"You… you are Lin Gang?"
My mother only then realized who the person kneeling on the ground was, but she couldn't be sure, her gaze filled with unfamiliarity as she looked at Lin Gang.
Lin Gang called out softly, "Sister..."
"Brother, how did you become like this?" My mother crouched down, tears brimming in her eyes.
Her trembling fingers hovered, not yet touching, beside Lin Gang's emaciated cheek.
Lin Gang's lips quivered, "My essence has been drained by Xuanjing."
"Xuanjing also sought you out?" my mother asked with a trembling voice.
Lin Gang's face was full of grievances, "Brother-in-law… made me pledge loyalty to Xuanjing."
"Your… your brother-in-law…?" my mother showed an incredulous expression.
Like a child, Lin Gang threw himself into my mother's arms, "Brother-in-law is one of Xuanjing's people, didn't you know?"
"How could that be possible? Xuanjing also wants to kill our Wanwan." My mother's gaze became vacant as she became startled.
