C286 Past events

The old man didn't answer immediately. Instead, he took out a piece of cigarette paper and rolled it up before lighting it and taking a long drag. He then told us, "This matter has already been decades. It was the beginning of liberation."

Chen Xianyi and I knew that the old man was about to get to the main topic at hand, so we both listened attentively.

So it turned out to be like this