Even so, Feng Ce did not forget to hold Wen Qi tightly in his arms, as if he was afraid that she would run away.
They slept until about eight o'clock the next morning. After washing up, they changed into a couple's outfit - a dark gray solid T-shirt with black overalls and Martin boots, the same style from top to bottom.
Then they went downstairs to eat one after another. While waiting for the meal, Feng Ce turned on his computer to deal with a few emails. He also put the computer aside to read documents while eating. Before he finished breakfast, he closed the computer and put it aside.
"Is today's work finished?" Wen Qi asked curiously. This was too fast!
Feng Ce smiled and said, "It's something I didn't have time to deal with last night. Today's work will be in the evening."
Wen Qi nodded in understanding.
Zhang Linyuan beside him smiled and said, "Now that you are done with your work, after dinner, let's go to the study upstairs to chat?"
Feng Ce nodded in agreement.
After breakfast, Feng Ce and Zhang Linyuan went to the study upstairs together. Wen Qi was not idle for long either, as the police arrived with the parents of the victims.
The group of people that Wen Qi and Zhang Yancheng went out to meet were a huge crowd. They all had gray hair, as if they were over fifty years old. But when they asked carefully, they found out that the oldest one was only in his early forties.
Wen Qi sighed a little, all because of worrying about the child.
"Officer, why is our child...in someone else's home?" a parent asked.
Before the police officer could reply, someone who had understood the situation explained: "The person is not saying anything. The body is buried in someone's garden. If we don't call the police, they will dig it out."
"But why in their garden?"
Upon hearing this, the police said: "We suspect that this community was illegally occupied during construction, and the body should have been left there at that time."
The parents stopped talking.
After a while, someone cried out, "I am from the southernmost part of the country. How could she take my child so far away?"
All the parents' eyes were red at once. Who wouldn't? None of them were from the local area.
The police said a few words of comfort, and then said: "We are about to start working, you wait in the house first."
"No! I want to see it with my own eyes!"
"I'm going too."
"I want to see my baby as soon as possible. I have to take her home!"
The police officer also felt sorry for them and nodded in agreement, but before leaving, he reminded them: "Control your emotions, don't get too excited, and don't crowd outside later. Wait outside the cordon."
The group went out, and just as they got closer, Dong Dong appeared with a group of little ghosts.
Unlike before, several little kids were excited and stretched out their hands to their parents, shouting “Ahhh!”, but of course they couldn’t reach them because the distance was too far.
Wen Qi asked Qingyi to go over and comfort the little kids, telling them that they could go home with their parents if they waited a little longer.
But as the police were digging, the figures of three little ghosts gradually faded, their obsessions were eliminated and they went to the underworld.
Wen Qi was a little stunned. This obsession was too simple. Did he really just want to see his mother again? He didn't even want a word or a hug? Or maybe it wasn't that he didn't want it, but he didn't dare to hope for it.
After a busy morning, all the remains were dug out and cleaned up. The medical examiner wanted to take the remains back to the police station, and after identification, the parents would go to the police station to claim them.
At this time, Wen Qi stepped forward and said, "No need, they will find their mother by themselves."
The forensic doctor looked her up and down, "Tianshi?"
Wen Qi smiled and nodded, "The children's souls haven't left yet, they are just waiting for their parents to take them home."
The forensic doctor also smiled and said, "Okay, you can go home early." The forensic doctor and most of the police officers left, leaving only two at the scene to maintain order.
Wen Qi entered the cordon and came to a corpse. After taking a closer look, he asked, "When the child was lost, he was holding a toy car in his hand..."
Before he could finish his words, a shrill cry broke out outside the cordon.
Wen Qi looked over and saw that it was a woman crying. The man next to her was supporting her, sobbing with red eyes, "This is my child, this is my child!"
Wen Qi smiled at them and said, "It's a good thing to take the child home. Come in."
If they were separated from each other when they were just lost, it would of course be a tragedy, but for these children, being taken home by their parents after death is indeed a good thing.
The couple stumbled over, choking with sobs and unable to speak.
Wen Qi reminded quietly, "The child has been waiting for you to pick him up. Just say whatever you want to say. He can hear you."
The couple was stunned and their crying stopped. The woman carefully touched the child's body, "Baby, are you there?" A gust of wind blew and stayed on the back of her hand for two seconds.
The woman couldn't help sobbing, "Baby! Baby, Mommy misses you so much! Mommy is sorry, Mommy didn't mean to lose you!"
