two-way love

It seemed that Lin An's decision was well known. Dean Feng was not very surprised. After a moment of silence, she asked seriously: "Mr. Lin, was this decision made by you through consultation?"

Lin An was a little lacking in confidence: "We have negotiated..."

"Mr. Lin, I said before that I hope you will consider Fan Jie. In fact, it is more of my selfishness. He is indeed a good boy, sensible and obedient, and he doesn't need you to take care of him at his age. I hope from the bottom of my heart that there is a kind boy." The family can accept him..." Dean Feng lowered his eyes, "But from the perspective of adoptive families, I don't actually recommend that you adopt him. His situation is more complicated, and his personality is more introverted and sensitive than ordinary children. Between you It will take a long time to establish a family relationship, and even in the short term, he may become the center of conflict between you two."

Lin An nodded: "I know."

Dean Feng gave a wry smile: "Some families said that before... Then let me briefly mention his situation. Mr. Lin, you can think about it when you go back today, and let me know next time if you are sure."

Lin An wanted to say something else, but Wu Chenfang said first: "Okay, thank you, Dean Feng."

Dean Feng turned around and took a blue file box from the bookcase at the back: "We have entered the detailed information of each child according to the new policy, so that the adoptive family can easily understand. This is the information related to Fan Jie. Please take a look. Yes, but you can't take it away or take pictures."

Lin An took the box and opened it. Inside were Fan Jie's medical examination reports for the past few years, the occupancy certificate and other relevant information. There was something special in it that caught the attention of the two of them.

It was an old newspaper.

Wu Chenfang took it out, Lin An put down the other things first, and read the newspaper together with him.

The newspaper's issue date was five years ago.In addition to some reports on economic construction and basic infrastructure issues, there was a large section that focused on a vicious case of abduction and trafficking of women and children. Lin An had a vague impression that the case seemed to have been reported by CCTV news at the time, and the whole country was in an uproar.

Lin An felt a "thud" in his heart, and couldn't help having various associations in his heart. After reading all the way, he found that it was even more creepy than imagined.

One of the main culprits in this incident was Chen Chunlai, a man from a remote mountain area several hundred kilometers away from here. He, together with several neighbors and a group from the next province, formed a complete criminal gang.The abducted women were sold to neighbors in the same village, and when some villagers began to have multiple children in their homes, they bought babies from each family at a certain price and resold them... This kind of abnormal transaction lasted for eight years. There are nearly a hundred people involved in the case. Chen Chunlai and the other two main criminals were particularly serious and harmful to society. They were directly sentenced to death, and the rest were also implemented according to the corresponding criminal law.

After reading the report, Lin An broke into a cold sweat, raised his eyes to look at Dean Feng, and said in an unsteady voice, "Fan Jie is..."

Unexpectedly, Dean Feng shook his head: "No, Fan Jie is not a kidnapped child."

"Huh? Then he..."

"Although he refused to say it, it took us a while to find out. In terms of blood, his father's surname is Chen."

"..."

Lin An paused, and couldn't help but gasped for a moment.

"Fan Jie was only six years old at the time, and it was impossible for him to walk out of the mountains alone. According to the results of the subsequent review, we can basically confirm that Fan Jie's mother was also a trafficked woman, and she ran out secretly with Fan Jie, but this woman The whereabouts were unknown in the middle... We speculate that she may have encountered misfortune, and of course, it may be that she deliberately abandoned her child."

Obviously the latter is more likely.Lin An felt a little depressed.

"A child with normal intelligence has already opened his mind when he was about six or seven years old. He must have witnessed some things, but when we picked up Fan Jie, his behavior was normal, he was usually obedient and sensible, and he was not sticky. He is not noisy, takes the initiative to help the teachers, and is also very friendly to other children... But the more normal he is, the more worrying he is. He has refused to say anything until now, but he has nightmares and insomnia from time to time, which means that he still has problems. He has not opened his mind, and those things are still buried in his heart. This kind of mental state is actually very dangerous."

