"He killed someone, and I saw it," she clutched Jiang Zhi's hand, "He killed his wife."
She remembered, remembered everything.
At seven, she asked He Xiangxiu, "Aunt Xiu, why do the Luo Family hate me so much? My last name is Luo too."
She taught herself to speak; she barely ever opened her mouth, her voice was strange, and her pronunciation odd.
That time, He Xiangxiu scolded her and even hit her, then forbade her from speaking again. After scolding her, she found a pair of scissors and cut off all the hair that reached her ears.
"You're not Luo San."
He Xiangxiu said, "You have a name too."
Luo San stammered, "What is my name?"
With reddened eyes, He Xiangxiu took a broom and began sweeping up the hair from the floor. "There's a small town in Xiangnan called Xufang Town," she said in a choked voice, looking down. "Your mom and your uncle came from there."
She paused for a very long time.
