Kisawa leaves the welfare home and goes to Cortana's mother's residence according to the address on paper.

Kisawa felt farther and farther away from the city as he drove along.

He followed the location on the paper to an old residential building, the walls of which had already peeled off in several places. The roof of the building is not a rooftop, but a dense patchwork of tiles.

The detailed location on the paper is written on the third floor of the second unit, and Mu Ze found that there was a wooden sign hanging in front of each doorway, and the wooden sign said 1, 2, and 3. Kisawa found the No. 2 wooden plaque and walked in along the door. There are also a few brand new bicycles parked in the already narrow staircase aisle. The new look doesn't fit in here.

Kisawa came to the third floor, and there was a door to the left and right of the third floor. Mu Ze didn't know which house was where Cortana's mother lived.

The door on the left is covered with dust, and it must have been a long time since anyone cleaned it. The door on the right is pasted with a red couplet, and there is a big blessing in the middle of the door. Although the sticker on the door has faded a little, it also shows that the house on the right is still inhabited.

So Kisawa thinks that the right is Cortana's mother's residence, unless she has already moved away.

Kisawa knocked on the door, and a woman's voice came from the door. "Who?"

Mu Ze didn't say anything and continued to knock on the door.

Outside the door, Kisawa heard footsteps, but the voice of the woman in the room also disappeared.

Mu Ze could only try to say outside, "I'm your daughter's friend." ”

But there was still no sound in the room.

"Do you know about the Bright Welfare House?" said Kisawa still outside, even though the woman inside didn't speak.

As soon as he finished saying this, Mu Ze heard the sound of unlocking the house in the house.

The door was opened by a middle-aged woman. The dark skin on her face seemed to speak of the relentlessness of the sun.

"Do you know where my daughter is?" the eagerness on her face could not hide the excitement in her heart.

"Are you Cortana's mother?" asked Kizawa.

"Where's my daughter?"

"Why did you abandon her in the first place?"

"Tell me, where is my daughter?"

In this way, neither of them gave each other an answer, but only asked the questions they wanted to know.

The woman in front of Mu Ze asked where her daughter was over and over again, and her emotions were obviously out of control.

"I don't know where your daughter is, but I do have a friend of your daughter. Mu Ze said.

After hearing Kizawa's words, she sat down on the ground. Her eyes darkened.

Mu Ze didn't understand why she missed her daughter so much and why she threw her in a welfare home.

"You're Cortana's mother, aren't you? I was very nice with Cortana when I was in the orphanage, and I want to know where she went. Didn't you have any relatives or friends to pick her up?" said Kisawa.

The woman shook her head. "The only one who wants to take my daughter is that brute. But the director of the orphanage told me that the person who went to pick up my daughter had left a sum of money, so it couldn't be the brute. There will be no one to claim my daughter. ”

Mu Ze helped the woman who was sitting on the ground to her feet. "Then Cortana doesn't have any other relatives?"

"Son, come into the house and say. The woman led Kisawa into the house.

Mu Ze entered the house with the woman, and saw that the room was not large, but a sofa and a wooden table were also set up. There is just a passage for walking. The table is full of woolen ornaments, and there are many unfinished ornaments.

The woman sat down on the couch. "Son, come and sit down. ”

Kisawa sat down next to the woman. "Think about it again, does Cortana really have no other relatives?"

The woman began to speak to herself. "I am a foreigner, and I am also the eldest in my family, so I can only go out to work to support my family. When I first came to City A, I worked in a factory, and at the end of each month, I would send it home after I paid my salary. Until one time, when I went to send money, I met a man. The man I hated and feared. ”

When the woman said this, tears were already streaming from her eyes. Although what she said had nothing to do with Cortana, Mu Ze didn't interrupt and continued to listen to her.

She wiped the corner of her eye with her hand and continued, "When we first met that day, he was very friendly. Then I found out that we were working in a factory. From that day on, he was very nice to me, both during and after work. Slowly, I developed a crush on him. Later, we officially got together, because my hukou is in a foreign country, so it will be very troublesome for us to get a license. We didn't even have a marriage certificate, so we started renting a house and living together. Since cohabitation, the salary I earn every month will not be sent home, but will be handed over to him. He said to save the money and when we have enough money we can buy a house of our own. At that time, I was looking forward to the future every day. After we moved in together, he didn't go to work in the factory again. He told me that he was out earning money so that we could buy a house faster. My heart was even happier, and I felt that I was not looking at the wrong person. But when he came back every night he was covered in alcohol, and I asked him, and he told me it was for work. I was curious, until one day, I didn't go to work in the factory and secretly followed him. I found out that he was gambling with the money I had so been thankful to earn. Back home, we had a big fight. He also hit me. I was alone here, so I had to continue to work in the factory every day. He would still gamble with my money every day, and he would beat me when he was in a bad mood. One day, I found out that I was pregnant. I thought he would change, but instead of relenting, he went even further. Every day after gambling outside, he would bring a group of people home for a drink. It's okay to win, but if I lose, I'm going to face a beating. Later, I gave birth to a daughter. Since we don't even have a marriage certificate, our children are also a black family. I didn't settle down, and I didn't even give her a name. ”

Kisawa knew that the girl was Cortana, and she was Cortana's mother, and that man was Cortana's father. Kisawa continued to listen to Cortana's mother.

"After my daughter was born, he was arguing at home. He rarely came home, so I was relieved. When my daughter was a little older, I carried her on my back. I carried her to work in the factory to subsidize the family. Every time she cried on my back, I felt like my heart was going to be broken by her crying. Although he rarely went home, every time he came back, he would go around rummaging through the money I earned. But the money I earn is very small, enough for our mother and daughter to live very well, how can I let him take it again. If he couldn't find me, he would beat me and beat me hard. Slowly, my daughter became obedient. I had just received my salary that day, and I took my daughter out into the street to buy a white dress. She is very beautiful when she puts it on, like a little princess. She was happy and I was happy. My daughter is my only hope. When I returned home with my daughter, I found him drinking with a few other people. So I took my daughter into the back room and closed the door. It was a very cloudy day, and it started to rain very quickly......