Reborn in 1993, Dark Sea

"An Xiaohai, I miss you so much, I miss you terribly!..."

Lin Xuan'er leaned on the small platform by the viewing window, pouting and muttering to herself.

"Only 889 days left, I'm so sad!"

"Silly girl, you've underestimated 180 days..." An Xiaohai lamented inwardly.

"Xiao Hai, I heard that people who have been to prison can get married. Why don't you marry me now? I can't wait!" Lin Xuan'er suddenly raised her head and said, half-jokingly and half-seriously.

"Are you stupid, girl? Prisoners can get married, but they can't consummate their marriage, what's the point?!" An Xiaohai laughed it off, but his heart was aching terribly.

"I knew it! You just don't want me, it's just an excuse!" Lin Xuan'er pretended to be angry.

"How could that be? You are my woman, you can't escape, you'll never escape in this lifetime! But let's wait until I get out before we get married. I want to give you a proper wedding."

Besides, you still have university to attend. Getting married at this time isn't good for you. What will your classmates think of you?

"I don't care what others think of me! Humph!"

Lin Xuan'er pouted, clearly dissatisfied. An Xiaohai had to say many nice things to coax her into being happy.

"Xiao Hai, you promised me you'd marry me as soon as you get out, and you can't go back on your word!"

"Fine, I won't go back on my word, or I'll be struck by lightning."

"Fine, you can have it!" Lin Xuan'er pouted, her chubby lips looking adorable.

The visiting time was quickly approaching, and Lin Xuan'er left, turning back every few steps. An Xiaohai smiled as he saw her off, until Lin Xuan'er's figure disappeared from sight, at which point An Xiaohai finally frowned.

"Something seems off about this girl. Could it be that someone really stole her boyfriend?"

An Xiaohai knew Lin Xuan'er too well. Her current state meant something must have happened. Since she hadn't told An Xiaohai, it must be something between a man and a woman.

"Damn it! Someone actually dared to steal my girlfriend! Don't let me find out who you are, or I'll break all three of your legs!"

An unnamed anger surged from the depths of An Xiaohai's heart. The idea that he could let go for Lin Xuan'er's future happiness was long forgotten by An Xiaohai!

"Ah Hai, Brother Hai, you've been acting a bit strange these past few days!" It was too hot to fall asleep, so Guo Xiangshui made conversation.

"What did I do wrong?" An Xiaohai said irritably.

"You're really acting strange! Ever since your girlfriend came to see you that day, you've been behaving a bit oddly, don't you think, Ade? Could it be that we were right? Is someone really making a move on your girlfriend?"

Zhao De didn't speak. It was too hot, and he was too busy having his underlings fan him to even open his mouth.

"Uncle Shui, don't overthink it, it's nothing!" An Xiaohai waved his hand irritably and simply lay down.

It's not surprising that someone is pursuing Lin Xuan'er. Lin Xuan'er is quite beautiful and attractive, otherwise Zhou Tie and his gang wouldn't have flirted with her in public.

This kind of thing has happened a lot before, and An Xiaohai has fought a lot because of it.

An Xiaohai wasn't worried about that; he was worried that it might be that same mastermind causing trouble again. Thinking about it carefully, the probability seemed quite high.

Recalling everything that happened in the other timeline, An Xiaohai himself, Lin Xuan'er, and Pan Zhuangzhuang must have been targeted, otherwise the three of them shouldn't have ended up in such a tragic way.

Whenever he thought of this, An Xiaohai's restless heart could not find peace.

"Why is this happening? What kind of grudge is this? What kind of hatred is this? Why are they doing this? They won't even let Lin Xuan'er and Pan Zhuangzhuang go, just because they're helping me?"

The more you think about it, the more complicated it seems. Even if Zhou Tie's family wanted to help him get revenge, would they really not spare even one of his friends?

"No, I have to urge Pan Zhuangzhuang..." An Xiaohai decided to call Pan Zhuangzhuang tomorrow to remind him to speed up the process.

But today is only August 3rd, and Lin Xuan'er already used up this month's visitation rights on August 1st. If she wants to see Pan Zhuangzhuang, she will have to wait until next month.

But Lin Xuan'er will be starting school next month, so she'll definitely still come.

"This is really difficult... It seems we'll have to resort to writing letters. But if Pan Zhuangzhuang really finds out some information, it'll probably be a very long letter if we write it all down..."

An Xiaohai called Pan Zhuangzhuang the next day and received his letter on the fourth day.

It really is a thick letter!

The envelope was so thick it was almost bursting, which aroused the suspicion of the prison guards. They made An Xiaohai open the letter and shake the pages of the letter inside in front of them before letting him leave.

It took An Xiaohai a full half hour to finish reading the letter. After finishing, An Xiaohai let out a long sigh and his brows furrowed tightly.

Pan Zhuangzhuang didn't find out anything related to Zhou Tie's background, but he unexpectedly learned another piece of information.

"I have an uncle? I have no recollection of him at all?" After piecing together the hidden message in the letter, An Xiaohai was momentarily stunned.

The source of this information is the old village chief of Apojiao Village. It is said that he served as the brigade director of several nearby villages when he was young. In order to find out about Zhou Tie's background, Pan Zhuangzhuang has been visiting the old village chief's house many times in the past two months.

The old village chief was a good man. His wife had passed away, and his children all worked in other places, so he was quite lonely.

Pan Zhuangzhuang didn't have to put in much effort; under his deliberate guidance, the old village chief spilled everything he knew like beans pouring from a bamboo tube.

Most of what the old village chief said was just scattered, useless information, but this one really shocked An Xiaohai.

An Xiaohai's father was born in the late 40s. People from this era have a title that is almost forgotten by the world: the "Old Three Classes".

The so-called "Old Three Classes" refers to the group of educated youth who responded to the call to go to the countryside.

Shenhai City was just a small fishing village back then, and naturally it had production brigades, which naturally received educated youth. An Xiaohai's father was one of those educated youth.

However, An Xiaohai's father did not come alone; he came with his younger brother to work in the countryside. Moreover, both brothers fell in love with Chen Shuifen, a girl in the village.

Neither of them was willing to back down, and they even got into a physical fight, which caused quite a stir in the village at the time.

Ultimately, Chen Shuifen chose the eldest of the two brothers, who was An Xiaohai's father.

I heard that the younger brother was devastated after hearing the news and even attempted suicide, but was stopped in time by the old village chief and his men.

But after this incident, the two brothers became complete enemies and never spoke a word to each other again.

When talking about this incident, the old village chief kept sighing, saying that if Chen Shuifen had chosen her younger brother back then, perhaps those terrible things that happened later wouldn't have happened.

The elderly people in the village who had experienced those events all felt the same way: they all thought that the younger brother, An Xiaohai's uncle, was much more devoted than An Xiaohai's father.

If Chen Shuifen had chosen her younger brother back then, the outcome might have been completely different.

Later, the country reinstated the college entrance examination. Perhaps turning his grief into strength, the younger brother passed the exam in his first year and left Apojiao, never to be seen again.

An Xiaohai's father was admitted to university in his third year.

Therefore, when An Xiaohai's father abandoned his wife and child, the younger brother was no longer in the village. Otherwise, the outcome might have been different.

"Uncle, so I have an uncle! If that's the case, he should hate my dad! Could it be that because he hates my dad, he also hates me?"

"Damn, this is outrageous!"

An Xiaohai rolled his eyes inwardly. Could it be that all this trouble was just the family fighting amongst themselves? No way!