Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife-Chapter 1717: The Truth Comes to Light 1

Shi Guantao’s words seemed flawless, so was it true what he said about his big brother?

Is it true that a man’s words are kind when he is at death’s door?

Not only Shi Guantao was uncertain, but even Cheng Baoguo and his wife, along with Feng Qingxue, were skeptical. Only Doctor Gu believed it was true that she had indeed raised the son of her sworn enemy, while her own son had been lost for nearly forty years!

Her trembling hand caressed Shi Guantao’s face, her fingertips felt only the coarse, uneven texture and shallow scars.

Doctor Gu wept uncontrollably, "You should have come. It was right for you to come. If you hadn’t shown up, I think I would never have met my own son, never known the truth from thirty-nine years ago. How sad, how ridiculous, Da Tou and I ended up raising someone else’s child for decades, ignorant of whether our own child had enough to eat or warm clothes to wear, or what kind of life he led."

"Do you believe what I say?" Even as Shi Guantao came, his confidence was lacking.

"I believe, you have no reason to deceive me."

Shi Guantao was, after all, not a child but a middle-aged man of forty in traditional age reckoning. Facing Doctor Gu’s genuine expression of emotion, he felt somewhat unaccustomed because he had never known a mother’s love all his life.

"I think you should investigate properly after all, as I have nothing but words and cannot convince others." Shi Guantao said earnestly, "My brother is eight years older than me. I don’t know if he knew from a young age that I wasn’t his brother, or if our parents told him this secret on their deathbeds, but I find his claim that he didn’t want to take the secret to the grave quite hard to believe."

Shi Guantao was right, his elder brother indeed had ill intentions.

As he was dying, he harbored the vile thought of not wanting Shi Guantao and Gu Qing to lead a good life.

How could two full siblings, by chance, one had to farm at home, endure gossip, depend on Shi Guantao to live, bending under the pressure of a tough life with no property to their name upon his death, while Gu Qing could live without worry thanks to the status of being an officer’s son with a promising future? After all, the children of officials had far more opportunities to rise than ordinary folks.

Long ago, he’d wanted to find out Gu Qing’s whereabouts to bask in some glory, but he never could. He was just an ordinary man of the streets, unlike Shi Guantao, who had connections within the military and could find out about famous people.

But all of this was buried with him in his coffin, never to be known.

Doctor Gu loathed the Shi family members who treated Shi Guantao poorly, including the big brother Shi Guantao spoke of, yet she was grateful that he revealed this secret to Shi Guantao before he died, allowing them to reunite. She also understood who Shi Guantao referred to as those he "cannot convince," but instead of responding to his words, she wiped her tears and asked, "How did you find me?"

Shi Guantao replied, "After I finished my brother’s funeral, I took leave from the police station and went specifically to find Zhao Yong, Brother Zhao. I participated in the Korean War, so I knew you were Sister Xiuying’s aunt. You were quite famous in the military, with your maternal family being doctors for generations, and your married surname being Gu. I got your whereabouts from Brother Zhao and came all the way here."

Tears rolled down Doctor Gu’s face again, soaking the handkerchief Feng Qingxue handed her, "Your father also died in that battle. He was one of the commanding officers. Did you ever see him?"

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