"If you don't want to talk about work, then I'll leave first."
I didn't want to waste time arguing with him, so I stood up and walked around the conference table to leave, but my wrist was suddenly grabbed.
I turned back unhappily and met Lu Zhiyuan's burning gaze.
He stared at me intently, his brow furrowed, and asked me softly, "You still won't forgive me? You can't even be friends with me?"
Friends? The word "friends" makes me laugh.
He has never loved me, so he can treat me as a friend with a clear conscience.
But I can't do it. Whenever I see him, I can remember how I was deceived by him like a fool.
I pushed his hand away and sneered, "You're secretly investigating my whereabouts. Even if we're friends, isn't this overstepping the bounds?"
Lu Zhiyuan glanced at his empty hand, and a hint of loss flashed across his face.
He didn't explain himself, but picked up the file bag on the table and handed it to me.
"I think you would be very interested in this."
I took the file bag suspiciously, opened it and saw the information of a strange woman inside.
The woman's name is Cheng Xi. Although she is not beautiful, she looks very friendly.
I was flipping through the pages when my hand suddenly stopped moving. In the photo of her and a group of friends taking a spring outing, I actually saw my adoptive mother, Song Yue.
That was when she was young. She and Cheng Xi seemed to have a very good relationship. They even stood together with their arms around each other when taking photos.
I was slightly stunned, and my suspicion gradually increased: "What do you mean?"
"This Cheng Xi is the nanny who took you away. And your adoptive mother, Song Yue, was a good friend of hers for many years."
My heart tightened and a terrible suspicion arose in my mind.
Cheng Xi took me away from the Tang family, and then I was adopted by Song Yue. How could it be such a coincidence?
Or was it something that Song Yue and Cheng Xi had discussed early on?
My brows furrowed as I questioned Lu Zhiyuan, "What else do you know?"
"That's all I've found so far, but—" Lu Zhiyuan paused and continued word by word, "I went to Qinglin Town and found the staff member who issued your adoption certificate."
My eyes narrowed. Yan Meng and I had been to Qinglin Town, but at that time we only found out the time when I was adopted, and there were no other clues.
"Haven't the staff who originally handled the adoption certificates retired and moved elsewhere?"
This was the explanation Yan Meng and I received at the beginning.
Lu Zhiyuan shook his head. "No. He's always been in Qinglin Town. Those people from the neighborhood committee said that because they were afraid that if he made any mistakes back then, the neighborhood committee would be held responsible and implicated."
So that's how it is. I was careless at the time and didn't investigate further.
However, the incident happened more than 20 years ago, and the staff member may not remember it.
I don't dare to have too much hope, and I'm even more afraid that I will be disappointed.
But Lu Zhiyuan brought me some exciting news.
"He was reluctant to tell me what happened at first, but with my efforts, he is now willing to talk about it."
I was delighted: "So, he still remembers the situation when I was adopted."
"Yeah." Lu Zhiyuan asked me, "So I specially asked you to come here to tell you these things and ask if you want to go with me to meet that person."
I nodded immediately without any hesitation.
I asked Gu Rui to go back to the company first, and I went to Qinglin Town with Lu Zhiyuan.
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