novelraw Chapter 501 - 418: How Could It Not Be?
Chapter 501 - 418: How Could It Not Be?
Chapter 501: Chapter 418: How Could It Not Be?
As soon as she finished speaking, Leng Mochen’s eyes lit up, "You said, could he possibly know something about your father?"
Li Si’s eyes sparkled, "Yes! This Uncle Zhang Tianbao was my dad’s best friend, during his college years, he might have been the person who interacted with Dad the most. What if he knows something important?"
"I’ve never seen this jade pendant before. If it was something from grandma’s house, it’s impossible for me to not know about it! So there are only a few possibilities: One, this jade pendant was something Dad accidentally obtained shortly before his death and didn’t get the chance to show me. Two, the jade pendant had a special significance to him, which is why I’ve never seen it before."
Leng Mochen pulled her into his arms with appreciation, "That’s a great analysis, girl! But as for what happens next, let’s not intervene anymore. Jiang Feng has the address, let him hand it over to the Jin Family. The following investigation is up to them!"
After all, all Li Si has is that jade pendant. As for how the pendant ended up in her father’s possession, it’s not their responsibility to delve further.
Since the child’s disappearance back then had suspicious circumstances, pursuing the clues now might inevitably lead to danger.
He would never allow Li Si and the child to be exposed to dangerous situations again. Especially at a time like this! The enemy is in the dark while they are in the open; no one knows what might happen next.
She placed his large hand against her cheek, "Alright! I’ll listen to you! But I still feel a bit wistful... I just hope they can find the real lost child."
She paused, "Actually, I had an idea before. In a little over a month, it will be the third anniversary of Dad’s death. I was thinking, maybe after our wedding, we could take Buding and make a trip back to North City.
Find a Feng Shui expert to help relocate Dad’s grave to Beijing—what do you think? That way, I can visit him often!"
Li Si wasn’t very familiar with the traditions surrounding relocating graves, but she remembered that there were specialists in this field who could assist with the process.
"Okay! Then we’ll relocate the grave first before heading to Bali!"
"Alright! But do you think moving the grave might be tricky?" Her concern stemmed from the Li Family. After all, her dad was their eldest son, and relocating a grave was hardly a trivial matter.
Still, she truly wanted to relocate her dad’s grave, find a picturesque mountain and river setting for his final resting place, and be able to take Buding there in the future to pay respects and talk to him.
Honestly, if there weren’t any particularly pressing matters, it would be unlikely for her to make frequent trips back to North City.
Who knows if those people would stir up trouble?
"Don’t worry about that! Isn’t everything handled by me? Oh, by the way, the plane should be arriving soon!" Leng Mochen quickly changed the subject.
As for the Li Family, he didn’t take them seriously at all.
"Really? That’s pretty fast!" Li Si was indeed partially distracted, her earlier worries subsiding quite a bit.
When the time comes, she’ll deal with it no matter what, because whatever she wants to do, she’s determined to see it through.
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The Jin Family
Jin Jiachao held the DNA test report in trembling hands, "How could it not be? Could there have been a mistake in the analysis? Or perhaps, the samples we used were unsuitable?"
He simply couldn’t accept a result like this!
Before receiving this report, he had been incredibly emotional—just thinking about finding that child during his lifetime had been enough to bring him peace, even if he were to pass away now.
He would feel no regrets in death! He could face his parents and sister in the afterlife with closure!
The only regret would be finding them too late. If it had been a few years earlier, would they still have been together, not separated by death?
But what’s the use in saying things like that now?
At the very least, ensuring the happiness and well-being of the sole surviving bloodline was enough.
And yet, reality slapped him hard across the face!
Jin Yichen lightly shook his head, "It’s not an issue with the samples. They don’t share any blood relation at all, so how could the analysis show otherwise?"
Seeing the old man’s reddened eyes made his heart ache as well.
He couldn’t believe the outcome either, but the result was right there, undeniable. Not is not—it’s as simple as that.
The earlier joy and excitement revealed by the old man now mirrored his deep disappointment and sorrow. Jin Yichen felt a stabbing pain in his heart; he couldn’t bear to tell him the truth.
But he couldn’t avoid it. Prolonged deceit would only result in greater agony in the future. Better to confront it head-on now! At least they didn’t walk away empty-handed entirely.
They found the jade pendant from the aunt—how far could they be from finding the child?
Jin Jiachao took off his reading glasses, rubbed his swollen eyes, and spoke in a deeply low tone, "Has anyone told the child Li Si about this yet?"
"I heard from Xiao Ning that she went to the airport to pick up her friend, so I didn’t bother her and instead informed her husband." When he told Leng Ning, she had outright refused to believe him.
Initially, she thought he was joking, but once he seriously reiterated it, she finally accepted it as truth.
"Good! It was necessary to inform them. I have to admit, I feel ashamed—I, an old man, don’t have the calm composure of a young girl! Aren’t we going to continue investigating how her father came into possession of the jade pendant?"
Although the revelation that Li Si wasn’t the missing child left him distressed, it didn’t deter him from moving forward. No matter what, he would find that child before he died—even if all that remained of them were bones, he needed a definitive answer.
"But old man, her father has already passed away, so how can we proceed from here?" Jin Yichen was eager to dig deeper but wondered how to investigate someone who was deceased.
Jin Jiachao’s eyes lit up with resolute determination, "Start by investigating those who were close to him!" A person who lived in this world would inevitably leave traces behind.
He even had a bold hypothesis: if the jade pendant was bought by Li Si’s father or given to him by someone else, then they’d be one step closer to the truth.
At that moment, Jin Yichen’s phone rang. Initially, he answered with a serious expression and listened intently. Gradually, his gaze brightened, and finally, he said "Thank you" before hanging up.
"Old man! Li Si’s father had a classmate in Shanxi who might know something about the origin of this jade pendant!" Jin Yichen hadn’t anticipated new clues arriving so swiftly—the call was from Leng Mochen’s assistant, who detailed the circumstances and whereabouts of Li Guoqiang’s classmate and suggested they follow up for potential leads.
"A classmate?" Jin Jiachao was unexpectedly calm, not as thrilled as Yichen had imagined. "I think it’s worth visiting this classmate, but we should also send people to investigate North City. What if Li Guoqiang purchased the pendant there?"
"Yes, yes! Then we’ll split into two teams—one to North City and one to Shanxi!" Jin Yichen then remembered, "Old man, should we let my uncle and his family know about this?"
His mother, Su Ye, had a younger brother named Su Ting. Having been abroad for so many years, his uncle had tirelessly helped with the search for the child. Each year, the old man sent his uncle large sums of money and even established a charitable foundation with this goal in mind.
Jin Jiachao pondered for a long time, "No, I don’t think we should tell him right now. That charity fund must continue to operate and help more people. It’s not that I don’t trust him; I don’t trust the wife he married later. If the Chen Family gets wind of this...
With that Chen Shimei and his wife’s character, they’d undoubtedly do something despicable."
"Okay, old man, don’t worry! I know what to do!"
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