"It was also because he saved your life that you finally agreed to acknowledge him.
Zang An was so happy that he couldn't sleep, night after night.
Gradually, he was no longer content to watch you from afar. He wanted to possess you.
At last, he made his move. He drugged you unconscious and brought you back.
He locked you up.
He truly was patient with you. You refused to give in, and he waited like that for half a year."
Mrs. Zang continued without looking at Lang Han:
"Lately, Zang An had become very irritable. I could tell his patience had run out, and I thought he would force himself on you.
I never expected you to give in. I imagine you were planning to find a chance to escape.
It was your only chance to leave this cellar.
He was overjoyed these past few days and did everything himself.
He told me that once you came out, you would live with us as his younger brother.
In a few days, we would move away from this county town.
I readily agreed to everything.
I thought my chance had come. I was going to get rid of Zang An.
Seeing that I had no complaints, Zang An lowered his guard around me.
Mostly, his mind was on your wedding, so he didn't have much energy left to watch me.
That made it easier for me to act.
I put a double dose of knockout powder in the wine.
This knockout powder was colorless and odorless. Sure enough, Zang An fell for it."
"Weren't you going to ask me where Zang An was?
I'll tell you now.
After he passed out, I killed him with my own hands.
I've already secretly transported him outside the town.
Oh, and that night,