Chapter 103 - Murder (1/2)

Song Sheng spent two weeks sleeping restlessly. Qian Meigui sent him one email with an IP address that came from a computer lab at a public centre, that anyone can use and log in. She told him that she was fine and not to worry.

But how could he not?

Nonetheless, he waited for some other sign from her, patiently. She had to be all right. She would tell him if she were not. Right?

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Qian Meigui grew accustomed to the routine of the Lin household; they were her mother's side of the family.

She spent time with them over dinners, over going out together. She told them she was practicing law, and they were happy for her. Most of her time in the house was spending time with her little cousins, the family she never got to know.

She wondered, why would her parents not want her to live this life? But she did not dwell on it for too long.

Over lunch, the table was full of people. Lin Anni was sitting at the head of the table when she was trying to quit down her nieces and nephews. Her youngest nephew ran up to Qian Meigui, reaching up to his stubby arms, cueing her to carry him. She felt compelled to raise him because of how adorable he was.

She held him on her lap. The child's parents were the younger brother of Qian Aiguo and his wife who sat across her.

After lunch, Lin Anni took her to a grocery store where they purchased enough food for the week. It took her a while to adjust to speaking with her aunt. It's still tricky not looking at her without thinking of her mother. But she also remembered the twins Song Jinyi and Song Jun. They must be worried about her if Song Sheng had not told them by now.

But she had to resolve her issues and to figure out the past and present. There were many things she did not know.

She found out that her grandparent's had long since passed away. She had many extended family members that she was distantly related to, but Lin Anni, her brother and his children were the only ones closely related to besides the Qian family she was not entirely sure of, either.

Lin Anni owned many clinics; many companies and practitioners recognized her work. Her ex-husband was a former colleague she worked with before their divorce. But he also was a doctor from a prestigious university that worked alongside her and her mother before she left and married Qian Shanyuan.

”I never forgave your mother for leaving without much of a word,” Lin Anni said over the dinner table, casually.

”Why did she leave?” Qian Meigui asked curiously since her aunt brought it up.

”She married your father, and they moved. Your grandparent's also thought that their marriage brought dishonour to the family. Your father was not known for his skill in law besides being friends with Song Rui.”

Qian Meigui understood. But that still doesn't explain many things.