Lin An and Wu Chenfang's complexions were not very good. Dean Feng couldn't help smiling wryly when he saw it, and scolded himself in his heart: Every time a family wants to adopt this child, he can't help but remind them, what's wrong with him? It's for Fan Jie's good, it's obviously a stumbling block to his future...

Lin An was quiet for a while, then took a look at the other documents in the box, and handed them to Wu Chenfang. After Wu Chenfang finished reading them, he forced a smile at Dean Feng: "Dean Feng has a heart, this really needs to be reconsidered." Just a moment."

Dean Feng pursed his dry lips, feeling conflicted in his heart, murmured his lips a few times, and said: "Okay, I hope Mr. Lin and Mr. Wu can make a definite decision when we come next time. Fan Jie, he... He was a very good kid himself…”

Wu Chenfang smiled faintly: "Of course, we can feel it. With the information provided by Dean Laofeng, we will consider it carefully, thank you. Today's time is almost up, so we will leave first."

"Okay, I'll see you off..."

"Ah, no need, it's okay, Dean, you are too tired to take care of the children today, we just go downstairs by ourselves."

Rejecting Dean Feng's kindness, Wu Chenfang led Lin An downstairs.There is a row of wisteria outside the first floor of the welfare home complex. It has not yet bloomed, and there are strings of white and yellow buds bulging in the velvet green. It will burst open in a few days, and it will be very beautiful at that time.

Wu Chenfang only took a glance, and saw Fan Jie standing behind the row of wisterias.

He turned his eyes and met Lin An's eyes. Lin An's eyes seemed to be asking, Wu Chenfang nodded, and the two went over together.

Fan Jie was picking the petunias growing along the bottom of the trellis. He pinched off the purple-red flowers where they were attached to the torus. He held a piece of dogtail grass in his other hand and passed the grass stem through the center of the flower. The slender flower bodies are stacked one after another, and the petals are stacked to form a bunch of purple-red.

When Lin An was young, she saw other children in the community play this game twice, but they were all girls.

Fan Jie turned his head when he heard the sound, and flinched slightly when he saw them, then reluctantly greeted them: "Uncle..."

Thinking of his background, Lin An had mixed feelings in his heart, so he had nothing to say: "What are you doing?"

"A bunch of flowers for Xinxin..."

Lin An vaguely remembered that this was the name of the little girl he was carrying on his back in the corridor.

Wu Chenfang picked up his words and asked him, "Eh? Why would Xinxin want this?"

Fan Jie looked down at the bunch of flowers in his hand, hesitated and said nervously: "Because, yesterday she gave it to Qiqi but not to Xinxin, she seems unhappy..."

"Little girls, it's no wonder that other people have good-looking things, but I don't have them. It's very beautiful. No wonder girls like them."

Fan Jie smiled lightly, and seemed to start to relax.

"I just saw that your technique is very skilled. Do you often do this for the girls here?"

"Well... no, there aren't many planted here, and if you pick too much, it will be gone. I, I rarely pick it. The main reason is that the second sister used to—" The voice stopped abruptly, and the string that was gradually tense seemed to be gone. It slackened a little, and now it was suddenly pulled apart.His face turned pale in an instant, and he turned around in a hurry and was about to leave, "I, I'm going to give it to Xinxin, I'm leaving first, I'm sorry..."

Lin An suddenly remembered something, and called out to him: "Fan Jie!"

Fan Jie trembled visibly all over his body, but he still stopped and turned his head back in horror.

"Here," Lin An approached him, took out two big white rabbit toffees from his pocket and handed them over, his voice was very gentle, "I promised you last time, come here. One of your own Eat, give Xinxin the other, so she won't be angry, okay?"

Fan Jie stared blankly at the rabbit printed on the package, but didn't reach out to pick it up.

"Be obedient, come, take it."

As if some mechanism had been touched, Fan Jie curled his fingers hanging by his side, and obediently reached out to pick it up.

