Chapter 166 Twenty Years
Qu Bai originally wanted to take Uncle Gen to Heping Township.
But when he was getting ready to leave in the morning, Uncle Gen said that another message had been sent in the group, saying that someone had gone to see it before him and that the message was fake.
He was very disappointed and just told Qu Bai that he didn't need to go and went back to the city directly.
Perhaps because his hopes were dashed again, Uncle Gen felt sick all the way.
The usually talkative and cheerful man didn't say much along the way. It was not until they were near a service area that he said he wanted to go to the toilet.
Qu Bai stopped the car and received Chi Xia's reply when he went to the bathroom.
Just one word: good.
He put down the phone, tapped his index finger on the steering wheel lightly, his eyes cold, took out his cell phone and called Ade.
He just said, "Check where Chi Xiao is now. I want to see her. I'll see her when I get back."
Ade agreed and said, "Sir, Scorpion said that Lao K will arrive in Dongzhou in three days and wants to see you, so you should prepare yourself."
Qu Bai was silent for a few seconds, and only came back to his senses when he saw Uncle Gen coming out of the rest area: "I see, how about this, there is no need to check Chi Xiao's whereabouts, I will meet you then."
As soon as I hung up the phone, Uncle Gen also got in the car. This time he didn't sit in the passenger seat, but in the back seat.
Qu Bai looked over through the rearview mirror: "Uncle Gen, are you feeling unwell?"
Uncle Gen sniffed and said, "It should be a cold. It's okay. Just go back and take some medicine. I'll take a nap in the back."
"good."
Qu Bai didn't ask any more questions and let him have a good rest.
Qu Bai didn't see that Uncle Gen was sitting behind him, with the back of the chair blocking his face. He lowered his head, and the screen of his cell phone was on, showing a photo of his son Chu Ci when he was four years old.
Uncle Gen's fingers trembled as he stroked the photo of his son. His face turned red and his tears fell silently, one by one, on the screen of his mobile phone.
It was like shattering the heart that he had tried so hard to keep intact all these years.
Last night, he heard what Chi Xia and Qu Bai said.
The son he had been looking for for twenty years was dead. The lifeblood of him and his wife was actually dead.
He really wanted to rush in and ask what was going on, but in the end he held back.
But he had to know why. How much did he know about the child in front of him?
Chu Yonggen's heart has been a mess since last night. He hasn't slept all night, and now he still doesn't know how to start.
After a long while, he knew that his voice had returned to its usual calmness, and he said with difficulty: "Xiao Bai, why don't you stop looking? Since we arrived in Dongzhou, you have always accompanied me to look for it, and I feel bad for always wasting your time."
Qu Bai smiled: "A few days ago you told me to treat you as your father, but I haven't been your son for two days and you don't want me anymore. Is there any problem with my son and father looking for his brother together ? We are a family, why should we be afraid of trouble?"
As soon as these words came out, Chu Yonggen could no longer suppress his emotions, and his throat choked again.
The emotions that had been suppressed all night seemed to flow out from every limb of his body. It seemed as if his body had thousands of holes, and each hole was leaking pain.
He couldn't hide it anymore.
"Look at you."
Qu Bai slowed down the car, took out a piece of paper and handed it to him: "How about I turn around and go to Heping Township? We still have time."
"Will it be useful to go there?"
His voice trembled: "Xiao Bai, you know, even if I turn Dongzhou upside down, I can't find my son, right?"
The tires made a harsh friction sound against the ground, but because the car was still on the highway, Qu Bai couldn't stop.
He sighed secretly, with a look of pity flashing across his face: "Did you hear what Chi Xia and I said?"
This question seemed to tell Chu Yonggen that the desperate situation last night was not just a nightmare, but a truth that he had to face.
He covered his face, hunched his back, tears flowed through his fingers , and his soft sobs finally turned into loud crying.
He held back his tears for twenty years.
He has been holding his breath since the day his son disappeared, always feeling that as long as he worked hard and as long as he didn't give up, he would always be able to find his child.
The world is so big, is there any place that human feet cannot reach?
But twenty years later, he realized that even if he turned the earth upside down, he would not be able to find his child.
He once had a brain injury and forgot where he came from. He only vaguely remembered the name his parents gave him.
