The other end of the phone paused for a while, and it took a long time before he said, "I called you after seeing the newspaper. Is that longevity lock yours?"
Cen Zhiqiao's mind went blank for a few seconds, as if she couldn't react for a moment. It wasn't until a man's urging voice came from the receiver that she stood up suddenly: "Yes, I am Cen Zhiqiao, who are you?"
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She paused for a moment, seemed to remember something, and then tentatively said, "Is it Mr. Chu?"
"Ah?" The man was stunned, "I'm not, but I know who the person you are looking for is."
"Really?" Cen Zhiqiao almost jumped up, holding Gu Nianchen's shoulders tightly with his hands, his eyes were filled with surprise or joy: "Do you really know?"
"Of course I know, but I..." At this point, the man suddenly stopped: "By the way, the newspaper said that he would be greatly thanked. Isn't that a lie?"
Cen Zhiqiao nodded immediately: "Of course not, as long as you give me clues, I will pay you."
"Okay, let's meet at ten o'clock tomorrow morning at the entrance of Fuxie Department Store in the commercial street of City A."
After saying this, the man hung up the phone in a hurry.
Listening to the sound in the receiver fading away, leaving only a beeping sound, Cen Zhiqiao was still a little unbelievable.
Is there news? Is there really news?
"Gu Nianchen, Gu Nianchen... I'm not dreaming, am I?"
Just when she was about to give up hope, there was news again. She couldn't believe it.
"Is there any news?" Gu Nianchen looked at her beaming look and raised his eyebrows slightly.
"Yes, I have an appointment to meet at City A tomorrow." Cen Zhiqiao nodded hurriedly: "That's great, that's great, Gu Nianchen... It seems that the missing person notice published in the newspaper is indeed useful..."
I can't tell you how happy I am that I can finally take a step towards the truth. As long as I know who the couple named Chu are, and if I continue to investigate like this, I will surely find out the truth.
Gu Nianchen was not as excited as she was: "What time will it be tomorrow? I have something to do in the morning and can't leave."
"It doesn't matter, I'll just go alone, you can do your business." Cen Zhiqiao didn't care at all.
"But can you really do it alone?" Gu Nianchen was a little worried.
This girl is so frivolous that she goes to City A to meet strangers all by herself. If she is cheated, she might even help count money!
Cen Zhiqiao curled his lips: "Don't treat me like a child, okay? I can study abroad alone. Why can't I go to City A?"
Seeing Gu Nianchen's brows furrowed, she didn't dare to continue speaking. As soon as the topic changed, she leaned over with a smile: "Don't worry, I will call you as soon as possible if anything happens, so you can just worry about your work."
Work, don’t worry about me.”
After making such a vow, Gu Nianchen nodded: "Remember, if anything happens, you must call me. I will pick you up as soon as I'm done."
"Okay, okay, I know." Cen Zhiqiao nodded hurriedly to reassure him, but his mind had already gone elsewhere.
The truth, she must find out the truth!
It started to rain the next day, and Cen Zhiqiao got on the bus to City A early in the morning. Cen Zhiqiao was full of hope.
But she didn't know that her hope would still be disappointed, because the man named Xu Weidong who called her last night was stopped at home the moment she opened the door.
"Xiao Qiao?" It was Chu Qiao who had not seen him for many years. Not only Xu Weidong, but also his wife Chu Lian was a little surprised.
"Why are you back?"
"Did you come back all the way because you saw the missing person notice in the newspaper?"
The two of them guessed each other, and Chu Qiao had already limped through the door.
"Uncle, where are you going?" He sat on the sofa and glanced randomly around the room, but his expression was not very good.
If she hadn't been forced by the situation, I'm afraid she would never come back here in her life, let alone meet the two people in front of her - her aunt and uncle.
"Damn, it turns out you don't know, please take a look, take a look at what's in the newspaper." Xu Weidong shouted in a rough voice and threw the newspaper in his hand into Chu Qiao's arms.
Chu Qiao did not reach out to pick it up. She knew clearly what was written in the newspaper because she had read it thousands of times before coming here.
"You're not allowed to go." She put the newspaper aside, raised her head, and sat there with a sharp gaze.
"What?" Xu Weidong thought he heard wrongly, and looked at each other with his wife. It seemed that he did not expect that the submissive little girl in the past was so confident now, and he suddenly became angry: "Damn, you damn girl, order
who!"
A thick wad of money was thrown in front of his eyes: "Get the money and get out of here immediately. You are not allowed to come back without my permission."
"What?" Xu Weidong's eyes greedily looked at the money bag, but Chu Qiao's words didn't sound so good. He was a little annoyed: "Damn girl, it's great to have some money. Let's see if I don't beat you to death!"
As he said that, he picked up the slippers on the ground and tried to hit them.
Chu Qiao looked at him coldly: "Don't you love money the most? Back then, you even sold your own niece for money. Now I just want you to shut up. Isn't this okay?"
One sentence made both of them shut up.
Back then, Xu Weidong gambled so much that he owed a lot of debt. In order to repay the debt, he sold Chu Qiao to the gang leader. They knew that Chu Qiao had hated them all these years and would never come back.
"But Xiaoqiao, why did you let us go? You don't want to recognize your sister?" Chu Lian is an out-and-out housewife, timid and cowardly. She has no idea about anything and only listens to Xu Weidong. Now she is huddled behind Xu Weidong.
When she opened her mouth, Chu Qiao only glanced at her and turned away in disgust: "I don't have a sister. My sister died a long time ago. She died with my parents."