It turned out that half a year ago, Beibei went to the provincial capital to visit her aunt. On the way from the train station to her aunt's house, she met a man who had no money, so she lent a hand and paid the fare for him.
After arriving at the station, the man asked Beibei what his name was and where he lived, and asked him to go back and give him the money. However, Beibei felt that the money was not much and did not want to cause any trouble, so he just said his name and refused to tell his address and ran away.
"Did you find your way here just based on a name?" Zhao Bin asked.
The boy shook his head. "I spent half a year asking around before I found Aunt Nanqiu. Then I begged her for a long time before she told me."
"How could Nanqiu just tell others his home address so casually!" Li Nanshan scolded.
"Uncle, I'm not a bad person. I just came here to ask Beibei to pay me back."
"Just pay back the money, why do you insist on marrying her?!" Li Nanshan was angry.
"Just give Nanqiu a call and you'll know." Tao Xiaoxi pulled Li Nanshan and said honestly, she thought the boy was handsome and not unpleasant.
Before Li Nanshan could dial, the phone rang first. Li Nanqiu was yelling on the other end, "Brother, please get Sister-in-law to answer the phone! There's news about Miss Mo!"
There is news about Mo Yatou!
"Where is it?" Tao Xiaoxi almost snatched the phone and asked.
Li Nanqiu said that he saw her on the city wall, and she called her "Silent Girl". The person did respond, but when Li Nanqiu walked up to her and wanted to talk to her, she ran away in panic.
"Tell my brother and sister-in-law that we are going to the provincial capital, right now." Tao Xiaoxi immediately ordered in a commanding tone.
The family completely ignored the boy. He looked at this strange and excited family and found it more and more interesting.
"Go back. We're just casual acquaintances. My helping you is just a small favor. If you want to repay me, pass this favor on. If you also meet someone who doesn't have money on the bus, help them once, and it will be considered as your repayment."
"I'm not going back. Your family runs a factory, right? Are you still hiring? I want to apply." The man smiled naively, revealing his two fangs.
Beibei felt that this person was strange and had bad intentions, so he closed the door and refused to let him in.
"Sun Beibei, my name is Ye Jing. Remember, I will come again tomorrow." The boy shouted loudly at the door. He did not feel discouraged, but became more and more courageous.
When Tao Xiaoxi and his group arrived at the provincial capital, they didn't even have time to put down their luggage and went straight to the city wall. They went to the place Li Nanqiu mentioned, but there was no sign of Mo Yatou. There were several beggars begging there. Tao Xiaoxi went to see them one by one, but none of them was Mo Yatou.
The eldest sister-in-law was crying silently, looking forward to seeing Mo Yatou, but she was also afraid that one of the people lying on the ground would look up and find Mo Yatou. They were either missing arms or legs, or were either mute or blind. It was really unbearable to look at them.
She didn't want Mo Yatou to appear in front of her with missing limbs.
But Tao Xiaoxi didn't care about these things. As long as it was Mo Yatou, as long as she was alive, it was fine.
"Nan Qiu, where did you see Miss Mo that day?" Tao Xiaoxi pulled Nan Qiu over and asked.
"Right there," Li Nanqiu pointed to a popsicle stall. "I brought Xixi to the city wall to play. She was craving popsicles and insisted on having one, so I came over to buy one. When I was paying, someone tugged at my trouser leg. I looked down and saw a black, grimy hand grabbing my pants. I subconsciously took a step back. She seemed startled, too, and looked up at me. I remember that look; it was exactly like Mo's."
"How do you know it's her?"
"I called Mo girl and she responded."
"Then why did she run away?" Tao Xiaoxi didn't understand.
"I don't know. I chased her for a while, but she was running for her life. I couldn't catch up, and I was worried about Xixi, so I came back."
Tao Xiaoxi looked around and saw the stall selling popsicles, so she walked straight up to it.
Tao Xiaoxi was generous and bought half of the popsicles in the boss's box at once. The boss was grinning from ear to ear, and Tao Xiaoxi took the opportunity to ask her about Mo Yatou.
"I seem to have an impression of the person you're talking about. She often comes here to beg, along with her husband."
"Husband?" Several people looked at each other.
"Boss, are you sure that's his husband?" Tao Xiaoxi asked.
"That's probably it. The woman can't speak, and the man is sitting on a cart with his legs down to his waist. He looks so pitiful. I see them often coming and going together, but they haven't been here for the past two days."
After hearing this, the sister-in-law burst into tears and dared not listen anymore.
Under the scorching sun, Tao Xiaoxi looked around and felt dizzy. The sunlight made her feel dizzy.
Li Nanshan bought the boss's other half of the popsicles and asked her to give him a favor: if she saw this man again, she should call him and he would give her another reward.
The boss gladly accepted it, as there was no reason not to do such a good thing.
The eldest brother remained silent the entire time, with a frown on his face. It was hard to tell whether he wanted to get Mo girl back or not.
Several people searched in the provincial capital for a few more days, but still had no clue. However, family matters could not be delayed. Once the eldest brother came out, the medicine field was like missing a backbone and was in chaos. They had to go back first.
"Accept your fate. You can't change it. This is Mo's fate, and it's also our fate." The eldest brother suddenly said.
"Brother, how can you not go against fate? Haven't your fate and the fate of the people in Mantou Village changed? Why do you still think so?" Tao Xiaoxi couldn't help but retort.
Only today did she realize that some things cannot be changed, such as a person's inherent inferiority and pessimism. Even if he is given the wrong fate, he will still think that it is the arrangement of destiny.
Tao Xiaoxi always believed that if she kept thinking about something, there would be a response, but she was not sure when that response would come.
She gave Nan Qiu some instructions and gave some benefits to the vendors on the city wall, asking them to call her immediately if they had any news.
When she returned to Fenglai, the reckless boy who had come to propose marriage that day had become a porter at Taoli Factory.
Li Nanshan frowned and asked why he was still there.
"I see that this child is really persistent. He comes here every day without fail. It seems that he really likes Beibei. Xiangxiang also said that this child is rare, so I kept him. What do you think, Xiaoxi?" Zhao Bin asked.
"I have no problem. I've only seen people like him in books. If he is really a lovesick man, I'd like to see how long he can last." Tao Xiaoxi said with a smile.
"Aren't you worried that Beibei will be kidnapped?" Li Nanshan asked anxiously. He was the only one who was worried.
"Comrade Nanshan, look at how old our Beibei is. It's time for her to get married."
"It's not big, no rush." Li Nanshan said.
Seeing how protective he was of his daughter, Tao Xiaoxi couldn't help but laugh, "If Manman brought you a son-in-law, you'd probably fight him to the death."
“She dares!”
"Let's see if she dares." Tao Xiaoxi said with a laugh.
Li Nanshan looked at her with a look of aggrievedness, as if he was angry.
"Don't worry, don't worry. Even if that happens, it's still a long way off. Don't be sad." Tao Xiaoxi hurriedly comforted.
The most urgent thing at the moment is to find out Ye Jing’s origins.
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