"...Don't you want to sponsor your orphanage anymore?"
The agent squinted. "Didn't you say your orphanage is in terrible condition, and all the children there live in dire poverty, so you need to earn a lot of money to help them? What? You don't want to earn money anymore?"
Xu Gui sat on the only stool in the room, her body relaxed, sprawled on it like a soft cake.
"...Yes, I think earning money is too tiring, I don't want to earn it anymore," she said, her tone languid.
"?" The agent was stunned for a moment, then asked, "If you don't want to earn money, then what do you want to do?"
Xu Gui replied matter-of-factly, "Of course, I want to eat whenever I want, sleep whenever I want, and preferably sleep for thirty years!"
Eat and sleep, sleep and eat?
The agent quipped, "...So you want to be a pig now?"
Xu Gui frowned, retorting, "You really have a bad way of talking!"
She snorted, somewhat arrogantly saying, "How can a stupid creature like a pig compare to us Xuan Turtle...how can it compare to us?"
She wasn't trying to belittle pigs; she simply looked down on every other creature except for Xuan Turtle—this sentiment wasn't unique to Xu Gui; it encompassed all Xuan Turtles. In their eyes, they were the most perfect creatures in the world, without exception.
In other words, every Xuan Turtle was a self-assured and extremely confident being, a behavior humans called "narcissism."
The agent rolled his eyes. He was impatient to say anything more to Xu Gui and said firmly, "I don't care if you want to or not, I've already spoken to Qiu Nai and the others about this. You have to go whether you want to or not!"
He then looked at Xu Gui suspiciously and said, "Why do I feel like you've become more clever?" And bolder too; you even dare to contradict him now.
Xu Gui confidently replied, "I've always been clever!"
"Pshaw! Give me a break." The agent scoffed, "If you're clever, then there's no such thing as a clever person in this world."
Xu Gui: ...She was certain; this was the kind of human she hated most!
Seeing that she didn't speak, the agent said in a somewhat irritable tone, "Did you hear what I just said?"
Xu Gui lifted her eyelids to look at him and pointed out a key issue: "What good would it do me to do this? Last time, I listened to you and knocked on Qiu Nai's hotel door, and afterwards, the whole internet was cursing me..."
"Everyone said I was a mistress, interfering in other people's relationships, and I was scorned on the street."
She possessed the original memories of this body, so she naturally knew what had happened before. Now, recalling it, the stifling feeling of being wronged still seemed to linger in her heart.
The agent instinctively resorted to his previous rhetoric: "Of course doing this is good for you. You know how it is to increase exposure, right? These days, it's not that we're afraid of you getting criticized, it's that we're afraid no one will know who you are!"
"Right now, Qiu Nai and Tang Xu's CP is hot. Anyone online can attract a lot of traffic by just mentioning anything related to them..."
"You're new to the industry and don't have many works yet. It just so happens that Qiu Nai and Tang Xu need to create buzz and generate hype. As long as the news of your involvement gets out, they can both vent their frustrations and solidify their CP fanbase, while you can also gain some buzz and attention."
"It's a win-win situation!"
In the agent's words, this opportunity was incredibly tempting. He said, "Look, this time on Hunan TV, if you hadn't attracted some attention with this, do you think this opportunity would have fallen into your lap?"
The agent's face hardened, and he used his trump card: "If you don't do it, plenty of others will. If you don't cherish it, the opportunity will be taken by someone else."
"...Since this is such a good opportunity, let's give it to someone else." Xu Gui said lazily, completely unmoved.
Seeing this, the agent suddenly revealed his true colors, abandoning his hypocritical "I'm doing this for your own good" facade.
"Don't forget, you signed a contract with our company. You have an obligation to take on the work we assign you!" he sneered. "Or are you trying to breach the contract? But as an orphan with no parents, can you come up with 80 million in breach of contract fees?"
Xu Gui: ?
Xu Gui: !!
At this moment, Xu Gui perfectly demonstrated what it means to be startled awake from a near-death experience.
Damn it, another breach of contract fee? Why is this world full of breach of contract fees? Not filming the show seriously costs money, and now not following the agent's instructions also costs money?!
Xu Gui: QAQ. Is the human world really this terrifying?
Seeing that Xu Gui finally wasn't wearing that lazy face anymore, the agent finally showed a satisfied expression.
After slapping her, he offered Xu Gui a sweet treat, saying, "Don't worry, I'm your manager. We're in this together, so how could I not consider your well-being? As long as you cooperate, you'll definitely be the next hottest actress!"
