Chapter 472 - 470: Searching for Little Junior Sister
After discovering this clue, Chen Tianlong was very excited, and had even forgotten the sadness of his recent breakup, regaining his spirits.
Perhaps it was because he owed too much to his junior sister, he had to find her.
With excitement in his heart, Chen Tianlong grabbed his wallet and started walking out. The address on Wang Xiaoya’s ID card was an orphanage. Although it surprised Chen Tianlong, it was the only clue, so he had to check it out first.
Sakata Orphanage?
This town, Chen Tianlong was somewhat familiar with, it was a small town near the headquarters of the Assassin Group, which inevitably reminded him of his junior sister.
That mission’s failure wasn’t due to their capabilities, but someone leaked information. It was unclear if there was an informant in the mercenary group or someone was bribed in secret, which led to the assassination mission’s failure. Eight members, only two remained in the end.
They were Chen Tianlong and senior brother Ming Dao.
The past was unbearable to recall. Every time he thought of that incident, Chen Tianlong felt a twinge of pain. Although it was Shiqi who survived, in a crucial moment, Shiqi sacrificed her own life to protect Chen Tianlong, leading to her fall off a thousand-meter cliff, her body never to be found.
But since they never found the body, everyone held onto hope, calling it a disappearance.
After all, death means never seeing again, while disappearance holds a glimmer of hope.
This time, Chen Tianlong came with a thread of hope to look for someone since this was a photo from childhood, only twelve years old. If it was a family photo, it wouldn’t be surprising to have a picture.
But this is an orphanage, and Chen Tianlong remembered, Shiqi didn’t grow up in an orphanage, rather she was taken by Master Ye Feng to Lotus Village at a very young age. The appearance in the photo was clearly from around twelve or thirteen years old.
This means, only after Shiqi’s disappearance, she had the chance to take a photo with this Wang Xiaoya.
Having figured this out, Chen Tianlong became even more excited.
After about a two-hour drive, Chen Tianlong arrived in Sanketan Town.
The town was quite crowded, the roads were narrow, so it took Chen Tianlong half an hour to inch his BMW to the destination, Sakata Orphanage.
The orphanage was indeed just that, barely passable in one word: shabby.
The entrance could only allow two people to walk through at the same time, let alone a car, and the surrounding was enclosed with low brick walls that any robust man could easily climb over.
Inside was a two-story building that looked very old, the walls had long been weather-worn and yellowed, looking extremely desolate.
Chen Tianlong parked his car outside the gate and got out, walking over.
At this moment, an auntie came forward from the entrance. Seeing the unfamiliar young man, she immediately became wary.
Lately, there had been some criminals around, specializing in child trafficking, so Chen Tianlong was instinctively categorized as a suspect of that kind.
"Young man, may I ask what you need?"
The auntie looked somewhat aging, judging by the figure, she seemed around forty, but her face showed over fifty, with some graying hair.
Indeed, this person was the deputy director of the orphanage, Jiang Xiaoqin.
The director was another elderly person, over seventy but still strong-bodied, running around every day to seek benefits for the orphanage.
But as Sakata was a small town with poor income conditions, the government’s support was insufficient, and the monthly expenses of the orphanage reached fifty to sixty thousand.
After all, there were over forty children inside. If they were all in normal health, it wouldn’t cost so much, but among the forty orphans, eighteen were patients.
Some even needed daily medication to sustain life, so the orphanage’s major expenses were on medical needs, causing Director Zhang Li immense stress.
Liu Ting went back to work as an assassin for the orphanage’s financial turnover; otherwise, she wouldn’t have risked doing such dangerous things.
However, Liu Ting was pursued after she got the money. If she were to hand the money over to the orphanage now, not only would it not help, it would endanger the orphanage.
"Um, I just wanted to inquire about someone, if that’s okay?" Chen Tianlong said with a very friendly smile.
"Oh? Who do you want to inquire about, just say it straight. If I know, I’ll tell you. This is an orphanage, pardon my bluntness; a stranger like you, I’m afraid you may pose a threat to the children, hope you understand!"
Jiang Xiaoqin was a college graduate who returned to her hometown to work after graduation. Seeing these children so pitiful, she decided to help the old director manage the orphanage.
Unexpectedly, it’s been twenty years of effort.
"I understand!"
Chen Tianlong didn’t say much, he directly handed over a photo: "Do you recognize these two girls?"
Jiang Xiaoqin smiled slightly, took a look at the photo, and was immediately stunned.
"Do you recognize them?"
"No...I don’t recognize them!"
Jiang Xiaoqin knew these two people not just a little bit; she knew them all too well.
Wang Xiaoya and Liu Ting were both brought to the orphanage by her. Since they came from the same batch, she gave them similar names, Liu Ting and Xiaoya.
In the blink of an eye, seven years had passed, and both had grown up, working tirelessly for the orphanage, greatly relieving her of some stress.
"Auntie, please take a closer look, I’m looking for her to return her wallet." Chen Tianlong saw through the auntie’s lie, noticing her evasive eyes and stammering speech while answering his question.
"Huh? Return a wallet?" Jiang Xiaoqin was surprised, then understood immediately.
But after thinking about it, she wasn’t sure if it was true or not, so she gave another look at the red wallet in Chen Tianlong’s hand, finding it somewhat familiar.
"Let’s talk inside!"
After thinking it over, Jiang Xiaoqin invited Chen Tianlong inside.
If the young man was truly here to return something, treating him like this was indeed not hospitable.
Chen Tianlong nodded and followed behind her. As soon as he entered the orphanage, he saw dozens of eyes peeking at him from behind walls and in various corners.
The scene left Chen Tianlong somewhat shaken.
Without government support, it would truly be challenging to raise these children alone.
"Big brother, are you here to donate money to us?" Suddenly, a little girl walked out from the side, looking very cute, even younger than Mo Jing.
Chen Tianlong was taken aback, but then understood what the little girl meant, so he smiled slightly and nodded.
"Hehe, big brother, you’re so nice. We haven’t had enough to eat for several days," the little girl spoke truthfully.
And the simple words were so genuine, they instantly touched Chen Tianlong’s heart.
"Little sister, don’t worry, you’ll have plenty to eat, I promise." Chen Tianlong assured her.
"Xiaotian dear, please go call Grandma Director out, tell her that the orphanage has guests," Jiang Xiaoqin said softly to the little girl.
"Okay, I’ll go right away."
The little girl said, bouncing away inside.