Chapter 34

When Liu Minmin cried and threw herself into Mao Suiqiong's arms, Song Zhiyi also recognized her identity——

It was the girl who appeared in the hospital with Ren Xiuming yesterday.

At that time, Ren Xiuming and Liu Minmin both wore masks and hats. If Song Zhiyu had not been familiar with this senior in the music industry, it would have been difficult to recognize his identity at once. As for Liu Minmin, Song Zhiyi found her name from the character card book after they returned home.

Just as they guessed, Liu Minmin was Ren Xiuming's cheating partner.

[Liu Minmin, by doing this, are you worthy of the cultivation that Teacher Mao has given you?]

Song Zhiyi watched everything in front of her in silence, but she couldn't help but question in her heart. She should have told Mao Suiqiong everything about this matter. She had the right to know, but the story behind this matter was far from being so simple.

Song Zhiyi found it difficult to speak, and his heart fell silent at this moment.

Mao Suiqiong was somewhat confused after hearing this incoherent statement, but now was not the time to ask further questions, especially since her good friend had specifically reminded her that it was best not to ask Master Xiao Song about the "Voice of the Heart".

It is said that as mortals they cannot bear the consequences of prying into the secrets of heaven, so they just listen and it is best not to ask questions.

Liu Minmin still looked a little frightened, so Mao Suiqiong hugged her, motioned for the others to leave first, and handed each of them a business card, saying that it would be convenient for them to contact him.

Everyone knows that what happens next should be left to the person on the business card to handle, including, of course, their hush money.

Song Zhiyi was distracted without noticing what was happening. When she came to her senses, there was no one in the lounge. Only the occasional sobbing and whispering could be heard from the room inside.

Judging from the voices, they should be Mao Suiqiong and Liu Minmin.

The door was half-closed, and Mao Suiqiong held Liu Minmin's hand and listened to her talk about the details of the incident. Although Song Zhiyi had just described it publicly, she had to hear the person involved again in order to feel at ease and better formulate the claim.

"...That's probably what happened," Liu Minmin's eyes flickered as she asked indirectly, "Teacher, is the person who came with you also an artist? Why haven't I heard of him before?"

When she heard those words, she wanted to tell Song Zhiyi to stop talking, but Mao Suiqiong stopped her.

"It's normal that you haven't heard of it. She is not an artist." Seeing that Liu Minmin did not suffer any irreparable damage, Mao Suiqiong's expression relaxed a little. Thinking that it would be a good idea to divert her attention, he repeated the story about Song Zhiyi that he had heard from his friends, and added a little bit of his own personal experience.

The effect was very good. Liu Minmin really stopped thinking about being raped by a pervert, but her brows wrinkled a little tighter. She couldn't help but ask, "Is this person really as powerful as you say? She doesn't look much older than me."

"What does age matter? Metaphysics is just like singing. Talent is what counts. When I first debuted, I was much younger than you are now, but I was still not a big hit." Mao Suiqiong smiled briefly, and one could vaguely see the rebelliousness of his youth in his eyes. "Come to think of it, you still want to thank her?"

Liu Minmin blinked blankly, then quickly reacted and said unhappily, "Should I thank her for telling her about my... affair in front of so many people? I don't want to, it's too embarrassing. This kind of thing can obviously be said in private, why in front of so many outsiders?"

Mao Suiqiong gently hit her hand and laughed, "Master Xiaosong was not considerate in this regard, but if it weren't for this, Zhao Xiaoguang would not have easily admitted his mistake. Besides, I'm not asking you to thank me for this. I came here today just to see her, otherwise I wouldn't be here. If I hadn't come, you would be alone and helpless. Wouldn't you have to endure being bullied?"

"She should be thanked." Liu Minmin rubbed her hands, rolled her eyes, and asked, "Teacher, what did you want to do when you saw her? Fortune telling?"

