"That friend of mine is Han Rui. He's now in the army. We've hardly met over the past couple of years," Qiao Yanjue explained to Xia Xibei. "But I've heard that the Hans are quite a special family."
"Special as in…"
Xia Xibei was puzzled.
"Well," Qiao Yanjue nodded, "I'm not sure how special exactly. After all, I was young at that time, and Han Rui never told us about these things. Now that we're older and preoccupied with work, we don't bring up topics like that anymore. However, I think the Han family that you just said… They may have something to do with them."
They would have to find out what the actual relation was for themselves.
"I think that they're most likely a side line, not the main line of members of the family. Otherwise, they wouldn't be living away."
Qiao Yanjue added, "He also has a sister who grew up as lively as a boy. If she's been through what you've just told me… I don't think life would be that easy for her."
