บท 369: 367. Gao Ning

Witch Father led us into the store. I found a place to rest and sat down. Seeing our curious expressions, Witch Father shook his head helplessly and said:

"Don't look at me like that, your mother and Gao Ning had nothing between them. The reason I married that girl... was because she contracted AIDS. It was those damned bastards who infected her. She knelt down and begged me... asked me to hold a sham wedding to deceive her parents and also to make Gao Ning give up. Her violation was well-concealed; her parents didn't know..."

"If her parents found out not only that she was violated, but also about the disease, the assault couldn't be kept secret anymore. Back then, this disease was incurable, and if she could not leave this world with dignity, her parents would be the subject of gossip and finger-pointing... I really felt sorry for her, so I agreed to help, thinking the profits from the canning factory would be enough to prolong her life..."