Living in a small county town, earning a million a year

Chapter 82 Life is a Wilderness (13 First Subscription Requested!)

"Brother Xu Mu, I've finished my resignation! Because my job was crucial, I can finally leave after the handover is complete! I worked a full month last month and received my salary and full attendance bonus!"

"Isn't that comfortable?" Xu Mu said with a smile. "Where are you now?"

“I just left work, and I drove here to find you.”

"Sure, you can come directly to the company to complete your onboarding process. I'm having coffee at Starbucks!"

"Sure, I'll come find you after I finish my onboarding! I want to treat you to dinner tonight to thank you properly. If it weren't for you, I probably would have been stuck in that company for who knows how much longer..."

When she said this, Wang Jingrou's tone was filled with joy and excitement.

It felt like a sense of freedom, as if one had escaped from a cage.

"Why thank me? It has nothing to do with me!"

"Why doesn't it matter?"

Wang Jingrou said in a serious tone, "If you hadn't come to Sister Baixue's house for dinner, I would never have met you."

"If I hadn't met you, I wouldn't have known that Sister Bai Xue would introduce me to you, and you wouldn't have invited me to work at your company... and I wouldn't have had the courage to go against my parents and say I wanted to quit!"

"I think the most important thing is that you encouraged me and gave me the opportunity to talk to them properly! And I also used your abilities to convince them!"

"Of course, of course, and there's also what you said: life is a wilderness, not a track."

"I think this is so true... Life is a wilderness, I can freely pursue my future, instead of being confined to one place for ten or twenty years or even a lifetime! I am still young, I have a much broader future ahead of me!"

At this moment, Wang Jingrou was like a lively little sparrow, chirping incessantly.

Xu Mu could hear the barely suppressed excitement in her voice.

"Okay, okay, I know!"

Xu Mu smiled and chimed in, "Then hurry up and come over. Remember to treat me to a meal after you're done with your onboarding."

"necessary!"

After hanging up the phone, Xu Mu casually placed it on the table.

Xu Mu had just picked up his coffee and taken a sip when he noticed someone sitting down opposite him.

"Xu Mu, I didn't even recognize you! I never thought it really was you!"

Xu Mu frowned as she looked at the chubby boy with a smile in front of her... somewhat puzzled.

I don't think I know him at all!
"You are……"

Xu Mu doesn't remember this person!
Moreover, Xu Mu really has no recollection of her time from high school to university and then into the workforce!
"Xu Mu, it's me, Wang Qiang! Have you forgotten me? We used to be in the same orphanage! We used to be such good friends! How could you forget me?"

Upon hearing the name Wang Qiang, memories deep within Xu Mu's mind immediately flooded back.

Memories of being six years old don't seem so distant.

On the contrary, Xu Mu had a very deep impression of the time he spent in the orphanage.

Seeing Wang Qiang's chubby appearance, he couldn't help but laugh and say, "Damn it, you used to be as skinny as a bamboo pole, how could I recognize you? Look at you now, living such a comfortable life? You've become so much rounder!"

"Hey, they say girls change a lot as they grow up, but boys change a lot too! But you, you're still so thin after all these years..."

"Are you working in Tianji County now?" Wang Qiang asked Xu Mu warmly.

What is this like?
Meeting an old friend in a foreign land... Moreover, the feelings formed in the orphanage back then would be even more profound.

Xu Mu also remembered that after she was adopted by her parents, she hugged Wang Qiang and another little girl, crying her heart out, and said that they should keep in touch.

We did keep in touch for a few years afterward, but we lost contact for various reasons.

Tianji County is not big, and I never saw my friends from the welfare home again. Tianji County is so small that I met Wang Qiang again at Starbucks more than ten years later.

Xu Mu found this connection to be incredibly wonderful.

“Yes! My parents brought me to Ningcheng before, and then I came back last year.” Xu Mu nodded, took out her phone to order a coffee for Wang Qiang, and asked, “What would you like to drink?”

"I'm fine with anything, you decide."

Xu Mu ordered Wang Qiang a black tea latte, the same one she had, then put down her phone and asked with a smile, "What about you? What are you doing now?"

"I'm currently in Hangzhou, working in e-commerce, but it's not easy!"

Wang Qiang leaned back in his chair, a deep look on his face, lost in memories. "I remember you were adopted, and I was adopted a year later."

"By the way, are you still in contact with Shen Yuting?"

