Tianxin said with a smile in her voice, “That’s good to know. It’s late. Mubai, do retire to bed soon.”

“Okay.”

“Good night,” Tianxin concluded warmly.

Mubai kept his phone, stopped his car by the roadside, and lit a cigarette.

As throngs of cars rushed him by, he chuckled to himself.

So what if Xia Xinghe had disappeared, why was it his responsibility to find her?

She was a grown woman, she could find her way home.

Mubai turned his car back home but as a safety measure, ordered some men to investigate Xinghe’s present situation. At least that way he would know she was still alive and finally have an idea what had happened to her in the past few years.

He was interested to find out how a woman with such a sizeable amount of alimony could end up in her state.

next morning, Mubai received updates on Xinghe for the

she was taken in by her

the three of them had been keeping each other afloat.

had to take on multiple odd

her times doing all sorts of menial

single workplace due to her reticence and reluctance to socialize.

environment to another had taken

when he thought back to their encounter yesterday. It seemed like she had aged tremendously

could barely recognize her

have known how much pain and cruelty

was one thing that puzzled him. Why hadn’t she used

Xinghe wasn’t a spender but even if she was, it was impossible to burn through the amount he’d given in a short

would appear that there were some

room, his whole family was already seated,

up since he had an early bedtime

to school for me,” Mubai ordered one of their

Lin’s hand

took a delicate bite of her barley porridge with a porcelain spoon before asking, “Why did you leave so suddenly yesterday? You are the reason we were gathered there, you know? How awkward

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