He Kejun's disappearance was related to an apprentice she once planned to take in.
That person had been exceptionally kind to her in every possible way, attending to her every need with absolute devotion.
She had nearly softened her heart enough to accept her, but then Kejun went missing after being left in her care for just an afternoon.
Despite fervent pleas afterward, Liu Suqing still found the loss unbearable, suffering from endless nights of insomnia, rapidly withering away.
Afterward, she embarked on the search for her daughter.
She traveled to more than fifty locations, spending nearly half of her savings, yet not a single piece of news about Kejun surfaced.
Then, she divorced her husband and moved here to live on her own, healing while continuing to seek information about her daughter.
Twenty years had passed, and her heart had long since turned to ash.
Yet, at the moment Jiang Li reopened her wounds, she unexpectedly felt a faint glimmer of hope.