“In the blink of an eye, Xiao Yu is 25 years old, Xiao Nan is 19, Qiqi…” Grandma Qi sighed, “At my age, I don’t know how long I can wait.”

“Mom, what nonsense are you talking about? Qiqi will be unhappy if he heard this.” Lu Nianchu coaxed her, “Let’s go downstairs to have breakfast first and come back later, okay?”

“I dreamed about Qiqi yesterday,” said Grandma Qi.

As she is older, she often talks about whatever comes to her mind, and the topics are very jumpy. Lu Nianchu was used to it, and when he heard these words, her feet shook.

She smiled bitterly.

“Qiqi… Hasn’t come to see me in my dreams for a long time.”

Grandma Qi frowned slightly, “I dreamed about Qiqi when she was a child.”

“He was acting like a baby in my arms and wanted me to give him candy to eat.”

“Why didn’t I give him candy?”

“Chuchu, do you think it’s because I didn’t give him candy, so Qiqi was angry with me.” Grandma Qi said, her eyes red.

“Does he not want us anymore?”

“Why am I so bad? Qiqi just wants to eat sweets. Why am I so cruel that I won’t even give him a piece of candy?”

“Mom, I know you are afraid that he will get cavities after eating too much, Qiqi will not be angry because of this.”

“He is just unhappy.” Grandma Qi was a little anxious, “I coaxed him, I said he could only eat two pieces a day, and he could eat it tomorrow, and I also promised to buy a little cake for him.”

“But, I kept waiting in the yard the next day. The children of Xiao Shen’s family next door had all been taken home, but Qiqi hadn’t come back yet.”

Lu Nianchu didn’t interrupt. She knew that Grandma Qi was doing this because she missed her grandson, so she didn’t stop her and listened carefully to what was going on.

“I used to take the children out, and the old sisters were very envious of me.”

“I said that I have a grandson who is an academic master, and he always ranks first in the grade. And Qiqi, his dancing talent must have been inherited from you. Xiao Nan is also very good at painting. I thought at that time, our Qi family would have two more great artists in the future.”

“Now, I don’t know why Xiao Nan doesn’t paint anymore, and I can’t see Qiqi dancing.”

Lu Nianchu opened her mouth, not knowing how to comfort her. She suppressed the sadness in her heart and tried to ease the dull topic.

“Mom, I graduated from the dance academy. If you want to see it, I will dance for you.”

“Who wants to see you dance? I want to see my Qiqi dance.”

Lu Nianchu comforted her a few more words and coaxed her to have breakfast. When Grandma Qi returned to the house to rest, Lu Nianchu couldn’t suppress her longing.

When can she get her Qiqi back?

The scope has been narrowed to City B.

There are many remote mountain villages in City B. Places with convenient transportation are easily exposed. The more remote places become the hardest hit areas for the trafficking of women and children.

After a child is abducted, his or her adoptive parents will definitely change their name, and sometimes their age will be falsely reported. This kind of needle-in-a-haystack search is difficult to find.

The Qi family also checked every school in City B, more than once, and the scope was limited to children about the same age as Qiqi.

They also often go to Hope Primary School in small villages. Once they received news from the police and locked it in a small village. Lu Nianchu was afraid that the police would come to the door and alert the people in the village, and that Qiqi would be taken away again.

She followed the teacher who was teaching at the time and lived in the town for a year. Thinking that one day she would be walking on the road and bump into her Qiqi by chance.

Lu Nianchu was very cautious. She didn’t let anyone from the Qi family go to her or contact anyone else. During the day, like all teachers, she taught the children at school.

At night, she took advantage of the moonlight and walked through every village road over and over again. On the pretext of being familiar with the villages and towns, she searched from house to house. The population of villages and towns in remote areas is not large, but every household is far away from each other.

Lu Nianchu was an only child. She had been raised pampered and had never experienced hardship. Later she got married and her husband doted on her. She had never experienced any hardship for most of her life. She was afraid of the dark and thunder.

In the first month of teaching, Lu Nianchu was not familiar with the mountain roads and often got lost. Every time she goes out at night, it’s already midnight when she returns to the dormitory.

At that time, she had no fear in her heart, only hope.

She thought she could find it.

Until the one-year period was up, she had to leave the small village.

Before leaving, the aunt at the east end of the village was willing to tell her that a family in the village had moved away before she came, saying that the place was too poor and that they wanted to take their husband and children back to their parents’ home.

Lu Nianchu took a lot of photos for them to identify, but they all said they had never seen the child.

The thread was interrupted again.

After so many years of going around in circles, she still found nothing. Every time Lu Nianchu searched desperately, in the end her hope failed

After comforting Grandma Qi, the words Grandma Qi said came to Lu Nianchu’s mind. She clearly knew that Grandma Qi was thinking about him day and night, but what if it happened?

What if it’s true?

Lu Nianchu called the driver.

“Yes, I want to go to Xili Street.”

When there is no hope, anything can become spiritual sustenance.

Grandma Qi is like this, and so is Lu Nianchu.

There is nothing wrong with Grandma Qi’s health, but she is a little forgetful. She will forget whether she has eaten or not, but she will not forget to copy scriptures and pray for Qiqi every day when she gets up early and before going to bed.

