Chapter 67 Chen Mingen Meets Relatives
The early mornings in August are always a bit chilly. In the old district of Sheshui in Xiangjiang, many shops have opened early, selling breakfast, fruits, and various other shops that have started working before dawn.
The Chen family's fruit shop is called Wangli Fruit Shop. It has been open for nearly 20 years. The elders of the Chen couple have already opened a shop here. After all, the economy of the old Sheshui area used to be very good. But now, it has been abandoned by the new era. The people living here are some former Hong Kong elderly people, as well as those who have just come to Hong Kong to look for jobs and have not found them yet.
Chen Ming'en got up at five in the morning and prepared meals for everyone in the Chen family. He then fed his silly sister and cleaned the house. After finishing all this, he came to Wangli Fruit Shop, opened the shutter door, and started business.
The fresh fruits in the morning are delivered around ten o'clock. At that time, Chen Mingen's father Chen Bin will come here to settle the bill. After Chen Mingen opens the store door, he will put a lot of yesterday's not very good fruits outside the store for sale at a reduced price. He takes out a yellow price tag and writes today's discounted fruits. Chen Mingen begins to organize the fruits on the shelves in the store.
Although he is only fifteen years old this year and looks very weak, he always does things in an orderly manner. In addition, he has a slight obsessive-compulsive disorder. All the fruits in his home are neatly arranged and clean, which makes many people willing to come here to buy fruits.
Generally speaking, minors are not allowed to work, but this is Chen Mingen's family shop and he came to help, so the police would not say anything if they saw it.
Not long after the store opened, people came. Two old ladies came early and saw the discounted fruits.
In fact, these are the bananas that were not sold out after the price reduction last night. They are even cheaper now, and there are only a few left, so many elderly people who love bargains will come to buy them. Usually, a pound of bananas costs three or four yuan, but now they can be taken away for only a few cents.
"Ming'en, I want this banana."
"I want this peach."
It was very early at this time, and many people were rushing to work or eating breakfast. Chen Mingen immediately spoke when he heard the voice.
"Okay, grandma, let me weigh it for you."
He walked out quickly and weighed the fruits for the two of them. In less than half an hour, all the processed fruits left over from yesterday were sold out. The old street was not busy at this moment. Generally, around ten o'clock, the fruits would sell particularly well.
Now that the economic situation is good, many tourists who come to Hong Kong usually come out to play at ten o'clock. Although their street is old, the rent is cheap, which has attracted many people to rent here.
Time passed little by little, and the sun in the sky became bigger and bigger. Chen Mingen cut a few watermelons and made watermelon boxes, and then there were pineapple boxes and strawberry boxes. These small things sold very well, and Chen Mingen kept them clean, so generally a lot of them could be sold in a day. It happened to be the tourist season in August recently, and even in the old city, there were more people, and many people preferred to take pictures of the atmosphere of Hong Kong in the old city.
It was almost ten o'clock, and tourists were already walking around in the old city. Chen Ming'en also became busy as usual. After growing up a little in the past few years, he spent his time like this except for going to school.
While Chen Ming'en was busy inside, a string of black luxury cars arrived at the old city in a low-key yet oppressive manner. They then slowly drove in from outside, attracting a lot of attention along the way. In particular, the license plates on the cars were all numbers, but they actually started with the word "Jing"! This made many people secretly look over. Some recognized them as Hongqi cars. Behind them were low-key business Maybachs. Each license plate was a presence that made people dare not offend.
The people of Hong Kong are not stupid. They know that if there are foreign license plates here, it must be that the top bosses have invested money to come here. Otherwise, how could they drive a mainland car so arrogantly? Therefore, this line of cars immediately attracted a lot of people.
Chen Ming'en had just finished greeting a customer when he looked up and saw a car parked in front of his house. He didn't recognize the Red Flag brand, but thought the other party was buying fruit. He looked over curiously, and the car door opened automatically. Then several men in suits immediately made a way and surrounded their stall, which scared Chen Ming'en.
These men in black suits stood tall and straight, like bodyguards. Chen Mingen had only seen them when he went to King's High School for the exam.
Qin Lang finally got out of the car. He had dressed up carefully to see his son today. The collar of his simple black shirt was slightly open, revealing the golden accessories underneath. The black pants of the same color should have been low-key, but he had an inexplicable sharpness about him, like a blade unsheathed, and even his eyes were a bit aggressive.
He raised his eyes and looked at Chen Ming'en in the shop. Chen Ming'en's curious eyes caught Qin Lang's eyes. The father and son who had been separated for a long time finally met each other's eyes. At this moment, Chen Ming'en was stunned for a moment, and his hands were inexplicably stiff. For some reason, he always felt that the man in front of him was very similar to himself.
Wang Dani also came out of the car. She was wearing a white shirt and black pants today. Her hair was combed behind her head, revealing her angular face. The moment she saw Chen Mingen, her eyes suddenly turned red.
