"Since Master Cheng didn't send any messages, and there's no one named A-Ren in the Cheng family, let's just consider this lead dead. Since there are no leads, and the world is so vast, finding a needle in a haystack is impossible. Let's just stop looking!"
"Huh?" Ahri asked in surprise.
Whether or not he can find this person will not have a fatal impact on him.
But this was something my mother had entrusted to me before she passed away, and I felt it was a burden to keep it from being returned.
"Mother, what about what I have in my hand?"
He Youyou said nonchalantly, "Since we can't find the person, we don't need to keep the things. Just bring those things to me."
Ali returned to his room, found the copper ingot he had treasured, and handed it to He Youyou.
He Youyou took it in her hand, squeezed it, and shook it.
Cheng Tingrui watched He Youyou's movements and looked at the brass piece, but his expression remained unchanged.
"Ah Li, find something and break this thing open."
"Break through?!"
He Youyou nodded: "I just shook it and it felt like this thing is hollow. Break it open and see what's inside."
Ah Li understood, immediately went out, and had someone fetch a saw.
He started at the edge of the square copper block and sawed off one side along the edge.
The internal structure is clear at a glance.
Ali excitedly ran up to He Youyou: "Mother, look, it really is hollow inside."
He Youyou took it and saw that there seemed to be paper stuffed inside.
She pulled a wooden hairpin from her hair, reached inside, and picked out the paper.
This is an eight-line note, the paper of which has turned slightly yellow.
He Youyou unfolded the piece of paper.
It was covered with writing; it turned out to be a letter.
“Ah Li, it’s a letter. Read it to us.”
Ahri took the letter, and after reading just one line, her eyes widened.
"My son Tingrui..."
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