Chapter 55 (2/2)

”Yes He's been hiding in the southeast for many years and knows the situation there well It's not a bad idea to bring hiht be useful as bait if needed,” Lian Jun replied Seeing shi+ Jin was still frowning, he continued, ”I only ever considered Long shi+ one of ht about him any other way”

shi+ Jin stared at hi himself to him, and suddenly, a peculiar mix of emotions swirled in his heart: wonder, joy, satisfaction, and just a bit of a strange, itchy feeling

”I never doubted it—how could you possibly look at such kind of a scuhted

Lian Jun glanced at hi He took out a tablet and offered it to him

shi+ Jin waved his hand ”I don't want to play now It's almost time for dinner, let's just chat”

Lian Jun turned the tablet on and said, ”This isn't for playing While ere on the sea, there was a problerui couldn't be delivered Noe're back on land, and it finally came in You can take a look”

shi+ Jin reate shi+ Xingrui He took the tablet, hesitated, then set it aside, saying, ”Let's have dinner first I will read it later”

Lian Jun knew he did it because he wanted the over to kiss his lips

After dinner, Lian Jun left to discuss the arrange Gua Five in the ward Theon his laptop without disturbing shi+ Jin

shi+ Jin picked up the tablet

The shi+ft in his and Lian Jun's relationshi+p lessened shi+ Jin's concern with shi+ Xingrui and his sons If not for the progress bar and the original 'shi+ Jin's' identify forcing hi involved with that sick falanced at his progress bar, which had returned to 490, thought of Lian Jun, patted his cheeks to perk himself up, and unlocked the tablet

There were two files in the folder shi+ Jin opened the smaller one first

An old hospital abortion record appeared on the screen The patient's na, and the reason for the abortion ritten to be, ”Pregnancy terravida suffers from systemic disease unfavorable to the proper development of the fetus”

Systemic disease?

Surprised, shi+ Jin slid down the docu Qing caught a severe case of flu while she was pregnant with her first child It was bad enough her life was endangered, but the ht have lead to malformation of fetus In the end, she chose abortion

It seemed this abortion wasn't deliberate

shi+ Jin's brorinkled He closed the file and opened the second

An old, black-and-white, family photo jumped out at him The person who compiled the information considerately drew a red circle around a child to the right of the front row, indicating it was the young shi+ Xingrui

shi+ Jin never expected the investigator would even dig up shi+ Xingrui's childhood and was very appreciative of his or her meticulousness He examined the appearance of the people in the photo but found nothing special, so he continued to read

The docurui's childhood until high school, alone, accounted for over a dozen pages,list of school honors and awards, awards for winning writing contests, and so on It was clear shi+ Xingrui had always been ”sorui's family wasn't well off—on the contrary, it could even be called ie fale child His mother's body eak, and she couldn't do much work As such, his family's livelihood was dependent on his father

Probably because of the lack of rui's fae They lived in the rui seerui spent his first years in his horaduated froe admitted to the county town middle school This hen his and his parents' luck shi+fted

In those days, attending rui's family couldn't afford it His father wanted to borrow theIn an unexpected surge of deterht less than two years earlier, transferred the fields under his name to somebody else, took his wife and son, and , they fell on hard tihly educated nor knew any profession other than fared to win a scholarshi+p and helped his father through those difficult days

At the time, China was full of business opportunities By chance, shi+ Xingrui's father radually becorated into the county town lory

The years of rui's father saved enough money to buy a house in the provincial capital and decided to rui passed the high school entrance exaether

It was a pity the Heavens rui got the results of his entrance exae to share the good neith his grandparents, died under unclear circumstances in the shi+ family hoh that she couldn't be rescued

It was impossible to knohat really happened that year However, according to the inforrui's father never went back to his hoain He closed up his business, set up a small shop in the provincial capital, and cared only for his son

shi+ Xingrui also never returned to his hoain Even after he became successful, he refused every request for help frory, he went so far as to enthusiastically support his h school was sed to get high marks in the competitive exam and was ad to study finance That year his father passed away, leaving shi+ Xingrui all alone in the world

After his father's death, shi+ Xingrui sold his home and store in the provincial capital, moved to B City, and started his own business while still a student That was the beginning of his legacy

He spent two years investing in a variety of businesses, co his first wave of capital build-up In his second year, he founded Ruixing and developed it slowly, paying equal attention to his business career and his studies By the ti was already a sious enterprise When he could fully concentrate on an to develop at a rapid pace In less than five years, it gained a fir significant happened in the next few years Then, when he was 27, shi+ Xingrui 's mother, Xu Jie, and accepted her as an assistant

At this point, shi+ Jin paused He returned to the beginning of the docurui's life As he did so, a strange sense of violation grew stronger and stronger

Although the world has never been short of geniuses or lucky people, sorui, who seele misstep, was an anomaly shi+ Jin had never seen a child whose acade a parent

Moreover, shi+ Xingrui's investment vision ay too accurate—not only had his business never lost money, it had made him a fortune All the competitors who tried to stop his development ended up bankrupt He avoided all the severe business crises, and he pulled out of all the businesses affected by a sudden change in official policy in advance as if he could foretell the future

It was too aonist's halo

But was it possible for so and this lucky?

shi+ Jin frowned Recalling his own transrui also had some sort of cheat, orwith pointless guesses, and turned his attention back to the docurui beca onto the part about his interpersonal relationshi+ps, and began to browse through the photos, searching for anyone who looked similar to him, either a man or woman

Due to the sheer number of photos, it took him a lot of time, but in the end, shi+ Jin never found anyone with an appearance close to his own He was overcome with doubt

There's none?

The docurui's elementary school's classmates He speculated the man wanted someone's replace?

Refusing to give up, he looked through the photos again, this tiot nothing

Was he wrong after all? He frowned, distressed, noticed a straw next to his lips, and reflexively sucked on it He found it was his favorite ly, ”Tasty”

”What's troubling you?” The person who fed him juice asked affectionately

shi+ Jin nearly choked He looked at Lian Jun, who had reappeared at his bedside at soet back?”

”Just now,” Lian Jun replied, his expression easing at the teenager's s with the infor”

shi+ Jin was happy to have soed closer and showed hi hihed ”I', but ht I don't knohat to think”

”Maybe shi+ Xingrui's love was unrequited? What's more, they didn't necessarily have to know each other—at least on the surface, there ht have been no intersections between thehts then appeased, ”You shouldn't doubt yourself—when all the clues point to one thing, then no matter how impossible, it's likely to be true”

shi+ Jin's heart steadied He took a deep breath and picked up the tablet, studying the inforain He put a hand on his forehead and continued to ponder—shi+ Xingrui had never been able to forget this person, so just when and how could have they met?

Translator's Notes: ”Someone else's child” [别人家的孩子] – have you ever heard the “How are your grades so bad, just look at your cousin/classhbors' son…” speech? Need I explain more?

Translator: Eques

Editor: Bet

Eques:

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