"The three of us were such good friends back then... I wonder how Tingting is doing now!"

At the time, the three of them were about the same age and were the best friends.

In the orphanage, there were also cases of older people bullying younger people. Shen Yuting was the one who was bullied. She was a year younger than them. The reason why the three of them got along well was because when Shen Yuting was bullied, Xu Mu and Wang Qiang stepped in to help her.

Of course, because of this incident, Wang Qiang and Xu Mu were also beaten up by the older brothers.

Xu Mu still remembers this incident to this day.

It was raining in Tianji County at the time, and the two men were beaten until they were lying in a mud pit.

Despite having many scrapes and cuts on their bodies, neither of them cried. Instead, they bravely held hands and laughed.

Because they know that crying is useless; without their parents' care, crying won't solve anything...

“Tingting? I was still in contact with both of you back then. I originally wanted my parents to adopt Tingting as well, but unfortunately we could only adopt one. I don’t know how she is doing now!” Xu Mu’s memory was pulled back to the happy times the three of them spent in the orphanage.

"I'll contact the grandma from the orphanage when the time comes. She's still alive. Let's go visit her when we have some free time?"

"Sure!" Xu Mu agreed with a smile.

Seeing that the coffee was ready on her phone, Xu Mu got up to get it and handed it to Wang Qiang. "So why did you suddenly come back? You were doing just fine in Hangzhou... why did you have to come back to this small county?"

“I wanted to come back and take a look, but everything has changed. The orphanage has been demolished! And…”

Wang Qiang paused for a moment, then said, "I have severed ties with my adoptive parents."

"what?"

Xu Mu's eyes widened. "Why?"

"It's a long story..."

Wang Qiang's eyes turned sad. "Actually, I had already cut off all ties with them after high school."

“They were both quite young at the time, and because they couldn’t have children, they came to our orphanage to adopt me.”

"After taking me to Hangzhou, my dad made money in business and then thought about IVF. When I was in the first year of junior high school, they were successful with IVF, and all their focus shifted to my new baby brother."

“It was fine at first, but after my younger brother was born, and he started kindergarten, he began to lie about how I bullied him and all sorts of things… No matter how I explained, it was no use.”

“My parents had me late in life, as you know, and they doted on me terribly. As for me… no matter what, I was adopted. Later, because of this younger brother, our relationship deteriorated a lot.”

"After I graduated from high school, I said, 'Let's sever ties!' Over the years, I've transferred three or four hundred thousand yuan to them as a way of making up for their kindness in raising me." Wang Qiang recounted the events with a smile...

But Xu Mu could hear the sadness and sorrow in Wang Qiang's words.

Regardless of the circumstances, they are not biologically related, even though there is a legal concept of fictive kinship and the adoption relationship is recognized.

However, biological children are still very different from adopted children.

Furthermore, regarding the idea that human nature is inherently evil, children naturally tend to lie.

To be honest, even without knowing the details, just hearing what Wang Qiang said made Xu Mu feel that Wang Qiang was under tremendous pressure at the time.

So, isn't severing ties with relatives a good thing?
But the debt of gratitude for being raised cannot be ignored, and Wang Qiang is quite sensible... After all, none of these children who came from the orphanage were naive.

Because you're so immature, nobody will want you!
Even the mothers and grandmothers in the orphanage at the time told them that they hoped they would be sensible and not make their parents angry after they went to their new homes... That's how Xu Mu has lived all these years.

Fortunately, he has an older sister who dotes on him.

His parents treated him like their own son!
At that time, Xu Ping was with Ye Muling, who was about the same age as Xu Mu.

It was because they happened to see little Xu Mu lying by the fence when they passed by the orphanage that they felt compassion and decided to adopt him.

All I can say is that Xu Mu has had a pretty happy life over the years.

"So you're back now because... you resigned from that job?"

"Yes." Wang Qiang did not deny it. "The pressure of living in Hangzhou is too great, and e-commerce is not easy to do now. I gritted my teeth and saved money to repay the favors they owed. Now that I have paid off 400,000 yuan, I can say I am debt-free!"

"After all, I don't want people talking behind my back!"

"Now I plan to come back and take a look at the project myself. I know that Tianji County has pretty good socks and car seat cushions, so I was thinking of coming back to research this stuff!"

"Where do you work now?" Wang Qiang asked, looking at Xu Mu.

"Me? My sister owns a design company, and I work for her now!"

