Chapter 233 Meeting an Old Friend
Although Paris had never asked Zhang Wei about her life before she came to the welfare home, Zhang Wei couldn't help but tell her about her past in Chenjia Village when facing such a friend who was so kind to her.
But the secret of her second life is one she will take to the grave.
She started by talking about her life in Chenjia Village, the village built on a cliff, her family who didn't care about her, and then she talked about her mother who ran away and her grandmother who wanted to sell her for money.
"Did your biological father really want to sell you? Or was it just your grandmother's idea?"
Paris raised the question. After all, in his opinion, it was incredible for both the grandmother and the father to sell their own children, especially the father.
Zhang Wei shook his head and said, "The food I eat every day is different from what they eat, and I almost never feel full."
"Is it possible that you are not their child at all?"
Zhang Wei shattered his fantasy: "That's even more impossible. They favor boys over girls. They don't have other children in the family, so it's impossible for them to spend money to buy a girl."
"So you ran out after your mother to find your mother?"
"No, she doesn't want to acknowledge my existence. After all, she herself was forced to stay in that village."
"What kind of place is this? Is there no law?" Paris said in disbelief.
"China is so vast. Some backward areas have poor information flow and isolated geographical environments. Many years ago, laws and civilization were inaccessible to them. It should be much better now!"
Paris asked, "Besides going to the welfare home, what else do you want to do when you come back this time?"
Zhang Wei didn't know either: "I didn't actually plan to do anything, I just wanted to come back and take a look."
"You want to go find your mother?"
Zhang Wei shook her head. She thought about Mrs. Zhou, who seemed to be doing well now, and didn't have any thoughts.
"She should be living her new life, and I don't want to disturb her."
Zhang Wei said hesitantly, "Actually, I'd like to go to Chenjia Village to see if there are any women there who were trafficked there like my mother."
She knew in her heart that there was such an evil place, but she didn't dare to think about it for many years. She was hesitant because she was afraid of disturbing her current peaceful life. It was also because of her own timidity.
"Then go, I'll go with you!" Paris said firmly.
Looking at Paris's encouraging eyes, Zhang Wei also gained a lot of courage. Yes, what was there to be afraid of now?
She did so much to get rid of the nightmare of the past. She even insisted on training because she was deep down afraid that one day she would fall into the same helpless situation as Qin Yuan. She did not have Qin Yuan's patience, and the result was probably a fight to the death.
Now that she is back, she has to face the true identity of her body. Avoiding the problem has never been her final option.
"Then go, but I still have to find someone."
When Zhang Wei arrived in City A, there was still one person who had done her a favor and she had not yet met him, and that was Officer Xiao Hou, who had been very kind to her back then.
Before leaving, Paris asked if they wanted to buy some gifts. Zhang Wei shook her head, saying she had something more suitable to give to Officer Hou.
Zhang Wei went to the store to order two banners, one with the words "Serve the People" and the other with "Good Policeman of the People", and the heading was "Presented to Officer Hou".
Although it doesn't cost much, I believe Officer Hou will be happier after getting this.
Zhang Wei followed the police station he remembered and took Paris in.
Both of them had quite a bit of ordinary temperament, and Paris had a rather obvious mixed-race face. When they entered the door, they even spoke to each other in English, because she and Paris were still used to talking in English.
The police officer on duty thought it was a case involving international friends and immediately asked in English:
"Hello, how can I help you?"
Zhang Wei immediately said in Chinese:
"Hello, officer, is Officer Hou Jianhua here?"
Zhang Wei remembered Officer Hou's name, which she had seen on the duty roster before.
"Ah, you're looking for our Deputy Director Hou. What's going on?"
The young policeman looked at them with an inquiring look and did not immediately tell them where Officer Hou was.
Zhang Wei immediately took out the prepared banner and said, "Officer Hou helped me many years ago, and I came here specifically to thank him."
The police officer on duty looked at the two banners and immediately felt less suspicious. He said:
"Then you guys wait here for a while. I'll make a phone call, but I can't guarantee he'll be free to come."
"Wait a minute," Zhang Wei called him again and said, "Tell Officer Hou my name is Zhang Wei. I wonder if he remembers me."
It didn't take long before Zhang Wei saw Officer Hou, who looked a little older. The young policeman before had become a middle-aged uncle.
Zhang Wei still calls him "Uncle Hou" like he did when he was a child.
"Yes, it's Weiwei!" Officer Hou looked at Zhang Wei intently for a few seconds, then shouted, obviously still remembering Zhang Wei.
Officer Hou, who had become the deputy director, brought them to the conference room. Zhang Wei thanked him:
"Uncle Hou, thank you for your help back then. I came to see you this time."
Officer Hou was as gentle as ever: "You've grown up so much. How have you been these years?"
"I'm doing well, thank you for your concern."
"I didn't expect you to still remember me,"
Officer Hou sighed and talked about what happened back then:
"When I took my sister to pick you up, the director said you had already been adopted. It's all my fault that I had a mission and didn't let my sister go to the orphanage to pick you up by herself."
"I later asked the dean, and she just said that you were adopted by a foreigner. My sister blamed me for a long time."
Zhang Wei thought about the situation at that time, and how much the leaders valued Charles and his wife. She thought that she would eventually be adopted by her parents. She said:
"Thank you and Aunt Hou. I'm doing well now. I came back to China to see you and express my gratitude for your care."
"That's good, that's good. I always remember what I promised but failed to do. As long as you are doing well, I can feel at ease."
The banner that Zhang Wei brought was hung in Uncle Hou's office, and it was obvious that he was very happy.
In the evening, Zhang Wei and Paris also invited Uncle Hou's family and his sister's family to dinner. Zhang Wei was very pleased to see that Aunt Hou had a daughter who was about ten years old. Good people will always be rewarded.
On the way back, Paris said, "I thought you were going to tell this police officer about the illegal activities in Chenjia Village."
"I have thought about it before, but I don't know what the situation is there now, and it might involve other people. She might not want to have anything to do with the people from Chenjia Village."
"Also, I have my own selfish motives. If I go with my previous identity, I will inevitably be morally blackmailed. But now I have parents and family who treat me very well."
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