"My hometown was also hit by a disaster. We had no food to eat, so we had no choice but to flee to a more prosperous place with a group of disaster victims. It was during this escape that I met Brother Sheng. Seeing that I could read a few words, he invited me to the Sheng family's factory as an apprentice in the accounting office. Everything was going well. The factory was thriving, and the baby was about to be born. But then something unexpected happened... When I found Brother Sheng, who was dying, I understood why the Sheng family had been targeted by these villains!"
"Why?" Mu Fu asked anxiously.
"Because of a treasure map."
Treasure map?
Wen Xi looked at his parents and realized that things seemed far more complicated than he had imagined.
She frowned and asked, "What treasure map?"
"Before the accident, the factory received a large order from overseas. Brother Sheng personally accompanied the ship to deliver the goods. Unexpectedly, he encountered a storm on the return journey and lost contact. Just when everyone thought the entire caravan had perished, he returned with his men. Not only did he escape death, but he also experienced a wonderful adventure."
"An unexpected encounter?"
"Yes, the ship drifted to an unnamed island, and he discovered that the enemies who had been driven out of the country had hidden there the wealth they had plundered from the people of China during the war. So he used a trick to make the group of people he was guarding start a quarrel among themselves, and then with the help of the local indigenous people, he completely wiped out the enemy. The wealth that was almost stolen during the transfer was rich enough to rival an entire country, and the merchant ship could not accommodate it at all. So Brother Sheng drew a map and prepared to return it to the country. At that time, the country was in ruins and needed money. What was taken from the people should naturally be used for the people. However, someone leaked the news, and the day before he returned and was about to hand in the treasure map, something went wrong.
When I found Brother Sheng, he was already dead. The criminals were chasing us. We fell off a cliff. I was lucky enough to fall on a tree fork and survive, but Brother Sheng..."
The old man paused and continued, "The incident happened suddenly and there was chaos. Brother Sheng and his wife were separated. Before he fell off the cliff, he entrusted me to find his wife if anything happened to him. The treasure map is kept in the Sheng family's ancestral kiln, and the pendant on his wife's ear is the key to the old kiln. Brother Sheng asked me to hand over the treasure map to the country after settling his wife. However, I searched for a long time and couldn't find any trace of his wife. Later, the domestic situation was chaotic, and I accidentally went abroad. After I got settled abroad, I never stopped looking. Decades have passed, and I thought there was no hope of disappointing Brother Sheng's trust, but unexpectedly, a friend of mine was invited to the engagement party of the Wen and He families. My friend saw the earrings Wen Xi was wearing, and they looked like the ones I had been looking for all these years, so he notified me, and I came here to find them. Now I have no regrets!"
After listening to the old man's story, the room fell into silence.
Seeing the Wenxi family remain silent for a long time, the old man had no choice but to offer comfort, "I know you may have difficulty accepting what happened to Brother Sheng, but everyone dies. Brother Sheng died for his country and his people, a fitting death. For those of us who survive, as long as we can fulfill his wish and return his gifts to the country, that should be enough to comfort his spirit in heaven."
Mu Fu nodded silently.
Seeing that she was in a low mood, the old man didn't say anything more. He sat for a while and then said goodbye.
After that, the two sides met several more times. Mu Fu was gentle in appearance but tough in character. She was not the kind of person who was immersed in the past. After her emotions stabilized, the family visited Gou Qing again and discussed the time to return home.
Wen Xi frowned slightly when leaving the Friendship Hotel where Gou Qing was staying.
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