Her second daughter was seventeen this year, and her youngest son was sixteen.

In other words, after sending his second daughter away, that honest middle-aged man, filled with guilt and longing, immediately had another child with his wife.

So, all the talk about violating the one-child policy, fines, and so on, was a lie.

He simply wanted a son. The first child was a daughter, and the second was also a daughter, so he simply gave one away and immediately conceived a new life.

Even after giving her away, they didn't even know her address or have any contact information, clearly intending to ignore her in the future.

Luckily, the next child was a son, otherwise they would have given away a third daughter, a fourth daughter…

Now, because their son had leukemia and needed a match, they couldn't find one in their eldest daughter, so they thought:

Oh, we seem to have another girl we gave away.

Then, to save their son, they started searching.

They mobilized the media and posted flyers with missing person notices.

If you want to move others, you must first move yourself. Humans are such emotional and complex beings.

In the more than ten years since their daughter was given away, they may have felt some guilt, but they didn't regret it. If they had regretted it, they would have started looking for her sooner. And in the first few years after giving her away, it would definitely have been easier to find her than it is now, more than ten years later.

If you do something wrong that causes you pain, you will constantly engage in mental self-persuasion to alleviate or even erase that pain in the days that follow.

That middle-aged man was very successful. He fabricated many reasons, and after repeating the lies a hundred times, he even believed them himself.

He felt that he still loved and cared about his second daughter, and that he had given her away out of helplessness and desperation. It was a moving story, an unavoidable situation, like the "Orphan of Zhao."

They wouldn't think that the daughter they gave away was now seventeen years old;

She should be in high school, with her own social circle and a life no different from her peers;

Perhaps her adoptive parents hadn't even told her that she was adopted, and she thought her adoptive parents were her biological parents.

Her life should be very peaceful,

But soon, she would be struck by a bolt from the blue!

Child, let me tell you some good news, your biological parents have been found!

Child, let me tell you something exciting, your previous parents weren't your real parents!

Child, let me tell you something joyous, you have an older sister and a younger brother!

Child, let me tell you something great, you can save your sick brother!

Unexpected, right?

Surprising, right?

Touching, right?

"Boss, what's wrong?" Bai Yingying asked, watching Zhou Ze standing at the door in a daze.

"There's something that makes my hair stand on end every time I think about it," Zhou Ze said.

"Don't be so dramatic, Boss. You've even been to hell. What could scare you like that?" Bai Yingying looked at Zhou Ze curiously.

"It's that many jobs, many industries, and many positions require certification and passing exams, just like getting a driver's license. You have to be confirmed to have sufficient skills and be familiar with traffic laws, and you even have to go on the road to see if you can withstand the test.

Otherwise, allowing someone with unqualified driving skills and mindset to get a driver's license is actually irresponsible to other pedestrians and car owners on the road."

"And then?" Bai Yingying pressed.

"But to be a parent, you don't need a license."

………………

The night passed without incident. When Zhou Ze woke up the next morning, he originally intended to go next door to eat as usual, but the door was closed.

This made Zhou Ze worry that Xu Qinglang might have been too devastated last night and had become discouraged?

He didn't care if Xu Qinglang was discouraged, but he couldn't do without his juices.

He called Xu Qinglang, who quickly answered and said that he had gone to collect his lottery winnings and would buy everyone a gift later to show his appreciation.

Helpless, Zhou Ze could only order takeout and gobble it down with the plum juice he had at home.

The shop door was still closed. Although it wasn't locked, it was clear that he didn't feel like doing business. Zhou Ze had long since become accustomed to this.

However, when he sat back in the chair behind the counter and opened the drawer, Zhou Ze was surprised to find a thick stack of ghost money inside.

At first, Zhou Ze thought that Bai Yingying had deliberately bought some ghost money to give him a surprise, but he didn't think Bai Yingying would be so childish.

He picked up the ghost money and flicked it. It was real.

Isn't it ridiculous…

Now, with the convenience of mobile payments, it is increasingly rare to see people in stores or vegetable markets holding large bills up to the sunlight to identify whether they are genuine.

But this was ghost money.

Zhou Ze thought for a while. It should be the commission he received yesterday for sending that Censor down. That man would later become a high-ranking official in the Qing Dynasty, and his family was large and wealthy. The offerings and incense from his descendants would certainly be plentiful.

Zhou Ze estimated that if this ghost money were burned, someone would probably drop several wallets at his door, worth at least five thousand or more.

This deal didn't seem like a loss. He earned more than five thousand in half a night, and the only cost was the round-trip taxi fare, which amounted to less than a hundred yuan.

