The next day at noon, Fang Jingru was invited to the Qiao family's house for lunch.

Qiao Qiqi naturally followed along. She knew why Qiao Weiguo and Lin Chunying had invited Fang Jingru over, and she wanted to hear about it herself.

Qiao Weiguo asked many questions, including his family's circumstances back then, how many siblings he had, and how his parents passed away.

Fang Jingru answered them one by one. "When you were lost, we lived in a single-story house. The most obvious landmark around us was the national flag. Every morning, the national flag would be raised. From the age of three, whenever you heard the sound of the flag being raised, you would run to the yard and salute the flag."

"My parents used to bring this up all the time, and that's how I found out about it."

“You also have a wooden toy gun, which our dad made for you. It was your favorite toy when you were little, and it’s still at your older brother’s house.”

“There is a very big locust tree outside our courtyard gate. Every spring, the fragrance is wonderful. My mother would make locust flower cakes for us. They were so delicious. They were our favorite thing when we were little.”

“We only have three children in our family. Although you haven’t met her, you must have met her daughter. She is Fang Ke, who came with the leaders from Beijing a while ago.”

Fang Jingru then introduced the current jobs and residences of each member of her family, as well as their experiences over the years.

“Our father has been gone for 12 years and our mother for 5 years. Before they died, they were most worried about you. Unfortunately, they didn’t see you come back until the last moment of their lives.”

Thinking that if Qiao Weiguo hadn't been stolen, given their family's circumstances, he would definitely have received a good education and would probably be working in Beijing now. Although his life might not be wealthy, it would certainly be much easier than it is now, Fang Jingru felt a pang of sadness.

But Qiao Weiguo was very content. He had a loving wife, a well-behaved and filial daughter named Qiao Qiqi, and Qiao Tianyou, who, although young and a bit mischievous, was also obedient and filial. He was already very content.

Fang Jingru thought about it and agreed. Some people may have good living conditions, but they are not necessarily happy.

In comparison, Qiao Weiguo at least has a happy and fulfilling family life, and that's enough.

"So, you started to have doubts the moment you first met Qiqi?" Lin Chunying couldn't help but ask.

Fang Jingru nodded, "Yes, I went back to the place where we lived back then and walked around for a few days. But because more than 40 years have passed, there aren't many people who know my parents anymore, and I can only find out very little, so I didn't get any useful information."

When Qiao Weiguo was abducted, Fang Jingru was less than 2 years old and had no memory of it.

Therefore, everything she knew about her second brother came from her parents, her eldest brother, and the neighbors; she had no recollection of anything about him herself, which made the matter more difficult.

However, she had already made a plan. Since she couldn't find anything in Beijing, she would just come back with Qiao Qiqi to see if she could find any clues.

"So, those two times I bought tickets but couldn't get back, you bought tickets with me too?" Qiao Qiqi subconsciously thought of something; it was the second time Fang Ke accompanied her to buy train tickets.

She vaguely remembered seeing a figure that looked very much like Fang Jingru, but because there were so many people at the train station, the figure disappeared in the blink of an eye, so Qiao Qiqi always thought she had seen it wrong.

Fang Jingru only realized at this moment that Qiao Qiqi had seen her. "Well, I originally wanted to say hello to you that day, but I had something to do at the newspaper, so I left in a hurry."

Qiao Qiqi finally explained, "So what do you call this? It's called 'fate brings people together even from a thousand miles away.' There are so many people in Beijing and so many villages in Heilong City, yet Fang Ke just happened to come here. And it just so happens that Xin Xin's illness required her to go to Beijing for treatment. I also met my aunt through Fang Ke. It's as if it were destined, as if our family was destined to be reunited."

Qiao Qiqi had many feelings about this trip to Beijing.

From helping Chenchen and Xinxin find their relatives to meeting Old Madam Qin, Old Madam Qin initially did not know her identity, yet she was able to give her the jade pendant that originally belonged to her eldest son. Although Qin Huai's father had passed away, she and Qin Huai were still considered to be from the eldest branch of the family, so the jade pendant had gone through many twists and turns and had not ended up outside.

When Chenchen mentioned that his surname was Qin, Qiao Qiqi only remarked on the coincidence, but she never expected that he and Qin Huai were practically the same person, clearly from the same family.

All of this is so unbelievable, yet it actually happened.

At this moment, Lin Chunying suddenly looked at Fang Jingru and said, "Miss Fang, I also want to apologize to you. I was confused before and did not tell you the truth. Please don't mind."

"Sister-in-law, what are you saying? We're family. You've taken such good care of my second brother and made Qiqi look so much like me. I should be thanking you!" Fang Jingru raised her water glass. "There's no wine here, so I'll drink water instead. Thank you for all these years of dedication."

At this moment, Lin Chunying felt a little embarrassed. However, the saying "a niece resembles her aunt" is indeed true. Qiao Qiqi's face really looks too much like Fang Jingru's. If it weren't for this face, Fang Jingru wouldn't have had this suspicion.

Although Qiao Weiguo and Lin Chunying still had doubts, after asking so many questions, they still had no other definite clues besides the five-year-old's face and Qiao Qiqi's face.

But in Qiao Qiqi's heart, her relationship with the Fang family was already sealed.

At this moment, she couldn't help but feel a little emotional. "When I first brought my aunt to the village, the villagers said we looked alike and asked if we were related. I even pretended to call her aunt like Fang Ke did. I didn't expect that they would actually call her the right way."

Fang Jingru also laughed and said, "Xiao Ke was reluctant to see you leave before, and kept saying that it would be great if you two were sisters. Now she's proven right."

If Qiao Weiguo from England is indeed the second son of the Fang family, then Qiao Qiqi and Fang Ke are indeed cousins.

The family was chatting and laughing when Qiao Qiqi suddenly remembered something important. "Dad, Mom, the night before Qin Huai joined the army, he specifically told me that there was another important thing to do when he came back this time, which is to build a house for you. The west room of your house is already leaking badly. If it snows again this winter, it definitely won't hold up, so it has to be torn down and rebuilt."

Seeing the disapproval on Lin Chunying and Qiao Weiguo's faces, Qiao Qiqi didn't give them a chance to speak and quickly added, "It's not just your houses that are being built; my in-laws' house also has several cracks and leaks. So, both of your houses should be built together! But if you don't build, they definitely won't either, so you should build first. That way, it will be easier for me to persuade my in-laws."

Qiao Qiqi had already calculated that there were about two months until the snowfall, and the construction time for one house was exactly one month. Two houses would take exactly two months.

So start building now, just in time!