479: Chapter 479: Power of Attorney for Adoption!
479: Chapter 479: Power of Attorney for Adoption!
Lin Shuang drove straight out of the sanatorium.
He drove all the way and arrived before the ruins of the long-ago Red Sun Orphanage.
The entire orphanage had been reduced to ashes.
Located in the suburb outside the Imperial Capital, and given the many deaths in that fire from years ago, the site was considered extremely unlucky.
Therefore, this area had always been deserted and neglected.
Lin Shuang parked the car and barged into the ruins of the orphanage.
What remained of the orphanage was nothing but a field of charred debris; all the buildings had been burned and collapsed, the bodies from that time had been dealt with, and only ashes were left at the site.
Lin Shuang continuously searched through the rubble, looking for the storm drain hiding spot that Grandmother Xu had described.
Lin Shuang conducted a carpet search through the ruins all afternoon.
At that moment, Su Wanqiao’s convoy also arrived on scene, and Su Wanqiao brought along a large group of bodyguards, who also started helping in the search.
After a whole day’s search, Lin Shuang finally found a covered sewer entrance in the ground of a kitchen’s ruins.
The entire entrance to the sewer had been blasted open, buried under various wall debris and dust.
Lin Shuang cleared the debris above and climbed down into the sewer.
Fortunately, as the sewer had been out of use for years, it no longer contained sewage and was completely dried out.
This section of the sewer was the one Grandmother Xu described…
the channel used for hiding.
Lin Shuang searched inside the sewer for a long time and finally…
found a yellowed document in a crevice of the damaged sewer wall.
Above, in the sewer, Su Wanqiao waited somewhat anxiously.
After a long while, she finally saw Lin Shuang emerge.
“How did it go?
Did you find it?” Su Wanqiao asked gravely.
Lin Shuang nodded, he leaped up, holding the yellowed document in his hand.
The document had been hidden in this section of the sewer for a full seven years, the paper had turned yellow.
Was this the document that Director Lin Jianguo had given to Grandmother Xu back then?
Had Director Lin Jianguo also specifically instructed Grandmother Xu never to open the document?
Otherwise, would many people die?
Lin Shuang’s expression grew solemn; he vaguely felt that perhaps this document concealed the secret of his identity!
Lin Shuang took a deep breath and finally opened the yellowed file.
Inside, was there indeed a letter?
On the envelope, written with a brush were a few characters: “Adoption Entrustment.”
Seeing these characters, Lin Shuang’s heart trembled; did it hide the background of his identity?
He trembled as he opened the envelope.
The contents of the envelope were clear upon printing:
“Respected Director Lin Jianguo, our temple has an orphan under its name.
This child has a troubled background and keeping him under our temple’s name…
might cause great chaos.
Also, the monks in our temple truly do not know how to care for a child, so we earnestly request that your institution take in this child.”
“Our temple is willing to observe strict disciplines and offer incense year-round, praying for blessings for your institution and all the orphans.
Amitabha.”
In the bottom right corner of the envelope, it was signed: “Gusu, Hanshan Temple.”
Date: “September 10, 1992.”
Upon seeing the content of this letter, Lin Shuang’s hand holding the envelope trembled slightly!
This letter…
was written in 1994.
Exactly, 22 years ago!
And Lin Shuang, he was indeed taken in by the orphanage 22 years ago!
The timing matched exactly!
So was this letter the clue to his identity?!
Back when Lin Shuang was young, he had asked Director Lin about his origins.
But Director Lin had always remained silent on the matter.
Now, seeing the letter with his own eyes, Lin Shuang’s emotions fluctuated!
Su Wanqiao, standing by the side, also saw the contents of the envelope, and a shock passed through her beautiful eyes.
Su Wanqiao’s eyes were grave as she scanned the surroundings and shooed away the bodyguards around them.
Now only she and Lin Shuang were left at the scene.
“Back then, were you sent from Hanshan Temple in Gusu?
Do you have any recollections of Hanshan Temple?” Su Wanqiao asked gravely.
Lin Shuang shook his head with complexity, “I have no recollection.”
But after a moment of silence, he suddenly said, “I was too young back then; I couldn’t remember those images from my infancy…
ever since I can remember, I had always lived inside the Red Sun Orphanage…”
Su Wanqiao’s eyes were complicated; this man’s origins were too fraught.
“Hanshan Temple is in Gusu, Sujou Province, more than 300 kilometers away from the Imperial Capital.
Could it be that you are from Sujou Province?” Su Wanqiao said, her eyes reflecting surprise and suspicion.
Lin Shuang shook his head with complexity, “The contents of this adoption letter are too vague; I don’t understand…
maybe…
I should make a trip to Gusu to investigate…”
Lin Shuang’s gaze was complex, he searched the orphanage ruins again for a long time but did not find any other clues and eventually had to return.
Before leaving, he specifically ordered Su Wanqiao to dispatch a security team to come over and guard this site of the orphanage ruins around the clock, 24/7.
Until his background was clarified, this site had to be protected.
…
In the evening, as the sun set in the west.
Thousands of kilometers away, Imperial Capital.
In a mysterious old courtyard, an elder stood on a rockery in the courtyard, raising his eyes to the evening sunset.
Just then, a subordinate hurried forward, lowering his voice to report, “Reporting to the master!
The bait that was laid seven years ago is about to take the hook.”