50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 673 Mercy
Sun Zhiwei hadn't paid much attention to the couple arguing at the door, but as he helped Tong Jiajia into the car, he subconsciously glanced at the flower bed.

However, they found that the woman was no longer in the flower bed, but a baby's swaddling clothes had appeared on the cement platform deep inside the flower bed.

The cement platform was located in the center of the flower bed, surrounded by lush ornamental trees as tall as a person. The trees blocked the view of pedestrians on the road and also blocked the child's crying.

It's already late June, and the temperature rises significantly after noon every day, with the sun about to shine directly on the baby.

He knew that if he left her alone, the newborn baby probably wouldn't survive until she was discovered.

With a sigh, Sun Zhiwei first settled Tong Jiajia in the back seat of the car, then said to Zhao Wanting, "Wanting, give me the phone."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Wanting immediately opened the storage compartment on the passenger side, took out a mobile phone, and handed it to Sun Zhiwei in the back seat.

After receiving the phone, Sun Zhiwei dialed 911 to report the incident.

There were only four of them in the car, while Du Qiaoqiao stayed home to prepare lunch.

Tong Jiajia and the other two didn't speak English very well, and Sun Zhiwei didn't want them to attract the attention of the police, so he had to go himself.

Soon, the call was connected.

"Hello, is this the police? I saw a baby abandoned outside NYU Langone Medical Center. Can you send someone over?"

After a brief conversation, the person on the other end of the phone confirmed that police would be arriving soon to check on the situation.

After hanging up the phone, Sun Zhiwei said to Tong Jiajia, "I'll have Hongfei and the others take you home first. I might have to go to the police station to give a statement later."

They had all heard what Sun Zhiwei said on the phone, and Tong Jiajia then pressed for details:
"Is the baby you're talking about the one the woman we just saw arguing with at the door was holding?"

"That should be it. There was only that woman with the child by the flower bed just now, and you can still hear the child crying inside the flower bed, but it keeps going on and on, as if no one is trying to comfort him."

Apart from Sun Zhiwei, no one else heard the child crying, but they didn't suspect anything.

Tong Jiajia had seen a lot of Sun Zhiwei since they started dating, and Zhu Hongfei and his companion had been with them for almost a year, so they knew a bit about Sun Zhiwei's unusual behavior.

Before they came, Xu Yimin had repeatedly told them to talk less and do more, so although they were curious, they never asked too many questions.

Actually, the child's cries weren't loud, and with the grove of trees absorbing the sound, they were very faint by the time they reached the street.

If Sun Zhiwei hadn't had the space, he would have had a hard time hearing the child's cries in such a spacious and noisy environment at the hospital entrance.

After seeing them off, Sun Zhiwei walked alone into the landscaped grove and came to the flower bed in the middle.

On the cement platform of the flower bed, a poor little baby was lying wrapped in a cotton swaddle with a maple leaf pattern.

The little guy had light blond hair, his hands were clenched tightly, his eyes were closed, and his little face was scrunched up; he was crying his heart out.

The little one's face was flushed, and the scorching sun was already shining directly on her face.

Sun Zhiwei felt a pang of pity. He stepped forward, picked up the child, and led her to a shady spot outside the grove to wait for the police to arrive.

Ten minutes later, a police car pulled up in front of the hospital, and two police officers got out.

After they got out of the car, they looked around and then saw Sun Zhiwei carrying a child and walking towards them.

There's not much else to say after that. After discovering the child, Sun Zhiwei called the police and then went to the police station to give a statement. An hour later, he returned home safely and explained the situation to Tong Jiajia and the others.

Lying in bed that night, Tong Jiajia finally couldn't help but ask about the child.

Where will the police take the baby?

"Generally speaking, the police will first take the child to the hospital for a medical examination, and then try to find the child's parents."

What if the child's parents cannot be found?

It's quite possible. He overheard the couple's conversation during the day, and it was clear that although the young woman had given birth to the child, she wasn't the child's parent; she was just a surrogate.

The man was probably a middleman who made money by introducing surrogates, but this time he clearly lost money.

That's why the girl's mother so casually left her child in the garden.

Moreover, Sun Zhiwei didn't know whether the matter itself was illegal or not, but judging from the fact that the police didn't get any clues from the hospital, he knew that the matter was quite secretive.

The man was a doctor at the hospital, and the woman appeared at the hospital entrance with her newborn child. Nobody would believe that the child wasn't born in this hospital.

But why doesn't anyone at the hospital admit it? Naturally, it's because this matter isn't entirely legal, so the hospital is concealing the truth.

Because the hospital doesn't disclose the information, no one knows the child's biological parents, or the true information about the couple who paid for the surrogacy.

Therefore, Sun Zhiwei was certain that if the police did not treat this case as a criminal case and investigate it carefully, they would not be able to find any clues.

"If the child's parents cannot be found, the child will be sent to an orphanage and wait to be adopted by a suitable family."

"Don't worry, the child is very healthy. It's actually quite easy to find an adoptive family for a healthy newborn like that."

"That's good. Why do you think that couple abandoned their child? Was it because they couldn't afford to raise it?"

"This situation is complicated, and the specific reasons could be varied."

"However, in most cases, these are likely unplanned pregnancies, but current laws in the US prohibit abortion, so the children have no choice but to be born."

"However, the parents who gave birth to the child were very young and not prepared to raise the child, which is why they did not want the child."

When Tong Jiajia pressed him for an explanation, Sun Zhiwei had no choice but to make up a plausible story to cover it up.

As for the information he heard about surrogacy, he decided to keep it to himself. There's no consensus on this kind of thing in any country right now, and it's very complicated to explain.

"Don't worry, this child will definitely be happier than if he lived with his biological parents."

"Why do you say that?"

"Because there are many childless couples in the United States, but very few children are available for adoption."

"Therefore, the agencies responsible for verifying the qualifications of adoptive parents will naturally select the best among the best to find the best adoptive parents for the adopted children."

(End of this chapter)