“Mark, what’s your relationship with Sarah?”
Mark was stunned for a moment:
“Sarah? I just treat her as a friend.”
The political commissar frowned, slamming
the teacup down heavily in disappointment.
“Mark! Why are you still so obsessed!”
Sister Zhou came out with hot water at this
time.
Probably having heard the conversation
between the two, the usually kind Sister Zhou
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also darkened her face.
“Captain Mark, some things are better for you
to just keep to yourself. Don’t treat everyone
else as blind.”
Her words were impolite, and Mark belatedly
realized something was wrong.
“Sister–in–law, what do you mean?”
Sister Zhou put down what she was holding
and sat next to the political commissar.
“Let me ask you, how many days have you
spent at home with Ms. Yu this month since
Ms. Sarah came back?”
Mark thought for a moment and frowned:
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“Ms. Sarah just divorced. I think she’s a girl
who needs to be taken care of, so I spent a
few more days with her.”
Sister Zhou snorted coldly:
“Doesn’t she have family? Does she have to
be taken care of by a married man?”
Mark’s face was a little ugly.
“Also, why didn’t you accompany Ms. Yu
when she went back to her hometown
before!”
At this point, Sister Zhou was so angry that
her chest kept rising and falling, and she said
hatefully.
Mark subconsciously frowned, not
understanding why Sister Zhou was so angry:
“Nanqing said she wanted to go back
temporarily. I happened to have something to
do, so I didn’t go back.”
“I promised her that I would go back with her
after I was done.”
Sister Zhou’s face improved a little:
“What were you busy with those days? Did
you explain it to Ms. Yu?”
Mark nodded:
“Ms. Sarah was sick and hospitalized. I took
care of her for a few days.”
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“I told Nanqing about these things too.”
“You!”
Sister Zhou stood up and couldn’t help but
point her finger at Mark’s head, looking angry.
“I finally know why Ms. Yu would rather hide it
from you and leave.”
“Captain Mark, if I had known you were this
kind of person, I would never have brought
you and Ms. Yu together before!”
“Pah!”
The political commissar also had a dark face,
as if trying to suppress his anger.
Looking at the expressions of the two, Mark
felt a chill in his heart.
Something big that he didn’t know must have
happened.
An inexplicable unease instantly occupied his
entire mind.
“Political commissar, Sister Zhou, what
happened?”
Mark asked anxiously, clutching the divorce
application tightly.
Sister Zhou sighed helplessly, and a little
tears flashed in her eyes.
“Do you know why Ms. Yu was in such a hurry
to go home?”
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Mark was shocked and quickly thought of
something.
“Did something happen at home?”
Sister Zhou nodded, wiping the tears from the
corner of her eyes.
“Ms. Yu’s father… passed away.”
“She went back for the funeral.”
At this point, Sister Zhou’s emotions became
excited.
“Captain Mark, that was Ms. Yu’s father, your
father–in-law!”
“You actually abandoned attending your
father–in–law’s funeral for a woman’s sake.
Are you even a man!”
“Bang!”
Mark’s leg hit the coffee table.
He opened his mouth, and the blood drained
from his face.
“What? I didn’t know. Why didn’t anyone tell
me?”
He thought of me begging him to go back to
his hometown with him in tears, and the
haggard and pale face after going home.
I thought more of the moment he told him
that he was going to drink with his father–in-
law, my chest had been so heavy.
No wonder, no wonder I was leaving in anger
with no room for persuasion.
As it turns out, that was the truth.
Mark covered his face, trembling, regret and
guilt made him almost collapse.
Sister Zhou snorted and said sarcastically:
“Captain Mark, don’t pretend. I clearly told
you this news.”
“What?”
Mark raised his head, his eyes bloodshot.
Sister Zhou was stunned, and the sarcasm in
her eyes also dissipated a lot.
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“You really didn’t know?”
“I clearly asked someone to tell you.”
Mark narrowed his eyes, and coldness
appeared:
“Who?”
“Who did you ask to tell me?”
The political commissar also came back to
his senses and looked at his wife.
Sister Zhou’s face changed, and she dragged
a child with a bare butt from upstairs.
“Wang Mingliang! A few days ago, Ms. Yu
called and said her father had died, asking
Captain Mark to go back to his hometown
quickly for the funeral.”
“I couldn’t leave, so I asked you to tell him.
Did you go!”
Seven–year–old Wang Mingliang was being
dragged out of bed and was about to cry, but
was frightened back when he saw his mother
so angry.
He touched his head and said:
“I said it.”
“I first went to Uncle Mark’s office. They said
he went to the hospital to see Ms. Sarah, so I
went to the hospital again.”
The political commissar frowned:
“Liangzi, did you find Uncle Mark then?”
Wang Mingliang shook his head:
“I only found Ms. Sarah.”