She is old, and what she can do is limited. She can only put her trust in copying scriptures and praying for blessings.

Lu Nianchu also remembered the candy Grandma Qi mentioned.

It is a sweet and sour green plum candy, and Qiqi likes to eat it very much. After Qiqi was abducted, no one in the family ate sweets anymore.

Only Qi Nan and Qiqi are about the same age in the family.

Qi Nan doesn’t like eating sweets. Every time Grandma Qi divides sweets between the two of them, Qi Nan always secretly gives his share to Qiqi.

Later, the little tricks of the two were discovered.

Grandma Qi told Qi Nan that eating too much sugar would be bad because his teeth would be damaged. Qi Nan was so scared that Qi Nan did not dare to give Qiqi any more sugar. As long as Grandma Qi shares the candy, Qi Nan peels off the candy wrapper and stuffs it into his mouth, fearing that Qiqi will finish eating and want his portion.

Lu Nianchu couldn’t help but think about it. If she bought a lot of green plum candies, could she lure the little glutton home?

Xili Street has changed a lot in recent years. Lu Nianchu often takes her three children out to play on weekends, eating desserts, buying clothes or watching movies. In the past, he used to think that the three children would get together and cause trouble.

Now, even if she wants them to cause trouble, they won’t do it.

Lu Nianchu bought several boxes of green plum candies. Looking at the packaging that had remained unchanged for more than ten years, she couldn’t help but peel one off and put it in her mouth.

The taste is sweet with a bit of fruit acidity. Soon, the taste of green plum spread in her mouth. She had never eaten this candy before, but she only knew that Qiqi liked it.

It turns out it has a sweet and sour taste.

Lu Nianchu hadn’t gone shopping for a long time. She even went to the dessert shop where she used to take her children. The shop had been renovated and the style was very different from before, more towards the internet celebrity style.

She ordered a cup of coffee and cake and sat by the window.

“Have you seen the child abductor on the Internet?”

“Yes, it has been on the hot search for several days.”

“Today, the police in City B announced that they have identified him as a human trafficker and have captured several absconding criminals.”

Lu Nianchu felt her head buzzing and lost her ability to think for a moment.

The conversation between the two girls struck her ears with a few keywords: human traffickers, city B.

“That couple was too disgusting. They abducted two children and couldn’t sell them, so they kept them around and abused them. How could they have the nerve to say that they had gone through all kinds of hardships to raise them?”

“Really bad.”

With a crisp sound, Lu Nianchu turned around. God, she accidentally knocked over the coffee cup and the hot coffee burned the back of her hand. She felt no pain and turned around anxiously.

“I’m sorry, what are you talking about?”

The two girls were startled by Lu Nianchu’s reaction, and it took them a while to explain, “The child trafficking case a few days ago was on the hot search on Weibo.”

“You, do you need some ice on your hands?”

“Thank you, it’s okay.”

The clerk came over after hearing the noise, “This customer, are you okay?”

Seeing that Lu Nianchu’s face was pale, the clerk did not dare to step forward rashly and stood aside, “Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?”

“It’s okay, I’m sorry. I knocked the coffee on the table.”

“It’s okay, it’s okay.” The clerk waved his hand nonchalantly and asked someone to come over and clean, “I’ll change a table for you.”

“No need, thank you.” Lu Nianchu stood up too hard and staggered. The clerk reached out to help her, but she apologized and ran out in despair.

Standing at the door, as soon as the wind blew by, Lu Nianchu felt like waking up from a dream.

Weibo.

She hurriedly took out her phone and clicked on the Weibo hot search the girls were talking about.

The most popular search is the first, and “explosion” is added after it.

#B city arrests criminals involved in child trafficking case 16 years ago#

Lu Nianchu flicked her finger and clicked in.

The report was long and eloquent, and two photos of the arrest were posted below. The suspect’s eyes were mosaic.

Lu Nianchu scrolled down and saw another Weibo post with a topic.

Entertainment Already Knows v: Lu Zeqing, a recent hot topic, has been abused by his adoptive parents for more than ten years. His sister, Xu XX released a video where she reported that her adoptive parents were involved in human trafficking.

Now the police in City B have arrested the human trafficker and are contacting the parents who reported the disappearance 16 years ago.

There is also a photo of a young man posted on Weibo. His eyebrows are beautiful and soft, and his light-colored eyes seem to reflect the bright stars.

When Lu Nianchu saw it, she felt a sourness well up in her throat and her eyes were blurred with tears.

Her mind goes back to a summer afternoon, when Lu Nianchu was holding Qiqi, who was not yet two years old, and a large family gathered around to tease him.

“Ah! Whose kid is this? What’s his name?”

These are all questions that adults use to tease children.

Usually, everyone calls him “Baby Qingqing”, but Qiqi remembered it and regarded it as his own name. His pronunciation was not very accurate at the time, but he answered in a serious tone with a milky voice.

“My name is Baby Qiqi.”

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Pao: It’s so funny how Mr. Jiang was seriously analyzing why Qingqing has irregular heartbeat XD also crying for grandma Qi and mother Qi QwQ