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Chapter 152 The Wei Family's Shocking Secret (Guaranteed 1 Update)
Wei Ming brought Lao Wei to an open area with no cover around, where they were sure they would not be eavesdropped on.

"What happened?"

Wei Ming said to his father seriously: "Prepare yourself mentally first, calm down, and make sure you don't get too excited when you hear what I say next."

"You are so mysterious. I lost my father when I was young, so I have a heart of stone. Just tell me what you want to say!"

Since he said so, Wei Ming didn't hide it anymore: "My grandfather, that is, your father, is still alive."

"What?"

This sentence made Lao Wei's brain go blank for a moment.

Wei Ming repeated it with a firm expression.

Old Wei knew that his son would never joke about such a thing. He saw his eyes widen, his breathing began to quicken, his legs straightened, and he was about to pass out.

Wei Ming quickly supported Laozi: "Take a deep breath, take a deep breath, didn't you say you have a heart of stone?"

"That was when he lost his father at a young age!" Old Wei took a break and sat on the bench next to him. He tightly grasped Wei Ming's arm and said, "Tell me, what happened?"

Wei Ming: "The letter you received last time was from grandpa. He wanted to contact us."

"Impossible, your grandfather doesn't write like that." Old Wei was very sure. There were still many letters written by his father to his mother during the Anti-Japanese War at home. He and his mother often read them.

"Is that so?" Wei Ming took out the letter written by "Old Ghost".

When Lao Wei looked at the handwriting above, his eyes suddenly turned red. This handwriting was so familiar!
"What about the previous letter?"

Wei Ming: "I was afraid that the villagers would recognize it, so I asked someone else to write it."

People like the old branch secretary and my uncle's generation were all Wei Senhao's younger brothers. They might have recognized his handwriting. Old Wei was cautious in his life and would definitely not put himself at risk of being exposed when writing to the village.

"Then how come he is still alive? There's a sign of Glorious Family hanging in the house!" Wei Jiefang's voice sounded aggrieved. He experienced the pain of losing his father when he was in his teens. He felt that he was even more miserable than Ping An. Having a father who later died was worse than never having one in the first place.

But since he is not dead, why doesn't he come back!
"He also has his difficulties. You will know if you read this letter." Wei Ming stood up and turned his back to Lao Wei.

Old Wei took the opportunity to wipe Xiao Zhenzhu's face, damn, how embarrassing.

He opened the letter and saw the first line: "Dear grandson, I am writing to you as if I were in person."

Old Wei's heart trembled. It was indeed the format that Old Wei used to write to his mother. It was still as corny as ever.

"You are a smart child. I believe you already know who I am. Just keep it in your heart and tell your father. After all, I am a person whose identity cannot be exposed to the public. You must handle this letter with caution after reading it.

"It has been almost thirty years, and I have wanted to return to you all the time, but the situation is pressing. Once I return to the mainland, many people will be implicated.

"I am not a deserter, nor am I a coward, but I cannot let you and others suffer because of me, so I could only endure it until the past two years, when reform and opening up gave me hope. After much consideration, I took the risk of writing the last letter, and I carefully considered every word, fearing that I would make a mistake.

“After receiving your reply, I realized how much the world has changed. All the people I knew are gone, but many people who are related to me by blood have been born. I really want to see you brothers and sisters, and your uncle’s dragon and phoenix.

“I don’t know when we can really meet again, but as long as we are alive, there is hope, so I will take care of myself and live until the day when our family can be reunited.

"You said you were writing something, why not send it to me? I'm in Hong Kong, and it's not easy to read mainland works..."

As Old Wei watched, Wei Ming also recalled the experience of his previous life. His grandfather concealed many of his unspeakable secrets in the letter, but he knew that as a soldier with firm beliefs, he had not done anything to let down the country and the nation in the past 30 years. Instead, he tortured himself for many years because of this fake death incident.

Although I was not able to see him for the last time, I already knew a lot about his deeds through Lao Wei's half-sister, my aunt.

At this time, Lao Wei finished reading the letter.

"What is written here? It's unclear and incomprehensible!"

Wei Ming took the letter and said, "The old man was still cautious. He was worried that someone would open the letter privately, so he wrote it very vaguely. He didn't mention anyone's name in the letter, nor did he mention what happened to him that year."

"So what exactly happened back then?" Old Wei really wanted to know the truth, otherwise he would not be able to sleep tonight.

In the mid-90s, a few years after Old Wei passed away, my mother suddenly called Wei Ming, who was in Yanjing, and asked him to come home, saying that there was a guest at home from Taiwan.

The appearance of the beautiful woman who was only a few years older than Wei Ming shocked the Gouzi Village. Although she claimed to be Wei Senhao's Taiwanese niece to the outside world, behind closed doors, she told Wei Ming that she was her biological aunt and explained to Wei Ming everything about Old Wei.

So Wei Ming told his father what he knew in the form of speculation.

"Grandpa was captured at the time."

Lao Wei: "Yes, but he was captured with serious injuries. According to the description of his surviving comrades, your grandfather was alone in order to cover the evacuation of his teammates. He was seriously injured and lost his ability to move. At that time, we thought he had died. Later, when we went to clean up the battlefield, we didn't find him, so we guessed that he was captured."

