Chapter 774: Who Sent You?

Lin Chuxia, "Our kindness is not meant to be used for moral blackmail. Besides, some people deserve to be treated with kindness, and some people you save and end up regretting, and you fall into the latter category."

These words seemed somewhat cruel for a child around ten years old.

But facing the boy in front of her, Lin Chuxia did not feel that way at all.

Even though the boy had started to shed tears, looking pitiful.

Lin Chuxia asked again, "Tell me, who sent you here?"

The boy wiped his tears, "No one sent me, I told you, I found out myself."

"Oh? Found out? You don’t even know where your own mother went, and you could find us out? From the Northwest to Yan City is over a thousand kilometers, how did you find out?"

The boy tightened his lips and lowered his head again.

"Not going to say, huh? Fine, since you can’t find your guardian, and we have no obligation to look after you, we’ll report you to the police and let them arrange for you properly. I believe the police will find a suitable place for homeless orphans like you."

"No," before Lin Chuxia could finish her sentence, the boy shouted in terror, "Please don’t call the police."

"To solve problems, you go to the police. How else can we solve this without getting them involved? Since you could find us, you should know what we do, right? I even suspect that you have unspeakable purposes approaching my man, let’s have the police thoroughly investigate this..."

After all, a boy around ten years old, no matter how much cunning, still has moments of fear.

Before Lin Chuxia finished, the boy started trembling all over.

Just when Lin Chuxia was about to reach for the phone, the boy hurriedly got up and ran away.

The onlookers didn’t know if Lin Chuxia’s words made them suspicious of the boy’s identity or if they were just cooperating intentionally.

Someone shouted, "He’s running, catch him quick."

The boy ran without looking back and disappeared out of sight in an instant.

With a worried look, the person turned to Lin Chuxia, "Lin, look, he’s run off, what should we do? Was what you said true? We should hurry and call the police."

Lin Chuxia calmly nodded, "I’ll have Qin Yang and the leadership at the unit discuss this with the police, thank you all for your concern."

"Oh, we’re just neighbors, it’s nothing."

"Exactly, who would’ve thought that kid would have such a background, saving someone only to be blamed, isn’t this a scam? If it were me, I would’ve called the police the moment the kid showed up yesterday."

"I think someone must be behind this kid, otherwise, think about it, how could a kid with no knowledge find his way here from the Northwest? Lin, you can’t take this lightly, enemy forces are rampant..."

.........

Everyone chimed in, and Lin Chuxia reassured them one by one until they finally dispersed.

She turned around with groceries and immediately saw Qin Yang in the distance.

He was striding over.

When he reached Lin Chuxia, he first glanced around, "I heard that kid found his way to you? Where is he?"

Lin Chuxia shrugged, "I scared him away."

"Scared him away?"

As they walked home, Lin Chuxia recounted the incident to him.

Qin Yang took the groceries from Lin Chuxia’s hands and silently listened by her side.

"I originally arranged for him to stay at the welfare home today, but then the welfare home called saying the kid had run away. I hadn’t even moved before I heard he ran to the family quarters."

Unable to help but laugh at Lin Chuxia’s approach, "You’ve really got a way with you."

"If he didn’t come to find me, I would’ve gone to find him. Stirring up other people’s lives and just leaving it at that?"

Today’s opportunity was perfect to clear up all the rumors.

As for whether someone was behind him, Lin Chuxia had discussed this with Qin Yang yesterday.

Qin Yang didn’t think it was work-related rivals, feeling that this issue could be easily clarified, and his leader wouldn’t suspend him over such a matter.

Unable to figure it out, they stopped dwelling on it. A child like that wouldn’t shake their relationship.

Neither Lin Chuxia nor Qin Yang took this issue to heart, but then the next day Gu Peng brought it up again.

Initially, when they kept Gu Peng around, he never seemed interested in their personal or work matters.

Ever since he went on a business trip to the South, Gu Peng had given Lin Chuxia an increasingly strange feeling.

This strangeness stemmed from her understanding of Gu Peng in her past life.

And at this moment, as he repeatedly brought up that child, all the strange feelings surged forth, Lin Chuxia looked at Gu Peng and suddenly asked, "Was it you? You got that child to come here, Gu Peng, you know everything, don’t you?"

This question she had long wanted to ask, even during the investigation trip in the South, there was a moment she almost asked.

Gu Peng’s untimely familiarity and sometimes his behavior towards her weren’t what a normal subordinate would show a superior.

She didn’t doubt Gu Peng’s loyalty, just that feeling...

She even suspected that Gu Peng was reborn.

And now, that feeling was at its peak.

Once having such suspicion, all the previous oddities, his early release from prison, his attitude towards her, his way of handling things...

It all seemed to make sense.

Gu Peng smiled at her, seemingly puzzled, "What do I know?"

"Stop pretending," Lin Chuxia suddenly shouted, looking at him with complex emotions.

Not only was he reborn, but also aware it was a second chance?

This thought made Lin Chuxia tremble slightly with fear.

Instead of the joy of seeing an old friend, it brought fear instead.

Couldn’t say what she feared, just felt that possibility unsettled her far more than knowing Lin Jiayi was reborn.

"How do you know? When did you know?"

Gu Peng looked at her nearly losing composure and slightly furrowed his brows, intending to help her a bit.

But Lin Chuxia retreated a step in panic, watching him warily.

Gu Peng smiled wryly, "I don’t know what you’re talking about, what do you think I should know? That boy? I did know, didn’t I tell you yesterday, it was just when I went to find you, I happened to overhear them discussing it..."

Lin Chuxia still looked at him warily, "Why did you get released a year early?"

Gu Peng innocent gesture, "Didn’t we already talk about this before? What are you suspicious of? Think I broke out of prison a year early?"

"Gu Peng," Lin Chuxia shouted, "This isn’t funny at all, what are you really up to?"

Gu Peng slowly withdrew his smile, returning to his usual indifferent demeanor, his voice had a slight coldness to it.