Chapter 686: Orphans
Translator: Lonelytree Editor: Millman97
âI also spent a long time tracking them down. It was only after many investigations before I became certain that it is indeed this He Lan family we need to focus on. Iâve been spending my time trying to get to the bottom of the truth, but my progress has been lacking. I saw you through the missing person notice. Initially, when I saw that, I was shocked; I assumed you already knew something, so that was why you came to Country R to conduct the search. But if that was true, it couldnât explain your decision to align yourself with the He Lan family. Now, it looks like everything was just a coincidence. You have no idea what really happens with them and the woman youâre looking for just so happens to be from their orphanage.â
âAre you sure everyone related to Project Galaxy comes from this orphanage?â Xinghe stared at him seriously to double check.
Ee Chen nodded. âThat is what I suspect. How else can we explain their purpose behind opening the orphanage? Letâs say that it was really for charity purpose, then how do you explain the many missing orphans? Even now, there are still orphans that go missing once in a while in their currently operating orphanage, therefore itâs only logical to believe that they select their candidates from their own orphanage. Itâs the only way to do all of this without raising the publicâs suspicion.â
Xingheâs eyes shone slightly. She didnât expect to find out her mother was once a resident at the orphanage and she was selected to join Project Galaxy when she was a childâŠ
Then, perhaps the Shen familyâs second daughter had been selected to join Project Galaxy as well!
Or else, how could they have come up with no news?
Xinghe asked severely, âWhat is the He Lan familyâs main business? How come my mother hasnât told me about any of this?â
Ee Chen sighed. âIâm not sure about the He Lan familyâs financial background, but I think your mother didnât tell you any of this is because she didnât want to involve you in it.â
âBut why did they appear in City A? And how come they couldnât find the He Lan family?â
âAccording to my father, the first city they went to after their escape was City A. However, since they had no valid identification, they didnât dare wander beyond City A. Furthermore, at the time, information was hard to come by, so they couldnât have known that the He Lan family had moved overseas. Of course, this is just my own speculation; my father didnât tell me everything. I think he was conflicted, on one hand, he wished I would one day save him, but on the other hand, he didnât feel like putting all that pressure on me.â
Xinghe chose to believe Ee Chen, because his experience was similar to hers. Her mother brought her to hide overseas as if afraid that they would be discovered. However, at the same time, she didnât reveal to her the reasons why. Simultaneously, she tried to teach Xinghe everything she knew, so her thoughts must have been rather similar to Ee Chenâs father.
So many years had passed but Xinghe still hadnât found a trace of her mother. Whether she was alive or not was a mystery in itself!
Xinghe feared to continue on with this train of thought, since she didnât want anything bad to happen to her mother!
She only wished to find her as soon as possible!
Whatever Project Galaxy was, it had nothing to do with her; she just wanted to save her mother. However, to do that she first had to deal with the He Lan family, who, according to Ee Chenâs side of the story, threatened her motherâs and those other orphansâ existences!
There was determination in Xingheâs eyes when she promised Ee Chen, âThen we will start by cracking open the He Lan family. Eventually, the truth will be exposed to us..â
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