Chapter VII: The Fate of the Taken

When I heard his name, I chuckled and immediately realized that he had come to me for something.

It just so happened that I made an appointment with Chen Rongan to go out shopping that day, and I was unlucky to come and go, so I took him with me by the way.

In the coffee shop, the man told us about his difficult history with a handful of snot and tears.

It turned out that at the beginning, he and Ye Cheng were fellow villagers, and Ye Cheng was not called this name at that time, his name was Ye Chen.

In that small mountain village, it was a great thing to get into university.

Ye Cheng's family conditions are difficult, so he has been studying very hard, so that he can be admitted to university one day.

But on the day the admission letter came down, he found that he had not been admitted to the university.

On the contrary, it was Ye Chen, who had always been a plaything in the same village, who was admitted to the university.

He was grief-stricken, but he had to accept the arrangement of fate and came out to work early.

Although he still longed for college, his family's financial conditions could not support him to study for another year of high school.

It wasn't until recently that he saw the video.

Under the unintentional opening of the workers, Ye Cheng had questions about what happened back then.

He asked someone to ask for the name of the school that Ye Chen was admitted to, which was the first wish he wrote down.

Once planted, the seeds of doubt take root and sprout.

But he had no status, no money, and no idea how to find out the truth, so he had to find us.

"I know that I am shameless to say such things, and after so many years, maybe the truth of the matter has long since disappeared."

"But I still want to know if I'm a replacement person..."

I've never seen a big man cry like this in front of me.

The glance with Chen Rongan, we already knew the answer from each other's eyes.

To manage.

To find.

And, be sure to find out.

Chen Rong'an and I went on two separate paths, and I took leave to go to the high school that Ye Cheng said he had attended.

Chen Rongan stayed in Shanghai to see if there would be any information on the Internet.

By the way, she borrowed her father's connections and went to the Education Bureau to have a look.

When I arrived in high school, I asked the teacher Ye Cheng's homeroom teacher.

It's a pity that too much time has passed, and the teacher has already retired.

Luckily, I got his address.

The head teacher looked to be in his sixties, and after knowing the purpose of my visit, he thought about Ye Cheng's photo for a long time.

It took a long time to think that there seemed to be such a student.

"The conditions in his family are not good, but he studies very hard."

"I remember... At that time, he should have been admitted to university, but unfortunately he lived far away and there was no phone, so I couldn't congratulate him personally. ā€

"How's this kid doing?"

Facing his expectant eyes, I really couldn't tell Ye Cheng's current situation.

I can only say casually, and I'm doing well.

By now, everything has been answered.

At the beginning, he was indeed replaced by his life.

After knowing the truth, Ye Cheng cried bitterly, and he squatted on the ground and couldn't stop patting the ground.

"Mother, did you hear, I was admitted to college! Your son is not unproductive, I—I really got into college..."

Ye Cheng's mother passed away due to illness a few years ago.

Seeing him like this, Chen Rongan and I really couldn't bear it.

Taking a person's future is like killing someone's life.