"It's not his child." Xie Jing said softly, "Please wait a moment. I'll show you a document."
As she spoke, she walked into the study and took out the agreement that Zhou Jiyun and Luo Yan had signed.
Mother Li glanced over the words and asked, "So he has nothing to do with his first love?"
Xie Jing nodded: "It really doesn't matter. He did this to protect his uncle and aunt's family. He explained this to me a long time ago."
Li Ma was skeptical: "Really?"
Xie Jing laughed: "Really? I know you're doing this for my own good. How could I lie to you about this? It's not easy for him either. If I hadn't been careful, I would have been tricked into losing everything."
Li Ma was puzzled: "Where did that child come from? I'm not saying it, but he really looks like my uncle."
Xie Jing pondered for a moment, then found a photo of the Zhou family on her phone. "Look carefully. Speaking of resemblance, doesn't this child look more like Zhou Zhida? That's the guy."
Mother Li enlarged the family photo, examined it carefully for a long time, and suddenly slapped her thigh. "Indeed, the face shapes are very similar. If you cover the area below the nose, the child's eyebrows and eyes look exactly like this boy."
"Who is this?"
Xie Jing said succinctly: "Zhou Jiyun's uncle."
Li Ma opened her mouth wide, her eyes wide. "Are you saying this might be his uncle's child? What are you going to do then?"
Xie Jing pondered for a moment and said, "Let me give Ji Yun a call and see what he means."
Zhou Jiyun was in a meeting, and the atmosphere was initially serious. Suddenly, a cell phone rang, and everyone looked up in bewilderment. The marketing manager fumed, "We have to keep our phones on silent during meetings! Don't you know? If you do this again, you'll be fined..."
Zhou Jiyun picked up the phone: "Sorry, it's my phone. I will remember to mute it next time."
The marketing manager quickly apologized with a smile: "Mr. Zhou, please answer the phone. Sorry, I spoke too quickly..."
Zhou Jiyun didn't take it seriously: "It's just something at home. The meeting will be suspended for five minutes. Sorry."
He wanted to laugh when he saw Xie Jing's name, but Xie Jing usually wouldn't look for him when he was working. Zhou Jiyun was also curious about what Xie Jing was doing at the moment.
"Do you miss me?" Zhou Jiyun asked this question as soon as he answered the phone.
Li's mother, who was leaning over the phone, burst out laughing. Xie Jing pinched her earlobe helplessly: "Li's mother is here, can you please restrain yourself a little?"
"I can't help myself. I miss you." Zhou Jiyun's sweet words came out of his mouth. "What do you want to talk to me about now?"
Xie Jing succinctly recounted Li Ma's findings, "I sent the photo to your phone. Take a closer look. I think he looks quite like your uncle."
Zhou Jiyun unconsciously stood up straight, his expression becoming serious. After looking at the photo of the child, Zhou Jiyun said softly, "It's him. Aunt Li has helped us a lot."
Even though the child was still young, how could Zhou Jiyun not recognize him? Although the fault did not lie with the child, it was undeniable that it was because of his existence that he and Xie Jing's lives in their previous life had so many twists and turns.
"What are you going to do?" Xie Jing was also a little anxious: "I heard that he just came to the welfare home in the past few days."
Zhou Jiyun pinched his brows and said, "I can't leave right now... and the identity of this child needs to be thoroughly investigated. It's not convenient for us to come forward to deal with these matters. How about I ask Brother Fan..."
"Miss, uncle, how about I go?" Aunt Li volunteered: "I often go to the welfare home to volunteer, so it's convenient for me to inquire about the news."
Hearing Li Ma change her words to "son-in-law" again, Xie Jing hid the smile in her eyes. She had to admit that Li Ma was quite realistic. But Xie Jing liked this reality very much because Li Ma stood by her unconditionally.
Zhou Jiyun was at a loss: "Then I'll leave it to you. You've really helped us a lot this time. Please keep this matter very low-key and try not to let outsiders know."
Li Ma smiled and said, "I understand. I'll go to the welfare home after dinner. Don't worry, son-in-law. I will make sure to find out everything clearly."
She now wished she could find out the truth as soon as possible. After all, she had just wronged Zhou Jiyun, and Aunt Li felt embarrassed.
When Zhou Jiyun heard Li Ma calling him son-in-law with such a warm attitude, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. He knew that she felt that she had wronged him and now felt guilty.
"Mother Li, don't worry, I don't have any illegitimate children outside. I won't do anything to let Jingjing down."
Li Ma quickly waved her hands, "Sir, you don't need to explain. How can I not trust you? I will definitely help you find out everything clearly."
Zhou Jiyun laughed and shook his head. He had to admit that he was in a good mood because he had an aunt at home who cared so much about Xie Jing. Even if the other party misunderstood him, Zhou Jiyun would not be angry because he knew that the other party was doing it for Xie Jing's own good and was afraid that Xie Jing would be wronged.
After finishing the call with Zhou Jiyun, Li Ma's mood improved a lot: "If the child is really his uncle's, what does the uncle plan to do?"
Xie Jing helped Li Ma pick vegetables. "That child is in an orphanage now. He's so pitiful, so naturally we have to help him get home. He's been stuck in an orphanage at such a young age, and we don't know what he's been through."
Li Ma thought about it and laughed: "Then your aunt will hate your uncle to death."
Xie Jing: "If you really want to hate someone, you shouldn't hate us. If you want to hate someone, you should hate her husband. If he hadn't done such a sin, how could this child have been born?"
Mother Li sighed, "A five-year-old child, so skinny, and looks at people with a timid look... Oh, he's really pitiful."
When she saw the child yesterday, Li Ma had a bad impression of him, fearing that he was Zhou Jiyun's illegitimate child. But now that Zhou Jiyun and Xie Jing had assured her that the child had nothing to do with Zhou Jiyun, Li Ma inevitably softened her heart.
"What a sin." Aunt Li added, "Don't my uncle and his wife have a good relationship? His son is not much different from my uncle, right?"
Xie Jing didn't know either: "Who knows? We'll find out later when we check."
After lunch, Li's mother quickly cleaned up the kitchen and headed straight to the welfare home she had visited yesterday. Li's mother had never had children in her life and often came here to volunteer after work.
The staff at the welfare home were no strangers to her. Seeing Aunt Li coming over with her bags, they couldn't help but smile and said, "Sister Li, didn't you just come here yesterday? Why are you here again today?"
Aunt Li put the things down and said, "I work as a nanny for someone, and I said something today. The eldest lady knows that I often come to the welfare home, so she asked me to help donate some money. My son-in-law also said it was a good deed, and asked me to buy more things today."
"It's a pity that the son-in-law and the eldest daughter both have to work, otherwise they would have come in person." Aunt Li took out a check and said, "This is a small gift from our eldest daughter. We also hope that the children can have a more comfortable winter."
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