Erni's family blocked the door of Meng Yiming's house, yelling at the Meng family to hand over Erni.

Meng Yiming's parents kept explaining that Erni had never been home, but the Yao family insisted that Meng Yiming had tricked Erni away.

When Meng Yiming heard that Erni was missing, he hurried out to look for her.

Erni's grandmother blocked the doorway and said, "Stop acting here! Erni is being hidden by you!"

Faced with the Yao family's unreasonable behavior, Meng Yiming's father remained calm. He said, "The child is missing, so let's find him quickly. We can deal with other matters later."

But the Yao family was not in a hurry to find the child. They blocked the door and demanded an explanation.

It was the neighbor next door who helped call the police.

After the police arrived, the Yao family insisted that it was Meng Yiming who had deceived Erni.

Erni's father said, "Last night, Meng Yiming came to our house and wanted to take Erni away, but we refused. He must have taken Erni away from our house again while we were asleep."

Erni's grandmother wiped away tears sadly, "Now that things have come to this, I can only tell you about our family's shameful situation. Erni has long been ruined by that bastard!"

Meng Yiming: “!!!”

Meng Yiming's parents were also shocked, and even the neighbors who were watching the excitement outside were shocked.

Erni's grandmother took out the ten yuan that Meng Yiming had given Erni and said, "This bastard ruined Erni and used this money to shut her up."

Meng Yiming yelled, "I didn't!"

Erni's grandmother cried, "You still don't admit it?! Erni has told us the truth!"

The nanny, with her big belly, was also wiping away tears sadly. "Blame me! Blame me! I thought Yiming was kind enough to give Erni a steamed bun and a candy, but I didn't know he was thinking... wuwuwu..."

Erni's father angrily grabbed Meng Yiming's collar and asked, "Where did you hide Erni?"

Meng Yiming saw the ugly faces of the Yao family. They were cursing, crying and making a fuss, but Meng Yiming could not hear what they were saying at all.

His ears were buzzing and there was only one thing in his mind: Erni was missing!

He didn't know when the police and the Yao family left. When he came to his senses, the door of the house was already closed.

His mother gave him a large glass of cold water to calm him down, and then his father asked him seriously, "Did you do anything to Erni?"

Meng Yiming said firmly: "I didn't!"

"Why did you give her so much money?"

"She didn't have enough to eat or wear warm clothes. I gave her money because I thought she could use it when it was critical."

He told Erni to hide the money, so how come his family still found it?!

Meng Yiming's father said in a calm voice, "Let's find someone first."

Meng Yiming's family, the Yao family, the police and some neighbors all helped to find Erni.

Every day Meng Yiming went to the ridge of the field and the corner of the wall at the intersection where he and Erni met, but he never saw Erni again.

Erni seemed to have evaporated from the face of the earth and never appeared again.

We've been searching for this person for a week, but there's still no clue.

Meng Yiming didn't get a good night's sleep. He ran out to look for her early in the morning and came back very late. He ran to any place where Erni might appear.

Every night, as soon as he closed his eyes, Erni looked at him with tears in her eyes and said, "Brother, please leave quickly."

The snow outside was so thick and she didn't even have shoes on. She must be cold and hungry.

Meng Yiming regretted that he should have taken Erni away. He knelt down and begged his parents to adopt Erni.

During this week, the Meng family also learned some things about Erni's family from her neighbors.

Erni's family favors boys over girls. When Erni's mother gave birth to two daughters in succession, the family was very unhappy.

Erni's grandmother and father would beat and scold Erni's mother whenever they were unhappy, and the two girls were even less treated as human beings.

Later, Erni's mother became pregnant again, and it was at this time that the original Erni went missing.

The neighbors speculated that the Yao family definitely did not want to raise a girl, and Erni was either sold or taken to a strange place by her family and deliberately lost.

The original Erni got lost, and then the current Erni was born. The Yao family no longer treated them as human beings.

The neighbors suspected that Erni might have been sent somewhere or sold by the Yao family.

However, the Yao family insisted that it was Meng Yiming who raped Erni and hid her somewhere.

But based solely on what the Yao family said and the ten-odd dollars, it was impossible to determine what Meng Yiming had done to Erni.

It was time for Meng Yiming's father to go to Wencheng to take up his post, but Erni still had no information.

The nanny stood guard at the door of the Meng family every day to prevent them from leaving Wucheng secretly.

Meng Yiming's father could not delay any longer, as he had long seen through the Yao family's intentions.

That afternoon, Meng Yiming's father came to the Yao family to find Erni's father and grandmother.

He got straight to the point and said, "Er Ni is missing. We're very worried. We've tried our best to find her, but we can't find her. I don't have time to waste any more time. If you want any compensation, just tell me."

Erni's father and grandmother looked at each other. Erni's father stiffened his neck and said, "Even though she's a worthless girl, she's still a piece of our flesh and blood. We've raised her for so many years, and it's taken a lot of effort."

Meng Yiming's father nodded in understanding. "So, what would you like to order?"

Erni's father said, "We want two hundred yuan!"

Meng Yiming's father was shocked.

You have to know that at that time his monthly salary was less than ten yuan, and the nanny's monthly salary was only three yuan.

Generally, the betrothal gift for marrying a wife is only 20 to 30 yuan.

Erni's father asked for so much, it's simply an exorbitant amount!

The two sides bargained for a while, and finally Meng Yiming's father gave the Yao family 130 yuan.

The Meng family didn't have that much money, so they borrowed from many friends.

The two parties signed an agreement and the matter was settled.

While Meng Yiming was worried about Erni, he also felt guilty towards his parents.

The father was quite open-minded. "It's a good thing to spend some money to end things with this family. But it's a pity for the child. I don't know if he's still alive."

My father spoke earnestly, "Kindness also depends on the recipient. Some people don't deserve your kindness. Also, if you want to be kind, you must have the ability to be kind, otherwise your kindness will only become a weakness that others can exploit."

Meng Yiming didn't know whether his kindness helped Erni or hurt her.

If he had ignored Erni from the beginning, perhaps Erni would have had a harder life like Dani, but at least she would not be in danger of life or death.

Meng Yiming went to Wencheng with his parents.

Later, his father helped him get a place as a government-sponsored overseas student.

At that time, he was reluctant to go out.

He also wanted to become independent as soon as possible and go find Erni.

However, he couldn't resist his parents and was forcibly sent away.

Over the years, Meng Yiming has always wanted to know what happened that night that caused Erni to disappear.

After meeting Lin Ye, Meng Yiming had another problem: what happened after Erni disappeared that made her forget her childhood?