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Chapter 18 The Cruel Stroke of Fate
Lin Fengquan was stunned. But this was also the first time the young man saw the jade pendant for he asked the young woman, "What's that?" The woman replied, "Oh? This? My mum made a vow that I would one day marry the man who wears another half of this pendant. What a joke! I do not even know who that is!" Feeling humiliated, Lin Fengquan felt sorry for his mother who had truly kept to the very same vow all these years. He felt sad for her and thought, "Look, Mother! For all these years you have been faithful to the sisterhood you shared with that woman! But it seemed everything is nothing but a joke to them!" At a sudden loss of what to do next, he hesitated and left.
Back at his hostel, Lin Fengquan began pondering on what to do next for the next few days. Since his childhood, his mother had mentioned to him of the engagement. But it seemed that there was no need for him to honor this vow. Still, he could think of no way to deliver the news t
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Everyone in the car could not help feeling puzzled. Why was she coming back with a photo album? As she came near, she showed one of the photographs in the album to Uncle Quan, "Is this your teacher?" Uncle Quan looked closely and gasped, "Ah! He is, even though I have never once addressed him so! How is it possible that you have the photograph of my teacher!" The woman smiled mischievously and revealed, "Your teacher and mine were husband and wife!" Surprised by this, Uncle Quan said immediately, "I see! Where is he now? Is he well?" "They have passed on..." The woman said somberly. "Huh? Was he also buried at the same graveyard? Stop the car! I must pay my respects!" But the woman stopped him and said, "No. They were buried at Shanxi!" Uncle Quan stopped short and asked, "But how did you know? How did you know that I was the student of your teacher's husband?" The woman sighed before she said,
Once Upon a Time Chapter 20 Shiyan and Lin Feng
Just then, I noticed a slight expression of bewilderment on Uncle Quan's face. The woman's story had finally explained why did his teacher treat him with so much love and affection. He must have been about the same age as his teacher's own child. If she had detected the change on Uncle Quan's face, the woman certainly showed no indication of it. Instead, she pressed on bluntly, "But it was none other than my teacher's husband's junior sister who had stolen their baby boy. She had an intense loathing for my teacher's husband – your teacher and her senior brother – who had rebuffed her love for him. Days turned sour and bitter for my teacher and her husband. This went on for many years until the junior sister of your teacher, reflecting upon the horror that she had wrought on the person whom she had once adored and loved, confessed everything to the man, the baby boy she had stolen now grown up, on her deathbed. The man, now middle-aged, came from Shanxi in search of his
Once Upon a Time Chapter 21 The Seething Lee
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Once Upon a Time Chapter 22 What Goes Around, Comes Around
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Once Upon a Time Chapter 23 So Shall You Weep
Sighing with exasperation, Mr. Lee shook his head. He rose from his seat and turned to walk out. He walked for a few paces and turned back suddenly, "Wait! You may not be able to divine a person's fate twice a day. But your apprentice can! Chongxi can do it for me again!" Yuan Chongxi burst out guffawing hard and remarked, "You are indeed a shrewd businessman, Mr. Lee. Your mind is truly quick to find loopholes to exploit!" Mr. Lee fished out a Suyan cigarette from its box and offered it to Yuan Chongxi, pleading, "Please, my boy. Just help me this time..." Yuan Chongxi took Mr. Lee's hand in his, patted it and said, "Very well. I'll have another go. Only for you. But please forgive my bluntness if I am too forthcoming about the outcome!" Revitalized with fresh hope, Mr. Lee slapped his chest and said, "Who do you think I am? I have had my share of great things myself! I will never be angered nor frightened by anything you will s
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Once Upon a Time Chapter 26 The "Ancient" Zither
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