Love is the Sunshine novel Chapter 127

From then on, Miss Carla's father had been asking around about where he could adopt a child. As it happened, one of his villagers named Chandler Qian could help him. He ran an illegal business of buying and selling children. When her father had found out about his business, he told Chandler Qian that he didn't want to adopt a child that had been abducted. He preferred to adopt from a poor family, who had lots of children already and wanted to give one of their babies up for adoption willingly. The baby also had to be a girl.

During that time most people considered boys to be much more important than girls. So it was very easy for Chandler Qian to find a baby girl for him. Shortly after, Miss Carla's father, Gene Ji, adopted a baby girl. As you know that baby girl was Miss Carla.

It was winter time when he brought Miss Carla to his home. She had only been one month old. In order to hide the truth, the baby had to be very young. Gene Ji and Marian thought that it was best to leave their village and live somewhere far away, so as not to raise suspicion about their baby. This way everyone would believe that Miss Carla was their biological daughter. They left for several years. After all, when the child became older it would be difficult for people to tell exactly how old the child was."

Bryant stopped and coughed.

"Mr. Terence, please excuse me while I have a sip of tea. My throat is very dry and I'm far from finished."

Terence remained silent and he was lost in thought, 'No wonder Carla always thought that Gene Ji and Marian were her biological parents. It turns out that her father was very cautious and discreet. Even their own parents didn't know about the truth, let alone Carla.'

After having a sip of tea to moisten his throat Bryant continued, "They lived happily and peacefully as a family up until Miss Carla was about four or five years old. Someone had appeared at their home from out of the blue and asked Gene Ji if he had adopted a baby girl. Gene was so shocked and horrified and he thought this stranger might take Miss Carla away from them. So, he lied and told them that Miss Carla was his own daughter.

That person seemed to have accepted what he had said and left, without asking any more questions. Gene Ji was so angry after that incident. Especially, since he had specifically told Chandler Qian, that he didn't want an abducted baby. He only wanted a baby from a family willing to adopt their baby out. He went to question him about the matter. Chandler Qian, explained to him, that he found the baby girl all alone in the street. She didn't have any food and was hungry and crying all the time. He looked around but didn't find anyone. She was so miserable, so he brought her home. In fact, Chandler Qian didn't know where the baby girl came from himself.

From then on, they didn't discuss the matter any further. Until one day when Chandler Qian was terminally ill, he asked Gene Ji to come to his home because he had something to give him.

That was the time that the ring had appeared. Chandler Qian's wife explained, that when her husband had found the baby girl, she had a ring with her. Chandler kept it because he was hoping to sell it for a decent price.

But as time went by, he dared not sell it. He was afraid that selling the ring might lead the authorities or someone worse to him, and implicate his wife and children as well. So, he kept the ring as a secret for so many years.

He didn't tell Gene Ji about the ring until he knew that he was dying and that was when he gave it to him."

After finishing the story, Bryant heaved a heavy sigh of relief and had another sip of tea. "Mr. Terence, you wouldn't believe how hard it was to find all that information out. It was twenty years ago and I had to give hush money to the people I had traced and interviewed to make them keep quiet—"

There was a moment of silence between the two.

"So, you're saying Carla was that baby girl that was left in the street?" said Terence slowly. 'What a coincidence!

No one could have arranged such a coincidence to happen, ' he thought.

"Yeah. We guessed right last time. Several years later, with the help of doctors, Gene Ji and Marian finally had their own child. That was Sean. Even though they had their own son, they still loved Miss Carla like she was their own biological daughter,"

replied Bryant who was holding some files he had prepared in his hand. "After I got the information that I just told you about. I easily found out that in the 80s, that ring belonged to Mr. and Mrs. Hua. But no one has ever seen it since then.

But now, the ring appears with Miss Carla. So there is no doubt that she is that baby girl that was left in the street all those years ago.

I am however confused, why Mr. and Mrs. Hua left their only daughter on the street so carelessly and yet adopted four other children afterward. What happened to them that year?"

questioned Bryant shrugging his shoulders. 'Who would know what runs through the wealthy people's heads?' thought Bryant.

"Several years ago, Mr. and Mrs. Hua discreetly sent their people out to search for Miss Carla, why would they do that?" said Bryant confused.

Seeing that Terence was not responding and remained quiet, he added, "Well, Mr. Terence, how about sending Miss Carla back to Mr. and Mrs. Hua? If their biological daughter returned home, then their adopted daughter, Bonnie, would certainly feel threatened and become as meek as a lamb. And you can finally marry Miss Carla. That's a wonderful bonus. What do you think?"