Chapter 19: The Mystery of Life

The sky was overcast, the rain was not heavy, it was dripping, and there was a clammy and cold smell in the air. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the evening, Qi Luoling drove to her parents' house for dinner as usual.

Inside, she stomped the muddy water from her shoes, and a little rain in her hair, under the dim wall lamps of the walkway, glowed with a strange light, as if shrouded in a hazy layer of shiny gold.

The home was quiet and there was no sound. She wondered, her parents were not at home?

Crossing the corner of the hallway, she was startled.

In the living room, her parents were sitting on the sofa, looking at her without saying a word, with a heavy and serious look on their faces. The oppressive atmosphere in the air is like the gloomy sky outside the window.

"Why don't you speak? Did something happen? Qi Luoling walked to the bathroom to wash her hands, poked her head out, and asked puzzledly.

"Ling'er, come here, we have something very important to tell you." Although Liu Siling's tone was calm, there was a hint of nervousness.

Qi Luoling was uneasy, and after washing her hands, she came to the sofa and sat down opposite her parents.

They were silent again, the air was as silent as death, and only the alarm clock in the living room could be heard ticking clearly.

In the end, Father Qi broke the silence first, "Ling'er, we have to tell you something very important.

"Important? ”

Qi Luoling looked at her father blankly.

"Yes, this is very important to you. It's a secret, we've been hiding it from you for twenty-four years. ”

Twenty-four years? Qi Luoling was so nervous that she could hear her heartbeat clearly.

"Secrets can never be hidden. Besides, you also have the right to know your secrets. But as soon as you say it, you may not be emotionally acceptable in a short period of time. But we have to say, because a lot has happened to you during this time, we don't know if it has something to do with that secret. We thought about it for a long time and decided to tell you. ”

"You are not our own. You are what we raised. Liu Siling then said softly.

Her mind went blank.

Although she vaguely guessed that the secret was about her own background, she expected that her mother told it so clearly and clearly that the whole world froze, unable to speak, and did not know what to say.

Seeing her helpless expression, Liu Siling got up and walked over, hugged her tightly, and said with tears in her eyes: "In our hearts, you are the biological daughter of our parents." ”

After a long time, she asked, "Then who are my real parents?" ”

"When I was in the hospital, I only saw your biological mother, but I never met your biological father." Liu Siling told her with some regret.

"Why did they abandon me?"

"Because...... Because your birth mother was born out of wedlock. Liu Siling said hesitantly.

Suddenly, her heart slowly sank as if it had been filled with lead.

"And, most importantly, your birth mother may be a descendant of Korean descent, and we think it has something to do with the Korean man deliberately driving to hit you."

One shocking secret after another followed.

Then, Liu Siling calmly narrated the beginning and end of the matter.

The year 1992 was a memorable year for China.

China has begun to enter an era of vigorous reform and opening up. In that year, ****** made an important speech on his southern tour, and with the advancement of reform and opening up, the emancipation of the mind, and the economic growth made the whole society extremely active.

On 24 August of that year, China and the Republic of Korea formally established diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial level.

Similarly, this year is also a year that Liu Siling will remember in her heart.

25 October 1992, Shanghai, China

The weather is starting to turn autumn, and the smell of summer has not yet completely faded.

Liu Siling walked on the square slope road, a road to the Shanghai Red House Hospital. Since it was one o'clock in the afternoon, there were many pedestrians on the road. The road is very secluded, and the French plane trees on both sides of the road are tall and large.

But her mood is very uneasy, because from today onwards, she will become a mother as she wishes.

Liu Siling and Qi Qiang have been married for more than three years, and she has never been able to get pregnant, and the two are very annoyed. Whenever they see others walking by with their children, their hearts are full of envy. In the end, she discussed with Qi Qiang and decided to adopt a child.

At that time, Liu Siling had a female classmate named Wei Hong, who worked as an obstetrician at Shanghai Red House Hospital. So, she revealed to Wei Hong that she wanted to raise a child, hoping that Wei Hong could help pay attention. Wei Hong readily agreed.

Just two days ago, Wei Hong called Liu Siling and said that a young woman was going to give away her baby because she gave birth out of wedlock. Wei Hong remembered that Liu Siling had mentioned to her that she wanted to raise a child, and this was a great opportunity, so she immediately notified her to go to the hospital.

After hearing the news, Liu Siling was very excited and discussed with Qi Qiang and decided to take the train to Shanghai immediately. Unfortunately, Qi Qiang's unit suddenly had something to do and couldn't leave, so only Liu Siling went to Shanghai alone.

Despite the long distance and tiring travel, when she thought of the cute child, Liu Siling felt like she had taken a stimulant, and her body was full of inexhaustible strength.

After getting off the train, she rushed to Shanghai Red House Hospital despite the fatigue of the journey......

There are several old buildings behind the plane trees on both sides of the road with red roofs. The style of the building should be Western-style architecture during the French Concession period. These old-fashioned buildings are like an old man, calmly watching the changes and historical changes of more than half a century.

Liu Siling circled the wall of the hospital and finally came to the gate of the hospital.

