These were the excuses Bai Shiqing and Li Shuxian used to fob them off. Li Yang remembered them clearly and gave Bai Shiqing a real tongue-tiing.

Bai Shiqing didn't have time to argue with Li Yang: "Shut your mouth right now. Didn't you get enough of a beating during the day?"

Li Yang's swollen eyes from crying haven't faded yet, and remembering the beating he received during the day, he doesn't dare to be naughty anymore.

After the two children went to sleep that night, Bai Shiqing and Li Shuxian couldn't fall asleep.

The baby girl they found slept peacefully on the old bed that Li Yang and Li Yun had shared.

This little girl is really lucky. She was frozen in the cold wind for who knows how long, but she was perfectly fine, eating and sleeping as usual.

"What can we do? Given the current situation, sending them to an orphanage is a death sentence."

The orphanage is short-staffed and short-funded. They have to take care of so many young children, they can't possibly manage it all.

Li Shuxian looked at the child. Like his father, he was kind-hearted and said, "Otherwise, let's raise him."

“How are we supposed to register a child’s birth in our family? If we set a precedent, then every woman who has a daughter will try to register her birth in a family that has already had a son as their first child, and then they will keep having more children. Wouldn’t that create complete chaos?”

Bai Shiqing didn't want to implicate Yang Changping, and as a public official, she had to set an example.

This child absolutely cannot be kept in their family.

"Then let's give them away? Let's find someone without children at home to give them to."

Do you know someone like that?

Li Shuxian racked his brains: "...I don't know him."

He only knew people from his workplace, and his social circle wasn't wide, so he really couldn't think of anyone right now.

"But that's all we can do for now. Let's ask around and see what happens. We'll leave it at home for the next few days... We don't have the energy for that."

Bai Shiqing and Li Shuxian both had jobs to do. Although Li Shuxian's job was relatively easy, he couldn't take care of a baby all the time. Back then, Li Yang and Li Yun were also raised by Meng Hongmei.

Li Shuxian felt that this was not their responsibility: "Why don't you try to find the child's parents?"

"Finding her parents is like looking for a needle in a haystack!"

"Shiqing, think about it this way: the baby is only ten or eight days old. Let's have our little sister go to the hospital in our district and ask around for families that have given birth to girls. Maybe we can find one."

"You're right. We can't let the bad guys get away with it; abandoning a child is a crime!"

Bai Shiqing slapped her thigh. She couldn't sleep, so she and Li Shuxian discussed it to each other: "Logically speaking, this is something I really should handle. It's not enough for us to just crack down on those who have more children than allowed. We also need to find out and severely punish those who abandon their children!"

"Yes, thank you for your hard work, Shiqing."

"This is my job, it's not hard at all. It's just that these girls suffer, I don't know what sins they committed to be reborn as girls."

Bai Shiqing also felt saddened that her innate gender had become a sin.

She's doing better. Her younger sister has always been taken care of by her father and brothers. Even if she went through a period of hardship, the whole family shared the hardship together. It wasn't that her family was biased and tormented her.

Li Shuxian comforted her, saying, "It's not our daughter's fault, it's their family's fault. Our daughter will never suffer like this in her entire life."

Thinking of her daughter, Bai Shiqing felt a little relieved.

The next day, Bai Shiqing had her workplace issue her a statement, which she then took to two hospitals near the district to check the birth details from half a month to a week prior.

A total of 85 baby girls were born in the two hospitals this week, which was about the same number as Bai Shiqing had estimated. She had long expected a lot of work, but what she didn't expect was that there were acquaintances on the list.

"Cao Feng!" Bai Shiqing stormed back to her workplace with the list in her hand, throwing the list she had written down at Cao Feng's face. "When did you have a daughter? Why didn't you invite us to your wedding?"

"What? Cao Feng, you had a daughter?"

"Why haven't we heard a single word?"

"Cao Feng, why are you keeping this from us?"

Bai Shiqing's words immediately alerted everyone.

This is the kind of work they do. Cao Feng had a daughter but kept it a secret, and everyone had their own guesses about why.

"I...I...I just didn't have time to tell everyone!"

"Didn't have time? Did your wife suddenly give birth to this child? All these months, and you didn't say a word?"

Faced with Bai Shiqing's relentless questioning, Cao Feng was both ashamed and angry, and could not speak.

He wanted to leave, but was stopped by his colleagues.

"Cao Feng, explain yourself before you leave! Why are you keeping this from us!"

Cao Feng was stopped and had no way to escape, so he could only bite the bullet and say, "We're just colleagues, I don't need to tell you!"

Someone immediately retorted, "We all went to your wedding, why did you think of inviting us then? But you're not planning to invite us to your full moon celebration."

Bai Shiqing sneered, "He never intended to hold this wedding banquet. He doesn't even have a child anymore, who would he celebrate with?"

Bai Shiqing's words shocked everyone once again: "The child is gone?"

"Cao Feng, you're knowingly breaking the law! How dare you!"

When everyone heard Bai Shiqing's words, their first reaction was that Cao Feng had killed his daughter.

After all, if those of them who work in public service don't follow the policies, they'll lose their jobs immediately. If Cao Feng wants a son, he can't keep this daughter.

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