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Chapter 41: My Biological Parents
When my mother received the warning, she was immensely grateful, yet she had no idea who had sent it. However, the situation was urgent, and she left without hesitation. While my mother successfully escaped, my father was suspected by the boss and was eventually called into a room.
My father's boss was a ruthless Drug Lord, operating across the borders of Myanmar and Laos, engaging in illegal drug trafficking under the guise of tourism and development projects. My father's undercover mission was to uncover the exact locations of the Drug Lord's designated points. If he could pinpoint these locations and identify the relevant individuals, dismantling the Drug Lord's organization would be within reach.
But fate is unpredictable. The enemy learned of my father's undercover status, and when he attempted to change the transaction location through his informant, our law enforcement officers fell into a trap set by the Drug Lord, resulting in heavy losses and countless casualties.
Ultimately, the contact person who communicated with my father lost trust in him. On their way back, they were assassinated by a Black Cop. From that point on, Leng Shaofei's undercover file vanished without a trace; everything related to my father ceased to exist. Soon after, a body of an Unknown male was discovered near the Laos border.
The corpse was so mutilated that it was unrecognizable, dismembered and partially eaten by wild animals. Someone found a card on the deceased that revealed his name: Leng Shaofei. He was subsequently cremated carelessly by the Laos police, with his ashes scattered into the water.
"Goodbye..." The tears I had been holding back surged forth like a flood once again as I listened to Thank You, Master recounting this story.
When Gousi arrived, my face was streaked with tears.
"Qi, don't be upset. We learned too late. Later on, we heard that Leng Shaofei had a child. I went with Thank You, Master to search everywhere but found nothing until we stumbled upon your mother's Tomb. It was an Unknown solitary grave. If it weren't for one thing, we wouldn't have known she was Leng Shaofei's former beloved. From your mother's situation, I can see she was your father's true love. Your father wanted to connect with the organization, but aside from his direct superior, no one else knew his true identity. So when your father took your mother to safety, she was already pregnant and struggling to move. In the end, kind-hearted people took her to a residence. Your mother didn't want to give birth in the wilderness; she wanted you to be born in a bustling area. So she traveled long distances to City A but fainted along the way. Someone took her to City Hospital, but due to excessive blood loss and poor medical conditions at that time, she couldn't be saved. You were then adopted by Ma Wu."
"But... how did Ma Wu Grandpa know about my existence? He could have saved my mother..." I couldn't continue; it hurt too much. I often envied children with parents and dreamed of having a mother myself. Countless times I cursed my parents for abandoning me without care, yet I never realized that they were unsung heroes.
"Your Ma Wu Grandpa is quite astute; how could he not know?"
"If he knew all this, then why..."
"Seven, you need to understand the situation back then. It was because of the Black Cop that your father died unjustly. And because of this Black Cop lurking among the good people, your Ma Wu Grandpa had to be cautious in his actions. He claimed to have found two abandoned infants, one fat and one was you. No one else, just me and Thank You, Master were deceived by his lies."
"That's right!" Thank You, Master said with some emotion. "Before you were born, Ma Wu had already opened that funeral home. Back then, City A was still very traditional; it hadn't developed as rapidly as it has now. The high-rise buildings have covered history, changed the city's landscape, and concealed some truths. Seven, if you're willing, I can take you to see her."
"Of course I want to go. I'll take you later. But before we go, I need to tell you something: your mother's Tomb is no longer there; her Corpse was cremated and moved to Ten-Mile Temple."
Ten-Mile Temple—a name I hadn't heard in a long time.
I felt a deep connection with Ten-Mile Temple, likely because of my mother. I gritted my teeth, wiped away my tears, and nodded, eager to visit her immediately.
Seeing my emotions stabilize, Gousi gave me a secret appreciative glance. "Remember Elder of Shili Temple helped me once? He encouraged me to do more good deeds and even predicted that I would encounter a benefactor this year due to misfortune. I didn't expect the elder's prediction to be so accurate; I met you as my benefactor, and my wife was also saved."
Hearing Gousi refer to me as a benefactor made me chuckle. Am I really a benefactor? I was born without parents and didn't quite understand what he meant by that. However, when he mentioned Elder of Shili Temple, I felt there might be something to explore.
You should know that not everyone can meet Elder of Shili Temple; it requires his personal guidance. If it were someone else telling me this story, I would absolutely not believe it.
But since it was Gousi who mentioned it, that changed everything.
If Gousi is a Tomb Raider, he must have come into contact with those filthy things. The longer a coffin has been buried underground, the more sinister and contaminated it becomes. When he mentioned the elder's guidance, I speculated that something must have happened between him and the elder or my mother. Curiosity got the better of me, and I couldn't help but ask him what had transpired between them that led to my mother being moved to Ten-Mile Temple.
Gousi smiled wryly as he recounted the story involving my mother. He remembered that in 2011, Qingming Festival was a day for outings and honoring ancestors. He took Yu to pay respects to their relatives on that drizzly day; the mountain paths were slippery due to the rain, making the mud cling stubbornly to their shoes.
Because of the mud, Yu walked awkwardly, always feeling something stuck under her shoe soles and struggling for balance. Frustrated, she lifted her foot and rubbed it against a dirt mound by the roadside to scrape off the mud before heading down the mountain with Gousi to go home. That night they washed up and went to bed.
That night, he kept having nightmares, dreaming that the wife beside him had turned into another person.
This person had long hair covering her face, making it impossible to see her features. The less he could see, the more he wanted to look. He dreamed of straightening up next to his wife, feeling a strange sensation that she was not really his wife. Indeed, when he mustered the courage to lift the woman's hair, the pale face beneath was horrifyingly unfamiliar; she was definitely not his wife.
Terrified, he instinctively tried to retreat but found himself unable to move back any further; this was his bed, and if he retreated any more, he would fall to the floor. Trembling, he asked her who she was. The woman showed no intention of attacking him; she simply sat up slowly and pointed at a painting on the wall.
It was a replica of a famous painting, depicting a woman combing her hair in a vast Wheat Field. Following the direction of the woman's finger, he focused on the figure in the painting.
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