Jiang Baishu had initially signed up in secret, behind his parents’ backs. The old couple only found out when the recruiters came to pick him up.
Back then, a fresh-faced Jiang Baishu had waved goodbye, promising to make his parents proud and bring home a medal of honor.
Chen JianShe had thought the man would be back soon.
Who would have thought things would change so drastically? The Jiang family’s parents passed away one after another. Word was sent to Jiang Baishu, but no reply ever came. His younger sister and brother were living in squalor, yet Jiang Baishu never appeared.
After two or three years had passed like that, everyone said Jiang Baishu had died out there.
Even Chen JianShe had come to believe it.
Now, he had suddenly reappeared. Seeing the tragic changes to his family, ’if it weren’t for his sister and brother, he might have gone mad.’
On the first night of his return, Jiang Baishu went up the mountain to the cemetery and knelt before his parents’ graves for the entire night.
He only came down the next day.
No one knew the despair Jiang Baishu felt seeing his parents’ graves. When he left, his parents were alive, and his siblings were healthy and happy. When he returned, his parents were dead, and his siblings had been taken in by others.
’If he hadn’t stubbornly chased his dream back then, maybe his parents would still be alive, and his siblings wouldn’t have been bullied.’
’He had paid such a heavy price and finally made a name for himself. Was he really willing to give up everything he had worked for at a time like this?’
’How could he possibly be willing?’
Jiang Baishu’s eyes reddened, his heart filled with guilt toward his parents and his siblings.
’This was all his fault.’
’If he hadn’t insisted on his own ideas back then, if he had listened to his parents, stayed in the village to farm, and taken care of them and his siblings, he would still have a complete family.’
’His family’s suffering was all because of him.’
The truth was, the matter with the human traffickers had been resolved long ago. He just hadn’t dared to return to the village, afraid his parents would be angry.
So, he had someone ask around about his family’s situation.
The moment he learned the news, Jiang Baishu completely broke down.

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