Chapter 0180 – She and Young Master Bao have a conjugal bond (1 / 2)

“So Jen’s dad just disappeared?” Mako asked.

“That man never showed up afterward, and I heard many years later that he got into a confrontation with a group of foreigners and was killed by fire.”

Lin Wan sucked in a breath of cool air.

Bao Lingyi continued, “I have no identity and no money, so I can only stay in Italy to work for the workshop run by Chinese people over there. For so many years, I have never forgotten my daughter and wanted to come back to find her. But I don’t know where she is, and until now I haven’t found her.”

Pao Eloquent covered his tear-wet eyes.

Yes, she’s a rich repatriate now.

Status and money are not what they used to be.

But back in the day, she had been reduced to a stowaway with huge debts and no identity in a foreign country.

She’s been out on the road for over twenty years.

How much pain and suffering has it taken to get to where we are today.

But what’s the use of having so much money?

She lost her daughter.

Can’t find it.

Bao Lingyi: “Some years ago I was finally allowed to find out that the middleman who carried off Xiao Zhen sold her to a middle-aged couple.”

“When I found the couple, the man was the only one left, and his wife found out she had cancer two months after she held Jen. They couldn’t find the original middleman anymore and had no choice but to put Jen on another family’s doorstep in order to cure her.”

Lin Wan’s fists were clenched.

Mako also held her breath as she listened.

“I bounced around again to find the place they were talking about, but the houses there are long gone. That street was torn down over ten years ago and is now a commercial complex. I inquired and found out that the family also rented the house and it wasn’t theirs, so it was even more impossible to find.”

Bao Lingyi wiped her red eyes, “I shouldn’t have gotten on that ship, maybe if I stayed in the country, I would have already found Xiao Zhen.”

“I didn’t realize that I wouldn’t be able to come back once I’ve been out for more than ten years.” Mrs. Pao covered her cheeks in pain.

“Auntie Bao, don’t feel bad, she must be somewhere, maybe she’s looking for you too.” Lin Wan comforted Bao Lingyi and said.

“Yes, families nowadays have pretty good living conditions, your daughter must be living well too, don’t be too sad.” Mu Xiao also comforted.

Bao Lingyi raised his head and gave a “hmm”: “After I could return to China, I started to look for Zhen’s whereabouts everywhere. Do you guys remember that porcelain vase on the second floor? The enameled children’s porcelain vase.”

Mu Xiao and Lin Wan nodded at the same time.

In front of that porcelain vase, Mrs. Pao stood for a long time.

She also said that it was the first porcelain vase she ever collected.

“The first time I went back to China and couldn’t find Zhen, I couldn’t stand it mentally and even thought of dying. It was at that time that Ms. Gu Hong gifted me this collection of hers, and she asked me to make sure I took good care of the bottle.”

“She said that back then her child was abducted by traffickers, and after the child escaped on her own, it was by following this bottle that she recovered her kiln. She told me to be sure to come back every year, to look at the bottle, and not to give up looking for my child.”

“Every year from now on, while I look for Jen, I’ll collect the china I come across.”

“I also look for porcelain artifacts that have been left behind when I’m abroad. I think that later, when I find my daughter, I’m going to bring her here to see this place and tell her that I miss her so much and that I never wanted to give her up.”

“Is that why this museum of yours is called the Treasure Garden?” Lin Wan asked.

Pao Eloquent nodded.

Lin Wan was saddened in her heart and skimmed her lips, “I originally thought this name was a bit tacky. Auntie Bao, you tell me all your daughter’s information, I’ll help find your daughter together.”

Mako listened quietly, inclining her head toward the white wall.

It wasn’t that Mrs. Pao hadn’t thought about what to do with the wall, but there was an empty piece of her heart.

The wall, whatever it was made of, would not be to her best satisfaction as long as her daughter did not find it.

All Mako could really do was try her best.

Mako came over on this trip to first recognize a place and understand the needs of the party.