Chapter 765 - 765 765 Returning to Ones Ancestral Roots

Chapter 765: Chapter 765: Returning to One’s Ancestral Roots (21)_1 Chapter 765: Chapter 765: Returning to One’s Ancestral Roots (21)_1 Jianguo couldn’t help feeling emotional when talking about these things. Everyone who’s a parent, after all, finds it hard to witness such things. That’s why he offered Xiu Xun such a high salary and bought new clothes for him every year. Such treatment wasn’t common elsewhere.

After he finished speaking, he looked at Jiang Bin, “That’s all I know, you can go to the Xiu Family’s home and ask for more specific information.”

Listening to Jianguo’s words left Jiang Bin silent for a long time. A child lost at around two years old and sold here in the summer – the timeline matched up.

Yet now, as he approached the step of verifying the facts, he hesitated, afraid of disappointment.

“I don’t understand though, why not just go directly to Xiu Xun? That child is quite sensible,” Zhao Li asked, perplexed.

Jiang Bin sighed, “Before anything’s confirmed, I don’t want to alarm the child.” Before coming to see Zhao Li, he watched outside the sixth-grade classroom for a long time but didn’t dare to call him out for questioning. After all, it wasn’t time to be certain yet, and he didn’t want to startle the boy.

“Do you still remember what the child looked like when he first arrived?” Jiang Bin turned to ask Jianguo.

Jianguo hesitated, “That, I’m not very sure. It’s been so many years, after all.”

“What if there were photos?” Jiang Bin asked.

“That might be better. I’ll ask the villagers to see if anyone remembers,” Jianguo replied.

Jiang Bin nodded solemnly, thanking Jianguo before returning to his temporary residence. Then, he made a call back to the old house. Initially, he wanted to have photos mailed over, but considering how slow that would be, he decided to have someone bring them in person instead.

Of course, since he still had no certainty about the matter, he couldn’t let his older brother and sister-in-law know. He carried out the investigation in secret, waiting to have a preliminary conclusion before telling them and bringing the child back for identification.

Thinking that Xiu Xun might be his own nephew, Jiang Bin was overwhelmed with excitement and found it hard to calm down. He had people refund his train ticket and took an annual leave from work, planning to settle down here temporarily.

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In the school.

Today, as soon as Jiaojiao entered the classroom, she looked towards Weixin’s seat, as expected, she wasn’t there.

Yang Tao, upon seeing her enter, immediately greeted her with a smile, “Congratulations, Little Frog, you’ll be participating in the math Olympiad competition with the class president and Little Fatty.”

“What Little Fatty?” Ruan Lei, who had rarely lost sleep before, did so last night because of Weixin and didn’t fall asleep until late into the night. Currently dozing at his desk, his head shot up at hearing the words “Little Fatty,” and he squinted at Yang Tao.

Jiaojiao passed an egg cake she received from home to him, while responding to Yang Tao’s words, “Mhm, I knew about it yesterday.”

“Aren’t you happy though?” Yang Tao looked at her, puzzled. It was such an exciting event, yet she seemed so calm about it. Scholars are indeed different!

Jiaojiao did not answer but asked instead, “Do you know why she didn’t come to class today?”

“It seems she fell ill. She’s really frail, even more so than Lin Memei, always missing class because she’s unwell,” Yang Tao said with an air of disbelief. The events of the previous night hadn’t spread, so nobody at school was aware.

Jiaojiao nodded but offered no explanation.

After the break, Jiaojiao took the initiative to visit the principal’s office, wanting to enquire about the situation, but was informed that the principal was out and thus returned without accomplishing anything.

Weixin was absent for two days, and it wasn’t until Friday that she returned to class.