Chapter 638: Chapter 639: No Need for Others to Help Raise the Children

‘Do you really think she has taken over someone else’s son?’

Su Shu thought for a bit, “Lu Tong is Captain Yao Ke’s nephew, and Little Fatty is from the orphanage in the neighboring province. He was abandoned by his parents at the age of two and lived in the orphanage for three years, of course, he has nothing to do with that woman.

Even if there were a connection, it would have been three years ago when she abandoned him. Back then, the Apocalypse hadn’t even begun. Could five kilograms of rice be exchanged for a child? Even if it were possible, who would dare? The government was so strict.

Furthermore, all records related to Little Fatty’s identity are in the neighboring province, and his files were transferred here afterward. Now in B province, I guess what that woman said might be true. Maybe she really did sell her son back then for five kilograms of rice and for some reason now suddenly wants to exchange fifty kilograms to get him back.”

After hearing this, Li Xiaoxia said, “So, these two children at home have nothing to do with her?”

“Of course not.”

Seeing Su Shu speak so decisively, Li Xiaoxia’s doubts gradually dissipated.

Since these two boys aren’t someone else’s, there might be room for negotiation.

Thinking this, she propped her hands on the bed and moved closer to Su Shu.

Su Shu turned her head, “Sister, is there something you want to tell me?”

“You’re the clever one!” Li Xiaoxia glared at her and smiled.

Su Shu smiled lightly: “Just say what it is; you’re making it all mysterious.”

Seeing the four children playing happily, Li Xiaoxia whispered to Su Shu, “Let me tell you something. I really shouldn’t say it, as it’s something others have repeatedly asked me to find out about. Just listen, and if you find it unpleasant, pretend I didn’t say anything today. Don’t take it to heart, okay?”

“Sister Xiaoxia, whatever you want to say, just say it. The more you talk like this, the more uncomfortable I feel.”

“It’s not just you; I’m also uncomfortable talking about it. The thing is this…”

Then, Li Xiaoxia whispered in Su Shu’s ear about the people who had come to her house these past few days to inquire.

The story was not complex, and it all started from the day someone caused a disturbance at Su Shu’s door.

The safe area is large, and the population is not small. Su Shu’s return from B province was very low-key, and naturally, not many people knew that she had brought back two boys.

Typically, only people living nearby knew, but as the days were getting colder, Su Shu, who wasn’t sociable to begin with, hardly visited others casually. The children either stayed at home playing or went a few steps to Luo Family’s or Ge Family’s place to play.

The matter of the crazy woman making a scene and demanding her son back at Su Shu’s home spread afterward.

Although the crazy woman left with her items later, it had caught the attention of several families within the safe area.

And these families all shared one thing in common.

They were couples without children.

Su Shu was young but was raising three children. Aside from Xiao’ai, whom she was related to by blood, the other two boys were reportedly orphans.

On one hand, there were couples with no children, and on the other, children without parents. Wouldn’t this be an ideal setup to form a family?

Some people got the idea and didn’t approach directly, but they came secretly to take a look at Lu Tong and Little Fatty.

Watching them stirred their minds.

Some families thought about adopting the two fatherless and motherless children from Su Shu’s home.

They inquired and came to ask Li Xiaoxia.

Li Xiaoxia had already told them that the children in Su Shu’s home had their own origins and couldn’t possibly be sent to another home for adoption.

But one family, when at Luo Family’s place, happened to run into Little Fatty coming over to play.

The chubby, adorable, and sweet-talking Little Fatty instantly won people over.

They begged persistently, asking Li Xiaoxia to help probe and see what Su Shu thought.

Su Shu froze on the spot. What could she possibly think?

Her children needed no outside support!

If she couldn’t even support them, then who could?

She had the ‘space’ warehouse! Why would she need someone else’s help to support them?