Chapter 654 - Chapter 562: Part 3

For example, every two or three years, Ai Baoguo would go back to his hometown to pay respects to his ancestors, but he never took his wife and children with him. Whenever she asked about his relatives there, he would just be evasive, saying his hometown was deep in a forested mountain and the journey was long and treacherous. He insisted it was better for him to make the trip alone and quickly, unwilling to make his wife and children endure such an ordeal. Hao Hueling believed him, thinking her husband was just being thoughtful and protective of her.