Chapter 1000 - Adoption (2/2)
“Basically, the boy’s existence is a secret. If not for Jiang Ming’s girlfriend’s accidental discovery, probably no one would know about a boy who shared his name at his home.”
“You can see it that way.”
The information about the boy was a blank slate. Chen Ge conducted his search around the house. To save time, he released Ol’ Zhou and his friends to help. The lights were not turned on, and shadows moved across the room.
Several minutes later, Chen Ge really did find something. He found a crumpled letter inside the study’s trashcan. The content of the letter was as follows. The sender needed a lot of money, and if they were refused, they would come to take the child and not let him stay with Jiang Ming anymore.
“The child is a bargaining chip?” Chen Ge studied the letter. “The boy lives with the older Jiang Ming, but there is no information on his mother. Could the sender of this letter be the mother? Is the boy Jiang Ming’s biological son?” Chen Ge and his employees stood inside the study. Other than the letter, they found nothing else. “Whether the boy is his biological son or not, there must be something to prove the child’s identity inside this house. Jiang Ming can’t have moved all of that to Jiang Jiu’s place, right? Or, is there a hidden room inside this house?”
With another search, Ol’ Zhou finally found a hidden safe behind the bookshelf. Chen Ge did not need to open the safe. He only needed his employee to slip into the safe to check its contents. Ten seconds later, Ol’ Zhou crawled out from the gap.
“The boy is not related to Jiang Ming or Jiang Jiu by blood. They are taking care of him on behalf of someone else. There are adoption papers inside the safe. The husband and wife agreed for their child to stay here for the five thousand RMB that Jiang Jiu would pay them monthly. From the signature, it reads that the boy’s real father’s name is Jiang Dawu.
“There is a mud statuette inside the safe with the name ‘Jiang Ming’ on it. That confirms that Jiang Ming is one of the selected candidates. Other than that, the child’s real ID is stored inside the safe. His real name is Jiang Ming, but it turns that it’s the young man who works at the theme park that has changed his name.
“Jiang Jiu’s adopted son’s original name was Jiang Wei. It was after Jiang Ming was arranged to stay here that Jiang Wei changed his name to Jiang Ming.”
“Why would he do that? Does he want to use this to take something away from Jiang Ming? But there is nothing worth taking from the boy, other than the fact that he was selected by the source of misfortune, the ghost fetus.” There was no free love in this world. Jiang Jiu must want something from the boy, and that was why he had agreed to adopt the child.
“Perhaps Jiang Jiu wishes to trick the ghost fetus. He wants to become the ghost fetus’ father,” Ol’ Zhou analyzed.
“The evil spirit possessing Jiang Jiu and Jia Ming were both left behind by the ghost fetus. They probably wouldn’t dare infringe on the ghost fetus’ plan.” Chen Ge stood in their perspective, a normal person would not choose to have any relationship with the ghost fetus.
“That might not be true. What if Jiang Jiu has underestimated the ghost fetus’ power, or the ghost fetus has underestimated the greed of the living.”
“You have a point there.” Chen Ge nodded admiringly at Ol’ Zhou. He felt like Ol’ Zhou had a bright future. “Tong Tong’s plan to lure Jiang Ming away can only be used once. When dawn arrives and Jiang Ming meets up with Jiang Jiu, they will realize that something is wrong, so we only have one chance tonight.”
Since there were no other clues to find, Chen Ge decided to meet the boy. Pushing the door open, Chen Ge looked into the room. The boy was already asleep, and he did not notice the additional ‘people’ that had entered the house.
To prevent Jiang Ming from being scared awake, Chen Ge summoned Ol’ Zhou and the rest back into the comic. Only he and Men Nan entered the bedroom. On the surface, the boy looked normal, just like any other child. One could not make the connection to the scary ghost fetus.
Chen Ge and Men Nan walked to the window, and they waited for midnight. The atmosphere in the room started to change, and a door appeared quietly next to the boy’s bed.