"That's about right," Mao Suiqiong lowered his eyes, thinking of his missing daughter. His expression darkened in an instant, and he pulled the corners of his mouth helplessly, "I want to ask her about Xiaochu's whereabouts."

Ren Chuchen, her daughter, was accidentally lost when she was two years old, and it has been nineteen years now.

In recent years, her health has been getting worse and worse, and she might suddenly leave at any time. At least before that, she has to find a way to find Xiaochu's whereabouts.

[If Teacher Mao knew that her daughter was actually by her side, she would be so happy.]

A familiar voice came through the open door. Mao Suiqiong was stunned and tried hard to understand the meaning of the words.

"Teacher, does she mean..."

"Xiaochu is still alive and right beside me!" Mao Suiqiong's face showed an irrepressible joy. Immersed in great surprise, she did not notice that Liu Minmin's expression suddenly changed.

——

The lounge was empty and quiet. Song Zhiyi sat in a corner of the sofa, sorting out the information in his mind.

She had gained a rough understanding of the complicated relationship between Ren Xiuming, Mao Suiqiong and Liu Minmin last night. Now that she had met the three parties involved in a row, the myriad of worries that she had tried hard to suppress came flooding back to her mind.

Song Zhiyi found Mao Suiqiong's character card and sighed again after reading the text on it. The amount of information in this matter was a bit too much for her.

[They were a happy family of three, how could it become like this? If only Liu Minmin hadn't gone missing. ]

A family of three, Liu Minmin, missing?

These three familiar words combined together were so strange that Mao Suiqiong almost couldn't react.

After two or three seconds, she suddenly pressed Liu Minmin's shoulders and said anxiously, "Minmin, let me see your back, quickly!"

Liu Minmin was startled and didn't know what to do. She just let her lift the clothes off her back.

"Strange, why isn't there anything? How could there be nothing?"

The thin fingers slid across her back, causing a shudder. Liu Minmin was made uncomfortable by this strange feeling and said shyly, "Teacher, what are you looking for?"

"Birthmark, you should have a crescent-shaped birthmark here on your back, Minmin, do you still remember it? Did the birthmark disappear when you grew up?" Mao Suiqiong spoke excitedly, and the other hand that was holding Liu Minmin's shoulder subconsciously tightened, causing her to hiss slightly.

"Sorry, Minmin, did the teacher hurt you?" Mao Suiqiong let go of her hand belatedly.

Liu Minmin shook her head and forced a smile, saying, "Teacher, I know what you are thinking, but I have never had a birthmark here. Maybe the guy outside made a mistake?"

"Did I miscalculate...?" Mao Suiqiong withdrew his hand abruptly, with an empty and confused look on his face.

No, maybe she misunderstood. The master was just talking about Minmin. She thought too much and connected the two things together...

[After Liu Minmin went missing, she was kidnapped by a trafficker. If the trafficker hadn’t caught a fever on the way and was in a hurry to sell her, who knows where she would have been sold to.]

"Were you abducted?" In the room, Mao Suiqiong touched Liu Minmin's neck lovingly, "Why haven't I heard you mention it before?"

Liu Minmin didn't know how to answer, so she just smiled awkwardly. In fact, this was the first time she knew her background. Her adoptive parents had only said that she was an unwanted child they adopted, and they never mentioned that she was a human trafficker or anything like that.

If what Song Zhiyi said was true, then maybe she was not a child abandoned by her biological parents?

A hint of hope rose on Liu Minmin's face unconsciously, and she didn't even notice it.

[Her adoptive parents were originally quite good to her, at least they allowed her to fill her stomach and go to school. Unfortunately, this was not her biological child after all. Since Liu Minmin had her "little brother", she has not had a good day.]

She had no right to judge what Liu Minmin did afterwards, but thinking of her life experiences, Song Zhiyi still felt a little reluctant.

After returning from the hospital yesterday, Song Zhiyi couldn't stand her brother's pestering anymore, so she checked Ren Xiuming's character card, found the most recent timeline, and told him while reading it. As she was talking, she discovered a shocking secret - Liu Minmin is Ren Xiuming's daughter.

