Qin Yuheng realized something was wrong and hurriedly pulled him along. "Let's get in the car first."
Even long after the car had left the venue, Yu Nian still hadn't recovered. He clung tightly to Qin Yuheng, as though he were his only lifeline.
Qin Yuheng kissed his forehead and found his face icy cold and slick with sweat.
"Nian Nian, don't be scared. Tell me, what did you just see?"
Yu Nian swallowed and looked at him in alarm, his hoarse voice growing even more strained. "I... I think I saw Wu Dexin."
Qin Yuheng froze for a moment.
Yu Nian caught his breath, then reluctantly said, his voice thick with revulsion, "He's my biological father."
Yu Nian took a deep breath. The past he had gradually buried after Wu Dexin went to prison now lay starkly before his eyes, like garbage left on a beach by the ebb and flow of the tide.
Filthy and repulsive.
He realized he had never truly forgotten those painful memories.
Yu Nian's breathing grew ragged. "He must be out of prison."
"And he's here. He must know who I am now. Maybe he even knows where I go to school and where I live. Maybe he's been stalking me lately. He wants revenge on me!"
Qin Yuheng had previously asked Auntie Liu about it at the Welfare Home. Yu Nian's father had gone to prison for domestic violence, and Yu Nian had been sent to the Welfare Home because he was young and had no one to care for him.
Auntie Liu had said that when Yu Nian first arrived, he was nothing but skin and bones, covered in injuries, and prone to extreme behavior. He often had nightmares at night. Only after receiving therapy and spending a long time adjusting to