.

Only then did they understand that Meng Zhigang's parents had been ordered to suppress bandits, but something went wrong on the way.

Their small group got separated from the main group.

Later, two corpses were found in that place. Their identities were indistinguishable, but the items on their bodies belonged to both of them.

Zhou's father happened to be there and buried the two of them.

Now we know that the two men were injured and stayed at a farmer's house. Little did they know that this family were spies of bandits stationed at the foot of the mountain.

We had no choice but to run.

I haven't had time to pack my things.

Later, Zhou's father and the others went home to look for Meng Zhigang, only to hear that they had been retaliated against by bandits.

They were arrested.

A small baby was hidden under the bed and no one noticed.

They thought it would be difficult for him to survive like this, and after inquiring for a long time, they still couldn't find him, so they had no choice but to take Xu Mingzhao with them.

I'm not looking anymore.

Back then, communication methods were limited, and they had only recently been transferred to the southwest, so they could only find the address of the Meng family's hometown.

When they went to look for them, everyone had moved away.

Meng Zhigang also sighed.

"I was indeed captured by them at the time, but I was later rescued and reunited with my parents. I have been living in the southwest ever since."

My dad even asked people to look for you in the southwest, but who knew you'd gone to Beijing!

That's way too far.

We missed each other for over twenty years, but thankfully we're still alive.

Xu Mingzhao remained silent for a long time before finally speaking in a deep voice: "Are they alright?"

Seeing that his younger brother was willing to talk about their parents, Meng Zhigang felt a little better.

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