After discovering this secret, both of them were stunned. Finally, Song Zhiyi took out Liu Minmin's character card again, trying to figure out what was going on.

Since most of the information on the character card booklet is described from the protagonist's first-person perspective, the first thing Song Zhiyi saw was the story of a girl struggling in pain.

As far as she can remember, she has lived in a dilapidated tile house, with compacted yellow soil under her feet. When it rained, rainwater fell through the cracks in the tiles, forming small puddles. When life was hard, the puddles were irritating to her throat, and her parents said she was spoiled, but at least she could eat her fill during that time.

Later, my mother's belly became bigger, and my father said that she would have a brother or sister. Later, my mother's belly sagged, and there was a little baby in the family who cried shrilly every day. They said that was her brother, and they said she was actually picked up.

Overnight, she gained a younger brother and lost a pair of parents. That year, Liu Minmin was seven years old.

It was also on that day that her adoptive parents told her that her biological parents no longer wanted her and that they had picked her up and raised her, and that they were her benefactors.

So, in winter, she had to wash clothes and cook with her hands full of frostbite, which was a way of repaying her parents. During adolescence, she had to eat less and save the good things for her younger brother, which was what an elder sister should do. As for going to school? She was not their child, so why should they spend money to support her? The financial aid from kind people could not be taken for nothing, and at least a large part of it had to be handed over.

既然如此，那弟弟為什麽是她的弟弟？她這樣問了，換來了一頓板子。于是劉敏敏一聲不吭，把那些苦和淚都咽下去，化作歌詞，記在寫滿了字的草稿本上。

再後來，這個本子出現在了家裏的火竈裏，随着一把火消失了個幹幹淨淨。

那次争吵的起因還是上學。資助人出了點事，沒辦法再提供資助，高中後國家也不再承擔學費，養父母不願意再繼續供她上學，反而一個勁兒地讓她出去打工，攢幾年錢再回來嫁人。

劉敏敏知道反抗沒有用，她還只是個未成年的孩子，于是她“乖順”地聽從了家裏的建議，不去上高中，拿着父母不知哪弄來的成年人身份證和鄰居老鄉們一起去外面打工。

做的是計件工，頭幾個月劉敏敏表現得很好，每月還會按時寄錢回去，和人說話也總是怯弱的，看着就很好欺負不會反抗。盯着她的同村老鄉逐漸放松了警惕，于是，在出去打工的第八個月，她回了一趟老家後就悄無聲息地消失了。

那也是她最後一次回家。為的，是買通弟弟，讓他把戶口本偷了出來。

事情進展得很順利，這男孩早就被父母養壞了，為了幾塊錢、幾顆糖，什麽都敢幹，偷個戶口本而已，他只需要嚎幾嗓子再掉幾滴淚，誰還忍心怪他？

劉敏敏消失後養父母想過報警，然而那會她手裏拿的身份證是別人的，那人可還好好在家裏呆着呢，因此，就算報警也不了了之，根本找不到劉敏敏的真正下落。

一年半後，劉敏敏終于成年，拿着早年間偷來的戶口本辦了一個真正屬于自己的身份證。同年，她開始在各大酒吧駐場。

後來幸運地遇到了毛随瓊，被她帶離那些魚龍混雜的場所，但也重新遇到了那個，毀了她一輩子的人。

任修明。

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劉敏敏的經歷只在心頭浮了一瞬就沉落下去，宋知意定了定神，繼續去看毛随瓊的人設卡，看着看着，她忽然發現了一個奇怪的點。

