Chapter 79 My Dad's an Idiot 1 My Hero

I seemed to hear a girl's slightly childish, shrill scream.

Qi Wang suddenly opened his eyes, and what came into view was a gray, dirty roof.

He was covered with a thin blanket, which hadn't been washed in ages and smelled terrible.

Qi Wang threw off the covers and sat up. The pain in his palm made him look down.

His hands were red and swollen, covered with chilblains, and the calluses on his palms were worn through. The bandages that had been haphazardly applied had fallen off, revealing the scarlet flesh underneath.

Qi Wang exhaled, raised his hand to rub his temples, and then began to receive the original owner's memories.

The original owner was mentally challenged.

He was born with a high fever, and because he didn't receive timely treatment, he was left with a disability. He has a low IQ, but he is a very kind person and has always worked diligently.

His parents were good to him, but as they got older, they were finding it harder to take care of him.

After his parents passed away, his two older brothers did not follow their parents' wishes to take care of him, but instead kicked him out.

The village chief took pity on him and let him live in his old house.

The original owner lived a lonely life, making a living by helping villagers with farm work and doing odd jobs arranged by the village chief.

When the original owner was thirty-five years old, he found a baby girl by the river outside the village.

The baby girl was abandoned there by her parents. When the original owner found her, the baby girl was already on the verge of death and was crying like a kitten.

The original owner took her back and named her Qi Xiaobao.

The original owner of this body was not very intelligent, but he was not the kind of mentally challenged person who knew nothing. He was just a little slow to react and took longer than the average person to understand things. He had no problem living a normal life.

So after finding Qi Xiaobao, he took the child to the village chief's wife and asked her how he could raise Qi Xiaobao.

At that time, Qi Xiaobao was barely breathing and could die at any moment. The village chief and his wife both advised the original owner to abandon the child.

"Unless he's taken to the hospital, this child probably won't survive..."

But if we send the child to the hospital, such a young child, so weak, I don't know how much it would cost to save him.

“Qi Wang, listen to me, don’t save this child. If you really want to raise a child, your uncle will bring you a healthy one.”

Village chief Li Changshun tried to persuade Qi Wang, and his wife Hao Cuiping also joined in the persuasion.

"Qi Wang, boys are hard to hold, but girls are easy to hold. If you really want a girl, I'll bring one back for you later. This little girl is unlucky, you'd better not save her..."

However, the original owner held onto Qi Xiaobao, who was like a kitten, and wouldn't let go.

"I have to save her, uncles and aunts, please help me..."

Seeing that the original owner insisted, Li Changshun and Hao Cuiping had no choice but to take him and the child to the county hospital.

Qi Xiaobao was lucky; after staying in the hospital for seven days, he finally survived.

However, the original owner's meager savings were almost entirely spent.

Li Changshun and Hao Cuiping both felt that the original owner had suffered a huge loss, having invested all the money she had earned over the years just to save such a little girl.

The original owner just hugged Qi Xiaobao and grinned foolishly: "This is my doll, mine. Money can be earned back, but if the doll is gone, it's gone."

Seeing the original owner in this state, Li Changshun and Hao Cuiping didn't know what to say.

However, on the other hand, the original owner obviously couldn't get married in his current state. Now that he's taken in a child to raise, once the child grows up, he'll have someone to take care of him in his old age.

So when you calculate it that way, it's not a bad deal after all.

Anyway, girls are fine as long as you feed them. They'll grow up to be filial and considerate. They may not be as good as sons, but they're better than nothing, right?

The original owner left Qi Xiaobao behind, and the father and daughter lived in the old house. Although their life was poor, they were happy.

After having a child, the original owner worked even harder. He tried to be good to Qi Xiaobao like others did, and he wanted Qi Xiaobao to have everything that others had.

Qi Xiaobao was raised from a tiny kitten to a chubby, healthy baby by the original owner of the body. He was like a little dumpling that everyone who saw him would love.

Everyone in the village knew that the original owner was a bit silly, and some people would deliberately bully him. But when others bullied him, he never cared and always just smiled foolishly.

However, when someone bullied Qi Xiaobao, he grabbed a sickle and fought them to the death.

"Xiaobao is my doll. Anyone who bullies her, I'll beat them up!"

The original owner was an idiot and a simpleton; when he went berserk, no one could stop him.

After a while, everyone realized that Qi Xiaobao's mentally challenged father was fiercely protective of his daughter, and no one dared to bully her anymore.

Qi Xiaobao was very proud. She always thought her father was a great hero. If anyone said her father was a fool, Qi Xiaobao would rush up with her little schoolbag.

"My dad is a hero. He's just slow to react, he's not stupid!"

