Lin Shouye felt dissatisfied at the time, but seeing Zhang's impatient demeanor, he dared not urge him any further, worrying that pushing him further might provoke his anger. After all, as a commanding official, Zhang could investigate the case or choose to ignore it.
After Lin Shouye left, Zhang looked at the last line of the letter: Otherwise, your son would disappear once again after two days.
His heart couldn't help but tremble.
He was over forty, with a wife and a concubine. His wife used to be his most beloved, but their son, born with a severe intellectual disability, couldn't even speak by the age of three. Once she learned of this, her personality drastically changed and she became unhappy, and thus their relationship lost its previous affection. As for their son, he was already in his teens but still couldn't even call him dad; he spent his days drooling and catching ants in the garden.
