"After that, I searched for you on the cycle of reincarnation for a full thirty years. When I finally found the ghost who knew you, they said you had already been reincarnated..."
"You've been looking for me all this time?" After Qian Rui was certain that Zhao Shubin wouldn't hurt her, the fear she had felt towards this man finally subsided somewhat.
“Yes, when I found you, the ghosts said you had already been reincarnated, and then I searched for you for decades…” Zhao Shubin cried even more bitterly as he said this.
"Zhao Shubin, stop right there!" Song Mian quickly stopped Zhao Shubin, who was about to burst into tears: "You said you've been searching for Rui'er's reincarnation in the mortal world for decades? Miss Qian Rui looks to be only in her early twenties, how could she possibly be your Rui'er!"
“I’ve been searching for her in the human world for almost forty or fifty years. Perhaps Rui’er just looks young?” Zhao Shubin said matter-of-factly.
Song Mian and Qian Rui, who were initially touched, exchanged a glance after hearing this, both seeing helplessness in each other's eyes.
“But I’m twenty-four years old this year, which is quite a difference from the age you mentioned. I think you must have mistaken me for someone else. I’m not your Rui’er.” Qian Rui said, then couldn’t help but sigh heavily.
To be honest, deep down she still resisted being entangled with ghosts.
"This is impossible! You look exactly like Rui'er!" Zhao Shubin couldn't accept this fact for a moment. He kept muttering to himself, repeating his thoughts: "I don't believe that anyone in this world can look exactly the same! Unless you are my Rui'er, you are!"
"Zhao Shubin, calm down a bit. You're scaring Miss Qian," Song Mian said in a low voice.
"That's impossible. You look exactly like my Rui'er. How could you not be my Rui'er?" As he said this, Zhao Shubin bent over and kept scratching his hair.
"I wonder if the person you're looking for might be my mother?" Qian Rui suddenly said at this moment.
Song Mian saw a glimmer of hope and asked Qian Rui, "Do you look a lot like your mother?"
Qian Rui blushed with embarrassment: "I don't know either... I've never met my mother. I was raised by my father."
Seeing that Song Mian and Zhao Shubin both looked puzzled, Qian Rui immediately told them her story.
Qian Rui's father was a staunch non-marriage advocate, but because the Qian family needed an heir, his family members kept pressuring him to have a son to carry on the family line. They even secretly found a woman to have a child for him under the guise of a medical check-up.
Qian Rui's father only learned of her existence after she was born.
“My family said that my father was furious at the time, but in the end he accepted my existence. However, he didn’t agree to let anyone raise me. It was my father who took care of everything himself and finally raised me to where I am today.” Qian Rui’s eyes softened as she spoke of her father.
“My father dotes on me. He never gets angry with me whenever I mention my mother. However, when he’s drunk, he looks at my face and keeps telling me that I look a lot like her. I think the person he’s talking about is my mother.” Qian Rui’s eyes filled with a sigh and helplessness as she talked about her parents.
"So, the woman who gave birth to you back then could very well be a descendant of my sister!" Chen Shubin couldn't help but get excited as he said this, and looked at Qian Rui, pressing her for details: "Do you know where your mother is now?"
The light in Qian Rui's eyes dimmed instantly. She shook her head and said, "I...I don't know either. My father never talks to me about my mother. My family told me before that my mother might, might never come back! I'm sorry, I can't take you to see my mother."
When her mother was mentioned, Qian Rui expressed her deep longing for her.
She really wanted to see her mother if she could, but she was powerless to do so.
"Although I have never met my mother, I currently know her whereabouts." After hesitating for a moment, Qian Rui still took out a photo from her bosom.
The background of the photo is dim, and a woman with her head down, whose face is not clearly visible, is holding a baby tightly in her arms. A pearl bracelet on her wrist looks very conspicuous.
“This is the only photo taken when I was born. I recently discovered that this bracelet that my mother used to wear is going to be auctioned off. I wanted to go, but my father found out. He is very against me going to the auction, and I don’t want to go against his wishes, so I’m not going.”
“But if you say that I really am a descendant of your sister, and you also want to meet your sister’s other descendants, then perhaps you could attend this auction,” Qian Rui said.
“But even if we win the bid for this item, we might not be able to see your mother. What if it has already been sold to the auction house and we still can’t find her?” Qi Yefeng, familiar with the practices of auction houses, immediately said.
“The owner of this auction house is my friend. He bids on behalf of others, so as long as you win the bid for this pearl bracelet, you will definitely be able to find information about my mother’s whereabouts.” Qian Rui said, steeling her heart, and handed both photos to Song Mian. “My father is very good to me. I can’t do anything to betray him. If you want to go look for her, then go ahead.”
"Young boss, please help me. If you're willing to help me, I'll definitely see what's going on with your family."
Hearing this, Song Mian had no choice but to agree.
The next morning, Song Mian took the video she had secretly filmed, along with her withdrawal records, to the police station.
Because Song Mian's case involved a staggering sum of 600,000 yuan, and incorporated elements of extortion and other related matters, the entire police station took the matter very seriously and immediately contacted Song Jinyan and Song Yuan.
Logically speaking, someone who has extorted such a large sum of money should immediately try to find a place to hide.
To the police's surprise, Song Jinyan and Song Yuan were soon found tied up in the filthiest garbage dump, both of them looking half-dead.
After arriving at the police station, the two drank water and ate, behaving completely unlike people who had just extorted 600,000 yuan.
Seeing the two men's expressions, the police officers exchanged bewildered glances, each seeing disbelief in the other's eyes.
It has to be said that Song Jinyan and Song Yuan looked so pitiful that it makes one wonder what exactly happened between them.
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