Chapter 7: A New Identity
A week later, Beijing
In the Li family's villa, a beautiful young woman on the sofa was lying in the arms of a dignified old woman and crying loudly. Next to them stood a middle-aged man in a military uniform, with a heart-wrenching look on his face. Seeing the young woman crying and not persuading, there were tears flashing in his eyes, but he endured it and didn't let the tears fall.
There was an old man sitting on the sofa next to him, and the old man also had a sad face, looking at the sad appearance of the young woman crying, and a burst of regret welled up in his heart. This is the old Li family, that is, Leo's parents and grandparents. This morning, after Li Wansheng received the news of Leo's accidental death in the United States, he hurried back home to explain the situation to his family, Leo's mother Lin Ruoyun cried and fainted when she heard the news, and as soon as she was rescued, she threw herself into her mother-in-law's arms and cried loudly.
Elder Li sighed before he spoke: "Xiaoyun, Dad is sorry for you, I strongly advocated sending the child away at the beginning, if you want to blame me, blame me." It's Dad who is too selfish, this is retribution!" After Li Lao finished speaking, the whole person was much more depressed, as if he had aged by more than ten years.
Lin Ruoyun didn't say anything to blame, because she knew that it was useless to say anything more. She was just distressed, the child who had only been by her side for less than three months had left before she had seen her, that kind of heart-rending pain, only crying out could prevent herself from dying immediately.
At this time, someone came in and reported that an American was outside the door and wanted to see the Li family, so Li Wansheng went out to see who would come at this time.
When he walked out, he saw Greon standing at the door with a jar in both hands, and Li Wansheng recognized that this was one of the few people who had come to pick up the child back then. Li Wansheng trembled with anger when he saw him, and without saying a word, he gave Grace a punch, and Grace didn't dodge, just took a solid punch.
When Li Wansheng was about to do it again, he was stopped by several people behind Grein, who yelled at Grein: "When you picked up my son, you kept saying that you would treat my son like your own child, and when the project is completed, send my son back safely! But what are you sending back now, and what is your guarantee? Are you talking?"
Li Wansheng shouted outside the door, and several people in the house also heard it, and they all walked out of the door, and when they saw the urn that Grace was holding with both hands, Lin Ruoyun almost fainted, and it was Li's mother who held her hard to prevent her from falling.
When Greon saw the Li family like this, he really couldn't bear it, so he could only stubbornly say: "I'm so sorry, this was really an accident, I know it's too late to say anything, I'm sorry I didn't send you a lively Leo back." After saying that, he handed the urn with both hands. At this time, a crisp voice came from behind and said: "Grandparents, Mom and Dad, why are you all outside the door, is there something wrong at home?" This is another child of the Li family, that is, Leo's twin brother, who has just entered the first grade this year, and when he came home from school, he saw a group of people standing in front of the house.
Greon turned around and saw a child who looked very much like Leo looking at him with curiosity. He looks very much like Leo, but his body is well-proportioned and does not look like Leo walking back and forth with a big head. The dress is also very handsome, and it doesn't have the bad feeling of Leo, but it is very well-behaved.
Greon said "yes" and shut up quickly, knowing that he couldn't irritate them anymore. Greon turned around and took a CD from behind him and said, "Here are a lot of videos of Leo's life, you can keep a souvenir." After speaking, he handed it to Li Lao's left hand, and held Li Lao's right hand with both hands, and Li Lao was suddenly stunned. But immediately came back to his senses, and holding his hand, Greon said sorry again and turned away.
Leo's younger brother saw that his mother had been crying, so he went over to hug his mother and asked what was wrong, the Li family didn't say anything and went back to the house, Li Wansheng was holding the urn and was at a loss, Li Lao said: "Wansheng, lock the door, don't let outsiders in first."
Although Li Wansheng didn't know what was going on with the old man, he still did it, and asked people not to enter the house first, and when he came back, he saw that the old man was looking at the things in his hand, and the corners of his mouth were still smiling. Confused, he asked, "Dad, what's wrong, why are you still laughing!"
Li Lao didn't speak, and handed over the things in his hand to Lin Ruoyun, who was crying and red-eyed, and was being comforted by his youngest son, Lin Ruoyun took it and saw that it was a note, and immediately became excited after reading it: "Dad, is this true, Aotian is still alive!"
Li Wansheng was confused by them, and when he took the note, it was written in Chinese: "Your child is still alive, he and the other five children have been secretly transferred, and now they are safe." I'm sorry to worry you, for some special reason I can't tell you where he is right now, but he will be back when he is fully grown. This news must be kept secret, so that outsiders think that Leo is dead, and he will be safer. Please!".
Li Wansheng asked Li Lao where this note came from, and Li Lao said that Greon stuffed it into his hand when he shook hands with him, as if he was guarding against being discovered by others. Li Wansheng asked again: "Dad, can the things on his note be true? If so, where will Aotian be?"
Li Lao replied: "The content of the note should be true, if it is fake, there is no need for him to risk being found to pass the note to me, I will find someone to inquire about it." Well, knowing that Aotian is fine, we can also relax and prepare for the future. ”
Three months later, in a three-story villa in an upscale villa complex northwest of Miami, Florida, USA.
Three 6- and 7-year-old children surrounded the two older girls and kept asking: "Sister Xiaolan, Sister Emma, is it interesting for you to go to school today? What is the school like? Are there many instruments? Are there many students?"
