When An Ning met Lu Xiyan again after four years, she was wearing the cheapest clothes from a wholesale market, had just been slapped, and was squatting at his feet picking up hospital payment slip...
Chapter 151 Dianhai, where she was born
When Jiang Xiaoshan mentioned this name, her expression softened. "My little niece is pretty, well-behaved, and sensible. She has a sweet mouth and can coax people..."
As she spoke, she seemed to think of the little girl when she was young, and tears welled up in her eyes.
"After she went missing, my eldest brother and his wife searched for her for years to no avail. Their joy at having a daughter in their old age was matched by their devastation at her disappearance. Their health was already failing from years of dedicated research, and the devastation of their daughter's disappearance contributed to their early passing."
The atmosphere was a bit heavy. Lu Xiyan raised his hand to pour her a cup of tea and said, "If she is still alive, I will do my best to help you find her."
He asked, "Aunt Jiang, do you still remember what her characteristics were?"
Jiang Xiaoshan thought for a moment and said quickly, "Yes!"
"She has a mole here!" Jiang Xiaoshan pointed to the inside of her left wrist. "It's very obvious here, she was born there!"
However, many people have moles in this place, so it is not special.
"And here!" Jiang Xiaoshan thought for a moment and touched her right earlobe again. "There's a mole here too, but it's red and very small, so it's usually hard to see."
Hearing this, Lu Xiyan's hand holding the tea trembled suddenly, "Earlobe, red mole?"
"Yes." Jiang Xiaoshan met his deep eyes. "I didn't know it at first. I only discovered it when she was five or six months old, when I was teasing her and kissing her little ear. My sister-in-law said that she was born with this mole."
"And her skin is very fair, so the mole will be very obvious when you look at it up close," Jiang Xiaoshan added.
Lu Xiyan's eyes trembled and his brows furrowed.
He had seen the mole on the inside of his wrist and the small red mole on his earlobe on the same person.
"Anything else?" His voice was a little hoarse when he asked this question.
Jiang Xiaoshan thought about it carefully again and said, "There is another place."
"Xiaozhi has a small crescent-shaped scar above her waist. It was caused by an accidental injury when she was two years old. By the time she was four or five, the scar had faded. My eldest brother and his wife thought it wasn't unsightly, but rather unique, so they didn't have surgery to remove it."
"There's no way anyone in this world has the same scar as her. I can recognize her at a glance. I won't make a mistake."
Jiang Xiaoshan said this and looked at Lu Xiyan, "If Mr. Lu can find a girl who matches all these characteristics, I will know at a glance if it is our Xiaozhi!"
Lu Xiyan met her gaze. He had always been calm and reserved, but for the first time he almost couldn't hold the water glass in his hand.
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After a long day of meetings, An Ning emerged from her temporary office. It was already dark outside, and a crescent moon hung in the inky sky.
I turned off my phone while working, and when I turned it on now I realized it was almost eight o'clock in the evening.
Two missed calls popped up on the phone, they were from Li Chunfang.
She held her laptop in one hand and made a phone call with the other.
"mom--"
Before An Ning could finish her words, she was interrupted excitedly by the other party.
"An Ning! You finally answered the phone!"
An Ning saw that she was very emotional and asked hurriedly, "What's wrong? Did something happen to Xianxian?"
"No, Xianxian is fine." Li Chunfang calmed herself down, "Ningning, Mom has something to tell you."
Li Chunfang's voice was a little serious, which made An Ning nervous.
"I met Chen Laosi today."
As soon as Li Chunfang finished speaking, An Ning's heart suddenly tightened and her eyes widened in shock.
Chen Laosi?
It was the one who sold her to the An family!
The hand holding the phone couldn't help but tighten, listening to Li Chunfang continue, "Ningning, Mom asked you, Chen Laosi said that he found you in Dianhai..."
After he finished speaking, An Ning's mind went blank and his breathing became a little difficult.
"Yunnan Sea?"
"Yes, that's where you were on a business trip." Li Chunfang said excitedly, "Chen Laosi said that when she picked you up, you would be alone. He has never met your parents..."
"Ningning... maybe Dianhai... is where you were born..."
The sudden news made An Ning a little confused, and her mind seemed to be in a knot and couldn't process it.
Dianhai, the place of birth?
She raised her head and looked at the sky above her head. Looking at this place that was obviously strange yet familiar, some emotion in her chest almost overflowed.
Is she from Dianhai?
So that's why she subconsciously recognizes those mushrooms?
Is that why she feels so close to the land beneath her feet?
An Ning's heartbeat was pounding wildly, and she choked out, "Where is Dianhai? Why was I picked up? Where are my biological parents?"
"Chen Laosi said that he found you on the outskirts of Dianhai City. It was raining when he found you, and you were lying alone on the side of the road..."
Li Chunfang told her everything Chen Laosi had said, and also told her the details of how she and An Tianhua bought her.
An Ning's hands were shaking so much that she could barely hold the phone. Her voice was trembling uncontrollably, "But why... can't I remember anything from my childhood?"
Li Chunfang said she was about four or five years old that year.
Children aged four or five should have memories. Even if they cannot remember everything, they will still have an impression of special things that happened in their childhood.
But she didn't remember anything.
"That high fever lasted for several days, and you forgot everything when you woke up," Li Chunfang said with a sob. "You're in Dianhai now, why don't you look around? See if there's any familiar place?"
After the phone call ended, An Ning stood there for a long time, unable to recover.
Dianhai is so big that she doesn't even remember a single thing about her childhood.
I don’t remember my biological parents’ names or what they look like.
I don't remember my name or how I got lost...
I don’t remember anything, how can I find it?
It felt like a huge rock was pressing on her chest, making it hard for her to breathe.
I thought that once Chen Laosi was found, her life story would be solved.
But now even Chen Laosi doesn’t know who her parents are.
Suddenly, a huge feeling of powerlessness swept over her body. She no longer cared much about her life experience. It was no longer important to her whether she could find her biological parents or not.
But Li Chunfang's call just now gave her hope, but also made her confused.
Suddenly, the phone rang in the silent night.
An Ning was stunned for a moment, looked at the unfamiliar phone number on her phone, and took a long time to answer it.
"Why don't you come find me after you're done? Why are you standing there like an idiot?"
A low and magnetic voice came through the phone, rubbing An Ning's cochlea. Her heart beat wildly and she subconsciously looked over.
The man was wearing a white T-shirt and black pants. He looked tall and had long legs, which made him look handsome and refreshing.
He was walking towards us from not far away, holding his cell phone in one hand and a nice smile on his lips.
Seeing him, An Ning's panic-stricken mood finally calmed down a little.
“Western Banquet.
An Ning looked at the man's deep outline, her voice trembling, "There's something I want to tell you."
"Just right." Lu Xiyan walked up to her and gently brushed away the strands of hair on her forehead. "I have something to tell you, too."