Chapter 260 The child has been switched!
Gu Yin took a deep breath: "Have you been to Nanxian County, Jiang City?"
From Gu Yin's words, Old Master Zhou already knew what she wanted to ask, but he was sorry, he had indeed never been to Nan County.
"No, I have never been to Nanxian."
Gu Yin frowned: "Are you sure you haven't been there?"
Grandpa Zhou sighed, "I really haven't been there."
"I've been there!" a wailing voice rang out from the side.
Everyone looked over and saw that Old Madam Zhou was holding Old Master Zhou tightly with both hands, crying so hard that she almost fainted!
While trying to comfort her, Old Master Zhou asked, his voice trembling, "Yanzhi! Wife, calm down! When did you go to Nanxian? I don't remember going there!"
With tears in her eyes, Madam Zhou looked at Gu Yin and recalled, "The year we were preparing to go to Hong Kong, you took Tianbao to S City and then sent a telegram asking us to come over and meet you. At that time, the situation was tense, so Mu Hong and I sold our house and all our belongings and secretly left Beijing. Then we took the train south."
"But you didn't go that way either!" Old Master Zhou asked, puzzled.
Old Man Zhou wiped away his tears and looked at Gu Yin as he continued, "When we arrived in Hunan Province, the train stopped for a while. We had run out of steamed buns, and we were both pregnant. So, during the few minutes the train was resting, we got off to get some fresh air and bought some food. But we lost our travel permits, which were fake. We didn't dare to get them, and without them, we couldn't continue on the train. So, we didn't get back on the train and rested there for two days before taking a black bus to S City."
Upon hearing this, Grandpa Zhou was filled with remorse: "If only I had come back to pick you up first!"
Madam Zhou shook her head: "You didn't know I was pregnant at the time, nor did you know I had sent everyone away from home, and you certainly didn't know that something like this would happen on the road. It's not your fault!"
After finishing, he continued, "The bus traveled through desolate mountains and wilderness. At the time, neither of us knew why we were so brave. Fortunately, although the fare was expensive, the driver was a good one. When we were about to pass through Z City, the road was so bad that Ah Hong and I both started bleeding. There was no one on the bus who knew how to deliver a baby, and the environment was also unsuitable. The driver found the nearest town and took us to the hospital. At that time, there were many refugees in S City who had fled famine from the north. It was normal for them to lose their travel permits on the road. We had been traveling for several days and hadn't even cleaned up, so we looked just like refugees. Therefore, no one suspected our identities, and we were able to stay in the hospital without worry."
Old Master Zhou opened his mouth: "So, so the county where you were born is Nan County?!"
Madam Zhou nodded: "That's right! There were many refugees at the hospital where I gave birth. When I woke up after giving birth, I found out that Ah Hong's newborn girl was missing!"
They hadn't slept for several days, and with childbirth, they were completely exhausted, which is why she slept for a whole day and night before waking up!
"The nurse said that several children went missing at the hospital. I was sleeping too soundly, so I didn't know the specifics. I only saw Ah Hong come back crying. She said her child kept crying and she was afraid it would disturb my rest, so she took her child out. But when she was about to go back to the ward, she saw a man holding a child and crying. She couldn't bear it and offered to comfort him. But as soon as she put the child down, two people appeared and snatched her child away! We stayed in Nanxian for about a week, but still no news. Ah Hong said she and the child were not meant to be and that if we didn't leave, we wouldn't be able to leave. I disagreed and stayed for another week, but there was still no news of the child. So we left Nanxian and took a bus to S City. You know what happened next!"
"Could it be that during that chaotic period, your child was switched?!" Madam Chu asked in surprise.
The room fell silent once again.
Madam Zhou and Grandpa Zhou both looked at Gu Yin.
The old man took a deep breath and calmly asked, "Do you have a photo of your father?"
Gu Yin nodded, took out her phone, and brought up the family photo, handing it to them.
When the two saw the photo, they trembled again, and Old Man Zhou's tears, which he had just stopped, flowed again.
Gu Le looks a lot like Madam Zhou, but she looks even more like Madam Zhou's mother!
Old Master Zhou pointed at Gu Qinglang and said in a trembling voice, "This is your father?!"
Gu Yin glanced at it and nodded: "Yes, how did you figure that out?"
Gu Qinglang and Old Master Zhou look nothing alike, and Gu Qingming is also in the picture. How did he figure that out?
“He looks a lot like my mother.” As he spoke, Grandpa Zhou’s eyes also reddened.
"How are you doing with your family?" Old Master Zhou was reluctant to put down his phone. He turned the screen back on after it went black, his eyes fixed on the person inside.
Gu Yin looked at Chu Yan, who nodded: "I've already called the family doctor, don't worry."
The Chu family members: "..." It seems a bit scary, but they are also curious about what's going on!
Both Mrs. Zhou and Mr. Zhou understood the meaning behind their words.
Grandpa Zhou took a deep breath: "It's alright, I can handle it, go ahead and tell me!"
Then Gu Yin's cold voice slowly began to tell the story in the room: "My grandfather found me in the snow. Because he had been in the snow for a long time, his health was always poor and he couldn't do heavy work. Fortunately, he was good at studying, and his family was willing to let him study. He studied until he graduated from middle school. After that, he registered for the college entrance examination, but every time it was the day of the exam, he would either get up late, get sick, have his car break down, or lose his admission ticket. He went through this for several years. In the end, he had no choice but to give up and teach at the village primary school. That's when he met my mother. Later, due to education reforms, teachers without certificates could not teach. He and I decided to go south to work, but when we got on the bus, all our money was stolen. We had to go back home to do farm work."
"Are you sure this wasn't done by someone?!" Chu Xiong frowned.
Gu Yin nodded: "It was deliberate, but my family didn't know at the time. This continued until my brother was born. Although my brother was a rural child, he was quiet and honest and didn't like to run around. So he grew up to be fair-skinned and chubby. Two years ago, the year my brother was about to start school, human traffickers came to the village and kidnapped him. I was also knocked unconscious. Later, when I woke up, I chased after them to the town and rescued my brother. I learned from the human traffickers that someone had given them directions to my house."
Everyone frowned deeply. Chu Yan had never known about this. She was so young at the time, and she was able to rescue someone from human traffickers even when she was injured. They had no idea what she had gone through. Their hearts began to ache.
Gu Yin continued softly, "After the human traffickers were caught, my brother and I were picking honeysuckle on the back mountain when someone picked up my brother and threw him off a cliff."
Everyone gasped.
Old Mrs. Zhou covered her mouth tightly with both hands, and tears streamed down her face as if they were free.
Grandpa Zhou loosened the buttons on his collar and let out a heavy sigh.
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