They were Leo and the others, who had been presumed dead. After they were arranged to this villa by the doctor more than two months ago, except for Robert and Gabby who came a few times, they never left the villa at all, because it was very troublesome for them to apply for a new identity, if it weren't for Robert's family's black and white in Miami, their identity would not be able to do it at all.
This villa is also the property of the Robert family, and due to their sensitive status, Robert and Gabi do not live with them. In order to let the children integrate into society earlier, the doctor asked Xiaolan and the three of them to sign up for a nearby school.
The question of how many grades they were in has been wasted for a long time, Xiaolan and their high school content have all mastered, even the three of them, and the things they want to learn in junior high school have also mastered. If Xiaolan and them go directly to high school, they are still too young and too easy to attract attention. The school wouldn't accept it, so they enrolled in a school where the middle and high school were together, but they were in the junior high school class. That's shocking enough.
At that time, during the interview before admission, the three 9-year-old guys had learned all the courses in junior high school, and all other subjects including art and music were all understood, and the principal was surprised that he couldn't close his mouth. This is a pie-in-the-sky good thing, and the principal wanted them to go directly to the senior department at that time.
In the end, the doctor said that let them study in the junior high school class first, if the impact of going directly to the high school class is too great, even if they are in the junior high school, there will be a lot of rumors, and the doctor also told the principal that they can't publicize their real years.
The principal knew that they had a close relationship with the Robert family, and everyone in Miami knew that the Robert family was black and white, so in order not to make trouble, although the principal was reluctant, he still promised not to publicize it. The principal was in a state of shock until they left, and he was so excited that the school would be pleasantly surprised by their arrival.
And Leo and the three of them can't help it, their body proportions are seriously unbalanced, their big heads are scary, if they are allowed to go to school, they will definitely attract a lot of reporters, they can't be found yet, so the doctor decided that they can't leave the villa until their body proportions have changed to the normal range.
The three little guys were very envious of Xiaolan and them, today was Xiaolan's first day of school, and when they saw them coming back, they hurriedly came over to ask questions.
Xiaolan and Emma glanced at each other, both saw the helplessness in each other's eyes, Xiaolan spoke: "The school is a little different from what we thought, and it is completely different from the small town, they spend most of their time playing and resting, the class time is very short, and there are so many students. Hey, aside, it's not fun at all. We'll have to rethink how we're going to be at school without wasting time, so get busy. After Xiaolan finished speaking, she was going to enter the house with Emma.
At this time, the doctor came out of the house, stopped Xiaolan and them, and said, "It seems that you have a lot of feelings on the first day of school today. It just so happens that everyone is here, and I have something to say to you."
Everyone sat down on the sofa, and when the doctor saw that everyone was seated, he said, "It's been almost three months since we came here, and this is the first time we've sat down and talked together, I'll tell you first, I'm sorry!" After saying that, the doctor got up and bowed to everyone, and the children all stood up, and the doctor cared about them like a parent in their hearts, and in their opinion, there was no need for the doctor's apology, and they went wherever the parents went, which was normal. And the people they care about the most are around, what else do they need to apologize for?
"I am the one who has affected your lives, if it weren't for me, Xiaolan and they would have been reunited with their families in their own homes by now. I have no right to deprive you of your right to be reunited with your family, no matter what reason I have, but I did it anyway, because I was too selfish, and I came here to understand how much trouble this would cause you. ”
The doctor really regrets his decision now, the original idea was a little whimsical, and now there are a lot of problems in front of them, so today the doctor wants to talk openly and honestly with the children.
"The first is the issue of identity, Robert's family helped us out, and your age will change, you should be at least 3 years older than your actual age.
The second is to continue to help you complete the problem of activating brain cells and increasing the activity of the brain. I've been working this, and I have a lab here, and some of you can do it with me, and I'll tell you everything I know, because your intelligence is much higher than mine, and you must be doing better than me.
The third is the problem of how everyone adapts to life here, in fact, Xiaolan is the first day they go to school today, and you also feel it. Our previous life was completely different from here, and you can all say that you are geniuses, very different from ordinary people.
If you want to fit in well, you have to make you as ordinary as they are, and I don't mean really making you stupid, but making you look ordinary on the surface. Only then can you stay out of the limelight. I forgot to remind you when you were interviewing that the principal almost let you go straight to high school, and if you really go to high school, we will be noticed, and it will be difficult not to be discovered.
So I hope that your performance in school is not too outstanding, and as for what you really want to learn, I will find a way to satisfy you.
And Leo, the three of you, I'm going to wronged you, your appearance is too special, you can't go out to meet people, otherwise it will be very troublesome.
The final problem is that now that we live here, all the food, clothing, and use cost money, and Xiaolan and their school also cost money. Although I still have some savings, it is not a long-term solution, and Robert's family has promised to help us, provided that they also give some help to the children when they grow up.
For them, it's an investment. But I didn't agree, I only agreed that I could share my research results with them in the future, but I can't decide your future, so their funding will not be much, just enough for normal expenses, and the future life may not be very rich, but there will be no shortage of medicines and snacks, which you can rest assured. ”
For the concept of money, the children have no money at all, it turns out that in the small town, all the expenses do not cost money. In fact, material life can be ignored for them now, so they don't pay much attention to it.
The children know very well in their hearts that since they have chosen to live this life, they are ready to accept it.
The Doctor and Merelin, who were both happy and guilty to see the children so sensible, knew that these lovely children deserved a better life.