Xu Gui: Do you think I believe that?
You have such sharp eyes and a monkey-like face, with narrow, slanted eyes. You look like a treacherous and vicious person. I'd be a fool to believe you.
... Having only recently arrived in human society, Xu Gui had already mastered the art of making empty promises.
Her manager left, and Xu Gui watched the door close. She turned on her phone, which she had been clutching, and opened the voice message she had just recorded.
Soon, her manager's unpleasant voice came through the phone.
Xu Gui proudly muttered, "I knew it! People who love playing on their phones are always lucky!"
If she hadn't loved playing on her phone, she wouldn't have been able to record what that ugly guy was saying in time. Although she didn't know what it was for now, she knew it would be useful sooner or later.
She plugged in her phone, grabbed her clothes, and went to the bathroom to shower, preparing for a nap.
As for what that guy called the agent mentioned, she'd deal with it after she woke up. Sleep and eating were the most important things, no matter what.
...
Perhaps because the agent brought up the orphanage, Xu Gui didn't sleep well. She kept dreaming about her time at the orphanage.
It was more like a memory than a dream; she dreamt from a first-person perspective, as if she were experiencing it firsthand.
But it was only a vague memory, because upon waking, Xu Gui only remembered the persimmon tree at the orphanage.
That persimmon tree was tall and large, said to have been there before the orphanage was built. Every year it would bear many persimmons. After the director thinned the fruit and fertilized, the remaining persimmons would gradually grow round and plump, eventually reaching a very large size.
In her dream, Xu Gui's small hands could barely hold a large persimmon.
By late autumn and early winter, the bright yellow persimmons hung on branches that had lost most of their leaves, looking festive and sweet.
Back then, the children in the orphanage eagerly awaited the ripening of persimmons. Once ripe, the persimmons would be picked and left to ripen for two days, tasting as sweet as honey.
When Xu Gui opened her eyes, she felt as if the sweet, rich aroma of persimmons still lingered in her mouth.
She smacked her lips, but tasted nothing—the sweetness of persimmons was purely a hallucination!
Xu Gui was disappointed.
She glanced at the time and realized it was only four in the afternoon. She had only slept for an hour, and clearly hadn't slept well, because instead of feeling refreshed, she felt a little tired.
Xu Gui got up to wash her face in the bathroom, and when she returned, she lay on the bed and began to space out—she had even forgotten to use her phone.
For some reason, she kept thinking about the orphanage in her dream, the elderly and kind director, and the poor but happy children in the orphanage.
Finally, there was that big, golden persimmon tree.
Xu Gui muttered, "...It feels like my own memory." Even the bittersweet emotions seemed to be her own.
As the memories of the orphanage became more vivid, Xu Gui suddenly realized that it was this body's memories merging with her own.
*
Xu Gui wasn't one to let herself suffer internally. Since she kept thinking about the orphanage, she decided to go and see it.
She thought confidently: since she'd already said she was off today, she could arrange the rest of her time as she pleased.
Without further ado, she packed her things, grabbed her phone, and left.
She remembered the orphanage's address, but as she left the hotel, a thought crossed her mind: should she buy something to take back? Going empty-handed didn't seem right.
After thinking for a moment, Xu Gui found the nearest well-known fast-food restaurant and ordered a 28-serving fried chicken and hamburger combo—the orphanage was small, with only thirteen children and the rest staff.
Because of the large order, the restaurant opted for delivery, using a van.
"…Then give me a ride too!" Xu Gui's eyes lit up with a sudden inspiration. "I'm going to the orphanage too, just treat me as the 29th combo!"
One more than the 28 combo.
Staff: "…Okay."
Xu Gui happily got into the van, thinking how clever she was; this way she could save on a taxi fare. The
orphanage
wasn't located near the city outskirts, and it took the car two hours to reach its entrance.
Xu Gui jumped out of the car, sniffed herself, and muttered, "I smell so delicious..." She was covered in the aroma of fried chicken and hamburgers.
*Slurp*
She looked up at the orphanage.
It had a very ordinary name, "Love Orphanage." The main gate was a large iron gate, which was locked. There were smaller gates on either side for people to enter and exit, but those were also locked.
Xu Gui told the delivery driver to wait while she went to knock on the door.
"Hello, is anyone home?"
"Come open the door!"
she shouted.
After a while, there was finally some movement inside. A short, plump middle-aged woman wearing an apron came out.
When she came out, her expression was somewhat puzzled and wary, but when she saw Xu Gui standing there, all her expressions turned to surprise and delight.
