The identification reports for Chen Guanfu and five suspected relatives came out. Although Zhang Moyan had illusions, the DNA comparison result was mercilessly "no match". All five of them did not match.
When the results were announced, heavy disappointment enveloped both parties of the appraisal. All five young people burst into tears. Chen Guanfu, perhaps having experienced more, was not as devastated as them. He just sat in a wheelchair, stroking his plastered right leg in silence.
Zhang Moyan watched this scene with mixed emotions, a complex complexity difficult to describe in a few words. She could only constantly remind herself that she was here to work, not to empathize with anyone, but to simply go through the necessary steps of news gathering and quickly wrap up her work for the day.
There was no happy ending, but the work was indeed finished quickly. After the police officers from the police station and the leaders of the appraisal agency expressed a few words of regret and encouragement, Zhang Moyan began to pack up.
"Moyan, are you in a hurry for something?" Jin Xueyang frowned as he looked at Zhang Moyan who was bending over and putting equipment into a canvas bag.
Zhang Moyan knew what Jin Xueyang meant, but she still didn't raise her head: "It's nothing special."
Jin Xueyang snorted, leaned over and said to her in a low voice, "We are warm reporters. We should at least consider her feelings. We can't be so cold and indifferent. Let's put it away later!"
Zhang Moyan looked up and saw the two management trainees behind Jin Xueyang nodding their heads. She glanced at Chen Guanfu and saw that some of the young people had already left, and the rest were saying goodbye to him and Ms. Fujiwara. The scene of them trying to find each other but failing to find each other but still trying to warm each other up was so touching that it brought tears to her eyes.
Jin Xueyang's camera is still recording, which can indeed be made into a highlight of the show.
Zhang Moyan realized that she shouldn't behave abnormally, so she had to stop working and try her best to make herself look less miserable.
After standing for a while, most of the people had left one after another. Apart from the four people who led the media, the only people left in the room were Chen Guanfu, Fujiwara Nanako, the police officer from the police station, the leader of the appraisal agency, and the girl who stood in front of Ms. Fujiwara last time.
The girl was so heartbroken that she refused to leave. Fujiwara Nanako held her hand and kept wiping her tears with a handkerchief. The police tried to comfort them very patiently, but perhaps they didn't get the point, and the two ladies cried harder and harder.
Zhang Moyan suddenly felt breathless. She lifted the collar of her shirt and said to Jin Xueyang, "I'm going to go out for a while."
"Oh." Jin Xueyang followed Zhang Moyan as she left after saying that. He always felt that she was a little weird today.
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Just as Zhang Moyan walked to the door, a sound suddenly came from the room, accompanied by people's exclamations.
Zhang Moyan responded and turned around, and saw the girl kneeling beside Chen Guanfu's wheelchair, holding Chen Guanfu with one hand and Fujiwara Nanako with the other, crying bitterly.
"Grandpa, Grandma, I've been looking for my relatives for over twenty years, and I can't bear the repeated disappointment any longer! I know I'll never find them in this lifetime. If you don't mind, let me give you my granddaughter!"
Fujiwara Nanako was caught off guard and frightened.
The girl, as if afraid of something, immediately emphasized, "I'm very good! I've always been top student in my class since I was little. I was the team leader in elementary school and one of the first to join the Communist Youth League in middle school. I'm also a Party member. I got into a 985 university and was accepted into graduate school! My major is very employable, and I'll be able to find a well-paying job in the future without you having to support me. I don't want anything from you... I don't want anything from you. I just want a little care from my family, and I just want them to praise my efforts... I will definitely treat you well! I will definitely treat you like my own grandparents..."
The girl burst into tears at the end of her speech, and banged her forehead heavily on her hand which was clasped with Fujiwara Nanako's.
Zhang Moyan's throat tightened, and he stared blankly at the three figures, one kneeling, one standing, and one standing, with a severe ringing in his ears.
"Good child, don't be so sad. Don't kneel down and stand up first!" Fujiwara Nanako was at a loss as she comforted the girl. She turned to Chen Guanfu with tears in her eyes.
Chen Guanfu stared at the crying girl, his eyes flickering. After a long moment, he slowly raised his head and closed his eyes. When he opened them again, he reached out and gently touched the top of the girl's head.
The girl then suppressed her sobs, turned around with tears in her eyes and looked at Chen Guanfu pleadingly.
Chen Guanfu met the girl's eyes and sighed softly before speaking. "As for disappointment, I'm just as disappointed as you..." With a sigh of regret, his brows furrowed. "This search for relatives was a grand affair, but in the end, nothing was found. It seems there's no hope. Perhaps I should face reality like you and admit that it's impossible to find them..."
Hearing the old man's sad words, Zhang Moyan felt as if a wound was being pulled. She hated herself for being affected by Chen Guanfu and feeling so sad.
"But I want to advise you that being my granddaughter is definitely not an easy thing." Chen Guanfu looked at the girl with a heavy gaze and a very serious tone.
These words were profound, and Zhang Moyan instantly tensed up.
"I'm not afraid!" The girl kneeling on the ground didn't sense any danger at all. She only felt that Chen Guanfu seemed to agree, and she was very excited. "I'm not afraid of hardship! I've been able to endure hardships since I was a child. There's nothing harder than living alone in this world. As long as you give me a home, I'm not afraid of anything."
"Oh..." the police officer sighed, "They are all miserable people!"
The leader of the appraisal agency sighed: "This may not be a bad idea."
Chen Guanfu nodded thoughtfully, held the girl's arm and motioned her to stand up. The girl kept looking at Chen Guanfu cautiously and stood up very obediently.
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