The woman cried uncontrollably, climbed up to the corpse, and carefully held a finger bone.
Wen Qi sighed and said softly, "Don't cry, the baby said he doesn't blame you, he knows you love him."
The little boy nodded continuously.
But the woman became even more sad when she heard this, and the man also started crying because of her.
Wen Qi and the little boy both had helpless expressions on their faces. It looked like they wouldn't be able to stop for a while. Wen Qi simply went to the next corpse to continue claiming it. "The little girl with the yellow flower headband?"
"Mine! It's my daughter!" A man ran in and knelt down beside the little girl. He stared at the corpse and stretched out his trembling hand to touch it, but he didn't dare to really touch it.
After a while, the man said dryly, "Dad often dreams about you. Sometimes I dream that you come back, that you have grown up into a big girl, and that you didn't get lost that day, and we walked home as usual."
"It's all a dream." The man smiled, but tears rolled down his eyes. "You don't have time to grow up."
The little girl also looked sad, looking around the man, where is her mother? Why didn't her mother come? Wen Qi understood and said softly, "The child wants to see her mother."
The man was stunned, looked at Wen Qi, and then looked at the corpse, "My daughter is still alive?"
Wen Qi nodded, "She's been waiting for her mother to come and take her home."
The man wiped his face, but finally couldn't hold back and burst into tears, "Mom... Mom can't come anymore. After the child was lost, her mother collapsed due to anxiety and passed away within two years."
The little girl was stunned. Mom... is she dead too? The man continued, "Girl, if you want to see your mother first, go to the underworld. Maybe she is still waiting for you."
The little girl nodded and looked at Wen Qi.
Wen Qi smiled and said, "Go ahead."
The little girl smiled back at her, leaned over and hugged her father, then turned around and ran to Dongdong and hugged him again. Then, as if all her wishes had come true, she slowly disappeared.
The man seemed to have sensed something and suddenly stopped crying. "She's gone?"
Wen Qi responded and was about to comfort her when he saw the man wipe his tears and pointed at the corpse and asked, "Can I take her home? Is there anything else to do?"
Wen Qi frowned and looked at him strangely.
The man smiled awkwardly, "I later got married again. This time I took a leave of absence. A lot of money is deducted every day. The family expenses are high, and I really can't afford to delay."
Wen Qi immediately put on a professional fake smile, "It's nothing, you can go."
The man said, "Oh!" and while collecting the remains, he said, "When we get back, I will bury her with her mother. This will also fulfill the wish of both mother and daughter."
Wen Qi shrugged and went to find the parents for the next corpse. There was nothing wrong with the man's behavior. It was better than those who didn't even come, right? Even the crying just now, I don't know how much of it was true.
Dongdong was also very angry when he saw this, but it was useless for him to be angry.
Wen Qi didn’t watch the next few families. They just kept crying, and it was hard to tell whether they were real or not. It was very upsetting to watch.
They were busy until the evening, when everyone left, but the bodies of one adult and three children were still left there and had not been claimed.
"Where are their parents?" Dong Dong asked with some anticipation, "Didn't they come today?"
Wen Qi said helplessly: "One was not found, and one had an accident while looking for a child in the early years and has passed away. The last one... they are unwilling to come."
The three children who were staring at her suddenly showed sad expressions.
"So." Wen Qi squatted down, "I want to ask you, are you willing to be my child?"
The three children, including Dong Dong, were stunned. Dong Dong asked stupidly, "Didn't you tell us to call you sister yesterday?"
Wen Qi squinted at him and said, "The adults' thoughts are so fickle. Don't pay attention to those useless details."
Dongdong pouted.
Three kids gathered together, talking about something, but the strange thing was that they seemed to be able to understand each other?
Wen Qi waited quietly.
Not long after, the sealing policy came out.
The four children, one big and three small, showed a defensive look the moment Feng Ce approached.
Children's intuition is the most accurate, especially after being abused and dying once, they almost have an instinctive stress response to the coming of danger.
Feng Ce noticed it, he stopped, glanced at the kids indifferently, and asked calmly: "When will it be finished? It's time for dinner."
"If you cooperate, it should be quick." Wen Qi introduced with a smile, "This is my husband, his name is Feng Ce. If you agree, he will be your father from now on!"
Feng Ce raised his eyebrows slightly, but did not object. However, as the great King of Fengdu, it might not be a good idea for him to recognize a few little ghosts as his sons.
Hearing this, the three children blinked and the wariness on their faces suddenly decreased a lot - there is such a big difference between a stranger and a prospective father!