Zhou Ze wasn't in a hurry to go out and burn the paper money now. Keeping this ghost money would be useful in critical moments. It could help you eliminate some minor disasters and avoid some troubles and interference in certain matters. Sometimes, it was more effective than several thousand yuan in real money.

"Xu Le!"

Before she even entered the house, her voice had already arrived.

Zhou Ze looked up and saw his sister-in-law walking in.

"Here, this is for you."

His sister-in-law was carrying a shoulder bag today and took out a stack of money from it, placing it on Zhou Ze's counter.

"Returning your money."

Zhou Ze smiled. "You could have just transferred it via your phone."

"No way. It feels better to return the money directly with a stack of cash." His sister-in-law pouted.

After the last incident, his sister-in-law's perception of Zhou Ze had improved somewhat. Of course, it was also because the previous Xu Le was too useless and couldn't even control his own wife, so his sister-in-law naturally looked down on him even more.

But now, Zhou Ze was somewhat indifferent to her, putting on the airs of an elder, and she actually took him more seriously.

"Xu Le, your business is really bad." His sister-in-law said, with her hands in her pockets.

"Don't you have class today?"

"It's the weekend." His sister-in-law pouted unhappily. "But I'm going to a bar later. I told my sister that I was coming here to read and do homework. Don't you dare tell on me."

Your sister hasn't contacted me in half a month.

Zhou Ze felt a little lost. He had originally thought that Lin's embrace after that confession was a good start, but perhaps that was just Lin's courage at the time.

Once a person calmed down, they would slowly have more thoughts, and Lin might not have worked her way out of that vicious circle and key problem yet.

Her legal husband whom she didn't like was dead.

Then, the person she liked had his soul return by possessing her legal husband's body.

It seemed like a happy ending,

But there was an insurmountable moral divide.

Fortunately, after the last incident with the faceless woman, Zhou Ze wasn't in a hurry about this aspect.

At least the thought of "she doesn't sleep with me anyway" hadn't appeared in his mind for a long time.

Maybe it was because Bai Yingying had been sleeping with him every night recently.

Although he could only look at Bai Yingying and not touch her,

Being able to look was good enough.

"Go to bars less." Zhou Ze reminded her. "It's not too late to relax and do what you like after you get into college."

"Okay, you're just like my parents and my sister. You're a college student too. How did you end up like this?"

His sister-in-law's way of speaking,

On the bright side, was straightforward,

On the bad side, was thoughtless.

Zhou Ze believed that the reason why Xu Le, that wimp, had decided to spend money to hire someone to buy his life was definitely because this sister-in-law had been constantly stirring up his anger on the sidelines.

It seemed that his sister-in-law didn't know about that female classmate, probably because of concerns about protecting a minor.

"I'm back!"

Before he even entered the house, Xu Qinglang's voice had already arrived.

"I'm exhausted. It's strange today. I couldn't get a taxi. I don't know if it's because I'm unlucky today or if the taxi drivers are all at their annual meeting."

Xu Qinglang put down the things and wiped his sweat.

Bai Yingying came over at this time, and her eyes lit up when she saw the things on the ground.

These were computer host accessories.

"Install it in my shop. You can come and play whenever you want." Xu Qinglang said to Bai Yingying.

"Okay."

Then, Xu Qinglang took out a bag for Bai Yingying and threw Zhou Ze a delicate lighter.

"Here, share the love equally!"

"What is this?"

His sister-in-law wasn't interested in these gifts. What she was interested in was the plastic fan stuck behind Xu Qinglang's neck.

Winter hadn't passed yet, but he was carrying a fan. How interesting.

"Someone shoved it into my hands when I was walking through the mall during an event." Xu Qinglang replied.

His sister-in-law took the fan in her hand. It was a very ordinary plastic fan with an advertisement printed on it. After looking at it, his sister-in-law couldn't help but laugh.

"What are you laughing at?" Zhou Ze asked.

"It says 'Dad, Where Are We Going?'" His sister-in-law replied.

"What's so funny about that? Do you have such a low sense of humor?" Xu Qinglang reached out and took the fan, then widened his eyes.

"Perfect, you and my brother-in-law can go together." His sister-in-law glanced at Xu Qinglang and Zhou Ze with a teasing look.

"An advertisement for 'Dad, Where Are We Going?'" Zhou Ze asked.

Xu Qinglang's expression was uncertain, but he still threw the fan to Zhou Ze. "See for yourself."

Zhou Ze picked up the fan and glanced at it.

He saw that the background was a hospital building.

At the top, there was a line of large characters: "Dad, Where Are We Going?"

Then, there were two more lines of cartoon characters:

"Bring your son for *!

*** Half price!"