Xu Mu said with a smile, "I'm unemployed too."

"Hahahaha!"

The two laughed and clinked their coffees together. "Want to have dinner together tonight?"

"sure."

"But I might be busy for a while. Let's add each other on WeChat, and then you can come to my company for a visit."

Xu Mu did not offer to help.

After all, Wang Qiang was able to make a living in Hangzhou for so many years and earn so much money to pay off his debts, so to be honest, he was quite capable.

Just as Xu Mu and Wang Qiang were adding each other as WeChat friends.

A system notification sounded in Xu Mu's mind.

"Ding!"

"The system has issued a task."

"Detected that the host has encountered a good friend from the orphanage!"

"Issue the mission!"

"Task 1: Find the grandmother who was once in the welfare home, and repay her with filial piety, so that she can have a happy and peaceful old age."

"Task reward: Cash blind box, experience points: 50."

"Task Two: Invest in Wang Qiang's startup and help it achieve a turnover of one million. No fake orders are allowed; real data is required..."

"Task reward: Random blind box, experience points: 50."

"Task 3: Find Shen Yuting and help her escape her suffering."

"Task reward: Random blind box, experience points: 50."

The system issued three tasks in a row!
This made Xu Mu's eyes widen.

Xu Mu understood the second task.

But... what's the situation with the first and third ones?
How can we ensure that the grandmother in the welfare home has a happy and peaceful old age?

What do you mean?
Is she unhappy now?

This made Xu Mu somewhat worried!

After all, Xu Mu spent six years in an orphanage. She was abandoned by her parents at birth and was only adopted by them when she was six years old...

Also, the third task is to find Shen Yuting and help her escape her misery.

I grass!

Is Shen Yuting going through a lot of pain right now?

Does the main system only issue tasks without even providing task prompts?
Wait... if we can find the grandmother in the orphanage, can we find Shen Yuting?

Because she has a phone there, and she visits back every year.

The tasks are still somewhat related.

Otherwise, issuing three tasks at once would be a huge headache for Xu Mu, wouldn't it?
When Xu Mu brought Wang Qiang to Lingmu Company, she saw Wang Jingrou going through the onboarding process.

"Xiao Mu, you're back?"

When Ye Muling saw Xu Mu return with a chubby little boy by her side, she immediately asked curiously, "Who is this?"

"Your friend?"

"It's my old buddy from the orphanage, Wang Qiang... I never expected to run into him at Starbucks!"

Xu Mu smiled and pulled Wang Qiang to sit down.

Wang Qiang looked around the company, especially at all the beautiful women there, which made him feel a little awkward!
He has never been in a relationship since he was a child.

After severing ties with my family, I had to work part-time to earn my living expenses and tuition while in college. Where would I find the time to date?
Moreover, he doesn't dare to date.

Because we have no money!
No backing!

"Oh, Wang Qiang!" Ye Muling stood up immediately upon hearing Wang Qiang's name. "I never thought I'd run into you again after all these years!"

"I heard Xu Mu mention you, him, and Shen Yuting several times back then, but you all lost contact with each other after that!"

"Sister Ye..."

Wang Qiang remembered Ye Muling because Ye Muling was a timid little girl who followed behind Xu Mu's parents. He really liked this younger brother back then.

"long time no see!"

When Wang Qiang saw Ye Muling, he smiled and stepped forward to shake her hand. "I didn't expect you to have grown so beautiful after all these years!"

"You're the same, so handsome..."

The two had met before, but hadn't seen each other for over a decade, so there was still some awkwardness in their conversation.

"It's been so many years! Let's have dinner together tonight!"

"Okay!"

"Then sit down for a while. Mengyan, pour Wang Qiang a glass of water."

"After I finished Wang Jingrou's onboarding procedures, we tidied up and went to have a meal across the street."

After Wang Jingrou finished the formalities, it was almost time.

Ye Muling hosted them and took them to Xiaozhi Life on the fourth floor of Xiang Sheng.

Because Wang Mengyan, Wang Ruofei, and Wang Jingrou all joined the company.

As the boss, Ye Muling definitely had to treat them to a meal.

Besides, our old friend Wang Qiang has also come.

Xu Mu ordered a dozen or twenty dishes.

Everyone sat around the large round table, creating a harmonious and warm atmosphere.

"Come on! Let's all raise a glass to celebrate the opening of our Lingmu Design Company."

"cheers!"

"..."

