After crying for an unknown amount of time, Huang Zheyue's breathing finally stabilized. Zhou Mingli looked at him and asked, "What are your thoughts?"
“I want to go to Shanding Brigade to bring back my father’s remains.”
"Has the murderer who killed my father been found?"
Zhou Mingli: "Yes, but not now. There isn't one. The whereabouts of the Imperial Seal are currently unknown. Nobody knows who harmed your father."
Huang Zheyue gritted her teeth, her swollen, tear-filled eyes filled with hatred, "I really want to tear them to pieces!"
"They actually killed someone just for a jade seal!"
Hatred began to grow from the moment Zhou Mingli told him the cause of his father's death. He knew there was nothing he could do now but swallow his bitterness and wait for the day his father would be exonerated.
Now, upon seeing his father's last letter again, all that hatred within me suddenly turned into a raging fire.
He raised his head and looked at Zhou Mingli. "Uncle Zhou, if you know who killed my father, you must tell me."
Zhou Mingli met his eyes, didn't nod, but patted his head, "You're still young, this kind of thing is not something you can handle, go to sleep."
"I'm not a child anymore! I'll be thirteen after the New Year, and I can do a lot of things!" Huang Zheyue stood up and said excitedly and loudly.
"Now, standing in front of you is your father's killer, protected by hundreds or even thousands of security guards. Can you take care of your enemy on your own?"
Zhou Mingli reprimanded him sternly.
"Do you know martial arts? Can you even beat Xiao Huai? Or do you have superb stealth skills, allowing you to appear before your enemy unnoticed and kill him?"
"You can't do anything. Even if I tell you who your enemy is, what can you do?!"
Huang Zheyue felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over her head, and she swayed slightly.
He slumped to the ground, burying his face in his hands and crying again.
Zhou Mingli lowered his head, his eyes deep yet calm like a lake. "You're not the only one struggling with your father's passing, Huang Zheyue."
"I need you to promise me now that you will not go to dangerous places, will not investigate this matter, and will not reveal the truth about your father's death to anyone."
Huang Zheyue's head was forcefully lifted by Zhou Mingli.
Looking into Uncle Zhou's calm, almost ruthless eyes, Huang Zheyue repeated Zhou Mingli's words, crying and stumbling.
Zhou Mingli calmly patted his cheek. "Go wash your face and go back to sleep."
Huang Zheyue sobbed, then went back to sleep without saying anything more.
"Brother Zheyue... what's wrong with you...?"
Zhou Yang called out to him in a daze.
Huang Zheyue wiped away her tears. "I'm fine. Go to sleep."
Zhou Yang seemed to be having a wonderful dream, "Hehe... I'll be on vacation after class tomorrow...hehehe..."
Huang Zheyue lay on the bed, thinking to herself, "Not at all."
...
Jiang Ci and Shan Lian had a fairly good relationship, but just to be on the safe side, she still checked Shan Lian's background.
Investigating this kind of thing is relatively simple. The fact that Shan Lian was able to work at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the age of sixteen is enough to show that her family has a powerful background.
Jiang Ci casually asked the person who had introduced Shan Lian, and the person was quite surprised.
"You don't know who she is?"
Jiang Ci smiled shyly, "How would I, a country bumpkin, know anything about important people?"
She didn't take her modesty to heart, and exclaimed, "You've been working with Shan Lian for almost a month now, and you still don't know who she is?"
"Her maternal grandfather is... Shan Shengshuo!"
The other person lowered their voice and whispered something into Jiang Ci's ear.
Jiang Ci's eyes widened. "I saw that gentleman from afar last time. Grandpa? Is she the child of Mr. Shan's daughter? Why is her surname Shan?"
The other person sighed and said, "There's a lot more to this than meets the eye."
"It is said that Mr. Shan's daughter was engaged to Mr. Guo Zhen and was about to get married, but Mr. Shan's daughter suddenly passed away due to illness."
"Not long after Mr. Shan's daughter died, Shan Lian was exposed."
"No one dared to ask if the child was Guo Zhen's. Originally, many people thought that Shan Lian must be Guo Zhen's child, but later, the Wen family's son, who had a very good relationship with the Shan family, recognized Shan Lian as his goddaughter, and the direction of the rumor changed."
"Some say that Shan Lian was born to Mr. Shan's daughter and the Wen family's son. She and the Wen family's son were childhood sweethearts, but Mr. Shan and Guo Zhen interfered. The young couple did not want to be forced by Mr. Shan, so they got together and had Shan Lian."
"Mr. Shan still forced his daughter to marry Guo Zhen, and she committed suicide in grief and anger."
Jiang Ci: "???"
How did this bring up the Wen family again?
What Wen family?
Jiang Ci couldn't immediately recall which family the Wen family was; she had never heard of them before.
And what a melodramatic prime-time romance drama!
She hesitated before asking, "Is it possible that the rest of what I said was fabricated?"
The other party immediately denied it, saying, "Impossible!"
"Think about it, if Shan Lian is Guo Zhen's child, how could Guo Zhen have maintained a lukewarm relationship with the Shan family for so many years? And even refuse to acknowledge Shan Lian?"
"He must have been deeply in love with Shan Lian's mother, which is why he remained single. But to say that Shan Lian is his daughter is absolutely impossible."
"The Wen family boy dotes on Shan Lian, practically spoiling her like a precious gem. Every day she's called my daughter, my daughter, no doubt about it!"
His certainty only fueled Jiang Ci's growing doubts.
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