Suddenly, she heard someone shouting her name, and when she looked closely, it turned out to be her old classmate Wei Hong standing at the gate on the left outside the hospital. Wei Hong also waved her hand vigorously. Fortunately, there is only one door in the hospital, and Liu Siling breathed a sigh of relief.

After entering the gate, Wei Hong introduced the child to her as she walked. Wei Hong told her that the child was a healthy and beautiful girl. The child's mother is 20 years old, and because she has a child out of wedlock, she is anxious to give the child away after giving birth. The woman hopes to find a cultured family and adopt a childless family, and it just so happens that Liu Siling and Qi Qiang meet this requirement.

Wei Hong led her to the second floor, through the hallway, to a ward on the left at the end of the hallway.

Before entering the door, Liu Siling heard bursts of crisp baby crying. She couldn't hold back her excitement and pushed the door in.

There are four beds in the ward, but only two beds are occupied by maternity patients.

Liu Siling looked back at Wei Hong, she smiled and pointed to the hospital bed on her right.

On the right side of the hospital bed sits a young girl with disheveled hair and a baby in her arms, and this loud cry comes from the baby. I saw her humming a little song in her mouth, and her hands kept shaking.

Next to the young girl was a woman of about thirty years of age, who was scrambling to take out a stack of cotton diapers from a large bag, and muttered: "It's not good to coax, it must have just been pooping after feeding." Hurry up and change her diaper, I can't stand such a loud voice. ”

The sound of their footsteps made the young girl look up.

The girl is indeed very young, with a round face with a childish air, a high nose bridge, very white skin, and a delicate appearance.

Wei Hong smiled at her and said, "This is Sister Liu, I told you about that family yesterday." ”

The girl glanced at Liu Siling, and then said, "Didn't you say that it was a couple?" How is it a person? "Her voice is so nice, Wu Nong whispered.

Liu Siling stepped forward, accompanied by a smiling face, and said, "My lover couldn't come together because of something temporary in the unit." ”

The girl was silent, still holding the child tightly.

Seeing this, the woman next to her was a little anxious, "Wasn't it discussed?" This child is going to be given away. ”

The girl still did not speak, and tears fell in threads.

When the woman saw her crying, her heart softened, so she sat down beside the girl and said, "Little sister, even if you are reluctant, there is nothing you can do." You have a child out of wedlock, how can you be qualified to take care of her? The days ahead are still long, so it's better to find a good family to adopt her. It's a good thing for you and for her. ”

After speaking, he snatched the baby from her arms and handed it to Liu Siling.

Liu Siling stretched out her hands and carefully hugged the baby.

The baby has clear eyebrows, a tall nose, big eyes and small lips, and is very cute. The baby wears cute little clothes and pants wrapped in colorful capes.

Liu Siling couldn't put it down, and couldn't help but kiss the child's childish little face.

At this time, a middle-aged man walked in from outside the door, he had a high nose, black-rimmed glasses, a large head, a little bowed, and a small amount of hair combed on the sides.

He walked straight to the woman's bed, and chattered something with them in a foreign language, and the girl nodded with tears in her eyes.

"They seem to be descendants of North Korea who stayed in Shanghai after World War II, so they usually communicate in Korean when they are together." Gu Hong looked at Liu Siling's puzzled expression and hurriedly explained.

"Let me take one last look at the child, I want to remember what she looks like." The girl said bitterly and desperately.

Liu Siling nodded to her and walked to her bedside with the child in her arms.

The girl stared at the child for a long time without blinking, and finally pleaded: "I have two requests, one is that I want you to treat her as if you were your own daughter, and the other is that you will tell her the truth about your life when she is 24 years old. ”

After speaking, she looked at Liu Siling with begging eyes.

Liu Siling nodded solemnly and said: "I will definitely treat her like my own daughter, raise her, and tell her my life experience when she is 24 years old." ”

A day later, Liu Siling left Shanghai with her children, returned to her own city, and began to work hard to raise her children.

After speaking, Liu Siling wiped a handful of tears with her hand.

"You've also grown up, and if you want to meet your biological parents, you can go to them. We cannot deprive you of your right to find your biological parents, on the contrary, we will support you. Father Qi said seriously.

"Thank you for raising me with no blood relationship and giving me complete affection, Mom and Dad." Qi Luoling stood up from the sofa and bowed deeply to the second elder.

"And what's my birth mother's name? Where did you live at the time? ”

"We really don't know. Your birth mother's name should have been known to your Aunt Wei at the time, but unfortunately she died of breast cancer two years ago. ”

After speaking, Liu Siling suddenly remembered something, walked into the bedroom, squatted down, and dragged out a bag of things from a corner under the bed.

It turned out to be a large yellowed pocket, Liu Siling took out something from the bottom of the pocket and handed it to Qi Luoling, "This is the only thing your biological mother left you worth remembering, it is this small cloak." ”

The cloak was the same color as the baby wrap she had dreamed of, and it was still colorful more than twenty years later.

She was even more surprised to find that the left side of the hem of the cloak was rusted with two words "Dunshi" with black thread. In that dream, didn't she walk into the Dun clan ancestral hall at that time? Is this a hint of fate in the dark?