Everyone stood up and raised their glasses in a toast.

Since this was Ye Muling's first time being a boss, and her current staff were still a makeshift operation, she spoke rather gently.

The conversation started with how to start a company, and then moved on to how to make the company successful in the future.

Xu Mu sat with Wang Qiang and drank together.

"Are you able to contact Grandma Huang from before?"

Xu Mu looked at Wang Qiang beside him and asked.

"could not be reached."

Wang Qiang shook his head and sighed, "The phone number has been cancelled... I think it was cancelled because there was no credit." "And I remember, Grandma Huang hasn't called us for a follow-up visit for about seven or eight years now. Maybe it's because we're getting old, or something, that's why she hasn't contacted us!"

“That is a problem…” Xu Mu frowned, thinking, “Is the location of the orphanage still there?”

“The welfare home has been demolished and turned into a residential area, so we can’t find anyone there… I’ll see if I can contact any friends who were also in the welfare home before.”

“I used to know two friends from a welfare home in Hangzhou. We had talked about coming back to visit Grandma Huang, but we haven’t been able to… I’ll ask them if they have any contact information!”

As Wang Qiang spoke, he took out his phone and made a call.

"Tang Zhou, do you have Grandma Huang's phone number?"

"No."

Tang Zhou asked on the phone, "I wanted to visit someone when I came back for the Chinese New Year, but the number was not in service. I'm trying to contact them... What's wrong?"

Wang Qiang explained over the phone, "Xu Mu and I met in Tianji County. We were thinking about whether we could find Grandma Huang and visit her among our old friends from the welfare home! We've all graduated now, but we haven't heard from Grandma Huang. I was thinking of finding her so we could take care of her together."

"Sure! But I don't have the number here! I'll ask some of my other friends at the orphanage later!"

"We haven't seen each other for so many years... Sigh, how about we make plans to meet up this National Day holiday?"

Wang Qiang replied, "Sure, it depends on your schedule. Xu Mu and I are currently back in Tianji County. Just let us know when you get back."

After hanging up, Wang Qiang contacted another number.

But there was still no phone number for Grandma Huang.

This matter cannot be rushed...

However, according to the information revealed by the system task, Grandma Huang and Shen Yuting are not having an easy time!
Do you have Shen Yuting's contact information?

"No." Wang Qiang shook his head.

Because Shen Yuting only gets along well with Wang Qiang and Xu Mu, and doesn't have contact information for anyone else.

As things stand, the only way to find Shen Yuting is through Grandma Huang.

Xu Mu felt a headache coming on... because the system's task had given Xu Mu something to worry about.

I wonder how my old friends are doing now!

"This is difficult!"

Xu Mu was a little worried, but there was nothing she could do about it... She could only say that they should take it slow.

Right now, we need to find where Grandma Huang is.

Since Grandma Huang has no children, she can only look for her former neighbors or something similar...

"what happened?"

Wang Qiang looked at Xu Mu and asked.

He noticed that Xu Mu had become much more melancholy after meeting him.

"When we were in the welfare home, Grandma Huang was already in her fifties. Now, nearly twenty years have passed, and she is probably almost eighty years old. We are worried that she will not have a good old age."

“After we were adopted, we didn’t have time to come back and see Grandma Huang until we graduated from university. Now that we’ve graduated and are working, we are able to come back and take care of Grandma Huang, but... we can’t even get in touch with her now.”

"I'm worried that Grandma Huang won't have a good life in her later years..."

Hearing Xu Mu say that, Wang Qiang couldn't help but sigh, "Yes, Grandma Huang has no children of her own, so we are her children. It's just that after we were adopted, we didn't go back to see her... To be honest, it's really our fault."

“What can we do if we don’t have the ability?” Xu Mu shook her head and said, “Back then, we moved into the new house. It wouldn’t be appropriate for us to spend our parents’ money and go back to see Grandma Huang. It would make our parents think too much…”

"Grandma Huang also said that we should try not to come back after we are adopted, because she is afraid that our parents will overthink it. She also hopes that we can be happy in our new home!"

Xu Mu and Wang Qiang were drinking baijiu and clinking glasses.

Several girls were chatting and drinking beverages together.

Xu Mu and Wang Qiang chatted and drank.

The two hadn't seen each other for a long time, and were in high spirits tonight, drinking quite a lot... Xu Mu was even a little drunk.

After the meal, Ye Muling paid the bill.

"Where do you live now?"

