Chapter 259 Are You Still in This City?

Lin Xiaoxia suddenly felt a light in front of her eyes. This information was very important. Puwan County was a county under Bincheng City. It was quite far away and it took an hour by bus.

She thanked the ticket seller, then returned to the hotel, packed her backpack, and planned to go directly to Puwan County.

Before she left, Ma Tianming called and said that someone had provided information that thirteen years ago, the Qin family in Datong Street, Puwan County had no children, but later suddenly had a little girl of four or five years old, but moved away not long after. He asked them to go to Datong Street, Puwan County to inquire.

Lin Xiaoxia quickly told Ma Tianming that she had also asked about this clue. If the clues of the two people overlapped, it would prove that this clue was correct.

Ma Tianming said he wanted to accompany Lin Xiaoxia to take a look, as he was familiar with the local accent and it would be easy to find out things.

But Lin Xiaoxia said that Ma Tianming's phone number was also important. What if someone else provided more detailed clues? She reassured him, saying that she had practiced martial arts before and that he didn't need to worry about her.

So Lin Xiaoxia went to Puwan County by herself.

She arrived in Puwan County at around 3:00 p.m. and went directly to Datong Street, an old residential area with four-story tube-shaped buildings.

Lin Xiaoxia went in and began to inquire about the Qin family.

The first few people who asked were young and didn’t remember much because they lived so closely together and there were many people with the surname Qin.

Later I asked an old man with a white beard.

When the old man heard that Lin Xiaoxia was looking for this family, he first looked at Lin Xiaoxia and then looked a little strange: "Are you a relative of the Qin family?"

As soon as Lin Xiaoxia heard it, she knew that the old man knew the Qin family, but she didn't dare to say that he was looking for the child. If the other party was a relative of the Qin family, would he keep it a secret?

So she had thought of a countermeasure before and said: "My grandmother has received help from the Qin family before. The old lady is old, and she asked her to come and thank them."

After hearing this, the old man with white beard frowned and shook his head: "Girl, you are not telling the truth, are you?"

Lin Xiaoxia felt a little guilty when asked by the old man: "Why do you ask that, uncle?" She couldn't say yes or no, so she asked back.

The old man looked at Lin Xiaoxia and sighed, "I felt at the time that the child didn't seem to be adopted, because he was fair and clean, and his clothes showed that he was from a well-off family. With such good conditions, why would they abandon him after raising him to this age? A few days later, the Qin family moved away, saying they were returning to their hometown. They were in such a hurry, which clearly showed that something was wrong."

Lin Xiaoxia grabbed the old man's arm and said, "Uncle, that child is very likely my sister. She was abducted by a wealthy man when she was little, but she went missing. My family has been searching for her for thirteen years without interruption. Do you know any information about the Qin family?"

The old man took a deep breath. "What a sin! The Qin couple are outsiders. I heard they didn't get pregnant for several years after getting married. They couldn't stand their in-laws' nagging at home, so they came out to make a living. They worked in Bincheng for two years before we built a residential building. The man was a carpenter, so he came here to work and rented a house. Everyone called him Qin the Carpenter. Back then, you didn't have to sign a contract to work, so we didn't know their real names. Everyone just called the woman Qin the Carpenter's Wife because it was more convenient. So we really don't know their names."

Lin Xiaoxia asked anxiously, "Do you remember what their characteristics are?"

The old man thought for a moment and said, "They're not locals, and their accent isn't local. They have a similar accent to yours. We're mostly locals here, so it's easy to tell they're from outside."

When Lin Xiaoxia heard this, she became nervous again, because if he was not local, then the range was too wide. No, as long as this person appeared here, then there must be clues to find the next place where he lived. There must always be some clues, and she would find it.

She said to the master, "Thank you, sir. I'll ask around here. Maybe there's someone I can talk to who knows where their hometown is?"

The old man said: "Okay, then I'll take you to see Old Xin's house. The house that the Qin couple rented back then was from the Xin family."

Lin Xiaoxia felt like she had really met a good person: "Uncle, I really don't know how to thank you."

The old man said, "I feel guilty about this. I felt something was wrong at the beginning, but I asked several times, and the Qin couple told me the truth. They said they had too many children and wanted a boy, and they really couldn't take care of the girl, so they didn't want her. I believed them at the time. Now that I hear you say this, I think back and realize that there are indeed many suspicious points. If I can help you this time, it's my duty."

Lin Xiaoxia also knew that this matter could not be blamed on the old man. It was not his business and he could just ignore it. Now that he could tell her these things, he was considered a good person.

As she followed the old man to the Xin family, she politely asked, "What's your name, uncle?"

The old man said, "My name is Bai Chongli. I have always lived here. My son works at the Public Security Bureau. If you need anything, just let me know."

"Thank you, Mr. Bai." As he spoke, Lin Xiaoxia followed Bai Chongli to a building at the edge. Bai Chongli took Lin Xiaoxia upstairs, reached the third floor, and knocked on the door.

The person who opened the door was a middle-aged woman in her early fifties. She was very polite when she saw Bai Chongli: "Uncle Bai, why are you here? Whose daughter is this? She is so pretty."

Bai Chongli said to the middle-aged woman, "Xin's niece-in-law, this is a girl who's here looking for her relatives. She wants to know about Qin, the carpenter who rented a house in your house thirteen years ago."

Lin Xiaoxia said to the middle-aged woman, "Aunt Xin, sorry to bother you."

Upon hearing such an ancient story, Xin's wife frowned and said, "It's been so many years, I can't remember anything."

Lin Xiaoxia quickly said, "Aunt Xin, when they rented a house, they always asked to see the ID. Do you still remember the address on it?"

Xin's wife thought for a while and said, "I saw it at that time, but I really can't remember it now."

At this time, their son came out of the house: "I remember it was probably where the jade mine was. I liked to follow Uncle Qin and watch him do his carpentry work. When we chatted, I heard him talk about things in his hometown. Are you relatives of Uncle Qin's family?"

The Xin family's son was about twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, quite polite, and spoke enthusiastically.

Lin Xiaoxia didn't know how to answer for a moment. Is this considered a relative?

Bai Chongli said to the Xin family's son, "They're not really relatives. Do you remember the little girl they brought home? It was this girl who was lost."

"What? Really?" Xin's daughter-in-law and her son were shocked and confused, looking at them and asked.

Lin Xiaoxia nodded: "Well, this matter is too complicated. Anyway, my sister was lost, not abandoned. My family is well-off, so raising two more children is not a problem."

The Xin family's wife kept shaking her head: "I didn't expect this. This, this, let me think about it again. I really don't have any impression of this."

The Xin family's son said, "That's all I remember. I was young then and didn't pay much attention to the details of life." He slapped his forehead and said, "Oh, Uncle Qin's left index finger is missing a section. It fell off while he was working."