“Yes, you should go and see the village. Although I didn’t know Martyr Sun Xueqing before, I can still imagine that it must be tough for her, especially since she was unmarried and pregnant. If it weren’t for Ye Jian’s adoptive father…little brother, you might really not see Ye girl now.”
“In the past, Ye girl would still visit the village because Old Uncle Gen was still there. Now… all she could remember is her adoptive father, Ye Xinfan, who loved her and protected her when she was a child. You should go to the village to worship that simple man who died young serving the country.”
Principal Chen also supported Father Fu’s return to Shuikou Village.
Father Fu’s face changed upon hearing the words. Shuikou Village… Ye Xinfan… That long-lost familiar name suddenly made him remember where he had heard of Shuikou Village!
“Heh, his family is really smart. They actually throw their problem to me and expect me to take care of it, pui! We can’t even have proper meals; why should we help him raise his child!”
“No way, I will go to Shuikou Village now!”
“They have rice? How much rice? Do they also have money? How much money? You are not lying to me, right, they have food and money, and yet they still send Ye Xinfan to me and ask me to take care of him? They must be crazy.”
“They have food and money. What if Ye Xinfan wants back his family property when he’s big, then wouldn’t I suffer a big loss? No, no, I can’t bring him back; I will suffer a big loss if I bring him back!”
The neatly dressed middle-aged woman, who usually smiled amiably, changed her face. She took the money and the food, but she didn’t want to take the boy home now.”
Father Fu still remembered that seemingly gentle but evil face. He remembered her throwing him on the roadside and disappeared in a blink of an eye.
He did not go. He held the ten dollars in his hand and stared at the back of the middle-aged woman leaving. He did not turn his head back. Instead, he climbed onto the train back to Beijing.
When he was a child, he had only one idea. He didn’t want to be the son of his aunt and uncle. He was not his aunt’s son. He was not surnamed “Ye.” His last name was “Fu.” His name was “Yu Sheng,” and his sister’s name was “Yu An.” Together, their names meant “peace in your life.”
Ye Xinfan…no wonder, Hong Mei would marry Ye Xinfan. Father Fu once told her that when he was a child, he was temporarily given to his aunt to be taken care of because of his family difficulties, and he was named “Ye Xinfan.”
Hong Mei must have married Ye Xinfan because of this.
His dear Hong Mei, even if he had disappeared at that time, she still missed him, Fu Yusheng!
Principal Chen looked at Father Fu’s face that changed from sad to happy, and then became a combination of joys and sorrows in a blink of an eye. Principal Chen, who was also moved, sighed, “Little brother, don’t mind Martyr Sun Xueqing’s remarriage; she too couldn’t help it.”
“Big brother, I don’t mind. Because I used to take refuge in my aunt’s house when I was young, and I was also named “Ye Xinfan.” I told Hong Mei this before. I believe she later married Jian’er’s adoptive father because Jian’er’s adoptive father was also named “Ye Xinfan.” If I can find the marriage certificate that Hongmei and Ye Jian’s adoptive father received, I dare say that the photo on the marriage certificate…must be a photo of Hong Mei and me.”
“Hong Mei…married Ye Xinfan because we have the same name. And Shuikou Village…I almost went there that year and almost became Ye Xinfan.”
“I told you, right, that I had been on the streets before; that was Old Mrs. Ye’s evil scheme. I didn’t expect that after many twists and turns, I was lucky to escape her claws, but my daughter…my daughter was almost dead in her hands.”
Principal Chen was stunned listening to Father Fu’s words. His mind was really messed up right now. He was very confused.
