"We've come here to ask Aunt Du something: what exactly is my uncle looking for?" Lin Zao got straight to the point.
Du Zhen turned to look at Lin Zao. Although she had stopped crying, her eyes were red and swollen.
"You all heard that? What makes you think I'd tell you, Third Sister? What benefit would it bring me?"
At this moment, she was a completely different person from when she faced Lin Zao and the others yesterday; her eyes were indifferent, and her lips curled into a sarcastic smile.
"Is it because you're the young master's daughter? I know you two have a terrible relationship!"
"Today I bought a brother and sister at the horse market on Tianhua Street. The brother is named He Lin, 13 years old, and the sister is named He Qiu, 5 years old. They look quite similar to Aunt Du."
Lin Zao ignored her sarcastic remarks, but her casual words made Du Zhen's face change color instantly.
She jumped up and looked at Lin Zao with anxious eyes.
Are you telling the truth?
"Whether I lied to you or not, I believe Aunt Du knows the answer in her heart." Lin Zao looked directly at her.
Du Zhen was in a panic. Yes, if it was a lie, how could Lin Zao know so much about her nephew and niece?
Lin Bojin hid her nephew and niece so tightly just to threaten her.
If it weren't true, Lin Zao and the others would never know the names, ages, or appearances of her nephews and nieces.
Therefore, what Lin Zao said must be true!
How could this be?
Lin Bojin actually dared to send her nephew and niece to be sold!
At this moment, all the anger and hatred in Du Zhen's heart surged up, burning away her reason.
How dare he! With all the old and new grudges piled up, Du Zhen now hated Master Lin so much that she wanted to eat his flesh and drink his blood.
With bloodshot eyes, she ran to Lin Zao and tried to grab her hand, but Tang Jian stopped her.
"Where are they? How are they? Please, Third Sister, let me see them!"
Du Zhen was now panicked and had lost the composure she had shown when facing Lin Zao.
Do they hate me, their aunt?
She dared not ask those questions aloud, for she had brought ruin upon her family; her parents, brother, and sister-in-law had all died because of her.
Now even her nephews and nieces are implicated, becoming slaves and being sold like commodities...
Du Zhen collapsed to the ground, wanting to cry but unable to.
She was wrong! She shouldn't have insisted on her own opinion; she should have listened to her parents. It was her blind ignorance that led to the destruction of her family.
Falling in love with Lin Zhongyue was the biggest mistake of her life...
Lin Zao shook her head at Tang Jian, who was blocking her way, to reassure him.
Lin Zao knelt down in front of Du Zhen. "I can take you to see them, but Aunt Du should know what we want."
Du Zhen clenched her hands tightly: "Okay! I'll tell you everything I know, as long as I'm allowed to see them."
She had kept this secret in her heart for more than a decade. Because of it, she lost her family and everything.
Actually, when Second Master Lin was seriously injured and found her, he did not faint immediately. Instead, he held on to his last bit of consciousness and told her something, and asked her to keep the secret no matter what.
At that time, she was deeply in love with him and naturally took his words as gospel, making up her mind that she would never reveal them, even if it meant her death.
But now, times have changed. She did keep the secret, but her family died because of it.
If she can't even protect her two nephews and nieces now, she won't have the face to see her parents and brother and sister-in-law when she dies and goes to hell.
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