Seeing him take the candy away, Lin An smiled: "Alright, let's go find Xinxin, we're leaving too, goodbye."

The atmosphere along the way seemed a little sluggish, Lin An was immersed in his own thinking, and Wu Chenfang was considerate and didn't bother too much.

Lying on the bed after washing at night, Lin An searched for keywords on the tablet, and found a lot of related information about that incident five years ago, including videos, pictures, and discussions in other forums.

The official reports seem to be complete, but also very limited. Many facts are often the tip of the iceberg.

Lin An didn't care about the execution time of those prisoners or the amount of the fine, he just wanted to know the situation of those victims.

In the forum, travelers who once passed through the village made a few understatements, emphasizing poverty, and then there will be angry netizens cursing. After cursing, they will be emotional and inadvertently expand the attack range. Once the map gun is fired, it often deviates from the off topic...

Looking at six or seven posts in a row, Lin An put down the tablet, rubbed his sore eyes, Wu Chenfang took the tablet away and turned it off: "Don't read it yet, go to sleep, there is still time for you to think about it slowly."

As soon as the light was turned off, the bedroom became dim and blurry instantly. Lin An lay down for a long time, turning back and forth without feeling sleepy.

Wu Chenfang reached out and pulled him into his arms, opened his eyes and looked at him: "Can't sleep?"

Lin An nodded.

"Hesitating?" Wu Chenfang ran his fingers through his hair, stroking gently one after another.

"It's time to start a little bit...but I don't feel like giving up."

"Ok?"

"If it's really what Dean Feng said, I can't help but pay attention to him..." Lin An sighed, "Brother Fang, I just went to read the posts on the forum a few years ago, and I was very depressed. Think about that All these situations are very painful. He was born there... That Chen Chunlai sold his three daughters and two sons one after another. He's old...he must know a lot...Dean Feng said that he has always been very obedient and sensible, and I am very worried about his psychological state."

"He still remembers his sister..." Wu Chenfang thought about that afternoon, "but he didn't want to think about it. According to the information you read, his sister should have been sold too..."

Lin An buried her face in his shoulder: "He was also very scared when he saw me for the first time, but he tried his best to control his emotions - he has been acting very well and reassuring everyone for five or six years. Now, this shadow is buried in his heart and no one can enlighten him, he doesn't want to and dare not cause trouble to anyone, I feel very uncomfortable when I think about it now."

"Want to take care of him?"

"I think, I hope he can untie his knots, walk out of the shadows and walk into the sunshine. I hope I can give him a better environment." Lin An reached out to touch Wu Chenfang's face, raised his eyes to look at him, and said seriously, " I want us to be his family."

The corners of Wu Chenfang's lips curled up slightly, his palms covered the backs of his hands, his fingers passed through his fingers, and intertwined with his fingers: "I said, it's fine if you decide, I have no objection—anyway, the child's It's all up to you."

"Hey!" Lin An pulled out his hand, "It's not as simple as putting a pot of flowers in the yard! How can I make the decision alone..."

"Isn't that what we said earlier?"

"But you are so perfunctory."

"I really think it's okay..."

"No, you give me a few reasons for agreeing, otherwise I don't know what to do."

"..."

"Otherwise, I don't believe you, and I can't sleep with something in my heart."

"..."

"If you can't sleep, then I'll drag you and chatter all night."

"..."

"Hurry up, let's go to bed early after we finish talking."

Wu Chenfang whispered "tsk", turned over and pressed on him, and lightly pecked his ear: "Good boy, don't think about it! Let's do something else, get tired early and go to bed early, and we have a meeting tomorrow morning ! Can't be late..."

"I..." The moist and hot breath sprayed on the pinna, Lin An trembled all over, and quickly raised his hand to push him, "Damn! Brother Fang, get down!"

"Pingping is obedient, don't move around..."

"I don't listen anymore, ah! I really don't listen anymore, let go—"