<h4>Chapter 977: The Past</h4>


    Xiao Zhi drowned in the painful memories. When he calmed down, he realized that Bai Qi had stopped walking. He turned around and said, “Bai Qi, what’s wrong? Your face is so pale.”


    Bai Qi felt her hands and feet turn cold. She clenched the clothes in front of her lower abdomen tightly with her hand. Was it a C-section? Was it a cut on the stomach? Did it leave a crooked scar that looked like a crawling bug?


    Bai Qi wanted tough, but she couldn’t. She felt that her face was stiff. “Where’s... her body? Is it buried?”


    She heard her own voice tremble.


    Xiao Zhi shook his head and said in a low voice, “Soon after sister-inw closed her eyes that day, the general fainted. In fact, a lot of things happenedter, but the general is not aware of them.”


    Xiao Zhi looked at Bai Qi. He didn’t want to say what had happenedter.


    Bai Qi nodded and looked down at her shoes. “Is it... that Leng Zhiyuan’s body went missing? You were afraid... that General Zhou would go crazy, so... you kept it from him?”


    “Bai Qi, how do you know?” Xiao Zhi was shocked. Very few people knew about this, and he was sure that those people would never spill.


    Bai Qi did not answer. She pursed her lips. Xiao Sileng was four years old. Leng Zhiyuan had passed away four years ago. She had no memories of the past except what had happened in the past four years.


    She was uncertain. She just felt that all of this was very... strange.


    Xiao Zhi could not tell Bai Qi that she wasn’t exactly right. Leng Zhiyuan’s body didn’t go missing, but... was destroyed by an explosion.


    Four years ago, after Zhou Yao fainted, everyone gathered outside. Zhou Dayuan had arrived. At that time, young master Sileng’s entire body was blue, and he was out of oxygen. Doctor Zhou took young master Sileng and brought him to the ne for emergency treatment. It was at this time that the explosion happened inside the building. The ce where the explosion urred blew up the room where Leng Zhiyuan was at.


    When he rushed over, the area was already in ruins. The war that year was too intense. There were many corpses. When he and everyone dug up the ruins, they found many mutted corpses. They could not tell who was who.


    This was horrifying news for everyone present. Zhou Yao fainted, and Leng Zhiyuan’s corpse was destroyed. This was like a problem that might cause the sky to copse. Everyone knew that if Zhou Yao found out about it, he would definitely go crazy.


    What was worse was that the explosion made a hole in the ind, and ice-cold seawater rapidly surged up. The ind was sinking. The Security Bureau and the government immediately issued an evacuation order.


    The ruins quickly submerged, and they couldn’t do anything about it. Human strength was nothingpared to the power of nature, and they were disheartened.


    Everyone knew that Leng Zhiyuan’s body could not be recovered.


    This had be a fact. To reduce casualties, they had to evacuate. Xiao Zhi called Old Master Zhou and exined the situation. Old Master Zhou picked up Zhou Yao from the airport in T City.


    Zhou Yao finally woke from aa after an entire week. After he woke up, he searched for Leng Zhiyuan frantically. However, Old Master Zhou told him that Leng Zhiyuan had already been buried.


    There was an additional tombstone in the cemetery of the Zhou family.


    Xiao Zhi went to the cemetery of the Zhou family once. It was when Zhou Yao had just woken up. After he woke up, he ran home. He knelt in front of the tombstone and dug the soil with his hands. Old Master Zhou did not allow anyone to go near, so everyone just watched him dig the soil like a madman until his hands were dripping blood.


    Old Master Zhou knew that Zhou Yao could not ept it. The tombstone was empty. Old Master Zhou believed that Zhou Yao would soone back to his sense. Old Master Zhou did not believe that he would dare to open the coffin or be willing to open the coffin.


    After a while, Zhou Yao stopped because he heard little Sileng’s cry. Zhou Dayuan sent a notice of critical health condition, that little Sileng might not make it.


    Little Sileng was the only keepsake Leng Zhiyuan left for him.


    Little Sileng was his blood and flesh. He had be a father.


    Later on, even after all these years had passed, everyone clearly remembered how the tall man held a handful of soil, and how he cried in front of the tombstone.


    Little Sileng needed Zhou Yao’s care. In the first two years, Little Sileng was in critical health condition many times. Zhou Yao never took his eye off of little Sileng. Then the tough little guy finally made it.


    For the past four years, the two of them had been relying on each other.


    Xiao Zhi sighed and stopped the recollection. He turned to look at Bai Qi. The woman’s face was pale like chalk. She slowly covered her head with her hands.


    “Bai Qi, what’s wrong? Do you have a headache?” Xiao Zhi immediately asked, concerned.


    Bai Qi shook her head. She did have a headache. In the past four years, she could not think too hard about the past. Whenever she tried to recall the past, she would have a terrible headache.


    She felt that someone had ced a tightening curse on her head. This curse made her unable to recall the past. She tried very hard to break this curse, but the headache was unbearable.


    At this moment, Bai Bo ran over. “Bai Qi, why are you and the instructor left behind? Everyone had gathered in the front. General Zhou is about to make his appearance.”


    Xiao Zhi smiled and said, “Then let’s hurry up and catch up.”


    “Okay, Bai Qi, let’s go.” Bai Bo held Bai Qi’s cold little hand.


    Bai Qi didn’t want to go. She consciously rejected Zhou Yao but was subconsciously attracted to him at the same time. Although she didn’t want to admit it, her face would blush and her heart would race whenever she saw him.


    She felt that there was something about him that deeply attracted her.


    ...


    Bai Qi was pulled to a training area. Many people had gathered there, and the area was densely packed. Bai Qi did not dare to go forward, so she stepped back a little.


    People made a big circle in the middle of the field, and Zhou Yao stood in the middle of the circle. He looked like the moon surrounded by stars. At this time, a martial artist said excitedly, “General Zhou’s very famous. Buttely, I rarely have the chance to see General Zhou show off his skills. I have a plea. Can General Zhou exchange a few moves with me? Let me see General Zhou’s superb skills.”


    “Yeah, yeah. General Zhou, do it!” Everyone echoed excitedly.


    Bai Qi looked around and saw many young and beautiful girls gathered in front of her. They were all held their hands together and looked at Zhou Yao with great admiration.


    Bai Qi despised that man in her heart. He was too ostentatious!


    Zhou Yao nced at the martial artist, then nodded with a gentle expression. “Okay.”


    The martial artist was d. He immediately threw off his coat and walked to the middle of the circle.


    Zhou Yao slowly lifted his hand. His well-definedrge palm undid the green military uniform on his body, revealing the white vest underneath.


    The man’s figure was awesome, to the point of being explosive. His tanned skin tone, build muscles that bulged like a barrier, well-defined form, fitted white vest stuffed behind his ck belt, and apollo’s belt from his abdomen all made people nosebleed when they saw them.