【奇了怪了，毛老師這邊寫的孩子丢失的理由怎麽是她自己走丢的？還是因為她生病沒看好孩子的原因？】

難道不是嗎？房間裏，毛随瓊的表情空白了一瞬，緊跟着，宋知意的心聲再度響起。

【果然不是我記錯了，任初晨之所以會丢，是因為任修明把她帶出去玩，結果又沉浸于和舊情人調笑，才一時沒看住孩子，在人流量極大的商場把人弄丢了。】

【我就說嘛，一個才兩歲的孩子，哪可能自己開門跑出去，門把手都還碰不到吧。毛随瓊怎麽沒懷疑過？

【原來當時孩子被領走她是有感覺的，但孩子弄丢後任修明為了推卸責任硬是說那是她在做夢。甚至對警方都是這麽說的？？】

【不是我服了，這是你女兒啊！親閨女哎！那會兒監控覆蓋率完全不如現在，知不知道提供錯誤的信息會影響警方尋找孩子的效率的啊！這人腦子裏裝的到底是什麽東西啊！】

咣當——

休息室內忽然響起椅子翻倒的聲音，宋知意揚聲問：“毛老師，你們沒事吧？”

屋子裏過了幾秒才傳來毛随瓊的聲音，有些顫抖：“沒事，不小心踢到了。”

确定她們不需要幫助後，宋知意繼續看着手裏的人設卡。這次看得格外仔細。

她畢竟不是什麽大變态，也不是極其愛好窺探別人隐私的人。昨天被弟弟鬧了半天，也只是粗粗一掃找出了講了任修明和劉敏敏這個出軌瓜，若不是無意間看到了劉敏敏的身份問題，也不會去看任初晨走丢的始末。

【啧，原來如此，難怪如此啊。任修明那會兒正跟一起拍戲的女演員打的火熱，正後悔自己英年早婚還有孩子呢。任初晨走丢雖然是個意外，但他正好可以借機發揮離婚什麽的，再順理成章地和女演員結婚，惡心。】

宋知意罵完，耐着性子繼續往下看。

【孩子剛丢的第二天，他就買了一堆失去孩子大受打擊的通告後，私底下還在聯系律師拟定合同，甚至想利用孩子是因為‘毛随瓊的疏忽’的緣故讓她淨身出戶？！】

【要點臉啊喂！要點臉！】

已經很久沒見過比柳家人還惡心的人了，宋知意只能停下閱讀，又做了幾個深呼吸試圖挽救自己即将被氣炸的肺。

【不行，還是生氣，毛随瓊現在要是肯跟任修明離婚就好了，我出律師，保證任修明淨身出戶，以後還在圈內查無此人。】

宋知意在心裏罵罵咧咧了一長串，又拿起手機找教練約了一場拳擊，才繼續看人設卡。

【都走到這一步了，他倆當初怎麽就沒離成呢？哦，女演員在這幾天攀上了富豪，理都不理他了，活該……】

心聲透露的東西越多，劉敏敏的臉色就越白，她拉着毛随瓊的手，近乎哀求地說：“老師我們走吧，別聽了，我們離開這兒。”

毛随瓊的臉色沒有比她好到哪去，她堅決而緩慢地推開了劉敏敏的手，說：“不，我要聽下去。”

即使剜心刺骨，她也要好好聽聽任修明到底做了什麽，而她這麽多年又在做什麽？稀裏糊塗、得過且過。

劉敏敏難堪地咬了咬下唇，閉上雙眼，眨出一連串的淚來。

再說下去可能就要說到她的事了，她最不想讓老師知道的事。

宋知意胸口梗着一股無名火，她又繼續往下看，胸中的那團火卻無端地弱了幾分，反而升起一股悲涼來。

【劉敏敏……】

要來了嗎？劉敏敏閉着眼微微擡起下巴，一副任打任罵的模樣。

【劉敏敏要是知道她是被拐的就好了，這樣只要去做DNA對比，就能知道她其實是毛随瓊的孩子。】

“……！”毛随瓊瞪大雙眼，又驚又喜，一時忘了言語。

劉敏敏也被這個消息震懵了，大腦幾乎要成了一團漿糊，只夢呓般說：“可是我沒有胎記啊，您也看過了的。”