Chen Mingen also saw Wang Dani and was a little confused.
Then, people got out of the car that stopped behind one after another. The moment everyone saw Chen Ming'en, they were surprised and excited, and they couldn't wait to go over and recognize him.
This moment seemed like a few seconds, but also seemed like a long time had passed. Chen Mingen stared blankly at the person in front of him walking towards him.
Qin Lang and Wang Dani walked over and stood at the door of the store. Chen Mingen was there.
The shop owners nearby were also very surprised to see this scene, especially when they saw Qin Lang's face which was extremely similar to Chen Ming'en. They immediately understood what was going on and gathered around to watch the fun, but were stopped outside by bodyguards.
"Hello, I'm Qin Lang, your biological father, and this is your biological mother."
Qin Lang took the initiative to introduce himself. Seeing the shocked and somewhat strange look in the boy's eyes, Wang Dani beside him also spoke.
"Child, I am your mother, I..."
She wanted to say something but seemed unable to find the words to start with, and she could see Chen Ming'en's panic.
Chen Ming'en stood there, apparently motionless, but his whole body was already in a state of confusion, his mind in a mess. The moment Qin Lang appeared, he had been asking himself the questions in his mind.
Who is this person? Why does he look so much like me? Is he related to me? Is he my father?
Chen Ming'en knew from a young age that he was not a child of the Chen family. After he grew up a little, he often heard his adoptive parents talk about how they had worked hard to bring him from the mainland to Hong Kong. They also told him that his parents abandoned him, and that his father was a gangster and his mother was a bad woman, so after giving birth to him, neither of them took responsibility. It happened that the Chen family went to the mainland for a trip and brought him back.
The Chen family named him Ming'en in the hope that he would not become a bad person like his biological parents, but be a good child who remembers their kindness.
Knowing this, Chen Ming'en was very grateful to his adoptive parents. He was very sensible since he was a child. He learned to help with housework at home and take care of his mentally ill sister. Washing clothes and cooking were things he had been used to since he was a child. Later, when he grew up, he began to help in the store. He never thought that his biological parents would come to him one day.
My parents said that he was a child abandoned by his biological parents.
This idea has been planted in Chen Mingen's mind, making him no longer obsessed with his own life experience and just want to live his own life well.
Although his adoptive parents treated him even worse after his younger brother was born, Chen Ming'en was still grateful in his heart. He thought that if he had not been abandoned by his biological parents, his adoptive parents would not have picked him up and raised him, so he should be grateful.
He can't become like his biological parents.
Chen Ming'en had always thought so, but when he saw the person in front of him, he suddenly realized it.
What if my adoptive parents have been lying to me all along?
What if your biological parents were never who they said they were?
He looked at the young man and woman in front of him, his head buzzing and he couldn't utter a word.
Wang Dani keenly felt his trembling. Even when he himself didn't feel it, Chen Ming'en's eyes had already turned red. He looked at the couple in front of him with a bit of grievance and accusation.
Wang Dani finally couldn't hold back any longer, and rushed over, hugging Chen Mingen, who was standing stiffly there, in her arms.
"Good boy! I am your mother. You are suffering because of me. I lost you."
She was really sad at this moment, and tears poured out along with her voice. Chen Mingen only felt hot tears on his neck and also felt the trembling of this woman. He looked at Qin Lang in front of him, and then found Qin Tianying and Qin Tianya. The sisters looked very similar, which made Chen Mingen realize that his eyes seemed to be somewhat similar to those of these two sisters.
There were still people standing outside, almost surrounding the entire fruit stall. People from the Qin family and the Wang family were all crying, their eyes red. They knew from the photos that Chen Ming'en was not having a good life, but now seeing this child with slightly yellow hair, pale cheeks that could not hold the flesh, and a body that seemed to be blown away by the wind, all the adults felt distressed.
Just now, seeing him doing business skillfully, I thought that this child is only seventeen years old, but he has already started doing adult things. I don’t know how much suffering he must have endured. The Qin family and the Wang family’s eyes were red. Qin’s father and mother and Wang’s father and mother were all crying, crying that this child was finally found after being away from home for many years.
Chen Ming'en felt the gazes of these people. He looked at them one by one and found that they all looked somewhat similar. They should be a family. Are they, are they all here to find him?
Being held in his arms and feeling an unprecedented gentle embrace, Chen Ming'en found that he could not speak, as if he had suddenly lost his voice. He just blinked and looked at the person in front of him. After an unknown amount of time, he finally found his voice.
"Did you... find the wrong person?"
His voice was trembling, but his eyes were full of pleading for help and grievance, as if a child who had been wandering for many years had found his family but couldn't believe it. At this time, he could only add one sentence in a trembling voice.
"Am I your child?"
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