An Yi and his sister entered the living room first, followed by An Mancang and his wife. They entered one after the other. When An Mancang saw the people in the living room, he was stunned and rubbed his eyes in disbelief, as if he thought he was seeing things. But when he looked again, he realized that it was his brother.
"Man-Man Gu? Are you...Man Gu?"
Qiao Qiuniang still had a bewildered look on her face. (The sentence is incomplete and lacks context.)
Mangu, he's not already—
Thinking of this, she suddenly remembered what her father had mentioned a few days ago about seeing Man Gu. Her expression froze. Man Gu was really alive?
"Mangu, are...are you alright?"
An Mangu nodded and smiled slightly. "Brother Mancang, sister-in-law, I'm perfectly fine. It's Mangu."
An Mancang's eyes reddened. "Oh, it's good that you're alright. It's good that you're alright. Your family all thought you were dead."
She walked quietly into the reception room. When she saw the people from Anmangu, she was stunned and stood there dumbfounded at the door. It took her a while to come back to her senses, her eyes filled with disbelief.
His face showed both surprise and joy.
"Uncle?"
Am I dreaming? I really saw Uncle...
An Ding, who followed An Jing in, was equally dumbfounded. After realizing what had happened, he couldn't hide the joy and excitement on his face.
So it was true.
Grandpa was telling the truth.
His uncle is really still alive; he didn't die in that mining accident.
"Uncle—"
Except for Anle, everyone in the family was present and gathered in the living room.
Qiao Qiuniang cried her heart out, tears streaming down her face as if they were free.
"You were a perfectly healthy person, and then you just disappeared like that. I thought you'd fallen into a mine and couldn't get out. Where have you been these past two years? Why didn't you ever come home?"
When Qiao Qiuniang asked him this, An Dalin straightened his face, pricked up his ears, and waited for his son's explanation with a look of dissatisfaction on his old face.
That kid is a heartless bastard. If he's alright, where did he go for the past two years? He acted like he was dead, making him grieve for nothing for those two years.
“Sister-in-law, Father—” An Mangu paused, glanced at Qiao Qiuniang, and then his gaze fell on An Dalin.
"I had no choice but to do it. If I were still alive and still had ties with my family at that time, I would have definitely implicated them."
In order to avoid implicating his family, he had no choice but to fake his death and completely leave home, severing all ties with them.
As long as I am not involved, my family will naturally not be implicated anymore.
For the past two years, I have been working for the royal family in private. In fact, I have been working for the royal family for many years. A few years ago, I was suddenly selected by the royal family and started working for them.
Later, due to the secrecy of the mission, I had to die in a mining accident, which was also arranged by the royal family. In order not to implicate my family, I had to give up my identity and could not use my past identity.
Therefore, it had to be done this way for the sake of the mission.
But things are different now. The three kings have ascended the throne, and my identity can now be revealed. I can live openly now and no longer have to be a 'dead person'.
So when I returned to Jincheng this time, I was busy inquiring about you, but I found that you were no longer in Jincheng. Jincheng had been completely changed due to the turmoil caused by natural disasters.
I spent several days inquiring with the Jincheng government before I finally found out about your situation and whereabouts. Hearing that you had moved to Hongcheng, I rushed over immediately.
Serving the royal family?
The family was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but feel shocked and sigh.
An Dalin stared at An Mangu as if he didn't recognize his own son, looking him over and over again before finally fixing his gaze on the dignified An Mangu.
She stared at the satin shirt he was wearing for a long while before she came to her senses—
His son has become quite successful; he's actually working for the royal family now. He had no idea his son was so capable.
"Is it alright for you to come out like this now? Will the royal family let you out? Won't you anger the royal family?"
An Mangu nodded. "Father, I now have a new identity in the open. I am the commander of the Imperial Guard. I no longer have to live a life without an identity in secret."
He made considerable contributions by following the three kings in their coup attempt.
When the new emperor ascended the throne, the three kings lost power, and many of their followers had already turned against them, abandoning their lord and surrendering to the enemy.
From the day he was chosen by the Three Kings and brought into the training camp along with his fellow chosen ones, he had always followed the Three Kings faction and never wavered.
The people in the training camp have come and gone, and many have died. Of those who entered the training camp in the same batch, only a handful are still alive, including him. You could count them on your fingers.
Of the five hundred people selected in his batch, almost all died. He survived by sheer luck, barely clinging to life.
He was among the most senior and experienced people in the training camp, which is why he became the current leader of the camp.
Now that the three kings have ascended the throne, he, a loyal subject who followed the three kings in their campaigns, has become the commander of the royal guard.
It can be said that when one person attains enlightenment, even their chickens and dogs ascend to heaven.
The reason he was able to return to Jincheng to find his family was because he was protecting his master and his new emperor.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have had the chance to personally inquire about his family's whereabouts. He was originally guarding the palace in the capital and wouldn't have had the opportunity to come here.
He had already planned to send people to search for his family, and then he suddenly received this pleasant surprise: the Emperor was coming to Jincheng to investigate.
Because the actions in Jincheng had become quite significant, they had reached Baicheng and spread from there to the capital, the palace, and even the emperor's ears. Naturally, the emperor couldn't resist his curiosity and decided to come and investigate.
That's why he had the opportunity to return to his homeland and find his family.
During this time, whenever he had free time, he would go to the Jincheng government office to inquire about his family's situation. He finally managed to find out the details, and only after the emperor dismissed his entourage did he have time to come over.
An Yi swallowed hard, then picked at his ear. He couldn't believe his ears. The commander of the Imperial Guard? That meant he worked in the palace, right? His uncle was really something.
They remain silent until they make a stunning statement!
He disappeared for two years, came home, and suddenly became a high-class person. Wow!
An Dalin was filled with mixed emotions, his heart churning with unspoken thoughts. His son must have suffered a lot outside.
"Good, good, it's good that he's alive, it's good that he's still alive." He never wanted his son to be rich and powerful, because he worked in the mines, and he always hoped that he could live a peaceful and safe life.
He didn't want his son to go to that dangerous place to do that kind of hard and tiring work, but his son wouldn't listen and insisted on working in the mines, so he had no choice.
It turns out there was such a hidden reason and secret.
Working for the royal family, his son has really made something of himself.
It can be said that the bitter times have finally come to an end.
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