“My dad is the best dad in the world. Does your dad buy you little dresses? Does your dad buy you double-layered pencil cases? Does your dad buy you picture books? Your dad doesn’t buy you anything, so what right do you have to criticize my dad?”

The child who was scolded by Qi Xiaobao was so angry that he cried loudly. When he got home, he went to his father and made a scene, but ended up getting a beating from his father.

Yes, no child in the village could compare to Qi Xiaobao's treatment. Her family was indeed poor, and she did only have a mentally challenged father, but that father was willing to give everything for her.

Her clothes are the best, her stationery is the best, and she's always the first to own any trendy toy.

Even just for the endless stream of new gadgets she had, the village children were willing to play with Qi Xiaobao.

Qi Xiaobao grew up in such a loving environment until he was seventeen.

Seventeen-year-old Qi Xiaobao is already a high school sophomore. She has excellent grades and is very ambitious. After graduating from junior high school, she was admitted to the best high school in the county.

Even in the county's high school, her grades were among the best, she received scholarships every semester, and the school even waived her tuition fees.

The original owner remained steadfast in his feelings for Qi Xiaobao. He wasn't particularly clever, but he knew that Qi Xiaobao was the daughter he had taken in, his precious treasure, and he wanted to be good to her for the rest of his life.

If nothing unexpected happens, Qi Xiaobao will get into a good university, have a good job, and perhaps even find a like-minded partner to marry and have a lovely child.

But there are just too many accidents in this world, and many of them happen suddenly without you even noticing.

On an ordinary Friday afternoon, the original owner of this body was sick and did not pick up Qi Xiaobao from school.

Because of this failure to pick him up, Qi Xiaobao went missing.

When the original owner woke up, he found that Qi Xiaobao had not gone home. He ran all the way to the county town to look for him, but the school security guard said that Qi Xiaobao had already gone home and there were no students left in the school.

The original owner searched everywhere, but could not find any trace of Qi Xiaobao.

She vanished into thin air, neither alive nor dead.

The original owner searched for her everywhere like a madman, and Li Changshun also took her to report to the police. However, in 2010, surveillance cameras were not yet widely available, and they only saw Qi Xiaobao get on a bus in the county town, but they did not know where she got off the bus.

There were so many people on that bus, with countless people getting on and off along the way, that no one knew exactly when the girl disappeared.

Li Changshun and Hao Cuiping knew the original owner was sad, but now they had no clues, and finding someone was like looking for a needle in a haystack. The probability of them finding Qi Xiaobao was extremely small.

"Qi Wang, maybe we should just forget about it? You won't be able to find her..."

"Yes, maybe she was abducted by human traffickers. You don't know where she was lost, or where to look for her?"

Everyone advised the original owner to give up, after all, too many children are lost these days. If it were their own child, they would look for it, but since it wasn't their own child, why should they spend so much effort looking for it?

But the original owner refused to give up.

"Xiao Bao is waiting for me to save her."

"I'm going to find Xiaobao."

At first, the police helped with the search, but because they couldn't find any clues, they eventually gave up.

Only the original owner did not give up.

He printed out Qi Xiaobao's photo, made it into a waterproof wooden board, hung it on his body, and then asked someone to write down Qi Xiaobao's information. He held up the sign and went around looking for Qi Xiaobao.

He walked along the road where Qi Xiaobao disappeared countless times, asking the people on that road again and again if they had seen Qi Xiaobao.

Everyone said they had never seen Qi Xiaobao.

But the original owner still did not give up, and the thought of finding Qi Xiaobao sustained him all the way.

Later, someone saw how pitiful Qi Wang was and told him some information.

"Actually, I saw it that day. Some people pulled the girl out of the car. They said they were the girl's parents. I thought the girl looked a lot like them, so I didn't do anything about it..."

It turned out that Qi Xiaobao was dragged away on the way that day. The woman who dragged her looked a lot like Qi Xiaobao, and they were obviously mother and daughter. They thought it was someone else's business, so they didn't bother with it anymore.

After receiving this news, the original owner finally saw a glimmer of hope.

He told Li Changshun and Hao Cuiping the news, and with their help, he found the person who had kidnapped Qi Xiaobao.

Qi Wang barged in, demanding Qi Xiaobao from them.

"Give Xiaobao back to me."

However, Qi Xiaobao's biological mother, Liu Jianmei, said that she had already sold Qi Xiaobao.

"That brat is lucky to have survived. Her brother is getting married, so she should make sacrifices for his wedding."

"She had no money, so she used her body to exchange for it."

Liu Jianmei showed no remorse. She said that she had sold Qi Xiaobao, but she didn't know where he was sold to.