"Xu Gui!" she exclaimed in surprise, quickly opening the small door as she said, "Why are you back? Come in quickly! Your headmistress will be so happy to know you're back."
Xu Gui looked at her and called out the name he remembered.
"Auntie Tuanzi!"
...
Auntie Tuanzi's name wasn't actually Tuanzi; her surname was Li, and her name was Li Ru.
He couldn't remember who started calling her Auntie Tuanzi, but by the time everyone realized it, the name had become ubiquitous among the children.
Fortunately, Auntie Tuanzi accepted the name readily and wasn't angry.
Auntie Tuanzi wasn't an employee of the orphanage, but a volunteer. She had been volunteering at the orphanage for thirteen years.
For those thirteen years, Auntie Tuanzi would come to the orphanage to help out every day after work or on her days off, rain or shine.
However, every so often, Auntie Tuanzi would disappear for a while, and only after some time would she reappear. The Auntie Tuanzi before the children at that time would be thinner and frail, and her appearance would be older and more tired.
When Xu Gui was little, she overheard other volunteers at the orphanage talking about Aunt Tuanzi—they probably thought Xu Gui was a bit simple-minded and didn't understand anything, so they didn't hide their conversation from her.
She heard that Aunt Tuanzi originally had a child, a son, but he was lost when he was two years old. At the time, Aunt Tuanzi's mother-in-law had taken the child out for some fresh air and was chatting with someone nearby. When she finished talking, she realized the child was gone.
After the child was lost, Aunt Tuanzi never gave up searching. Every year during the period when she disappeared, she would travel all over the country looking for her child. She always carried a photo of the child in her pocket.
However, that photo was only taken when the child was two years old; now, thirteen years had passed, and she didn't know what the child looked like now.
Xu Gui looked at Aunt Tuanzi intently.
"...Why didn't you call before you came back?" Aunt Tuanzi was still nagging, pulling Xu Gui inside. "Come on in, what are you doing standing at the door?"
Xu Gui called after her, "Wait, I bought some things."
When Aunt Tuanzi saw the hamburgers and fried chicken Xu Gui had bought, and so much of it, she couldn't help but scold her, "You child, why are you wasting money? You don't earn money easily, you should buy yourself some food and necessities."
Xu Gui replied softly, "I rarely come back, of course I have to buy something for the children...and these things aren't expensive."
The two of them, along with the fast food restaurant staff, carried the things inside. It was dinnertime, and since Xu Gui had bought so many hamburgers and fried chicken, they wouldn't have to cook dinner.
As Xu Gui walked in, she looked around the orphanage.
Their orphanage was a bit old, small, and the facilities were visibly dilapidated, but fortunately, everyone kept it clean, so it didn't look too run-down.
Xu Gui and the others put their things in the cafeteria. The cafeteria auntie, hearing the noise, peeked out and, seeing Xu Gui, happily came out to talk to her.
"...I watched that variety show you filmed! You were so beautiful in it! I don't think any other female celebrity is as pretty as you!"
The cafeteria auntie praised Xu Gui endlessly. She had a mother's eye for beauty; she thought Xu Gui was wonderful no matter what—although she was just a nobody in the entertainment industry, in the eyes of everyone at the orphanage, Xu Gui was their pride.
"But Little Turtle, can you really tell fortunes? I've never heard of you having that skill before?"
When the cafeteria auntie mentioned fortune telling, Xu Gui noticed that Aunt Tuanzi standing next to her seemed to shift slightly.
"I'm self-taught, completely self-taught!" Xu Gui shamelessly boasted. "Aren't there some people in this world who are just exceptionally talented in certain things? Obviously, I'm one of those people!"
Seeing her lively expression, the cafeteria lady couldn't help but exclaim, "...You're so energetic now! It's true, children really need to get some experience outside."
Look at how quiet and reserved she used to be; now she's so lively and spirited.
They chatted for a while, and then the children came over. When they saw the fries, hamburgers, and fried chicken on the table, their eyes lit up, calling her "Sister Xu Gui" with sweet, almost honeyed voices.
—Indeed, no child can resist the temptation of fried chicken and hamburgers.
The principal also came over. Seeing Xu Gui return, she was very happy and gently pulled Xu Gui aside, asking if she had been mistreated outside.
Looking at her, Xu Gui felt a surge of warmth in her heart. To the principal's questions, she simply smiled and said that everything was fine.
"What's going on with those news articles online?" The dean looked at her hesitantly. "They're all calling you a mistress..."
