Jing Shifeng held the teacup tightly, "Shiyan...she can't have a child."
Hearing this, Mu Ning gradually frowned, "Why can't she have a baby?"
"When she was fifteen years old, her uterus was removed because of illness."
Mu Ning was so shocked that he was speechless.
Gu Zhiyin looked coldly, "Is there any evidence?"
Jing Shifeng sighed, "I knew you wouldn't believe me if I told you. Just listen to what I have to say -"
"More than thirty years ago, human traffickers were prevalent at that time, and transportation network technology was underdeveloped. Shiyan and I were sold here together by human traffickers."
"We were sold to a landlord's family as child brides, and we served the bully together. It was the landlord's family who gave us the name."
"Shi Yan and I are not sisters, but during those ten years of darkness, we relied on each other and comforted each other."
"When Shiyan was fourteen years old, she didn't know she was pregnant and was forced to do such dirty things many times. The beast asked her to pick up guests. As long as anyone who came to the house was a male, no matter if it was an old man. Even homeless people are forced to pick them up."
"Later she got sick and the baby rotted in her belly. Because it took a long time, the beast refused to take her to see a doctor. He also scolded her for staining his bed with dirty water. Later, her whole lower body was ulcerated... "
"The child was gone, the entire uterus was removed, and the beast lost interest in her, so he threw her in a pig pen and let her live with the pigs."
"Later, something happened to the landlord's family, the family was defeated, the house was taken over by the government, and everyone ran away. I asked her to come with me, but she didn't want to, saying that she was already bound here and could never get out again. ”
"I know that she has no courage anymore. This town is like a prison, locking her here. If she follows me to the outside world, she may not survive... So I didn't force her anymore. Yan stayed in this town with her little savings."
"I often wrote letters back from outside, but she never replied. I thought she was gone... We lost contact. When I came back, I heard people in the town say that she was, was... …”
Jing Shifeng was so choked that he couldn't speak anymore.
After listening to this, Mu Ning's eyes were sore, he bit his lip and looked away, "I heard mom... I heard she often mentioned you."
"She said she had a sister named Jing Shifeng. She often talked about you two when you were young, so I remember your name."
Jing Shifeng covered her face and cried, "It turns out she remembers everything, she still remembers me..."
Mu Ning turned back, looked at her and continued: "But what she told me is different from what you said."
Mu Ning still holds on to a glimmer of hope, believing that Jing Shiyan is her biological mother.
"I asked her why I didn't have a father and why I didn't have a family. She said that my family used to be very wealthy, and my grandparents loved you very much. The family lived a happy life. Later, due to policy changes, the family was attacked and everyone left. Although the city has developed, she is the only one who remains here.”
Mu Ning murmured with red eyes, "The story she told you is different."
"She lied to you... she lied to you." Jing Shifeng burst into tears after finishing speaking.
Mu Ning bit her lip, holding back her tears, "Why do you say that?"
Jing Shifeng lifted up his sleeves tremblingly, "These, these were all beaten when I was young, and this eye was blinded by that beast with scissors."
"If you don't believe it, I still have the list of medicines she prescribed at the health center. I keep it just to sue that beast one day!"
Jing Shifeng shook his head, "It's a pity...it's a pity that he is no longer here."
Jing Shifeng took them to the grocery store again and brought out an iron box containing all the things she and Jing Shiyan had when they were young.
Jing Shiyan's case, a yellowish black and white photo, her hair flower, hairpin, a jade pendant exactly like Jing Shiyan's, and the returned letter.
When Mu Ning saw the medical record, his heart fell completely to the bottom, and there was a dead silence.
If Jing Shiyan is not her mother, then who is she? Whose child is she? Why did Jing Shiyan adopt her?
She has been living with Jing Shiyan for as long as she can remember, and it was Jing Shiyan who taught her to call her mother.
If Jing Shiyan is not her mother, then where are her biological parents?
After coming out of the grocery store, Mu Ning felt confused.
Her head was filled with questions that she couldn't find the answers to.
Seeing her staggering while walking, Gu Zhiyin simply stopped, bent down and picked her up.
"Uncle Gu, I'm so tired, I want to take a nap."
Her head hurt so much that the amount of information she received today was making her head explode.
Gu Zhiyin looked at her pale little face and said in a gentle tone, "Go back to the hotel, or find a place to stay here?"
"I don't want to run so far, I think... I still have to go find her."
Gu Zhiyin knew that "she" referred to Jing Shifeng. She was the only person who had contact with Jing Shiyan.
If you want to know about Jing Shiyan, you can only ask Jing Shifeng.
Gu Zhiyin asked Lao Wang to find a B&B with reasonably good accommodation conditions.
Although the room is simple, it is newly renovated and fairly clean.
Gu Zhiyin lay with her on the bed, and Mu Ning leaned sickly in his arms. She couldn't hold back after arriving in the room. She had been crying for a while, and she was still sobbing softly in his arms.
Her long hair was spread on the bed sheets. Gu Zhiyin smoothed her hair and said in a low voice, "Ning Ning."
It took Mu Ning a while to realize that Gu Zhiyin had called her, and she hummed with a nasal sound.
"Do you want to find your biological parents?"
Mu Ning raised his head, his nose was red, and he looked at Gu Zhiyin uncertainly, "...I don't know."
Mu Jing calmed down, "But I want to find out the truth back then. I want to know why I was adopted by Jing Shiyan, whether I was abducted or lost, why my biological parents abandoned me, and whether there was anything wrong with me. What conspiracy..."
After Mu Ning finished speaking, Gu Zhiyin softly said one word, "Okay."
Mu Ning was stunned for a moment before he understood the meaning of this word.
"Uncle Gu, you mean that you will accompany me to find the truth, right?"
"Um."
Mu Ning buried her face in his arms and said, "That's great. You're so kind."
Gu Zhiyin's dark eyes looked at her tenderly, still only saying two short words, "Sleep."
"How come you have become an articulation machine, sputtering out only one or two words?"
Gu Zhiyin was amused, "Now that I've finished coaxing you, Ning Ning still wants to hear what I have to say."
He was a man of few words. When Mu Ning was crying just now, Gu Zhiyin finished all his words for the day.
Mu Ning pulled up the quilt and said, "Sleep, sleep."
When Mu Ning fell asleep, Gu Zhiyin laid her flat on the bed, got up, put on her coat and went downstairs.
He went to buy cigarettes, tore off the package, stood on the street and lit one.
The cell phone in his pocket rang for a long time. He took a few puffs before taking it out and looking at the caller ID.
Mrs. Gu's number made him laugh and raised his hand to answer it.
"Grandma." She was still called respectfully, but with a bit of frivolity and joking.
