Chapter 280 Biological Father
Chapter 280 Biological Father
"Hey, Aunt Cao!"
"Little Song, why did you leave? Didn't we agree that you two old folks would be our guides today?"
“Aunt Cao, this is already enough trouble for you. You and Uncle Kang have just returned from Jiangcheng, so you should get some rest. We have already found a guide. There is one more thing. There is five thousand yuan that Mingxuan and I left for you under your pillow. We didn’t bring any gifts when we came to your house, so you and Uncle Kang can buy something for yourselves.”
Upon hearing Song Qiao's words, Cao Bingxin hurriedly explained, "Miss Song, this is absolutely not right. Dr. Lu saved my husband's life, and we haven't properly thanked you yet. How could we possibly accept your money?"
On the phone, Song Qiao said, "Aunt Cao, it's not much money, but it's a small token of our appreciation."
After saying this, Song Qiao ended the call.
Cao Bingxin lifted the pillow and saw the money underneath. He picked it up and sighed, "It's all our fault for making the two children suspicious."
Kang Jiansheng looked at Cao Bingxin angrily: "Don't talk about this kind of thing with Xiaoyun anymore. It's all because of her that the two children are disappointed."
"Alright, let's eat quickly. After we finish eating, we'll go out for a walk and see if we can find them, return the money to them, and apologize to them on Xiaoyun's behalf."
The elderly couple didn't want the story of the farmer and the snake to repeat itself in their lives.
The morning in Kangli Town was quiet. After the two of them left the Kang family home with their suitcases, they came to the street and wanted to find a taxi. However, after searching on Baidu, they found that there were no fuel-powered taxis in this town, only covered trams.
The tram is environmentally friendly; I guess Mayor Xie made these traffic rules to prevent pollution in the area.
"Where are you two going? I'll give you a ride." A covered tram stopped beside them.
"Master, I saw online that you can see the most beautiful sunrise at Lotus Mountain. Is that true?"
"Yes! Get in the car, we'll see it just in time if we get there now."
The driver said the tram seemed to be custom-made, with a luggage compartment in the back, two seats in the middle, and the driver's seat in the front.
After Lu Mingxuan put the suitcase on the bus, he reached out and took Song Qiao's hand as they got into the car: "Driver, let's go."
"Sit tight, we're off to Lotus Mountain."
On the way, Lu Mingxuan chatted with the driver and learned that the driver's surname was Jia. After calling him "Master Jia", he asked, "Is there a town mayor in your town named Xie Changgui?"
"You mean Mayor Xie? He's our local official. If it weren't for him, we'd still be making a living by farming, or at worst, going out to work. But since Mayor Xie came, our town has changed dramatically in five years. It's become a tourist attraction, with people coming from all over the country, especially newlyweds. You two are one, right?"
"The driver noticed that we're here on our honeymoon too."
The driver kept praising Xie Changgui as he drove.
"Thank you... Mayor, do you live here?"
Thinking of the face on TV last night, Lu Mingxuan was almost certain that he was the person Miao Yun had been looking for for many years.
"Mayor Xie doesn't live here; he lives in the city, and I heard his wife works there."
Just as I thought, this heartless man abandoned his own mother and started a family here.
"How much do you know about Mayor Xie's family? For example, how many children does he have?"
"I'm not too sure about that. I know that Mayor Xie doesn't live in the town. He drives back to the city every day, and sometimes he stays in the town to be on duty."
Sitting in the car, Song Qiao reached out and grasped Lu Mingxuan's hand. She understood; he must suspect that Xie Changgui was Xie Dan from back then.
The car stopped at the foot of Lotus Mountain. Lu Mingxuan helped Song Qiao out of the car and looked up to see that there were already tourists waiting to watch the sunrise on the mountain.
Lu Mingxuan dragged his suitcase ahead, while Song Qiao held his hand: "Mingxuan, how about we leave tomorrow? I heard there's a glutinous rice cake shop in Kangli Town, and the food there is delicious. I want to try it."
Song Qiao didn't want to leave him with any regrets. If she could let Lu Mingxuan meet Xie Changgui, they could at least find out whether they were father and son.
Lu Mingxuan looked at Song Qiao and nodded: "Okay."
Song Qiao smiled with satisfaction and took his hand: "Let's go up the mountain."
Following the signs, Song Qiao and Lu Mingxuan found the best spot to watch the sunrise, and the two sat on a large rock.
"Cold?"
The mountain air was damp and chilly. Lu Mingxuan looked down at Song Qiao and pulled her into his arms.
Song Qiaoyi nestled against his chest and suddenly pointed east: "Look, the sun is rising."
At this moment, the sun, like a large sphere, slowly rose from the sea surface as if it had just taken a bath. After leaving the water, its light gradually became fuller, and a large fireball appeared in the eastern sky.
A new day has begun!
Someone nearby shouted, "Hey! The sun's out!"
The echo reverberated throughout the mountain stream. Song Qiao stood up, pulled Lu Mingxuan to stand on the rock, and felt a surge of passion in her heart.
"Honey, let's go home."
It was almost 8 o'clock; usually, the town government starts work no later than 8:30.
"Okay, I'll take you to eat glutinous rice cakes."
As the two descended the mountain, several trams were already parked at the foot of the mountain, waiting to take people back to town. A man in his thirties saw them get off the tram and came up to chat: "Are you two going back to town?"
Lu Mingxuan nodded: "Go back! Help us get our suitcases to the car."
"okay!"
The middle-aged man was very enthusiastic. He put the suitcase in his car, and Lu Mingxuan took Song Qiao's hand and the two got into the car.
"Master, we heard there's a shop in Kangli Town that makes glutinous rice cakes. We'd like to try it."
Once inside the car, Song Qiao looked at the driver in front and said...
"Okay! I'll take you there."
The car left Lotus Mountain and headed back the way it had come in the morning. Inside the car, Lu Mingxuan fell silent.
"How about we call Mom and tell her that there's a guy here named Xie Changgui who looks a lot like Xie Dan from back then?"
Lu Mingxuan nodded, took out his phone, and dialed Miao Yun's number.
"Hey, Xiao Xuan, are you still in Couple Town?"
"Mom, we're still here. There's something I want to ask you."
Miao Yun's voice came from the other end: "What is it? You've already decided."
"Qiaoqiao and I met someone here who looks a lot like Xie Dan. We just wanted to ask, if we find him, would you like him to give you an explanation?"
After a moment of silence, Miao Yun said, "Xiao Xuan, there's something your mother has never told you. Actually, when you were ten years old, he came back once."
"What? Since you went back, why didn't you try to keep him?"
The electric scooter wasn't going fast. Lu Mingxuan and Song Qiao, sitting in the shed, looked at each other and asked.
“He came back to tell me that he had remarried and that I shouldn’t wait for him anymore. At that time, I hadn’t found you yet, so I didn’t tell him that I was pregnant. I thought that since he had left us so cruelly, I didn’t need to tell him that I had a child with him. Besides, at that time, I didn’t even know if you were still in this world.”
Lu Mingxuan hadn't expected things to turn out this way. He felt terrible and, with Song Qiao's encouraging gaze, asked, "Mom, I want to meet with him and ask her for an explanation."
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