Chapter 239

Following the address on the deed, Xu Qinghuan quickly found the house registered under Song Wanlin’s name in the East District. It was a two-courtyard residence, and it appeared to be well-maintained, kept clean and tidy. Before Xu Jing'an became an officer, the Xu family had been poor farmers for generations, with a truly blameless, working-class background. When Xu Jing'an was eighteen and had only served in the military for two years, a flood had devastated their hometown. His parents perished, and his young sister was swept away by the waters. It wasn't until Xu Liqun reached out to the military that he learned his younger brother was the only family he had left. He had used his connections to get his brother an apprenticeship at a machine factory and later pulled every string he could to help him secure a permanent position. When Xu Liqun married Wang Mingxia, Xu Jing'an had sent his entire savings of two hundred yuan to serve as the dowry, and later, he had even given Xu Liqun a bicycle coupon he had hoarded for a long time. Therefore, this house must have been purchased by Song Wanlin herself. Xu Qinghuan had never intended to touch Song Wanlin’s money; since she refused to acknowledge her as a mother, she was determined to make a clean break.