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Chapter 767 Doctor Shang and the Abandoned Child

Chapter 767: Chapter 767 Doctor Shang and the Abandoned Child

According to the head of the orphanage, Shang Shuming exhibited his extraordinary talent from an early age. He was highly intelligent and held a particular fondness for medical books. When the psychologist treating him discovered his giftedness, he brought Shang some related introductory books during each visit, to foster his interest and as a therapeutic measure.

Once, a child at the orphanage got a cut on his leg but was too scared to tell the adults. At the time, the head of the orphanage and the teachers were in a meeting, so the child hid in the restroom, letting the blood flow into the toilet. Shang Shuming found him, immediately administered first aid to stop the bleeding, and then went to get the head of the orphanage. The child was lucky; if it had been delayed any longer, his life might have been in danger.

After this incident, the psychologist and the orphanage teachers felt that they shouldn’t waste the child’s talent. While treating him, they actively sought opportunities to cultivate his abilities. They even tried to find a highly skilled psychologist at one point, but for some reason, that psychologist never came.

So the only person who ended up giving Shang Shuming psychological treatments was the one in the photo.

After confirming that there were no other psychologists involved, Xu Huo wasn’t disappointed. Similar to Seventeenth Hospital, the head of the orphanage, doctors, and nurses didn’t remember the seventh doctor. If a doctor who once appeared at the Seventeenth Hospital also appeared at the orphanage, it would be normal for the head and others to not remember.

The old head talked about Shang Shuming’s donations to the orphanage after his return to the country and also mentioned how much Shang seemed to like Peng Ya.

Peng Ya herself didn’t remember the matter very clearly. She was young at the time and only had vague memories.

"Xiaoming liked you a lot and often brought you gifts. When he came to the orphanage, he would play with you for a long while," the old head reminisced and pulled out a small box from a cabinet, pushing it towards Peng Ya after opening it, "These are things you played with as a child, but Xiaoming brought them. You later discarded them, so I kept them all."

Peng Ya looked nostalgically at the items in the box. Inside were a small Magic Cube, toy assembly cars, a foldable chessboard, and a Red Crystal Dice.

Xu Huo picked up the dice.

"Why would there be something like this?" Peng Ya found it odd, as it didn’t seem like something a child would play with.

The dice had a solid metal core, but its exterior seemed seamless, not like it was attached separately.

However, when Xu Huo twisted the sides of the dice, it automatically split open in the middle, revealing a solid metal inscribed with the character "Shang."

Peng Ya suddenly reached out to take it. Xu Huo lifted his hand slightly and looked at her seriously, "Could you give this dice to me?"

A moment of resistance flashed across Peng Ya’s face, but she quickly returned to normal, nodded, and turned to close the toy box.

Xu Huo’s gaze lingered on her for a second, then turned back to the old head, "Could you tell me more about Mr. Shang? What philanthropic activities has he done since returning to the country?"

"Oh, there are so many..." The old head sank into memories once again.

The window wasn’t shut, and the curtains that had been swaying gently with the breeze had stopped moving at some point. The room was warm with sunlight; the old head sat in the chair, rambling on without noticing whether her audience was attentive or giving feedback, her gaze vacant as if lost in recollection.

Voices murmured softly in the air. Peng Ya suddenly walked away from the old head, took two steps, performed a door opening motion in the room, stepped through, then smilingly acted out a sequence towards the empty space and said, "Doctor Shang, I’ve memorized all these books, but I don’t know what they mean..."

...

"Are you leaving? Can I go with you? I’m not happy here; they always bully me..."

As if conversing with someone, after Peng Ya finished speaking, she repeated her previous actions—flipping through books, taking notes, even lying down to rest—and then repeated them once again.

Watching her repeat the sequence four or five times, Peng Ya suddenly started crying, "Doctor Shang, I want to go with you... I’ve tried really hard and will definitely meet your expectations, please don’t take only them away..."

After her plea, she sat on the floor for a while, then wiped her tears, got up, turned, and hugged the box on the table, looking wistful as she said, "Mr. Shang is so kind, always bringing me toys. When will he come to see us again?"

What followed were innocent childlike words, such as writing thank-you letters to Mr. Shang, inviting him to the orphanage to eat cookies she made with the head, or wanting to call Mr. Shang—completely different from her pleading with Doctor Shang to take her away.

Xu Huo withdrew the Mental Interference and props, and poured a glass of water for the old head.

Realizing her lapse, the old head said with a parched throat, "Look at me, I lost track of time talking."

Through his questioning, Xu Huo learned more about the children who were at the orphanage with Peng Ya. After Shang Shuming stopped visiting the orphanage, five children were adopted over time — four boys and one girl.

"Ah, they were adopted. I saw their new families; all had good living conditions, though some of them moved abroad. They must be doing well now," the old head explained.

"Do you still remember them?" Xu Huo asked Peng Ya.

Peng Ya pulled out photos from back then and pointed out the children who had been adopted, "Our orphanage takes photos every year. A lot of children were adopted that year."

"I hated him the most," she said, indicating a slightly chubby boy, "I remember he used to bully me all the time. But I heard that after he was adopted, he went to a prestigious university and sometimes he sends gifts back here."

"Even now?" Xu Huo asked, "And the other children?"

"I’ve been in contact with two others just after I started my career; they’re both doing well," Peng Ya said. "Only two people moved abroad and haven’t been in touch with the head."

Xu Huo memorized the appearance and names of the boy and girl who moved abroad and quickly searched for the immigration office address online. Then he said to Peng Ya, "Let’s go; I’ll take you away."

After taking her to a suitable place as per her request, he went straight to the immigration office.

Certain government offices were practically deserted by now. Xu Huo got in easily, found the specific addresses and names of the adoptive families written in the adoption records, and determined the countries and approximate locations where these two families emigrated to.

Peng Ya referred to "Doctor Shang" in her hallucinations and clearly had spent a significant period with this "Doctor Shang." According to the old head, "Doctor Shang" could very well be Shang Shuming. The errors in Peng Ya’s memories might be due to her being left behind, so she only remembered "Mr. Shang" and needed special stimulation to recall "Doctor Shang"—similar to his own situation.

Thus, Peng Ya might have also once been a target chosen by "Doctor Shang," only to be ultimately abandoned.