Following the Trail

Although Deng’s mother was somewhat incoherent and frightened, Yun Zhan managed to extract the desired information from her words.

At the moment he learned the full extent of the situation, his anger reached its peak.

The truth of the matter was far more sinister than he had imagined.

As his emotions surged, glass objects in the living room began to shatter one after another, startling Deng’s mother, who covered her head with both hands and cried out for help and mercy.

It wasn’t until the talisman paper on his person started to heat up that Yun Zhan finally regained his composure, and the room returned to tranquility once more.

Now was not the time to vent his emotions; the immediate priority was to find his sister.

Yun Zhan took note of the name of the first orphanage where Yun You had been sent and promptly left.

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It was only long after Yun Zhan had left that Deng’s mother trembled and raised her head, looking at the pitch-black room, and began to cry out in fear.