It was a square missing person notice about one meter long.
Printed on it was a photo of a little boy of four or five years old. He had a chubby face and looked very energetic and cute.
Next to the photo were written the child's name and date of birth, as well as the time and place where he was lost, and a phone number. They hoped that if any kind-hearted person had any news about the little boy, please call them and they would reward them handsomely, even if they sold everything they had.
Zhu Wuhuan stared at the missing person notice for a few more seconds, which caught the old man's attention.
Regardless of his fatigue, the old man quickly stood up and looked at Zhu Wuhuan expectantly, "Hello, hello, have you met my darling grandson?"
Zhu Wuhuan then turned his eyes away from the missing person notice.
She looked at the tired old man, shook her head and said regretfully, "I'm sorry, I haven't seen him."
The old man was immediately disappointed and forced a smile, "Oh, oh, oh, sorry to bother you."
She looked at Zhu Wuhuan again, then quickly pulled out a missing person notice similar to a flyer from her bag and tremblingly handed it to Zhu Wuhuan, saying flatteringly, "You are a respectable person, you are well-informed. Could you please accept this missing person notice? If you see my wonderful grandson somewhere in the future, please contact us, okay?"
Zhu Wuhuan felt a pang in his heart when he saw the old man's humble and expectant look.
Poor the hearts of the elders in the world.
She nodded and reached out to take the missing person notice.
She lowered her head and glanced at the little boy in the photo. Suddenly, she asked the old man, "The child has been missing for two years and still hasn't been found. Have you and your family ever thought of giving up? What if we keep looking like this and never find him?"
The old man said with red eyes, "Oh, how can we not look for him? He is our child. We brought him into this world, so we must find him back..."
Wiping away tears, the old man choked up and said, "Who knows where he's suffering right now? If even we give up and don't look for him, who else can save him? If we can't find him in this lifetime, we won't be able to close our eyes even after we die!"
Zhu Wuhuan's heart seemed to be grabbed by an invisible hand.
It hurts so much.
She couldn't help but ask again, "What about your son and daughter-in-law? Are they still looking for one? They're still young, don't they plan to have another child and resume a peaceful life?"
The old man shook his head, choking with tears as he said, "How can we possibly return to a peaceful life? Ever since the day my child went missing, our family has never been able to return to their peaceful lives... We've lost a living being!"
She glanced at Zhu Wuhuan and said, "If the child died of illness, if he had an accident and is no longer with us, then we can take a few years to accept the news of his death and cheer up to start a new life. But the child is still in this world, he is still alive! As long as he is here, we can't give up, we must find him..."
Zhu Wuhuan felt a sore throat after hearing this.
She clenched the missing person notice in her hand. "It's only been two years. If...if we can't find him in ten, twenty years, or even a lifetime, will you still look for him?"
The old man frowned and looked at Zhu Wuhuan unhappily.
How can you say that someone will never find their child when they are looking for him/her?
Isn't this a curse?
Zhu Wuhuan met the old man's gaze and gave a wry smile. "I'm sorry, old man. I've been an orphan since I was little. I don't know if I was abandoned or lost. I want to know if my parents have been looking for me... Maybe after all these years, they're still looking for me..."
The old man was stunned when he heard this.
Her eyes softened as she looked at Zhu Wuhuan, filled with sympathy for a fellow wanderer.
She said softly, "Girl, if you were lost, then as long as your parents are still alive, they must still be looking forward to seeing you. You are their child, and they will always care about you!"
She pointed at herself and said, "You just asked me if I would keep looking for my grandson if I never found him. I tell you, I would, and my son and daughter-in-law would keep looking too. Because our grandson is a member of our family. Only when we find him will our family be complete. If we can't find him, then our family will always be incomplete, and none of us will be able to live in peace."
She looked at Zhu Wuhuan again and said soothingly, "Girl, if your parents are kind people, then they must be looking forward to seeing you. Believe me."
Zhu Wuhuan nodded uncomfortably, "Thank you."
She took out all the money from her pocket and stuffed it into the old man's hand. "Here, don't always eat cold steamed buns with cold water. It's not good for your stomach. You have to take good care of yourself so that you can have a lifetime to slowly search for your grandson. If you fall down, there will be one less person to look for him."
The old man looked down at the money and quickly refused, "No way, girl, this won't work! If you give me a few or dozens of dollars, I'll shamelessly accept it. But you're giving me a lot of hundred-dollar bills, this must be over a thousand dollars, I absolutely can't accept it!"
Zhu Wuhuan threw the money on the old man's missing person notice and ran away.
