Chapter 74 Conversation

The two of them sat on the rocks on the lawn. Yu Wanqing said before Zhou Chengye could speak: "Even if you don't come to find me, I will go to find you."

"I have doubts in my heart and I always want to clarify them."

She looked at Zhou Chengye's face, which looked very much like hers. "My parents were both soldiers before, and now they work at the Shangyang Steel Plant. I have four older brothers, and I am the youngest."

"When my mother gave birth to my second brother, my grandparents from my hometown came to Shangyang City to take care of her during the confinement period. Unexpectedly, my grandparents secretly took my second brother away when he was only six months old. When my parents caught up with him at the train station, it was too late. My grandparents had already left on the train."

"At that time, my parents received news from the army that they needed to return to the army immediately. They thought that they would go back to their hometown to pick up my second brother." She smiled bitterly: "My parents left for several years. When my father had time to go back to his hometown to pick up my second brother, the New China had been established and my father and mother had retired from the army."

"My father went back to his hometown and brought my second brother back. My parents raised him carefully, but he has been selfish since he was young and always pushed the blame on me and my brothers. I thought all this was hard to accept, but I never expected that the man wanted to kill my brother and me some time ago and then robbed our family's money." She slowly recounted what happened some time ago. The person who beat the third brother to the hospital must be the fake Yu Laoer.

"I thought about it for a long time a few days ago, and I still felt something was wrong. My parents are kind, and my other three brothers are honest and kind. I am not a bad person, so how could I have such a bad child?" She smiled bitterly and said, "I suspected that he was not my biological brother, and then I wrote a letter to tell my parents my guess."

She stared at Zhou Chengye closely: "It's been less than half a month since I sent the letter, and you showed up."

"My parents love every one of their children. Even if that bad boy keeps making trouble, my parents still give him the greatest tolerance. My parents have never thought of abandoning any of their children." Worried that the person in front of her misunderstood her parents, Yu Wanqing felt that she needed to explain: "I guess my parents will definitely go back to their hometown to verify after receiving my letter."

"I want to know about you now, right? I'm going to the commune to call my sister-in-law later."

Facing the girl's sparkling eyes, Zhou Chengye was silent for a long time before he slowly said, "My father is Secretary Zhou's uncle. He is also the first college student from this village. In the winter of 1944, my father and mother brought my fifteenth-year-old brother back to their hometown from Beijing. At the train station, they met the child who was abandoned on the roadside."

"The child had a high fever and was sent to the hospital for treatment for several days. My father, mother and my eldest brother stayed in the hospital for several days." He looked at Yu Wanqing: "My father also went to the local police to report the case, but the person who lost the child never came to the door. It was very chaotic at the time, so my parents had no choice but to take me back to my hometown."

"When I was twelve, I knew I was not a biological child. I have always wondered if I was abandoned by my parents." Zhou Chengye smiled and looked at the little girl who might be his sister: "You want to find your second brother, and I also want to find my biological parents."

It has nothing to do with love or not, I just want to put an end to the obsession in my heart.

"You said you wanted to make a phone call, so I'll go with you." Zhou Chengye also wanted to know whether Yu's parents would really check after they became suspicious of their child's identity, or whether they would pretend not to know.

What they do is important to them and affects their future choices.

Yu Wanqing did not refuse: "Let's go now."

"Don't you want to take a break?" Zhou Chengye frowned slightly, not very supportive of leaving right now: "After a whole night, you should have a good rest."

Yu Wanqing rejected the suggestion to rest: "No, your matter is more important."

Secretary Zhou had a bicycle at home, so Zhou Chengye went back and said hello, then rode to the commune with Yu Wanqing and Huo Lanci.

Yu Wanqing first called the steel plant and learned that her father and mother had both taken leave to return to their hometown. After she hung up the phone, she glanced at Zhou Chengye who was standing next to her and said, "My parents have already returned to their hometown."

Zhou Chengye was still somewhat moved when he heard the news, which also proved that the couple did not intend to abandon their child.

Just as Yu Zhiqing said, it was really the old man who secretly took the child away and finally replaced him with a fake one.

Yu Wanqing then called her eldest sister-in-law's parents' home. The original owner often went back to her parents' home with her eldest sister-in-law, so she was very familiar with Zhang's grandparents. It was Grandma Zhang who answered the phone.

As soon as she opened her mouth, Grandma Zhang on the other end of the phone smiled and said, "Is it Xiaowu?"

"Grandma Zhang, I'm Xiaowu." Yu Wanqing smiled and exchanged a few words with Grandma Zhang, then asked if Zhang Chunyu was at home.

"Yes, your sister-in-law is on vacation today. I'll ask her to answer the phone now."

Zhang Chunyu's anxious voice came from the phone: "Xiaowu, why are you calling? Is there something wrong?"

She usually wrote letters, but suddenly she called her parents' home. She was very worried that something had happened to her sister-in-law in the countryside.

Yu Wanqing said repeatedly: "Don't worry, sister-in-law. I called the steel factory and they said my parents had asked for leave to go back to their hometown, so I wanted to ask about the situation."

Zhang Chunyu was silent for a while, then sighed: "My parents went back to my hometown two days ago, and they know the truth of that year." She slowly told the story: "Now we have cut off all ties with our hometown. Yesterday, your eldest brother called and said that Mom fell ill on the train back to Shangyang City and had a high fever. They got off the train nearby and took Mom to the hospital."

"She's still in the hospital." Thinking of her mother-in-law's condition, Zhang Chunyu was also worried: "Your eldest brother said that when mom found out the truth, she went crazy and wanted to kill the two old people. Now I don't know where my second brother is."

"What a good family, now it's in such a mess."

Yu Wanqing glanced at Zhou Chengye and said, "Sister-in-law, I met a gay man who looked very similar to me yesterday when I went to the countryside."

She told him about Zhou Chengye's situation: "I can't contact my parents and brothers right now. If you can contact them, please tell my parents."

Zhang Chunyu was very excited when she heard this: "Your eldest brother left me the hospital's phone number. I'll call him now and you can call back in an hour." After saying that, she hung up the phone and called the hospital where her mother-in-law was currently working.

Yu Jiaren went to the state-owned hotel to buy breakfast and came back. A young nurse saw him and ran over to him: "Comrade Yu, your family called you and asked you to call back as soon as possible."

Yu Jiaren was worried that something happened at home, so he quickly returned a phone call.

Zhang Chunyu heard the phone ring and quickly picked up the phone: "Jiaren, is that you?"

Yu Jiaren hummed: "Wife, it's me."

"Why are you calling me so early in the morning? What happened?"