"Anyway, they pay me and I give them money, so that brat is somewhat useful."

The original owner went crazy and wanted to fight Liu Jianmei to the death, but in the end, he was severely beaten by Liu Jianmei's family.

The original owner, covered in blood, was thrown out and lay on the ground like a pile of mud.

"Pah! What nonsense! You raised my daughter for seventeen years, does that make her your daughter? She's my child. Even if I sold her, or even if I killed her, you have no right to interfere!"

The Zhang family refused to tell the original owner where they had sold Qi Xiaobao, leaving the original owner to search aimlessly everywhere.

Years later, the police cracked a heinous surrogacy case. The original owner saw it on the news and recognized a familiar figure in the report.

The original owner went to find Qi Xiaobao, who was on the verge of death.

She was sold to an underground surrogacy factory by her own mother, and in five years, she gave birth to twelve children.

Qi Xiaobao's body was destroyed by the continuous births, and one of her kidneys was also removed.

If the police hadn't solved the case, she would have been sold at a high price after her death to be married in a ghost marriage.

"Dad, Xiaobao knows you'll find Xiaobao eventually..."

Qi Xiaobao, who was already exhausted, touched the original owner's face and tried to force a smile. Then, her hand fell down and she became completely silent.

The original owner searched for his daughter for seven years, and after a long and difficult time, they were finally reunited, only to be separated forever by death.

He held Qi Xiaobao's body and wept bitterly, his wails echoing through the sky.

Later, the original owner of the body who buried Qi Xiaobao went to the Zhang family with a sickle. He climbed over the Zhang family's gate under the cover of night.

They killed all six members of the Zhang family, including Liu Jianmei.

This family annihilation case caused a sensation, the original owner said in an interview.

“They sold my daughter, they killed my daughter, they deserve to die.”

Because of his low IQ, the original owner was not sentenced to death, but was instead confined to a mental hospital.

These demons killed his daughter, and countless people like her, yet they are still alive and well.

The original owner used a stolen kitchen knife to kill all the mental patients while they were out for exercise, and he also used the same kitchen knife to slit his own throat.

I want my daughter to live a good life, healthy and happy.

Her life shouldn't have been like that.

The original owner made a wish to Qi Wang, and Qi Wang granted his wish.

****

This time point should be the day Qi Xiaobao was captured by the Zhang family.

The original owner secretly worked in a coal mine to save money for Qi Xiaobao's college tuition. Because she was too tired, she developed a high fever.

He originally planned to take a nap before picking up the person, but he ended up falling asleep and missed the time, thus failing to go to the county town to pick them up.

In the years that followed, the original owner regretted it countless times. He regretted that he had overslept that day and that he hadn't gone to pick up Qi Xiaobao.

"If I were to pick her up someday, my little one would never have to suffer like that..."

Qi Wang glanced at the clock that was placed not far away.

5:30.

It's May now, and although it's not summer yet, it gets dark much later than in the past.

It was still bright outside at 5:30.

However, Qi Xiaobao was taken away at the Zhangjiawo station. It takes half an hour to walk from Taohuacun to Zhangjiawo, and about ten minutes by car.

If he had gone there by normal means, he definitely wouldn't have made it in time.

Saving lives is urgent, and Qi Wang snapped his fingers, disappearing from the spot.

...

"Who are you? Let me go, I don't know you!"

When Qi Wang didn't pick her up from school today, Qi Xiaobao knew something was wrong. She was anxious to get home and her worry for Qi Wang reached its peak.

"I don't know what happened to Dad, I have to go back quickly..."

Qi Xiaobao wished she could sprout wings and fly home; every stop the bus made was torture for her.

Finally, the bus arrived at Zhangjiawo, and Taohua Village was just two more stops away.

The last stop of bus route 2 is Nanzhang Village, and Taohua Village is the second to last stop. Along the way, many people have gotten off the bus, and when it arrives at Zhangjiawo, there are only a few passengers left, and the bus is not even full.

The bus stopped at the platform, and some people got off and some got on.

"Driver, please stop for a moment, we need to find someone."

Upon hearing the sound, Qi Xiaobao looked up.

She saw a face full of hostility; the other person looked fierce and menacing, and seemed very difficult to deal with.

She frowned but ignored it. However, the fierce-looking woman looked around and her gaze fell on Qi Xiaobao.

"Found it."

The other person strode over and grabbed Qi Xiaobao's arm.

"You brat, you think you're all grown up now? Come with me!!"

Qi Xiaobao was terrified and gripped the back of the chair tightly, refusing to let go.

"Who are you? Let go of me! I don't know you!!"

Who is this person? Why is she arresting her?!