Hanging up the phone, Ye Tian's eyes welled up with extremely complex emotions.
His parents' marriage had been very happy. In his memory, his father worked hard to support the family, and his mother was also very virtuous. Although their family was ordinary, Ye Tian's clothes were always clean. His fingernails were neatly trimmed, and his clothes were always neatly folded on his bedside.
With his mother's meticulous care in his childhood, Ye Tian and Ye Shaodong were happy. However, his mother did not have a good relationship with his maternal grandfather's family.
When his parents got married, his maternal grandfather's family demanded a large sum of betrothal money just before the bride was to be carried to the sedan chair. That sum was beyond the Ye family's means at the time.
The groom's father was blocked at the gate and waited for over two hours. No matter how desperately he pleaded, his maternal grandfather's family refused to open the door unless he prepared the money.
He later learned that his second maternal uncle was also getting married, and his maternal grandfather's family, wanting to make the wedding more extravagant, demanded extra money from the Ye family.
At that time, Ye Tian's parents' feelings were already very deep. His mother felt her family's actions were inappropriate, so she slipped away when no one was paying attention, got on her father's bicycle, and the newlywed couple sped away.
This incident made his maternal grandfather resentful, and he vowed to cut off ties with his daughter. His three maternal uncles also spoke ill of Ye's mother and beat Ye's father more than once.
When Ye Tian was about ten years old, his maternal grandmother fell gravely ill. His mother returned home several times but was driven away. Later, she could only secretly visit her mother in the middle of the night.
His maternal grandmother was a very traditional old woman. In her youth, she was often beaten by his maternal grandfather and had no status in the household. Yet, she was a very kind mother, and Ye Tian still remembered her gentle and kind gaze.
His maternal grandmother treated his mother exceptionally well. Whenever there were market fairs or temple festivals, she would secretly visit her daughter and leave some delicious food for her two grandsons. However, if his maternal grandfather discovered this, she would inevitably suffer a severe beating.
When his mother visited her mother, she found her very ill and pleaded with his maternal grandfather to send her to the hospital. However, his maternal grandfather's words were cold and heartless. He said that treating the illness would cost a lot of money, and it would be better to let her die and hold a funeral, from which they could earn some money to help his eldest grandson get married. Da Feng Novel Network.
His mother begged and pleaded, but his maternal grandfather was unmoved and even had her beaten and thrown out.
Ye Tian's mother knelt outside the door for a day and a night with no success. His maternal grandmother passed away that rainy dusk. After returning home, his mother fell seriously ill and wept for days.
Later, his mother could not attend his maternal grandmother's funeral because her three maternal uncles had declared that if she dared to go, they would break her legs.
From then on, the two families almost completely severed contact.
Ye Tian had no good impressions of his three maternal uncles. He never felt they were family since childhood; instead, he found them all ferocious.
Recalling his kind mother, Ye Tian's eyes became slightly moist. He turned his face away to avoid being noticed.
As he turned his face, he saw a familiar figure, Zhu Qingxue?
Two women were walking side by side. The one on the left wore light blue jeans and a white shirt, with her ponytail casually tied at the back of her head. She was youthful and beautiful, it was Zhu Qingxue. Beside her was another beauty, with a melon-seed face, willow-leaf eyebrows, and a red dress. The two were conversing.
Ye Tian and Zhu Qingxue were not particularly close, but thinking that she, from another province, had suddenly appeared in Haicheng, he felt a bit curious and walked to the entrance to greet her.
Just as he was about to speak, he saw three men in trench coats behind them, their collars partially obscuring their faces, slowly following them.
He frowned slightly, sensing something was wrong, and did not speak rashly. Instead, he said to the owner, "Put it aside when it's ready, I'll pick it up later."
Then, he began to trail far behind the three men in trench coats.
Zhu Qingxue and her companion in front soon entered a dark alley. There was only one streetlamp in the middle of the alley, and the rest was quite dark.
Upon entering the alley, the three men in trench coats clearly quickened their pace, rushing towards Zhu Qingxue and the other woman.
Just as they were about to get close, Zhu Qingxue and her companion simultaneously turned, raising their hands with guns, the dark muzzles pointed at the three men.
The three men were not panicked at all. The man in the middle chuckled, "Ladies, I know you two are cops, deliberately luring us out."
Zhu Qingxue sternly ordered, "Get down, hands behind your heads!"
The man laughed heartily, "Look closely, do you have bullets in your guns?"
Zhu Qingxue slightly raised her gun and pulled the trigger. However, the gun only made a firing pin sound – no bullets!