Back to my parents when I was seventeen

An hour later, the car stopped in front of Hope Orphanage.

Xu Chuning, Shen Yubai and the other two got out of the car, looked up at the words in front of them, and looked at the old, paint-chipped door in front of them.

Shen Yubai took a look and immediately went to see Xu Chuning, "Are you okay?"

Xu Chuning didn't say anything. The moment she saw the gate of the orphanage, a long-ago memory emerged in her mind. Many people don't have deep memories before the age of three or five, but Xu Chuning was very strange. She remembered everything about her time in the orphanage and how You Shuzhen came to the orphanage to adopt her.

After closing his eyes for a while, Xu Chu Ning looked at Shen Yu Bai with clear eyes: "It's okay, let's go in."

Brother Wang looked at the two of them and said, "I won't go in with you. I'll wait for you here."

He knew that the two were looking into things and was worried that they would not feel comfortable with him around.

Shen Yubai nodded: "Brother Wang, please do as you please. I'll call you if there's anything."

Brother Wang: "Okay."

Xu Chuning and Shen Yubai walked into the orphanage. There were several boys and girls around six or seven years old cleaning the yard. Seeing the two of them, a little girl ran up to Xu Chuning and asked, "Sister, are you here to look for someone?"

Xu Chu Ning quickly bent down to talk to her, "Yes, I want to ask where the dean's office is?"

"Over there." Another little boy ran over, protecting the little girl behind him, and said to Xu Chuning, "Over there is the dean's office."

Xu Chu Ning and Shen Yu Bai raised their heads and looked at the place the two men pointed to. It was on the first floor at the side. The door there was open, and there seemed to be a few words written on the door: Dean's Office.

"Okay, thank you." Xu Chu Ning thanked the two of them, and walked into the dean's office with Shen Yubai carrying their things.

After knocking on the door, a woman wearing glasses turned to look at them and asked, "What can I do for you two?"

Shen Yubai said, "Hello, are you the director of Hope Orphanage?"

The woman nodded: "Yes, I am the dean here, my last name is Qiu, are you two here looking for someone?"

"I called you before." Shen Yubai said calmly: "My last name is Shen, and Officer Wang has been to your place before."

Qiu Mingxia was stunned for a moment, then she remembered and said, "You are the one that Officer Wang said was coming here to look for someone, right?"

Shen Yubai nodded.

Qiu Mingxia gestured, "You two take a seat."

She stood up and poured water for both of them.

Xu Chuning took it and thanked him.

Qiu Mingxia waved her hand and looked at the two of them. "You two... should be very young, right?"

Before the two showed up, Qiu Mingxia had never thought that the people who came to the orphanage to look for someone were two... children. She originally thought that they were at least the same age as her.

Xu Chuning hummed: "We are high school students."

"Who are you looking for?" Qiu Mingxia was a little confused.

"My sister." Xu Chuning said.

Qiu Mingxia suddenly realized and said apologetically, "Sorry."

Xu Chu Ning shook her head and said softly, "I also want to thank you for taking her in."

Qiu Mingxia smiled and said with some regret, "Officer Wang should have told you that there was a fire in our orphanage, and that fire burned all the previous information. Now it is very difficult to find any clues about when she was adopted."

Xu Chu Ning was silent for a moment, then raised his head and asked, "Do you still remember what the person who adopted her looked like?"

Qiu Mingxia: “I wasn’t here at the time.”

She told them that she had only come here in recent years to take over as the director. When Xu Chuning's sister was adopted, she hoped that she would not be the director of the orphanage.

Xu Chu Ning: "Where is the dean now?"

Qiu Mingxia looked at the two helplessly, "She died of illness two years ago."

If this were not the case, the police would not have had such a hard time finding the man. It was precisely because all the clues were lost that they were blocked at every step.

Xu Chuning frowned, her eyelashes trembling slightly, "Sorry."

Qiu Mingxia: "She is old."

Shen Yubai frowned, "Are there any of those people who were adopted at the same time still in the orphanage?"

Qiu Mingxia: “I remember that there was no more.”

She herself was an orphanage worker, and returned to the orphanage a few years ago to take on the responsibility of taking care of these children. After the former director passed away, she took over the entire orphanage.

Qiu Mingxia knew the children of the orphanage before, but her impression was not as deep as that of the former director. She later went out to study and worked for a while, and only came back to the orphanage during festivals and New Year.

In fact, before coming, Xu Chuning had prepared herself mentally for the possibility that there would be no clues. After all, Officer Wang and the others had investigated and they had not found any clues, so naturally there would be no clues if she came here.

But after hearing the dean say this in person, she couldn't help feeling lost and upset.

Seeing that she was in a bad mood, Shen Yubai said slowly: "Shall we go see where she used to stay?"

He held Xu Chuning's hand and gave her strength.

Xu Chu Ning took a deep breath and looked up at Shen Yubai, "...Okay."

Qiu Mingxia was very happy to introduce this place to the two people, and she led them there.

The two followed the director to the dormitory where the children lived, the canteen, and a small classroom in the orphanage. Qiu Mingxia told them that due to the limited funds of the orphanage, some children could only study in the orphanage.

Hope Orphanage is not big and covers a very small area.

In a short while, the two of them finished their tour of the place.

After the tour, Shen Yubai asked Xu Chu Ning, "Anything else you want to ask?"

Xu Chuning shook his head slowly and looked at Qiu Mingxia: "Dean, I'll leave you my contact information. If you remember any information related to my sister, could you please let me know?"

Qiu Mingxia: “This is natural.”

She looked at Xu Chuning and said, "Don't worry, I will inform you as soon as there is any news."

Xu Chuning: "Thank you."

She looked at Shen Yubai, and Shen Yubai understood, "Dean, we brought some things for the children. Could you please distribute them to the children?"

Qiu Mingxia was stunned. She didn't expect the two of them to be so thoughtful. "It's too expensive."

Shen Yubai smiled: "It should be."

Before leaving, the two went to the supermarket and bought some candy and some sketchbooks.

After moving the things in the trunk into the orphanage, Xu Chuning and Shen Yubai said goodbye to the director before returning home.

On the way back, the atmosphere in the car was relatively depressing.

Brother Wang looked back at the two of them from time to time, wanting to say something but not knowing what to say.

Shen Yubai was the same. He wanted to comfort Xu Chuning, but he didn't know how. He lowered his eyes and looked at her face as it turned toward the window, feeling a pang of pain in his heart.

It was at this moment that Shen Yubai realized... he couldn't stand seeing Xu Chuning in pain. When she was in pain, he felt bad too.

Shen Yubai didn't want Xu Chuning to be unhappy.