Chapter 183 Abandoned Infant

Travel is supposed to relax your mind, but it's your body that suffers.

Jiang Jianni got up early to catch the train, but even though she arrived an hour early, she still couldn't find a seat and had to stand for an hour—she didn't dare sit on her luggage, which contained a lot of local specialties she had bought.

Even if others don't know, you'll still feel uncomfortable if you've sat on something and eaten it.

As a result, once I got on the train and climbed into my berth, I didn't want to move: "Luckily we bought sleeper tickets. If we had seated tickets, I probably would have fallen apart by the time I got home."

An older woman, upon hearing her words, wholeheartedly agreed: "That's right! I once went to visit a relative in the border region, and I bought a seat ticket."

"I've been sitting here for three days and three nights, my goodness! I'm practically turning into firewood for cooking at home."

"Hahaha……"

The others laughed along.

Jiang Jiani and Lu Xiangyang also laughed.

Laughter is always the best tool for closing the distance, and with this burst of laughter as a foundation, the atmosphere in the sleeper car became noticeably warmer.

Soon someone enthusiastically invited everyone to play cards, specifically the recently popular Dou Dizhu.

Jiang Jianni was physically exhausted but mentally satisfied. She lay on the middle bunk watching everyone play. After one stop, she couldn't hold it in any longer and asked Lu Xiangyang to watch her luggage while she went to the bathroom.

As soon as she opened the bathroom door, she screamed.

Lu Xiangyang's heart tightened. He disregarded his luggage and rushed to find someone.

The others were also startled and quickly followed them towards the bathroom.

Lu Xiangyang had just run to the end when he saw Jiang Jianni emerge, holding a swaddled baby, looking bewildered. She asked, "What... what do we do? I found a baby in the bathroom..."

Lu Xiangyang: "..."

The others who had come along also gathered around, with those at the back even standing on tiptoe to get a better look:

Wow, it really is just a little kid.

"This child is so handsome."

"Is it a boy or a girl? It's such a nice little thing to throw it away."

One person said with certainty, "It must be a girl. No family would be willing to abandon a boy."

Everyone started talking at once about the missing children they knew.

Because family planning is allowed in this timeline, people are much more accepting of family planning than people in Jiang Jiani's timeline.

As a result, there were far fewer people who violated the one-child policy.

It may be less, but that doesn't mean it's not there.

Many women who have two daughters want a son, some who have one son feel insecure and want a second, and a very small number simply want a large family. Regardless of gender, there are still many women who want to have more children.

Especially for families that have had several daughters, losing a girl becomes a common occurrence.

The train police arrived quickly.

Both train police officers were men, one in his forties and the other in his twenties.

The older train police officers dreaded seeing children: "How many is this this month?"

The young train police officer said angrily, "If you don't want it, don't have it. If you give birth and then abandon it, are you even human?"

The other passengers quickly asked what was going on.

It turns out that quite a few children have been lost on trains.

Some people abandon girls because they dislike them, while others abandon boys who have problems, such as deformities or congenital diseases that are difficult to treat, on trains.

A very small number of children are lost by their parents accidentally, and these children are usually returned for search. Another group are children abducted by human traffickers who are rescued after something is discovered to be wrong.

They can find at least five children a month on the train.

Every time we reached the final stop, everyone was on edge, fearing they might find a child.

An older train police officer sighed, "This is just one of the children we found on the train. I've heard that we find even more children at the station."

At the train station, there are more than just infants nursing.

The children lost at the train station are mostly able to walk by now; they are three to five years old, seven or eight years old, and sometimes you can even see children as young as ten.

I really can't understand what those parents are thinking.

What do you mean by abandoning your child after raising them with so much care?

Especially those around ten years old.

Even if we're being pragmatic, a ten-year-old child can already be considered part of the workforce. Even if we don't send him to school, sending him to work can help the family earn some money, right? There's no reason to abandon the child.

However, there are some people who do inhuman things.

However, these lost older children are mostly girls.

The older police officer took the child, examined her, and sighed, "It really is a girl."

It has all four limbs and appears to be perfectly healthy.

Everyone present had an expression that said, "I knew it: such a well-behaved child, if it were a boy, which family would be willing to throw him away?"

A woman in her thirties couldn't help but exclaim, "This child is so beautiful; she'll grow up to be a great beauty."

Of course!

Even when the baby was still in swaddling clothes, you could tell she was destined to be a beauty.

Her skin was exceptionally fair and delicate, her eyeliner was very long with upturned corners, her eyebrows were thin and dark, her nose was pert and upturned, and her lips were bright red—she was completely different from the other clown children.

Someone suggested that the older woman take the child home and raise her: "Such a beautiful child, it wouldn't be a loss if you raised her up and found her a rich man to marry."

The others burst into laughter.

The older sister quickly refused: "I don't even want to raise my own child, how can I care about raising someone else's child?"

"No, no, I can't raise it."

The female train police officer arrived shortly after, holding a bottle of prepared formula. She picked up the child, sat down, and fed him with practiced skill that touched everyone's heart.

The child was sleeping, but as soon as the pacifier was put to his mouth, he immediately started sucking on it without even opening his eyes.

The female train police officer looked at the child and said, "This child is fair and chubby, and looks to be about four or five months old."

"What a tragedy! They raised the baby for four or five months, how could they abandon it again?"

The others chimed in with their own opinions:

"Exactly! If you don't want it, don't have it. If you have it, raise it properly. Why go through all this trouble? The child suffers, and the mother suffers too."

Everyone present, regardless of their true thoughts or actual actions, began to condemn the child's parents.

Jiang Jianni had just become a mother and couldn't stand the atmosphere. She wanted to get away but couldn't move her feet, and she was extremely conflicted.

Lu Xiangyang frowned and asked, "What about this child? Is it possible to find his parents?"

The older train police officer sighed, "How are we supposed to find it? There are so many people coming and going, where are we even supposed to look?"

"Besides, if someone deliberately leaves their child in the toilet, it's obviously a premeditated act to abandon the child. How could you possibly find them?"

"Besides, it's already been lost once. Even if it is found, it will be lost again."

Jiang Jianni finally couldn't hold back: "Then, what about this child?"

The female train police officer said, "Send them to an orphanage, what other choice do we have?"

"Oh, such a young child, it's such a tragedy."

Jiang Jianni: "!!!??? An orphanage? Can't we just find someone to adopt it?"