vrcanaries Chapter 109 The Fortune Teller of the "Jubilee Year" 4
Chapter 109 The Fortune Teller of the "Jubilee Year" 4
As time went by, word spread through the streets, and Liu Yuxi gained a certain reputation in the area, though only for fortune telling.
Although evening self-study sessions were scheduled during her senior year of high school, she applied not to attend, so it didn't affect her street vending.
Recently, through an acquaintance in Tianjie, a couple whose child had been abducted found Liu Yuxi. The couple looked weathered and worn, and although they were not yet 40 years old, their hair was gray and they looked like they were 60.
Human traffickers are the type of people Liu Yuxi finds most intolerable. There may be various reasons why the law doesn't punish human traffickers as severely, but Liu Yuxi truly believes that all human traffickers deserve to die.
In 2000, traffickers could only sell a child for a few thousand yuan, but those few thousand yuan could tear a family apart. The trafficked child would either die, be maimed, or be sold.
In Liu Yuxi's mind, annoying brats are a tiny minority; most human babies are cute, even if they are naughty at times. After all, who hasn't been naughty and been punished when they were a child?
Their child was lost when he was two years old, and it has been eight years since then. Both of them are educated, and they know that the best outcome for a child who has been abducted is to sell him to a family without children.
They were so worried about their child, wanting to know if he was doing well. What if he wasn't? What if he was hurt? If he were gone, they would want to bring him home.
Looking at the two men, who looked weathered and worn, Liu Yuxi didn't say much. He first looked at their "children's palace" (a concept in Chinese astrology), and then asked about their birth dates and the birth dates of their child. Liu Yuxi then calculated with his fingers.
The two waited anxiously. After so many years without any news, they had almost given up hope. But how could they give up when there was no sign of him, neither alive nor dead? That was their child! The thought of him tormented them, keeping them awake all night!
Liu Yuxi was still surprised by the result. Although the "children's palace" of the two of them showed that the child was safe and sound, she did not expect that the child was in Jiang City. This must be fate!
The couple who bought the child did so from another city. Neither of them could have children of their own and they would never have a biological child. In order to raise the child well, they naturally treated the child better. Fearing that the child would find out that they were not their biological child, the couple left their hometown and came to Jiangcheng with the child!
The couple who lost their child did search around Jiang City when the child first went missing, but after a long and fruitless search, they started traveling to other places and missed the child. Back then, surveillance, investigation, and detection methods were not like those of later generations, so many helpless things happened.
Liu Yuxi looked at the couple and said, "Let me tell you first, the baby is fine, safe and healthy." Hearing this, the couple became extremely excited and wanted to ask more questions.
However, Liu Yuxi waved her hand to interrupt, "I can also figure out where the child is. What you need to prepare in advance is that the child's adoptive parents are unable to have children and only have this one child. They moved away from their hometown for the child, and the child has a very good relationship with them! You need to consider what to do after you find the child."
The couple fell silent after hearing Liu Yuxi's words. Did they hate the people who bought the children? Of course they did. If there were no buyers, how could there be sellers?
But they couldn't help but be grateful to God that their child, after being abducted, was bought by such a couple, so at least the child grew up safely and enjoyed a normal childhood.
There's no doubt that you should acknowledge the child. But should you report it to the police? Absolutely. Putting aside the issue of child custody, consider the human traffickers involved. They'd love to devour you and drink your blood. How can we let them go unpunished and continue their evil deeds?
But if the police are called, what will happen to the child's adoptive parents? If the adoptive parents go to jail, what will the child think? He's only ten years old. He knows right from wrong, but how will he emotionally accept all of this?
That's just how helpless reality is! People are always compromising with reality. They love their children, otherwise they wouldn't have gone through so much trouble to find them and hadn't even had a second child yet. Once they find their children, they will only feel grateful. They are more afraid than others of causing their children secondary harm.
But the matter still needed to be resolved. Seeing that they had calmed down, Liu Yuxi told them about the neighborhood where the child lived. As for how they went to stake out and investigate, and when to call the police, that was none of Liu Yuxi's business.
The follow-up to the incident was overheard by Liu Yuxi from a conversation between one of their acquaintances at Tianjie and other business owners. It turned out that the child's biological parents had called the police and gotten the child back, but they had only changed the child's surname.
The couple who bought the child cooperated fully with the police investigation, and with the intervention of the child's biological parents, they were sentenced to two years in prison, suspended for two years. Yes, they only had a criminal record, but they did not go to jail.
The two families have now moved to the same neighborhood to share childcare. This is assuming both parents love the child; otherwise, the child would be more harmed. Even so, the child's understanding would be impacted, and parental guidance would be crucial.
Liu Yuxi didn't pay much attention to these things. She felt that there was a saying that was very true: the affairs of this world can be summarized in eight words: "None of my business, none of your business!" However, very few people can actually do that. Her master Xiaoyaozi from her previous life should be one of them.
About half a month later, the couple came again, accompanied by a middle-aged man. The couple first expressed their gratitude to Liu Yuxi, and then presented him with a large red envelope. Like Boss Li, they exchanged the red envelope for supplies, which were then delivered to orphanages and nursing homes.
After they finished talking, the middle-aged man stepped forward and said, "Hello, Mr. Liu! I am the liaison for the parents' group of abducted children in Jiang City. You can call me Lao Zhao."
I came to you after hearing their story. Could you please help the people in our group? There are 291 children in our group alone who have been abducted!
We'll pay what we owe, but could you please calculate it for us? The oldest child in our group has been missing for twenty years and is still searching! Please have pity on us…”
At first, he was able to keep his emotions calm, but the more he talked, the more agitated he became, and eventually he lost control of himself!
Liu Yuxi looked at him and said, "You should know that the situation of this couple is extremely rare among trafficked children. Can you be sure that other people can accept the outcome after their children are found? What if the child is dead, disabled, or has become a mother at such a young age? Can they accept that?"
After hearing Liu Yuxi's words, a look of confusion appeared in Old Zhao's eyes. His own daughter had been abducted, and he thought that if his daughter had suffered such harm, he would never have been able to accept it.
Looking at his expression, Liu Yuxi said, "It's okay to have my divination done, one hundred yuan per divination, but I hope you will consider the result carefully. Go back and tell them to think it over carefully. Only those who can accept any result should come to me for a divination."