Chapter 1488: Litian's Background

Litian sternly scolded Shouhou: "No nonsense allowed. I told you no nonsense. Confess your issues, and stop spouting other crap to me!" By the end of his shouting, he was roaring, his emotions nearly out of control.

The prison guard entered quickly, but not to control Shouhou; instead, they took Litian away from the interrogation room.

After professional interrogators were brought in, Shouhou finally confessed.

Some of the things he confessed were very important; many major cases at sea that had previously gone unsolved were related to them, and there was also Litian's background!

Litian had to undergo an investigation.

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Jiangzhou.

The Sheng Family.

Two uninvited guests arrived at the house. They were from the military, investigating Sheng Litian's background!

The children had all gone to school, and Sheng Hanyu and Shi Youxuan sat on the sofa, both looking very serious.

Two people from the Political Review Section had come; one asked questions, and the other focused on taking notes.

"Sheng Litian is not your biological son, is he?"

"No, he is a child we adopted. He was only five years old at the time."

"According to our information, you already had two children at that time, a son and a daughter, which did not meet the adoption requirements. Why did you adopt him?"

This question had no substance at all, sounding as if Sheng Hanyu and his wife had been plotting this for a long time.

Shi Youxuan did not waste words with him; she took out the letter Yafei had written to Sheng Hanyu years ago and handed it over: "This is the final letter of entrustment written by the child's mother herself. See for yourselves."

"As for whether the letter is real or fake, I believe you can tell."

These people did this kind of work; they could tell just by holding the letter paper whether it was truly from a long time ago or a forgery.

The two men examined it carefully several times, then took photos, sealed it, and put it into their bag.

"We need to take this letter back for investigation. You don't have any objections, do you?"

"No objections."

The cadre from the Political Review Section asked again: "What was the child's mother's relationship with you?"

Shi Youxuan said: "Litian's mother once saved my husband's life. His father was a pirate, but his mother was a good person, and Litian never met his father. His father died before he was even born."

"Who can prove that?"

"The villagers in the Small Fishing Village where Litian grew up can all prove it."

The people from the Political Review Section sat at the Sheng house for an entire afternoon, investigating in great detail.

It wasn't just his background; they asked about his biological parents' background and history in great detail.

After the investigation, the couple signed the records and pressed their fingerprints!

The military personnel left, but Shi Youxuan and her husband sat at home feeling restless, discussing what kind of impact this would have on Litian.

Although Litian was tall and sturdy and looked like his biological father, his personality was a carbon copy of Yafei's!

He had a delicate personality and was prone to getting stuck in a rut.

Shi Youxuan worried that the military would kick Litian out and that he wouldn't be able to handle it mentally.

Sheng Hanyu comforted his wife: "It won't happen. Although his biological father was a pirate, he never met his father. The people in the military shouldn't be that unreasonable."

After careful deliberation by the superiors, Litian was given a one-month leave.

No disciplinary result was announced.

Litian dragged his suitcase and walked blankly down the street, not knowing where he should go.

His mind was currently filled with what his leader had said to him: "Litian, it's actually quite good for you to go back to school."

"If the final decision is for you to return early, I hope you won't have any emotional outbursts."

He had agreed readily, but his mood was low.

Returning to school was indeed quite good; if this hadn't happened, he would have had more than a year before he was supposed to leave to return to school or attend a military academy for further studies.

With his academic grades, getting into a top-tier military academy would not have been difficult!

Litian hadn't been in the military for long, but he had already fallen deeply in love with it; he didn't want to leave.

Especially not in this way.

Your father is a pirate, your father is a pirate leader...

He shook his head desperately, trying to shake this thought out, but it was useless.

This sentence kept echoing in his mind like a nightmare; he couldn't shake it off or get rid of it!

His biological father was a pirate; he was unwilling to admit it, and unwilling to believe it.

His childhood memories were already very blurry, but he could still vaguely remember that his biological mother hadn't been very good to him; she was hot and cold, and never allowed him to mention his father. Whenever he mentioned him, she would beat him—the kind of beating that was meant to kill!

Later, he never dared to mention it again.

Later still, his biological mother fell ill and passed away, and he was sent to Jiangzhou, where he finally had a normal family.

He had asked his mother, Shi Youxuan, what kind of person his biological father was, and she said he was a good man who just had bad luck and died at sea.

So, in Litian's mind, his biological father's image had always been very grand, but now it had suddenly collapsed, and the beliefs in his heart had collapsed as well.

He walked blankly down the street, not knowing where to go; he didn't want to go home, didn't want to face anyone!

It sounded nice to call it a leave, but in reality, he had been kicked out by the military.

A bus arrived, and he boarded it blankly; when the bus stopped and he got off, he realized he had arrived at his school.

Perhaps this was the only place his subconscious mind could go.

He hadn't seen his teachers and classmates for a long time and missed them very much, but if he went in and saw his classmates asking why he had suddenly returned, what should he say?

Should he say his background was bad and he was kicked out by the military?

No, he couldn't say it.

Forget it, better not go.

She turned and walked outside, when suddenly someone behind her shouted in surprise: "Litian? Is that you? Is it really you?"

He didn't need to turn around to know that the person calling him was Lu Feifei.

It was already too late to pretend he hadn't seen her.

Lu Feifei had already run up in front of him, staring with wide eyes and smiling happily: "Heavens, it really is you? This is great, this is great."

She was so excited she was incoherent, wanting to give him a hug, but then thinking it didn't seem quite appropriate.

Lu Feifei had already lunged over, but then stopped abruptly and gave an awkward smile.

"Are you here to look for me? Don't tell me you're just passing by."

"Oh, I'm not looking for you, I'm just passing by."

The last sentence was spoken by both of them almost at the same time, and then they laughed in unison.

"Fine, I'll let you be 'passing by,' but as my savior, I'm treating you to a meal."

"Mm, alright."

Litian hadn't eaten anything from yesterday until now; he had no appetite.

Lu Feifei said: "Let's get the ugly truth out of the way first, I can't afford a big restaurant, I can only treat you to a meal at a snack stall, do you mind?"