"Ah, you don't understand. Seventeen years ago, Xiaoning's parents passed away in an accident. I remember it was an overseas evacuation mission. My son led a special operations team into a combat zone to rescue trapped civilians. After overcoming countless hardships, he finally got all the civilians onto the warship, but my son was struck by a stray bullet and fell on the way back."
"This has always been a painful thing for me to accept, and for all this time, an old man like me hasn't dared to tell Xiaoning. When Xiaoning's mother learned that her husband had sacrificed his life, she couldn't take the blow, and not long after, she followed my son."
At this, Mayor Zhang could no longer hold it in, and tears fell uncontrollably. Losing both his son and daughter-in-law back-to-back was undoubtedly a massive blow to him. I didn't interrupt Mayor Zhang, acting earnestly as a listener. It was evident that he had buried these words in his heart for a very long time.
Chapter 100