Rebirth: He Decides to Lie Flat
Chapter 254 - 254 251 Suspected (Second Update)

Chapter 254: Chapter 251: Suspected (Second Update) Chapter 254: Chapter 251: Suspected (Second Update) On the afternoon of the fourth day of the lunar new year, Mu Jiawen went to the train station to pick up Xu Qian.

Originally, Mu Chenyan and Yu Heng were also coming, but Mu Jiawen didn’t let them. She was afraid that Xu Qian would feel uncomfortable.

She and Jiang Yan waited at the train station exit for about ten minutes. At this time, students’ holidays hadn’t ended yet, and workers hadn’t started work, so there were not many people exiting the station. The few that were there hurried by, usually traveling at this time only if they had urgent matters to attend to.

Xu Qian hadn’t planned to come over on this day either; her adoptive parents were also worried. During the New Year, how could they possibly let a young girl be outside alone? In the end, it was her brother who said he would accompany her, and only then did they agree.

The main reason was, upon hearing that someone who could be her biological father had been found in Beijing, she couldn’t stay put for a moment longer and wanted to fly over immediately to confirm.

The reason they found her biological father first yet had no news of her biological mother was because she later remembered her biological father’s name.

Fifteen years ago, her mother took her and her sister to Beijing to look for their father. Along the way, her mother mentioned her father’s name many times. Once they arrived in Beijing, they kept inquiring, so after thinking carefully, Xu Qian easily remembered that her father was called Lin Jian’an.

And being able to find someone named Lin Jian’an who could possibly be her biological father, they had to thank Shen Zhi and Zhou Youming.

Xu Qian’s biological mother’s remains were still at Yunzhou Police Station, and without knowing the identity of the deceased, they couldn’t proceed with arrangements. Coincidentally, this person also happened to be Jiajia’s life-saving benefactor, so Zhou Youming asked Shen Zhi to take special care of the case.

After all, they knew the name “Lin Jian’an,” and he might still be in Beijing, so the search became relatively easier.

But…

Over the phone, Shen Zhi told Xu Qian that the person had a family and that his wife was his first marriage. Therefore, this man was only a suspect and might not be him.

But there were too many coincidences that pointed to him being the suspect, such as when the local police went to Lin Jian’an’s hometown to inquire. The villagers all knew that he got married over twenty years ago, and the wedding banquet took place in the village. He married Xie Huifang, the daughter of a neighbor, who was a childless elder.

This matched with the name of Xu Qian’s mother in her memory, which contained the character “Fang.”

Additionally, the people from Lin Jian’an’s hometown knew that Xie Huifang gave birth to two daughters. Lin Jian’an went to Beijing to work when the older daughter was one year old. Initially, he would return every six months, but then Xie Huifang got pregnant with the younger one. From her pregnancy to birth and until the little sister turned one, Lin Jian’an never returned.

After the childless elder passed away, Xie Huifang, with no attachments left, took her two daughters to Beijing to find him and never returned.

Since she had no siblings, no one really cared whether she left or went missing.

Lin Jian’an had no parents, and the grandparents who raised him had died ten years ago. Both of them had a very low presence in the village. If nobody asked about them, it could be said that many people had already forgotten them. Some people hadn’t even heard their names at all.

….

When Xu Qian and her brother Xu Ang exited the train station, they saw a young man and woman standing not far from the entrance at first glance.

The two were dressed in matching black coats. The girl had a delicate face, with dark hair and fair skin, and her eyes were both black and bright, like a deep pool.

One of her hands was tucked into the pocket of the tall boy standing next to her. The two stood close together, which clearly showed they had an unusual relationship.

“Is that her?”

Seeing his sister gaze continuously at the beautiful girl ahead, who in turn was looking at her, both measuring each other in silence, Xu Ang asked.

Xu Qian nodded slightly, “Yes, it is.”

There was no need to look elsewhere; the sparkling dark eyes alone involuntarily conjured up memories of her lovely younger sister, who was unbelievably pretty back then.

Jiajia also recognized Xu Qian. She had drawn a picture of her older sister at six years old, and now, fifteen years later, she also recognized her through her eyes.

Xu Qian had a pair of round, cat-like eyes.

When Jiang Yan saw her, he inwardly exclaimed with a “huh,” how much she resembled… the little girl who sold vegetables in front of their computer store every morning?

He took another careful look at her face and features, and you know what, the two did indeed look very much alike.

“Sister.”

Jiajia took the initiative to greet Xu Qian, although both of them felt uneasy seeing each other, as it reminded them of the person who gave her life to let them escape from the den of iniquity.

Now, they were living well under the sunshine, while her bones had just seen the light of day but lacked even a name.

Xu Qian held back the tears in her eyes and forced a stiff smile, “Xiaosi…”

“Sister, do you want to meet Officer Lin first?” Jiajia knew she was anxious about the news of her biological father, but most importantly, she also wanted to know the name of that aunt.

Once it was confirmed that this Lin Jian’an was Xu Qian’s biological father, it would mean that the aunt was indeed Xie Huifang.

“Okay.”

After a brief exchange of greetings, the four of them quickly got into the car Jiang Yan had parked nearby.

He had driven Yu Heng’s car today, the silver Mercedes that had once been crashed by Yu Ci.

Having notified Lin Fei in advance, they were awaited by the deputy squad leader in his office upon their arrival at the police station.

“Here is the current family information for Lin Jian’an, you can have a look first.”

The information in the file was simple: Lin Jian’an, male, forty-five years old, a workshop director at a carton factory in Beijing, married to a local woman of Beijing on a certain year, month, and day, with one son born after marriage, now fifteen years old…

Reading through the introduction, Xu Qian’s gaze gradually turned cold; if this man really was her biological father, then he was indirectly the murderer of her mother.

Fifteen years ago, when her mother had taken her and her sister to find him, her little sister was only one year old, but his son was fifteen, meaning he had already started a new family by then.

As for the so-called first marriage…

In the past, rural areas didn’t regard the actual marriage certificate as important as holding the wedding banquet, and back then her mother might not have reached the legal marriage age, so they held the banquet first, since community recognition was more important than anything else in their eyes.

After that, getting busy with the child, they probably just forgot to get the certificate.

This phenomenon exactly provided an opportunity for some people.

“Let’s go, whether it’s him or not, we’ll only know after we check.”

Pan Dalong had been arrested in Beijing, and as Xu Qian’s mother was confirmed to have been killed by Pan Dalong, finding Lin Jian’an and confirming Xu Qian’s mother’s identity was also crucial for Lin Fei.

Most importantly, according to statements by Pan Dalong and others, the reason Xu Qian and her mother and sister fell into their hands was that Xu Qian’s mother, holding her child and appearing utterly devastated on the roadside, was clearly deeply traumatized.

She didn’t even realize her little daughter in her arms was crying hungrily; after observing for a while, they had an old woman go up to help soothe the child. Not suspecting a thing, she readily handed her child over to the stranger.

With a spin of her eyes, the old woman managed to lure both her and her six-year-old daughter into the wolf’s den.