"It's a long story. A few nights ago, Zhili went out to play and didn't come back until it got dark. Your father and I searched everywhere for him."
"When your father and I found our way up the mountain, we saw a car drive away. When we went closer, we found a shovel and a sack on the ground."
At this point, Yunping stopped, took a deep breath to fill her lungs with oxygen, and then had the courage to continue. But Lu Chunhe couldn't wait any longer.
"Mom, are you saying that the sack contained the child, and the shovel was thrown down by the driver and used to dig a hole to bury the child?"
His voice was filled with fear.
He had heard before that when a girl was born, people would throw her into a chamber pot or cesspool to drown her, or leave her in a river or by the roadside to fend for herself.
He had seen him a few times.
But I've never heard of digging a hole and burying a girl, especially one who has been raised for several years.
This is too cruel, too horrific.
"Yes." Yunping nodded, her eyes brimming with tears.
Thinking back to that night when her husband and she hadn't gone into the mountains, An Wan's child would surely have met with terrible fate.
Perhaps it was fate's arrangement that brought them together.
"She's so pitiful." Lu Chunhe has always been kind and sensitive, and has always been disgusted by the phenomenon of favoring sons over daughters.
"Yes, if Mom and Dad hadn't gone into the mountains that night, that child probably wouldn't be here anymore."
Lu Jingming was a bit timid and terrified of murder and death, but he also felt compassion.
Lu Jingxing remained silent, carefully considering his mother's words and thinking of ways to resolve the matter.
He didn't want the child to stay. The abandoned child must have been buried alive by bad people for some reason, and their body destroyed to cover up the crime.
Regardless of whether she is innocent or pitiful.
Leaving her at home will surely attract bad people lurking in the shadows, and her parents and the whole family may be in danger.
Moreover, his family is so poor that they simply cannot afford to raise him.
"Mom, didn't we call the police? Wouldn't it be better to send the child to an orphanage to be cared for? There are several people in our family to eat, and you are busy farming and doing farm work. You're afraid you won't be able to take good care of Ayan and Ali."
Before he could finish speaking, Lu Jingxing changed his tone, trying his best not to upset Yunping.
“The child has amnesia and can’t remember anything. She also refuses to go with the police. We are only temporarily taking her in. As long as she finds her family and has a suitable arrangement for herself, I will not force her to stay. I just don’t know how long that day will take. Maybe a few months, or even a few years or a decade.”
Yunping looked at Lu Jingxing and knew he had something on his mind.
Isn't it just that they don't like or approve of her adopting An Wan?
She knew her family's situation was not good, and that raising another child would make it difficult to even feed them.
Forget about studying, let alone living a good life.
He's the eldest son, so it's normal for him to have his own ideas.
No one would accept her decision.
However, she could not give up on Anwan because of this.
She would rather save her own food rations for An Wan, taking care of her for as long as possible.
“Don’t worry too much. The police station gave our family enough food to feed Anwan. It’s not much, but it’s enough to feed her.”
"Mom..." Lu Chunhe and Lu Jingming were also caught in a dilemma.
An Wan, should she stay or not?
"Where is that child? Why can't I see her?" Lu Jingxing stood up and looked around the quiet room. It was not much different from before. If Yunping hadn't told him, he wouldn't have known that there was a little girl in the house.
Yunping brushed a stray hair behind her ear and said softly, "A few days ago, Wanwan cried a lot after seeing Jiayan and then fainted. She developed a high fever in the middle of the night and was taken to the town for treatment. The fever subsided, but she slept for a few days."
She couldn't understand why either, and almost thought An Wan was dead.
She would have been terrified if she hadn't heard the child's steady breathing.
"I'll go check it out." Lu Jingxing hesitated for a moment, still feeling uneasy, and decided to go and see what was going on.
"I want to see my sister too." Lu Chunhe and Lu Jingming, the twins, followed their older brother to Yunping's bedroom to see Anwan.
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