The old man was exhausted and old, so how could he catch up with the brisk Zhu Wuhuan?
She chased after him for a few steps, but saw that Zhu Wuhuan was walking faster and faster, and she couldn't catch up at all. She could only stand there helplessly and moved, with red eyes, she shouted loudly, "Thank you, girl, you are a good person, your parents must be looking for you!"
Zhu Wuhuan turned around, waved to the old man, and then left.
After leaving the street, Zhu Wuhuan slowed down his pace.
She walked aimlessly on the bustling street, looking unfocused at the unfamiliar shops and buildings on both sides.
Are her parents really looking forward to her?
But what if she is not a lost child, but was abandoned?
She slowly sat down on a row of chairs by the roadside and looked at the blue sky.
"Should I really go look for my parents?"
She seemed to be talking to herself, but also seemed to be asking Feng Changye beside her.
Feng Changye had been following her quietly. When he heard her speak, he replied, "I can't interfere with any of your decisions, but if you want my advice, then I suggest you go and look for them. If they are a pair of scumbags, then we should completely sever our ties. If they are truly elderly people who have been concerned about their daughter their entire lives, they will definitely be relieved if you can see them before they die. They will be able to close their eyes in peace even in death."
Zhu Wuhuan looked at the sky silently without saying a word.
Feng Changye gazed at her tenderly from the side, "Huanhuan, if they are a good pair of parents. If they have really been looking for you for decades, then we should make sure they have no regrets..."
Zhu Wuhuan slowly closed his eyes and exhaled heavily.
Maybe she really should go look for it.
We can't let her parents, who may be good people, die with regrets just because we are afraid that they are a pair of scumbags or because we are afraid of trouble.
After all, he was the one who gave her life, wasn't he?
She sat quietly on the bench for half an hour before slowly opening her eyes.
She took a deep breath and said, "Okay, I'll find it."
She called upon the system in her head.
How many points will it take to help me find my parents? Give me a fair price. I won't take anything higher. I've been an orphan without parents for so many years anyway. At worst, I won't look for them anymore, leaving you with no points.
The system went around in circles in her mind speechlessly.
Ahhh, the black-hearted host is so stingy!
This poor system is bullied every day!
Big bad guy!
The system cursed and secretly scolded Zhu Wuhuan many times before speaking nonchalantly, "Then, 100 points, that's the lowest price. If you lower the price any further, I won't do it."
Zhu Wuhuan curled his lips.
She glanced sideways at Feng Changye, "One hundred points."
Feng Changye also smiled, "You're quite sensible. You didn't speak against your conscience. Let's make a deal."
Zhu Wuhuan nodded and told the system that the deal was done.
When the system heard this, it was immediately annoyed.
Oops, I got fooled!
If it had known that the host would agree so readily, it should have bid 150. It shouldn't have been scared by the host, woooo!
Although it was angry and regretful, it had no way to regret it. It could only curse the black-hearted host while working to help the host find someone.
It is a program that far exceeds the current level of technology. It can invade the medical systems of various hospitals without leaving any trace in an instant and query the records of all patients.
As long as the two old men had been hospitalized and had their blood drawn over the years, they could not escape its search.
So, in less than half an hour, it relied on its powerful intrusion ability and data analysis skills to find information that matched the host's biological parents.
[Husband Ji Yuelin, born in 19X3, wife Sun Xiangnan, born in 19X6, living in...]
The system read the search results to Zhu Wuhuan.
Zhu Wuhuan felt complicated when he heard two unfamiliar names.
These two strangers who had never appeared before would become her biological parents from now on.
Then when she heard the home address read out by the system, she became a little dazed.
She was in the northernmost part of the country, and the other two lived in the southernmost part of the country. There were thousands of mountains and rivers between them. How did she end up in this big city?
Was it because they came to the north to work that they left her here?
Or was it that they didn't have high hopes for her back then, and she was abducted by human traffickers, taken all the way north, and has been separated from them ever since?
She slowly blinked her sore eyes, took a deep breath, and asked the system with difficulty, "Do they have other children?"
The moment she asked the question, her fingers unconsciously gripped her pants.
Feng Changye looked down and saw her fingers turning white from exertion. He felt so distressed. He wanted to go over and hug his queen, his poor wife.
It was a pity that he had no physical body at the moment and could only watch her struggle alone.
[Host, please wait a moment. I'll check.]
The system responded, then turned around and diligently hacked into a certain department's population system to help the host check the couple's current family situation.
The results came in a minute.
But the result made the system a little silent.
It doesn't know how to tell the host...
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