And what a coincidence it was. He Teng appeared by Lan Li's side, while the first relative He Zhilan encountered after arriving in the capital turned out to be Lan Li—the very person who saw her last. But not only did Lan Li fail to recognize He Zhilan, he misunderstood her due to some subtle gestures she made, perceiving her as a vain woman.
It was like an intricate knot—one wrong step leading to a cascade of errors thereafter.
In reality, when He Zhilan arrived in the capital, if only Lan Li hadn't been so arrogant and aloof, and so indifferent to He Zhilan—if he had merely asked her one more question, "What's wrong?" Perhaps then, He Zhilan might have told Lan Li that her father was also in the military, and that as a child, she used to ride cars with that same sort of license plate to go home.
But then again, could anyone say He Zhilan herself wasn't at fault?
