"At that time, another staff member and I happened to be returning from soliciting sponsorship that night. On the way, we saw a little girl squatting on the side of the road, seemingly lost from her family. We took her back temporarily, and then contacted you through some channels. There is no family that has lost its child, but no one has found her, so the girl lives in our courtyard."
The old man's answer was very calm and coherent, and he remembered the details very clearly. In fact, it felt a bit like an endorsement.
However, Luo Yibei had experienced her good memory before and didn't doubt it.
"Madam, do you have photos of Chi Xia when she was a child? Group photos of events in the hospital, or Chi Xia's files after being admitted to hospital?" Luo Yibei asked.
"Photos, Xiaoxia is a girl who doesn't like taking photos very much. There are no photos of her in many activities."
"Where's the file?"
"I can't take things like files with me when someone leaves. I have to ask the hospital."
"Does Madam remember the specific time when Chi Xia was adopted?"
"winter!"
"When did she leave the orphanage?"
"When I was eight years old."
Luo Yibei asked a lot of questions in succession. In order to ensure that what the old man said was true, he also asked some questions that he already knew.
Regarding the issue of the file, and the time when Fang Chixia was adopted by the Fang family, what the old man said was completely consistent with what he knew.
Luo Yibei completely believed what the old man said.
"I understand." Without too much interruption, Luo Yibei left with the people who came with him.
He didn't stay in New York for long and returned directly to China.
After returning, he did not realize that he would go back to Luo's house. Instead, he went to Jueye and spent a few days following the clues given by the old man to investigate Fang Chixia's matter.
City C, five years old, adopted by the sea in winter.
Luo Yibei even asked people to find all the missing persons notices published by all the media in City C twenty years ago.
The final investigation pointed to children from an ordinary well-off family in City C.
She is an ordinary daughter of the owner of a small company. There is nothing worthy of investigation in her background. The couple disappeared in a plane accident a year ago.
Fang Chixia had never thought about investigating her life experience, and Luo Yibei kept everything secret from her.
He knew that the results obtained now were not what Fang Chixia was happy to see. Luo Yibei found out here and stopped the investigation.
After returning home, he didn't say anything to Fang Chixia, as if nothing had happened. He spent all his energy preparing for Xiao Yi's birthday.
Xiao Naibao's birthday was next to that of Xiao Chenxi. On her birthday, Xi Yaheng didn't know if it was such a coincidence that it happened again.
When we arrived, Xiao Chenxi happened to be sick that day and was admitted to the hospital with Fang Chixia.
Luo Yibei didn't have much doubts about his first appearance.
However, appearing on such occasions twice in a row made him suspicious.
Xi Yaheng probably realized that his behavior was a little weird, and left not long after arriving at the scene.
Luo Yibei was worried about Xiao Chenxi's condition and was not in the mood to deal with the guests at the party. After Xi Yaheng left, he hurried to the hospital.
Fang Chixia was holding Xiao Chenxi in the ward and coaxing her, sometimes humming songs to her, and sometimes telling her stories. She seemed quite busy.
Luo Yibei stood in front of the window outside the ward and stared at her in the room quietly for a while. Thinking of Xi Yaheng's face, he couldn't figure it out.
Luo Yibei stopped outside the door, pondered for a while, and finally attributed the reason for Xi Yaheng's frequent appearance to the fact that his opponent, Chi Xia, couldn't forget him!