"The old blacksmith was also worried about the child, so he quickly ran out to look for him."
After searching everywhere, the old blacksmith couldn't find him. He thought that a child so young shouldn't have gone far. If he really couldn't find him, someone must have kindly taken him in.
So for a while afterward, the old blacksmith kept a close eye on it.
Unexpectedly, one afternoon three days later, he actually saw it.
"The old blacksmith said that he happened to see an elderly couple with a child walking out of a nearby alley."
"After carefully recalling and comparing, he felt that the child must be the same child who got lost in the heavy rain."
Xie Mingzhu's anxious expression turned into excitement.
"Who are they? Where are that elderly couple now?"
Lu Qunli was in a dilemma.
“We investigated this carefully, but the elderly couple’s identities are a bit mysterious and difficult to find out.”
"And on the very afternoon the old blacksmith saw the child, the family happened to move away from that alley."
Xie Mingzhu slumped back into her seat, her eyes vacant.
Just when she thought the child was lost, Lu Qunli spoke up again, albeit hesitantly.
“However, we asked the old residents who used to live there, and they all said that although the couple’s records are hard to find, the neighbors all said that they have a son who works in the military region.”
"The reason why their files are so hard to find is probably because they are military personnel or military dependents themselves."
After all, some military personnel have to do work that is highly confidential and dangerous, and their family members' files and information are also hidden and sealed away, and cannot be accessed without certain permission.
“We followed the clues and did some preliminary investigation. We found that the son of those two elderly people had recently been transferred to the Beijing Military Region and is now living with you in the military compound.”
"And that child should also be living with the old man's son. I don't know if you've heard of him."
This dramatic turn of events made Xie Mingzhu's heart pound.
She widened her eyes slightly, asking tentatively with a mixture of hope and fear of disappointment—
Who is this person?
"If our investigation hasn't gone wrong..."
Two seconds later, Xie Mingzhu dashed out of the police station and ran desperately toward the military compound.
As she ran anxiously, she still felt a sense of unreality, and the image of a child kept flashing through her mind.
Tears welled up uncontrollably in her eyes, and a gust of wind blew them away, wetting her dark hair.
Xie Mingzhu rubbed her eyes. She hadn't wanted to cry and wanted to see her child looking her best.
But for some reason, I couldn't hold back; tears welled up like a floodgate had been opened.
Xie Mingzhu wiped her tears again and again, as if they would never end.
Yet, amidst these tears, Xie Mingzhu couldn't help but smile from the bottom of her heart.
She was filled with mixed feelings at that moment.
She was happy, eager, and... also surprised.
She never imagined that the child she had been searching for was both far away and right before her eyes, and that they had even met and spoken before.
The child had even eaten the shortbread and pastries she made herself, and would look at her with bright, smiling eyes, saying sweetly—
"Auntie, you really are the best auntie in the world."
"I wish you were my mother."
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