As someone who watched Xu Gui grow up, the dean absolutely didn't believe Xu Gui would do something like interfering in someone else's relationship. Besides... to put it bluntly, this child is a bit more naive than most people, making it even less likely that she would do such a thing.
The dean was just worried that Xu Gui might have suffered some injustice.
Seeing the dean's worried expression, Xu Gui smiled and explained, "There's actually a reason for this; it was something we discussed with the other party."
The dean asked in confusion, "Discussed?"
"Yes!" Xu Gui pulled out the same excuse his agent had given him, concluding, "These are all methods my agent came up with to make me famous. Look, now quite a few people online know my name, right? Anyway, in our line of work, being criticized isn't scary; what's scary is no one knowing me."
The dean sighed and said, "I don't understand these things in your industry, but personally, I still don't want to see you boost your fame this way."
Every parent feels for their child; thinking about the insults directed at Xu Gui online made the dean feel uneasy.
Xu Gui said, "I know what you mean. If you don't like it, I'll tell my agent that I won't do it this way anymore..."
The director said embarrassedly, "...I'm not an expert either. If I said anything wrong, just pretend I didn't hear you."
Xu Gui took the director's arm and said, "I know you're doing this for my own good. Don't worry, my agent treats me very well. He said that as long as I follow the path he's laid out for me, becoming famous is only a matter of time!"
"When I'm famous and have made lots and lots of money, I'll use the money to renovate our orphanage. Then everyone will envy the children in our orphanage!"
The director, like a mother, gently patted her head as she listened to her words.
"Seeing you like this, I'm finally relieved,"
the director said. "I didn't agree with your desire to become a star before. You're not very bright, and you don't know how to talk to anyone when you're wronged... The entertainment industry is a mess, and I was really afraid you'd get bullied."
Xu Gui: "..." If someone else had said she wasn't smart, she would have been indignant, but it was the director... well, whatever. She was a magnanimous turtle, after all.
The director was unaware of Xu Gui's inner thoughts. She smiled at Xu Gui, her expression quite relieved.
Xu Gui suddenly remembered something and asked the director curiously, "Director, why is my name Xu Gui? Is my nickname 'Little Turtle'..." It's the "turtle" in "turtle."
"Oh," the director chuckled, "that's because when you were abandoned at the orphanage, there was a turtle wrapped in your cloth bag, and the surname 'Xu' was written on it!"
"We were originally thinking of naming you Xu Gui (Xu Turtle), the turtle as in turtle, but we felt it wasn't a good name, afraid you'd be laughed at when you grew up."
The word "turtle" could easily become a word of ridicule among children.
The director continued, "In the end, everyone thought about it and changed 'turtle' to 'return,' deciding to call you Xu Gui!"
"Return" also carries the orphanage's hopes for Xu Gui, hoping she could return home soon and find her parents and relatives, instead of becoming an orphan.
Xu Gui listened, somewhat thoughtful.
If there was only one coincidence, it could still be called a coincidence, but countless coincidences piled up together, Xu Gui felt it wasn't a coincidence anymore. Now Xu Gui was quite certain; Xu Gui was probably "Xu Gui."
But were they identical beings from different worlds, or was Xu Gui merely a clone that could be resurrected after being struck by lightning?
"Probably only the Third Elder knows," Xu Gui muttered.
Having
resolved a question in her mind, Xu Gui felt much lighter. After all, as a kind-hearted turtle, she didn't want to have been resurrected in someone else's body.
She thought, "No wonder I felt this body and my soul were so compatible!" It was her body; how could it not be compatible? Over
there, Aunt Tuanzi and the other staff at the orphanage were feeding the children. The children rarely had the chance to eat fast food, and at this moment, they were all eating with greasy mouths and excited expressions.
Aunt Tuanzi looked at the children with a loving and gentle expression.
"Director," Xu Gui asked, "Aunt Tuanzi, haven't you given up looking for the child?"
The director sighed and said, "No, she's still looking… Come to think of it, it's almost time for her to go find the child." The director
looked outside.
Every year starting in August, Aunt Tuanzi would pack her bags and travel all over the country until she ran out of money, then she would return and continue working.
Work, save money, start looking for the child, the money runs out, so she goes back to work, save money again… and so on.
This has been Aunt Tuanzi's life for the past thirteen years.
Xu Gui asked, "What about Aunt Tuanzi's husband?"
The director replied, "...They divorced. Her husband and his family didn't approve of her continuing the search."
