"As for how I know, it's because I overheard Zhao Qian and Su Yao's conversation. I know absolutely nothing about my eldest daughter's side."
Liu Zi felt like a failure; she felt like a complete failure as a mother.
"You mean that maternity hospital is colluding with the Zhao family?" Lin Yizhou thought that was a good starting point.
"This hospital wasn't close to where we were living at the time; it was Zhao and her son who insisted that I give birth there."
Lin Yizhou's eyes darkened, and a bad feeling crept into his mind.
In those days, one can imagine what would happen to an unwanted baby girl.
But seeing Liu Zi's pleading eyes, Lin Yizhou swallowed his words.
"Okay, I'll focus my investigation on the hospital first, and I'll let you know if I have any news." Lin Yizhou put away his notebook and stood up.
Liu Zi breathed a sigh of relief and stood up as well. She took an envelope out of her bag.
"Here's a deposit of two thousand yuan. I'll pay the remaining eight thousand as soon as possible. You can calculate and reimburse me for the cost of the paternity test in Hong Kong later."
Liu Zi spent a lot of money on shopping these past two days, and only has 2,000 yuan left. Since she can't use her card now, she can only give him the remaining 8,000 yuan after she withdraws it from the bank.
Lin Yizhou misunderstood, thinking Liu Zi was short of money. After hesitating, he sighed and said, "Just these two thousand!"
It looks like this deal is going to lose money!
Liu Zi knew he had misunderstood her as soon as she heard his tone. It wasn't that she couldn't afford the money; besides, Brother Shi had a favor to ask for!
Lin Yizhou, however, felt that the woman was putting on a brave face. It was already difficult enough to encounter such a distressing situation, and she would have to raise her daughter in the future. He decided to consider this as him doing charity work.
The two pushed and shoved each other, neither willing to back down. In the end, even Song Yan and Shi Jianjun were alerted, forcing Liu Zi to take out her bankbook on the spot, which cleared up the misunderstanding.
"If he's willing to charge you less, then save yourself the money! Why be so silly?" Song Yan scolded Liu Zi after Lin Yizhou left.
"How can that be? Brother Shi is involved in this, and I can't let you two be in a difficult position. Besides, Mr. Lin helped me with this, so it's only right that I pay him. The amount can't be less." Liu Zi understood very well that money is always easy to earn, but favors are hard to repay.
"Fine, fine, I can't argue with you!" Although Song Yan was sharp-tongued, she was secretly pleased. She wasn't really stupid; this incident showed that the girl didn't take advantage of others and had good character.
When Liu Zi returned home, she immediately felt a sense of urgency. The cost of paternity testing must be quite high now, and she needed to find a way to earn money quickly.
As for how to make money, Liu Zi had a new idea.
Having worked in film and television songwriting and composition in her past life, she can now write a few songs to earn money.
To be on the safe side, Liu Zi prepared two songs: one, "At Least There Is Still," was sent to Venus Records in Hong Kong; the other, "Hidden Wings," was sent to Tomorrow Records in Beijing.
"At Least There Is Still" is a love song with a strong Hong Kong and Taiwan flavor, which made countless people cry back then; as for "Hidden Wings", the song has an inspirational style, which is in line with the current social mainstream.
Both songs were hits played everywhere back then, and Liu Zi had confidence in them.
The next few days were spent waiting for news. Fortunately, Lin Yizhou did not disappoint Liu Zi. Just five days later, he came to find her.
"I've already obtained biological samples from all three people. This time, I'm here to collect hair samples from you and your daughter. I've already found out about the paternity test; Hong Kong is the fastest and most authoritative place, but it will take several months. I want to confirm with you now, is it really necessary to do it? Even if you don't do these tests, I still have ways to make you divorce." Lin Yizhou had already inquired and knew that these tests would cost a lot of money.
"I want to do it!"
Liu Zi answered affirmatively that she wanted to give her past life a clear answer. This time, she would not only do it with Zhao Gang, but also with Zhao Qi, and she would definitely do it again when her eldest daughter was found. She wanted to live a clear and sensible life in this life.
"Okay, the price for a paternity test in Hong Kong is three thousand Hong Kong dollars, which is about four thousand yuan. This time, according to your request, we should do four tests, totaling sixteen thousand yuan. You will also need to pay an additional one thousand yuan for travel expenses, making the total seventeen thousand yuan." Lin Yizhou made a few marks on his notebook and directly calculated the total price.
Although Liu Zi knew the price wouldn't be cheap, she hadn't expected it to be this expensive. She took a deep breath and said, "Come with me to withdraw the money!"
Liu Zi's decisiveness impressed Lin Yizhou. Other customers would complain about the high price as soon as they heard her quote, saying she was ripping them off. Now, he finally met someone who understood.
After entrusting her daughter to Song Yan for care, Liu Zi took Lin Yizhou to the bank to withdraw money.
This time, Liu Zi took 25,000 yuan directly and gave it to Lin Yizhou along with the investigation fee owed from last time.
Lin Yizhou counted the money, said nothing, just nodded and left.
Liu Zi sighed after the person had walked away.
She has almost spent all of her 50,000 yuan. If she doesn't have any income, she will go bankrupt.
Liu Zi wasn't in a hurry to go back. Since she was already in the county town, she went to the post office to take a look.
I heard from Song Yan that their village no longer has a postman delivering mail regularly. If you want to send a letter, you have to go to the town or city yourself.
Liu Zi simply wrote the post office address, so she could just go to the post office to ask every now and then.
"Hello, do you have any mail for Liu Zi?" Liu Zi asked the two women who were chatting as she entered the post office lobby.
"The address is written here!" The older woman put down the sunflower seeds in her hand, stood up, and walked towards the huge storage shelf.
"I wrote it to our post office."
"Say the name again," the older sister said.
"Liu Zi, Zi in 'beautiful'," Liu Zi said.
"There's one letter. Just take your ID card, register, and you can take it."
The older sister placed the letter on the table, took Liu Zi's ID card, compared it with her own, and then had her sign it.
Liu Zi was surprised to find that her older sister's work attitude was so serious and responsible, even comparable to that of later generations, which was rare in this era.
After thanking her, Liu Zi took the letter and was extremely excited when she saw the address on it.
It was Story magazine that replied to her first, in less than a week. That's incredibly efficient.
Liu Zi immediately tore open the letter with excitement, but the contents inside chilled her to the bone.
Her manuscript was rejected because it didn't fit current trends and didn't have a wide audience.
The letter also stated that, given her good writing skills, they were sending her a consolation prize of 50 yuan, and the manuscript would not be returned. They further encouraged her to continue writing, and said that if she had any good pieces, she could send them over, and they could help with their evaluation.
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