How I Tamed My Wolfish Husband Back in 80s-Chapter 388 - 390: Too Coincidental_1

The man’s name was Shangguan Qingyuan, and he said, "No, it’s not advisable to go public." The Shangguan Family had a somewhat special status, and if they publicized their search for a child, not only would the child be in danger, but they would also be plagued with constant trouble, so they could only search discreetly through private channels.

Li Qiao couldn’t understand, as their clothing didn’t suggest that they were poor.

Especially the watch on the man’s wrist, which she had seen at the mall, an imported brand that could cost over a thousand.

Paying for a missing persons advertisement would be entirely affordable.

The child, held by Qin Jin, soon quieted down.

The woman by Shangguan Qingyuan’s side also stopped making a fuss and seemed to regain some spirit, "How many months old is your child?"

Li Qiao feared the other party might go crazy again, "Just over two months?" She wasn’t quite sure.

"Mine is just over two months, too. Let me see, I have a feeling this time the child is mine. Looking at you, so young, you don’t seem like you’ve given birth. Did you steal my baby?"

Li Qiao dared not let the other party see, as she was too nervously intimidating. She immediately blocked her, "It’s impossible for this child to be yours." People from Beijing, with a hometown in the south, while their own hometown lay in a more northern county, how far could it be?

A cross-province distance at least, of six to seven hundred kilometers apart.

Even if someone were to steal and abandon a child, would they go to such lengths to do it across provinces?

Upon hearing this, the woman became hysterical again, sobbing and screaming, insisting on seeing the child with her own eyes.

Shangguan Qingyuan was helpless, "Qin Jin, how about letting my sister-in-law take a quick look at your child?"

Qin Jin looked at Li Qiao, his eyes seeking her agreement, although he now really wanted the other party to see.

Facing the agonized woman, Li Qiao couldn’t bear it any longer, "Just a look, then. Please, stop acting like this." She lifted the cover from the child’s face.

"This is my daughter!" the woman screamed. At that moment, the child was in Qin Jin’s arms, and she rushed toward him.

Shangguan Qingyuan firmly held her back, "All small children look similar, calm down." He then said to Qin Jin, "Sorry for the inconvenience, Qin Jin. You go on ahead with your wife and child. I’ll take her to see the doctor again. When you have time, come visit the Shangguan Family." He said the latter as a matter of courtesy.

Li Luo stopped in her tracks, "The Shangguan Family?"

"Yes."

Li Qiao suddenly became excited as well, "I won’t hide it from you, this child isn’t mine..." She recounted the child’s clothing at that time, "This packet was covered, and my grandmother spent two days restoring two characters, an ’upper’ and a ’moon’, I guess the child’s name is Shangguan something-moon." There weren’t many people with compound surnames, and this family who lost a child also had the surname Shangguan and it was a girl, it couldn’t be such a coincidence.

"Jiayue, Shangguan Jiayue, she was born on November the third. We named her after the month, she weighed twelve jin when she went missing." The woman suddenly started speaking coherently, including traits Li Luo hadn’t described, "There’s a red mole on her buttocks."

"That matches." Li Qiao said.

Shangguan Qingyuan was also very happy; after searching for so long, he couldn’t imagine the child would be in Beijing.

"Then hand the child over to me," the woman said.

"Right now?" Li Qiao suddenly felt reluctant, having taken care of the child for several days and already developing some attachment.

"Is it money you want? I’ll give it, whatever amount you ask for.", she quickly became upset, "Am I after money? We’ve taken care of her for so long, we even arranged adoption papers, don’t you at least let us take her home, inform our elders, and say goodbye properly?" Just having her taken away like that, who could stand it?

Shangguan Qingyuan said, "My sister-in-law has been emotionally unstable lately, speaking a bit off-kilter, please don’t take it to heart." He thought of a compromise, "With my sister-in-law in this state, she definitely won’t come back with me. Let her go with you to your home for now, and I’ll go back and tell my brother, coming to pick her up later."

Qin Jin responded, "Alright."

The woman’s surname was Zhuang, with the given name Shu. She eagerly followed them to the small courtyard.

She looked around intently.

Simple and old, she was instantly heartbroken.

Her daughter had actually been living in such a place. freewebnøvel.com

Once inside the house, she looked around. Although the furnishings were plain, they were cozy.

There was also a large baby crib adorned with pink gauze, very pretty.

"Why is there a barrier in the middle of the bed? Do you have another child?"

"Not at the moment," Li Qiao said.

Qin Jin had just put the child down when the woman came over, tears in her eyes, it was her child.

A bit chubbier.

But she recognized her.

It had been half a month, she washed her face with tears every day and felt every day drag on like a year.

She regretted countless times why she had taken the child out on a long journey alone.

Wiping her tears away, she asked, "How do you usually feed her?"

Li Qiao: "The formula on the table."

Zhuang Shu picked it up to look, she wasn’t sure if the formula was good or not, but the packaging seemed fine, and there were three clean bottles.

Very clean.

There was a partition under the baby crib for storage, with both new and old clothes, and a neat stack of diapers—all uniformly clean. Her heart finally settled back in her stomach; the child hadn’t suffered.

Qin Jin said, "Sister-in-law, I need to step out for a bit. My wife is also pregnant now. Now that the child is here, I hope you can keep your emotions stable; please don’t hurt her."

Zhuang Shu was now clear-headed and ashamed of her previous behavior, "Eh."

After Qin Jin left, Zhuang Shu asked to see the clothes and swaddling clothes the baby was originally in.

Li Qiao opened the cabinet and found them.

Zhuang Shu held them and cried again, "I made these clothes by hand."

Li Qiao stood by silently.

Zhuang Shu sorted herself out, then looked at the baby again; when the child woke up and cried, she immediately picked him up to soothe him, realizing he had wet himself, she calmly changed his diaper. Seeing the red mole on his butt, she smiled knowingly, then remembered to say words of gratitude, "Thank you. You and your partner both look so young, what do you do? Oh, your partner knows my brother-in-law, so he must have a legitimate job."

"My partner is in business," Li Qiao said. After mixing the formula, Zhuang Shu took over and fed the baby herself; once full, the baby slept.

"What kind of business? My husband is the officer in charge of this area. You’ve taken care of our child; I must repay you."

"No need, I never expected any reward for raising her. Don’t associate my caring for her with a reward. It makes me uncomfortable," Li Qiao said with conviction.

Zhuang Shu fell silent.

At that moment, Mrs. Tao returned, "Qiaoqiao."

"Ah, are things taken care of at your house?"

"Yes. Has the child been a nuisance? Is he asleep?" Mrs. Tao glanced at Zhuang Shu, thinking she was just visiting, and smiled at her.

"Not much trouble, just asleep," Li Qiao said as she took Mrs. Tao to the next room, her tone tinged with sadness, "Auntie, this child isn’t mine; he belongs to the lady who just arrived, and she is going to take him back now. This is the money for your work over the past few days and a bonus; thank you. I’ll call on you again if I need to in the future."

Mrs. Tao caught off guard, "The lady next door said the child wasn’t yours, and I didn’t believe it then, after all, who would hire someone to take care of another person’s child? Oh dear, where had that child’s mother gone before? "

"There was a bit of a problem before, but it’s all resolved now, thank you," Li Qiao said with extra gratitude.

The auntie appeared hard to deal with, but was actually easy to talk to.

She handed over a bag of rice from the kitchen to the other party.

Mrs. Tao hurriedly waved her hands, "No need, no need, if you need me in the future, I’ll still come."