Chu Ci, Chu Ci, a gift from God.
He is a wronged soul in this world because someone wants to avenge him.
The car window was rolled down, the wind blew in, and Chu Yonggen cried all the tears he had shed in the past twenty years.
Until he was hoarse and had no more tears to cry, he asked hoarsely: "Qu Bai, I beg you, please tell me, my child, how did he die?"
He must know, must know how he will live the rest of his life.
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In the afternoon, Zhao Jianguo gave Chi Xia and Luo Xun the information about the seven rescue team members.
The eight members of this rescue team, in addition to Zhao Shengqian, are Zhao Junlin, Zhao Hui, Zhao Liangliang, Zhao Hongjun, Yang Gang, and two girls, Zhao Meilian and Qu Feiyu.
Except for Qu Feiyu who is from outsider, the others are from Yuji. Yang Gang is from the next village, and the rest are from Qiaotou Village.
After an accident during the rescue operation five years ago, Zhao Junlin, Zhao Liangliang and Zhao Hongjun were transferred to other counties for work, Zhao Hui and Yang Gang went to work in big cities, Qu Feiyu returned to her hometown, and Zhao Meilian married and moved to Yubin. They each have two children now.
But soon, the seven people scattered across the place will gather in Yuji.
At the same time, in Qiaotou Village, Feng Yuqin's home.
Feng Yuqin went to the hospital to visit her mother-in-law and then went straight home.
She took leave from both places where she worked and did not go to work as she had agreed to Chi Xia and the others.
Tangtang, my daughter, was chewing a piece of watermelon in her hand. She looked at her mother with a confused look as she took out a black-and-white photo from the cupboard and placed it in the middle of the table. Then she placed fruits in front of the photo, as well as incense that she had only seen in temples.
“It’s Dad!”
She ate the watermelon with only curiosity and interest in her eyes.
She didn't know what it meant to have a photo of a person taken in black and left there, nor did she know what kind of pain death would bring to a person. What's more, she had never seen her father since she was born.
She only occasionally wondered why she didn't have a father, and only occasionally. She was already very happy with her mother and brother.
Feng Yuqin brought two more braziers and placed them on the corner of the table, and sorted out the paper money and gold ingots that would be used and placed them aside.
She made the paper money herself, folded the gold ingots herself, and her son helped her fold some of them.
The daughter knew nothing. When she saw Yuanbao, she became interested. She walked over and squatted beside her mother, with watermelon juice in the corner of her mouth. She pointed at Yuanbao and said, "Mom, I want this."
"You can't play with this." Feng Yuqin said, "This is for Dad."
“Why burn it?”
"I'm worried that dad doesn't have money to spend down there. This is the money from dad. With this money, dad can live a better life."
"Then I'll burn it for mom too."
Watermelon juice dripped from her little hands onto the ground: "This way you don't have to go out to earn money every day."
The child's innocent words made Feng Yuqin's eyes tear up. She wanted to laugh, but she couldn't.
She felt sad and guilty, wiping the watermelon stains from the corners of her daughter's mouth: "Silly girl, your mother can't use this thing so early."
Tangtang was puzzled: "When will it be used?"
"When you and your brother grow up and don't need your mother anymore."
She wiped her daughter's mouth, held her up by her armpits and said, "Okay, go outside and see if your Aunt Feiyu and the others are here."
For young Zhao Tangtang, the person in the photo was not important to her.
What makes her even happier is that many people will come to her house, including her favorite uncles and aunts, and she can also get a lot of snacks and candies.
Aunt Meilian and Aunt Feiyu would also bring her beautiful clothes.
She ran out skipping and jumping, with a few candies in her hand, which were given to her by the beautiful sister who came to her house in the morning.
She didn't eat any. She gave two to Aunt Meilian and Aunt Feiyu, and the remaining two to her mother and brother, leaving one for herself.
But her brother definitely wouldn’t eat it, so the remaining one was still hers, and she had two candies.
She stood at the door of her house, looking towards the intersection. When she was about to give up, she saw a group of people turning the corner and walking towards her home.
As they came closer, a bright smile appeared on the little girl's face.
She waved her hands happily, and seeing the response, she ran towards them.
