Grandpa Zhang and Grandpa Zou smiled wryly.
They knew the woman had misunderstood.
"It's not that we won't help you get in touch with him..."
"It's just..."
The two old men sighed.
If the situation weren't so unusual, they really wouldn't have wanted to bring this up in front of Old Meng.
But there was no helping it...
Old Meng had been the one to hurt her child.
So why had he done it?
Why had Old Meng done such a thing?
"Old Meng doesn't have any family left."
Grandpa Zou lowered his voice.
Grandpa Zhang pressed his lips together.
He said nothing.
The woman's mouth fell open.
The unexpected answer caught her completely off guard.
That old man...
"He doesn't have a single family member left?"
The woman blurted out, "A wife?"
"Children?"
"They're all gone."
Grandpa Zou shook his head.
His voice carried a sigh.
The woman's expression grew complicated.
To be honest...
She wanted to say, What did that have to do with her?
The old man might be pitiful.
But was her daughter, who had been frightened, not pitiful too?
If the two old men hadn't stopped him in time...
Who knew what might have happened to her daughter?
But...
The hunched, frail old man...
And his lonely, childless existence...
It really was hard not to feel a pang of sympathy.
Even if she didn't pity him...
She couldn't bring herself to say anything cruel.
"I want to know..."
The woman spoke. "What was he trying to do to my daughter?"
Grandpa Zou and Grandpa Zhang understood how she felt.
And it wasn't just the woman. They also wanted to know...
Why had Old Meng done such a thing?
What was his purpose?
Everything had to have a