As she expected, the orphanage named 'Sunflower' was located in a beautiful suburb. Not far from the orphanage, there was a large sunflower field.
Because it's only June now, the sunflowers haven't bloomed yet, so they aren't blooming in abundance. But the three or two that bloom here and there are quite unique and beautiful.
The teacher in the orphanage was very kind. When Xia Tong mentioned the name 'Lin Manru', he immediately said: "I remember that little girl. She was very beautiful and smart. She has won scholarships every year since junior high school, and later went to high school.
I went to Germany as an exchange student in college, and after returning home, I often went back to the orphanage to play with the children. I may have been busy with work in the past few years, so I come less often, but I come here at least once or twice a year."
Hearing this, Xia Tong was shocked: "Has she come here in the past few years?"
The teacher nodded: "Yes, I came here once a few months ago. But she stayed for a very short time each time, leaving in two days at most. I heard that she got married and had children in Australia, and her family is happy. In
Of all the children I teach, she is considered very lucky."
Australia, get married and have children? Xia Tong frowned. Now she was 100% sure of her previous guess. Mrs. Field was indeed the real Lin Manru. And the so-called 'death' about her six years ago was because the orphanage was located in
It was so remote that the teachers didn't pay attention to the news, and she deliberately didn't say anything.
Although she has been in Australia for the past six years, she takes time to come back every year to visit her former teachers and friends. But she is afraid that Qin Hansheng will notice, so she can only come secretly for a day or two.
Xia Tong asked again: "Excuse me, do you have an orphan named Su Ruo here?"
"Su Ruo?" The teacher thought for a while and was a little unsure: "I don't remember it, but maybe I forgot. Please wait a moment and I will check."
Xia Tong smiled and nodded: "Sorry to trouble you."
The teacher dug out the information from the shelf, searched for it for a long time, and finally shook his head firmly: "No, Sunflower has never accepted a child named Su Ruo."
Not even? Xia Tong's heart, which had been tense just now, immediately relaxed and felt a little disappointed.
Seeing a vague photo on the information book held by the teacher, she pointed at the information book and asked, "Can you show it to me?"
"Okay." The teacher handed it over: "These are all the children in Manru's class."
Xia Tong took the photo, which was a group photo. The photo looked a bit old and obviously a little old. Every child in the photo had a youthful and energetic smile on his face.
Suddenly, her eyes were fixed on a certain place. This - turned out to be -
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When she walked out of the orphanage, Xia Tong's face was pale. She walked out anxiously, so panicked that she almost tripped over a stone on the roadside. She had forgotten the most important thing all this time?!
How could she forget?!
Little did she know that because of this, she might cause someone to lose his life?
Xia Tong took out his cell phone and called Qin Muzhen, but it was turned off! He called Su Ruo again, but damn, no one answered?!
For a moment, Xia Tong had the urge to smash her cell phone to the ground.
She rushed to the roadside and hailed a taxi: "Master, I want to go to Zuofeng Mountain."
The driver gave her a strange look: "Girl, Zuofeng Mountain is not close to here?"
Of course she knows it's far away! Zuofeng Mountain is located to the east of City A, and 'sunflower' is located to the west of City A. The two places almost span the entire City A, but she can't control that much anymore.
"I want to go now, immediately, immediately!"
Perhaps her tone was too strong, and the driver was a little frightened. He looked away and started the engine.
After nearly four hours of driving, the taxi finally arrived at Zuofeng Mountain. At this time, it was approaching Banwan, and the orange sunset had already risen on the horizon. Just when Xia Tong got off the car, the mobile phone in her bag rang.
Taking it out, it was Qin Mujue.
She was in a hurry now. It was too late to talk nonsense with Qin Muxue, so she directly pressed the reject button and got out of the car.
A maid had already recognized her, came forward to greet her, and asked strangely: "Young lady, why are you here?"
Xia Tong asked: "Where is the master?"
"The master is in the living room, do you need me to take you there?"
In the living room? Xia Tong grabbed the maid and asked anxiously: "Did Mr. Nie bring a girl here today?"
The maid thought for a moment and nodded: "Yes."
"Then where is she now?" While asking, Xia Tong's heart was already in knots.
I hope it's not too late and nothing happens!
"That girl, she just left." The maid said, "She left just ten minutes before you came."
gone……
gone……
gone……
Xia Tong's tightly squeezed fingers quietly relaxed and left...
She didn't know what she was feeling right now, there were some doubts, some worries, some fears... in short, it was a mix of five emotions, extremely complicated.
Seeing that she remained silent, the maid couldn't help but ask: "What's wrong with you, young lady? Do you need me to take you in?"
Xia Tong shook his head: "No, I'm leaving first." After a pause, he added: "Don't let me know that I've been here, okay?"
The maid was stunned and nodded hesitantly: "Yes."
When she got into the taxi again, Xia Tong looked like she had lost her soul. She didn't know what Su Ruo did in Zuofeng Mountain today. If Qin Hansheng let her go so easily, wouldn't anything happen?
Just when she was feeling flustered, the phone in her hand vibrated again, and Xia Tong discovered that Qin Muzhen had made more than a dozen calls in a row without even realizing it.
She thought for a moment and pressed the answer button: "Hello?"
"What's going on with Xia Tong?" The voice on the other end of the phone was a little unhappy: "Why don't you answer the phone?"
"I was busy with something just now, so I didn't pay attention." She lied, not wanting him to worry.
He didn't ask any more questions and explained: "I was in a meeting in the afternoon, so I turned off my phone. I thought you had something important to do, so I called you. Is there something wrong?"
Xia Tong paused. She didn't know what to say: "Actually, it's nothing. I miss you and just wanted to give you a call."
The man paused for two seconds. He was not stupid. He knew she was lying. But since she didn't want to say it, he didn't want to force her. Changing the topic, he asked: "Are you home now?"
"No." Xia Tong said, "I was bored so I went out for a walk at noon, and now I'm getting ready to go back."
"Yes." He nodded: "I have just left the company and am going home."
Xia Tong said: "Drive carefully and pay attention to safety on the road."
At the same time as he hung up the phone, another call came in. Xia Tong's heart, which had just been relaxed, became tense again with the confusing name on the screen.