【其實不知道也沒什麽，如果她小時候沒有因為燙傷而導致胎記消失的話……讓一個四五歲的小孩子去灌熱水，她養父母也真不是人。】

毛随瓊身體微微顫抖，嗫嚅着問：“你小時候，有沒有被燙傷過？”

“……好像是有。”劉敏敏費力思考着，終于從早已塵封的記憶中扒拉出這麽一小段相連的記憶，她似乎還很小很小，光着上半身站在光線昏暗的房間裏，養母一邊罵她一邊給她上藥。

聽她說完，毛随瓊再也忍不住落下淚來，低聲哭嚎：“像，你和我真的很像，難怪我第一次見到你就那麽喜歡你。我的小初，你受苦了，受苦了啊……”

溫熱的眼淚滴在衣服上，洇開一片濕涼，劉敏敏聽着毛随瓊的哭聲，只覺得渾身都輕飄飄的，好像在做夢一般。

是在做夢吧？她一定是在做夢。

劉敏敏，你好可笑啊，如果你就是毛老師的女兒，那你之前做的那些事又算什麽？

毛随瓊仍在哭着說些什麽，劉敏敏任她抱着，臉上露出一個慘然的笑。

“小初，你身上怎麽這麽冷？”毛随瓊感受着手下的溫度，松開手看了看她的臉，“臉也這麽白……啊，你流血了！怎麽會這麽多血！”

“快來人啊！叫救護車！”

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一陣兵荒馬亂，昏迷的劉敏敏進了手術室，宋知意也終于得到空隙，把自己手上和身上的血跡處理了一下。

劉敏敏剛才的情況看着像是流産，不過孩子應該是保下來的吧？畢竟人設卡的故事線裏就是因為那個天生畸形的孩子，劉敏敏和任修明才查出了父女關系。

手術室外，毛随瓊如同熱鍋上的螞蟻一般走來走去，宋知意怕她撐不住自己先倒下，連忙把人扶着坐下。

毛随瓊沖她道了謝，目光仍擔憂地看向關閉着的手術室門：“那麽小一個人，怎麽會能流這麽多血呢？小宋……小宋，你說她會不會有事啊？”

“您放心，應該不會出事。”宋知意也不知道該怎麽安慰，看了看時間說，“現在都晚上了，您餓不餓，要不要吃點東西？”

“算了算了，我怎麽吃的下，”毛随瓊擺了擺手，又想到宋知意還陪她餓着，不好意思地說：“你先去吃飯吧，這裏有我就行。”

“沒事，我陪您一起還能有個照看。”宋知意也沒強求，沖守在一邊的于岸使了個眼色，示意他出去買點吃的回來。

……

“随瓊，”西裝革履的任修明出現，腳下皮鞋一塵不染，仿佛他不是身在醫院，而是什麽大秀的T臺，“到底是出什麽事了，你給我發的消息我怎麽看不明白？”

劉敏敏已經完成手術在病房裏休息，毛随瓊給她掖好被子，拉着任修明走到外面。

宋知意的陪護任務完成，卻意外在任修明後面發現了探頭探腦的宋知寓，手裏還拿着一個很熟悉的藍皮筆記本。

宋知意：“……”

It was true that she asked her stupid brother to pick up the notebook for her, but she also didn't let him come to the hospital to join in the fun!

She walked forward, took the book and whispered, "Why are you here too?"

"Isn't it because I'm worried about you?" Song Zhiyu said sternly, if there wasn't a gleam of gossip in his eyes, "Sister, what happened today?"

"Let's talk about it when we get back." Song Zhiyi gave him a warning look, then turned to look at Mao Suiqiong and Ren Xiuming.

[Liu Minmin and Ren Xiuming lost their child. Although there was no need to keep the child, why did the character storyline deviate again? Did I run too fast when I held her? No way, my hands were steady...]

Song Zhiyi pulled his brother farther and farther away, and did not notice that behind him, Mao Suiqiong stood there, as if struck by lightning.