However, fate played a cruel joke on him. God actually let him survive, but he would never be able to have his own children for the rest of his life.
After he fully recovered, seeing that Lin Wanning was living a good life, the pain in his heart was only known to himself.
If she could be happy, he would be glad for his decision back then and silently bless her.
But he never expected that Lin Wanning's husband died unexpectedly. Just now, she had become a widow.
Hearing Lin Wanning's sobs, his heart ached as if being cut by a knife. "Wanning, where are you? Tell me. I'll come right away."
"Can you come and pick me up? I don't want to be a widow. I want to leave the Gu family and go back to my parents. But I'm afraid my family background will affect you."
Zhou Huaian on the other end of the phone thought he had misheard, but hearing Wanning cry so bitterly, his heart was about to break.
"Don't be afraid. I'll come and pick you up right now. Then no matter where you want to go or what you want to do, I'll arrange everything for you."
...
After hanging up the phone, Lin Wanning wiped away her tears.
Back then, Zhou Huaian never told her about the accident he had.
As a result, in Lin Wanning's eyes, Zhou Huaian always regarded her as a little sister next door.
In her previous life, it wasn't until five years after Gu Zhendong's fake death that Zhou Huaian saw she was living a hard life and then told her what had really happened back then. He always wanted to take her away.
But in her previous life, she was pure about love. She always believed in staying with one person for a lifetime, no matter whether the other person was alive or dead, sick or healthy.
Such a pure - minded her never expected to meet such an impure family.
Lin Wanning calmed herself down. First, she sold her job, and then rushed to the housing management bureau.
She definitely couldn't stay here any longer. The Gu family were just like leeches and would surely bother her all the time.
In her previous life, her parents and elder brothers all died in the cold and snowy Heilongjiang Province.
In this life, no matter what, she had to help her parents and elder brothers survive until the unjust cases were rehabilitated.
Thinking of this, Lin Wanning was even more eager to go to the countryside. When she got to the housing management bureau, she handed in the house deed and directly went through the procedures for a free transfer.
She even gave away all the pots, bowls, and basins in her house.
In this era, everyone was poor. As soon as they heard that Lin Wanning was giving away the things in her house for free, everyone rushed into the house.
Just as everyone was busy moving things,
they saw a military jeep stop at the yard gate. Everyone immediately got excited.
They didn't even care about grabbing things anymore.
Everyone rushed into the yard, craning their necks to see whose car it was.
"Does anyone in our factory have relatives in the army?"
"Yeah, such a nice car. The owner must be a high - ranking official."
Just as everyone was guessing blindly,
Zhou Huaian, wearing a military uniform, got out of the car anxiously. Seeing so many people there, he didn't think twice and asked, "Excuse me, where does Lin Wanning live?"
Several aunts saw the young man in front of them. He had a straight posture, sword - like eyebrows and starry eyes. He was as handsome as if he had stepped out of a painting.
None of them could hear Zhou Huaian's question. They all stared at him in a daze.
It wasn't until Lin Wanning walked out of the house and waved to Zhou Huaian.
The moment Zhou Huaian saw Lin Wanning, his aching heart seemed to be tightly grabbed by something again.
Lin Wanning also saw Zhou Huaian's concern, but this wasn't the time to explain. Once Zhou Manfeng and the others found out that Gu Zhendong was dead, they would surely never let her go.
She quickly led Zhou Huaian to help her move things.
Fortunately, she had already packed up, so it didn't take long to move. After Lin Wanning loaded the dowry she had brought from her parents' home,
before getting in the car, she smiled at the aunts. "Don't worry. You can move these things. I bought them with my own money. I'm leaving and can't take them with me."
After Lin Wanning finished speaking politely, she got into the passenger seat decisively and left with Zhou Huaian.
On the other side, how could Zhou Manfeng know that the house had been emptied?
After she had a bottle of glucose, she rested for a long time and finally woke up.
When she checked the time, her head felt dizzy. She grabbed Bai Xiaolian.
"Zhendong, have you dug Zhendong out?"
"How could I dig? The doctor in the clinic wouldn't let me leave. He asked me to take care of you, saying he was worried you wouldn't wake up."
"However, there are air holes under Zhendong's coffin. I think nothing will happen in such a short time."
Reminded by Bai Xiaolian, Zhou Manfeng immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
"However, we can't waste any more time. Hurry up and dig him out. It must be so hard for him to be alone in there.
What if Zhendong can't breathe?"
They groped in the dark and rushed to the grave.
They dug until they were sweating all over and blisters appeared on their hands. Zhou Manfeng cursed while digging in pain.
"That little bitch Lin Wanning. Just wait and see how I'll torture her in the future."
"From now on, she'll work like a slave in my house. I'll make her life a living hell."
By the time they dug out the coffin, it was getting dawn...
The blisters on Zhou Manfeng and Bai Xiaolian's hands had all burst, and their hands were covered in blood.
But they felt that the dawn of victory was right in front of them. No matter how hard and tiring it was, it was worth it.
Just as they were excitedly lifting the coffin lid with tears in their eyes, they found that Gu Zhendong's body was covered with red ants.
And all the ants had crawled in through the air holes she had opened with her own hands.
No matter how much Zhou Manfeng shouted and shook, Gu Zhendong, covered in red rashes, didn't show any sign of reaction...
Bai Xiaolian was so scared that her hands trembled. She couldn't believe that Gu Zhendong was really dead.
She shivered and put her hand under Gu Zhendong's nose to check. She found that Gu Zhendong really had no breath.
"Ah... Dead... Really dead..."
"It's the red ants. Zhendong already had urticaria. After being bitten by the red ants, he had an allergic asphyxiation..."
She was so scared that she sat down on the ground and crawled back quickly.
Zhou Manfeng was so angry that her whole body trembled. Her eyes were blood - red as she gritted her teeth. "It's Lin Wanning. It's her. She killed Zhendong."
"That bitch actually killed my son."
Without saying a word, she rushed back home. The first thing she did was go to the kitchen to get a knife, determined to chop Lin Wanning into pieces.
But when she walked into the kitchen, she found it was completely empty.
Zhou Manfeng realized something was wrong. She rushed into the room and found that the whole house had been emptied. Even the quilt on her bed was gone.
She was so angry that she rushed out like a madwoman.
But as soon as she got out of the yard, she saw all the neighbors gathered at the crossroads.
"Her husband's first seven days haven't even passed, and she's already packing up and putting things in the car. I think she's probably going to remarry."
"But she really has some skills. Her husband just died, and she's already hooked up with someone important."
Zhou Manfeng almost choked with anger. Her eyes were blood - red, and she was so angry that her eyes seemed to split. She grabbed one of the neighbors.
"What did you say? If you dare to talk nonsense, I'll tear your mouth apart."