Me at two years old, a queen!

Listening to her chatter on the phone with Duoduo and Zhuangzhuang the whole way, Lu Junxing felt a terrible headache coming on. He knew she wasn't feeling like taking a nap and probably wouldn't be doing so for a while.

Passing by Zhao Jingtang's house, seeing his car there, I didn't hesitate to get the troublemaker out of the car right there in front of Zhao Jingtang's house: "Come on, your Uncle Zhao invited you to come play with him!"

"Uncle Zhao? Is he missing her?"

"Yes! He misses you terribly, you should go now!"

After watching her go inside, Qin Yanzhou called Zhao Jingtang on his phone to say hello, then returned to the old house. When he arrived, Qin Yanzhou looked for An'an, only to find that An'an hadn't come downstairs.

Lu Jing was terrified, thinking that his heartless son had abandoned the child halfway through the journey because he found him noisy.

"How could you be so heartless? What can a child do? You've just abandoned him!"

"I wouldn't say anything if you hit me a couple of times normally, even a tiger wouldn't eat its own cubs! But where have you put me?"

Even the old man, who usually trusted his grandson, was now somewhat panicked: "Where's the child? You really lost the child?"

Remembering how his uncle always beat his sister, Qin Yanzhou distrusted his uncle completely. Forgetting his dislike for Qin Shuo, he grabbed Qin Shuo's trouser leg and tried to drag him outside to find his sister.

Zhao Yu'an also grabbed Lu Jing's hand and pulled him outside, pointing to the car they had just gotten out of: "Find it! Find it!"

Upon hearing Zhao Yu'an speak, Ms. Song forgot her initial surprise and immediately asked Uncle Liu to send people out to search, since they didn't really know the child.

He wasn't usually around him, and after he came of age, he'd heard plenty of news about how ruthless his methods were. Even the usually rational Song Yuan was now pulling out his phone to ask his nephew for help finding the child.

Enraged, Lu Jing snatched Qin Shuo's cane and was about to hit the man: "You bastard! Where did you leave him?"

"Alright! She's next door! She's a really nice person!"

Seeing the chaotic group of people, even Aunt Liu glaring at him, Lu Junxing dodged Lu Jing's swinging cane and said irritably.

"Are you mute? Why didn't you say so earlier! Why didn't you bring him back first instead of sending him to someone else's house!"

Lu Jing grumbled and ran next door, not to do anything, just to check on his beloved grandson. The old man, leaning on his cane, said, "Nonsense!"

Qin Yanzhou grabbed Zhao Yu'an and ran next door. Only then did Ms. Song Yuan pull Junmin aside and ask her to call a doctor to check on Yu'an.

Zhao Yu'an often stayed at the Lu family's house. Over time, they had come to regard Yu'an as one of their own and were very worried about his inability to speak.

Those who needed to call a doctor did so, those who needed to look after the children went to look after the children, and the rest went into the study, all wanting to know what had just happened at the restaurant.

Qin Feng handed over the information he had just gathered. Seeing that everyone was there, including Zhao Jingtang from next door, he went next door to watch the children.

Lu Jing: "This...isn't this the child from that small town?"

The old man took the reading glasses from Uncle Liu and said, "Yes, his hair has grown a bit, and he's gotten taller!"

Ms. Song Yuan also remembers that child vividly: "How did he end up in Haicheng? And he even took An'an away!"

Lu Jing: "What's this kid up to?"

Qin Shuo: "How about I tie him up and bring him back, then we'll find out!"

Zhao Jingtang: "President Qin! This is a society governed by law. Be mindful of the consequences! Don't make things worse!"

The old man, who had weathered many storms, remained remarkably calm: "Tell me! What happened?"

He didn't believe his grandson hadn't investigated anything; he might have even found out how many times the person peed as a child.

After his grandmother passed away on New Year's Eve, Gao Zhaohe refused all subsidies and went to school alone. He would go to the beach to sell seafood, and sometimes he would collect plastic bottles and cardboard boxes from the neighborhood to sell.

The people around him were kind-hearted; every household introduced him to business, and they gave him their leftover plastic bottles and cardboard. Even a cleaning lady responsible for their area, who was also from a poor family, was among them.

Seeing that people had already rummaged through several trash cans nearby, she realized she had no money left to earn. Although it was only three to five yuan a day, it was still money, so the woman went to her door and made a scene.

The matter escalated, and some villagers who had made a fortune in business outside the village wanted to help the child. However, Gao Zhaohe was stubborn and refused, also unwilling to go to places like orphanages.

He lived on his own in that dilapidated house with a big dog. Even after people were sent there, he always managed to run back on his own. That's how everyone saw that he could make a living on his own.

Instead of sending the child to welfare homes, we started planning to find a good family for the child. After thinking it over, we decided that it would be best to help the child find relatives.

In the end, the village chief organized a few people to help him find his parents. Years ago, he was abandoned in front of that old woman's house in the dead of winter. That old woman had been widowed at a young age.

She had no children of her own, so she raised one. Everyone in the village knew this, including Gao Zhaohe himself, who knew he was adopted.

Back then, the village even searched several families who might have lost their children, but no one admitted it. Plus, the child was being cared for by someone else, and it was a poor, remote area at the time.

No one wanted to get involved, and the matter passed. Now, the villagers are watching the wise elders grow old one by one, and they worry about how this young man will survive.

So they started looking for those families from back then, reported it to the police, and asked them to investigate thoroughly. Regardless of the outcome, they wanted the child to have a place to go and to know where they came from.

The elderly people in the village are often meddlesome and conservative, believing that it's important for people to know their roots, and they insisted on bringing up things from the past.

Back then, the area was small and the economy wasn't very good. There was only one high school in the county town, and kids from the surrounding area had to take a two-hour bus ride to the county to attend high school. They would only go home once every one or two months to get some money for food.

Back then, two families from the neighboring village had children in high school who started dating. Unfortunately, it led to a pregnancy and death. The pregnancy was just before the college entrance exams, and the pregnancy was discovered during a physical examination. Only then did both sets of parents find out.

The woman was originally from Songjia Village, and her name was Song Xinyi. Because there were no more relatives left in her family, she lived with her uncle and aunt from the next village.

My uncle works away from home year-round, while my aunt stays home to take care of the whole family. She's long harbored resentment towards her adopted niece who eats and drinks at home all the time.