I painted an aircraft carrier on the courtyard house for Dongda University.

Zhou Weiguo then asked, "Are you sure they're only using this one confession to threaten you? And they don't have any other leverage?"

Seeing He Daqing nod affirmatively, he continued, "Doesn't that mean that as long as you find the confession, you can leave the Bai family immediately?"

He Daqing pondered for a long time, then nodded heavily: "I'm sure! As long as I can find that confession, I can leave immediately. I've secretly searched for it several times over the years, but that widow Bai hides it so well that I can't find it at all. For the sake of the country, if you can help me get the confession, I'll immediately go back to Beijing with you and make amends to Zhuzi and Yushui!"

Zhou Weiguo looked at him with a half-smile: "Five years, still not enough fun with the White Widow, huh, Run?"

He Daqing grinned mischievously, "It really is smooth, uh..." As soon as he said it, he realized he had misspoke and looked nervously at Zhou Weiguo.

Zhou Weiguo spat, his face full of disdain: "Look at you, so pathetic! You're completely controlled by a woman. Fine, I'll help you find a confession, but you'd better not lie. If I find out you've lied to me..."

His eyes flashed sharply, and he said, enunciating each word clearly, "Just wait until Zhu Zi and Yu Shui cut ties with you!"

He Daqing nodded hurriedly, patting his chest and guaranteeing, "If I'm lying, may I be struck by lightning! As long as I find that confession, I can go with you immediately. However, I've been searching for that confession for so many years and have never found it. This is your first time in Baocheng, how could you possibly..."

Zhou Weiguo glared at him: "Don't worry about how I find her. I have my own methods. We have to try, right? Do you really want to just follow the White Widow around without any status or recognition, and then have her whole family eat you dry?"

He Daqing shuddered and gritted his teeth, saying, "I'd rather die than let anyone eat a child who has no descendants."

Zhou Weiguo got angry as soon as he heard this: "You haven't been eaten alive yet, but Sha Zhuzi has already been eaten alive! If I hadn't found Zhuzi and the others, it would probably have been a matter of time before they were eaten alive too."

He Daqing looked incredulous: "For the sake of the country, you're overthinking it! Before I left, I entrusted Zhuzi to Lao Yi. Lao Yi and I have been friends for many years. As long as he's still around, Sha Zhuzi shouldn't be left without any descendants."

With a mocking smile, Zhou Weiguo recounted all the circumstances surrounding Sha Zhu and Yu Shui over the years.

Upon hearing this, He Daqing was completely stunned. He stood up agitatedly and shouted, "Impossible! Absolutely impossible! Yi Zhonghai promised me he would take care of them. How could he do such a thing? I saved his life back then!"

Zhou Weiguo snorted coldly, his eyes full of disdain: "What I just said was told to me by Yushui and Zhuzi themselves. Believe it or not, it's up to you."

He Daqing slumped to the ground, clutching his head in his hands, muttering repeatedly, "Impossible... Absolutely impossible."

Zhou Weiguo kicked him and roared, "What's impossible! That old bastard Yi Zhonghai has already swallowed the money you sent, and even instigated Sha Zhu to be a sucker for the Jia family! If it weren't for me, your children would have been devoured to the bone! What do you still not believe now? You can only say that you are blind and trusted the wrong person! You give me the receipt for the money you sent to Zhu right now. This is the main reason I came to see you this time. Go back and see how I deal with that moral emperor Yi Zhonghai."

He Daqing finally recovered: "Yes, yes, Weiguo, you're right. Hey, Weiguo, you still haven't told me what's been going on with you all these years? When your sister and I left, we heard that the village had suffered some misfortune, and I thought you were all gone. You were so young back then, and it's really amazing that you still remember me."

Zhou Weiguo didn't want to dwell on it any longer and said directly, "My family is all gone. I don't want to talk about it, and please don't ask anymore."

He Daqing's heart sank, and he quickly changed the subject: "With your uncle Zhu Zi making arrangements, I'm not worried anymore. Come on, let your brother-in-law take you out for a good meal first, and then we can discuss how to get the confession."

Only then did He Daqing remember his lunchbox. Turning around, he saw several people gathered around it, seemingly doing something. Upon closer inspection, he immediately became enraged: "Damn it! Where did these bastards come from, daring to steal my lunchbox?!"

Zhou Weiguo turned around and saw a man dressed in tattered clothes, with two children who looked like beggars, eating heartily while lying on a lunchbox.

He Daqing rushed forward and kicked the adult to the ground, preparing to continue his attack.

But when he saw the man holding a crying baby in his arms, he froze in mid-air. The child's face was scrunched up, and its shrill cries were particularly jarring in the noisy street.

The man knelt down, protecting the children, and pleaded, "Comrade, I'm so sorry! The two children are extremely hungry. I've been trying to pull them away for ages, but I can't. Please, have mercy and stop hitting them!"

The man's face was filled with despair and guilt, and tears mixed with dust left streaks on his face.

He Daqing was taken aback when he heard the voice. This disheveled person was actually a woman, and her voice was quite pleasant.

The two older children were so frightened that they trembled all over and knelt down to the side, kowtowing repeatedly.

The woman held the crying baby tightly, staring at He Daqing with pleading eyes filled with fear and pleas.

Zhou Weiguo looked at the woman and felt that she looked extremely familiar.

Seeing her pitiful state and looking at the baby's appearance, his heart softened, and he quickly said, "Comrade, you should go and breastfeed the baby. The baby has cried its ears out."

The woman stood there, looking around for a long time, but didn't say anything.

Zhou Weiguo panicked. He subconsciously thought she was embarrassed outside. He turned around and saw the train station guesthouse behind them, so he called He Daqing and pulled the bewildered woman and child into the guesthouse.

He initially intended to borrow a place, but then thought, "I'll do a good deed to the end; it's only a few dollars." So he took out his military officer's ID and booked a room.

The staff looked puzzled. Zhou Weiguo briefly explained the situation and led everyone to the door, gesturing for the woman to take her child inside. Unexpectedly, the woman immediately knelt down, tears streaming down her face, choking back sobs, "My benefactor, you've gone to so much trouble! I... I wanted to explain, but I really don't have any breast milk!"

Zhou Weiguo frowned, pondered for a moment, and then said to He Daqing, "Brother-in-law, you stay here and watch over things. I'll go buy some milk powder." He then quickly ran towards a nearby store. When he returned, panting, carrying the milk powder, he saw He Daqing squatting on the ground, carefully wiping the baby's tears with the corner of his clothes, softly humming a tuneless nursery rhyme. His demeanor was completely different from when he had been so fierce and ready to hit someone.

Zhou Weiguo handed the formula to He Daqing with a look of disgust. He Daqing held the baby in one arm and used the other hand to mix the formula in a cup from the guesthouse. Just then, the door was pushed open again, and the disheveled woman walked in with two children. This time, all three of them were clean. Zhou Weiguo and He Daqing instinctively looked up and were instantly shocked.