My carefree life in space

Chapter 203 The child's family came looking for him.

Lin Shushu didn't sleep a wink all night. After that night, she realized how difficult it was to take care of such a big baby at night. If she hadn't been with him the whole time, she would have doubted whether the child at night was the same person as the well-behaved and adorable child during the day.

Fortunately, she no longer needs normal sleep, otherwise she would definitely break down.

She guessed that the child must have been frightened during the day, but she didn't know why it only showed at night.

The next day, as she was carrying her child and about to go outside to inquire about some news, there was a knock on the door.

Although she was a little confused, she still opened the door.

"Young City Lord, it's her! Look, she's holding a child in her arms!" The speaker was the waiter, and a group of people were standing at the door beside him.

Lin Shushu remembered the group's attire; they were the same people from the City Lord's Mansion she had seen at the city gate yesterday. The waiter's mention of the "Young City Lord" also confirmed their identities.

"Is there something you need?" Lin Shushu asked casually. She actually had some guesses in her mind, but she didn't know whether it was a good thing or a bad thing for the child.

"This is the young lord of our Linyang City. Why don't you pay your respects?" the waiter called out to Lin Shushu.

Lin Shushu ignored his words and looked at the person addressed as the young city lord. The latter had been looking into her arms, and upon noticing her gaze, he seemed to realize his rudeness and quickly looked away, introducing himself.

"My name is Fang Ruicheng, and my father is the city lord of Linyang City. You seem to be from out of town. May I see the child in your arms?"

Lin Shushu did not agree immediately, but instead made a defensive move, pulling the child closer to her.

Seeing her actions, Fang Ruicheng was not angry. Instead, he explained, "Miss, you don't know this. Yesterday, my elder sister went home to visit her family, but an accident happened on the way, and my nephew has gone missing as a result."

After saying that, he couldn't help but look into Lin Shushu's arms again.

"How can you be so sure that the child in my arms is your sister's lost child?" Lin Shushu wasn't going to believe him so easily. What if the person chasing the child was lying and claiming to be the child's relative?

Such incidents are not uncommon. In the previous life, countless women and children were abducted by human traffickers using this method.

"This..." Fang Ruicheng was speechless. He had never actually met his nephew before. In addition, the incident happened so suddenly. His sister was injured and unconscious, and the people around his nephew were gone. It was really hard to confirm the situation in a short time.

Yesterday, they received a distress call from the older sister. When he arrived with his men, the older sister was being attacked. Upon seeing them, the attackers immediately fled. However, the older sister was too badly injured and lost consciousness. Before she lost consciousness, she only managed to utter three words: "Find the child!"

He knew his sister had brought her nephew back with her, but there was no sign of the child around. After looking around, he couldn't find his sister's wet nurse either, so he guessed that his sister must have stalled the thugs, allowing the wet nurse to leave with the child first.

After instructing someone to send his sister back to the city lord's mansion, he followed the clues left behind and eventually found signs of a fight in the forest outside the city.

Finally, they found a mound of earth with what appeared to be the wet nurse's clothing next to it. They dug the mound open and found not only the wet nurse's body but also the bodies of the other guards.

His spirits plummeted; could his nephew be the same…?

He immediately examined their cause of death and found that they had all died from being devoured by monsters.

This gave him a sliver of hope; it was clearly a human who had buried them, and there was no trace of his nephew nearby. Perhaps his nephew had been rescued.

After that, he led his men to search everywhere, and it wasn't until this morning that news came back that a young woman carrying a child had entered the city yesterday evening, which is why they came to their door.

As Fang Ruicheng recalled yesterday's events, he pondered what else he could use to prove his nephew's identity.

He wasn't a barbarian; he wouldn't do something like directly grabbing someone. Besides, he couldn't tell the woman's cultivation level. There were only two possibilities.

First, this woman has no cultivation level, but that's clearly impossible. How could she have no cultivation level if she showed no fear in front of him, a Golden Core cultivator?

That leaves only the second possibility: this woman's cultivation level is higher than his. This fact shocked him greatly; the woman in front of him looked quite young, so how could she have such a high level of cultivation?

As he pondered, he realized he had gone off-topic, so he shook his head and refocused on the matter at hand.

In a flash, he actually thought of something.

“Young lady, when my nephew was born, my father gave him a family treasure, a Qilin magic artifact with our family emblem on it. You can examine it.”

A family crest is not easy to imitate, and no one dares to use it casually; it is a family's honor and symbol.

Upon hearing this, Lin Shushu's guardedness dissipated. The magical artifact was currently inside the baby's clothes. She had discovered it last night and had just gone out to find out which family the emblem on it belonged to.

Fang Ruicheng noticed the change in her eyes and knew that he had finally gained her trust, confirming that the girl in front of him was the one who had rescued his nephew.

"In that case, you can take the child away!" With that, Lin Shushu handed the child to Fang Ruicheng.

Unexpectedly, the little one, who had been quietly staying in her arms, seemed to know that he was about to be sent away, and immediately burst into tears when he touched Fang Ruicheng's hands.

That sound would make anyone feel a pang of sympathy.

Fang Ruicheng's outstretched hands froze in place, unsure whether to hug or not.

Seeing this, Lin Shushu took the child back. The child immediately stopped crying and looked at her with wide, round eyes.

Fang Ruicheng looked helpless and said to Lin Shushu in a consultative tone, "Miss, it seems that this child cannot do without you. Could you please come back to the City Lord's Mansion with me? I will definitely repay you handsomely after my sister wakes up and confirms it."

Lin Shushu initially wanted to refuse, as she still needed to find Mo Ze, but seeing the child's dependent look, her heart softened and she agreed.

Upon arriving at the city lord's mansion, Fang Ruicheng's sister had already woken up. She had learned of the wet nurse's death and the child's disappearance, and was about to search for the child at all costs.

Just as the city lord and his wife were earnestly trying to persuade her, Fang Ruicheng returned with Lin Shushu and the child.

Seeing the child safe and sound in Lin Shushu's arms, Fang Ruicheng's sister, Fang Siya, was moved to tears.

Lin Shushu placed the child in her arms. Perhaps because of the familiar scent, the child did not cry as before, but remained quiet.

Fang Siya picked up the child and pressed his little face against her own. "My baby, thank goodness you're alright, otherwise how could I live!"

After the initial excitement subsided, she looked at Lin Shushu with eyes full of gratitude: "Miss, thank you so much for saving my son. I have no way to repay your kindness. Please feel free to ask me for anything in the future."

Lin Shushu's heart stirred. She was unfamiliar with the place and people here, and it would not be easy to find Mo Ze or her parents. If the City Lord's Mansion could help her, it would be a shortcut.

"In that case, I'll shamelessly ask you to help me find a few people." Lin Shushu didn't mince words and directly stated her request.