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During the preparations for the funeral, Zhang Quanjun had shown up once, but that one time, he came to wreak havoc. Although he later left, he was seething with resentment.
Throughout the entire funeral process, he not only refrained from offering any help but also did not allow his children or wife to offer a single stick of incense or burn a single sheet of joss paper for Zhang Quanzhu.
Though he remained silent, people could tell from his actions that Zhang Quanjun was determined to completely sever ties with Xiao Yan and her daughter Zhang Tong.
From then on, it seemed they would live separate lives, no longer considering each other as family, let alone relatives.
To put it nicely, they were neighbors; to put it unpleasantly, they were simply villagers from the same village.
Yet, he unexpectedly appeared at the funeral procession, crying so sorrowfully.
This truly made everyone infinitely puzzled.
As the saying goes, without a cause, there must be a demon at play.
