Chapter 123 Past Events

At this point, Mo Huaiyu revealed a mocking smile: "You know I don't have any resources. If I want to investigate him, I can only check the companies on his business card online, or go to the companies he mentioned in person."

"Honestly, if he had put in even a little effort, used a real company and address, and a fake name that actually exists in a private company, I probably wouldn't have been able to find anything out..." He laughed sarcastically.

Mu Qingyu could understand that it was indeed not easy for Mo Huaiyu, a child of about ten years old, to investigate someone without money or connections. But even so, he still managed to find out, which showed that Qin Zhaoxian was very perfunctory even in forging documents.

"But he was so perfunctory. Maybe people like us, like Aunt Mei, aren't worth his time. The company he mentioned doesn't even exist. I was worried it wasn't registered, so I even went all the way there to check it out in person..."

"The address on his business card does indeed belong to a company, but it has absolutely nothing to do with the company he described. I even went to ask Qin Zhaoxian himself... and there's no such person there at all..."

"So that day I rushed back to find Aunt Mei and told her everything I had found out. And then—"

Mo Huaiyu smiled wryly: "Aunt Mei scolded me loudly, saying that I was doing nothing but pointless things. Qin Zhaoxian was doing his best to help us find a way out, and I actually called him a liar... As for Qin Zhaoxian's claim that the company didn't exist at all, Aunt Mei automatically made up a lot of excuses for him..."

"Later I found out that Aunt Mei had already given all her money to Qin Zhaoxian, who claimed he was helping us find a way out... He's already left, and I know he's not coming back once he's taken the money..."

"It's not so much that Aunt Mei doesn't believe me, but rather that she doesn't want to believe she's been scammed. Tens of thousands of yuan!" Mo Huaiyu sneered, "Anyone would be willing to deceive themselves a little more."

"Over 100,000? Does the welfare home have that much money?" Mu Qingyu wondered. If they needed that much money, why would they still be harassed by the demolition crew? They could have moved to a decent place long ago.

Mo Huaiyu seemed to know what Mu Qingyu was thinking. At the same time, he was also a little surprised: "This money was given by your grandfather. Didn't you know? I only found out later when I pressed Aunt Mei that it was given to Aunt Mei by a rich man surnamed Mu. He said it was payment for taking care of his granddaughter at the orphanage for more than ten years."

"Later, when I chatted with Xiaorong, I found out that the rich man surnamed Mu was your grandfather, and the child in the orphanage was you...you didn't know?" Mo Huaiyu looked at Mu Qingyu in surprise.

Mu Qingyu stared wide-eyed, quite surprised. Neither Grandpa Mu nor Mu Qingrong had specifically told her about this. Aunt Mei, neither either!

Even if Grandpa Mu and Mu Qingrong didn't say anything, Mu Qingyu could understand.

Old Master Mu was a man of his word, always acting arbitrarily. He probably didn't feel the need to explain anything to Mu Qingyu. It was as if he was actually very happy that his granddaughter had been found, but he would never express his joy in front of Mu Qingyu.

This made Mu Qingyu in her previous life feel that no one in the Mu family welcomed her home. So she didn't understand why they would acknowledge her if they didn't welcome her, which instead disrupted her peaceful life.

Later, when Mu Qingrong often reminisced about the past, he frequently mentioned how happy Old Master Mu was to have found her. He had even planned many things for Mu Qingyu's future, but unfortunately, he passed away first…

Mu Qingrong didn't tell her about this, probably out of consideration for her feelings, or perhaps because she was afraid that she might have some unpleasant memories from her time in the orphanage. Mu Qingrong rarely talked to her about the past and never asked her how she was doing in the orphanage.

In Mu Qingrong's view, how can a child without parents live a good life?

Therefore, Mu Qingyu completely understood why neither Grandpa Mu nor Mu Qingyu had mentioned this matter to her.

But why didn't Aunt Mei say so?

Whether it was Mu Qingyu picking her up, or the two families becoming neighbors after the apocalypse, or even when Aunt Mei later learned that Mu Qingyu had given her this house and supplies to repay her, she never mentioned the money that Old Master Mu had given her!

They didn't even express a single word of gratitude to Old Master Mu for that money!

Seeing that Mu Qingyu remained silent for a long time and her expression was unpredictable, Mo Huaiyu knew that Mu Qingyu only found out about the money now.

Both fell silent for a moment before Mu Qingyu finally spoke, "And then?"

Mo Huaiyu then continued, "Later? It was late when I got back. Qin Zhaoxian had already left with the money. Aunt Mei couldn't accept that he was a liar. Besides scolding me, she also deceived herself."

“I know Qin Zhaoxian won’t be coming back after taking the money, and Sister Xiao Ai is safe. Whether or not we can convince Aunt Mei that the other party is a swindler is not so important anymore.”

“Even if we call the police, that person has probably already fled, and we won’t be able to produce any evidence. Most importantly, I’m afraid that if we confirm he’s a fraud, Aunt Mei will break down… She’ll be deceiving herself, thinking that Qin Zhaoxian can come back, and that her life still has hope and something to look forward to.”

"Sure enough, Aunt Mei soon forgot what I had said. She stubbornly waited there day after day for Qin Zhaoxian to return. Even though the demolition crew harassed us every day, she refused to move. Of course, part of the reason was that we really had no money left and it was difficult to find a suitable place to live..."

"So she stubbornly waited there for Qin Zhaoxian to return. Until the day you came to pick us up..."

“Those days, we just couldn’t take it anymore. The demolition crew came and caused trouble every day. All the windows of the welfare home were smashed. We couldn’t even sleep well for those few days…”

"Because of the rain and rising prices, we don't even have much food left. We barely have enough to eat once a day, and we're afraid to get sick because we simply don't have the money to see a doctor..."

“Even Aunt Mei couldn’t hold on any longer at that time, so she readily agreed to leave when you came to pick us up.”

"But what I never expected was that even when she was about to leave, she still remembered to leave a note for that man... I originally thought that the man would never come back to find us, so let her stay if she wanted to. Who knew... that man actually went back and saw the note that Aunt Mei left."

"What I didn't expect was that even with the apocalypse upon us and zombies roaming everywhere, he was still alive and managed to find his way here..."