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"": "Zhang Yunling cried for a long time.
Standing for too long grew difficult for Luo Bin, so he sat down.
Zhang Yunling settled fully onto his lap, clinging to him, burying her face in his chest, refusing to let go.
It was an intimate position.
In another mood, it would have been romantic.
But Luo Bin had no improper thoughts. He simply held Zhang Yunling in silence.
A long, long time passed.
Zhang Yunling murmured softly, almost deliriously.
"Do you know?"
"Back then, so many people thought my parents had prescribed the wrong medicine and killed the villagers."
"They couldn't cure them. My parents kept increasing the doses to save more villagers. They tested the medicines so the others could survive."
"Then, when the epidemic was finally cured, everyone shunned them."
"They were good people. Even after they were shunned, they still helped when Outsiders appeared. They still treated villagers who fell ill. But that night, it was getting dark. It was about to get dark, and the villagers refused to let them stay overnight. They insisted they go home on their own."
"That night, I was alone in the courtyard, waiting and waiting. After dark, I heard them running. They were saying, 'Hurry, get home!'"
"I rushed to open the gate. I heard my mother scream, then I heard my father shout, telling me not to open it, no matter what!"
"Through the crack in the gate, I watched them get torn apart, little by little, watched them die, little by little..."
"I didn't have parents anymore..."
"I swore I'd leave this cold, heartless place, this terrifying hell on earth."
"In the whole village, only Aunt Gu was good to me, and Uncle Luo Feng was kind. You're the very, very best people."
Zhang