Oh! So this was Auntie Liu's husband?
That was great. We'd found Auntie Liu's family straight away, and I could complete Auntie's task.
Delight surged through me.
But I quickly explained:
"So you're her husband. Auntie Lu Rou did indeed pass away thirty years ago.
"But if you ask Auntie Liu, you should find out that Auntie Lu Rou and my Uncle Yu Long were both experts in feng shui and the arts of the I Ching.
"Thirty years have passed, and my auntie misses Auntie Liu terribly, so she specifically asked me to come and look for her this time.
"She hopes they can get back in touch..."
My tone was calm. His tone hadn't angered me.
After hearing what I said, Auntie Liu's husband's expression changed again.
His eyebrows lifted slightly as he kept looking us over, a thoughtful look crossing his face.
Clearly, he was also searching his memory for anything related to Uncle Yu and Auntie Lu Rou.
Only after several seconds did he speak:
"You... you really were sent here by Lu Rou? She... she's been dead for thirty years, hasn't she?"
I nodded again.
"Yes! Thirty years. Uncle Yu said that thirty years ago, you and Auntie Liu went to Mountain City to see Auntie Lu Rou."
Hearing that, he immediately sucked in a sharp breath.
"That did happen. You... you really were sent by Lu Rou!"
"Of course it's true, Uncle. I can video-call Uncle Yu right now. Once you've seen him, you'll believe us."
"..."
As I spoke, I took out my phone.
He didn't refuse.
He looked doubtful, and a little frightened too.
According to Auntie, the man Auntie Liu had married was just an ordinary person.
So they had almost no contact with our line of work. All they knew