Chapter 49 The Culprit
When the three of them entered the house, Lu Mingyue had just finished cooking dinner.
Upon seeing Qin Lie, whom she hadn't seen in a long time, she showed surprise, but quickly concealed it well.
[I haven't seen this person for days; he looks like a savage who fled from a primeval forest.]
Qin Lie stopped in his tracks and looked at his clothes.
Some wore worn-out military uniforms and patched cloth shoes. Most importantly, he had a stubble beard and messy hair, and looked nothing like a soldier.
He shrank back a little, feeling a bit embarrassed.
There was nothing he could do; after receiving the news, he went off to find people, enduring wind and rain along the way without caring about his cleanliness.
"Comrade Qin is here, please sit down with us. I just made dinner."
Leilei quickly washed his hands and went with his sister to the kitchen to get bowls and chopsticks for Uncle Qin.
"Uncle Qin, my mom cooks so well, you won't cry anymore after you eat her food."
Leilei patted his shoulder very sensibly; anyone who didn't know better would think he was the adult.
Qin Lie cried?
[System, can you find out why he did this?]
System: [Judging from his appearance, he must have suffered some kind of blow. Only heartbreak can truly wound a man!]
Qin Lie almost spat out his water.
[Heartbreak? Are you kidding me? He's a married man, where would he get heartbreak? Could he have done something shady behind his wife's back?]
Qin Lie was wronged.
"Comrade Lu, your cooking skills are really good, but I think the best dish is my wife's braised pork. It's absolutely delicious. If there's a chance, I'll introduce you two."
Lu Mingyue nodded, "Okay."
It seems there are no problems in their relationship.
Lu Mingyue looked at Qin Lie with sympathy.
Speaking of which, Qin Li and his wife had a very good relationship. They were childhood sweethearts and supported each other throughout their lives. It's just a pity that they couldn't enjoy their later years because of this child.
[System, have you found out where this child is?]
System: [Of course it was found.]
Qin Lie almost couldn't help but stand up.
Huo Zheng reacted quickly and stepped on his foot under the table.
A sharp pain shot through the instep, and Qin Lie's mind cleared. He resumed the sitting position.
Where is it? Tell me quickly.
The child was so young when he was separated from his biological parents. He has fallen into the hands of bad people and is now suffering unimaginable pain.
Lu Mingyue felt very sorry for him.
System: [Host, don't forget you still owe me several tasks. I won't say a word until they're completed!]
Mentioning this matter also made Lu Mingyue angry. If the system hadn't been incompetent on the mountain, and if the situation hadn't been so critical at the time, how could she have accumulated so many tasks!
Tasks, tasks, tasks filled Lu Mingyue's mind; her brain was almost fuller than the tasks themselves.
Leilei sensed that his mother was gritting her teeth while eating, but he didn't understand why.
So it turns out that you need to use so much force to make steamed buns taste good?
Since we don't know the child's background, we still need to find out why Qin Lie is being targeted.
Previously, due to the urgency of the matter, Lu Mingyue hadn't had time to ask the system more questions, but now that she saw Qin Lie, she couldn't help but feel curious about it again.
[Which enemy kidnapped the child? May that person suffer from constipation for 100 years.]
The baby was taken away before even seeing its mother's face. Two years have passed, and no one knows what the child looks like now.
Upon hearing Lu Mingyue's thoughts, Qin Lie sat up abruptly.
During this time, he carefully recalled all of his life over the past twenty years and had no idea where he had offended the other party.
He grew up in a compound and had very few contacts, mostly the same people, the same routes, and the same routines.
It's very easy to investigate; you can find out about your first twenty-odd years of life with almost no effort.
But precisely because it was so simple, he couldn't find a single clue.
The thought of his son being somewhere unknown, perhaps starving or without clothes, tore at his heart.
Lu Mingyue slowly ate a mouthful of rice, chewing as she talked to the system.
System: [Qin Lie is straightforward and honest, as are the Qin family members. They are diligent and pragmatic in their work, but they inadvertently offend some people.]
[To work diligently and still offend people, that's too tragic! Are those people crazy? Do they have nothing better to do than harm other people's children?]
System: [Yes and no, actually, this whole thing is because of Qin Lie.]
Qin Lie's mind went blank for a moment, and he was completely at a loss, having no idea what was going on.
Tell me quickly.
System: [He was injured during a mission and ended up in a hospital. A nurse there developed feelings for him and sincerely confessed her love to Qin Lie. Qin Lie already had a wife at the time, so he naturally couldn't be ambiguous with another woman and directly rejected her.]
The other party harbored resentment towards this, and it wasn't until Qin Lie's wife joined him in the army and witnessed the couple's loving relationship, pregnancy, and childbirth that the nurse's resentment deepened.
If it weren't for Qin Lie's wife, she might be the one who has risen to prominence and become a phoenix.
The nurse came from a poor mountain area and only wanted to marry into a wealthy family.
Everyone knew that Qin Lie came from the capital, including the nurses.
Knowing that I was in charge of taking care of him, I was very excited and felt that the day of changing my destiny was about to arrive.
To her utter surprise, Qin Lie already had a fiancée who was about to join him in the army, so she could only suppress her excitement for the time being.
Anyway, all men are shameless and will eventually be dishonest.
As long as she can endure it, she has a chance to turn things around.
Unexpectedly, Qin Lie and his wife's relationship improved day by day, and she even found out she was pregnant.
The nurse was the one who greeted them. Seeing the two of them showing affection in front of her, she had a thought of revenge in her mind.
This thought persisted until the child was born.
After the child was born, under the pretext of cleaning, the mother took the child to the nursery and secretly switched the two children in the delivery room.
Newborn babies have a tag on their wrist. If you simply switch the two tags, no one will know whose baby it is.
Oh my god, this is so tragic!
[Doesn't this child have any markings on him?]
Newborns all look pretty much the same, so if the babies were actually switched, probably no one would be able to tell.
Qin Lie's wife lost consciousness after giving birth, but could vaguely hear the baby crying.
Qin Lie recalled the scene at the time. His wife was in the operating room undergoing emergency treatment for postpartum hemorrhage. He had no time to care about the newborn baby and only heard the nurse say that it was a boy.
This nurse was just a nobody; the real culprit was the person behind her.
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