Chapter 212 - F*cking d*mn it! (1/2)

Translator: Sparrow Translations  Editor: Sparrow Translations

There were many children and volunteers as well. To Liu Xiao Tian and the rest, it was a lot of pressure. In order to ensure that not a single case went wrong, they did strict inspections of each child’s parents. Their birth certificates, IDs, and other documents had to go through the database once.

Although they had already communicated with the parents, it was now time for the handing over of the children. As policemen, they couldn’t be careless.

The parents had all arrived. The leaders stepped on stage to speak. The topic of their speech was slightly obscure but it was mainly to remind the parents to accept the situation before their eyes. Some of the parents were very emotional and didn’t think much of what was said but the policemen, on the other hand, were very anxious.

Because in there, there were many cases that might not turn out ideally.

After the conference ended, it was time for the claiming of the children. Some of the parents were close to tears from the anticipation. Their pain from losing their children was something no one else would ever understand. When they received the calls from the police, they had thought it was a scam. Eventually, under the police’s confirmation and guarantee, they believed it and came over the next day in order to take back their children.

They had been waiting for too long, so long that they had started to get numb.

Liu Xiao Tian came forward. He wiped the sweat from his forehead. “Fortunately, the government built a new Children’s Welfare Institute a while ago. Otherwise, we wouldn’t know how to make arrangements for all these children.”

Lin Fan nodded. “You’ve worked hard.”

Liu Xiao Tian shrugged. “When I’m wearing this uniform, there’s no such thing as working hard. It’s all part of my duty.”

Lin Fan patten Liu Xiao Tian on the shoulder, then in a slightly surprised tone, he said, “You got promoted…”

Liu Xiao Tian didn’t think much of it, “With the leaders’ trust in giving me this post, the burden on me has only gotten heavier. I have to give 120% effort from now on.”

Lin Fan laughed. Just as he was about to say something, a loud noise came from in front.

“What’s going on?”

Liu Xiao Tian was uncertain. “I don’t know, let’s go take a look.”

Wu You Lan, who stood by the side, watched as those families found their children. Their sobbing faces as they hugged their children made Wu You Lan’s eyes turned slightly red as well. This scene was really emotional. But at that moment, a noise came from in front. She didn’t know what was going on.

When they reached there, there was a middle-aged lady pushing a member of staff away as she said, “This isn’t the child that I lost. She’s not…”

The staff member stepped forward once again, “Big sister, this is really your child. We have already done investigations. You came to the police station to report that you lost your child before too.”

Liu Xiao Tian came forward with a stern look on his face. “What’s going on?”

When the staff member saw that a superior had come, he said, “Inspector Liu, this lady says that this isn’t her child but we have already done thorough checks. This child is the child she lost four years ago.”

Liu Xiao Tian glanced at that child just sitting idly on the wheelchair. In the child’s lifeless eyes, a slight gleam of hopefulness shone for a moment, then died down again. Liu Xiao Tian sighed in his heart. “My dear big sister, do you not want to claim her?”

This child was crippled on both legs and could only sit on the wheelchair for the rest of her life. Getting prosthetic limbs was not impossible but it was an expensive investment. This child had gotten kidnapped when she had been one and now she was five. She lacked spirit as compared to typical children. She had also suffered a huge blow to her heart. When the lady saw her like this, she probably didn’t want to claim her.

Even if she brought her back, she would only be a liability.

That was what Liu Xiao Tian thought.

The middle-aged lady was evading any eye contact. She waved her hand, “It’s not that I don’t want to claim her but this really isn’t my child.”