They felt that instead of endlessly searching, it would be better for Aunt Tuanzi and her husband to have another child; by the time they'd spent searching, another child would be quite grown up.
However, Aunt Tuanzi disagreed. Her husband initially disagreed too, but later, perhaps feeling too exhausted, he gave in.
Aunt Tuanzi refused to give up the search, so he divorced her and remarried within two years. Soon after, he and his second wife had two more children, who are now quite grown up, and he cares even less about his lost son.
The director couldn't help but sigh as she recounted this.
Xu Gui seemed lost in thought.
*
After the children finished eating, Xu Gui played with them for a while longer.
Most of the children in the orphanage have some kind of problem; after all, children without problems generally wouldn't end up in an orphanage unless there were special circumstances.
The children in the orphanage now either have disabilities or underlying health conditions.
Xu Gui was helping the children with origami, a quiet activity suitable for most children. However, Xu Gui was clumsy; after folding for a long time, she couldn't fold anything decent, instead making a mess of crumpled paper.
Xu Gui: She just doesn't believe it; she can't fold something decent.
Just then, accompanied by a sweet voice, a red paper rose was handed to Xu Gui.
"Sister, this is for you!" The little girl in the red dress held up the paper rose, smiling sweetly. She said, "Thank you for buying us food today, sister."
Xu Gui blinked. "For me?" She hesitated before taking the flower.
She glanced at the girl who was naturally lying on her lap. She remembered that her name seemed to be Dongzhi, because she was abandoned at the orphanage in the winter, hence the name "Dongzhi," and her surname was Chen, following the director's surname.
Dongzhi was a very well-behaved and clever little girl. She was only five years old, but she had a congenital heart disease. Because of this disease, her complexion was not good, and her lips were pale, often bluish, making her look pitiful yet adorable.
"...Sister, is work fun?" Dongzhi asked curiously, nestled on her lap. Then she muttered to herself, "Dongzhi wants to grow up quickly and go out to work."
Xu Gui gently touched her sparse, dry hair and asked softly, "Why?"
Dongzhi innocently replied, "Because that way, I can earn money to support myself and won't have to worry about the headmistress anymore... just like you, sister. And I want to go to many places, but I'm not healthy. The headmistress said that once I grow up, my health will improve, and then I can go out and play whenever I want!"
She sighed, "I really want to grow up quickly so my health can improve."
Xu Gui remembered the headmistress saying that Dongzhi's illness required surgery, and the younger she was, the better the surgery would be, and the fewer the side effects. Unfortunately, the orphanage was already struggling to make ends meet with so many children and couldn't afford the surgery.
Without surgery, Dongzhi would likely not live to adulthood.
Xu Gui gently stroked Dongzhi's head and said, "Yes, you'll grow up quickly."
Dongzhi looked up and smiled at her. Only then did Xu Gui notice that Dongzhi had two small dimples at the corners of her mouth, not very obvious, only showing when she smiled broadly.
Xu Gui looked at them and reached out to poke them.
Dongzhi wasn't angry at being poked; instead, she pushed her face closer to Xu Gui's hand so she could poke her cheek more easily.
Xu Gui: Oh no, I think I'm a little bit charmed.
"Little Turtle Sister! We'll give you our flowers too." At this moment, the other children had almost finished folding their origami. They all gathered around Xu Gui, surrounding her and handing her their folded items.
The children chattered excitedly, "Sister Little Turtle, thank you for the delicious food! The hamburgers were so good!"
Xu Gui paused for a moment, her eyes crinkling into a smile, and said, "Then thank you for the flowers too."
When she left, she had a handful of origami roses in her arms. Although they were all roses, they were all different; some were ugly, and some were folded perfectly. But Xu Gui cherished each one.
The director and the others saw her to the door and said, "Next time you come back, don't buy anything. It's a waste of money."
Xu Gui replied, "Okay,"
but in her heart, she was thinking, "Next time I'll buy even more things.
" "Also," the director continued, "don't send any more money to the hospital. You've just started working. Keep some money for yourself. Don't send all your money to us, okay?"
Xu Gui nodded again. She would listen to whatever the director said for now. Whether she actually did what she said was a matter for later.
The car she had called had arrived, and Xu Gui obediently greeted the director and the others, saying, "...I'm off then."
The director raised his hand and quickly added, "Be careful."
Xu Gui opened the car door and was about to get in when suddenly, something occurred to her. She hesitated for a moment, then looked at Aunt Tuanzi standing in the night.