"I rented a place nearby and plan to start my e-commerce business from home again. However, e-commerce is still quite difficult to do right now. I'm looking into whether I should try cross-border e-commerce..."

Wang Qiang had his arm around Xu Mu's shoulder; both of them were quite drunk.

They felt like they had known each other for a long time, and the two put their arms around each other's shoulders.

"Short of money?"

“It’s really tough…” Wang Qiang cursed. “Damn it, we made a lot of money a few years ago, but it’s really not working out these past two years! And I don’t have much capital on hand right now, so I can only do a group of stores… but a group of stores is also very, very difficult… the red ocean market is still very tough.”

"Do you understand Douyin live streaming?"

Xu Mu looked at Wang Qiang and asked.

“I know! I’ve been researching this for a while. I used to work in operations at a company, and I’ve done Taobao Live, Douyin Live, and Pinduoduo Live.”

"We've done everything! After we had our own traffic, the company let us make our own products... The salary was indeed quite high, but the pressure was also great. We had to produce twelve products a year."

"I'll invest in you." Xu Mu put his arm around Wang Qiang's shoulder and whispered, "Those two beautiful women at the table just now are the investors in my sister's design company!"

"Their name is Yanfei Investment Company. If you need money, I can get them to invest some for you!"

Xu Mu then changed the subject, bringing Wang Mengyan and Wang Ruofei into the conversation.

Because Xu Mu couldn't reveal her identity in front of so many people.

Especially my older sister...

Currently, only my older sister is Mongolian.

"Really? I don't have any portfolio right now! This kind of investment is so risky, would they even invest? I've recently contacted some business owners, hoping they would invest in my cross-border e-commerce business, but the current economic climate is bad, so their investment also carries some risk!"

Wang Qiang had obviously learned about this matter beforehand.

But how difficult is it to attract investment?

Before Xu Mu obtained the system, he and Bao Yong had also tried to attract investment.

Although they did manage to raise around a million in investment, some people eventually wanted to withdraw their shares...

Of course, some of the loans were obtained by Xu Mu and Bao Yong through personal connections, and no shareholding agreement was signed, so they still have to repay the money.

But Shen Xingyu's previous investment was based on a real contract... which is a breach of contract.

However, Xu Mu and Bao Yong were too lazy to deal with it, and it eventually fizzled out... Moreover, Xu Mu had already obtained the system at that time, so he thought it best to just let it go.

Everyone's having a tough time, there's no need... Don't contact people who lack a sense of contract.

"As long as you have enough ability, you won't lack funds."

"Moreover, investors like to hear stories, not boasts about how great the industry is... They prefer to hear how you can do this well. If you have confidence, you will naturally attract investment!"

Xu Mu patted Wang Qiang on the shoulder and explained, "It's like the turtle farm I invested in before. Now it has also attracted investment. The investors gave 20 million yuan for turtle farming, and my partner and I still take the majority of the money. Because we have confidence in this industry, after hearing our story and visiting the site, they really think this project is very good."

"The investment came naturally!"

"Understood……"

Wang Qiang may not have been exposed to these things, but that doesn't mean he doesn't understand them.

Everyone was talking about the future.

After saying goodbye to Wang Qiang, Xu Mu and Ye Muling went home.

Back home, Xu Mu took a shower and lay down on the bed.

If Xu Mu hadn't met Wang Qiang today, he really wouldn't have thought about this.

However, now that he has encountered Wang Qiang, heard about Grandma Huang's situation, and received information about Shen Yuting from the system, Xu Mu has no idea what Shen Yuting's current situation is...

"Are you still worried about what happened at the orphanage?"

After taking a shower, Ye Muling walked in wearing an ice silk nightgown and asked curiously, "Can you find any of your old neighbors?"

"Everything has been demolished! Including the old shops and the old streets."

"My current idea is to see if I can find Grandma Huang's former neighbors or friends, or the older women who used to work at the welfare home! I'm sure I can get in touch with them... They would definitely have a way."

Xu Mu was thinking of discussing this matter in detail with Wang Qiang tomorrow.

After thinking it over, Xu Mu lay down and went to sleep, planning to talk about it again tomorrow...

The date is August 3rd.

The sunlight streaming into the room from the window made it impossible for Xu Mu to sleep soundly due to the sweltering heat.

When Xu Mu opened her eyes, she saw that it was already eight o'clock in the morning.

