6
As the political commissar's words fell, Zhou Fuchuan unconsciously held his breath.
He instinctively wanted to refute that his son was clearly still alive and well, but the political commissar's confident tone did not seem fake, making him afraid to think of the most terrifying truth.
Zhou Fuchuan stumbled to turn on the light, looking at the empty living room.
"My son is dead? Impossible, this is all a lie to me."
But thinking back to these many days since returning, he hadn't seen a trace of his son from start to finish, and on the day I made the call saying his son's situation was critical, his inner panic finally poured out at this moment.
He rushed madly to the backyard, where it was his son's favorite place to play games with him. Yet ever since he was busy looking after Gu Zhen's daughter, he hadn't set foot here again.
The small yard, untended, was already desolate, overgrown with wild grass.
By the swing set, a freshly carved tombstone stood silently.