Wei Ming: "After the war ended, the US gave us a list of deceased prisoners of war, and my grandfather was among them, right?"

"Yes, I thought at the time that your grandfather must not have been cured, otherwise the Americans couldn't say he was dead," Old Wei reacted, "Are you saying that the Americans lied?"

"Who do you think has the ability to ask the Americans to help them with fraud?"

Old Wei suddenly realized: "Your great grandfather!" Wei Ming snapped his fingers: "I have checked the information. Chiang Kai-shek's people also helped to give advice on the Korean battlefield. My great grandfather has rich experience in fighting with our army. It is possible that he was invited to be a consultant. He probably also knew my grandfather's serial number. Through this, he found my seriously injured grandfather and brought him back to Taiwan for treatment. This is very reasonable."

"Then why do you say he is dead?" Old Wei said aggrievedly, as he made himself so sad back then.

Wei Ming: "Dad, are you stupid? If he died, he would be a martyr. If he didn't die and went to Taiwan, what would he become? How would you and grandma live in the future?"

Old Wei suddenly realized: "It turns out that your great grandfather is kind-hearted!"

Although the brothers had fought each other for many years, broken bones are still connected, and sibling affection was the emphasis that my great-grandfather put in their teachings.

What's more, both of my great grandfather's sons had died in the war, leaving only my grandfather's branch in the Wei family. For the sake of the Wei family's bloodline, my great grandfather had to do this.

Old Wei drew inferences from his example and said, "So this is why your grandfather didn't dare to contact our family before?"

Wei Ming nodded. After all, overseas connections have only become popular in recent years. People were afraid of getting involved in the past. Sister Xue's family had suffered misfortune because of suspected overseas connections.

Wei Ming added, "Maybe he didn't want to implicate my great grandfather. He brought a dangerous person like my grandfather to Taiwan. If my grandfather returns to the mainland, my great grandfather will definitely be in trouble as the guarantor. It must have taken a lot of effort for my grandfather to go to Hong Kong now."

After Wei Ming’s “analysis”, Wei Jiefang basically understood it, and everything became clear to him.

Then he thought of a question: "You said your great-grandfather was such a high-ranking official in Taiwan, so your grandfather should be doing pretty well now, right?"

Wei Ming: On the contrary. After arriving in Hong Kong, my grandfather refused to accept my great-grandfather's help due to the embarrassment of his status. He became a security guard like me and lived an ascetic life. He only entrusted his wife and daughter to the care of my great-grandfather in Taiwan. After all, the new wife was also arranged for him by my great-grandfather.

Although my grandfather was not a wealthy man in Hong Kong, he did enclose money in his letters.

Wei Ming pulled out a handful of currency from his pocket that Old Wei had never seen before.

"This is 1000 Hong Kong dollars. It was given to me by my grandfather."

"Wow, so many, foreign currencies are valuable, right?"

Wei Ming shook his head: "According to the official exchange rate, this is equivalent to more than 300 yuan."

"Ah, it's just over three hundred."

Old Wei is also getting cocky. He couldn't earn that much in the past few years, but now, the train tickets for the six of them from Chengdu back to Beijing cost more than this amount.

Wei Ming smiled and said, "But this is foreign currency. You can exchange it for overseas remittance coupons to buy some scarce goods at overseas Chinese stores. But you don't need it. It belongs to me now. I will give you another 300 yuan later."

Old Wei waved his hand: "Father and son, let's not talk about that. I'm not short of money now. I can't spend all the money you gave me before. What I'm thinking about now is whether I should tell your uncle Ping An about this matter."

Wei Ming: "It's better not to tell him. Didn't grandpa say it in the letter? Just tell you one person. Besides, my uncle is a party member and a former soldier. If you tell him about this, wouldn't it be a test of his party spirit and humanity?"

"That's right, that's right. Then don't tell him. When we eat tonight, keep an eye on my mouth. I'm afraid he'll drink too much and get drunk."

Old Wei thought that he had a father again. Although it was a big shock, he was happy after all, and the image of his father became a little blurred.

"Then when are we going to Hong Kong?" Lao Wei asked anxiously.

Wei Ming smiled and said, "Don't even think about it in the next few years, but I might go there soon."

"Ah, why?"

Wei Ming: "Because I'm a writer, and a screenwriter at that."

Wei Ming has now completed the script of "The Magic Book" and will start working on "Heroes Emerge From Young Ages" next. As long as he can facilitate co-production between mainland China and Hong Kong, he will have the opportunity to go to Hong Kong to find the old man.

Old Wei was unhappy, so Wei Ming asked him, "If you have anything to say to your father, I can write it in the letter later, or you can write a separate letter and send it together?"

Lao Wei: "I need to think about it carefully. Let's go and take your grandma to see a doctor first."

They went to Union Hospital during this half day, saw an expert in rheumatology, chose a milder treatment plan, and got some medicine.

It was dark when we got back, and we had another meal with Uncle Ping'an and his family in the Changzheng Canteen.

The next day, Wei Ming continued to accompany his grandmother and the others to visit the famous scenic spots in Yanjing. He and Old Wei Zhui whispered in the back: "Dad, have you thought about what to say to your dad?"

Lao Wei said directly: "Just say one thousand is not enough."

"Be serious."

Old Wei sighed: "Ask him how serious his injury was and whether he has any underlying illness..."

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