After sending Jia Zhang in, Jiang Hua worked on personnel adjustments at Leishi Pictures for several days. All the cronies promoted by Jia Zhang would be removed from the company without mercy.

The company has been in some turmoil recently due to personnel changes. This morning, Jiang Hua had just finished interviewing a group of newly recruited salespeople and learned that Wang Li, who had gone out to investigate the matter, was back.

Wang Li's trip took almost a week.

When he came back, he was dusty, his shoes were full of mud, and his clothes were wrinkled. Jiang Hua almost didn't recognize him.

"Mr. Jiang, I'm back, and I brought someone back with me."

As soon as Wang Li entered the door, he stood next to the water dispenser and drank three glasses of water in a row.

"Did you really find Sister Li's brother?"

Jiang Hua was a little surprised.

Whether it was his inference or Xu Li's suspicion, her brother was probably in danger. Could it be that they were both mistaken?

"No, it's the old director of the welfare home."

After Wang Li drank the water, he looked embarrassed when he saw that his feet were full of mud and had made the smooth floor of Jianghua's office dirty.

"Why did you invite the old dean here? What's the situation?"

Jiang Hua was a little confused. He asked Wang Li to inquire about the news, but he didn't ask him to invite people all the way to Shenzhen City.

"She came here on her own. She said she had something to give to Sister Li."

Wang Li said with an embarrassed look.

He knew that Jiang Hua arranged for him to go there just to hide it from Xu Li, but in the end, he didn't do anything about it and even brought someone back with him.

"Where are the people?"

After Jiang Hua's initial surprise, his expression turned calm.

Now that the person is here, of course he wants to meet him. No matter what the final result is, he will try his best to handle the matter satisfactorily. This is his reward for his sister Xu Li.

"Aunt Xiang, don't stand outside. Come in."

Wang Li turned around and waved in the direction of the corridor.

"My feet are full of mud, don't make the floor dirty."

A middle-aged woman's embarrassed voice came from outside the door.

It had just rained yesterday, and the drainage measures in the industrial park were not perfect in some places. In addition, trucks were coming and going, and as soon as the rain stopped, the ground was covered with mud.

"It's okay, this isn't a high-end place, but you can step on it to make me feel more local."

Jiang Hua said in a joking tone.

Aunt Xiang, who was standing outside the door, breathed a sigh of relief. When she first entered the industrial park, she was nervous. She had never thought that Wang Li's boss would be so rich and that such a large industrial park would

She came from a small county town and was impressed.

Shenzhen City in the 1990s and some small counties in the interior were really two different worlds. This industrial park with many factories alone was something that many people in small counties had never seen.

"My surname is Xiang. I used to be the director of the county welfare home, but I'm retired now."

Aunt Xiang is a very ordinary middle-aged woman, dressed simply and with a friendly face. When she came in, she had a canvas bag on her arm.

"Wang Li, give Auntie Xiang a glass of warm water."

Jiang Hua said in a gentle tone.

"I heard from Xiao Wang that you are Xu Li's younger brother?"

Aunt Xiang didn't expect that such a big boss as Jiang Hua could be so young.

"We're not close, but we're closer than siblings."

Jiang Hua smiled and said.

He and Xu Li had gone through ups and downs together. Xu Li had helped him manage his property along the coast without any regrets in the past few years. Although the two of them were not a family, they were already better than one.

"Xiao Li is a poor person. She has a bastard father. This child is really suffering."

Xiang Auntie sighed and said.

"Have you met Sister Li?"

Jiang Hua asked curiously.

"We met once. Our orphanage went through a relocation. She came here several times, but she couldn't find me the first few times. The last time, I remember it was 1984, she finally found me."

Xiang Auntie showed a look of reminiscence in her eyes.

At that time, Xu Li was still a young girl in her early twenties, a little shy and shy.

She remembered that it was raining that day and she saw Xu Li wearing thin clothes and looking cold and hungry. She also invited Xu Li to have a bowl of scallion noodles at a small noodle shop on the street.

"Then did she ask about her brother, and what did you say?"

Jiang Hua raised his wrist and looked at the time. Seeing that it was almost dinner time, he asked Wang Li to go to the factory canteen and bring some meals over.

He could tell from Aunt Xiang's dress that she was a person who was used to living a frugal life, so he didn't plan to invite her to a high-end restaurant for dinner. It was not necessary and she would not feel comfortable going there. It was not as good as the food in the cafeteria.

, it’s comfortable and delicious to eat.

"I didn't dare to tell her the truth at the time. This girl was so pitiful. Her mother was gone and her bastard stepfather was in jail. If I knew the truth, I was afraid she wouldn't be able to bear the blow."

Xiang Auntie hesitated for a moment and said apologetically.

"In other words, her brother really had an accident, right?"

Although Jiang Hua had expected this outcome, he still sighed in his heart.

"It's my fault as the dean that I didn't do a good job. Her younger brother Xiaofeng was brought here when he was six years old. At that time, he was thin and small, shorter than other children of the same age, and very introverted."

"This child is pitiful. When he was one year old, his bastard father went to jail. He didn't see his father again until he was four years old. As a result, within a few months of his peaceful life, his father, who had killed a thousand people, was found guilty of stabbing someone.

, went in again.”

"When he was six years old, his mother passed away, and he was sent to our welfare home. He stayed silent for more than half a year. I felt something was wrong, so I took him to the county hospital for a checkup. The doctor said that the child had mental illness.

The problem is that the medical conditions in their county hospital are limited and they cannot treat this, so they have to go to big cities."

With a guilty look on her face, Auntie Xiang told her about the past.

Jiang Hua listened quietly. Born in such a native family, it is not surprising that Xiaofeng has psychological problems. Unfortunately, with the medical conditions in the 1980s, it is estimated that it is difficult for children to get timely self-treatment for psychological problems.

"The orphanage was very poor at that time. As the director, what I thought about every day was how to feed the children. I really couldn't raise the money to take Xiaofeng to a big city for medical treatment."

"However, it doesn't work if the child doesn't talk all the time. I take Xiaofeng with me every day and chat with him whenever I have nothing to do. Basically, he listens to what I say. As time goes by, I even have the illusion that he is my son.

"

When I mentioned this to Auntie Xiang, she probably thought of those past times and a smile appeared on her lips.

"Mr. Jiang..."

At this time, Wang Li walked in with packed meals and was about to speak. Jiang Hua raised his finger and made a silencing gesture, telling him not to interrupt Aunt Xiang's memories.

"Actually, if we can continue to live like this, even if Xiaofeng doesn't speak, I think it doesn't matter, because he is not born deaf and mute, and he will get better one day when he grows up."

Although Aunt Xiang was still smiling, tears began to appear in her eyes.

Jiang Hua shook his head in his heart, his eyes a little heavy.

He knew that some mental illnesses could be alleviated through companionship, but some mental illnesses required immediate professional intervention and treatment, and Xiaofeng probably fell into the latter category.

"I was too naive, uneducated, and stupid. I thought that as long as I stayed with him more, the child would get better. But suddenly one day, he disappeared."
Chapter completed!