The woman gestured for Lu Yu and the others to sit down, and then personally poured them a cup of tea.
Lu Yu carefully took the teacup, raised his hand slightly, brought the cup close to his mouth, and took a small sip.
In an instant, a rich tea fragrance flows in your mouth like a clear spring. The mellow taste is intoxicating and unforgettable for a long time.
But he knew that the woman definitely didn't bring them here to drink tea.
He slowly put down the teacup in his hand and asked softly, "Aunt Liu, I wonder what you wanted to say to us today?"
After hearing Lu Yu's question, the woman called Aunt Liu first took a deep look at this exquisite courtyard, with a trace of attachment and emotion in her eyes.
Then she smiled slightly, and her smile was as beautiful as the peach blossoms blooming in spring.
Then, she said slowly in a soft and affectionate voice:
"This is where I grew up."
As soon as she finished speaking, her memory seemed to open a floodgate, and her thoughts drifted away involuntarily.
"Every corner here holds so many beautiful memories for me. When I was little, I often played here. On summer nights, I would lie on a bamboo chair in the yard to enjoy the cool breeze, gazing up at the starry sky..."
At this moment, everyone present was looking at Aunt Liu quietly and listening to her story attentively, afraid of missing any details.
However, the old lady with bound feet was the only exception. Tears were already streaming down her cheeks, her face filled with pain. She stretched out her trembling hands, trying to stop Aunt Liu from continuing:
"Miss, you have successfully avenged your hatred. Let those unbearable past events go with the wind. Stop torturing yourself!"
The woman smiled at the old lady and said softly:
"Mother Chen, how could I possibly forget these things? During my time at the Mei family, I relied on reminiscing about the past to keep myself going every day!"
Then, she paused for a moment, as if immersed in past memories, and then continued:
“Back then, I was eighteen years old and happily preparing for my wedding.
My fiancé is my father's adopted son. We grew up together and can be said to be childhood sweethearts.
However, fate is so cruel! On the day before I was about to marry him, a sudden disaster struck - my fiancé was brutally beaten to death by someone else.
At this point, the woman's eyes turned red and her voice trembled slightly:
"It's said that on the day of the incident, he was so excited about his upcoming wedding that he drank a few too many glasses of wine, which led to a drunken slip of the tongue and an argument with someone, ultimately causing the tragedy. However, I still find it hard to believe such stories. Although my fiancé is a soldier, he has always been gentle and generous, with strong self-discipline. He is also very rigorous in his work. How could he easily get into a conflict and fight with others? There must be something hidden..."
The woman took a deep breath, tried to calm down, and then said:
"Even more unexpectedly, not long after, even my father met with an unexpected tragedy. You know, my father was a highly respected university professor. He was always gentle and kind, never making enemies. But such a good man who never quarreled with others was falsely accused of raping and murdering a female student and was sentenced to death!"
When she said this, the woman's eyes were filled with tears, but the tears seemed to be restrained by an invisible force, just rolling around in the corners of her eyes, reluctant to fall.
She took a deep breath and sniffed her nose hard, trying to calm her excitement, and then continued:
"Later, fate seemed especially cruel to me. Even my mother suffered misfortune. She was hit by a speeding car! I heard that just before the accident, she had gone to the school to confront the principal, and a heated argument ensued between the two of them."
At this point, the woman paused for a moment, a look of pain on her face. After a while, she continued:
"Then, something even more unexpected happened—someone actually came to propose marriage to me!
Moreover, this family was no ordinary one. It was the renowned Mei family at the time! By then, Aunt Chen and I were the only ones left in our family.
Faced with such a sudden marriage, perhaps many people would think that I was extremely lucky, transforming from an inconspicuous little sparrow into a noble phoenix.
However, only Chen Ma and I know that behind all this seemingly beautiful scenery lies so much unspeakable suffering.
The woman slowly lowered her head, her voice becoming somewhat low and hoarse:
"It was just because, one night, I accidentally heard what my father said to my mother... That night, my father came home very late.
I have always been very close to my father, so when I heard him open the door, I quietly got up with joy as usual, wanting to give him a surprise and play a little joke on him.
But who would have thought that when I tiptoed into the living room, I was surprised to find that my father, who usually lit a cigarette and took a rest in the living room when he came home, had actually walked straight into the bedroom.
As I walked back, passing by my parents' bedroom, suddenly, a sharp inhalation broke the silence, followed by my mother's terrified scream.
The sound was like a flash of lightning across the night sky, making my heart tremble violently.
I couldn't help but startled. Curiosity drove me to stop and quietly approach the door, putting my ear to it, trying to hear what was going on inside. I heard my mother's trembling voice say:
'Oh my God! How could this happen?'
I listened intently, and it turned out that my fiancé was actually Mei Yunhe's orderly. He had discovered the secret of the Mei family's collusion with human traffickers. But who knew that Mei Yunhe had noticed the clues, and to retrieve the evidence, the Mei family set an elaborate trap and brutally beat my fiancé to death!
Hearing this news, my head was buzzing, as if it had been struck by a sledgehammer. How could this happen? The man I had once pledged to spend my life with had passed away in such an unclear manner.
And the murderer is actually the powerful Mei Yunhe!
However, the story did not end there. At the last moment of his life, the fiancé tried his best to hand over the evidence he had to his father.
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