"elder sister?"
Shu Ying and Xie Mingzhu exchanged a glance and couldn't help but laugh.
This little guy really has a sweet tongue.
Since they had nothing else to do, the two of them casually unfolded the newspaper and read it as they walked back.
Xie Mingzhu doesn't know many characters yet, so Shu Ying reads them to her.
"Spread the word! Overseas Chinese returning to China to invest, establish funds, and are anxiously searching for their lost family members..."
This is a set of public service announcements on the front page, occupying the most prominent and largest portion of the entire newspaper.
The content is basically summarized in the title: an overseas Chinese who has returned to China to invest has even set up a fund specifically to help find lost holidays.
Shu Ying had initially only admired the overseas Chinese man's thoughtfulness and lamented the many families torn apart during the war, but as she spoke, her gaze inadvertently swept downwards and suddenly caught sight of a familiar phrase—
Again, the phoenix flowers fall in the old courtyard, the willow branches heavy with dew in the clear morning breeze. To whom can I send my tender letters? The clouds and mist accompany the wild geese in their flight.
Shu Ying was startled when she glanced at it.
This is a poem containing hidden characters.
Hidden within these four lines is her name, Shu Ying, and her mother's name, Yang Wan.
And this wasn't the first time she'd seen this poem; it was clearly the poem her father had always liked to mention when he was still alive.
Because the poem contained her and his mother's names, the three of them used it as a secret code.
We once jokingly agreed that if we ever lost each other, we could recognize each other based on this poem.
Now, this poem has actually appeared in the newspaper, and in the missing persons section...
how so?
From the moment she finished the phone call, Shu Ying's emotions were in turmoil.
She couldn't sit still at all. She couldn't help but look forward to it, but she was also worried that the person who answered the phone might not remember her information, or that they might be too busy to tell her father that she had called. She was also afraid that her father would think that the person who called was unreliable and give up on the path of finding her family by phone...
Shu Ying's mind was in turmoil, alternating between excitement and anticipation and deep worry. She couldn't help but pace back and forth in the room.
It wasn't until the soles of her feet started to burn that Shu Ying suddenly realized she had been pacing back and forth in the room for over two hours.
She sighed and rubbed her forehead, took a deep breath, and muttered to herself—
Stay calm, stay calm...
She is pregnant now and cannot have too many emotional fluctuations. Walking back and forth for two hours like this is also very physically demanding.
That's how it's supposed to be, so how could Shu Ying possibly maintain a stable mindset?
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