Chapter 381 The Orphanage's Lies: The Handsome Flower Boy 81
"What do they look like?" The boy's voice was a little strained.
Shen Ci relayed Dean Lu's description and then asked a question.
"Jin Nian, do you still remember your grandparents? How were they to you?"
Although Shen Ci already has a preliminary impression, what kind of good person can say such rumors?
However, there is another possibility: the elderly couple may have contacted the wrong person.
A long silence.
Then, Lu Jinnian's voice came through, very soft and very clear.
"I remember.
They didn't throw me away themselves, but they didn't resolutely stop Zhou Weimin either.
When Zhou Weimin said they had to abandon me for their future, they cried, but in the end they nodded.
He paused, then continued.
"I don't hate them, but I don't want to see them either."
They chose their son's future and abandoned me now. There's no point in seeing them; I have no feelings for them.
These words were spoken calmly, yet they brought a pang of sadness to Shen Ci's heart. This child was so insightful, so insightful that it broke her heart.
"Little New Year, there's something else I need to tell you."
Zhou Weimin got divorced yesterday. His leg injury is very serious, and he may never be able to stand up straight again.
Moreover, he will never have children again, and his two current children are not his biological children.
This family probably came to you for this very reason.
A soft gasp came from the other end of the phone; the son's face was not visible.
"So, if you really are his only child, their purpose in contacting you now is quite obvious."
What are you thinking?
Shen Ci's spies and informants are everywhere.
There was another moment of silence, then Lu Jinnian asked.
"Mom, do you think I should see them?"
Shen Ci could imagine Lu Jinnian's feelings. Standing at a crossroads in life, no one can predict the future.
It is precisely because we do not know the future that we hesitate in every choice.
For Lu Jinnian, his grandparents had loved him, treated him well, and even tried to stop him from being abandoned, but their feelings for him weren't that deep, and they weren't that determined to choose him.
Besides, he is not a cold-blooded and heartless child.
Many children abandoned by their biological parents will still try to find their relatives when they grow up, because of their deep-seated attachment.
What makes us human is that we have seven emotions and six desires, and complex feelings and emotions.
"This is not something I should decide for you."
But I can tell you that whatever decision you make, I will support you.
Furthermore, I have already hired a lawyer and am preparing to sue Zhou Weimin for abandonment. If you agree, we will begin legal proceedings soon.
This time, Lu Jinnian did not hesitate.
"I agree, and I don't want to see them either."
My only relatives are the Shen family and Dean Lu.
When he said those three words, he felt as if a stone that had been weighing on his heart for more than ten years had finally been loosened.
So this is what it feels like to see evildoers get their comeuppance.
Meanwhile, in the welfare home's reception room, Mr. and Mrs. Zhou waited anxiously for almost an hour before Director Lu finally returned.
"I apologize for keeping you both waiting." Dean Lu sat down and adjusted his glasses.
“I checked the records, and eleven years ago in December, we did indeed adopt a baby boy, and the situation is somewhat similar to what you described.”
But I can't be sure if it's your child.
Zhou's mother excitedly grabbed her husband's hand.
"Then, where is that child now?"
Looking at her eager eyes, Dean Lu sighed inwardly. If what the elderly couple said was true, then they were indeed pitiful.
But what if the child doesn't want to acknowledge them? Then they're just being wishful.
And what they're saying isn't true either.
After calling Ms. Shen, she also called Lu Jinnian. Even if Ms. Shen was a good person, Dean Lu still wanted to hear what the child he had raised had to say.
"The child was later adopted by relatives. The adoption procedures were all legal, and the child is doing very well now."
Mr. Zhou panicked; sure enough, the child was still there!
"Adopted? Who adopted him?"
Comrade, please tell us, we just want to see our grandson and see if he's doing well!
"I'm sorry, but according to regulations, we cannot disclose information about adoptive families." Dean Lu shook his head.
"Moreover, if the child is indeed abandoned, the person who abandoned him back then has legally lost guardianship rights."
Even if you are grandparents, you have no right to take the child back.
Zhou's mother's tears fell again.
"We don't want our child back, we just want to see him, to say sorry to him, comrade, please, please help us!"
Dean Lu felt a pang of sadness seeing the two elderly people weeping bitterly.
But then she thought of what Shen Ci and Lu Jinnian had said, and of how little Lu Jinnian looked back then.
When the child first arrived at the orphanage, he cried all night long. When he had a fever and was delirious, he kept calling out, "Dad, don't go."
But these two seemingly pitiful old people didn't utter a single truth.
She felt sorry for Lu Jinnian, not the two elderly people, but for the little boy who had such relatives.
How did he survive in such a family? He was precocious and knew very well that he had been abandoned. How did he accept all of this?
That's probably why he chose to stay in the first place.
"Here's what we'll do: you leave your contact information, and I'll let you know if I have any news."
But you also need to be prepared that your child now has a new family and is doing well, and may not want to be disturbed.
Mr. and Mrs. Zhou expressed their deepest gratitude, left their home address, and left the orphanage, turning back to look at each other repeatedly.
Dean Lu wouldn't contact them; she just found their contact address and would provide it to Ms. Shen later to see if it would be useful.
The two sides had completely different accounts, but she believed Lu Jinnian's memory more.
When he got home, it was almost dark. Zhou Weimin had been waiting at home for so long that he was about to get out of bed and walk. When he saw his parents return, he immediately asked them what was going on.
"So? Did you find it?"
Mr. Zhou shook his head and recounted what had happened.
"Adopted?" Zhou Weimin frowned.
"How is that possible? I clearly left him at the gate of the orphanage back then. Logically speaking, he shouldn't have any relatives here. This is Beijing, where would he have any relatives?"
He suddenly thought of something, his eyes lit up, and he almost overlooked it.
"There's another place! Back then, I came from the village."
The child's mother is still in the village!
If that child still has relatives, they must be from the Shen family!
Mr. and Mrs. Zhou exchanged a glance.
"You mean..."
Zhou Weimin gritted his teeth.
"right.
That woman might know where the child is.
Even if they don't know, the villagers may have heard something about it.
"Go to the village and tell them I'm the child's father, that I'm now disabled, and that I want to find my son to support me in my old age."
He stared at his parents, his eyes flashing with a crazed light.
"This is your last chance. If you can't even find one in the village, you'll have no grandsons left, and you'll be left without descendants."
Zhou's mother wiped away her tears.
"Okay, okay, we'll go to the village tomorrow."
However, Zhou's father still hesitated.
"Weimin, what if... what if that child is really still alive, but doesn't want to acknowledge us?"
Zhou Weimin fell silent; he had never even considered this possibility.
After a long silence, he finally managed to squeeze out a sentence through gritted teeth.
"We need to find them first. The Zhou family bloodline cannot be allowed to be lost."
Outside the window, the north wind howled, swirling up the remaining snow on the ground.
The child they were searching for was processing all of this, swallowing his own suffering.
Any hardship will become nourishment under his feet.
This time, he will not let others manipulate him. He has people to protect, and people to protect him.
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