The old couple looked at each other, then at Cheng Jingmo. Seeing that he had no intention of refusing, Lin Yunyi slowly spoke.
"We heard the country's call and decided to return home, but at that time I found out I was pregnant. I thought returning home would be a simple matter and that being pregnant wouldn't have any impact. But when we went to handle the paperwork, we found that returning home was really difficult."
"After more than four months of negotiations by our country's diplomats, we finally boarded the ship back home. However, upon leaving American soil, we were assassinated. We disguised ourselves, changed trains multiple times, and made many detours before reaching Hong Kong. The journey, which should have taken more than a month, took us over three months."
"After arriving in Hong Kong, the assassination attempts became even more terrifying, especially for your father, who was a mechanical engineer and therefore a greater risk. And with my large pregnancy, I was a very obvious target. To reduce the risk, we had to leave secretly via separate routes. Your father continued north to Beijing, and I went directly to the base in the northwest."
"This journey was uncertain, and your father named you Xingzhi for the boy and Sizhi for the girl before he left. Two female PLA soldiers escorted me to the northwest. To avoid pursuit, we were forced to change our route several times, always choosing difficult and remote roads."
"Later, we walked into a large mountain. The heavy snow had blocked the mountain road for days. You were born on that day, around 10 a.m. on December 28th. I gave birth to you in a cave. Due to the long journey and postpartum weakness, I fell into a coma after giving birth to you. When I woke up, you were no longer by my side."
"It turns out that one of the PLA soldiers escorting me was worried that bringing you with us would attract enemy spies, and that if we brought you with us, we would be even more trapped and unable to leave the mountain. We might all die here. So, while I was unconscious, she took you to a cave far away, hoping that a hunter would find you."
"To make it easier for us to recognize each other in the future, she placed a bracelet and a jade pendant that I always carried with me on you. When I woke up, I had to take you with me. Even if we couldn't get out of this mountain, I couldn't leave you there alone."
"But when we arrived at the cave, we saw nothing but two sets of wolf footprints. I thought you had been carried off by the wolves and that you definitely didn't survive. I endured my grief and continued westward, but the PLA soldier, because he had used his only coat to wrap you, never made it out of the mountain."
"Also, that PLA soldier is still alive. She's currently in a certain unit. If you don't believe me, you can ask her to verify it."
Lin Yunyi continued, "In the first few years, I held on to the hope that you'd been rescued by a hunter and were still alive. Pawnshops hadn't been completely eliminated during those years, and anyone working in the pawn industry would have recognized the jade pendant. It was an ancestral jade pendant from the Shanghai Song family. As long as someone tried to pawn it, I could find you. But later, the pawnshops were eliminated, and no one tried to pawn the jade pendant anymore. I lost hope."
"You must be wondering, since we still hold onto the hope that you're still alive, why don't we go door to door around that mountain looking for you?"
Lin Yunyi smiled bitterly and said, "We didn't have the time. At that time, the country had just been established, and many countries were eyeing us covetously. We urgently needed to become stronger. We couldn't give up the development of the country for something that was almost non-existent."
"For these years, your father has been conducting research at the base, while I have been out with the geological team, surveying and prospecting all year round. We are sorry for you and for making you suffer all these years!"
After Lin Yunyi finished speaking, the ward fell into deathly silence.
Yu Xiangnian had finished feeding the child the rice in the bowl, but he was still sitting there with the bowl and spoon, unable to calm down for a long time.
Cheng Jingmo's heart was also filled with turbulent waves.
It turns out that his parents are such great people. It turns out that they never intended to abandon him...
But······
The light in Cheng Jingmo's eyes dimmed again, and he lowered his eyes indifferently.
Yu Xiangnian instantly understood Cheng Jingmo's thoughts. She asked, "So, Song Shaochun and Cheng Jingmo are brothers. What are you going to do?"
Even if Cheng Jingmo doesn't recognize his biological parents, he can't be brothers with Song Shaochun!
If they wanted to persuade Cheng Jingmo to let Song Shaochun go, she would not agree!
"Niannian, don't worry about this," Song Huaiqian said. "No matter what Shaochun did or what crime he deserves, we won't cover up for him in the slightest. Besides, they are not brothers."
Yu Xiangnian: "Hmm?"
Lin Yunyi continued, "Shaochun is our adopted child. That year, when I was working away from home, I rescued Shaochun, who had been abducted and sold by human traffickers. Thinking of how pitiful this child was, as he had no parents, I adopted him."
"Also, Xiaoye was also adopted." Lin Yunyi said, "Maybe giving birth to a child hurt my body, so I haven't had any children in all these years."
Yu Xiangnian said straight to the point: "We will not let Song Shaochun go!"
Lin Yunyi also said: "Even if it is our own child, if he or she does something illegal, we should take responsibility!"
There was another knock on the ward door. Yu Xiangnian turned around and saw it was Gong Zhixuan.
He was holding a bag in his hand and his colleagues were following behind him.
"Deputy Gong, come in quickly." Yu Xiangnian greeted him warmly.
Song Huaiqian and Lin Yunyi also stood up, "Deputy Captain Gong, come in and sit down."
They also knew that Gong Zhixuan had helped a lot in Cheng Jingmo's matter.
If it weren't for him, who knows what would have happened to Yu Xiangnian!
Gong Zhixuan walked in and said, "I'm going back tomorrow morning. I came to visit Cheng Jingmo today."
Yu Xiangnian was very disappointed. "Are you leaving tomorrow morning? Cheng Jingmo and I haven't thanked you properly yet!"
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