"Aunt Tuanzi," she called out, and under Aunt Tuanzi's questioning gaze, she softly asked, "Aunt Tuanzi, if you never find your child in this lifetime, will you still continue searching?"
Aunt Tuanzi hadn't expected her to ask such a question. She paused for a moment, then nodded without hesitation.
"Yes," she said. "Even if I search my whole life, until I'm old and gray, until I die, I will keep searching…"
Xu Gui: "…What if the price of finding your child is that you will suffer another huge blow, and even risk your life?"
Aunt Tuanzi smiled, smoothing her hair that had been ruffled by the night wind, and said casually, "He is my child, I am his mother. If even I give up on him and forget him, who else in this world will remember him? So, anyone can give up, but I will not." Aunt
Tuanzi's tone was light, but the weight of her words made Xu Gui's heart sink, as if a heavy stone had been placed in her chest.
Xu Gui took a breath—she already knew Aunt Tuanzi's determination to find her child, and she had made a decision in her heart.
She knew what she had to do.
"…Aunt Tuanzi, I can tell you where your child is," she said, her expression serious. "If you want to find your child, go ask your ex-husband, because he knows best where the child is!" Aunt Tuanzi
was stunned.
After saying this, Xu Gui suddenly reached out and hugged her, saying, "Aunt Tuanzi, I've always been very lucky. Now I'm sharing some of my good fortune with you... I promise you, no matter what danger you encounter, you'll definitely be able to turn it into safety."
As Xu Gui spoke, something subtle that humans could see floated from her body onto Aunt Tuanzi.
Xu Gui hugged Aunt Tuanzi, let go, and smiled, "I'm really leaving this time..."
She waved to the director and the others, bent down to get into the car, and finally drove away.
Sitting in the car, Xu Gui suddenly sighed.
She had actually hesitated before, wondering whether to tell Aunt Tuanzi about this, because if Aunt Tuanzi knew the truth, she would be greatly shocked, and might even be in danger of being harmed. Xu Gui didn't want to see her hurt.
However, Aunt Tuanzi said that even if she couldn't find it, she would keep searching until the moment she died of old age.
Xu Gui: "...Thirteen years. I thought Aunt Tuanzi's resolve had wavered." After all, thirteen years is a long time for a short human lifespan. How many thirteen-year periods does a person have?
But Aunt Tuanzi's answer was like a slap in the face to Xu Gui. Her gray hair seemed to mock Xu Gui's arrogance, her haughtiness, and her condescension.
The answer seemed to be questioning Xu Gui: What right do you have to make decisions for me?
Xu Gui pursed her lips, feeling a pang of shame.
She knew perfectly well how much Aunt Tuanzi had sacrificed to find her child, yet because of her arrogance and self-righteousness, she wanted to make decisions for her. This thought was not only arrogant but also disrespectful of Aunt Tuanzi and a great mother.
She actually thought that as time passed, Aunt Tuanzi might not be so heartbroken anymore, and might have even considered giving up the search.
Xu Gui's spirits sank: "I'm so arrogant. I'm such a bad turtle. No wonder the Third Elder said I'm not a good child..."
Whether or not to continue searching for the child should be decided by Aunt Tuanzi, the person directly involved, not by her, an outsider's presumptuous assumptions.
*
At this moment, at the orphanage gate, Aunt Tuanzi stood there, somewhat dazed, until a gust of cold wind blew, making her shiver, and she suddenly snapped back to reality.
At this moment, Xu Gui's words kept echoing in her mind: "If you want to find your child, go ask your ex-husband..."
Aunt Tuanzi was somewhat bewildered, "...Why would Xiao Gui say that Fan Yuejin would know where the child is?"
Fan Yuejin was her ex-husband, the father of her child.
Aunt Tuanzi really couldn't understand why her ex-husband would know where the child was. Wasn't the child lost?
Surely, the child's loss couldn't be related to her ex-husband?
This thought suddenly flashed through Aunt Tuanzi's mind.
The moment this thought crossed her mind, a tremendous fear uncontrollably welled up in Aunt Tuanzi's heart. She suddenly realized that if Xu Gui was telling the truth, and she continued to investigate, something far beyond her comprehension might happen.
And this matter could very well turn her life upside down.
Aunt Tuanzi suddenly smiled.
She thought that for her, nothing in this world was more important than finding her child. Even if it meant disrupting her life, she would give it her life without hesitation.
Aunt Tuanzi's eyes gradually changed from confusion and fear to determination. " Director
, I have something to do tomorrow, so I won't be coming to the orphanage!"