Qian Yan

Chapter 19 The Sunflower Cart

Chen Can looked gloomy and said, "I was admitted to Columbia University, and a lot of my biological parents came!"

The name of the school made Yan Weiran's hands pause unconsciously before he asked, "Is it Columbia University in the United States?"

"Well, I applied for it myself, a full scholarship."

"Wow, you're amazing! So aren't your parents overjoyed?" The parents Yan Weiran refers to, of course, refers to her adoptive parents.

"My father passed away..." Chen Can lowered his eyes and said in a low voice, "My mother has been sick all year round, so when my father passed away, he told my mother to help me find my biological parents if I had the opportunity, otherwise, they would worry about me. It will be very difficult to be alone in the future.”

"No, I'm living a pretty good life." Yan Weiran said lightly.

"Well, but the day after I got the admission letter from Columbia University, my mother asked the dean to help find my biological parents. I told her that they abandoned me back then because they didn't want me anymore, but my mother Said, after all, it is their blood that bleeds on my body, and now that I am promising, they will recognize me..." Chen Can's voice was low, but he couldn't suppress the depression and sadness inside, "Now the abandoned baby in our hospital is admitted to the elder brother's exam. The big news is such a sensation, TV, newspapers and media are all here, my mother is so happy, can I object?"

"Your father and your mother are both good people." Yan Weiran took a tissue to help her wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes, so as not to ruin her makeup.Chen Can put the tissue on his eyes, pressed it for a long time, then slowly put it down, and said, "You can make a birthmark for me, in an inconspicuous place."

Yan Weiran understood what she meant, she calmly took the blue eyeshadow, adjusted it slowly, and asked, "You don't intend to find your parents?"

"I have parents." Chen Can pursed her lips, staring at her own eyes in the mirror without moving.

Yan Weiran nodded, and said, "How about this, let me help you make a blue birthmark on the junction of your neck and ears, will it work? If you look closely, you will find traces, but it seems that we deliberately covered it with a thick powder puff. The appearance of it. When the time comes, you can control it yourself, this is a matter of your life, so think about it."

She used eye shadow to carefully make a light blue birthmark the size of a thumb on Chen Can's jawbone, then applied concealer and powder to make it seem like nothing.

When getting the birthmark, Yan Weiran was looking diagonally upwards, through the neckline, he happened to catch a glimpse of a mole on Chen Can's left chest, and asked, "Do you want to cover up this mole?"

Chen Can paused, raised his neckline, and said, "No, if someone really throws away a child with a mole here, then I...maybe think about it again."

After the preliminary screening, there were still more than 30 pairs of parents looking for relatives, which made Yan Weiran fully understand what it means to be rich in the mountains and have distant relatives.

Sitting opposite Chen Can at the table is a woman in her 40s, with yellow hair permed, eyebrows of unknown age, thin as lines, and crying: "My child, When you were born, your father refused to take responsibility and ran away. I was afraid of being beaten to death by your grandfather, so I had no choice but to give it away. My mother made all my mistakes. For the past 20 years, I cried when I thought of you. I don’t know how many tears I shed for you! Later, when I saw the photos in the newspaper, I recognized you immediately. After all these years, Mom has found you..."

When she talked about the emotion, she took Chen Can's hand and cried.

Chen Can had already dealt with many people today, but she seemed much calmer than her, and only asked, "Auntie, what clothes was I wearing then?"

"The clothes you are wearing..." The woman was taken aback, and immediately said, "I gave birth to you in the dormitory of the factory, and the clothes were given by a married worker. This is what I looked like 20 years ago, do you think you and I were carved out of the same mold at that time?"

The woman took out the photo and showed it to them seriously.Yan Weiran watched her coldly, while Chen Can held his chin and brushed his hair behind his ears, facing her with the fake birthmark that seemed to be covered by foundation, and asked, "Then, what are the characteristics of the child you lost? It’s moles, birthmarks or something…”

The middle-aged woman looked at her, wiped her tears and said, "How can I not remember the child I gave birth to? My child has a birthmark under the ear, right on the chin!"

Chen Can asked again: "Really? Are you sure there is a birthmark?"

She nodded: "Yes, it's right there..." She pointed her finger under Chen Can's ear, and then exclaimed in surprise as if she had discovered a new world: "Ah, you here... your birthmark, and my child The birthmarks look exactly the same!"

"Really?" Chen Can raised his hand and compared the mark under his ear, "Your child has a birthmark here?"

"Yes! Child, you are my child, my poor child..." She burst into tears immediately.

Chen Can stared at her exaggerated performance, and slowly said: "But, this is a bruise I got from a few days ago."

Seeing the stiff and embarrassed face of the woman opposite, Yan Weiran hurriedly raised his hand to cover the lower half of his face, and tried his best to be serious.

"How about it, Auntie." Yan Weiran took out a box of toothpicks and gestured, "It's possible that I can't remember after many years. I asked Chen Can to scrape some epithelial cells, and you can use them for a paternity test. Compare, can't you confirm it right away? Come on, Chen Can, rinse your mouth and rub it gently on the roof of your mouth a few times."

Yan Weiran waited for her to fix it, then put the toothpick in a sealed bag and handed it to the other party, saying, "It's not expensive, it's only a thousand dollars, you can go for an appraisal, and please contact us if you have the result."

Auntie took the bag with an uneasy expression, stood up and left without saying anything.

A couple came in behind. The wife kept looking at Chen Can's appearance, while the husband said over and over again, "Like, like our missing child!"

The couple's daughter was lost shortly after birth, and they gave birth to another child over the years, but the eldest daughter was never found. This time they found that such a girl was looking for her parents, so they came to try their luck.

The couple really wanted to find their daughter, so Chen Can didn't move his hair to reveal the birthmark, but they didn't remember whether there was any mark on their daughter.

After chatting hastily with the next few people, I left a sample for a few people who seemed reliable, and it was almost four o'clock.Yan Weiran greeted the dean, and dropped by to send Chen Can home.

When he walked to the trash can at the entrance of the courtyard, Yan Weiran saw several sealed bags with toothpicks thrown away beside the bucket.She looked back at Chen Can, who just smiled and said nothing.

Yan Weiran's car is small, round and cute. The body is spray-painted with sunflower patterns, full of cuteness.However, Chen Can was tall and burly, so he couldn't stretch out in the car.

When driving to Wutong Street near Yan Weiran's home, Chen Can suddenly said, "Why don't I get off here too, and I'll take the bus back after dinner."

Yan Weiran looked at her in surprise.

"My mother will definitely ask about this and that. She wants to inquire about the details of my finding my parents, but I really don't want to say more. If I go back later, I can deal with it a little bit, and it's time for her to go to bed."

Yan Weiran nodded understandingly, thought about parking the car in front of the studio, and said, "Come on, I'll take you to a newly opened Mala Tang. I know the proprietress there. It's very delicious."

(End of this chapter)