"Brother, you'll catch a cold if you go out like this." Qin Xiaoyu felt sorry for him, so she caught up with him, zipped up his jacket, and then stood up to wipe his sweat.

"A cold is nothing, finding the child is the most important thing!" Qi Si ignored her and continued walking out.

“My mind is in complete turmoil. All I want to know right now is what kind of place is safe for her,” Are said, tearing at his hair in anguish.

"Sister Liu confirmed it; the child isn't with her, and she didn't see it. That means Bai Weiwei hid the child somewhere she doesn't even know about..." Qin Xiaoyu suddenly had a flash of inspiration, but it quickly disappeared.

Finding no clues here, and with no point in waiting any longer, they had no choice but to go home.

The lights in Building 4 were on. Commander Zhou and Zhou Xing's mother sat by the window, eagerly awaiting their return. When they saw that they were empty-handed, Zhou Xing's mother's eyes dimmed.

"Bai Weiwei won't tell you?"

"No. Now we just need to see if we can find her child."

"Is there any news from the people who went to Zuo Xiangyang's hometown?" Commander Zhou asked.

"The person just arrived. After a quick inquiry, it turns out Zuo Xiangyang hasn't contacted them at all. The investigation is ongoing, and the chances of finding them are slim," A Lei briefly explained the situation.

“I don’t think he’s likely to send the child back to his hometown. Wouldn’t that be tantamount to admitting he has an illegitimate child? He’s a man of honor; he won’t cut off his own future. Now that Qing Xiaoxu is in trouble, shouldn’t he be more careful?” The cousin-in-law’s words made sense, and everyone nodded in agreement.

"If the child is still in the city, where can we send him? Actually, the best way is to have Sister Liu take care of him, give her some money to find a place to stay. Now that Sister Liu doesn't need help, she must have someone more reliable..."

"Given his character, who could he possibly trust more? Whom could he possibly rely on?"

"How is my godmother?" Qin Xiaoyu asked hurriedly, thinking of Aunt Wang.

"She's been sleeping in her room ever since. You should get some rest. I'll go check on her," Zhou Xing's mother sighed.

"Mom, I'll go."

After discussing for a long time without reaching a conclusion, Qin Xiaoyu advised Commander Zhou and his wife to go upstairs to rest.

She went to Aunt Wang's room. As soon as she opened the door, she noticed that the lighting in the room was off; the light was off, and a small brazier was burning on the floor.

"Godmother! Are you out of your mind!" Qin Xiaoyu panicked when she saw Wang Da Niang panting as she stuck the voodoo doll in her hair, and rushed over to snatch it away.

"I'm fine! The child is small, and if we don't find him in this weather, something bad might happen." Aunt Wang was also stubborn, pushing Qin Xiaoyu's hand away and refusing to stop.

Qin Xiaoyu panicked, turned around, grabbed a large water jug, and poured it directly into the basin. The flame flickered and went out.

"You silly child!" Aunt Wang jumped up in a panic.

"You should rest quickly. Once you wake up, I'll find the child. Your health is important too, and I can't bear to lose you." Qin Xiaoyu pushed her onto the bed, lifted her legs onto the bed, took off her shoes, and covered her with the blanket.

"Oh, you," sighed Aunt Wang, closing her eyes.

Qin Xiaoyu stayed by her side for a while longer, and only slowly withdrew when she saw that her breathing had become even.

Back in her room, she took a hot shower, and her mind gradually cleared.

A Lei was on the phone, and judging from his tone, he was talking to someone in Guangzhou about the situation.

"Is it Wang Lei?" Qin Xiaoyu said, snatching the microphone away.

"It's me. Is there anything else I can do?" Wang Lei is now a father, and the thought of his son being in trouble drives him crazy. He wishes he could fly back to Northeast China to help.

"You said that Zuo Xiurong got married late because of her father's revenge?"

"Yes, I heard it from my classmates. It seems like they've only been married for two or three years," Wang Lei said after calculating.

"You're not mistaken?"

"Should I call my classmate and ask? Girls with a lot of gossip know a lot." Wang Lei called back quickly. He had already found out that Zuo Xiangrong had been married for two and a half years, according to her bridesmaid. However, she was already pregnant when she got married.

"Was the man she married a divorcee?" Qin Xiaoyu continued to ask.

"No, first marriage, I've never been married before."

"Then how could she have a four or five-year-old daughter!" Qin Xiaoyu had already touched the edge of the truth, and her whole body was trembling.

A Lei had been listening the whole time and rushed over.

"Impossible, she didn't have a daughter, she had a son."

Without a word, Qin Xiaoyu put down the microphone and started comparing clothes with A Lei. When Zhou Xing's mother heard the commotion and came downstairs, she only saw them driving away.

They rushed to Zuo Xiurong's house, knocked on the door for a long time, and finally a sleazy-looking man with sleepy eyes came out.

Before he could finish asking, A Lei pushed him aside.

A Lei and Qin Xiaoyu rushed into the house and pulled hard on the light cord on the wall, making the 100-degree light bulb so bright that people couldn't open their eyes.

Qin Xiaoyu looked at the kang (a heated brick bed) and saw three quilts. One was for Zuo Xiurong, one for her youngest son, and one was empty, which should have been her husband's. There was no sign of her eldest son.

Where is your eldest daughter?

"I... I don't have an eldest daughter," Zuo Xiurong said, her face pale and her words unsteady.

"Last time I came, there was a fat girl jumping on the kang (a heated brick bed) and calling you 'Mom'!" Qin Xiaoyu took a step forward fiercely.

"You're mistaken. That's my husband's older sister's daughter. She calls me 'aunt.' I sent her home because she's too naughty." Zuo Xiurong tried to calm herself down and answered the question.

"Come with us. Let's go identify her now. I don't care about anything else, I just want to see the girl from that day." Qin Xiaoyu was going all out.

"Let's go then, what's the big deal?" Zuo Xiurong had no choice but to get out of bed, put on her shoes, and follow them out.

Zuo Xiurong's sister-in-law lived not far behind, just a few buildings away. As they walked, they disturbed the dogs in the entire dormitory, causing commotion everywhere, and some houses had already turned on their lights.

The lights were on at her aunt's house too. She knocked a few times and the door opened. A short woman came out, looked up at Zuo Xiurong, and said impatiently, "What are you doing here in the middle of the night?"

"They need to see your daughter to be reassured, otherwise they'll say I'm lying."

"What's so great about this?" the older sister-in-law muttered, but still stepped aside to let her pass.

Five children lay on the kang (a heated brick bed) in the inner room, some awakened, others still fast asleep. Hearing someone enter, the eldest sister-in-law's husband, shirtless and wrapped in a quilt, sat up.

Qin Xiaoyu ignored him, walked straight to the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), and forcefully pulled back the quilt, revealing the second tallest child. This was the girl from that day, said to be her sister-in-law's daughter.

"What are you doing? This has already been checked. The child will catch a cold." The older sister-in-law protected the child, came over and pressed the blanket down again. Just as the child was about to move, it was put back down.

The child was half-asleep, wanting to open his eyes but too sleepy to stay awake. He groggily ran his chubby little hands through his hair and went back to sleep.

Qin Xiaoyu glanced at the pink hair clip that had fallen onto her pillow, and felt a wave of disappointment. It seemed to be a misunderstanding; all that fuss had resulted in this outcome, and she was utterly disheartened.