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His words exploded in her head as if with a 'bang'—they were infinitely more painful and choking than the sight of the explosion site she had just witnessed.
Auntie!
The status of her aunt in her heart was extremely high, undoubtedly surpassing that of her own biological mother. She hadn't even had the chance to repay her aunt for raising her. Was her aunt really gone?
With a choked-up throat, she asked a question that sounded so distant to her own ears, "Xiaoyang, when did all this happen?"
"Almost six years ago, on the very night we… we received the news of your death, my mom couldn't accept it, her heart condition flared up suddenly, and after unsuccessful resuscitation… she… she just passed away…" Perhaps affected by her emotions, Ning Yang's voice was full of sorrow as he spoke, with a sob in his breath.
She had been dead for six years?
Hearing the news of her death, heart attack—
