Su Chong handed the envelope to the messenger. He was afraid that he would snatch it back, so he left without looking back. He bought another bottle of wine and drank it. When he returned to the General's residence, his head was dizzy and he fell asleep.
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Zhou Heng lay in bed, staring at the gauze curtain above his head. It was already late at night, but he was not sleepy at all.
This place that should have been familiar to him now seemed unfamiliar.
He could not sleep for a long time. His mind was filled with what his father had said.
Father said, "Heng'er, you can always trust your brother. He never wanted to kill you and stop you from coming back. He was just young and angry. If your mother had any love for him, he wouldn't have done that."
