At first, he thought the words of the town director were true, that if the child was not at the town's welfare home, he must be at the city welfare home.
But just now, upon observing the city director facing the town director, Shangguan Xiu detected a lie in the town director's tone.
The town director deliberately said the child was here.
Therefore, the child must be elsewhere.
The most terrifying possibility is as the city director said, perhaps the child has already been sold by the town director.
Now, he no longer wants to waste time; he wants an answer, a true answer—where exactly is the child?
Upon hearing this, the town director tied to the column certainly wouldn't admit it.
He hastily shook his head in denial: "Sir, I am telling the truth, I initially sent your child here. Afterward, where the child went, I truly don't know, but the city director surely knows, you can interrogate him..."
"Bang!" Suddenly, a violent gunshot rang out.
