"Why are you running so fast in such a hurry? Don't you have any manners as a girl?" Although she had lived in Northeast China for several years, Su Yunxin still retained a touch of the gentleness of a southern girl. This might be due to her mother being from Suzhou and her upbringing, or it might be because the Su family is a family of doctors, and doctors are most averse to running fast, because if they run fast, it means there is an emergency patient, and hospitals cannot allow such running to avoid collisions with others.
"Dad, come here quickly, I have something very important to tell you." At this moment, Ruan Shiya didn't care about her mother's words or her appearance; finding her sister was the most important thing.
"What's wrong? You look so rushed. Is someone chasing you?" Hearing his daughter call him so anxiously, Political Commissar Ruan put down the spatula, picked up the dishes, and came out.
"Dad, I saw my sister!" Ruan Shiya stood in front of Political Commissar Ruan, looking at her father with disbelief.
"What sister? Where did you get a sister from?" Before Mr. Ruan could react, Mrs. Ruan immediately put down her knitting and pulled Ruan Shiya over.
Are you sure? Where did you see it?
"I'm sure, I'm in the photo frame, a very young auntie, probably around seventeen or eighteen years old, really, exactly like an auntie."
Listening to the conversation between the mother and daughter, Mr. Ruan realized that this must be his long-lost niece. The loss of this child had saddened the old man and his family for a long time, and even now, his eldest brother and sister-in-law had not given up the search.
"Explain clearly, where did you see it?" He pulled his daughter over and sat her on a stool, looking at her expectantly, afraid that she might miss important information.
"After school today, I went to the bookstore with my classmates to buy notebooks. On our way back, we passed a photo studio and thought since it was the weekend, we should get a photo taken too, otherwise we won't be able to find each other after graduation. Then I saw a photo on the glass wall outside the studio. At first, my classmates all said she was so pretty, and then I felt like I'd seen her somewhere before. Then I remembered that she looked like my aunt. I remember you guys mentioned before that my aunt had a daughter who went missing when she was little, so I ran back to ask you to help me find her. Is that my sister?" Shiya told her parents how she found the photo, emphasizing how beautiful her sister was. She said it would be so great to have such a beautiful sister and see her every day.
“It’s dark now, let’s eat first. Tomorrow I’ll ask for leave, and then you can take me to that photo studio you mentioned. If it’s really like that, it’s very likely the child is nearby. We can ask around and see if we can see him as soon as possible.” With that, Political Commissar Ruan went into the kitchen and came out with bowls and chopsticks.
It's best to go together if something comes up, like "I'll go with you tomorrow too." That way, it's easier to handle any issues that might arise.
The family ate their meal absentmindedly and then went to sleep.
The next morning, the couple first asked for leave from work, and then took Shiya to school to ask for leave as well. They arrived at the photo studio at 8 a.m. and stood in front of the photos for a long time until the owner came to open the door at 8:30 a.m. before they went over to inquire about the photos.
"You're asking about this girl? She came last month, along with several of her brothers and an older sister. They said they were taking photos for her fiancé, who's in the military. They hadn't seen each other for a long time, and he wrote to say he missed her, so they came to take photos to send to him. She picked them up about two weeks ago," the shopkeeper said, busy with his work. Other people were coming to pick up photos today, and he needed to sort and pack them.
"Do you know where she lives? Do you have her address or anything?" Hearing their boss's words, they became even more anxious. They hadn't even found her yet, how could she already have a fiancé? And hearing that she had several brothers, could it be that her family was forcing her to pay a dowry? Were her family treating her badly? The more they thought about it, the more plausible it seemed, especially considering how happy Ruan Ruan looked in the photos.
"I don't know the address, but from their conversation, their family should be in the brigade, and their surname is Huo. They shouldn't be too far from the city, since they said there would be a bus home in the afternoon." After the boss finished speaking, he ignored them and went to get busy with his own work.
After the family left, they didn't go anywhere else but headed straight to the station. After all, not many people have time to take photos and make a round trip in one day. In any case, they decided to go and ask first.
The search here is in full swing, while the Huo family is busy because Ruan Ruan's 18th birthday is in a few days, and Huo Haocheng has written to say he will be back. It takes five days by train from Yuncheng, so he should be on his way now.
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