In September, Feng Qingxue received a letter from Shu Land, sent by Lu Lin.
Upon opening it, she saw that the handwriting was Lin Yufen's, and the letter was signed by Lu Lin and Lin Lu.
The old couple had settled down in a remote mountain village near Lin Yufen's hometown, daring not to use their real names. Instead, they used the aliases Lu Lin and Lin Lu that they had during the war—their household registration papers from that time were authentic, though they hadn't used them since the founding of the nation.
At the brink of life and death, they remembered their previous identities.