"Found it." Cheng Yunchuan's low voice broke the silence, with a barely perceptible tremor in his tone.

A blurry surveillance video appeared on the screen. In the video, a young woman in a plain cheongsam was holding a young boy and arguing anxiously with a middle-aged woman.

"Is that my mother?" Cheng Yunchuan's voice was a little hoarse and his eyes were slightly red.

Jiang Mubai held his hand, silently giving him strength.

The woman in the picture is Cheng Yunchuan's mother. The boy in her arms is naturally the young Cheng Yunchuan, and the middle-aged woman arguing with her is Aunt Wang, who was the nanny in the Qin family back then.

Due to its age, the surveillance footage has become blurry and only the outlines of the characters can be vaguely discerned.

But Cheng Yunchuan recognized his mother at a glance. The familiar eyebrows and gentle smile made him tear up even through the screen.

"What are they talking about?" Jiang Mubai asked.

"I'll try to see if I can repair the audio." Cheng Yunchuan said, his fingers flying on the keyboard again.

After some effort, the audio was finally restored, but the sound was intermittent, mixed with the sound of electricity, and did not sound real.

"Can't leave!"

"scam!"

"child!"

"You'll regret it!"

The intermittent voice was filled with despair and pain, which made Jiang Mubai tremble with fear.

"It seems that your mother did not leave the Qin family voluntarily as they said." Jiang Mubai said in a deep voice.

"Yes, there must be a truth that we don't know. I must find out what happened back then!" A sharp look flashed in Cheng Yunchuan's eyes.

Based on the blurry figure in the surveillance footage, Cheng Yunchuan found Aunt Wang, the nanny who worked in the Qin family back then.

Aunt Wang is now over 70 years old and lives alone in a dilapidated building on the outskirts of the city. Her life is very difficult.

When Cheng Yunchuan and Jiang Mubai found her, she was sitting by the window, looking out with her cloudy eyes, as if recalling something.

"Auntie Wang, hello, we are..."

"I know who you are. You are Yunchuan, right? You look so much like your mother." Aunt Wang interrupted Jiang Mubai and turned to look at Cheng Yunchuan, a complex emotion flashing in her turbid eyes.

Cheng Yunchuan was shocked. Aunt Wang's words confirmed his guess. When his mother left the Qin family, she did take him with her.

"Aunt Wang, do you still remember why my mother left the Qin family?" Cheng Yunchuan asked impatiently.

Aunt Wang sighed, "When your mother left the Qin family, I was cleaning the yard. I saw her holding you and walking out in a trance. She kept muttering to herself that it was all a scam. I wanted to ask her, but she just walked out of the Qin family gate as if she didn't see me."

"Is it all a scam?" Jiang Mubai and Cheng Yunchuan looked at each other and saw a hint of shock in each other's eyes.

Aunt Wang continued, "Later, Li Shufen found me and warned me not to mention this to anyone, especially not to you, or I would be in trouble. I was very scared at the time, so I didn't dare to say anything."

"Why did Li Shufen do this?" Jiang Mubai asked.

"I don't know either. I only know that after your mother left the Qin family, Li Shufen became the mistress of the Qin family. Later, you were sent back to the Qin family. Li Shufen announced to the public that you were her biological child, and your mother seemed to have evaporated from the face of the earth and never appeared again." Aunt Wang shook her head.

Cheng Yunchuan clenched his fists, his eyes burning with anger. Li Shufen, what did you do to my mother?

He continued, "Aunt Wang, do you remember whether my mother had ever told me where she was going? Or, did she have anyone she was particularly close to?"

Aunt Wang tried to recall: "Your mother rarely spoke to us servants back then, and I don't know much about her situation."

She seemed to suddenly remember something: "I seem to remember that the day your mother left the Qin family, she was holding an address in her hand, as if she was going to look for someone."

Aunt Wang's words were like a stone, stirring up waves in Cheng Yunchuan's heart. He had always longed to know the truth about his mother's departure. Now that the veil of truth had just been lifted, it made him even more confused and anxious.

"Address, do you still remember that address?" Cheng Yunchuan asked anxiously, as if he had grasped a life-saving straw.

Aunt Wang's old face was full of embarrassment: "It was too long ago, I can't remember clearly, I only vaguely remember it seemed to be some road or alley."

Seeing Aunt Wang's painful memories, Jiang Mubai gently held Cheng Yunchuan's hand, signaling him to stay calm.

"Auntie Wang, don't be anxious, take your time to think about it. Whatever you remember, even some details, is very important to us." Jiang Mubai said softly, with a soothing tone in his voice.

Under Jiang Mubai's patient guidance, Aunt Wang recalled some details intermittently: "The address seems to be in the south of the city. There is an alley called Chunxi. Your mother seemed to go there often."

"Chunxi Lane!" Cheng Yunchuan repeated the address in a low voice, with a glimmer of hope in his eyes.

After leaving Aunt Wang's house, Cheng Yunchuan immediately began to investigate Chunxi Lane. However, with the changing times, the Chunxi Lane of the past no longer existed, replaced by a towering commercial building.

The clues seemed to end here, and Cheng Yunchuan's mood also fell to the bottom. He sat in the car, rubbing his eyebrows tiredly, his handsome face full of disappointment and frustration.

"Don't lose heart. At least we now know that your mother was framed. I believe that as long as we persevere, we will be able to find the truth," Jiang Mubai comforted.

Cheng Yunchuan raised his head and cast a deep gaze on Jiang Mubai: "Thank you, Xiaobai, for always being with me."

Jiang Mubai smiled slightly: "We are friends, aren't we?"

Cheng Yunchuan looked at Jiang Mubai, and a warm feeling welled up in his heart. How lucky he was to meet such a sincere person after so many years of loneliness and confusion.

"Xiaobai, if one day you find out that I am not who you imagined." Cheng Yunchuan hesitated to speak. He was afraid of losing Jiang Mubai, and even more afraid that his true identity would scare her.

"So what? In my heart, you will always be Cheng Yunchuan, the kind, brave and trustworthy friend." Jiang Mubai interrupted him with a firm look in his eyes.

Cheng Yunchuan's heart was deeply touched by Jiang Mubai's words. He could no longer suppress his emotions. He leaned over and kissed Jiang Mubai's lips.

Jiang Mubai's lips were soft and sweet, with a faint fragrance, like jasmine flowers blooming in spring, which made him intoxicated and unable to extricate himself.

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