"You lied? What do you mean?" I asked.

Shen Lijuan frowned, "When I looked at this photo at the time, I thought it was him, so I said yes. But I just suddenly realized that it doesn’t appear so."

"So is that yes or no?" 

"I don't know!"

"You clearly saw him..." Xiaotao stood up excitedly, but I motioned for her not to interrupt.

"I'm sorry,” Shen Lijuan bowed her head.

When I asked her what happened after that, she explained that my grandfather wanted to send her home a few days later. He warned her against telling anyone what happened for fear she would never be at peace for the rest of her life.

Naturally, she wouldn’t dream of mentioning her experience to anyone. My grandfather then...