After lying in bed for a while, Xu Mu got dressed and got up.

After washing up, Xu Mu went out and dialed Wang Qiang's number.

"Are you up yet?"

"Just woke up!" Wang Qiang's voice was a little hoarse. "What happened?"

“I thought about it last night, and besides Grandma Huang, we can contact the aunties or sisters who used to work at the welfare home...right!”

Xu Mu thought for a moment and said, "It's just that those older sisters and aunties are probably all married now and are getting a bit old!"

"If the area is that large, I think we can find Grandma Huang very quickly!"

“That makes sense!” Wang Qiang’s voice became much clearer. “Then let’s meet up now.”

"Go to the old site of the orphanage and ask the shops there if you can find any information..."

Okay, I'm coming to pick you up now.

Xu Mu went out and took a taxi to Lingmu Design Company.

Ye Muling is now the boss. She gets up very early every day and goes to the company to work.

On the way, Xu Mu sent a message to Wang Mengyan, asking her to come pick him up in her Maybach.

Upon arriving at Xiang Sheng Century Plaza, Wang Qiang was already waiting for them.

Should we go there now?

"Wait a minute, I've called a car."

Xu Mu pressed down on Wang Qiang's shoulder and spoke.

"it is good!"

The two waited for a while.

Soon, a Maybach appeared in front of us.

"what?"

"You called this car? Do you always take this kind of car when you go out now?"

Wang Qiang looked at the Maybach in front of him.

This is a Maybach!
Is taking a taxi such a luxury?

"Who said I was taking a taxi? This is the driver I called..."

Xu Mu patted Wang Qiang on the shoulder and said, "The Yanfei Investment Company I told you about last night was funded by me, but my sister was there last night, so I couldn't tell you the truth..."

"Get in the car, we'll talk on the way."

Xu Mu and Wang Qiang sat in the back of the Maybach.

Wang Qiang still felt it was somewhat unreal.

"Are you rich?"

"I guess so..." Xu Mu said with a smile, "I made a little money, but my parents and my sister don't know yet, and I don't know how to tell them."

"So that's it..."

Wang Qiang wasn't too surprised.

After all, they hadn't seen each other for almost twenty years.

A person can change a great deal in twenty years.

It's perfectly normal for Xu Mu to get rich.

"Looks like you've really struck it rich!" Wang Qiang said with a smile. "No wonder you were so confident last night that you wanted to invest in me... Turns out you're really wealthy now!"

"No, no... I don't mind investing a few million with you." Xu Mu patted Wang Qiang on the shoulder and laughed heartily...

Wang Mengyan drove to the old town of Tianji County.

Upon arriving in the old town, Wang Mengyan parked her car in the underground parking garage of Zhexi Old Street.

Based on their previous memories, Xu Mu and Wang Qiang walked out of Zhexi Old Street.

Zhexi Old Street was built later; its predecessor was the site of a small commodity market and a welfare home.

But some shops next to Zhexi Old Street have remained untouched... as well as a school and a new residential area.

The three of them went to the street and found an old shop that looked quite old.

"Grandma, do you know where Grandma Huang from the old orphanage here went?"

At that time, the welfare home was located nearby, and many restaurant owners in the area were very kind and would often send some vegetables to the welfare home.

In addition, there were many other donations.

Because this welfare home is the only one in the entire Tianji County.

"Are you children from the orphanage?"

The proprietress was in her sixties or seventies, speaking with a strong Tianji County accent. "Wasn't the welfare home demolished ten years ago? Ten years is too long, I don't remember much now... There was a dumpling and pancake shop over there, the owner might remember, I remember that shop's daughter was working part-time at their welfare home back then!"

"Ah! Thank you!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Mu nodded quickly.

I walked briskly toward the dumpling and pancake shop.

If we can get in touch with the boss's daughter, we might be able to find out about Grandma Huang.

We arrived at the dumpling and pancake shop.

The boss was an old man with gray hair.

"Grandpa, do you remember the orphanage? We are children from the orphanage. I'd like to ask if you have Grandma Huang's contact information?"

"Huh? What grandma?"

"Grandma Huang!"

"It's the director of the welfare home!"

"What do you mean, 'long'?" The old man asked, puffing on his cigarette, his eyes full of confusion. "What are you talking about? I don't know!"

"It's Huang Yuehua!"

"Huang what Hua?"

"Huang Yuehua!"

"What Moonlight?"

"..."

(End of this chapter)